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but_o a_o custom_n of_o speak_v which_o some_o man_n have_v get_v for_o i_o be_o well_o assure_v that_o all_o the_o father_n be_v not_o of_o their_o mind_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n paris_n alexandrinus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d paedag._n lib._n 1._o c._n 6._o p._n 105._o paris_n suppose_v these_o expression_n to_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o drink_v his_o blood_n to_o be_v as_o figurative_a as_o that_o of_o st._n paul_n to_o feed_v with_o milk_n and_o tell_v we_o upon_o this_o occasion_n that_o the_o word_n be_v various_o allegorize_v be_v call_v meat_n and_o flesh_n and_o nourishment_n and_o bread_n and_o blood_n and_o milk_n and_o that_o our_o lord_n be_v all_o these_o thing_n for_o our_o enjoyment_n who_o believe_v in_o he_o now_o i_o be_o persuade_v you_o will_v not_o say_v that_o this_o father_n interpret_v the_o word_n under_o debate_n of_o the_o eucharist_n tertullian_n to_o show_v that_o these_o word_n the_o flesh_n profit_v nothing_o do_v not_o make_v against_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o flesh_n say_v 37._o say_v sic_fw-la etsi_fw-la carnem_fw-la ait_fw-la nihil_fw-la prodesse_fw-la ex_fw-la materia_fw-la dicti_fw-la dirigendus_fw-la est_fw-la sensus_fw-la nam_fw-la quia_fw-la durum_fw-la &_o intolerabilem_fw-la existimaverunt_fw-la sermonem_fw-la ejus_fw-la quasi_fw-la veer_fw-la carnem_fw-la svam_fw-la illis_fw-la edendam_fw-la determinasset_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la disponeret_fw-la statum_fw-la salutis_fw-la praemisit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la vivificat_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la subjunxit_fw-la caro_fw-la nihil_fw-la prodest_fw-la ad_fw-la vivificandum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la exequitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la quid_fw-la velit_fw-la intelligi_fw-la spiritum_fw-la verba_fw-la quae_fw-la locutus_fw-la sum_fw-la vobis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sunt_fw-la vita_fw-la sunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o supra_fw-la qui_fw-la audit_n sermon_n meos_fw-la &_o credit_n in_o eum_fw-la qui_fw-la etc._n etc._n itaque_fw-la sermonem_fw-la constituens_fw-la vivificatorem_fw-la quia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la sermo_n eundem_fw-la etiam_fw-la carnem_fw-la svam_fw-la dixit_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o sermo_fw-la caro_fw-la erat_fw-la pactus_fw-la proinde_fw-la in_o causam_fw-la vitæ_fw-la appetendus_fw-la &_o devorandus_fw-la auditu_fw-la &_o ruminandus_fw-la intellectu_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la digerendus_fw-la no_o &_o paulo_fw-la ante_fw-la carnem_fw-la svam_fw-la panem_fw-la quoque_fw-la coelestem_fw-la pronunciaret_fw-la urgens_fw-la usquequaque_fw-la per_fw-la allegoriam_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertul._n de_fw-fr resâ—r_n carnis_fw-la c._n 36_o 37._o that_o we_o be_v to_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o sense_n of_o what_o be_v say_v by_o the_o subject-matter_n of_o it_o for_o because_o they_o think_v his_o say_n hard_a and_o intolerable_a as_o if_o he_o intend_v his_o flesh_n shall_v be_v true_o eat_v by_o they_o he_o to_o show_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o life_n and_o salvation_n be_v spiritual_a premise_v this_o that_o the_o spirit_n quicken_v and_o then_o add_v the_o flesh_n profit_v nothing_o that_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o quicken_a and_o then_o he_o show_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o spirit_n the_o word_n that_o i_o speak_v unto_o you_o they_o be_v spirit_n and_o they_o be_v life_n as_o he_o have_v say_v also_o before_o he_o that_o hear_v my_o word_n and_o believe_v in_o he_o that_o send_v i_o have_v eternal_a life_n and_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o condemnation_n but_o have_v pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n therefore_o make_v his_o word_n to_o be_v the_o quicken_a principle_n since_o his_o word_n be_v spirit_n and_o life_n he_o call_v his_o word_n also_o his_o own_o flesh_n for_o the_o word_n be_v also_o make_v flesh_n and_o therefore_o in_o order_n to_o life_n it_o be_v to_o be_v hunger_v after_o and_o devour_v by_o hear_v and_o to_o be_v chew_v again_o by_o the_o understanding_n and_o to_o be_v digest_v by_o faith_n and_o afterward_o he_o affirm_v that_o our_o lord_n all_o along_o 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