for  any  other  purpose  than  for  the  same  it  was  ordained  for,
the  same  eateth  and  drinketh  his  own  damnation.  I  think
not  contrary,  but  that  most  men  will  think  this  a  strange
interpretation  of  this  place ;  forasmuch  as  the  most  ancient,
yea,  all  the  doctors  that  make  any  mention  of  this  place,
and  Calvin  himself  in  this  book  which  I  have  translated,  do
apply  the  unworthiness  in  receiving  of  this  sacrament  to  the
unpenitent  heart  of  the  person  which  receiveth  it.  And  in
very  deed,  such  one  is  far  unworthy  to  receive  so  worthy
a  sacrament ;  forasmuch  as  he  is  not  the  member  nor
servant  of  Christ,  but  a  member  of  the  devil,  and  servant
to  sin.  And  this  interpretation  is  no  less  godly  than  fruitful.
For  thereby  are  the  members  of  Christ  put  in  fear  to  pre
sume  to  come  to  the  table  of  the  Lord,  unless  they  have  first
examined  and  found  themselves  the  true  members  of  Christ,
endued  and  adorned  with  perfect  faith,  hope,  and  charity.
But  if  we  will  go  to  the  native  sense  of  the  text,  we  shall
perceive,  that  in  this  place  Paul  speaketh  of  the  small  regard
the  Corinthians  had  to  this  most  sacred  sacrament,  not  using
it  with  so  much  reverence  as  they  ought  to  do.  For  he
addeth  these  words,  "Putting  no  difference  of  the  Lord's
body  :"  as  he  should  have  said,  esteeming  it  nothing  better
than  the  common  bread  wherewith  they  fed  their  bodies.
