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all_o our_o power_n and_o as_o for_o the_o resurrection_n from_o the_o dead_a we_o be_v make_v as_o it_o be_v of_o his_o flesh_n and_o of_o his_o bone_n and_o incorporate_v into_o he_o he_o can_v lose_v none_o of_o his_o member_n but_o all_o that_o eat_v of_o his_o flesh_n and_o drink_v of_o his_o blood_n as_o they_o ought_v shall_v be_v raise_v again_o at_o the_o last_o day_n we_o eat_v of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n which_o will_v make_v we_o live_v for_o ever_o and_o we_o receive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ephes_n epist_n ad_fw-la ephes_n as_o ignatius_n speak_v a_o antidote_n against_o death_n a_o medicine_n to_o preserve_v we_o from_o corruption_n this_o the_o ancient_a christian_n think_v to_o be_v so_o full_o assure_v to_o we_o in_o the_o eucharist_n that_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o argument_n whereby_o irenaeus_n confute_v the_o valentinian_o who_o deny_v the_o rise_n again_o of_o the_o body_n after_o it_o be_v dead_a how_o can_v that_o flesh_n be_v corrupt_v 34._o l._n 4._o adv_n haeres_fw-la cap._n 34._o and_o not_o live_v again_o which_o be_v nourish_v by_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o the_o lord_n either_o let_v they_o change_v their_o mind_n or_o else_o abstain_v from_o this_o offer_n for_o as_o the_o bread_n which_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n perceive_v the_o invocation_n of_o god_n be_v no_o long_o common_a bread_n but_o the_o eucharist_n consist_v of_o something_o earthly_a and_o something_o heavenly_a even_o so_o our_o body_n perceive_v this_o eucharist_n be_v not_o now_o corruptible_a but_o have_v the_o hope_n of_o a_o resurrection_n 2._o l._n 5._o cap._n 2._o thus_o he_o who_o have_v more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o another_o book_n herein_o likewise_o god_n give_v we_o a_o foretaste_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o joy_n to_o come_v as_o will_v be_v make_v more_o manifest_a in_o the_o follow_a discourse_n and_o thus_o far_o we_o may_v grant_v the_o bread_n and_o wine_n of_o melchizedeck_v to_o have_v be_v sacramental_a that_o they_o be_v 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what_o a_o symbol_n be_v in_o his_o language_n say_v it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n a_o sensible_a thing_n which_o we_o partake_v of_o instead_o of_o a_o spiritual_a as_o for_o example_n bread_n and_o wine_n in_o stead_n of_o the_o immaterial_a divine_a nourishment_n and_o gladness_n and_o so_o macarius_n call_v it_o 27._o homil._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o figure_n and_o representation_n of_o his_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o say_v that_o he_o who_o partake_v of_o the_o visible_a bread_n do_v spiritual_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o he_o that_o will_v may_v repair_v to_o theodoret_n who_o live_v in_o late_a time_n and_o he_o shall_v tell_v he_o that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mystical_a representation_n and_o that_o their_o nature_n be_v not_o change_v no_o more_o than_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n cease_v to_o be_v flesh_n now_o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o heaven_n and_o in_o his_o comment_n upon_o the_o 1_o corinth_n 11.26_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d dialog_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n use_v these_o word_n till_o he_o come_v because_o there_o will_v be_v no_o need_n of_o symbol_n of_o his_o body_n when_o his_o body_n itself_o shall_v appear_v the_o name_n of_o antiquity_n make_v a_o great_a sound_n in_o their_o mouth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o let_v the_o reader_n remember_v that_o there_o be_v many_o ancient_a error_n as_o well_o as_o truth_n if_o they_o have_v follow_v the_o ancient_n in_o their_o novel_a doctrine_n they_o be_v rather_o the_o old_a heretic_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la irenaeum_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 9_o than_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n for_o it_o have_v be_v well_o observe_v by_o some_o of_o our_o divine_n that_o marcus_n a_o magician_n be_v note_v by_o irenaeus_n for_o counterfeit_v to_o consecrate_v in_o a_o eucharistial_a manner_n cup_n of_o water_n mix_v with_o wine_n to_o a_o strange_a 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