Are then the Bread and Wine made the very Body and Blood of Christ?

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No, verily; but as the Water of Baptism is not turned into the Blood of Christ, but is only a Signe and Pledge of those things that are sealed to us in Baptism; so neither is the Bread of the Lords Supper the very Body of Christ, although according to the manner of sacraments, and that Form of speaking of them which is usual unto the Holy Ghost, the Bread is called the Body of Christ.

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  • No, verily; but as the Water of Baptism is (1 Corinthians 10:16–17; Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24)
  • not turned into the Blood of Christ, but is only a Signe and Pledge of those things that are sealed to us in Baptism; so neither is the Bread of the Lords Supper the very Body (1 Corinthians 10:16,&c; 1 Corinthians 11:26,&c)
  • of Christ, although according to the manner of sacraments, and (Genesis 17:10,&c; Exodus 12:26–27,43,48; Exodus 13:9; Acts 7:8; Exodus 24:8; Leviticus 16:10; Leviticus 17:11; Isaiah 6:6–7; Titus 3:5; Acts 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 Corinthians 10:4)
  • that Form of speaking of them which is usual unto the Holy Ghost, the Bread is called the Body of Christ.
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