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heaven_n or_o to_o descend_v with_o a_o local_a motion_n when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o eucharist_n for_o here_o no_o question_n iâ—_n make_v of_o the_o article_n of_o ascension_n but_o rather_o of_o christ_n omnipotency_n to_o wit_n whether_o christ_n by_o his_o divine_a power_n may_v place_v himself_o in_o several_a place_n at_o one_o time_n of_o which_o point_v it_o be_v sufficient_o treat_v above_o in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o treatise_n heaven_n till_o the_o consummation_n of_o the_o world_n that_o christ_n to_o show_v himself_o to_o have_v a_o true_a body_n consist_v of_o flesh_n and_o bone_n etc._n etc._n will_v have_v it_o touch_v hereof_o touch_v have_v it_o touch_v palpate_v &_o videte_fw-la quia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la carnem_fw-la &_o ossa_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la sicut_fw-la i_o videtis_fw-la habere_fw-la handle_v and_o feel_v for_o a_o spirit_n have_v not_o flesh_n and_o bone_n as_o you_o see_v i_o to_o have_v luc._n 24._o to_o argue_v thus_o it_o be_v feel_v and_o 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adversary_n here_o do_v it_o be_v not_o feel_v not_o see_v ergo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o a_o body_n for_o it_o may_v be_v that_o a_o true_a body_n may_v be_v present_a and_o yet_o neither_o see_v nor_o feel_v either_o in_o that_o it_o be_v cover_v with_o a_o new_a body_n or_o else_o because_o god_n may_v hinder_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o transmit_v any_o sâ—nsiâ—les_a species_n to_o the_o sense_n of_o sight_n beside_o it_o may_v be_v effect_v by_o divine_a power_n that_o a_o body_n may_v exist_v indivisible_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o spirit_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o a_o spirit_n shall_v exist_v divisible_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o true_a and_o natural_a body_n but_o of_o this_o point_n also_o i_o have_v discuss_v in_o the_o former_a part_n hereof_o and_o feel_v that_o the_o eucharist_n even_o after_o consecration_n be_v call_v adam_n call_v be_v call_v bread_n the_o eucharist_n be_v call_v indeed_o bread_n in_o the_o two_o former_a text_n of_o the_o first_o to_o the_o corinthian_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o therefore_o christ_n body_n be_v not_o in_o the_o eucharist_n for_o it_o may_v be_v call_v bread_n in_o that_o in_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n under_o the_o name_n of_o bread_n be_v understand_v all_o kind_n of_o meat_n again_o it_o may_v be_v so_o call_v in_o that_o the_o scripture_n be_v often_o accustom_a to_o call_v thing_n as_o outward_o they_o appear_v so_o it_o call_v the_o brazen_a serpent_n a_o serpent_n angel_n appear_v in_o man_n shape_n man_n the_o brazen_a ox_n of_o the_o temple_n ox_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o in_o that_o the_o eucharist_n external_o differ_v nothing_o from_o bread_n no_o marvel_n if_o it_o be_v so_o term_v three_o the_o eucharist_n may_v be_v call_v bread_n because_o it_o be_v make_v of_o bread_n or_o because_o it_o be_v bread_n before_o thus_o we_o find_v that_o matth._n 11._o the_o blind_a be_v say_v to_o see_v and_o exodus_fw-la 7._o the_o wand_n change_v into_o dragon_n be_v notwithstanding_o after_o call_v wand_n and_o genes_n 3._o eve_n be_v call_v the_o bone_n of_o adam_n bread_n that_o the_o jew_n who_o receive_v not_o the_o eucharist_n do_v nevertheless_o eat_v the_o same_o spiritual_a accipimus_fw-la spiritual_a the_o same_o spiritual_a meat_n 1._o cor._n 10._o patres_fw-la nostri_fw-la eamdem_fw-la â—scam_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la manducaverunt_fw-la &_o eumdem_fw-la potum_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la biberunt_fw-la all_n our_o father_n do_v eat_v the_o same_o spiritual_a food_n and_o do_v drink_v the_o same_o spiritual_a drink_n this_o place_n proove_v not_o that_o the_o jew_n do_v eat_v the_o same_o spiritual_a meat_n which_o we_o christian_n do_v eat_v which_o point_n be_v to_o be_v prove_v or_o else_o these_o word_n make_v nothing_o against_o the_o real_a presence_n but_o it_o only_o evince_v that_o all_o those_o jew_n which_o then_o do_v live_v as_o well_o the_o wicked_a as_o the_o virtuous_a do_v eat_v the_o same_o spiritual_a meat_n and_o therefore_o s._n augustine_n to_o distinguish_v the_o spiritual_a meat_n of_o we_o christian_n from_o that_o of_o the_o jew_n thus_o say_v aliud_fw-la est_fw-la pascha_fw-la quod_fw-la judaei_n de_fw-mi ove_z celebrant_a aliud_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la &_o sanguine_fw-la domini_fw-la accipimus_fw-la meat_n with_o christian_n that_o whatsoever_o enter_v in_o meat_n in_o enter_v in_o at_o the_o mouth_n matth._n 15._o omne_fw-la quod_fw-la intrat_fw-la in_o â—s_n in_o ventrem_fw-la vadit_fw-la &_o in_o secessum_fw-la emittitur_fw-la here_o our_o savioure_n speak_v only_o of_o meat_n which_o be_v take_v for_o the_o nourishment_n of_o the_o body_n for_o such_o meat_n do_v hold_v their_o ordinary_a course_n wherefore_o when_o after_o his_o resurrection_n he_o do_v true_o eat_v and_o drink_v yet_o see_v he_o do_v it_o not_o to_o the_o end_n of_o nourish_v his_o body_n therefore_o that_o meat_n and_o drink_v so_o take_v by_o he_o have_v not_o the_o ordinary_a passage_n with_o other_o meat_n describe_v by_o our_o saviour_n in_o like_a sort_n the_o body_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v take_v by_o the_o faithful_a not_o to_o nourish_v their_o body_n but_o their_o soul_n be_v not_o corporal_o digest_v nor_o have_v the_o common_a passage_n with_o other_o meat_n at_o the_o mouth_n be_v to_o have_v it_o ordinary_a and_o natural_a passage_n with_o common_a meat_n final_o that_o our_o saviour_n himself_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n flesh_n spirit_n the_o spirit_n which_o quicken_v john_n 6._o spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la vivificat_fw-la caro_fw-la non_fw-la prodest_fw-la it_o be_v the_o spirit_n which_o quicken_v the_o flesh_n profit_v nothing_o from_o which_o place_n our_o adversary_n do_v gather_v that_o see_v the_o flesh_n profit_v nothing_o that_o therefore_o christ_n flesh_n be_v not_o true_o in_o the_o eucharist_n which_o inference_n be_v false_a for_o here_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o these_o word_n be_v not_o that_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o profit_n but_o that_o a_o carnal_a understanding_n of_o spiritual_a thing_n do_v not_o profit_n and_o so_o be_v this_o place_n explicate_v by_o cyprian_a serm._n de_fw-fr caena_fw-la domini_fw-la origen_n lib._n 3._o in_o epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la chrysostome_n upon_o this_o place_n and_o by_o diverse_a other_o now_o this_o construction_n hereof_o be_v prove_v because_o almost_o in_o every_o place_n in_o the_o scripture_n the_o flesh_n be_v distinguish_v against_o the_o spirit_n as_o we_o find_v in_o gen._n 6._o matth._n 16._o rom._n 8._o gal._n 1._o and_o in_o diverse_a other_o place_n therefore_o our_o saviour_n meaning_n in_o the_o former_a word_n be_v that_o to_o think_v that_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n be_v to_o be_v eat_v after_o a_o carnal_a manner_n as_o other_o meat_n be_v to_o wit_n to_o be_v cut_v in_o piece_n to_o be_v boil_a to_o be_v convert_v into_o our_o proper_a substance_n by_o force_n of_o the_o natural_a heat_n in_o which_o sense_n the_o capharnaite_n do_v afore_o think_v our_o lord_n to_o have_v speak_v that_o thus_o carnal_o to_o imagine_v profit_v nothing_o and_o therefore_o our_o lord_n immediate_o subjoin_v verba_fw-la quae_fw-la ego_fw-la locutus_fw-la sum_fw-la vobis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la sunt_fw-la that_o be_v they_o be_v word_n explicate_v divine_a &_o spiritual_a thing_n and_o such_o as_o bring_v eternal_a life_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v after_o a_o humane_a and_o carnal_a sense_n but_o let_v we_o suppose_v that_o christ_n speak_v of_o his_o flesh_n yet_o it_o prove_v nothing_o against_o his_o be_v in_o the_o eucharist_n both_o because_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n we_o may_v conclude_v that_o the_o bread_n be_v not_o in_o the_o sacrament_n for_o if_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n profit_v we_o nothing_o much_o less_o will_v a_o little_a piece_n of_o wheaten_a bread_n profit_v we_o again_o if_o our_o lord_n have_v speak_v of_o his_o flesh_n he_o will_v not_o have_v understand_v it_o absolute_o but_o only_o that_o the_o flesh_n without_o the_o spirit_n profit_v nothing_o since_o otherwise_o our_o lord_n shall_v have_v cross_v himself_o who_o say_v even_o in_o the_o say_a chapter_n qui_fw-la manducat_fw-la carnem_fw-la meam_fw-la habet_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la last_o it_o be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o great_a impiety_n to_o deny_v that_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n be_v unite_v with_o his_o divinity_n profit_v we_o nothing_o see_v that_o s._n paul_n coloss_n 1._o attribute_n all_o our_o salvation_n to_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n since_o he_o say_v that_o we_o be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n by_o the_o say_a flesh_n which_o quicken_v and_o that_o the_o flesh_n profit_v nothing_o let_v we_o i_o say_v display_v at_o full_a how_o in_o these_o text_n they_o even_o divorce_v the_o letter_n from_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o that_o they_o be_v so_o impertinent_o or_o force_o apply_v by_o they_o as_o that_o they_o appear_v hereby_o to_o use_v the_o prophet_n idiom_n 16._o idiom_n in_o sva_fw-la fortitudine_fw-la confusi_fw-la ezech._n 16._o in_o sva_fw-la fortitudine_fw-la confusi_fw-la their_o weakness_n thus_o rise_v out_o of_o their_o imaginary_a strength_n yet_o as_o man_n desirous_a still_o to_o entertain_v further_a contestation_n and_o dispute_v they_o never_o cease_v to_o make_v their_o sally_n and_o attempt_n out_o of_o these_o weak_a fortress_n thus_o here_o enlarge_a overmuch_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o letter_n where_o it_o be_v to_o be_v rather_o straighten_a as_o afore_o straighten_v it_o when_o it_o be_v to_o be_v enlarge_v and_o ever_o forget_v that_o notwithstanding_o all_o contrary_a machination_n of_o sectary_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v record_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o 2._o that_o scriptura_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la solui_fw-la john_n 2._o scriptura_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la solui_fw-la let_v we_o lay_v aside_o the_o write_a word_n allege_v the_o diverse_a stupendous_a and_o astonish_a miracle_n god_n peculiar_a language_n &_o dialect_n