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A book made by John Frith prisoner in the tower of London answering unto…A boke made by Iohn Frith prisoner in the tower of London answeringe vnto…
A book made by John Frith prisoner in the tower of London answering unto M mores letter which he wrote against the first little treatise that John Frith made concerning the sacrament of the body and blood of, christ unto which book are added in the end the articles of his examination before the bishops ... for which John Frith was condemned a[n]d after bur[n]et ... the fourth day of Juli. Anno. 1533.A boke made by Iohn Frith prisoner in the tower of London answeringe vnto M mores lettur which he wrote agenst the first litle treatyse that Iohn̄ Frith made concerninge the sacramente of the body and bloude of, christ vnto which boke are added in the ende the articles of his examinacion before the bishoppes ... for which Iohn Frith was condempned a[n]d after bur[n]et ... the fourth daye of Iuli. Anno. 1533.
Imprinted at Monster i.e. Antwerp : Anno 1533 by me Conrad Willems i.e. H. Peetersen van Middelburch?, 1533Imprinted at Monster i.e. Antwerp : Anno 1533 by me Conrade Willems i.e. H. Peetersen van Middelburch?, 1533
Title page typeset from the transcription.
¶ Thus begynnyth the preface of master Mores book.¶ Thus begynnyth the preface of master Mores boke.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Besides that s. Austen sayeth.1 Quando loquebatur dn̄s noster Jesus Christus de corpore suo, nisi (inqt) qs manducaverit carnē m•ā et biberit sangui nē meū, non habe•it in sevitā. Caro em̄ mea uere est cibus, & sanguis meus uere est potus, intellectus spiritualis credentem •aluū faci•, quia littera occidit spuns est q uivificat. That is to say, when our lord Jesus Christ spake of his bodie / except (quod ⟨image 25⟩he) a man eat my flesh and drink my blood / he shall have no life in him self / for my flesh is very meat / and my blood is very drink The spiritual understanding saveth him that believeth / for the letter ky•••h / but the spir•te quickeneth. Here may you plainly perceive / that this text must only be taken spiritually. For he sayeth / that to take it after the letter / it killeth and profiteth nothing at all and therefore I wonder that we have ben led so long in this gross error.
Besydes that• s. Austen sayeth.1 Quādo loquebatur dn̄s noster Iesus Christus de corpore suo, nisi (inqt) qs māducauerit carnē m•ā et biberit sangui nē meū, non habe•it in seuitā. Caro em̄ mea uere est cibus, & sanguis meus uere est potus, intellectꝰ spiritualis credentem •aluū faci•, quia littera occidit spūs est q uiuificat. That ys to saye, whē our lorde Iesus Christe spake of his bodie / except (quod ⟨image 25⟩he) a man eate my fleshe and drynke my bloude / he shall haue no lyff in hym sellf / for my fleshe ys verye meate / and my bloude ys verie drinke The spirituall vnderstonding saueth hym that beleueh / for the letter kyh / but the spirte quykeneth. Here may you playnlie perceiue / that this text muste onlye be taken spirituallie. For he sayeth / that to take yt after the letter / yt killeth and profiteth nothyng at all and therfore I wonder that we haue ben ledde so longe in this grosse erroure.