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A55486 Christophagia, The mystery of eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Christ and the modus or manner thereof discovered / by Edm. Porter ... Porter, Edmund, 1595-1670. 1680 (1680) Wing P2983; ESTC R4670 79,869 188

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likeness_n of_o sinful_a flesh_n that_o be_v although_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o sinful_a yet_o it_o be_v like_o the_o flesh_n of_o other_o man_n which_o be_v sinful_a in_o they_o he_o be_v in_o all_o part_n tempt_v 15._o heb._n 4._o 15._o like_a as_o we_o be_v yet_o without_o sin_n the_o second_o sin_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n which_o be_v proper_o that_o original_a sin_n which_o be_v from_o they_o propagate_v and_o transmit_v into_o all_o their_o posterity_n which_o have_v proceed_v from_o the_o loin_n of_o adam_n and_o the_o womb_n of_o eve_n by_o the_o ordinary_a natural_a way_n of_o copulation_n and_o generation_n be_v that_o sin_n which_o the_o scripture_n call_v concupiscence_n or_o lust_n in_o which_o lust_n or_o concupiscence_n all_o child_n be_v beget_v and_o the_o lust_n wherein_o they_o be_v beget_v be_v transmit_v into_o they_o from_o their_o parent_n and_o remain_v in_o they_o as_o long_o as_o they_o live_v he_o that_o will_v careful_o peruse_v the_o 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