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98 33. Spitting.) Not only by Christs word and wil, but also by ceremonie and by application of external creatures which be holy, miracles are wrought; as by Christs spittle, which was not part of his Person, being a superfluity of his body, but yet most holy. Theophyl. in 7. Marci.

34. Ephphetha.) The Church doth most godly imitate and use these very wordes and ceremonies of our Saviour in the Exorcismes before Baptisme, to the healing of their soules that are to be baptized, as Christ here healed the bodily infirmitie, and the disease of the soule togeather. Ambros. li. 1 de Sacram. c. 1.

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N those daies againe when there was a great multitude, and had not what to eate: calling his Disciples togeather, he saith to them: I have compassion upon the multitude, because loe three daies they now endure with me, neither have what to eate. And if I dimisse them fasting into their home, they wil faint in the way, for some of them came farre off. And his Disciples answered him: Whence may a man fil them here with bread in the wildernes? And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seaven. And he commanded the multitude to sit downe upon the ground. And taking the seaven loaves, giving thankes he brake, and ″ gave to his Disciples for to set before them, and they did set them before the multitude. And they had a few litle fishes; and ″ he blessed them, and commanded them to be set before them. And they did eate and were filled, and they tooke up that which was left of the fragments, seaven maundes. And they that had eaten were about foure thousand: and he dimissed them. ✠

And * immediatly going up into the boat with his Disciples, he came into the quarters of Dalmanutha. And the Pharisees went forth, and began to question with him, asking of him a signe from Heaven, tempting him. And groning in Spirit, he saith: Why doth this Generation aske a signe? Amen I say to you, If a signe shal be given to this Generation. And leaving them, he went up againe into the boat, and passed beyond the strait.

And they forgot to take bread: and they had but one loaf with them in the boat. And he commanded them, saying: Looke wel and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod. Rh