A boke made by Iohn Frith prisoner in the tower of London answeringe vnto M mores lettur which he wrote agenst the first litle treatyse that Iohn̄ Frith made concerninge the sacramente of the body and bloude of, christ vnto which boke are added in the ende the articles of his examinacion before the bishoppes ... for which Iohn Frith was condempned a[n]d after bur[n]et ... the fourth daye of Iuli. Anno. 1533.

¶Lett a man therfore examyne hym sellfe / and so let hym eate of the brede / and drinke of the cup.

THis prouynge or examinynge of a mans sel¦fe is fyrste to thinke w^t him sellfe w^t what luste and disyre he comyth vnto the maundye & wyll eate that b••ed: whether he besure that he is the childe of god & in the fayth of Christe: And whether h••s consc••ence do beare hym wytnes that Christes bodye was brokyn for hym: And whether the luste that he hath to prayse god ād thanke hym w^t a faythfull harte in the myddes of the brethern / do dryue hym thither warde. Or els whether he do yt for the meates sake or to kepe the custome: for then were yt better that he were awye. For he that eateth or drinketh vnworthelye / eateth ād drinkethe his owyn dā¦nacyon / because he maketh no difference of the lordes bodye. That ys / as yt ys sayd before / he that regardeth not the purpose for which it was institute / ād puteth no defference betwene this eat••ng and oth••r eating (for other eatynge doth onlye serue the bellye) but thys eatynge was institute and ordeyned / to sarue the soule and inwarde man. And therfore he that abuseth yt to the fleshe / eateth and drinketh hys owyn dampnacyon, And he comyth vnworthelye to the maundye where the sacrament of Christes bodye ys eaten: ye / where the bodye of the lor∣de ys eaten / not ••arnallye w^t the teth and b••llye but spiritually w^t the harte and faythe. Uppon this followeth the text that master More alle∣geth and wresteth for his purpose.

For this cause manye are weake and sike amō¦ge you / & manie slepe. Yf we had trulie Iudged oure selues / we shuld not haue byn Iudged Whē we are Iudged of the lorde / we are chastened because we shuld not be dampned w^t the worlde Wherfore my brethern / when ye come to gether to eate / tarye one for another. Yf any man hun∣ger / lett him eate at home / that ye come not to ge¦ther vnto condempnacyon.

For this cause (that is) for lacke of good exa∣mininge of oure selues (as ys before touched) manie are weake and syke in the fayth / & manye slepe / and haue loste their fayth in Christes blou¦de / for lacke of remembraunce of his bodye brea¦king and bloude shedinge: ye and not that onlie but manye were weake and sike euyn striken w^t bodelye diseases for abusinge the sacrament of his bodye / eatinge the bred w^t their teth ād not his bodye w^t their hart and mynde and {per}aduen¦ture some slayne for yt / by the s••rocke of god. w^c yf they had truly Iudged and examined thē sel¦ues for what intent they cam thither and why yt was institute / shuld not haue byn so Iudged and chastened of the lorde. For the lorde doth chasten / to bringe vs vnto repentaunce and to mortifie the rebellious membres / that we maye remēber hym Here ye maye short¦ly perceyue y^e minde of Pau••e.

Finis.