AS ofte as I speke vnto you of the worde of god my well beloued bretherne , & in the meane whyle consyder the state of our tyme , and condycyon of men : so often I sorowefully sygh & am sycke , bycause I perceyue ( which I am ryght sory to se ) that these wordes of saynte Paule , 1. Corin . 10 no lesse trewly then sorowfully , may be veryfyed in vs : we be they , whome th endes of the worlde is come to . In whose miserable tyme , all those thynges now happe hepyd on in a nothers necke , whyche our lorde Iesu Cryst the very trewth , Math. 24. Mar. 13. Lucc . 21. both ernestly and truely shewed shold come in th ende of the world . For as to leue spekyng at this tyme , of the horryble warres & batayls that be at these dayes thorough out chrystendome , ye and amonges them to , whiche as beyng oure chyefe heddes and rulers vnder Cryste here on erth , oughte to lyue moste in reste and peace , and also of the innumerable contagyons and dedely dyseases that reygne , and specyally of the great pestilence in Germany , besydes the sharpe and cruell famine with such other lyke myschyefes : who seeth not euydently & vnderstandes not , that this is euyn the last ende of the worlde , in whych as criste hym selfe prophecyed , Iniquyte hath begonne to habound , and many mennes charyte waxe colde / so that were yt not for the electes , there shold be no fleshe safe , for as myche as yf yt were possyble , the chosen people selfe that lyue now at this daye , myght seme to be seduced from the trewe catholyque fayth of Chryste : syns now I say I se , not allonely nacyon agaynst nacyon , realme agaynste realme , or house agaynste house , but rue the fathers agaynst theyr chylderne , the chylderne agaynste theyre fathers , a one brother wyth great cruelty to arise agaynst the other . which thynge surely , ye were yt but for this cause greueth me very myche , for that I perceyue those clene departed from charyte , stryuynge wythin theym selfes , persecutynge one a nother as mortall enymyes , shamefully ragynge eche agaynst other , euen as agaynst theyr vttermost dedely aduer saryes , whyche be not onely bretherne , as beynge created of on eternall father , but also brethern thorough grace and fayth , and named the children of god , Galat. 6. whome ( as saynte Paule sayth ) syns they be of one housholde fayth , oughte specially to be frendes , and one of them gladde to do for a nother / who me I say Criste our lorde & gentyll redemer in so farforth hath exhorted vnto a mutuall charyte , shewing it as a thynge so necessary , that wythout that they can not be knowen for his dyscyples , or by any other meanes then by that mutual charite , Ioban . 13. decerned from infydeles , that he sayth amongest other thynges , I geue you a newe commaundement that you loue on a nother : & as I haue loued you , so loue you betwen your selfs : Ioban . 15. By this shall all men knowe you be my dyscyples , yf you haue loue amongest you : This is my precepte , to loue eche other as I haue loued you . And agayn : This I commaunde you to loue to gether as my father hath loued me , so haue I loued you : Abyde you in my loue . But howe loued Chryst vs ? Surely so as hym selfe sayth , that he loste hys lyfe for oure sake , then whyche kynde of loue no man can haue a greater .

whyche also th apostles recyteth almoste in euery place : 1. Cor. 4. Of whyche trewly ineffable loue towarde vs ( his owne ) he hath left behynde hym an inspekable token , Tesso . 5. testymonyall , 1. John . 3. & . 4. and perpetual memoryal , in that he gaue him selfe to be eaten of vs , made therby both the feaste and the geste bothe twayne . As the prophete Dauid sayde : Psalm. 11. Our most mercyfull & pytyful lord hath made a remembraunce of his meruayles , and hath geuen meate to theym that dreded hym . For why our lord Iesu Cryst , instytutyng this hygh excellent & wonderfull holy sacrament , gaue fode to those that dreded hym / and for pytye he had on vs , lefte that sacrament vnto vs , as a memoryall & remembraunce , not onely of the offering of hym self for our sake vpon the crosse , & also gaue him self as meate to all suche as worsshyppe hym , drede hym , loue him , & honoured him ( as saint Paule sayth : 1. Corin . 11 Do you this as ofte as you drynke yt in the remembraunce of me / for as oft as you shall eate thys brede and drynke of thys cuppe , you shall shewe the dethe of our lorde tyll he come ) but also left this blessed sacrament vnto vs , for a memoryall and remembraunce of his inspekable loue toward vs / by which loue he was broughte for our sakes , to the most bitter crosse & shamfull deth , in whych he myght be wyth vs as he was before in the sacrament , accordyng to his own ꝓmise where he sayth : Math vl timo. And lo I am wyth you for euer euen to the worldes ende . whyche all though yt may be vnderstanden of the maner of presence , by whyche he is euer present wyth vs by his powre , grace , and dyuyne maiesty : yet semeth it more lykely he ment of the sacramentall presence , syns hys dyscyples knewe well inough he sholde neuer be from them as concernynge the former presence / but they were not īlyke wyse sure of hys presence in that sacrament / whyche in so farforth was harde to be byleued and perceyued , John . 6. the many of hys dyscyples went backe and went no more wyth hym . And therfore oure sauyour Cryste fyrst to fulfyll the fygure of scrypture , gaue hym selfe mete to vs . Exod. 16. Surely that fygure was manna , gyuen from heuyn to the chylderne of Israell , wyth whyche they were fedde .xl. yere in deserte . Cryste the interpretour , who sayth , John . ● . Truely truely I tell you it was not that Moyses gaue you the brede out of heuyn , but my father gyueth you the trew brede out of heuyn . I am the brede of lyfe , your forefathers hath eatyn manna in deserte and be dede : This is brede descendynge from heuyn , so that who eateth hereof shall not dye . whereby it well appereth that manna in deserte was but a shadowe and fygure of the very manna , that is to witte , of the body of Iesu Cryst to be gyuen to vs to eate / syth also th apostell wryteth that thynge and the history thereof , 1. Cor. 1● but as a figure of that whyche after was to be fulfylled . Secondely he gaue hym self meate vnto vs to accomplysshe in dede that he promysed by worde / which god wold haue so sure and so trewe , Mat. 24 Marc. 12 Luc. 11 John . 6 that he sayth , Heuyn and erth shall passe , but not my wordes . But now Cryste promysed to gyue hys flesshe for oure fode , sayenge , I am the lyuely brede whyche am descended frome heuyn . who eateth of this brede shall lyue for euer . And the brede which I shall gyue , is my flesshe for the lyfe of the worlde . For why my flesshe in dede is meate , & my blood is very drynk . who cateth my flesshe and drynketh my blood , dwelleth in me and I in hym . Thyrdely Cryst gaue hym selfe vnto vs for meate merueylously and ineffably , to shewe vs hys hygh charyte , by whych both bodely and gostely he wolde be wyth vs perpetually , and all one wyth vs by incorporacion , as it is wont to be in loue . For by the communion of the body and blood of oure lorde Iesu Cryste , all we be made one hole body wyth Cryste . Thapostell approuynge it & sayenge thus , 1 Cor. 1● The brede that we breke , is it not the parrycypacyon of the body of our lorde ? bycause we men●●y be but one brede and one body , all that be partakers of one brede and one cuppe . And for thys cause , oure lorde Iesu Cryste and onely redemer , to leue byhynde hym a remembraunce of hys loue towarde vs , and by th ensample of the same loue , wold haue vs ( that be hys ) not onely loue hym , but also one another , and by the remembraunce of hys most bytter deth , gyue hym thankes togyther / was content to be present wyth vs , thoughe inuysybly yet bodely in that sacrament / and by that communyon ( as we haue sayd be fore ) to be all one with vs , & so to leue thys blessed sacrament of th aulter behynd hym as a sure pledge of hys great loue towarde vs . Iohn . 13 Of thys it was that saynt Iohn sayde , that at thys laste holy supper the instytucyon of that moste blessed sacrament of th aulter was made for a sygne of loue when he sayth , Before the feast daye of Easter , Iesus knowynge that hys howre was come , in whyche he sholde departe out of thys worlde to hys father , when he had louyd hys that were in the worlde , he loued them to th ende . And after supper & so forth . In whych saynt Luke answeryng with the other wryteth , that Criste in hys laste supper sayde , I haue inwardely desyred to eate thys pascall wyth you before I suffer and so forth .

And wythin a lytell whyle after : And takynge the brede , he sayd grace and brake it , & gaue it to them sayenge : This is my body that shall be delyuered for you . Do you thys in remembraunce of me . How in my remembraunce ? That you maye remember howe I haue loued all you that byleued in me / who for the greate loue I bare you , to th entente I maye be wyth you bodely to the worldes ende , haue gyuen you meate , myne owne body and myne owne blood , vnder the forme of brede , and so vnder the sacrament , to the entent that there may come in your myndes somtyme , another greate charyte of myne , by whych I dowre not to suffex deth for you / whyche deth and charyte you ought to remember wyth the rendrynge of dewe thankes , as ofte as ye consecrate and handell by myne ensample this sacrament . whyche thynge th apostell confyrmynge sayth , that Chryst , the same nyghte he was betrayed , takynge the brede and the cuppe , delyuered it vnto his dyscyples and sayd , Do you this in remembraunce of me . 1. Cor. 11 As ofte as you eate of thys brede and drinke of this cuppe , shewe you the deth of our lorde tyll he come and so forth .

With how fatherly a loue then Cryste instytuted thys holy sacrament of th aulter , there is no good man that of these wordes of Cryste , & also of th apostell , as well of that y● goeth before as foloweth , vnderstandeth not / syns he harde that oure lorde Iesu Cryste , not onely had shewed in that hys charyte towarde vs ( whych he wolde sholde be perpetuall ) in that he toke vpon hym our nature , to make vs as saynt Iohn sayth men by partycypacyon , John . 1● goddes by fayth , and all he toke of ours gaue vs agayn for our helth / but also offered vppe to god hys father , his owne body on the crosse , as a sacrafyce for our reconcylyacyon , his blood to be shed as a pryce and lauatory of our synne , that beynge redemed from the myserable seruytude , we myghte be clensed frome our vyce .

Wherfore to th entent the remembraunce of so hygh a benefyte might abyde in vs , and the greatnesse of the loue of god more fyrmely fixed in our brestes , in his laste supper as yt is wryten in the gospell of saynte Iohn , John . 13. in the pascall made wyth his dyscyples , at his departynge oute of thys worlde to his father , he gaue his body for meate , and hys blood for drynke , to be receyued of faythfull folke vnder the forme of brede , ordeynyng this holy sacrament of th aulter , as a perpetuall remembraunce of hys passyon to th● fulfyllyng of th olde fygures , & one of the greatest myracles that euer he dyd , as a syngulare comforte of all those that are sorowfull for his absence . As though he wolde say : I shall not leue you fatherles / not for that I wyll come agayne to you my selfe , but bycause I wyll be euer wyth you , euen to the ende of the world by my mercy , by my grace , by my diuyne powre , ye and in the sacrament of my body and my blood . O the wonderfull swetnesse of thyne ineffable charyte . O the precyouse & meruaylous holsome feaste . O the moste excellent sacrament . O moste to be worshypped . O moste honourable . O moste reuerende . O moste worthy prayse . O most worthy glory , highly to be magnifyed , to be extolled by worthye cryers , to be honoured wyth all the herte , with all deuocyon , wyth all reuerence . what more meruaylous then this sacrament , in whych brede and wyne is veryly conuerted into the body and blood of Iesu Cryste / in whyche pertyte Crist is conteyned by the vertue of the word , vnder the forme and lykenes of a peace of brede : Take you this is my body , whiche is eaten of good Cristen folke , & in the meane whyle ys not torne / but though the sacrament be deuyded , yet the bodye abydeth and contynueth holevnder euery parte of that that is dyuyded : O so wonderfull a sacrament and meruaylous , so full of charyte , that no man can crye the worthynes of yt better , then by the wordes of saynt Paule where he sayth to the Romaynes : Rom. 1● O the depnes of the dyuyne sapyence , & knowlege of god . Howe incomprehensyble be his iudgementes ? how inuestygable his ways ? For who knewe the mynde of oure lorde , or who was his counsaylour ? O in dede a wonderfull sacrament of whyche Esaias veryly spake when he sayd , E●ai . ● Vnlesse you byleue you shall not vnderstande . whych Cryste hym selfe affyrmynge sayd vnto the vnbeleuynge Iews of so hygh a sacrament : John . 6. But there be some of you that beleue not / as though he wold say , and therfore vnderstand not , and for that cause shall go backe , and not walke with me , when the Iewes sayde : Howe can this man geue vs his fleshe to eate ? This is a harde saynge . And who can heare hym ? And the euangelyst sheweth , what Crist sayd . My fleshe is very meate , and my blood is very drinke . who eateth my flesh and drynketh my blood , taryeth in me and I in hym , and so forth . From that tyme many of his dyscyples went backe and walked not wyth hym . Peter answerynge for all the reste , what tyme Chryste demaunded of theym , whether they wold go from hym to : Good lorde , to whome shall we go ? Thou haste the worde of th eternal lyfe , and we byleue & knowe , that thou art Cryste the sonne of god , & so forth . As though he wolde say , thou art able to do all wyth a worde . Hebre. ● . And ( as saynt Paule wryteth ) thou be ryst vp all thyng by the word of thy powre , ye by whyche word the heuens were made . whereof Dauid wryteth : He sayde the worde , and yt was done . Psal. 32. & . 148 Now who is there my well beloued brethern , whych wayeth the wordes of Cryst , & his apostles as he ought to do , wyll not in hys herte be sory , and also wyth the zele of charyte abhorre the condycyon of thys wykked tyme of ours , ye and myche rather the wycked infydelyte of wycked people , by whych ( the deuyll beynge authoure ) in so farforthe do not byleue in thys blessed sacrament of th aulter , confyrmed by Crystes owne mouth when he sayth : Thys is my body and so forth : Math. 26 My flesh is very meate , Mar. 14. my blood is very drynke , Lucae . 22 and so forth / but also all thanke and loue towarde our sauyoure Iesu Chryste a farre of reiected , 1. Cor. 11. John . 6. odyously , shamefully , irreuerently , blaspheme , condemne , and abhorre all holy scryptures , fygures , reasons , & sences , euyn spurnynge at hym wyth theyr fete , wyth tonge , wyth language not to be spoken / clerely forgetfull in the mean while of those holy wordes of Cryste in his laste supper ꝓceding of a meruaylous zele towarde vs : Take you this is my body : Do you this in the remembraunce of me : And this doynge , shewe you the deth of our lorde , tyll he come to iudge the worlde wyth an open and vysyble body / who in the meane tyme , for the loue I haue towarde you , shall contenue wyth you vnder this visyble sacrament of th aulter , and so by the communyon of myne owne body in that sacrament be made incorporate wyth you .

Oh good , oh best , oh most benygne Iesu oure redemer , who can meruayle inough at thy greate pacyence shewed towarde vs , whom hytherto thou haste suffered so shamefully to rayle agaynst thinsty tucion of the blessed sacrament of th aulter vnpunysshed . Is thys the remembraunce we haue of that ineffable loue of thyne towarde vs , by whyche thou louydest vs euyn to the sufferaunce of the most shamefull deth of the crosse ? is this the kyndnesse , the recompence we make the for thy so greate benyfytes . woo maye we be , woo may we be a good & iuste iesu , whyche hast all thy iudgement of thy father , to iudge euery man accordynge to his deserte , whyche wylte leue no good dede vnrewarded , nor no euyll dede vnpunyshed , to whome we shall gyue account of euery idell worde . what shalt thou do with vs I pray y● then for our so great offence and wyckednes , 1. Corin . 11 syns ( as the apostle sayth ) thou iudgeste them that eate thy body vnworthyly , & drynke thy blood vnworthily , gylty of thy body & thy blood , & wyth no lesse payne to be punysshed then they whych for malyce persecuted the , and crucyfyed the. who to the declaracyon , that there is in dede thy body and thy blood , & how reuerentely euery man ought to receyue it , thou sufferedeste for many mennes amendement & helth of those that on a time put no dyfference bytwene thy body and other materyall meate , some to fall syke , some weke , and some to dye . wylte thou spare vs yf we amende not ? No surely . For I wote that thou arte he of whome scrypture sayth : Sapien. 11 Thou hast mercy on euery body , bycause thou canst all , & dyssymblest mans synnys for penaunce .

Consyderyng now therfore my wellbeloued bretherne the treuth of scrypture / let vs beware as saynt Poule counsayles vs , that we sette not at naughte the rychesse of the goodnes , pacyence , & longe sufferaunce of our lord Iesu Cryste , but do penaunce for our trespas to hym whome we haue offended / whose gentylnes ( as saint Poule sayth ) draweth vs to penaunce . 1. Cor. 11 . By whom truely we shall be both iudgyd and condempned , yf accordyng to his admonicyon , we do not iudge ourselfes .

Nor lette vs in the meane whyle so folysshely flater our selfes wyth the sufferaunce of god , as though he wolde forgete oure synne , and as a iuste iudge not correcte when he seeth tyme , for our so irreuerent handelynge of the holy sacrament . How be it who knoweth not these cruell pestylences that now raygne thoroughe oute Germanye , syknesse , dissensyons , suppressyons , the mynysshement of euery estate , calamytees , and other suche lyke kyndes of euyls almoste infynyte / and no lesse horryble , chyefly to be caste vppon vs from god , yf at the lest way we byleue saint Poule ( as we veryly muste ) for the vnworthy and shamefull handelynge of thys holy sacrament of th aulter . 1. Cor. 11 And go me thorough out Germany , and as full as that nacion ( whyche was of late very deuout and relygyouse ) is now of all myschyefe and synne : yet is there none therin greater then thys . And surely vnlesse we leue thys so horryble a wyckednesse , we shal be sure of the greate stroke of god , ye and that more then men can tell of . For in god ( as saynte Peter wryteth ) neyther is there none , 1. Petr. 2 nor neuer shall be any lacke of powre , but he can delyuer good men out of theyr temptacion , and euyll men can he reserue to euerlastyng punysshement . In whych number to th entent we may not be , it shal be nedefull and expedyent we leue so shamefull handelyng of thys holy sacrament of th aulter , doyng penaunce , for that is past which I trust to god we will / and that after we haue proued ourselfes ( as saynt Poule wolde we shold ) we wyll I truste eate of that brede , that is to wyt the body of our lord in forme of brede . And when we haue decernyd the body of our lorde frome other meate , then maye we worthyly receyue it .

To the whych yt is requysyte that fyrst we shold byleue the playne worde of Cryste : This is my body , whych shal be delyuered for you on the crosse ( as th euangelystes with one accorde wryteth ) demaundynge no reason thereof , Mat. 26 askyng no questyons as the vnbyleuynge Iewes dyd , Mar. 14 Howe can this man geue vs his flesh to eate ? Iuc . 22 This is a hard saing . John . 6 And who can heare hym ? 1. Cor. 11. as the scysmatyques sayde : To them that wyll denye yt and aske this questyon of vs , how can there be the body of Cryst vnder the forme of brede ? and so forth . How can we answere them better then wyth the sayeng of Esaias . Ezaie . 7. If you byleue not , you shall not vnderstande . Hebre. 11 And bycause all thynges be possyble to hym that byleueth Cryste , who cometh to god must byleue . Iohan. 20. For Cryste hym selfe sayde to saynt Thomas of Inde : Be not vnfaythful but byleue , Blessed be they that haue byleued & saw not . That we comprehende not by wyt , that we se not at eye / let vs byleue , besydes the comen order of nature . why honour we not Chryste that suffered for vs , in that , sacrament of th aulter ? syns tyll this oure of all as many as be & haue ben , there is none that hath brought any thynge forth to proue , that we ought or may departe from that fayth , whyche the hole catholyke chyrch , so longe agon hath kepte and approued , whyche the euangelystes & apostles wrytynge so euydently reache , shewyng wyth one consent & agrement , that Cryste sayd : This is my body that is geuyn for you . Agaynst which there is not so myche as one tyttell of scrypture , that sheweth in any place manyfestly the contrary herof , or sayth that there is not the bodye of our lorde Iesu Cryste . It is also very agreable vnto the ineffable loue of god towarde man kynde , that those whome he had redemed wyth this precyouse blood & bodye of his sonne , he wold also by a certayne inspekable meanys , fede them with his flesh , blood & body , & so to be conforted by this secrete presence of his sonne , as by a plegge , tyll he sholde come gloriousely in the syght of all the worlde .

God forbede it therfore we shold gyue any place at all to all these folysshe sophistycall sutteltyes brought agaynste this sacrament , which argumentes we haue confuted before , by hole & sounde reasons of holy scripture / which were such as neuer none yet hytherto , were able to impugne , ye the leste part of them / syns there is nothyng stronger then truth , and also this is the fayth , that euer hath the ouer hand , & by which all thinges ( as Cryst hym self sayth ) be possyble . 1. John . 5 wherby I am more ledde to byleue one word of the prophete , that saith , He sayd the worde and it was done , Psal. 32. & . 148. then all the colored crafty suttyll argumentes or opinions of Arystotell , Plato , other phylosophers , or heretykes . So mych before all the reasons & prynciples that euer coulde be brought , p̄fere we this wordes , Hoc est corpus meum , Thys is my body . Nor it is not lefull that any reason of man shold be preferred before the worde of god , for as myche as saynt Peter saith , Actu. 5. we ought more to byleue in god & obay him , then men . Nor this obieccyon can not stande , if one shuld say , that Cryste sytteth in heuen on the right hande of his father , nor wyll not be with vs tyll tyme he come to iudge in the daye of iudgement , For I wil answere here vnto that he that is euery wher & euer , with whom nothing is impossible , may be gloriously with his father in heuen , & shal come in a vysyble body to iudge , & both nowe is wyth vs & shal be with vs ( as hym selfe sayth ) euen to th ende of the world / not in no visible body , Mat. 82 but in the sacrament , in the forme of brede . And also let these heretykes tell vs howe this may be , that Cryste sholde be veryly here with vs on erth , and yet hym selfe veryly in heuen . For that he so was in dede , hymself witnesseth where he saith : No man ascendeth vnto heuen but he that hath descended out of heuen , the sonne of man whyche is in heuen . If they byleue this why noty ᵗ ? What & they by leue neyther nother ? ye , what & they byleue nothyng at all ? as we may easely perceyue by theyr frutes they do not .

Nor agayn this reason can not hold that yt semeth a iestynge stocke & a folyshnes , to byleue that Cryste can be or ought to be vnder the forme of a litle piece of brede , & there to be hyd & conteyned / & then say farther that yt profyteth nothynge and so forth .

I wold answere yf they wold so say , that they nothyng dyffer , neyther from the vnbyleuyng Iews nor yet reprobate Paynyms that were before tyme . For by this meanes they nother shall nor can , beleue any poynt of the catholy like faith , for as mych as saint Paule sayth : 1. Cor. 1. Nole Cryste is crucyfyed , that is to say all the hole fayth of Cryste / & euery worde of hys , is occasyon of ruyne to the Iewes , & amongest the paynyms taken for very folly . who was I praye you more mocked at , than saint Poule , when he taught the resurreccyon of Criste & of dede folke . were not the Iews offended in Cryste , reprouynge him of folly , when he said himselfe was brede & meate from heuyn , when they murmured amonges them selfes & sayd : Is not this the sonne of Ioseph , whose father & mother we knewe ? Now then sayth he , that I am descended from heuen ? for they thoughte yt but a folyshe thynge to byleue god incarnate , or to byleue yt possyble for any that descendeth from heuen to erth , myght be at the same self moment in heuen styll to . Trewly saynt Paule sayth : 1. Corī● The word of the crosse to them that shall peryshe is but folyshnes / but to them that shal be safe , that is to wyt to byleuers , yt is the powre of god . wherfore we may lightly gather , that we muste byleue this very bare word of god in which he sayd , This is my body that is delyuered for you : Do you this in the remembraunce of me . Secundly yf we wyll receyue the body of our lord worthely we ought in the receyuyng & doyng , remember that merueylous great loue of his toward vs , by the whych for our sakes he delyuered vp his body on th aulter of the crosse / after whiche also he gaue hym self in the sacrament for vs as a spyrytuall mete to eate , as a pledge & testymonyall of hys loue toward vs / as though vouchsafynge by the communyon of that self same sacrament , to be incorporate & all one thynge with vs , by beyng partakers of his blessed body . whyche euydentely appereth by saynt Poule to the Corinthies , 1. Corin . 10 where he sayth : The brede that we breke is it not the partycipacion or to be parteyner of the body of our lorde ? for the brede is one , & all we that be ꝑteyners of that one brede & that one cuppe , beynge menny , be all one body . And in good fayth it is not mych agaynst reason to byleue in thys so noble a sacrament , that Cryste was harde of his father a lytell before , when he prayde in thys wyse : I do not onely pray for them , but also for all suche as shall beleue in me by theyr prechyng , that all may be one as thou my father arte in me and I in the , that they maye be all one in vs , I in theym & thou in me , that they maye be made one , that the world may know that thou hast sent me , and hast loued them as thou hast louyd me . But I praye you , thys vnyte and so wonderful a loue of the sonne and the father toward vs , of what ( yf the wordes of th apostle be well wayed ) shall it be rather vnderstanden , then in the partycypacyon or beynge partener of thys sacrament , where is the body and blood of our lorde . wherof thyrdely it foloweth to the receyuyng of it worthyly , that we muste kepe the treuth at the receuynge , whych ( as saynt Poule wryteth ) is marked vnto vs as a fygure and a shadowe .

Fyrste yf we wyll receyue it worthyly , let vs be gyrdyd vp , that is to saye , by chastyte of mynde and body . Secundly hold staues in our handes / that is to wytte , we muste haue a sure fayth . Thyrdely stande vpryght not inclynynge now agayn to vice & the fylthynes of synne , from whyche we be rysen by confessyon and contrycyon . Fourthly not eate thys immaculate lambe sode in water & bytter lettuse , but rost it wyth fyre , that is to say wyth bytter contricyon for our trespas , and fyry cheryte .

Fyftly putte on showes on our fete / wherby is ment we muste kepe the affeccyons of our herte from fleshely desyres , & compel them to serue for the loue of our lorde Iesu Criste , auoydyng all that is contrary to him , doyng that may please hym , and after the counsell of saynt John , not louyng hym alonely by word & tonge , ● . Iohn . ● but in dede & trewth / as hym selfe hath loued vs which dyed for our sake , leuyng behynd him to vs this blessed sacrament as a remembraunce of his loue when he saith : Take you this is my bodye that is geuen for you : Do you this in the remembraunce of me , that is to saye , remembring how I haue loued you , whyche dyenge for you , was contont to be made also for you , mete , the feaste , and the gest to gether .