Question 79

Why then doeth Christ call the bread his bodie, & the cup his blood, or the newe Testament in his bloode: and Paul, calleth the bread and wine, the communion of the body & blood of Christ?

Christ not without great cause so speaketh, to wit, not onely to teach vs, that as bread and wine sustaineth the life of the bodie: so also his bodie crucified, and his blood shed, is indeede the meat and drink of our soul, where by it may be nourished to life everlasting: but much more by this visible signe and pledg, to assure vs, that wee are noe lesse trulie made partakers of his bodie and blood, by the woorking of the holie Ghost, then we do^a with the mouth of the bodie receiue these holy signes, in remembrance of him: Secondly, that his passion and obedience is as certainlie ours, as if we our selues had payed the punishment of our sinnes, and made satisfaction vnto God.^b