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 of blood; wash yourselves, &c.) he says: “ But sinners shall not be cleansed, unless they be washed in the waters of baptism, and receive the body and blood of Christ. Blood is expiated by blood; and the body is cleansed by the body; and sins are washed away by water.” Serm. iv. p. 77.--" Our Saviour washed the feet of his disciples, giving them thereby a noble example of humility. Having washed the feet of his disciples, he sat down again to table, and then gave them his body and blood.” Serm. xiv. p. 347.

ST. EPHREM OF EDESSA, G. C.-“ His body, by a new method, is mixed with our bodies, and his most pure blood is transfused into our veins. He is wholly incorpora with us. And because he loved his Church - he was made the bread of life, that he might give himself to be eaten.” Hymn. xxxvii. de Virginitate, Bibl. Orient. Assemani, T. 1. p. 97.—“ Consider, my beloved, with what fear those stand before the throne, who wait on a mortal king. How much more does it behove us to appear before the heavenly king with fear and trembling, and with awful gravity? Hence it becomes us not, boldly to look on the mysteries, that lie before us, of the body and blood of our Lord.” Paræn. xix. T. 11. p. 95. Edit. Quirini.-“ Sedulously consider all these things, and believe that they are true, as they are related. For if you view them not with the eyes of faith, you cannot rise from the earth to heaven, nor in spirit behold what Christ suffered. When the eye of faith is clearly open, it contemplates, in a pure light, the lamb of God, who was immolated for us, and who gave us his body for our food to the remission of our sins. This same eye of faith manifestly beholds the Lord, eating his body and drinking his blood, and