A16576:91
An exhortation to the carrying of Christs cross with a true and brief confutation…An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion…
An exhortation to the carrying of Christs cross with a true and brief confutation of false and papistical doctrine.An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne.
Wesel? : H. Singleton?, 1555?
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mes, where he promised to give a bread, even his flesh: in instituting 1the sacrament of the altar, as they call it, performed the same: and that, as in all things, which he promised, he was found true, so in this the Catholic church hath believed, and doeth believe no less.
mes, where he promysed to geue abread, euen hys fleshe: in institutyng 1the sacrament of the aulter, as they calit, perfourmed the same: and that, as in al thynges, which he promised, he was foūd true, so in thys the Catholyke churche hath beleued, and doeth beleue no les.
And therefore, so soon as y• priest in the mass hath fully spoken these words, this is my body, if he purpose or if his intention be as he speaketh (for that is requisite teach they) then y•, which before was bred, and seemeth to the eye to be bred, is made in rerye deed Christs body, flesh, blood and bone, even the self same, which was crucified, rose again, and descended up into heaven. So y• he, which believeth not this, is a most heinous he ⟨p. 63⟩