thou hast commaunded shal be done that which my strenght cannot achiue and do by presuming thou canst in commaundinge and the Lord sayd come and without any doubte Peter at the word of the commaunder and at the presence of him that sustayned him without any tarying leapt into the waters and walked one them so that he could do this that the Lord commaunded not of himselfe but of the Lord for you weare some time darkenes but now are you light in the Lorde that no man can do in Paule no man in Peter nether in any other of the Apostles that is he hable to performe and do in the Lord therfore dyd Paule well contemninge himselfe and aduaunsing or commending him for I sayth he was not crucified for you c. ¶ Theophilactus vpon Iohn Cap. 8. TO remite sinnes is onely the propertie of God therfore he sayth euery one that sinneth is seruaunt vnto the sinne and you are therfore seruauntes because you haue sinned farther because it was likely they would saye albeit we be bond men to such seruitude yet haue we sacrifices and priestes which will purge vs from our offences and he sayth that they also are seruauntes for all men sayth he he haue sinned and haue nede of the grace of God therfore your priestes sith they haue sinned they be seruauntes and bondmen to sinne hauinge no power to remit sinnes which S. Paule with playne wordes doth testifie The priest hath nede to offer for himselfe as well as for the people because he also is subiect to infirmitie the seruaunt sayth he tarieth not in the house that is to saye he hath no power to put out any man because he is not the master of the house but the sonne is Lorde of the house and euer remayneth in the house for in my Fathers house sayth he are many mansâ—ons therfore your Priestes which are seruauntes haue no power to forgiue or remitte sinnes but I the sonne which abide in the house with power and principality sith I am Lorde of the house giue you all your libertie for all thinges are myne and I am of lyke and equall power and strenght with my Father and if I do make you frée then with true libertie are you redéemed ¶ Augustine vpon the Epistle of S. Iohn tract 2. ¶ I write vnto you little Children because your sinnes are forgiuen you thorowe his name BVt by whose name are our sinnes forgiuen by the name of Augustine Or by the name of Donatus You maye sée what Augustine is and lykewise Donatus neither are your offences remitted by thée of Paule nor of Peter for when they did deuide the Church and dyd desire to seperate the vnitie into partes charity as a mother bringing forth her littelones doth in the Appostle open her bowelles and bewayling them with teares calleth them backe againe to one name which would haue made to themselues manye names and repelleth them from her loue that Christ might be beloued saying was Paule crucified for you either weare you baptised in his name What sayth she I will not that you shoulde be mine but with me be with me for we are all his which dyed for vs which was crucified for vs. ¶ Origen vpon Math. Hom. lia 1. ¶ Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke c. BEcause Bishoppes and Priestes do take aduantage of this texte saying that they haue receaued of Christ those keyes of the kyngdome of Heauen the Peter had because the such as were bouÌ„d of them on earth were also bound in Heauen and those that were losed one earth of them were losed in Heauen that is to say had remission of their sinnes it is to be thought that they saye well it they do the workes of Peter wherfore it was sayd to him thou arte Peter c. If the powers of hell do not preuaile against them then are they such as the Church of Christ is builded and established vpon otherwise it is a skorne that we should saye that he that is bound in the bandes of his sinnes and draweth his sinnes like a longe corde and is laden with the yoke of his offences because onely that he is called a Bishoppe to haue such power and authoritie that such as are here losed of him are also losed and made frée in Heauen or that they that he byndeth are bound in Heauen also therfore let the Bishoppe that bindeth or loseth another be irreprehensible let him be the husband of one wyfe sober chast decent full of hospitalitie hable to teache no Wyne bibber no runner vp and downe but modest No brauler not coueteous of money gouerninge well his housholde Hauing his children subiect in al chastitie If he be such one he wyll not vniustlye binde vpon earth neither without iudgemente vnlose or make frée but if there be any man that I may so saye A Peter and shall thinke that he can so binde that it shal be bound in Heauen and y he can so lose that it shal be losed in Heauen he deceaueth himselfe not vnderstand the meaninge of the scriptures But beinge inflamed with his pride falleth into the iudgement of the Deuill ¶ Of the Sacrament of Christes Body and bloud I Am the Bread of lyfe that came downe from Heauen and whosoeuer shall eate of this Bread shall lyue euerlastingly and the Bread that I wyll giue you is my flesh for the lyfe of the world The Cuppe of Blessinge which we blesse is it not the communication of Christes bloud and the Bread which we breake is it not the participasion of the Lordes bodye Because many are one and one body which do participate of one Bread and one Cuppe So often as you shall eate this bread and drinke of this Cuppe you shall shew the Lordes death vntill his comminge againe ¶ The words of Beda and Augustine as touching the Sacrament of the altare ¶ The Cuppe of blessing c. 1 Cor. 10. THis which you sée on the Altare of the Lord thother night you dyd se but what it was or what was the meaninge therof or of howe worthy a thinge it was a Sacrament you haue not yet hard therfore that which you sawe is Bread and wyne which your eyes can testifie But your fayth doth requier to be instructed that the Bread is the Body of Christ and the Wyne his bloud this is shortly spoken paraduenture it doth satisfie your Fayth yet it would haue farther enstruction For the Prophet sayth vnlesse you do beleue you shall not vnderstand therfore now you may saye vnto me you haue commaunded vs to beleue then teach vs to vnderstand for paraduenture this thought may rise in your minds We know from whence our Lord Iesus Christ dyd receaue his flesh of the virgine Marie being an infant he was nursed and receaued sucke he dayly grew in age vntill he became a young man of the Iuesse he suffered persicution and being hanged on Crosse was
theron crucified he was Buried and the third daye he rose againe assendinge into Heauen thether hath he lifte vp his body From whence he shall returne to iudge both the quicke dead and at this present there he is sitting one the right hand of God the Father then how is the bread his body and the wyne his bloud Bretherne therfore these are named Sacraments because in them there is one thing sene and another thing vnderstode therby that which you sée hath a corporall bodyly shape figure but that which is vnderstand hath a spirituall fruite and commoditie therfore if thou wilt vnderstand the Body of Christ harke what the Apostle sayth to the faithfull you are the Body of Christ and the members therfore if you are the Body of Christ and members therof then your mistery and Sacrament is set on the table of the Lorde and yet you take it for the Lordes Sacrament and you answere Amen to that which you are and by your answere therto you do subscribe therfore thou hearest the Body of Christ and in answering Amen thou art a member ther of if thy AmeÌ„ be ture why theÌ„ is this done in the figure we take away nothinge of our owne then heare what the Apostle sayth againe for when he spake of this Sacrament he sayd We beinge many are made one Body and one bread vnderstand and reioyce godlines trueth charitie and vnitie in these beinge one bread we many are one Body consider that the bread is not made of one corne but of many when you were euill intreted then you were as it were ground when you are baptised you are as it were kneded put together When you haue receaued the sanctifiing of the holy Ghost you are as it were baked Therfore be that that you sée and receaue and take that that you are This the Apostle sayd astouchinge the bread euen so bretherne consider of the wyne wherof it is made wyne for many Berries and Grapes growe in one cluster but the Ieuise and liquor therof doth runne into one vnitie and substaunce so our Lord Iesus Christ hath sealed vs And hath made vs being a misterie of peace t'apertayne vnto him and the Sacrament of our vnion he hath consecrated in his moste blessed table Whosoeuer receaueth the Sacrament of vnitie and keapeth not the bond of peace receaueth it not to his profitte but as a â—itnesse against himselfe ¶ Augustine vpon Iohn tract 26. Cap. 6. HE that eateth my flesh and drinketh my bloud remayneth in me and I in him this is to eate that foode and to drynke that drinke to remayne and abyde in Christ and to haue Christ abiding in him And by this we sée that he that abydeth not in Christ and in whom Chryst abideth not without dout doth not spiritually eate Christ neither drinketh his bloud although carnally and visible with his teath he do receaue the Sacrament of the body and most precious bloud of Christ Christ entred not into the holy place made with handes which were examples of true thinges but he assended into heauen that now he might apeare in the fight of God for vs not that he shoulde oftentimes offer vp himselfe c. Thou wast afflicted with penury and scarsenes and god gaue thée Manna for meat with both thou fathers knew not that he might shewe vnto thée that not only by bread man liueth but by euery worde that commeth out of the Lordes mouth ¶ Augustine quinquam Psalme 89. WHen the Lord spake of his Bodye He sayd vnlesse a man eate my flesh he cannot haue lyfe euerlasting and farther sayth The wordes that I spake vnto you are spirite lyfe therfore vnderstand spiritually what I haue sayd vnto you You shall not eate this body which you sée neither shall you drinke that bloud that they will shed which shal crucifie me but I haue commended vnto you the Sacrament which being vnderstand spiritually shall gue you lyfe ¶ Libro sententiarum Augustine HE eateth the Bread of lyfe and drynketh of the cuppe of eternitie that abydeth in Christ for he that is disceuered from Christ neither doth eate Christs flesh nor drinke his bloud although dayly he receaueth the Sacrament to the iudgement of his great presumption ¶ Origen in Leuiti Homelie 7. VNderstand that they are figures that are written in the holy scripture and therfore as spirituall and not as carnall vnderstand and examine that that is sayd therin for it carnally you do vnderstand them they do hurte you and not nurrishe you There is both in the olde Testament a letter that kylleth as also in the new Testament if hit be not vnderstande spiritually for if thou dost followe the letter where as it is sayd vnlesse you eate my flesh and drinke my bloud This Letter kylleth you wilt thou that I shewe in the scriptures another Letter that kylleth he sayth he That hath not a sworde let him sell his coate and buye a sword behold this Letter is of the Gospell and yet it kylleth But according to the meaning and sprite you vnderstand it it killeth not but ther is therin contayned a quickninge spirite and therfore whatsoeuer is written either in the lawe or in the Gospel spiritually vnderstand as spirituall for he that is spirituall iudgeth all things is himselfe iudged of no man. ¶ In the same place Homeli 9. ANd thou that art come to the true Bishoppe that hath apeased Gods wrath to thée wardes by his owne bloud And hath reconsiled thée to the Father sticke not onely to the bloud of the fleshe But rather learne the bloud of the worde and heare what he sayth himselfe for this is my bloud that shal be shed for you in remission of sinnes ¶ Bernard vpon Qui habitat Verse 3. Sermond 3. VNlesse you eate the fleshe of the Sonne of man and drinke his bloud c. And they sayd this commaundment is hard and they al went backward But what is to eate his flesh to drinke his bloud but to communicate with his Passions and to follow that conuersation which he lead in the flesh which the Sacrament offered one the Alter doth signifie where we do receaue the Lords Body that as we sée the fourme of Bread enter into our bodies we knowe therby what conuersation he had one the earth that he doth enter into vs to dwell by fayth in our hartes For when righteousnes entreth into vs he entreth that of God is made our righteousnes c. ¶ Augustine of the Lorder wordes according to Luc. Sermond 8. GIue vs this daye our dayly Bread. When I spake of the Sacrament I tolde you that before the words of Christ that that is offered is called Bread but after Christes wordes be spoken then is it not called bread but the bodye where as he sayth our bread he sayth it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to saye supersubstantially is it not the Bread that entreth
into the Body But it is the Bread of euerlasting lyfe that sustaineth the substaunce of our soules ¶ Chrisostome Tome 1. Homelie 1. ex Capi. 15. THE Sacrament of Peace is that Sacrament that doth not agre with the seking of money and Simony for if Christ dyd not spare himselfe for our sakes whose suffering and death we are not worthy of if we spare not our soule for which Christ gaue himselfe and yet do we spare our monye Therfore let no Iudas nor vserrer approche to this Table wherof both shall perishe by the desire of money and Brasse Wherfore let vs flye this pitte neither let vs think it sufficient to our saluation that if thou dost robbe spoyle infaunts and widowes to offer thy golden Challies besette with precious stones in this Table wilt thou honour this sacrifice then offer thy soule for which Christ was offred and make that golden For if thy soule hée a lompe of leade what shall the Golden Vesselles prophitte thée and surely that Table was not of siluer neither was the Cuppe of golde wherin Christ gaue to his Disciples his most precious bloud it were they all most precious and honorable because they weare replenished wyth the holy Ghost will thou honour the Body of Christ then dispise him not when he is naked and seme not to clothe him in the Church and to suffer him to starue and dye for colde abrode for he that sayd this is my body and did also fulfill by his word the dead sayd also you sawe me a hungred and dyd not fede me and forasmuch as you dyd it not to one of these litleones you dyd it not to me this body of Christ doth not want clothing and our outward Raiment but it requiteth a cleane soule But this body of Christ which is the companye of the poore would be harbroued carefully cloched therfore let vs learne to sinowe Christ and to honour him according to his will as he would be honored for he that is honored doth delight to be honored with that honour which he most requireth and not with that honour as liketh vs best Euen so Peter thought that he dyd honour Christ well when he would not suffer Christ to wash his féete which certainely was contrary therfore honour him as he wil destribute thy goods and ritches to the poore in the Table of Christ thou nedest not vesseles of golde but bring with thée a pure sincere and golden hacâ—e answere me here to what auaeleth it if thy Table be throw out besette with plate and yet thou dyest for hunger Therfore first fede the hungrye and afterwarde of the surplusage make honorable vesselles for the Table For what proffitte commeth if thou maketh a golden Challesse and 〈…〉 therin so much as a little cold water therfore so honour Christ as he wil be honored and so receaue the Sacrament as he wold thou shouldest receaue it 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 otherwise is in haunger of Hell 〈◊〉 This man after he had offred one offringe for sinne euerlastingly sitteth one the right hande of God hereafter loking tyll his enimies he made his 〈…〉 With one oblation hath de euerlastingly fulfilled he offringe for those that are sanctified For where is the remission of sinnes there is no more offring for sinne But by his owne bloud he entred 〈◊〉 into the holy place and there found Remission c. That he shoulde not often offer by himselfe as dyd the hye Priest c. ¶ Augustine the. 10. Booke Deciuitote Dei Cap. 5. THE visible sacrifice is a testimony of an inuisible sacrifice that is to saye a holy signe ¶ FINIS Math. 23. Lib. Retract Etymologye Eccle. 4. Roma 16. Roma 5. 1. Cori. 15. Free will was in the first man. Gala. 5. Roma 8. Gene. 2. Gene. 3. The lawe of sinne Eccle. 15. Freewil is sufficient vnto euell Eccle. 10. Of y grace that was giuen to Adam before his fall Grace gyuen the electe after their fall Gene. 3â— Psalme 3. To remayne in good commeth onely of God. The work of God in mans will. The wil of a good man is derected by the grace of God. Luke 22. 1. Cori. 1. Against the defendours of freewill Our frewil is made fre by the grace of God. 1. Re. 16. Psal. 4. 8. Obedience is the greatest vertue The tree of knowledge of good euell Sapi. 2. The creation of the first man Adam Adam lost immortalitie by free-will Esai 42. Esai 43. Esai 44. Math. 11. Psalme 29 Psalme Ieremi 2. Gene. 35. Deut. 6. Barauch 3. Roma 1. Roma 11. We ought to worship one onely God. Apo. 19. Eueri man shall beare his owne burden Wee ought not to trust in creaturs Aut. 29. Marc. 7. Deut. 2. 8. Deut. 7. The honor of God is not in ontwarde workes Math. 7. Exo. 15. Leuit. 19. Psalme 87 Iud. 13. Hie. 1. Hie. 2. Hie. 17. Apo. 1. 3. 1 Timo. 2. 1. Cor. 8. Euerye maus own praier doth most please God. The sileÌ„ce of the Lord to the Cananite In y same Homelie with God we nede no spokesmen Iosue 22. Iosue 22. 2. Reg. 5. 4. Reg. 5. Ezech. 7. Ezech. 20. Ezech. 26. More at large it doth apere wee ought to folow y maners of the sainctes No righteousnes commeth to vs of man. Nume 11. Iohn 20. It is an vngodli thing to gyue thankes to praye to stockes or stones and vayne Images what is the true Image of God. The honoring of god Nume 23. Esaie 6. Wisdo 13. Psalm 80. All holines commeth of one only God. Psalme 31. Psal. 50. Psal. 50. 1. Iohn 1. Math. 15. Iames. Eccle. 28. Math. 18. The continual remeÌ„braunce of our sinnes is profitable Too sayth these wordes Ca. 4. Psal. 36. The Profet of confession Math. 26. The confession of Peter thapostle Eccle. 17. Math. 12. We can do all thinges but by the Lordes strenght power Ephe. 5. To remitte sinnes is only in the power of God. Roma 3. Hebrae 5. 1 Iohn 2. Sinnes ar forgiuen bi the name of God only 1 Cor. 1. He only hath the power that Peter had that doth his workes 1 Thi. 3. The workes of a Bishoppe Iohn 6. 1 Cor. 10. 1 Cor. 11. Esaie 6. 1 Cor. 12. we are the Bodye of Christ Actor 4. Howe the wyne is made Iobn 6. Hebreos 9 Detro 8. Luc. 22. The fleshe and Bloud of the word of God. Supersubstantiall Bread. The Sacrament of peace The bodye in the Sacrament Hebre. 10 Hebre. 9. Eodem loco Etimologie of the worde IMPRINTED AT LONDON in Fletestreat at the signe of the Faucon by VVylliam Gryffirh and are to be solde at his shoppe in S. Dunstones Churchyarde Anno Domini 1570.