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The seuenth. Then it was deliuered generally, and indefinitely. Take ye (c 1.1) and eate ye: we particularly and singularly, take thou, and eate thou.* 1.2
Here is a hyghe matter in a lowe house, hee that sayeth, Take ye and eate ye, dothe hee not also saye in effecte, take thou and eate thou? Dothe not the Plurall number include the
singular? Christ, Matth. 6. sayth: Ad hunc igitur modum orate vos, Praye ye on this maner: maye we not therefore say, pray thou on this maner if we speake to one singular person? so speaking to all his Apostles he sayth: Ite in vniuersum mundum, Goe into all the vvorlde.
We vse the plurall number when we speake to many ioynte∣ly, we vse the singular number when we speake to one seuerallie.
And for as muche as euery one that receyueth this sacrament,* 1.3 hath to apply vnto himself the benefites of Christes death & passion, therefore it is conuenient to be sayde to euery one: Take thou, eate thou. But this obiection is so ridiculous, that it is more worthy to be hissed at, than to be confuted.
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Of the words take thou, eate thou. &c. The plurall number inclu∣deth the sin∣gular.
Euery one must apply the sacrament to him selfe.