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our_o saviour_n he_o will_v not_o compare_v such_o as_o handle_v the_o sacrament_n unworthy_o with_o those_o which_o crucify_v christ_n where_o also_o we_o be_v to_o note_v that_o he_o there_o speak_v not_o of_o such_o who_o with_o affectation_n and_o intend_a purpose_n do_v wrong_a christ_n by_o violate_v the_o sacrament_n but_o of_o those_o only_a who_o be_v sinner_n dare_v to_o deliver_v the_o sacrament_n to_o the_o communicant_n irenaeus_n l._n 4_o contra_fw-la haeres_fw-la c._n 34._o quemadmodum_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la terra_fw-la panis_fw-la percipiens_fw-la vocationem_fw-la dei_fw-la iam_fw-la non_fw-la communis_fw-la panis_n est_fw-la sed_fw-la eucharistia_n ex_fw-la duabus_fw-la rebus_fw-la constans_fw-la terrena_fw-la &_o caelesti_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o corpora_fw-la nostra_fw-la percipientia_fw-la eucharistian_n iam_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la corruptibilia_fw-la spem_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la habentia_fw-la even_o as_o the_o bread_n proceed_v from_o the_o earth_n 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panem_fw-la neque_fw-la communem_fw-la potum_fw-la haec_fw-la sumimus_fw-la sed_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la incarnatus_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la saluator_fw-la noster_fw-la &_o carnem_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_v nostra_fw-la habuit_fw-la sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la preces_fw-la verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la eucharistiam_fw-la factum_fw-la cibum_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la sanguis_fw-la &_o carnes_z nostrae_fw-la per_fw-la mutationem_fw-la aluntur_fw-la illius_fw-la incarnati_fw-la jesu_fw-la &_o carnem_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la esse_fw-la edocti_fw-la sumus_fw-la we_o do_v not_o take_v these_o as_o common_a bread_n and_o common_a drink_n but_o as_o jesus_n christ_n our_o saviour_n be_v incarnate_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n have_v flesh_n and_o blood_n for_o our_o health_n &_o salvation_n even_o so_o we_o learn_v that_o through_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o meat_n whereby_o our_o blood_n and_o 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do_v write_v a_o apology_n for_o the_o christian_n to_o who_o beside_o other_o crime_n it_o be_v object_v that_o in_o the_o mystery_n of_o their_o religion_n they_o do_v eat_v man_n flesh_n of_o their_o testimony_n confess_v the_o inexplicable_a greatness_n of_o this_o mystery_n chap._n v._n the_o four_o classis_fw-la may_v contain_v such_o passage_n of_o the_o father_n wherein_o be_v acknowledge_v a_o supreme_a mystery_n in_o the_o eucharist_n for_o first_o they_o teach_v that_o it_o transgress_v the_o bound_n of_o humane_a capacity_n be_v to_o be_v apprehend_v only_o by_o faith_n thus_o advance_v the_o dignity_n and_o worth_a of_o faith_n as_o be_v able_a to_o understand_v that_o which_o the_o understanding_n of_o which_o faith_n be_v but_o a_o act_n can_v natural_o understand_v so_o cloudy_a &_o dark_a be_v that_o faculty_n of_o the_o mind_n except_o the_o mist_n thereof_o be_v dispel_v and_o diffipate_v by_o the_o illuminate_a beam_n of_o god_n grace_n hence_o it_o arise_v that_o 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id_fw-la est_fw-la animam_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o that_o lay_v down_o a_o great_a thing_n for_o thou_o to_o wit_n his_o soul_n why_o shall_v he_o disdain_v to_o deliver_v to_o thou_o his_o body_n therefore_o let_v we_o priest_n as_o well_o as_o other_o hear_v how_o admirable_a a_o thing_n be_v grant_v to_o we_o let_v we_o hear_v i_o beseech_v you_o and_o let_v we_o tremble_v thereat_o for_o he_o have_v deliver_v his_o flesh_n to_o we_o he_o have_v lay_v down_o himself_o to_o be_v sacrifice_v and_o the_o same_o father_n l._n 3._o de_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la o_o miraculum_fw-la o_o dei_fw-la benignitate_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o the_o miracle_n o_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n he_o that_o sit_v above_o with_o his_o father_n even_o in_o the_o very_a same_o instant_n of_o time_n be_v handle_v with_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o and_o deliver_v himself_o to_o such_o as_o be_v willing_a to_o entertain_v and_o embrace_v he_o gaudentius_n tract_n 2._o in_o exod._n say_v quod_fw-la annuntiatum_fw-la est_fw-la credas_fw-la etc._n etc._n thou_o may_v believe_v that_o which_o be_v show_v thou_o for_o that_o which_o thou_o take_v be_v the_o body_n of_o that_o heavenly_a bread_n and_o the_o blood_n of_o that_o sacred_a vine_n for_o when_o he_o deliver_v conseerate_v bread_n and_o wine_n to_o his_o disciple_n he_o say_v hoc_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la sanguis_fw-la meus_fw-la let_v we_o believe_v he_o who_o heretofore_o we_o have_v believe_v for_o truth_n know_v not_o to_o lie_v s._n ephrem_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la dei_fw-la minimè_fw-la scrutanda_fw-la c._n 5._o thus_o write_v quid_fw-la scrutaris_fw-la inscrutabilia_fw-la si_fw-mi ista_fw-la curiosè_fw-la rimaris_fw-la iam_fw-la non_fw-la fidelis_fw-la sed_fw-la curiosus_fw-la vocaberis_fw-la esto_fw-la fidelis_fw-la atque_fw-la innocens_fw-la participa_fw-la immaculato_fw-la corpori_fw-la domini_fw-la tui_fw-la fide_fw-la plenissima_fw-la certus_fw-la quòd_fw-la agnum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la 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prove_v that_o the_o eucharist_n in_o his_o judgement_n be_v not_o only_o material_a bread_n signify_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n s._n gregory_n nazianzen_n orat._n 2._o de_fw-fr paschate_n thus_o write_v absque_fw-la confusione_n &_o dubio_fw-la come_v de_fw-fr corpus_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la bibe_fw-la si_fw-la saltem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la desiderio_fw-la teneris_fw-la neque_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la carne_fw-la habentur_fw-la fidem_fw-la deneges_fw-la neque_fw-la ob_fw-la passionem_fw-la offendaris_fw-la constans_n esto_fw-la firmus_fw-la &_o stabilis_fw-la in_fw-la nulla_fw-la re_fw-la propter_fw-la aduersariorum_fw-la sermon_n fluctues_fw-la eat_v his_o body_n and_o drink_v his_o blood_n without_o any_o confusion_n or_o doubt_v if_o at_o least_o thou_o have_v any_o desire_n of_o health_n neither_o deny_v thy_o faith_n herein_o for_o any_o speech_n which_o may_v proceed_v of_o flesh_n neither_o be_v thou_o scandalize_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o passion_n be_v thou_o 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