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hardinge_n imagine_v grant_v only_o to_o these_o two_o bishop_n gregory_n and_o spiriâ—ion_n &_o to_o none_o other_o s._n chrysostome_n saithe_v general_o of_o all_o man_n quamuis_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la plurimum_fw-la difficultatis_fw-la in_o se_fw-la habeant_fw-la 10._o ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la assumi_fw-la possunt_fw-la ut_fw-la perfectiori_fw-la vitæ_fw-la impedimento_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la notwithstanding_o marriage_n have_v much_o trouble_n in_o itself_o yet_o may_v it_o so_o be_v take_v and_o use_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v no_o hindrance_n to_o perfect_a life_n again_o he_o saithe_v ne_o excuse_n te_fw-la propter_fw-la nuptias_fw-la dominus_fw-la tuus_fw-la nuptijs_fw-la interfuit_fw-la &_o nuptias_fw-la cohonestavit_fw-la 363._o et_fw-la tu_fw-la nuptias_fw-la arguis_fw-la et_fw-la dicis_fw-la nuptias_fw-la esse_fw-la impedimentum_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatem_fw-la nullum_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatem_fw-la est_fw-la obstaculum_fw-la vis_fw-fr cognoscere_fw-la quòd_fw-la nihil_fw-la obsit_fw-la habere_fw-la vxorem_fw-la &_o liberos_fw-la moses_n nónne_fw-fr vxorem_fw-la habuit_fw-la &_o liberos_fw-la vide_fw-la &_o petrum_fw-la columnam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quòd_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la vxorem_fw-la habuit_fw-la ne_o accuse_v nuptias_fw-la excuse_v not_o thou_o self_n by_o thy_o marriage_n thy_o lord_n be_v at_o the_o marriage_n feast_n and_o honour_a marriage_n with_o his_o presence_n and_o yet_o do_v thou_o blame_v marriage_n and_o saiste_v thou_o that_o marriage_n be_v a_o hindrance_n unto_o godliness_n i_o tell_v thou_o marriage_n be_v no_o manner_n hindrance_n unto_o godliness_n will_v thou_o know_v that_o it_o hinder_v not_o to_o have_v wife_n and_o child_n have_v not_o moses_n wife_n and_o child_n behold_v peter_n a_o pillar_n of_o the_o church_n he_o have_v a_o wife_n therefore_o find_v no_o fault_n with_o marriage_n again_o 4._o write_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n esai_n vidi_n dominun_n etc._n etc._n he_o saithe_v thus_o quis_fw-la ista_fw-la loâ—uitur_fw-la esaias_n ille_fw-la spectator_n coelestium_fw-la seraphim_n qui_fw-la cum_fw-la coniugio_fw-la commercium_fw-la habuit_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la extinxit_fw-la gratiam_fw-la who_o speak_v these_o word_n esaias_n the_o beholder_n of_o the_o celestial_a seraphim_n who_o notwithstanding_o he_o have_v company_n with_o his_o wife_n yet_o he_o quench_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n again_o filium_fw-la habebat_fw-la &_o vxorem_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligas_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la malas_fw-la nuptias_fw-la sed_fw-la malam_fw-la esse_fw-la scortationem_fw-la esai_n have_v a_o son_n and_o a_o wife_n that_o thou_o may_v understande_v that_o marriage_n be_v not_o ill_a but_o that_o pornication_n be_v ill_a and_o again_o num_fw-la obsiabat_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la adiutrix_fw-la tibi_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la vxor_fw-la non_fw-la insidiatrix_fw-la what_o do_v marriage_n hinder_v thou_o no._n thy_o wife_n be_v geeven_v thou_o to_o be_v thy_o healper_n and_o not_o to_o deceive_v thou_o likewise_o saithe_v s._n augustine_n 127._o sanctissimus_fw-la samuel_n filios_fw-la genuìt_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la â—ustitiae_fw-la svae_fw-la merita_fw-la minuit_fw-la zacharias_n sacerdos_n vir_fw-la lustus_fw-la in_o senectute_fw-la sva_fw-la genuit_fw-la filium_fw-la qua_fw-la ergo_fw-la ratione_fw-la accusatur_fw-la quod_fw-la minimè_fw-la obesse_fw-la probatur_fw-la most_o holy_a samuel_n beget_v child_n and_o yet_o nothing_o abate_v the_o merit_n of_o his_o righteousness_n zacharios_n the_o priest_n in_o his_o old_a age_n beget_v a_o child_n wherefore_o then_o be_v that_o thing_n accuse_v that_o be_v prove_v to_o do_v no_o manner_n hurt_v nicephorus_n write_n of_o gregory_n s._n basiles_n brother_n 19_o the_o bishop_n of_o nyssa_n saithe_v thus_o quamuis_fw-la haberet_fw-la coniugem_fw-la alijs_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la non_fw-la cessit_fw-la fratti_fw-la although_o he_o have_v a_o wife_n yet_o in_o other_o thing_n he_o be_v nothing_o 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matrimonio_fw-la iunctos_fw-la dominicis_fw-la studere_fw-la operibus_fw-la we_o see_v both_o virgin_n careful_a for_o the_o world_n and_o marry_a man_n careful_a for_o the_o work_v of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v trouble_n in_o marriage_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o so_o be_v there_o also_o trouble_v in_o single_a life_n special_o to_o they_o that_o fear_v the_o judgemente_n of_o god_n and_o have_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o chastity_n 21._o but_o chrysostome_n say_v
admit_v judas_n unto_o his_o table_n whereat_o he_o give_v and_o deliver_v unto_o his_o disciple_n a_o figure_n of_o his_o body_n again_o s._n augustine_n saithe_v as_o in_o the_o personne_n of_o christ_n 25._o qui_fw-la in_o i_o non_fw-la manet_fw-la &_o in_o quo_fw-la ego_fw-la non_fw-la manco_fw-la ne_fw-la se_fw-la dicat_fw-la aut_fw-la existimet_fw-la manducare_fw-la corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la aut_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la meum_fw-la bibere_fw-la he_o that_o abide_v not_o in_o i_o and_o i_o in_o he_o let_v he_o not_o say_v or_o think_v that_o he_o either_o eat_v my_o body_n or_o drink_v my_o blood_n the_o objection_n that_o you_o make_v of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o body_n be_v light_n and_o vain_a and_o to_o small_a purpose_n for_o if_o noman_n shall_v have_v part_n in_o the_o resurrection_n but_o only_o they_o that_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o christ_n body_n then_o be_v all_o the_o holy_a father_n patriarch_n and_o prophet_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n moses_n aaron_n and_o such_o other_o then_o be_v infinite_a number_n of_o christian_a child_n faith_n then_o be_v many_o godly_a martyr_n which_o be_v baptise_a in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v take_v out_o of_o this_o life_n before_o they_o can_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n utter_o exclude_v for_o ever_o from_o all_o hope_n of_o resurrection_n but_o christ_n when_o he_o speak_v these_o word_n mean_v not_o the_o recivinge_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o the_o spiritual_a eatinge_v of_o his_o very_a body_n and_o the_o spiritual_a drink_v of_o his_o very_a blood_n whereof_o he_o be_v make_v partetaker_n unto_o resurrection_n and_o life_n euerlastinge_a who_o so_o ever_o believe_v in_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o therefore_o s._n basile_n say_v of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n 〈◊〉_d baptisma_fw-la est_fw-la vis_fw-la &_o efficacia_fw-la ad_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la baptism_n be_v a_o power_n and_o a_o strength_n unto_o resurrection_n but_o hereof_o we_o shall_v have_v occasion_n offer_v to_o say_v more_o hereafter_o further_o how_o can_v you_o assure_v yourselves_o say_v you_o that_o your_o faith_n receive_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v never_o promise_v to_o your_o faith_n by_o the_o way_n i_o beseech_v you_o m._n hardinge_n when_o or_o where_o be_v christ_n body_n ever_o promise_v to_o your_o mouth_n very_o christ_n promise_v his_o body_n to_o he_o receive_v by_o faith_n and_o by_o faith_n only_o and_o none_o otherwise_o 6._o for_o thus_o he_o saithe_v ego_fw-la sum_fw-la panis_n ille_fw-la vitæ_fw-la qui_fw-la venit_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o non_fw-fr esurier_n &_o qui_fw-la credit_n in_o i_o non_fw-la sitiet_fw-la unquam_fw-la i_o be_o that_o bread_n of_o life_n he_o that_o come_v unto_o i_o shall_v never_o hunger_n and_o he_o that_o believe_v in_o i_o shall_v never_o thirst_v here_o have_v you_o m._n hardinge_n a_o plain_a promisse_fw-la make_v unto_o our_o faith_n but_o of_o your_o mouth_n we_o hear_v nothing_o if_o you_o have_v aught_o to_o show_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n doctor_n or_o council_n let_v it_o appear_v &_o that_o in_o plain_a word_n without_o colour_n otherwise_o if_o you_o cavil_v in_o word_n we_o must_v say_v you_o have_v nothing_o therefore_o the_o ancient_a father_n origen_n say_v idcircò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la panis_n aquavitae_fw-la ut_fw-la habeat_fw-la gustus_n animae_fw-la quod_fw-la deguster_n 2._o therefore_o be_v christ_n call_v the_o bread_n of_o life_n that_o our_o faith_n which_o be_v the_o taste_n of_o our_o soul_n may_v have_v what_o to_o taste_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n saithe_v 6._o comedite_fw-la carnes_n meas_fw-la &_o bibite_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la meum_fw-la euidenter_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o promissionis_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la esculentum_fw-la &_o poculentum_fw-la dicens_fw-la allegoricè_fw-la eat_v my_o flesh_n and_o drink_v my_o blood_n mean_v hereby_o under_o a_o allegory_n or_o by_o way_v of_o a_o figure_n the_o meat_n and_o drink_v that_o be_v of_o our_o faith_n and_o his_z promise_v tertullian_n say_v carnis_fw-la eundem_fw-la sermonem_fw-la christus_fw-la etiam_fw-la carnem_fw-la svam_fw-la dixit_fw-la quia_fw-la sermo_n caro_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la proinde_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la recipien_fw-fr thus_fw-mi devorandus_fw-la auditu_fw-la ruminandus_fw-la intellectu_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la digerendus_fw-la est_fw-la the_o same_o word_n christ_n call_v his_o flesh_n for_o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n therefore_o he_o must_v be_v receive_v in_o cause_n of_o life_n he_o must_v be_v devour_v by_o hear_v he_o must_v be_v chew_v by_o understand_v he_o must_v be_v digest_v by_o faith_n s._n cyprian_n saithe_v 2._o quod_fw-la est_fw-la esca_fw-la carni_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la animae_fw-la fides_n as_o meat_n be_v to_o the_o flesh_n so_o be_v faith_n unto_o the_o soul_n s._n augustine_n saithe_v credere_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la manducare_fw-la illud_fw-la eibere_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la 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