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PHILEMON. Now most dear brothers after y• ye have received the body of our LORD Jesus Christ, and with that same most glorious body tasted also his most precious blood ¹which, as Chrysostom saith, is the health of our souls, washeth, garni sheth, inflameth our souls maketh our mind more shining than the fire, more clear than the gold, & is the sufficient price of the hole world, it is convenient that ye show your sell ues thankful again to God for these his inestimable benefits, which he at that time hath freely given unto you, even the very body & blood of his well beloved Son & our LORD Jesus Christ, with all the other incom parable treasures which pertain unto him. For all these things hath he most bounteously given you in this most holy Sacrament. ⟨image 84⟩It is therefore, I say, convenient, y• ye show your selves again thankful to him, by rendering hearty & immortal thanks. For this most holy mystery is called, Sacramentum Eucharistiae, that is, y Sacrament of thanks giving, because that wham either we our selves receive it, or else be present, wham other do receive it, we should give God precordial thanks for his bounty & kindness, showed to us through Jesus Christ. Who cometh to the table of any man, & departeth without thanks giving? To approach therefore to sit down at the table of the most high & redoubted king, where no terrestrial & corruptible meat is eaten, but even the very body of the pure & immaculate Lamb Jesus Christ, & to depart from so heavenly a table with unthankful hearts, certes it were a thing to much for to be detested. It shall therefore be