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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878. Excerpt: ... III. THE DOCTRINE CONCERNING THE LORD S TABLE. The scriptural narratives of the institution of that ordinance which was intended to be at the same time a commemoration of Christ's death and a bond of fellowship among His disciples, are so short, that there is probably no other instance of so few words having given rise to so many; and the ordinance itself, as first appointed by Jesus and observed by Himself and His disciples, is so simple, that exaggeration and perversion probably never reached such proportions as they have attained in that which Eoman Catholics and Bitualists make of the words and action of our Lord on that night in which He was betrayed. The art of making much of little has been studied by these people with an amount of perseverance and success to which it would be difficult to find a parallel, although a lifetime were spent in the search. If any one had told the apostles as, either with their Master, or after His departure, they ate the bread and drank the wine which He appointed to be received in remembrance of Him, that this simple, though impressive, service would at some future time be transformed into the "tremendous sacrifice" which so-called priests imagine themselves able and authorized to offer, they would, doubtless, have refused to believe that a Christian ordinance could ever become so completely misunderstood, and so thoroughly perverted, not by persons who despised it, but by persons who meant to honour it. We have to consider to-night, with as much conciseness as possible, the High Church doctrine concerning that Divine Institution which all true believers in Jesus Christ ought to honour by observance; and which, as a memorial of that Death which purchased our salvation, and a seal of the covenant of grace, and a medium ...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0217157823
- ISBN 13 9780217157827
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages24
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