Without these two I could not well live.
For the word of God is the light of the soul, and thy sacrament the bread of life.
These also may be called the two tables, set on the one side and on the other, in the store-house of the holy church.
One is the holy altar, having the holy bread, that is the sign of the precious body of Christ.
The other is of the divine law, containing holy doctrine, teaching the true faith, and certainly leading to that within the veil, where is the holy of holies.
Thanks be unto [♦]thee, O Lord Jesus, the light of everlasting light, for the table of holy doctrine, which thou hast offered us by thy servants the prophets, and apostles, and other teachers.
[♦] “tbee” replaced with “thee”
5. Thanks be unto thee, O thou Creator and Redeemer of man, who to manifest thy love to the whole world, hast prepared a great supper wherein thou hast set before us to be eaten (not the typical lamb, but) thy most sacred body and blood.
Rejoicing all the faithful with thy holy banquet, and replenishing them with the cup of salvation, in which are all the delights of paradise: and the holy angels feast with us, but yet with a more happy sweetness.
Nothing but what is holy, no word but what is good and profitable ought to proceed from his mouth, who receiveth the sacrament of Christ.