A compendious view of the grounds of the Teutonick philosophy : with considerations by way of enquiry into the subject matter and scope of the writings of Jacob Behmen, commonly called, the Teutonick philosopher : also several extracts from his writings and some words used by him explained

142 = Confiderations on the Scope

This is Chrift’s heavenly fleth and blood, wherewith he feeds his, in the facramental feaft. Bur being come now to that, which men make occafion of controverfy, it may be profitable to difcourfe of it.

Of the Lord’s-Supper.

John vi. from verfe 47 to 59. And again in verie 63. it is faid, **1 am the “< living bread that. came down from “S heaven. Verfe 53- “* Except ye eat “his fleth and drink his blood, ye have ** no life in you.”

The Jews underftanding this, as many ftill do, tobe meant of his outward fleth and blood, faid, and that rightly, ‘© How “can this man give us his fleth to eat 2” for that had been fo underftood, and cannibal like, by them, but not intended by our Lord.

For he interprets him@lf, firtt negatively, in verfe 63, not his outward fleth, as they thought to ‘be meant, for that profiteth nothing. And affirmatively, verie_so and 58, the Lord is exprefs that the fefh he meant was alfo bread, and that bread was the bread which came down from

heaven,