by Robert Barclay

“ If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever: and the Bread that I will give him, is my Flesh, which I will give for the Life of the World. The Jews therefore strove amongst them selves, saying, How can this man give us his Flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, ye have no Life in you: Whoso eateth my Flesh, and drinketh my Blood, hath Eternal Life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day; For my Flesh is Meat indeed, and my Blood is Drink indeed. ”

“ A. He must increase, but I must decrease [John 3:30] .
Q. I perceive then, many may be sprinkled with and dipped and baptized in Water, and yet not truly baptized with the Baptism of Christ? What are the real Effects in such as are truly baptized with the Baptism of Christ? ”

“ Is any man sick among you, let him call for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with Oyl in the name of the Lord [Jas. 5:14] .
Q. These commands are no less positive then the other, ye some of them are asserted as the very Sense of the Holy Ghost, as no less necessary then abstaining from Fornication; and yet the generality of Protestants have laid them aside, as not of perpetual Continuance: But what other Scriptures are there, to show that it is not Necessary, that of Bread and Wine to Continue?
A. For the Kingdom of God is not Meat and Drink ”