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understand_v those_o which_o eat_v his_o flesh_n &_o drink_v his_o blood_n worthy_o for_o the_o apostle_n say_v 29._o 1._o cor._n 11._o 29._o he_o that_o eat_v this_o bread_n &_o drink_v this_o cup_n unworthe_o eat_v and_o drink_v to_o himself_o damnation_n mat._n the_o apostle_n say_v not_o who_o so_o eat_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n &_o drink_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n unworthe_o but_o he_o that_o eat_v the_o bread_n and_o drink_v the_o cup._n for_o christ_n shall_v offer_v his_o body_n to_o be_v profane_v if_o he_o make_v the_o unworthy_a partaker_n of_o it_o moreover_o his_o gift_n be_v inseparable_o join_v with_o his_o person_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o shall_v communicate_v with_o his_o body_n but_o the_o same_o also_o must_v be_v partaker_n of_o all_o his_o benefit_n &_o even_o of_o everlasting_a life_n for_o this_o cause_n john_n say_v 12_o 1._o joh._n 5._o 12_o he_o that_o have_v the_o son_n have_v life_n he_o that_o have_v not_o the_o son_n of_o god_n have_v not_o life_n those_o four_o absurdity_n recâ—…ned_v up_o by_o we_o do_v most_o manifest_o overthrow_v the_o opinion_n of_o transubstantiation_n against_o the_o which_o experience_n itself_o it_o for_o as_o much_o as_o the_o bread_n &_o wine_n of_o the_o supper_n if_o they_o be_v keep_v long_o do_v corrupt_a whereupon_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o their_o substance_n it_o not_o change_v theoph._n i_o do_v indeed_o perceive_v that_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o establish_v transubstantiation_n or_o the_o turn_n of_o the_o sign_n into_o the_o thing_n signify_v both_o because_o the_o word_n themselves_o can_v bear_v it_o and_o especial_o in_o that_o most_o gross_a absurdity_n do_v follow_v thereupon_o but_o by_o what_o argument_n can_v thou_o prove_v that_o the_o exposition_n bring_v by_o thou_o do_v express_v the_o sense_n of_o christ_n word_n and_o that_o that_o be_v his_o meaning_n mat._n supper_n of_o the_o exposition_n of_o christ_n word_n in_o the_o supper_n see_v 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