Thomas Houston on the sign and the thing signified in the sacraments

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From the union of the outward elements, and the things which they denote, arises sacramental phraseology, by which the terms denoting the sign and the things signified are used interchangeably. Thus Christ is termed “our passover;” circumcision is called “the covenant,” the bread in the Lord’s Supper is named the “body” of Christ. [1 Cor. 5:7; Gen. 17:11; Matt. 26:26] The sacramental union so connects the objects that, by a figure of speech common to all languages, the one may be predicated of the other. ...

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