* 1.1Fyrst that our sauiour Christ called the ma∣teriall bread whiche he brake,* 1.2 his body, and the wyne (whyche was the fruite of the vyne) his bloud. And yet he spake not this, to the intente that men shulde thynke, that materiall bread is his very body, or that his very body is materi∣all bread: neither that wyne made of grapes is his very bloud, or that his very bloud is wyne made of grapes, but to signifie vnto vs (as S. Paule saith) that the cuppe is a communion of Christes bloud that was shedde for vs, and the bread is a cōmunion of his fleshe that was cru∣cified for vs. So that although in the truth of his humane nature, Christe be in heauen, and sitteth on the ryghte hande of God the father, yet who so euer eateth of that bread in the sup∣per of the Lorde, accordynge to Christes insti∣tution and ordinaunce, is assured by Christes owne promyse and testament, that he is a mem∣bre of his body, and receyueth the benefittes of his passion, whych he suffered for vs vpon the Crosse. And lykewise he that drynketh of that holly cuppe in that supper of the Lorde, accor∣dynge to Christes institution, is certified by
A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane.
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- A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane.
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"A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19571.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2024.
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Christes legacie and testament, that he is mad partaker of the bloude of Christe, whyche was shed for vs. And this ment saynte Paule, when he saith:
* 1.3 Is not the cuppe of blessyng which we blesse, a communion of the bloude of Christe? Is not the breade, whiche we breake, a commu∣nion of the body of Christe?So that no man can contemne or lyghtly esteme this holy com∣munion, excepte he contemne also Christes bo∣dy and bloud, and passe not whether he haue a∣ny felowshyp wyth hym or no. And of those men saynte Paule saieth,* 1.4 that they eate and drynke their owne damnation, bycause they esteme not the body of Christe.
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* 1.1
Chap. 4.
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* 1.2
Christ cal∣led the ma∣teriall breade his body.
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* 1.3
1. Cor. 10.
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* 1.4
1. Cor. 11.