sacramente, Christ promysed them, that he wolde geue hys bodye to be slayne for their synnes. And for to establyshe the fayth of this promyse in them, he ded instytute the sacrament which he called hys bodye, to thentēt that the very name yt selfe myght put them in remembraunce what was mēt by yt, he brake the breade before them, sygnyfyenge vnto them outwardly euen the same thynge, that he by his wordes hadde before protested And euen as hys wordes hadde enformed thē by their hearynge, that he entended so to do: so the breakynge of that breade enformed their eye syght that he wolde fulfyll hys promyse. Then he dede dystrybute yt amonge them to enprynte the matter more depely in them, sygnyfyenge therby, that even as that breade was devyded amonge them, so shuld hys bodye and frute of hys passyon be dystrybuted vnto as many as beleued hys wordes. Fynally he caused them to eate yt, that nothynge shuld be lackynge to cōfyrme that necessarye poynte of fayth in them, sygnyfienge therby, that as verely as they felte that breade within them, so sure shuld they be of hys bodye through fayth. And that euen as that breade doth nouryshe the bodye, so doth the fayth in hys bodye breakynge nouryshe the soule vnto euerlastying lyfe. Thus ded our mercyfull savyour (which knoweth our fraylte ād weakenes) to establyshe ād strengthē their fayth in hys bodye breakynge ād bloode shedynge, which is our shoteāker and laste refuge, without which we shulde all peryshe. The thyrde cause of this institucyon and profyte that cōmeth of yt ys this. They that haue receyued these blessed tydynges and worde of health, do loue to publyshe thys felycyte vnto other men. And to geue thankes before the face of the congregacyon vnto their bounteous benefactoure, and as moche as in them is, to drawe all people to the praysynge of God with them, which thynge though yt be partely done by the prechynge of Godes worde ād frutefull exhortcyons, yet doth that vysyble token & sacramente (yf a man vnderstāde what ys mēt therby) more effectuously worke in them both fayth and thankesgeuynge, thē doth the bare worde: But yf a man wote not what yt meaneth, ād seketh healthe in the sacrament and outwarde sygne, thē may he well be lykened vnto a fonde felowe, which when he ys very drye, & an honest man shewe hym an ale pole, and tell hym that there is good ale ynough, wold go ād sucke the ale pole, trustynge to get drynke out of yt, and so to quench hys thurste. Now a wyse man wyll tell hym that he playeth the foole. For the ale pole doth but sygnyfye that there ys good ale in the howse, where the ale pole stādeth, ād wyll tell hym that he must go nere the howse, ād there he shall fynde the drynke, ād not stāde suckynge the ale pole in vayne. For yt shall not ease him, but rather make him more drye. For the ale pole doth sygnyfye good ale: yet the ale pole yt selfe ys no good ale, neyther ys there any good ale in the ale pole. And lykewyse yt ys in all sacramentes.