Now we shall shortely expresse the pyth of our matter and borowe the fygure of the paschall Lambe, which is in all poyntes lyke vnto it. That the offerynge of the Paschall Lambe ded sygnyfye the offerynge of Christes bodye, is playne by Paule which sayeth, [Sidenote: 1. Cor. 5.] Christe our Paschall Lambe is offered vp for vs. When the chylderne of Israell were very sadde and heauy for their sore oppressyon vnder the power of Pharao (for the more myracles were shewed, the worse were they handeled) God sente vnto them by Moyses, that euerye housholde shulde kyll a Lambe to be a sacryfyce vnto GOD, and that they shulde eate hym with their staues in their handes, theyr loynes gyrded, and showes vpon their feete: euen as men that were goynge an hastye Iorneye. This Lambe muste they eate hastelye and make a merye maundye. Now because they shulde not saye, that they coulde not be merye for their oppressyon, and what coulde the lābe helpe them: he added gladde tydynges vnto it and sayde, This is the passynge bye of the Lorde. Whiche thys nyght shall passe by you and slee all the fyrste begotten within the Londe of Egypte, and shall delyuer you out of your bondage, & brynge you in to the Londe that he hath promysed vnto your fathers. Marke the processe and conveyaunce of thys matter, for euen lykewyse it is in our sacrament. The apostles were sadde & heauye, partelye consyderynge the bondage of synne wherwith they were oppressed, & partelye because he tolde them that he muste departe frō thē, [Sidenote: Ioan. 16.] in whō they ded put all their hope of their delyueraunce. Whyles they were in thys heauynes, Christ thought to conforte them ād to geue them the seale of theyr delyueraunce, and toke in hys hande breade, blessed and brake it, and gaue it to hys dyscyples sayēge: This is my bodye which shalbe geuē for you. For this nyght shall the power of Pharao the deuell be dystroyed, and to morowe shall you be delyuered from the Egypte of synne, and shall take your Iourneye towardes that heauenlye mansyon which is prepared of God for all that loue hym. Now compare them together. [Sidenote: 1.] The Paschall Lambe was instytute ād eaten the nyght before the chylderne of Israell were in dede delyuered frō Egypte. Lykewyse was the sacramēt instytute ād eaten the nyght before we were delyuered from our synnes. [Sidenote: 2.] The Paschall Lābe was a verye Lābe in dede. And so is the sacrament very breade in dede. [Sidenote: 3.] The Paschall Lābe was called the passynge bye of the Lorde which dystroyed the power of Pharao ād delyuered them. The sacrament is called the bodye of the Lorde which dystroyed the power of the deuell and delyuered vs.