A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…

PHIL. Ye say trueth. This is understood ⟨image 64⟩of the corporal sight of ¹Christ. They desired so greatly the redemption of Israel, that they evermore wished the coming of Christ in the flesh, as we may perceive in the Prophet Isaiah, where we ²read these words: Send forth O LORD, that lamb the ruler of the earth out of the rock of the desert unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. Again, would God thou wouldest cleave asunder the heavens and come down. They desired in ³deed very greatly to see Christ with their corporal eyes, but yet did they see him none otherwise than with the eyes of their faith, inasmuch as he was not t•an borne, but only ⁴promised of God the father, and shadowed by divers ceremonies of the old law. For as saint Paul ⁵saith, all our fathers were under a cloud. Therefore inasmuch as they did faithfully believe in Christ ⟨image 64⟩and hope to be saved by his most blessed passion, although they did not see him with their corporal eyes, yet was he unto them a Saviour, a redeemer, a perfect satisfaction, so that by him they even at the time had gotten the victory over ⁶sin, death and hell.

PHIL. Ye saye trueth. This is vnderstonded ⟨image 64⟩of the corporallsyght of ¹Christ. They desyred so greatly the redempcion of Israell, yt they euermore wyshed the cōmyng of Christ in the flesshe, as we maye perceyue in the Prophette Esaye, where we