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etc._n etc._n s._n john_n chrysostom_n patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n persuade_v the_o same_o thus_o math._n homil._n 83_o in_o math._n let_v we_o always_o believe_v god_n and_o not_o resist_v he_o though_o that_o which_o he_o say_v seem_v absurd_a to_o our_o imagination_n which_o we_o must_v do_v in_o all_o thing_n but_o special_o in_o holy_a mystery_n not_o behold_v those_o thing_n only_o which_o be_v set_v in_o our_o sight_n but_o have_v a_o eye_n unto_o his_o word_n for_o his_o word_n can_v deceive_v we_o but_o our_o sense_n may_v most_o easy_o be_v deceive_v wherefore_o consider_v that_o he_o say_v this_o be_v my_o body_n let_v we_o not_o doubt_v of_o it_o at_o all_o but_o believe_v it_o again_o populum_fw-la again_o hom._n 61_o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la what_o shepherd_a do_v feed_v his_o flock_n with_o his_o own_o flesh_n nay_o many_o mother_n give_v out_o their_o child_n to_o be_v nurse_v of_o other_o but_o christ_n with_o his_o own_o flesh_n and_o blood_n do_v feed_v us._n 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