* 1.1AND as these thynges be most certainly true, because they be spoken by Christe hym selfe, the author of all truth,* 1.2 and by his holy apostle S. Paule, as he receaued them of Christ, so all do∣ctrines contrary to the same, be moste certainly false and vntrue, and of all christian men to bee eschued, bycause they be contrary to gods word. And al doctrine concernyng this matter, that is more than this, whiche is not grounded vpon Goddes word, is of no necessitee, neither ought the peoples heades to be busied, or theyr consci∣ences troubled with the same. So that thynges spoken and done by Christe, and written by the holy Euangelistes and S. Paule, ought to suf∣fise the faith of christen people, as touching the doctrine of the Lordes supper, and holy commu¦nion or sacrament of his body and bloud.
Whiche thynge beeyng well consydered and waied, shalbe a iust occasion to pacifie and agree bothe parties, as well them that hytherto haue contemned or lyghtly estemed it, as also theym whiche haue hitherto for lacke of knowledge or