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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…
The supper of the Lord where unto, that thou mayst be the better prepared and suerlyer instructed: have here first the declaration of the later part of the .6. ca. of S. Joha[n], beginning at the letter C. the fourth line before the cross, at these words: merely were. [et]c wherein incidentally M. Morris letter against Johan Frith is confuted.The souper of the Lorde wher vnto, that thou mayst be the better prepared and suerlyer enstructed: haue here firste the declaracion of the later parte of the .6. ca. of S. Joha[n], beginninge at the letter C. the fowerth lyne before the crosse, at these wordis: merely were. [et]c wheryn incidently M. Moris letter agenst Johan Frythe is confuted.
Nornburg: printed by Niclas twonson i.e. N. Hill?, 1533
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶when the Jews would not understand this spiritual saying of the eating of Christ's flesh and drinking of his blood, so oft and so plainly declared: he gave them a strong stripe and made them more blind, for they so deserved it (such are the secret judgements of god) adding unto all his s•yngis thus. who ⟨image 12⟩so e•e my flesh and drink my blood: abideth in me and I in him. These words were spoken unto these unbelievers into their farther obstinacion, but unto the faithful for their better instruction. Now gather of this the contrary. and say, whoso eateth not my flesh and drinketh not my blood: a bideth not in me, nor I in him, and join this to that foresaid sentence Except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood,1 ye have no life in you, let it never fall fro thy mind Christen reader, that faith is the life of the righteous, & that Christ is this living bred whom thou eatest that is to say, in whom thou believest. For if our papistis take eating & drinking here bodily, as to eat the natural body of Christ under the form of breed and to drink his blood under the form of wine: then must all young children that never came at God's board departed, and all lay men that never drank his blood be damned 2By love we abide in God and he in us• love followeth faith in the order of our understanding and not in order of succession of time, if thou lookest upon the self gifts and not of their fruits. So that principally by faith whereby we cleave to gods goodness and mercy, we abide in God, and God in us, as declare his words following, saying, as the living father sent me, so live I by my father. And even so he that eateth shall live because of me, or for my sake. My father sent me whose will in all things I obey, for I am his son. And even so verily must they that e•e me, that is believe in me, form and fashion them after my ensample mortifying their ⟨p. 12⟩flesh and changing their living: olers they eat my in vain and dissemble their belief. For I am not come to redeem the world only, but also to change their life. They therefore that believe in me shall transform their life after my example and doctrine,