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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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