Furthermore Christ wolde not suffer that devoute womā which of loue sought hym at hys sepulchre, to touche his naturall bodye, because she lacked a poynte of faythe, & ded not counte hym to be equall with hys father. And moche more yt shall folowe that the wycked which haue no faythe nor loue towardes hym, shall not be suffered to eate hys fleshe with their teth, & swallowe yt in to their vncleane bodyes: for that were moche more then to touche hym. And yet notwithstandynge they receyue and eate the sacrament. Whervpon yt shulde folowe yf the sacrament were hys naturall bodye, that they shulde in dede eate hys bodye. Which thynge may be recoūted a blasphemye agaynste God. Moreouer Christe sayeth, he that eateth my fleshe ād drynketh my blood dwelleth in me & I in hym: Now we knowe ryght well that the wycked do eate the sacrament, ād yet neyther dwell in Christe, nor Christ in thē. Wherfore yt muste folowe that the sacramēt is not the very fleshe of Christe. And surelye I can not excuse thē of blasphemye which so dyrectlye do cōtrary Christes wordes. Howe can you avoyde these textes which Christ speaketh vnto hys dyscyples sayēge. Yet a lytel whyle am I with you. And then I departe to hym that sente me. [Sidenote: Ioan. 6.] And agayne it is expedyent for you that I departe. For excepte that I departe, that counforter shall not come vnto you. [Sidenote: Ioan. 6.] And agayne he sayeth. I forsake the worlde [Sidenote: Ioan. 6.] and go to my Father. And to be shorte, he sayeth, [Sidenote: Mat. 25.] poore mē ye shall euer haue with you, [Sidenote: Mar. 14.] but me shall you not euer haue. Now we knowe ryght well that hys Godhed is in all places, [Sidenote: Ioan. 12.] and that as towchynge hys Godhed he forsoke not the worlde, when he ascended vnto hys Father. Wherfore it muste neades folowe that he fors oke yt as towchynge hys fleshe and manhode. And therto agreeth the exposycyons of Saynte Austen, and Fulgentius before alleaged, yea and all other olde faythfull Fathers. Now yf he haue forsaken the worlde as towchynge the presence of hys naturall fleshe and māhode (as all doctours defyne) then mente he not that hys naturall fleshe shulde be presente in the sacrament, to be eaten with our tethe. And therfore though Christe so tell you, yet muste you take hym as he meaneth, or els you be begyled. For yf ye thynke that GOD both maye and wyll fulfyll and veryfye all thynges accordynge to the letter as he speaketh them, I maye call you an obedyent man, as Saynte BARNARD doth hys Monke Adam. And maye saye (as he doth) that yf that be the ryght waye, so symplye to receyue all thynge, we maye put out the texte of scrypture which warneth vs to be wyse as serpētes. For the texte folowynge is suffycyent, which byddeth vs to be symple as doves.