ABSTRACT

abidcth in thc.Lordhinlfclfc,and the Lordm:him .:for there is a·~;ewmixturc made, and abduereafon,fo that ' God is in vs,; and wee in God,, Here thc·Author.tca~ chcth, that faith n1ufr be h~d tn the myJlcrics)atid not to bcinqui.Gtiuc how: ·and therewi~hallhe rcmoueth . apart mans.carnall or ria.turall rhoughts.;andrequireth . · onely a ·fpirituallmeaning' and commendeth a more hiemancrofeating .. For he· addethnotloogafter-\rp:.- on thefcwords, 7hisisahardfoying;""Whou.tJ.burt·him? · .. ' ,(}:c. But fee their folly; ForLheir duetie ha~ been, to . haue asked, .and learned thofe, things: whereof they ·. '" • wcreignorapt. But they drew backe~and did expound--·_--- nothlng fpirimally , but all things as they outwardly ·_ · appeared._· For in as much as they heard of flelli,they thought he w~p.ld compell them.i:o.'he ~u~,_.,; that is;, deuonrers of fldh and blood. But becauA!wevnder~ · ftand it fpiritually, I~ eithe-r wce.bee_ d!=uourers of ~~ili) .· an,d yet be we fanchficd by fuch mcate. ~,By and by al-· fo cxpoimding this, II if l}irit 'that qujcken~th ; thus he · writeth : Bccaufe,as we hatie often fayd,dieythat car:.: nally expoundedfuch things as Chrift fpake,.were of--: ~- · fended: he faych, Whcnxliofe things that I fpeake arc · fpiritually vnderfrood, that onely bringeth profit: but · · the RclbJthaus to fay,to expound them carnally, prO>- . fitcth nothing·, .. bm i~ occafion of offence~. So there"! · fore fuch as. hc.u·d ·carnaUy-rhofc thing . ., tl1at Chrifl: .. (pakc, were offended •.. He addech therefore, Tht words which I j}eakure fPiril, thar. is rofay; they be fpimua11, . . . . and life, (hauing_no_ching that is carriall) and bringin _._ . · cuerlafli'ng life.-~ L'e~ v:s ad de. hereunto · thofc. chin~ ~/ · ~hich h~ :wriceth vpon Marke·Lp:apd.ForthclJr.cad ··: . · IS DOt:.o-~cly:i iigt~r~i: and,a ccrraine .patt~rne:of:rhc • Lqrds. body_,. puut .i( c.urn.cd· into,- the :very~~oody-o