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question_n see_v bellurmin_n de_fw-fr script_n eccl._n pag._n 83._o &_o the_o euchar._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o justâ—n_n martyr_n emperor_n martyr_n in_o his_o apology_n to_o antonius_n the_o emperor_n be_v bring_v for_o transubstantiation_n which_o be_v a_o manifest_a untruth_n for_o the_o word_n of_o justin_n martyr_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i._n e._n that_o sanctify_a food_n wherewith_o our_o blood_n and_o flesh_n by_o conversion_n be_v nourish_v iâ—_n that_o which_o we_o be_v teach_v to_o be_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n if_o it_o be_v food_n wherewith_o out_o blood_n and_o flesh_n be_v nourish_v then_o where_o iâ—_n your_o transubstantiation_n there_o it_o be_v bread_n in_o substance_n and_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n in_o signification_n and_o sacramental_a relation_n if_o you_o please_v by_o this_o you_o may_v be_v convince_v of_o your_o error_n ignorance_n and_o boldness_n it_o be_v as_o untrue_a that_o cyprian_a say_v or_o mean_v so_o except_o in_o a_o sacramental_a sense_n for_o in_o his_o 63._o epist_n he_o say_v invenimus_fw-la vinum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la quod_fw-la sanguâ—nem_fw-la suum_fw-la dixit_fw-la i_o e._n we_o find_v that_o it_o be_v the_o winâ—_n which_o he_o call_v his_o blood_n and_o in_o his_o 76._o epist_n he_o say_v quando_fw-la domâ—nus_fw-la appellat_fw-la panem_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o vinum_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la populum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la quem_fw-la portabut_fw-la indioat_n adunatum_fw-la i_o e._n when_o our_o lord_n call_v the_o bread_n his_o body_n and_o the_o wine_n his_o blood_n he_o signifi_v that_o we_o be_v many_o be_v one_o lump_n of_o bread_n as_o for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o mass_n from_o st._n andrew_n i_o can_v find_v no_o such_o book_n and_o among_o all_o the_o ecclesiastic_a writter_n in_o the_o first_o 300._o year_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n make_v of_o he_o if_o he_o make_v for_o your_o behoof_n can_v be_v produce_v as_o a_o author_n it_o be_v strange_a how_o bellarmâ—n_n have_v forget_v to_o name_v he_o so_o i_o can_v take_v this_o author_n off_o your_o hand_n but_o this_o be_v sure_a eusebius_n lib._n 8._o dem._n evang._n in_o fine_a call_v the_o bread_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o memorial_n of_o his_o body_n the_o image_n of_o his_o body_n then_o it_o be_v no_o sacrifice_n nor_o corporal_o the_o body_n and_o see_v it_o be_v real_o relative_o and_o symbolical_o such_o we_o will_v not_o have_v it_o now_o abuse_v by_o negligence_n origen_n say_v no_o more_o hom_n 13._o on_o exod._n we_o say_v no_o less_o for_o purgatory_n you_o cite_v tertullian_n in_o the_o second_o age_n and_o cyprian_a in_o the_o three_o neither_o of_o which_o be_v for_o it_o for_o tertull._n lib._n the_o patien_n say_v christum_fw-la laedimus_fw-la cum_fw-la evocatos_fw-la quosdam_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quasi_fw-la miserandâ—s_fw-la non_fw-la aequanimiter_fw-la accipimus_fw-la as_o if_o they_o who_o be_v call_v hence_o and_o be_v with_o christ_n be_v in_o a_o 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