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1 The first cause is,¹ by forbearing that sacred meat, living and life giving bread, which came down from heaven, to translate thither those that eat it. This is the Son of the most high God, not disdaining to become the food of the affamished sons of men. ^aOut of the strong came sweetness: the mighty is become meat: the Lyon of Judah yields honey, such as never came out of any earthly Hive, He is our invincible Captain, to him we supplicate (as distressed Nerva to Trajan.) Telis Phoebe tuis lachrimas ulciscere nostras. Oh Saviour defend and keep us, yet he that is (Victor) a conqueror for us, is also (victus) food to us. But this is (Cibus non dentis sedmentis) meat for our faith,³ not for our teeth, manducaemus intus non foris, We eat it inwardly, not outwardly. Christ is verily (panis verus, non panismerus) true, not mere natural bread. Thus our Feeder is become our Food, our Physician, our Medicine. He doth all things for us, guide, feed, mediate, medicate: let us meditate on him, and not disappoint the intention of his mercies by our averseness. No hope but in him, no help but by him. The Law could not satisfy our hunger (not through it own, but our insufficiency) the Gospel gives not only present satisfaction; but even impossibility of future ⟨p. 68⟩^bfamine. There is no abiding the law, except the Gospel be by: not of that thunder, without his rain of mercy to quench it.

1 The first cause is,¹ by forbearing that sacred meat, liuing and life giuing bread, which came downe from heauen, to translate thither those that eate it. This is the Sonne of the most high God, not disdaining to become the foode of the affamished sonnes of men. ^aOut of the strong came sweetnesse: the mighty is become meat: the Lyon of Iudah yeeldes honey, such as neuer came out of any earthly Hiue, He is our inuincible Captaine, to him we supplicate (as distressed Nerua to Traian.) Telis Phoebe tuis lachrimas vlciscere nostras. Oh Sauiour defend and keepe vs, yet hee that is (Victor) a conquerour for vs, is also (victus) foode to vs. But this is (Cibus non dentis sedmentis) meate for our faith,