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DEclare this to me yet somewhat more plainely.
Thou may∣est well vnderstande that the soule and the Spirite do neyther eate nor drinke corporally and materially as dothe the bodye.
I doe well vnder∣stande at the leaste, that they haue
neither mouth, nor téeth, nor stomackes, nor bellies corporall whereby they may do ye same.
And therefore it must néeds be that if the soule and the spirite do eate and drinke, they eate and drinke in an o∣ther sorte than doth the body, the whiche is proper and agreable to their nature.
There is reason in that whiche thou sayest.
And on the other side thou may∣est well knowe also, that the flesh of Ie∣sus Christ is neyther eaten nor chawed, neyther is swalowed downe into the sto∣macke and bellie, neyther is it digested, as is the corporall and materiall meate.
For what cause is it then that Iesus Christ hath vsed that manner of spéeche, saying, he that eateth my flesh and drin∣keth my bloud,* 1.1 hath eternall life?
It is to giue vs the better to vnderstande the communion and coniunction whiche we haue with him, and how that his flesh and his bloud do the very same towarde the soule, and also toward the body touching the spirituall life, being receiued with a true and liuing faith, as do the bread and wine towards ye body touching the bodily life, whē they are bodily eaten & dronken.
Iohn. 6. f.