Ordinances, particularly in the Supper-Scene? Perhaps it was perpetually represented by Wisdom in the Proverbs, saying to simple souls, called out of darkness into light, _Come eat of my Bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled_. And when we meet with Christ, and enjoy his presence in this Ordinance, we know what is meant by the _mingled wine_. This Ordinance appears a more clear command than any other, and it is to continue till Christ comes the second time; and this second coming referred to, is in his power and glory, at the last day. Some have attempted to allegorize it, and they tell us we are not to keep this Ordinance now, because Christ did come the second time on the Day of Pentecost, and then all Figures and Shadows vanished. But this objection is groundless; the Shadows of the Ceremonial Law were abolished, but all figures are not done away—_Baptism_ is a Figure, and to be observed—the _Lord’s Supper_ is a Figure of his Body broken and his Blood shed, to take away Sin. And this is plain by the Text, which was received by Paul long after the Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Day of Pentecost—delivered to him, and the Holy Spirit, by him, has commanded it to be kept till the end of the world. The Matter of it First, _Bread_, not wafer Cakes, which are not properly Bread, nor broken, nor fit for nourishment, and so not a proper emblem. _The Bread which we break_, _is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ_?—not his mystical Body, but an emblem of his natural Body, which he took into union with his Godhead.—Secondly, _Wine_. This is another part of the Ordinance; and the Matter of it a symbol of the Blood of Christ—_This is my Blood_.—Paul says, _The Cup of Blessing which we bless_, _is __it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ_?—_The Blood of the New Testament_. Every action of the Redeemer, in its institution, is worthy of our highest regard. _He took Bread_—this was to shew his act of taking our flesh. _He blessed it_, that it might be nourishing to our Faith, and encouraging to our Hope. _He brake it_—to shew he should be broken for us. _He gave it to his Disciples_—to shew he had given himself to his People, for their eternal Salvation. The grand Design, then, of this Ordinance appears to be, simply, to preach Christ more clearly and sensibly—to bring him more to their feelings or senses than hearing. _Faith cometh by hearing_—but in this Ordinance we taste, touch, handle, and have Christ evidently set forth as crucified, for our Faith to apprehend. It is to remind us of his Love, in that wonderful breaking forth of it, in his dreadful Sufferings, and painful, though victorious Death. This is designed to arrest our attention, and call forth our love, wonder, admiration, and praise—to lead us to the contemplation of his Agony and bloody Sweat—when in a cold night, such was the agitation of his Soul, beneath the Wrath of God, the Guilt of our Sin, and his Struggles with the Powers of Hell,