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then_o in_o our_o wine_n and_o therefore_o in_o our_o adversary_n judgement_n the_o sheep_n do_v true_o give_v place_n to_o bread_n and_o blood_n to_o wine_n s._n hierome_n in_o comment_n psal_n 109._o quomodo_fw-la melchisedech_n etc._n etc._n even_o as_o melchisedech_n be_v king_n of_o salem_n offer_v up_o bread_n and_o wine_n so_o thou_o offere_v up_o thy_o body_n and_o blood_n be_v true_a bread_n and_o true_a blood_n this_o our_o melchisedech_n have_v deliver_v to_o we_o these_o mysterye_n which_o now_o we_o enjoy_v for_o it_o be_v he_o who_o say_v qui_fw-la manducat_fw-la carnem_fw-la meam_fw-la &_o bibit_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la meum_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o this_o place_n the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v clear_o oppose_v to_o the_o bread_n and_o wine_n of_o melchisedech_n and_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n be_v here_o call_v true_a bread_n and_o true_a blood_n to_o wit_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o effect_n which_o be_v to_o nourish_v our_o soul_n but_o not_o in_o respect_n 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that_o truth_n which_o be_v prefigure_v by_o those_o bread_n s._n chrysostome_n homil._n 24._o in_o 1._o ad_fw-la cor._n compare_v the_o magi_n with_o we_o say_v to_o this_o effect_n that_o the_o magi_n have_v this_o body_n in_o the_o manger_n but_o we_o have_v it_o upon_o the_o altar_n they_o have_v it_o only_o in_o the_o arm_n of_o a_o woman_n but_o we_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o priest_n they_o only_o see_v the_o simple_a body_n of_o christ_n but_o we_o see_v the_o same_o body_n but_o withal_o do_v know_v his_o power_n and_o virtue_n thus_o in_o this_o antithesis_fw-la do_v s._n chrysostome_n conclude_v that_o we_o have_v his_o body_n in_o a_o more_o worthy_a sort_n than_o the_o magi_n have_v it_o which_o he_o can_v not_o affirm_v true_o if_o we_o have_v his_o body_n only_o in_o sign_n and_o representation_n and_o homil._n 51._o in_o matth._n adeamus_fw-la christum_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v every_o one_o of_o we_o which_o be_v sick_a come_v to_o christ_n for_o if_o those_o which_o 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meat_n or_o banquet_n neither_o to_o the_o bread_n can_v it_o be_v say_v o_o lord_n i_o be_o not_o worthy_a etc._n etc._n neither_o can_v here_o be_v understand_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n as_o it_o be_v eat_v by_o faith_n because_o than_o it_o can_v not_o be_v say_v where_o he_o enter_v unworthy_o there_o he_o enter_v unto_o judgement_n of_o the_o receiver_n for_o our_o adversary_n do_v teach_v that_o christ_n be_v take_v by_o faith_n of_o the_o godly_a only_o and_o not_o of_o the_o wicked_a and_o that_o the_o godly_a take_v it_o to_o salvation_n and_o that_o which_o the_o wicked_a do_v take_v unworthy_o be_v only_o the_o external_a sign_n tertullian_n lib._n the_o resurrect_a carn_n caro_fw-la abluitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la emaculetur_fw-la caro_fw-la inungitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la consecretur_fw-la caro_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o sanguine_fw-la christi_fw-la vescitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la saginetur_fw-la the_o flesh_n be_v wash_v that_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v make_v clean_o the_o flesh_n be_v anoint_v that_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v consecrate_v the_o flesh_n feed_v of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n that_o the_o soul_n may_v
be_v nourish_v of_o god_n but_o the_o flesh_n be_v wash_v real_o and_o true_o with_o water_n as_o also_o it_o be_v anoint_v real_o and_o true_o with_o oil_n therefore_o it_o ought_v real_o and_o true_o to_o feed_v upon_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n ignatius_n epist_n ad_fw-la smyrnenses_n as_o theodoret_n cit_v dialog_n 3._o thus_o say_v eucharistias_n &_o oblationes_fw-la non_fw-la admittunt_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la eucharistiam_fw-la esse_fw-la carnem_fw-la saluatoris_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la passa_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la pater_fw-la sva_fw-la benignitate_fw-la suscitavit_fw-la they_o do_v not_o admit_v to_o wit_n certain_a heretic_n deny_v that_o christ_n have_v true_a flesh_n the_o eucharist_n and_o oblation_n because_o they_o acknowledge_v not_o the_o eucharist_n to_o be_v the_o flesh_n of_o our_o saviour_n which_o flesh_n suffer_v for_o our_o sin_n the_o which_o the_o father_n through_o his_o benignity_n raise_v 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the_o father_n authority_n touch_v the_o change_n make_v in_o the_o eucharist_n chap._n iii_o a_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o father_n testimony_n may_v extend_v itself_o to_o the_o change_n which_o be_v make_v in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n which_o change_n that_o it_o be_v real_a be_v necessary_o include_v in_o their_o writing_n for_o they_o teach_v that_o after_o the_o mutation_n be_v once_o make_v the_o bread_n remain_v not_o and_o in_o further_a acknowledgement_n hereof_o they_o purposely_o do_v parallel_v it_o with_o other_o real_a mutation_n as_o first_o with_o that_o of_o the_o water_n turn_v by_o our_o saviour_n into_o wine_n but_o if_o a_o imminent_a act_n of_o his_o will_n be_v of_o power_n to_o turn_v water_n into_o wine_n can_v a_o transient_a operation_n of_o the_o say_a will_n break_v out_o into_o word_n of_o a_o positive_a assertion_n change_v wine_n into_o blood_n second_o they_o compare_v the_o change_n here_o with_o that_o of_o the_o wand_n of_o moses_n turn_v into_o serpent_n but_o what_o proportion_n can_v there_o be_v between_o these_o stupendous_a mutation_n and_o a_o little_a representative_a bread_n and_o wine_n still_o remain_v bread_n and_o wine_n therefore_o we_o may_v just_o say_v that_o as_o those_o true_a serpent_n 7._o serpent_n true_a serpent_n exod._n 7._o of_o moses_n do_v eat_v up_o those_o counterfeit_n serpent_n make_v in_o emulation_n thereof_o by_o the_o false_a prophet_n even_o so_o ought_v the_o real_a transelementation_n teach_v by_o the_o father_n exile_n and_o banish_v this_o but_o sacramental_a and_o sophisticated_a change_n bring_v in_o by_o the_o sacramentary_n they_o further_o teach_v for_o the_o more_o facilitate_v of_o this_o great_a work_n that_o he_o who_o can_v first_o give_v the_o essence_n and_o form_n to_o every_o thing_n can_v more_o easy_o superinduce_v a_o second_o form_n and_o therefore_o with_o good_a reason_n one_o of_o they_o say_v non_fw-la 9_o non_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la est_fw-la ambros_n de_fw-fr mysterijs_fw-la initiand_n c._n 9_o minus_fw-la est_fw-la novas_fw-la rebus_fw-la dare_v quà m_fw-la mutare_fw-la naturas_fw-la since_o the_o first_o include_v a_o absolute_a and_o primative_a creation_n the_o very_a masterpiece_n of_o god_n omnipotency_n and_o such_o as_o man_n can_v apprehend_v but_o by_o apprehend_v that_o nothing_o be_v something_o the_o second_o impli_v a_o former_a existence_n of_o something_o and_o consequent_o only_o a_o new_a kind_n of_o invest_v of_o it_o which_o late_a point_n much_o more_o the_o first_o the_o father_n ascribe_v only_o to_o his_o power_n who_o cause_v all_o change_n be_v yet_o himself_o unchangeable_a and_o produce_v all_o mutation_n be_v immutable_a ego_fw-la 3_o ego_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la dominus_fw-la malach._n 3_o sum_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la mutor_fw-la now_o then_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o true_a and_o real_a change_n here_o make_v the_o father_n do_v further_o write_v that_o our_o sense_n which_o in_o other_o thing_n have_v a_o great_a sovereignty_n over_o our_o judgement_n be_v here_o deceive_v for_o though_o the_o eye_n will_v persuade_v we_o that_o there_o be_v bread_n and_o wine_n in_o the_o eucharist_n yet_o they_o say_v plain_o that_o there_o be_v neither_o bread_n nor_o wine_n thus_o teach_v that_o the_o understanding_n here_o correct_v the_o eye_n in_o see_v though_o only_o by_o the_o eye_n it_o learn_v that_o there_o be_v any_o see_v and_o affirm_v that_o the_o understanding_n for_o faith_n be_v a_o act_n thereof_o which_o see_v not_o at_o all_o here_o only_o true_o see_v thus_o if_o we_o believe_v those_o ancient_a doctor_n a_o faith_n wrought_v out_o of_o sense_n only_o be_v no_o better_o than_o israel_n whereof_o the_o 10._o the_o the_o apostle_n 1._o cor._n 10._o apostle_n speak_v according_a to_o the_o flesh_n but_o now_o to_o descend_v particular_o to_o their_o authority_n sort_v to_o the_o passage_n of_o this_o chapter_n first_o then_o eusebius_n emissenu_fw-fr serm_n de_fw-fr corpore_fw-la dom._n say_v inuisibilis_fw-la sacerdos_n etc._n etc._n the_o invisible_a priest_n do_v change_v through_o a_o secret_a power_n of_o his_o word_n the_o visible_a creature_n into_o the_o substance_n of_o his_o body_n and_o blood_n and_o again_o he_o say_v more_o plain_o quando_fw-la bencdicendae_fw-la etc._n etc._n when_o the_o creature_n which_o be_v to_o be_v bless_v be_v place_v upon_o the_o altar_n before_o they_o be_v consecrate_v with_o the_o invocation_n of_o the_o high_a power_n they_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o bread_n and_o wine_n but_o after_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n they_o be_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ._n what_o marvel_n if_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o can_v create_v by_o his_o word_n he_o can_v change_v be_v already_o create_v proclus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n lib._n de_fw-la trad._n divinae_fw-la liturgiae_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la preces_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la adventum_fw-la expectabant_fw-la ut_fw-la eius_fw-la divina_fw-la praesentia_fw-la propositum_fw-la in_o sacrificio_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o vinum_fw-la aqua_fw-la permixtum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la illud_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la saluatoris_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la efficeret_fw-la by_o the_o force_n of_o these_o prayer_n mean_v the_o word_n of_o the_o institution_n we_o expect_v the_o come_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o so_o his_o divine_a presence_n may_v make_v the_o bread_n and_o wine_n mingle_v with_o water_n the_o very_a body_n and_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n our_o saviour_n augustine_n serm_n quem_fw-la citat_fw-la beda_n in_o c._n 10._o prioris_fw-la ad_fw-la cor._n non_fw-la omnis_fw-la panis_fw-la etc._n etc._n not_o every_o bread_n but_o that_o receive_v the_o benediction_n of_o christ_n fit_a corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la be_v make_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n where_o the_o word_n fit_a include_v here_o a_o true_a change_n at_o least_o against_o the_o lutheran_n chrysostome_n homil_n 83._o in_o matth._n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la humanae_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o word_n here_o perform_v be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n we_o only_o hold_v the_o place_n of_o minister_n but_o it_o be_v he_o that_o sanctifi_v and_o change_v the_o thing_n and_o then_o after_o qui_fw-la dixit_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o who_o say_v this_o be_v my_o body_n confirm_v the_o fact_n with_o his_o word_n and_o homil_n de_fw-fr eucharist_n in_o encaenijs_fw-la num_fw-la vides_fw-la panem_fw-la num_fw-la vinum_fw-la num_fw-la sicut_fw-la reliqui_fw-la cibi_fw-la in_o secessum_fw-la vadunt_fw-la absit_fw-la ne_fw-la sic_fw-la cogite_n quemadmodum_fw-la enim_fw-la sicera_fw-la adhibita_fw-la illi_fw-la assimilatur_fw-la nihil_fw-la substantiae_fw-la remanet_fw-la nihil_fw-la superfluit_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la puta_fw-la mysteria_fw-la consumi_fw-la corporis_fw-la substantia_fw-la do_v thou_o see_v bread_n do_v thou_o see_v wine_n do_v these_o thing_n pass_v into_o the_o common_a passage_n as_o other_o meat_n do_v let_v it_o be_v far_o from_o thou_o to_o think_v so_o for_o even_o as_o wax_v lay_v near_o to_o the_o fire_n do_v assimilate_v itself_o to_o it_o nothing_o of_o the_o substance_n
not_o adore_v now_o here_o it_o can_v be_v reply_v that_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o father_n be_v that_o the_o faithful_a do_v eat_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n exist_v only_o in_o heaven_n with_o the_o mouth_n of_o faith_n because_o the_o faithful_a do_v only_o adore_v it_o this_o be_v false_a for_o even_o according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o s._n augustine_n the_o wicked_a do_v adore_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n and_o eat_v his_o body_n from_o the_o altar_n for_o epist_n 120._o ad_fw-la honoratum_fw-la c._n 27._o where_n speak_v of_o the_o wicked_a he_o say_v adducti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la mensam_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o accipiunt_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o sanguine_fw-la cius_fw-la sed_fw-la adorant_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la etiam_fw-la saturantur_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la imitantur_fw-la final_o s._n augustine_n l._n 50._o homil._n 26._o warn_v most_o earnest_o that_o man_n shall_v be_v careful_a that_o no_o part_n of_o the_o host_n shall_v fall_v upon_o the_o ground_n chrysostome_n homil_n 3._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n et_fw-la tu_fw-la ad_fw-la saluturem_fw-la hanc_fw-la hostiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o thou_o be_v ready_a to_o come_v to_o this_o healthful_a host_n which_o even_o the_o angel_n do_v behold_v with_o fear_n and_o homil._n the_o eucharist_n in_o encaenijs_fw-la agnus_n dei_fw-la immolatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o lamb_n of_o god_n be_v offer_v up_o in_o sacrifice_n the_o seraphim_n be_v present_a cover_v their_o face_n with_o wing_n but_o how_o fantastical_a and_o imaginary_a a_o conceit_n be_v it_o to_o think_v that_o these_o place_n can_v be_v apply_v to_o bread_n and_o wine_n signify_v only_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n again_o homil._n 60._o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la antiochenum_fw-la he_o say_v cogita_fw-la quali_fw-la sis_fw-la insignitus_fw-la honore_fw-la etc._n etc._n bethink_v thyself_o with_o what_o honour_n thou_o be_v here_o grace_v what_o table_n thou_o enjoy_v we_o feed_v of_o that_o and_o be_v unite_v therewith_o the_o which_o the_o angel_n behold_v be_v afraid_a and_o dare_v not_o look_v upon_o the_o same_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o illustrious_a splendour_n thereof_o and_o in_o the_o like_a sort_n homil._n 61._o huic_fw-la &_o supernae_fw-la potestates_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o high_a power_n do_v assist_v and_o wait_v hercupon_o because_o they_o behold_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o thing_n there_o place_v more_o than_o we_o do_v and_o do_v admire_v the_o inaccesible_a splendour_n and_o lightness_n thereof_o and_o that_o these_o place_n of_o this_o father_n be_v to_o be_v take_v literal_o appear_v out_o of_o another_o place_n of_o his_o write_n to_o wit_n l._n 6._o de_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la in_o these_o word_n ego_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o commemorantem_fw-la quemdam_fw-la audivi_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o do_v over_o hear_v one_o report_v who_o tell_v that_o a_o certain_a old_a and_o venerable_a man_n to_o who_o many_o mysterye_n have_v afore_o be_v reveal_v be_v vouchsafe_v by_o god_n to_o be_v make_v worthy_a of_o a_o vision_n and_o that_o during_o this_o time_n viz._n of_o celebrate_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o altar_n he_o do_v see_v whole_a multitude_n of_o angel_n to_o descend_v sudden_o down_o as_o much_o as_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n can_v endure_v be_v clothe_v with_o shine_a vestment_n and_o stand_v round_o about_o the_o altar_n and_o bow_v down_o their_o head_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v behold_v shoulder_n bear_v themselves_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o their_o king_n thus_o far_o s._n chrysostome_n the_o truth_n of_o which_o narration_n i_o do_v not_o so_o much_o urge_v since_o i_o presume_v our_o adversary_n will_v esteem_v it_o as_o fabulous_a but_o i_o urge_v that_o s._n chrysostome_n think_v it_o to_o be_v true_a since_o otherwise_o he_o will_v never_o have_v record_v it_o and_o consequent_o that_o he_o believe_v that_o angel_n be_v true_o and_o real_o present_a at_o the_o altar_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o celebration_n 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out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n himself_o who_o speak_v of_o this_o mystery_n john_n 6._o thus_o say_v spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la vivificat_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o spirit_n which_o quicken_v the_o flesh_n profit_v nothing_o and_o again_o subjoin_v to_o the_o former_a word_n verba_fw-la quae_fw-la ego_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o word_n which_o i_o have_v speak_v to_o you_o be_v spirit_n and_o life_n the_o meaning_n of_o which_o latter_a sentence_n be_v coincident_a with_o the_o former_a instruct_v we_o that_o a_o carnal_a understanding_n of_o the_o eucharist_n as_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v eat_v as_o other_o meat_n be_v for_o so_o the_o capharnaite_n frame_v to_o themselves_o avayl_v nothing_o but_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o conceive_v that_o thing_n divine_a and_o spiritual_a be_v here_o deliver_v to_o we_o which_o we_o be_v not_o to_o entertain_v in_o a_o humane_a sense_n but_o by_o faith_n and_o apprehension_n inspire_v by_o god_n yet_o so_o by_o faith_n 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