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Obier,
tons
inff
per
femerance
taken
from
examples,anj
fpirituall
vfe,
to nouriíh
our
foules
vnto
eternal!
rife.
Now
howfoeuer
many
of
the
Ifraelites
who were indued
wì:h
faith,
did
not oncly
receiue the
outward
fiignes
of
Manna
and
water, but
alto
the things
fignified, namely,
the bodie
and blood
of
Chrifl,whereby theywere
fpiritually nourifhed
to
life
euerlafling; yet many
of
them did
onely eate
of
this
meate with their bodilie mouthes, hauing no
faith
to
receiue
Chrifl inwardly for the nourifhment
of
theirfoules, and
fo
receiued thefe
outward
fpirituall
fgnes
to
their further
iudgemcnt
&
condemnation. And
this appeareth
by Chrifls
Ioh,6,49so,
owne teflimonie
:
loh.6.49.
5O.
where
he
fai
th,that
many
of
the
Ifraelites
did
eate
Manna
in
the wilderneffe,
that
is,the
outward
elements only
with their bodilie
mouthes, and
not
the things
fignified
thereby,
namely,
his
'bodie and
blood;
and therefore they died and
periflied
both
in bodie
and
foule
;
whereas
contrariwife,thofe who
eate
of
the
fpirituall
bread
oflifc,whichcame downe
from heauen, they
die
not
but
liue for euer.
Yea,but it
is
faid
that they
all
did cate
of
the
fame
fpirittt-
all
meate,
and
did drinke
ofthe
fame
fpirituall
drinke,which
carne
out
ofthe
fpirituall
rocke, which
was
Chrifl.
I
anfwer,
that
they did
gate
ofthe
fame
fpirituall meate
indeed,but
not
after the
fame
manner. For there
is a
twofold
kind
ofeating;
Firfl,whenas
we
Bate
this fpirituall meate
the Sacrament,thát
is,
the outward,
fgnes
and
elements in
the
facrainent with
our mouthes
only;
and
thus
all
the fatherswere
Paid
to haue
eaten the fpirituall meate in
the
wilderneífe,
becaufe
they
were
all
partakers
ofthe
outward
figues:
the other manner
of
entring
this
fpirituall
meare is,
when
as
wee
doe
not
onely
receiue
the outward
fgnes
with the
bodilie
mouth, but
alto
the things
fignified
thereby,
narnely,the
bodie and blood
of
Chrifl with
the
mouth
ofthe
foule,a
true and
Ludy
faith:and
thus many
ofthe
fathers
in
thewilderneffe
did
not
cate
this
fpirituall meate,feeing
they died
and
perifl-ted;whereas
thefe
who
feede upon
the
flefh
ofChrifl,
the
bread
of
life, and
drinke
his
blood
fpiritually
byfaith,
they
(hall
hue
for
euer
as
our
Saviour
fpeakcth.
Neither
doth
it helpe
them
at
all
that it
is
faid
that
this rocke
wherof
they dranke
was
Chrifl'
teeing