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After thesame maner also, he toke the cup, when supper was doen, saying: This cup is the newe testamente in my bloud. This doe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me. For as often as ye shall eate this bread, and drinke this cup, ye shall shew the Lordes death, tyll he come. Wherfore, whosoeuer shall eate of this breade, or drinke of the cup
of the Lorde vnworthely, shalbe gyltie of the body and bloud of the Lord. But let a man examen himselfe, and so let him eate of the bread, and drink of the cup. For he that eateth or drinketh vnworthely, eateth and drinketh his owne damnacion, because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body. For this cause many are weake and sycke among you, and many slepe.
After thesame maner, when he had distribute the bread, he toke the cup also into his handes, when the supper was already done, saying: this cup is the newe testamente, through my bloud, as often as ye drinke hereof, doe it in remembraunce of me. In this supper then all dranke of one cup, and among you the ryche menne are dronke, and the poore are athruste. Christ would haue this feast to be kept among you in remēbraunce of his death, and as a token of his euerlasting testamente, yet is it nowe kepte a∣mong you with ryot and dissencion. It is a misticall bread, wherof al men should in lyke sorte be partakers. As the cup also is holy indifferently a∣pertayning to all, not prepared to apease mennes bodyly thruste, but to represente a secrete matter, leste ye myght forgette, with what pryce ye were from the synnes of your former lyfe redemed. As often therfore, as ye resorte together to eate of this breade, and to drinke of this cup, ye goe about no bealy matter, but mistically represent the death of the Lord Iesu, whose continuall remembraunce shall cause you to doe your due∣ties, vntyll the tyme he returne to iudge all the worlde. Therfore whoso∣euer eateth of this bread, or drinketh of the Lordes cup otherwise than is worthy of Christ, haynously offendeth, as which hath otherwise vsed the body & bloud of the Lorde, than he commaunded it should be vsed: for as muche as a thing, whiche is moste full of misteries, ought with all pure∣nesse and reuerence to be vsed, for auoydyng of whiche inconuenience, let euery man first trye and examen his consciēce before. And vpon a through examinacion had, let hym then eate of that breade, and drinke of the cup. And let hym that vpon examinacion of hymselfe fyndeth an vnmetenesse, abstayne rather, and make sacrifice to his bealy at home. For albeit the body and bloud of the Lord be a healthfull thing, yet whosoeuer therof doeth eate or drinke vnworthily, thesame turneth to his poyson and de∣struccion, because he without reuerence, and with an vnclensed conscience presumed to come vnto so great a misterie, without due consideracion had, with howe great reuerence the body of the Lorde ought to be recey∣ued. When Christe shall come, then shall suche be punyshed for violating this misterie, albeit in the meane season some also for thesame offence are presently punyshed, for of this cūmeth it, that among you so many sycke∣ly persons are founde, vexed with sondrye feuers and diseases, yea and many dye before theyr tyme, all which punyshmentes are certayne begyn∣nynges and threatnynges of the iudgemente to come.
Let a man e••am•••• hymselfe, & so let him eate of the breade, and drinke of the cup.