...said " your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead. I am that bread of life which cometh down from Heaven, of which if a man eat he shall live forever."* They rejected the Messiah before they adverted to the divine authority of his credentials....

...this?" It will not be forgotten that the manna was a type of Christ, the true Bread of Jife, which came down from heaven, of which if a man eat, he shall live for ever, John vi. Flax. This very useful vegetable production is prepared from the bark of the stalks of the...

...their forefathers had been with manna in the wilderness, that he himself is that " bread of life, which came down from heaven, of which if a man eat, he shall live for ever," (John vi. 26, &c) ; and he calls them to attend to its spiritual signification. " The words that I...

...conflicts and duties, of his earthly pilgrimage. He eats of "the bread which cometh down from God, out of heaven; of which, if a man eat, he shall live for ever." His soul is "strengthened and refreshed by the spiritual food of the body and blood of Christ, as his...

...After the miracle of the loaves, St. John vi., he explained, that he is the living bread which cometh down from heaven, of which, if a man eat, he shall live for ever : and he declares himself the source and giver of that living water, of which, if a man drink, he shall...

...they. The fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead; but we have the bread of life which came down from heaven, of which, if a man eat, he shall live for ever; even the flesh of the Son of Man, which he gave for the life of the world.v Take care, then, so to...

...etaffof bread. In like manner, nothing is so necessary for the soul as Christ the bread of life, which came down from heaven ; of which, if a man eat, he shall live for 'ever. John vi. 32-58. (2.) Bread is most calculated for the nvurishment, and strengthening, and satisfying...

...Christ could ever have said this of himself, (we mean figuratively) — " I am the living bread which came down from heaven, of which if a man eat he shall never die?" Plainly, then, if the figurative sense of the word " flesh " is to be rejected, because...

...it was only emblematical of his power and his willingness to provide for them all that bread which came down from heaven, of which if a man eat he shall live for ever. We have already spoken of this, and need not enlarge further upon it here. It was the custom among...

...Christ could ever have said this of himself, (we mean figuratively) — " I am the living bread which came down from heaven, of which if a man eat he shall never die ?" Plainly, then, if the figurative sense of the word "flesh" is to be rejected, because...