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That we ought not to keepe the breade of the supper, nor to carie it here and there.
Saint Clement in his 2. Epistle to Iames. And of the consecration in the 3. Distinction. Chapter tribus. &c.* 1.1So many hostes ought to be offred at the Aulter, as shall be sufficient for the people. And if any remaine, we ought not to keepe it vntill the next day: but through the diligence of the clarkes, with feare and trembling ought to be receiued, and eaten.
Origen vpon the 7. chapter of Leuiticus.* 1.2The Lorde hath not ordayned or com∣maunded, that the bread should be kept, vntill the morrowe, the which he gaue vn∣to his disciples: but sayd vnto them, take ye and eate. &c. And in this he commaun∣ded not to carry the bread by the wayes, it may be, that by the same is conteyned a mysterye, that is to say, that alwayes