A brief declaration of the Lords Supper, writtenA brief declaracion of the Lordes Supper, written

Now if Christ had no moo natural and corporal bodies, but that one which they than presently both heard & saw, nor other natural blood, but that which was in the same body, and the which the soldiers did afterward cruelly shed upon the cross: and neither this body nor this blood was (by this declaration of S. Augustine) either to be eaten or drunken, but the mystery thereof spiritually to be understanded: than I conclude (if this saying and exposition of S. Augustine be true) that the mystery which the disciples should eat, was not the natural body of Christ, but a mystery of the same spiritually to be understā dead. For as S. Augustine sayeth in his 20. book Contra Faustum. ca. 21. Christs flesh and blood was in the old testament promised by similitudes and signs of their sacrifices, and was exhibited in deed and in truth upon the cross, but the same is celebrated by a sacrament of remembrance upon the altar. And in his book De fide ad Petrum, ca. 19. he sayeth, that in these sacrifices, meaning of the old law, it is figuratively signified, what was than to be given: but in this sacrifice it is evidently signified, ⟨image 37⟩what is already given (understā ding in the sacrifice upon the altar) the remembrance and thanks giving for the flesh, which he offered for us: & for the blood which he shed for us upon the cross: as in the same place and evidently there it may appear.

Now if Christ hade no moo natural and corporal bodies, but that one which they thā presently bothe hearde & sawe, nor other natural blood, but that which was in the same body, and the which the souldiours did afterwarde cruelly shede vpon the crosse: and nother this body nor this blood was (by this declaracion of S. Augustine) either to be eaten or dronken, but the mysterie therof spiritually to be vnderstanded: than I conclude (if this sayeng and exposicion of S. Augustine be true) that ye mysterie which the disciples should eate, was not the natural body of Christ, but a mysterie of the same spiritually to be vnderstā ded. For as S. Augustine sayeth in his 20. boke Contra Faustum. ca. 21. Christes fleshe and blood was in the olde testament promysed by similitudes and signes of their sacrifices, and was exhibited in dede and in truthe vpon ye crosse, but the same is celebrated by a sacrament of remembraunce vpō ye aultare. And in his boke De fide ad Petrum, ca. 19. he sayeth, that in these sacrifices, meanyng of the olde lawe, it is figuratiuely signified, what was than to be geuen: but in this sacrifice it is euidently signified,