In England from Wicliffe to Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

Arundel, rolling up the paper: "Lo, here it is
certified that thou didst teach that the Sacrament of
the altar was material bread after the consecration.
What sayest thou?"
Thorpe: "As I stood there in the pulpit, busying
me to teach the commandment of God, a sacred
bell began ringing, and therefore many people
turned away hastily, and with noise ran towards it;
and I, seeing this, said to them thus: ' Good men, ye
were better to stand here still, and to hear God's
Word. For the virtue of the most holy Sacrament of
the altar stands much more in the faith that you
ought to have in your soul, than in the outward
sight of it, and therefore ye were better to stand still
quietly to hear God's Word, because that through
the hearing of it men come to true belief."
Arundel: "How teachest thou men to believe in
this Sacrament?"
Thorpe: "Sir, as I believe myself, so I teach
other men."
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