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17._o and_o he_o say_v we_o be_v many_o be_v one_o bread_n and_o one_o body_n for_o we_o be_v all_o partaker_n of_o that_o one_o bread_n now_o if_o the_o bread_n be_v one_o it_o can_v be_v the_o outward_a or_o the_o inward_a will_v be_v exclude_v whereas_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o partake_n of_o the_o inward_a bread_n and_o not_o the_o outward_a that_o make_v the_o saint_n true_o one_o body_n and_o one_o bread_n and_o whereas_o they_o say_v that_o the_o one_o bread_n here_o figment_n comprehend_v both_o the_o outward_a and_o inward_a by_o virtue_n of_o the_o sacramental_a union_n that_o indeed_o be_v to_o affirm_v but_o not_o to_o prove_v as_o for_o that_o figment_n of_o a_o sacramental_a union_n i_o find_v not_o such_o a_o thing_n in_o all_o the_o scripture_n especial_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n can_v give_v a_o rise_n for_o such_o a_o thing_n in_o this_o chapter_n where_o the_o apostle_n as_o be_v above_o observe_v be_v 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and_o drink_v their_o own_o damnation_n intimate_v hence_o that_o this_o have_v a_o immediate_a or_o necessary_a relation_n to_o the_o body_n flesh_n and_o blood_n of_o christ._n answ._n though_o this_o at_o first_o view_n may_v catch_v the_o unwary_a reader_n yet_o be_v well_o consider_v it_o do_v no_o way_n evince_v the_o matter_n in_o controversy_n as_o for_o the_o corinthian_n be_v in_o the_o use_n of_o this_o ceremony_n why_o they_o be_v so_o and_o how_o that_o oblige_v not_o christian_n now_o to_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v speak_v of_o hereafter_o it_o suffice_v at_o this_o time_n to_o consider_v that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o use_n of_o it_o second_o that_o in_o the_o use_n of_o it_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o and_o commit_v divers_a abuse_n three_o that_o the_o apostle_n here_o be_v give_v they_o direction_n how_o they_o may_v do_v it_o aright_o in_o show_v they_o the_o right_n and_o proper_a use_n and_o end_v of_o it_o these_o thing_n be_v premise_v let_v it_o be_v observe_v 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