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members of one body (by the operacion of the wlioly gost) 

 are fastened in one hed Christ Jesus tlieir lorde. of wliom 

 they receave the moysteoure of belefe and goode workes which 

 causeth theym exterially to vse the werde of god, bis baptem, 

 and his last supper, as tokens materiall of thynges most godly 

 and spretualh Which churche generally taken, comprchendcth 

 nott ouly those w^hiche nowe lyve and beleve, with them which 

 here after shall beleve. but also as many as are departed oute 

 of this lyfe, and rest in the fayth of Abraham, of the which 

 whole nombre Christ is hed. That is to saye, of the Coio. j. 

 whole body of his churche made, bilt, and edyfied, of belevers. 

 whome Paul diligently exhorteth to kepe the unite of the 

 sprete in the bonde of peace. and to be one body, Eph. üij. 

 and one sprete, even as they are called in one hoape of their 

 vocation sayinge moreover vnto theym, let there be but one 

 lorde, one faythe, one baptein, one god and father of all. 

 which is above all, thorowe all, and in vs all. To whome be 

 glory for ever moare amen. Son. Thou saydst before that no 

 manne shulde praye to sainctes. and [fol. 28\] here thou 

 sayest that they are of the Company of this Christen churche. 

 Wherfore doutlesse they praye for vs, and healpe vs weake 

 members, with their continuall intercession to god. Fa. With 

 outen fayle, they nowe livynge in god, affectoussly ' desyre the 

 welth and saluacion of all goddis choserv yet have I no 

 commaundment of god eny soche intercession to desyre. But 

 he sheweth to me through his godly werde everywhere, iiat. xj. 

 that my heulth and conforte stondeth in the praier and 

 intercession of oure onlv mediatour (Jhrist Jesus. So. Wherfore 

 desyred Paul then the prayers of theim which wer alive? Fa. 

 That through many, the glory of god myght be forthered. the 

 ded, we shulde committ to god, in whom they rest. So. Go 

 to then. Yf Christ be the hed of this (Uiurche, his churche 

 must be inuisible, as he is in a celestiall and spretuall beynge, 

 vnpossible to be aprehended or sene with eny corporall eyes. 

 Fa. Even so is it and therfore belefe I the wholy Christen 

 churche. So. Forwhat cause callest thou (Jhrist an k... xij. 



hed? Fa. Because that as by the reason of the hedd j. cor. xij. 



afffxtiioutily. 



