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meanynge when he spake theym hym silfe. whiche did, and 

 spake all thynges for oure welth. He g-ave bis body and blonde 

 spretually vnto bis disciples to be eaten and drouken. Tbat 

 is, tbat they shnlde beleve, tbat be wolde offer vp bis boddy 

 and bloud on tbe Crosse to god bis fatber for tbe redempcion 

 of many. Tbat tberby tbe newe and everlastynge testament 

 (wbicb is bitwixte god and vs, tbe knot of commenaunt ' tbat 

 be sbuld be oure god, and we bis cbosen cbildren) mygbt be 

 amonge godes electe pupplissbed. So. Tbe affecte of tby 

 sayinges after myne vnderstondynge is only, tbat tbis sbulde 

 be but a remembraunce bowe tbat Cbrist frely gave bis boddj^ 

 and bloudde for [fol. 21'*.] tbe redempcion of as many as god 

 bis fatber from tbe begynnynge of tbe worlde bad predestinate 

 to become partakers of bis sonnes bloudde. by tbe reason 

 wberof eacbe one of Cbristes flocke, stedfastlv mave beleve 

 bym silfe to be clensed from sinne, and delivered from bondage 

 Rom. ix. of deatb and bell, by tbis acceptable sacrifice made 

 and done, bitwixte Cbrist oure saveoure, and god bis fatber. 

 Luc. xxij. Fa. I canne none wotberwyse immagion. For be sayde 

 bym silfe, wbicb sbalbe broken and geven for you etc. So. He 

 gave not tben at bis last sopper bis materiall boddy and 

 bloudde vnto tbeym to be eaten corporally, nor yet bid it 

 vnder breade nor vnder wyne? Fa. In no wyse, for he remayned 

 bodily sittynge before their eyes. And after tbe wordes were 

 spoken tbe bred wbicb be toke and blist, remayned breade, 

 and wyne, wyne. as tbe lorde bym silfe testifieth in tbe 

 Luc. xxij. gospell. Wbeare as in all goddis workes, after he 

 once bad spoken tbe worde, all tbynges are and continewe 

 witb outen ficcion trewe. and so apere in dede in their owne 

 nature, wbether they be spretuall, or eis naturally corporall. 

 Joan. ij. After be once bad made wyne of water, it bad nether 

 coloure nor taste of water eny more, but was wyne in dede. 

 Joan. ix. He [fol. 22*.] made hym also wbicb was borne blinde, 

 naturally to se. Insomocbo tbat tbe pharises beinge never so 

 frowarde coulde not denye it. Lykwyse he reased Lazarus 

 Joan. xj. from deatb to lyfe agayne, tbat every man mygbt se 



1 comnant = covenant. Vgl. Halliwell, A Dictiouary of Archaic words. 

 Londou, 1847. Vol. I. p. 26G. 



