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which_o we_o break_v be_v it_o not_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n &_o c_o mark_v he_o call_v it_o bread_n even_o in_o the_o break_n or_o in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o sacrament_n it_o be_v bless_v before_o it_o be_v break_v and_o it_o be_v bread_n when_o it_o be_v break_v the_o bread_n which_o we_o break_v be_v it_o not_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n therefore_o it_o be_v bread_n after_o the_o blessing_n now_o the_o apostle_n go_v further_a and_o say_v in_o the_o seventeen_o verse_n for_o we_o that_o be_v many_o be_v one_o bread_n and_o one_o body_n because_o we_o be_v all_o partaker_n of_o one_o bread_n the_o apostle_n do_v not_o only_o call_v it_o bread_n while_o it_o be_v in_o the_o minister_n hand_n but_o when_o the_o people_n receive_v it_o and_o partake_v of_o it_o he_o say_v you_o be_v partaker_n of_o bread_n still_o it_o be_v bread_n notwithstanding_o the_o blessing_n and_o though_o by_o the_o blessing_n and_o institution_n of_o christ_n 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