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# Title: A Discourse Concerning the True Notion Of The Lord's Supper (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 2; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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Gen. 26.
The Lords Supper a F’ederat Rite.
ihe Tame Analogr, he must necds caII che Communion. Table By che
name ot the Toras Table, i. e. the Table uxon itrich cods Meat
is caten; noc his AIIaE, uxon irhich it is oftered. TLis true, an Altar
is nochins but a Table; but itis a Fablenpon which COD himselfeats.
consumins che Sacrifices by his holy Fire: buc When tHC (aMCMCaL Is
siventrom GOD unto UIS to eat oF, the relation beins changed,
che place on rhich W P eat is nochins buc a Fable.
And because it isnot enouxh in any Discourse, as Aristorle ell ob-
Terrech in his ethicks, 10 contute an Error, untels me can also Mew
20 avrior 28 + 6855, the Cause of that Error; havins chus discovered
the True Notion of the Loras Supper, we may casuy discern trom
hence al(o hon chat mistakle srew ip, and chat by che degeneration
oE chis Truch. Thereis a Sacritice in che Lords Supper Cymbolical.
Iy, butnocthere asoffered up eo Cod, but Scasted on by us; and (0
noc a Sacrisice, but a Sacrifieral Feast: Whieh besan t00 loonto bC
misunderstood.
CH A P. V1.
Thefarcher Improvement of that Ceneral Notion, Nom the
Lords Supperis a Federat Rite between Cod and us, at
laree: concluded with a memorable Story, out of Maimo-
nides and Nachmanides.
Stould nom come tomatee (ome Farcher Improvement oF this Oe-
Deral Notion of the Cords supper, by Ceine Whac thele Feasts upa
on the sacrisices did Gignitie under the Lam; and chen applvins thc
Tame in a more perfect manner to the Cords supper under theCospel.
beino warranted chereunco by chac Analogy wrhich is betreen chem.
Buc Because chere may DC divers Oloses and Interpretations of thele
Fealts upon che Sacritices, Wrhich are obrious to every common un
derstandine, me will decline them all, and picch onlr upon one,
erhich is noc (0 vulsarly understood; and ie is chis, That the Fatine of
Gods SacriACES NaS a FF DER AL RTTF betoeen Cod and those
that offeredihem; accordine to the Custom oF the Ancients, and e-
specially in chose Oriental parIS, to contirm and ratitie their COve-
nanes by Facins and Drinkins cosether.
Thus when Isaac made a Covenant with Abimelech the Rins OFCe-
rar ehe Text Caich. Ee made him and those that came oith him a Feast,
and they did Fat and Drink, and rose up betimes in the mornine, and
svare to one another.
When Taban made a Covenant with Tacob, Cen. 3F. Ver. 44. Nom
therefore come (Caich Laban) let us mahe a Covenant L and thon and let it
be for a witness beteen me and thec: Then it Follons inthe Text, Ther
tookstones, and made a Beap, and did eat there upon theheap; and Laban
called it J E G A R. S AH ADUPH A, in his Chaldee PonguC, but
facob (in the Hebre LAnBUASC) OAL P PD, 1. c. Aheap of witness;
implyins chac chose stones upon hich cher had cacen and drunte
togecher ould Be a witnels against cither oF them rhat Mould Arst
violate chaE COrEHANE. R. Moses Bar Nachman in his C OmmenE thuS
slollechrpon chis place, hrzuh NZSZ GINZ ZHI NI p12SIZ DGB ∞V 1h3N
D, VZW
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