William Koye's Dialog^ie betweeii a Christian Father and his stubborn Son. 4:0 1 



theym also in remembraunce of their spretuall baptem , beto- 

 kened by this outwarde signe. Tu g-eve the lykwyse t'orther 

 informacion , Christen men vse the lordis last supper, t'or the 

 renewynge of their belefe. and to testif}' theyr g-oode j. co, xij. 

 niynde and meke herte through love towai'des their neghbours. 

 For the eatynge of" the lordis bred, and drynkynge of his cuppe, 

 refressheth their belefe in Christ, and declareth a fervent love 

 which we shulde have vnto theym of the houssc of god, wher- 

 with we are knet as members of one body together. For we 

 thyncke, beleve, and saye, Swete lorde, we thanke the that 

 thou hast offered vppe on the Crosse thy boddy, and bloudde, 

 for oure redempcion, which thynge, gode lorde, as thou com- 

 raaundedst, we here with bred and wyne aflferme and testify 

 to be done indede for [fol. 37".] the reinission of oure synnes. 

 And thus spretually eat we thy boddy, and dryncke thy bloudde. 

 Which conifortable and very necessary remembraunce, renewed 

 with the worde of god, by bred and wyne, is the foode of our' 

 soules vnto lyfe everlastynge, wherby we are strengthed, and 

 made apte vnto all goodness. So. Why, strengthe then the 

 sacramentes the consciences of menne? Fa. Not of theym 

 selves but the remembraunce whiche commeth by theym, through 

 the holy gost refressheth, strengtheth , and stablissheth in vs 

 belefe and also love. For in breakynge of bred together j. co. x. 

 we knowledge oure selves to be members of Christ with as 

 niany as love hyme, and ofFer oure selves all ways in one hope 

 to the healpe and comforte of oure brethren, as one bred and 

 one body. And because the Corrinthians vsed this thynge after 

 an vnright maner, Paul did reprehende theym. For when they 

 shulde have renewed the bonde made with Christ and j. Co. xj. 

 their brethren, they had theyr seuerall bankettes overcloyinge 

 theym selves with meate an[dj drincke, where as their poore 

 brethren for nede soffered grett honger and penury. So. After 

 what mauner shulde a manne then worthely ordre hym there 

 vnto? Fa. Paul did ' [fol. oT*".] biddeth hyme examen hym silfe, 

 searchynge and gropynge in his owne conscience, and herte, 

 whethei- he doute, or stedfastly beleve, that the lorde also for 



1 = bid; dies zeigt die Wiederholung^ der Silbe bid in biddeth am Anfange 

 von Rl. 37''. 



