Question. What is the order of the Lord’s Supper?
Answer. The same which the Lord Christ did institute: Who in the same night that he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his Disciples, saying: Take, eat, this is my Body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after Supper he took the Cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying: Drink ye all of this, for this is my blood of the new Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for remission of sins. Do this as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. This form and order we ought to hold, and truly to keep, and to celebrate devoutly till he come again.
Scripture References: Math. 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke 22:19; 1 Cor. 11:23
Question: To what use?
Answer: For a continual thankful remembrance of his death, and the benefits that we receive thereby; and that as in Baptism we are born again, so with the Lord’s Supper we may be always fed, and sustained, to spiritual and everlasting life. And therefore it is enough to be once baptised, as to be once born: But as we need oft to be fed, so is the Lord’s Supper oft to be received.
Scripture References: Luke 22:19; 1 Cor. 11:24, 26; John 6:27, 32, 35, 48, 55-56; 1 Cor. 10:16
Question: Which are the parts of this Sacrament?
Answer. The parts hereof, even as of baptism, are of two sorts; the one is earthly and sensible: the other is heavenly, and removed from all outward senses.