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chapters of. S. Paul in tlie [fol. 23*. J fyrst pystle vnto 

 the Corrinthtans' spretually and not corporally for as mosche^ 

 as Christ is gostly fode in the herte which cannot be gnawen 

 with teth lyke wother materiall meate. So. Ye^ but these 

 wordes are mervelouse playne, this is my body, and ag-ayne 

 this is my bloudde. Fa. The lordes wordes are üght, and 

 lighten the vnderstondyng-e of the simple, directinge theym 

 all wayes to belefe and love. wher vnto all prophecy shulde 

 ij. Pet.j. agre and be proporcionable, that is to saye all 

 interpretacion of scripture. For yf we only shulde leane vnto 

 ma. xxiij. the bare wordes therof , it were nether lawfull for 

 Lnce X. me to Call my father , father, nor yet to grete eny 

 mat. X. manne in the waye , not to weare shewes on my fete 

 and soche wother many moo. We must therfore leane vnto 

 ij. cor. iij. the livynge sprete, and not vnto the ded letter, and 

 marke wele in oure mynde that what soever the lorde other 

 spake or did, was all for our spretuall comforte, which thynge 

 only dependeth of hym. This well pondered, we canne never 

 gretly swarve from the trueth. as longe as we declare these so 

 playne wordes, with soche wother lyke maner of sentences, 

 pertayninge to one meanynge of the sprete. Wherfore lett vs 

 evermore with an evident and playne sen- [fol. 23''.] tence, 

 expowne and declare another which is dercker and herder. 

 as longe as they pretende but one thynge or meanynge. and 

 so vnderstonde all thynges after the mynde and meaninge of 

 the Speaker of theym. So. What frute then receavest thou by 

 these wordes? Fa. It bryngeth to my remembraunce the 

 mercifullnes of god my father, graunted and geven vnto me, 

 through the sacrifyce made of Christis boddy and bloudde on 

 the Crosse, for oure redempcion once for ever. which thynge 

 the oftener that I call to remembraunce the more fervently it 

 is by these wordes, renewed, quickened, and strengthed, in my 

 herte, Insomoche that I suerly beleve and knowe that Christ 

 with all that he canne do, is myne. Not that he therfore shulde 

 be breade, or eis hidden other vnter brede or wyne. but 

 because I doute not, that he once hath soffered death for 

 me. whose maner was ever wonnt to declar spretuall thynges by 



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