Lord’s Day 28, Chapter 2: The Symbolism of the Lord’s Supper

Let us attend now to the symbolism of the supper of the Lord. Let us attend now to the symbolism of the supper of the Lord. I speak of the symbolism of the supper, rather than of the signs. The signs, of course, are those of bread and wine. But the symbolism at the table of communion is far richer than that of the bare signs. The complete symbolism includes the following elements: 1) the signs of the bread and wine, signifying the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; 2) the signs of the...