The Witness of the Eucharist.

THE

WITNESS OF THE
THE EUCHARIST,

OR

THE INSTITUTION AND EARLY
CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

CONSIDERED AS AN EVIDENCE OF THE HISTORICAL TRUTH OF THE
GOSPEL NARRATIVE AND OF THE CHRISTIAN

DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT.

BEING THE NORRISIAN PRIZE ESSAY

FOR THE YEAR 1863.

BY

THE REV. G. F. MACLEAR, M.A.

LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
CLASSICAL MASTER AT KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, LONDON,
AND ASSISTANT MINISTER AT CURZON CHAPEL, MAYFAIR,
AND ST MARK'S, NOTTING HILL.

Cambridge and London.
MACMILLAN AND CO.

1864.

100. 2 24.

Cambridge:

PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

..

TO THE

REV. WILLIAM WHEWELL, D.D.

MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE;

TO THE

REV. RICHARD OKES, D.D.

PROVOST OF KING'S COLLEGE;

AND TO

EDWIN GUEST, LL.D.

MASTER OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE;

EXAMINERS FOR THE NORRISIAN PRIZE;

This Essay

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.