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The author of the imperfect work upon Matthew, homil. 11. writeth thus: Si ergo haec vasa sanctificata ad privatos usus transfer sic periculosum est, in quibus non est verum corpus Christi, sed mysterium corporis ejus continetur: quanto magis vasa corporis nostri, quae sibi Deus ad habitaculum praeparavit, non debemus locum dare Diabolo agendi in eis quod vult? If therefore it be so dangerous a matter, to transfer unto private uses those holy vessels, in which the true body of Christ is not, but the mystery of his body is contained: how much more for the vessels of our body, which God hath prepared for himself to dwell in, ⟨p. 15⟩ought not we to give way unto the Devil, to do in them what he pleaseth? Those words (in quibus non est verum corpus Christi, sed mysterium corporis ejus continetur: in which the true body of Christ is not, but the mystery of his body is contained) did threaten to cut the very throat of the Papists real presence; and therefore in good policy they thought it fit to cut their throat first, for doing any further hurt. Whereupon, in the Editions of this Work printed at Antwerp, apud Joannem Steelsium, anno 1537: at Paris, apud Joannem Roigny, anno 1543: and at Paris again, apud Audoenum Parvum, anno 1557. not one syllable of them is to be seen; though extant in the ancienter editions, one whereof is as old as the year 1487. And to the same purpose, in the 19 Homily, in stead of Sacrificium panis & vini, the sacrifice of bread and wine, (which we find in the old impressions) these latter editions have chopped in, Sacrificium corporis & sanguinis Christi, the sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ.

The author of the imperfect work upon Matthew, homil. 11. writeth thus: Si ergo haec vasa sanctificata ad privatos usus transferre sic periculosum est, in quibus non est verum corpus Christi, sed mysterium corporis ejus continetur: quanto magis vasa corporis nostri, quae sibi Deus ad habitaculum praeparavit, non debemus locum dare Diabolo agendi in eis quod vult? If therefore it be so dangerous a matter, to transferre unto private uses those holy vessels, in which the true body of Christ is not, but the mysterie of his body is contained: how much more for the vessels of our body, which God hath prepared for himselfe to dwell in, ⟨p. 15⟩ought not wee to give way unto the Divell, to doe in them what he pleaseth? Those words (in quibus non est verum corpus Christi, sed mysterium corporis ejus continetur: in which the true body of Christ is not, but the mysterie of his body is contained) did threaten to cut the very throat of the Papists real presence; and therefore in good policie they thought it fit to cut their throat first, for doing any further hurt. Whereupon, in the Editions of this Worke printed at Antwerpe, apud Ioannem Steelsium, anno 1537: at Paris, apud Ioannem Roigny, anno 1543: and at Paris again, apud Audoenum Parvum, anno 1557. not one syllable of them is to be seene; though extant in the ancienter editions, one whereof is as olde as the yere 1487. And to the same purpose, in the 19 Homily, in stead of Sacrificium panis & vini, the sacrifice of bread and vvine, (which we find in the old impressions) these latter editions have chopt in, Sacrificium corporis & sanguinis Christi, the sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ.