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to believe that after the words of consecration, as they call them, there remain no more bread nor no more wine in the sacrament of Christs body and blood, but that the bread is changed into the natural flesh of thy dear son Christ Jesus, and the wine into his most precious blood,¹ that was shed for our sins upon the altar of the cross when notwithstanding the Papists them selves do many times ⟨p. cxliii⟩keep the bread so long, that it both mouldeth, stinketh and breedeth full of worms, and afterward they burn it according to their own law. Ah Lord, thus were we to much wretchedly mocked and led captive of antichrist and his disciples. The darknesses wherein we walked were so great, that they might be felt.² But thanks be unto the (o most merciful father) which haste called us out of the darkness of mens traditions into the glorious light of thy gospel. We have now learned, that Antichrist and his members have long deceived us, & taught us their own drowsy dreams in stead of thy blessed word. We now know, that thou requirest not of us, that we should run gadding to stocks and stones,³ but that we should visit such as are sick and in prison and comfort them. We ⟨image 159⟩now know, that thy will is not that we should paint tabernacles and gild images, but rather that we should cloth the pore and help the needy.⁴ We now know that it is vain to pray to this or to the saint seeing they nether here us nor yet can help us. We have learned of thy blessed word,⁵ that Christ the son is our alone intercessor mediator and advocate. We now know,⁶ that no salvation is to be looked for in any ceremonies, but only in thy great mercies set forth freely to all penitent sinners through faith in Christs blood. We now know that, Christs blood is the alone Purgatory of our souls,