A Testimony of antiquity concerning the sacramental body and blood of Christ, written in the old Saxon tongue before the conquest : being a homily appointed, in the reign of the Saxons, to be spoken at Easter, as a charge, to the people ; together with the two epistles of Aelfric on the sam subject . d to his Lordfliips Do-d:rine. There are two Extremes to he avoided in this Mat-ter, the one of the Church of Rome, &c. hut theother Extreme that we likewife avoid, is that of fink-ing the Sacraments fo low as to bs mere Rites and Ce- remonies, ne Phrafe, the Cojnmunion of the Body and Blood of Ch
A Testimony of antiquity concerning the sacramental body and blood of Christ, written in the old Saxon tongue before the conquest : being a homily appointed, in the reign of the Saxons, to be spoken at Easter, as a charge, to the people ; together with the two epistles of Aelfric on the sam subject . d to his Lordfliips Do-d:rine. There are two Extremes to he avoided in this Mat-ter, the one of the Church of Rome, &c. hut theother Extreme that we likewife avoid, is that of fink-ing the Sacraments fo low as to bs mere Rites and Ce- remonies, ne Phrafe, the Cojnmunion of the Body and Blood of Chrift, is ahove the Nature of anannivcrfary Memorial or Feaft -, this Oj inicn we think is C 134 ] is highly unfuitahle to thofe high ExpreJJions: and wedo not doubt hut Chrift whoinftituted thofe Sacraments,does Jlill accompany them with a particular Prefenceinthem^ and a BleJJmg upon them; fo that we coming tothem with Minds well prepared^ with pure Affectionsand holy Refolutions^ do certainly receive in and withthem^ particidar Largeffes of the Favour and Bountyof God. ^hey are not hare and naked Rememhrancesand Iokens^ hut are aBuated and animated hy a di-vine Bleffing that attends upon them •, this is what webelieve on this Head, and thefe are the Grounds onwhich we found it. A VINDICATION Of the plain NATURE and END O F T H E Holy Sacrament^ From fome late REMARKS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS. By THOMAS PHILLIPS, A. M. Vicar of Thorpe in Surrej, LONDON: Printed for T. Cox, at the Lamb under theRoyalExchanges and Sold by S. Parvish atGuildford. MDCCXXXV.[Price One Shilling.] THE PREFACE. THE Sacra?nent of theLords Supper being a Du-ty^ that concerns all Chrif-tians whatfoever^ I fiippoje no oneneeds any Apology for declaring hisThoughts on that SubjeEi^ providedit he done with that Serioufnefs asbecomes fo important a Concern. I Jhould have publijloed^ what I have here offered to the Worlds fome Time Jince^ had we 7iot been tn Expectation^ that this SubjeSi ipould have
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