as they were eating] Before they removed from the table: for it is not likely that Christ would mix the Lords supper with the passeover: and it is said, Luke 22. 20. 1 Corinthians 11:55. of the cup, that it was after the paschall supper. Jesus took bread] 1 Corinthians 11:23-24. blessed it] Many Greek copies have, gave thanks. Christ minding forthwith to fulfill the promises o the old Testament, instituteth a new Covenant, with new signes; and consecrates them, not with murmuring of words, but with prayer to God, consisting partly of praise and thanksgiving to God his Father, v. 27. and parly of petition for a blessing upon the elements, as Luke 9:16. And yet the bread and wine are changed, not in nature, but in use; for they become undoubted tokens of Christs Body and Blood, by his own Institution, that faith may finde what to lay hold on, both in the word, and in the elements. this is my Body] Either by a trope called a Metonymy, one name is put for another; the bread is called Christs body, because it is a signe of his body: or, by a figurative enunciation, the bread is said to be Christs Body, because it representeth his Body truely and properly so termed; as the rok is said to have been Christ, because it represented Christ, 1 Corinthians 10:4. both, in effect, come to one, the phrase being sacramentall, and of common use in speech of signes and resemblances, either sacred or other, as Gen. 17. 11, 13. and 40. 22, 18. and 41. 26, 27. Exodus 12:11. Chap. 13. 37, 38, 39. Revelation 17:9; Revelation 17:12; Revelation 17:15-16; Revelation 17:18.