hat through the external we may be drawn
into the spiritual, comprehending the external with the eyes of
the body, the spiritual and inward with the eyes of the heart.

[Sidenote: The Parts of the Testament]

12. Now we see how many parts there are in this testament, or the
mass. There is, first, the testator who makes the testament,
Christ. Second, the heirs to whom the testament is bequeathed, we
Christians. Third, the testament in itself, the words of Christ
when He says: "This is My body which is given for you. This is My
blood which is shed for you, a new eternal testament, etc."
Fourth, the seal or token, the sacrament, bread and wine, and
under them His true body and blood. For everything that is in
this sacrament must live; therefore He did not put it in dead
writ and seal, but in living words and signs which we use from
day to day.

And this is what is meant when the priest elevates the host,[5]
by which act he addresses us rather than God, as though he said
to us: Behold, this is the seal and sign of the testament in
which Christ has bequeathed us remission of all an and eternal
life. With this agrees also that which is sung by the choir:
"Blessed be He that cometh to us in the name of God" [Matt.
21:9]?[6] so that we testify how we receive therein blessings
from God, and do not sacrifice nor give to Him. Fifth, the
bequeathed blessing which the words signify, namely, remission of
sin and eternal life. Sixth, the obligation, remembrance or
requiem which we should observe for Christ, to wit, that we
preach this His love and grace, hear and meditate upon it, by it
be incited and preserved unto love and hope in Him, as St. Paul
explains it: "As oft as ye eat this bread and drink of this cup
ye show the death of Christ." [1 Cor. 11:26] And this is what an
earthly testator does, who bequeaths something to his heirs, that
he may leave behind him a good name, the good will of men and a
blessed memory, that he be not forgotten.

[Sidenote: How the Mass Should be Regarded]

13. From all this it is now easily seen what the mass is, how one
should prepare himself for it, how observe and how use it, and
how many are the abuses of it. For just as one would act if ten
thousand _gulden_ were bequeathed him by a good friend: so, and
with far more reason, we ought to conduct ourselves toward the
mass, which is nothing else than an exceeding rich and
everlasting and good testament bequeathed us by Christ Himself,
and b