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Now we will enter the lists with our adversaries,¹ and see whether these words do prove that the bread and wine are turned into Christs body, Paul saith, Jesus took bread: well then, yet it is bread: when he had taken it, then he blessed it; what did he bless? the bread which he took; well then, yet it is ⟨p. 85⟩bread: when he had blessed it, then he brake it; what did he break? the bread which he blessed; well then, yet it is bread: when he had broken it, then he gave it; what did he give? the bread which he brake: well then, yet it is bread: when he had given it, they did eat it; what did they eat? the bread which he gave them; well then, yet it is bread: when they did eat it, then he said, This is my body; what did he call his body? the bread which they did eat; well then, yet it is bread. If it be bread all this while, when he did take it, and bless it, and brake it, and gave it, and they did eat it, when is it turned into his body? here they stand like the Sadducees,² as mute as fishes.

Now we will enter the lystes with our aduersaries,¹ and see whether these wordes doe proue that the bread and wine are turned into Christs bodie, Paul saith, Iesus tooke bread: well then, yet it is bread: when he had taken it, then he blessed it; what did he blesse? the bread which hee tooke; well then, yet it is ⟨p. 85⟩bread: when he had blessed it, then he brake it; what did he breake? the bread which hee blessed; well then, yet it is bread: when hee had broken it, then hee gaue it; what did hee giue? the bread which he brake: well then, yet it is bread: when he had giuen it, they did eate it; what did they eate? the bread which hee gaue them; well then, yet it is bread: when they did eat it, then he sayd, This is my bodie; what did hee call his bodie? the bread which they did eat; well then, yet it is bread. If it be bread all this while, when hee did take it, and blesse it, and brake it, and gaue it, and they did eate it, when is it turned into his bodie? here they stand like the Sadduces,