ANNOTATIONS.
Chap. XIV.
Cost religiously bestowed upon Christ & his Church.4. This wast.) Religious offices done to Christ for signification, devotion, or honour sake, both then in his life, and now in the Holy Sacrament, be of some (under pretence of better bestowing such things upon the poore) condemned unjustly.
6. Let her alone.) Christ answereth for the devout woman, and for defence of her fact, as we must answer against the ignorant and il men, when they blame good men for giving their goods to the Church.
The real presence by Consecration.22. Bread.) This is bread before the Sacramental wordes, but the Consecration once done, of bread is made the flesh of Christ. Ambros. li. 4 c. 4 de Sacramentis.
Very bloud under the forme of wine.23. Chalice.) Wine and water is put into the Chalice, but is made bloud by Consecration of the heavenly Word: though to avoid the lothsomnesse which would be in the sight of bloud, thou receavest that which hath the likenes and resemblance thereof. Ambr. ibidem.
Faith necessarie in the B. Sacrament.23. My bodie, 24. My bloud) Whosoever beleeveth it not to be true that is said, he falleth from grace and salvation. Epiph. in Ancorato. Let us ever give credit to God, & never resist him, though the thing that he saith seeme never so absurd in our imagination, or farre passe al our sense and understanding. For his words can not beguile us, but our sense may easely be deceaved. Seing therfore that he said, This is my body, let us never doubt of the matter. Chrysost ho. 83. in Mat. sub finem.
Peter.71. He began to curse.) In this one Apostle Peter, the first and cheefe in the order of Apostles, in whom the Church was figured, both sortes were to be signified, to wit, the strong and the weake, because without both the Church is not. Aug. ser. 13 de verb. Do. Againe, Our Saviour would shew by the example of the cheefe Apostle, that no man ought to presume of him self, when neither S. Peter could avoid the danger of mutability. Aug. tract. 66 in Evang. Jo. Leo Ser. 9. de Pass. Do.
Chap. XV.
Mt. 27, 1.
Lu. 23, 1.
Jo. 18, 28.GOOD friday.AND forthwith in the morning the cheefe Priests with the Ancients and the Scribes & the whole Councel, consulting togeather, binding Jesus led & delivered him to Pilate. 2And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jewes? but he answering, said to him: Thou sayest. 3And the cheefe Priests accused him in many things. 4And Pilate againe asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? see in how great things they accuse thee. 5But Jesus answered nothing more; so that Pilate marveled.
6And upon the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners whomsoever they had demanded. 7And there was one called Barabbas, which was put in prison with seditious persons, who in a sedition had committed murder. 8And when the multitude was come up, they began to require, according as alwayes he did
