take the perfecte nature of manhode upon hym and also suffer the deathe: This promyse was geuen to Adam, and saued as many as ded beleue and were thankefull to God for his kyndnes, ād after yt was [Sidenote: Abrahā. Gene. 12] establyshed vnto our father Abraham by the worde of God, which sayde, in thy sede shall all nacyons of the earthe be blessed. And with hym God made a couenāt, that he wolde be his God and do hym good. And Abraham a gayne promysed to kepe his preceptes and walke in hys wayes. Then God gaue hym the sacrament of circumsicion and called that hys couenaunte, which thynge notwithstōdynge was not the very couenaunt in dede although yt were so called. But was only a sygne, token, sacrament, or memoryall of the couenaunte that was betwene God and hym, whiche myght expounde our matter, yf men had eyes to see. After that God promysed him a sone whē hys wyfe was past chylde bearynge and he also very olde. Neuerthelesse he doubted not of Goddes worde. But surely beleued, that he which promysed it was able to perfourme it. And that was recounted vnto hym for ryghtuousnes. This Abraham ded bothe eate hys bodye ād drynke hys blode (through faythe) belevynge verely that Christ shulde take our nature and sprynge oute of hys seede (as touchynge his fleshe) and also that he shulde suffer deathe to redeme vs. And as Christ testifyeth, [Sidenote: Ioan. 8.] he hartely desyred to see the day of Christ. And he sawe it and reioysed. He sawe yt in faythe ād had the day of christ, that is to say, all those thynges that shulde chaunce hym, playnly revelated vnto hym, albeit he were deade many hundred yeres before yt were actually fulfylled ād reuelated vnto the worlde. And by that fayth was he saued, and yet neuer ded eate hys fleshe with hys teth, nor neuer beleued that breade shulde be hys bodye and wyne hys bloode. And therfore syth he was also saued without that fayth, and the same faythe shall saue vs which saued hym, I thynke that we shall also be saued yf we eate hym spiritually (as he ded) although we neuer beleued that the breade ys hys bodye. Furthermore that mercyfull [Sidenote: Moses.]Moses (which brought the chyldern of Israell out of Egypte in to the wyldernes) obtayned of God by prayers, both manna from heauen to feade hys people, also water out of the stone to refresh and comforte them. This māna and water were even the same thynge vnto thē that the breade and wyne ys to vs. For as S. Austyn saythe: [Sidenote: Aug. de uite agē darum.] _Quicunque in manna Christum intellexerunt eumdem quem nos cibum spiritualem manducauerunt. Quicunque autem de manna solam saturitatem quesiuerunt manducabant et mortui sunt. Sic etiam eundem potum: petra enim erat Christus._