The Prelates beleue that hys very fleshe is present to the teth of them that eate the Sacramēte, and that the wycked eate hys verye bodye. Fryth sayeth that it is none artycle of our Crede, and therfore he reakeneth that he is in no Ieoperdye though he beleue it not. And he thynketh that hys fleshe is not presente vnto the teth of thē that receyue the Sacramente. For hys fleshe is onelye in one place at ones. And that he proueth both by the auctoryte of Saynte Austen ad Dardanum, and also by the auctoryte of Fulgentius ad Thrasauandum libro. 20. as before appeareth in the boke. And Fryth sayeth that the wycked eate not hys verye fleshe, although they receyue the Sacramente. And that he proueth by the scrypture, doctours, and good reason, grounded vpon the scryptures. [Sidenote: Ioan. 6.] The scrypture is thys, he that eateth Christes bodye hath euerlastynge lyfe, ergo then the wycked eate not hys bodye. Agayne the scrypture sayeth, he that eateth Christes fleshe ād drynketh hys bloode abydeth in Christe and Christ in him: but the wycked abyde not in Christe nor Christe in them, ergo the wycked eate not hys fleshe nor drynke hys bloode. [Sidenote: Augustin ser. desacra fe. Pasche.] This maye also be cōfyrmed by good auctoryte. For saynte Austen sayeth, he that abydeth not in Christe ād in whome Christe abydeth not, without doubte he eateth not hys fleshe nor drynketh hys bloode, although he eate and drynke the Sacramente of so greate a thynge vnto hys dampnacyon. [Sidenote: Beda.] And euē the same wordes hathe Bede vpon the tenth chapter of the fyrste Epystle to the Corynthyans. [Sidenote: Augusti de ciuitate Dei in libro. 21. cap. 25.] Agayne S. Austen sayeth, he that abydeth not in me ād in whome I abyde not, let hym not saye nor thynke, that he eateth my bodye or drynketh my bloode. And euen the same wordes hath Bede vpon the syxte Chapter of the fyrste Epystle to the Corynthyans. And euen the same sentence hath Ambrose, and Prosper, & Bede vpon the xi. chapter of the fyrste Epystle to the Corynthyans. Fynallye thys may be proued by good reasō grounded vpō the scrypture. Christ wolde not suffer marye (though she loued hym well) to towche hym, because she lacked one poynte of faythe, and ded not beleue that he was equall with hys Father. And therfore by reason yt muste folowe, that he wyll not suffer the wycked (which neyther haue good fayth nor loue towardes hym) both to towche hym and eate hym in to their vncleane bodyes.