The supper of the Lord where unto, that thou mayst be the better prepared…The souper of the Lorde wher vnto, that thou mayst be the better prepared…

When Christ saw those gluttons seeking their be lies flocking so fast• unto him After his wont manner (the occasion taken to teach and preach unto them of the thing now moved) he said. Verily verily I say unto you: ye seek me not because ye have seen my miracles, but because ye have eaten of the loves and were well sylled• But as for me, I am not come into this world only to fill men's be lies: but to feed and satisfy their souls. ye take great pains to follow me for the meat of your belies: but o sluggards, work, take pains and labour rather to get that meat that shall never perish. For this meat that ye have sought of me hitherto, perisheth with your belies: but the meat that I shall give you is spiritual and may not perish but abideth for ever giving life everlasting. For my father hath conveyed and confirmed me with his assured testimony to be that assured sa• •yng health and earnest penny of everlasting life when the I we• understood not what Christ meant bidding them to work & labour for that meat that should never perish, they asked him what shall we do that we might work the works of God? supposing that he had spoken of some outward work required of them • wherefore Jesus answered saying. Even this is the work of God, •o believe and trust in him whom the father hath sent. Lo, here may ye see that work of God which he requireth of us even to believe in Christ. Also consider again ⟨p. 2⟩what this meat is, which bad them here prepare & seek for saying: work, take pains & seek for that meat &c. and thou shalt see it no nother meat then the belief in Christ wherefore he concludeth that this meat so oft men c•oved, is faith: of the which meat saith the Prophet the just liveth.¹ Faith in him is therefore the meat which Christ prepareth & dresseth so purely: powdering & spicing it with spiritual allegories in all this chapter following to give us everlasting life through it.

Whan Cryste sawe those glotons sekynge theyr be lyes flockīge so fast vnto hym Aftyr hys wonte maner (the occasion taken to teche and preche vnto them of the thynge now moued) he sayde. Ueely verely I saye vnto you: ye seke me not because ye haue sene my myracles, but because ye haue eten of the loues and were well sylled But as for me, I am not comen into thys worlde onely to fill mennis be lyes: but to feed and satysfye their souls. ye take grete paynes to folowe me for the meate of your belyes: but o slougherdis, worke, take paynes and labour rather to get that meate that shall neuer perysshe. For thys meat that ye haue sought of me hytherto, perysheth wyth your belyes: but the meat that I shall geue you is spiritual and may not perysshe but abydeth for euer geuinge lyfe euerlastynge. For my father hath coneyged and confyrmed me with hys assuered testimony to be that assuered sa yng helthe and ernest peny of euerlasting lyfe whan the I we vnderstode not what Cryste ment bydding them to worke & labour for that meat that shuld neuer peryssh, they asked hym what shal we do that we myght worke the workis of God? supposynge that he had spoken of some vtwarde worke requyred of thē wherfore Iesus answerde sayng. Euen thys is the worke of God, o beleue and truste in hym whom the father hath sent. Lo, here maye ye se that worke of God whyche he requyreth of vs euen to beleue in Cryste. Also consyder agen