to fauour but also to folow thy godly doctryne not only to professe but also to practise thy blessed coÌmaÌdemente that whatsoeuer wee outwardly heare and inwardely beleue we mai shew forth the same in our conuersatioÌ liuing vnto the honour of thi holy name the coÌfort of our christen brethren the health of our soules Amen A prayer to be said before the receiuinge of the holy Communion THy loue toward vs O most Gentell Sauyoure is so greate and vume asurable that it raÌne by no meanes bee expressed by mouthe nor sufficyentlye conceyued in herte For our loue withoute any desertes on ourbehalfe euen frely and willingli at thy heaueÌly fathers coÌmaundemeÌt thou caÌmest down froÌ the glorious seate of thy deuine maiestie âsaâe vii ãâã i. Luke i. Iohn i. ãâ¦ã âx Math. ii.i. tokest veri flesh becaÌâest perfect man of the substauÌce of that pure and vndefiled virgin Mari thorow the operacion of the holy gost taughtest the wil of thy heauenly father confirming the same with woÌderfull miracles vnto the great comfort of many which theÌ liued vnto the perfect establishment of our fayth whych lyue at thys preseÌt After thou hadst trauayled in thys worlde certayne yeres the tyme to fore appointed froÌ euerlasting of thi heaueÌly father drawing nie ⪠that thou shuldest geue thy self an oblacyoÌ and sweete smellyng sacrifice to god the father for the sins of the whole worlde Ephe v. euen so many as repent beleue and ameÌd willing that so noble worthy benefit of our redempcion shuld not be forgotteÌ nor fal out of remeÌbrauÌce Galath vi which is the alone authore of our saluacion the onli comfort of weake conscyences WheÌ thou haddest âateÌ the Pascal laÌbe wyth thy disciples according to the appointemeÌt of the law thou tokest bread into thy hand gauest thancks to thy heauenly father Mat. xxvi Mat. xiiii brakest it delyuerest it to thy disciples saying Take ye eat ye this is mi body which is betraied for you Do this in the remembraunce of me Luke xxii i. Cor. xi Because the singuler inestimable benefyte of our redempcyon brought to passe by the one onlye oblacion of thy blessed bodye brokeÌ on the aulter of the crosse Hebru ix.x. shuld not be forgotten thou brakest the breade in the syght of thy discyples and gauest it vnto theÌ commaundynge them to eat it in the remeÌbrance of the breakyng of thi bodi which theÌ was betraied by thy traiterous disciple Iudas that soÌne of perdicyon Iohn xvii the day folowynge was vnfaynedly broken on the crosse for our rauÌsome delyueraunce saluacion Here didst thou appoint the breakiÌg of the breade amoÌg the faithfull gathered to gether for yâ purpose a worthy and blessed memorial of thi bodi breaking And because the breakinge of thy bodye shuld be the better remeÌbred thou dyddest ennoble the breade wyth the name of thy body Note when notwithstaÌdiÌg it was only the figure sign token and memorial of thy holy body In like manner when supper was done thou tokest the cup into thy hands gauest thaÌks to thy heueÌly father and delyuerest it to thy Discyples sayinge drinck of this al ye For this is mi bloud of the new testameÌt couenaunt or bargaine which shal be shed for many into the remission of sinnes ⪠Thys do as ofteÌ as ye driÌcke it in the remeÌbrauÌce of me As by the breakyng of thy blessed body our raunsome is perfectlye paied so bi the sheding of thy precious bloud are al our synnes euen vnto the vttermoste washed away â Iohn i. Therfore as by the breaking of the breade thou wouldest the breakyng of thy body the benefites gotten bi it to be remâÌbred among the faythful so to the end that the sheddyng of thy bloud the merytes therof should not be forgotteÌ thou gauest theÌ the cup of wine to drink commaundyng them that so oft as they or any of the faythful gathered together for that purpose do drink of the cup thei shuld remeÌber thi death and the sheding of thy precious blud as thy holy Apostle sayeth i. Cor. xi as oft as ye shal eat this bread drinck of the cup ⪠ye shal shew the lorâs deathe tyll he come â And asthou dyddest ennoble the bread with the name of thy body ⪠being but the figure of thy body because the breking of thi body shuld the better be remeÌbred so likewise here doest thou garnish and nobly set forth the wine naminge it thy bloude when notwythstandynge it only representeth and preacheth vnto vs the sheding of thi bloud because it shuld be the more depely graueÌ the better retained in our mindes O most mercifull redemer gentel sauioure we are come together at this preseÌt to celebrate the memoryall of thy blessed and gloryous passyon and to eat and drinke this breade and wine in the remeÌbraunce of thy blessed body breaking and thy precious bloud sheddyng moost humbly and froÌ the very hert beseching the to gyue vs grace worthelye to eate thys breade and drinke of thys cuppe least by the vnworthy receiuing of them â Cori. xi we be gylty of thy bodye and bloud ⪠and so eate and drink our own dampnacion And that we may come the more worthely vnto thys thy table graunte we mooste entyrely pray the that we may so earnestly be at defiaunce wyth al synnes and so inwardly be ashamed that we at any tyme haue so greuously offeÌded thi deuine maiesty by attemptynge anye thing that is not agreable to thy good pleasure that from heÌsforth we may not only lothe detest and abhor whatsoeuer is displeasaunt vnto the but also embrace and lay hand on that whiche is good and acceptable in thy sight Math. v. Roma xii Forgeue vs al our siÌnes giue vs grace euen with our whole hert to loue al men yea our very enemies and not onli to forgiue al suche as haue offeÌded vs but also to be ready at all times to do for them what soeuer good or plesure we be able And that we maye be the more welcoâe vnto the be found mete and worthy gests to sitte at this thy table to eate of these thi blessâd gifts that our soule may be wel comforted norished fedde and made mery by the worthy receiuing of them clothe vs we pray the Math. xxââ wyth that weddyng garment eueÌ true liuely faith wherwith our herts are purified wherwith we are maryed vnto the made one flesh one bloud with the Actâs âvi Osee. ii wherwyth also we are iustified and counted righteous in thy sight and grauÌt that thorowe the same faith we ernestly set the eies of oure minde on these thy moste swete and louing promyses Ephe v. Rom. iii. v My bodye shall be broken for you Mat. xxvi Maâ iiâii Luke xxii â Cori. ââ My bloude shal be shedde for you And wythoute anye
doubtyng loke for remissioÌ of all our synnes at thy heauenly fathers hande accordynge to thy mooste gentle promyses yea and that not for our good dedes and merites Titu iii which in this behalf are none but for the worthynes of thy blessed passion for the dignity of thy precious bloude and for that only and alone sacrifice of thy holye body For that O Lord is the salue the healeth our souls That is the medecine that comforteth our weake and troubled conscieÌces Iohn vi That is the liuinge breade whosoeuer eateth of the bread shal neuer honger but lyue for euer That is the Iewel of ioy that maketh our sorowfull hertes mery That is the mighty bulwark the stronge defeÌce the sure fortres the preserueth and kepeth vs harmlesse against SataÌ synne death hel desperacion and al the infernal power To come to the table to be preseÌt at the supper â to here and se what is there don yea to receiue the holy mistiries of thy body bloud ther setforth vnto vs profiteth vs nothyng at all ⪠if we faithfully beleue not that thy bodi was brokeÌ thy bloud shed for our sinnes and that by the alone oblacion therof done once for al our syns are forgeuen vs Hebru vii ⪠ix.x. thy heuenly father is recoÌciled vnto vs his wrath stored vp thorow sin against vs is pacified quietnes of conscieÌce and euerlasting lyfe is geuen vs but rather turneth vnto our daÌpnacion because we eat of thys breade and drinck of this cuppe vnworthely and shal with that Hipocrite whyche presumed to come vnto the mariage not hauing the wedding garmeÌt be bouÌd haÌd and fote âath xxii and caste into vtter darcknes wher weping and gnashiÌg of teeth shal be Therfor we most huÌbly besech the to geue vs grace according to thy holy Apostles councel diligently to proue try examin our selfes whether such repentance such faith such loue i. Cori. âi suche disposition toward al godlines be fouÌd in vs or not as thou dost require in them whych come worthely with frute vnto thy table And forasmuch as it is thy gift to repeÌt hertely to beleue truly to loue vnfaynedly to be disposed earnestly to eÌbrace true godlynes and to go forward in the same from vertueto vertue vnto the end graunt we most entirely pray the Math. iii. we may so repent that the frutes of repentaÌce may be fouÌd in vs so beleue that we may knoledge yâ our alone sauiour so loue that al oure affeccion may be set on the alone and so embrace true godlynes that our hâle lyfe may be a cleare Myrrour of vertue goodnesse So shall we thorowe thi merci be fouÌd worthi gests of this thy table Phil lp ii receiue these holy misteries vnto the saluacyon of our soules yea so shal we be wel assured of the remission and forgeuenes of all our synnes by the breaking of thy blessed body and the sheding of thi precious bloud our consciences shal be quiet our hertes shal be filled wyth all true and spirituall ioye wee shall tryumph ouer Satan sinne death hell and desperacyon we shal be partakers of all the fruites and merytes of thy blessed passyon and bee made one boâye wyth the and fellowe heyres of euerlastynge glorye O Lord God lette it so come to passe for the honour of thy name Amen A thankesgeuinge after the receiuynge of the Communion IE thanck the O heaueÌly father for the blessed passion and gloryous death of thy derelye beloued sonne our Lorde and sauiour Iesu Christ Ephe. ii âolloss ii by whoÌ by whose holy wouÌdes we faythfully beleue and are assuredly perswaded that thy wrathe is not onlye pacified toward vs but that thou also art now becoÌe oure moost mercyful father and haste frelye forgeuen vs all oure synnes restored vs to thy heueÌly grace and made vs sonnes heiers of thyne eternall glorye And because we shuld not dout of thi fatherly goodnes toward vs set forthe in the deathe of thi sonne the same thy sonne Christ Iesu our Lorde hathe leafte vnto vs not onlye his holy word Maâ xâvi Mat. xiiii Luke xxii â Cor. xi but also a blessed memoryal of hys death and passyon set forth in the holy breade and holy wine whych we at this preseÌt haue receiued both for a remembrauÌce of the brekyng of hys blessed body and the shedding of his most precious bloud and also for the quietnes of oure conscience and for the assurance of the remission of our syns thorow fayth We besech the O heaueÌli father that we be neuer vnmyndeful of this thy exceadinge greate kindenes nor vnthanckful for thy manyfold vnspekeable mercys declared vnto vs in the gloryous death of thy welbeloued soÌne but so worcke yâ in vs thorowe thy holy spirite that we maybe made worthye members of that bodye whereof thy soÌne and oure sauyoure Christe Iesu is the heade Eph. i. iiii Colloss i. and that we may so faythfullye beleue in the and so feruentlye loue one another alwaye liuinge in thy feare and in the obedieÌce of thy holy law and blessed wyl that we being fruteful in al godly and chrystân workes may traine our life accordig to thy good pleasure in this transitory world and after this fraile and shorte lyfe obtaine that true and immortall lyfe wher thou with thy derely beloued soÌne our lord and sauiour Iesu Christ and the holy gost that most sweete coÌfortour liuest and reignest one true God in all honor glory worldes without ende Amen ¶ A shorte prayer to bee sayed at the receiuynge of the mysterye of Chrystes body in the holy Communion O Heauenly and blessed father I render vnto thee mooste heartie thanckes for al thy benefytes whiche thou hast shewed vnto me most wretâhed synner but speciallye for that moost swete smelling sacrifyce whyche thy onely begotten soÌne offred vnto the on that aulter of the crosse Ephe. v. by giuiÌg his most pure vndefyled body vnto the death for the redempcion of maÌkind Philip. ii ⪠in remembrauÌce wherof according to thy welbeloued soÌns ordinaÌce I nowe receyue this holy breade moost entirely beseching that I may both be partaker of the merites of thi dere soÌnes bodi brekiÌg and also lead a lyfe worthy of so greate a benefite vnto the glory of thy name Amen A prayer to be sayed at the receiuynge of the misteryes of Christes bloude in the holy Communion O Blessed mercifull father thy loue towarde me sinneful creature is so exceadyng greate and vnspeakable Roma v. that I can not but geue vnto the moost humble thanckes Ephe ⪠ii namely for the shedding of the moost precious bloud of thy deare sonne Iesu Christe by the vertue where of thy wrath styrred vp againste me wretched synner is pacyfyed my raunsoÌe is payed the law is fulfylled my enemyes are ouercome and put to flyghte In remembraunce of this so noble a victorye and
Many other notable workes also coÌpiled by thy faythfull seruauntes for the auauncement of thy glorye and for bryngyng of the simple people vnto the knowledge of thy truth they cruâllye burnte and destroyed after the exaÌples of the wycked kyngs Ioachim and Antiochus ãâã xxxvi And as for the authors of theÌ some those bloudy Edomits brent i. âath i. some thei murthered preuely some thei emprisoned flocked cheyned putte to shame al euen so mani as thei could get they cruelly and moost tirantlike entreated after the exaÌple of their predecessors the high priests of Iewry ãâã âxvii which sought al meanes possible both wyth tyrany and brybes to kepe downe thy sonne Christe and hys gloryous gospel that thei alone might reygn O most geÌtle god wheÌ these bellyâd hipocrites chaplens of Baal had brent thy holye Bible so that we the simple people might not read the word of oure soule healthe in our owne mother tonge agayne wheÌ these false annointed shauelinges had killed put to flyghte thy true ministers and godly prechers mat xxiiii theÌ made they vs to beleue as they woulde to walke to do to speke as they lusted to honoure worshippe the Math. xv not after thy holye law but after the tradycions and doctrins of men to do works not commaunded of the but suche as their idle braines faÌsied wythout authority of thy worde O Lorde thou longe sufferynge God with how greate blyndenesse were we ouerwhelmed of these antichristian monstures when they taught to run a Pilgrimage to thys and that Idol to paynt thys tabernacle and to gyld that Maumet to pray to this he Saint and to that she Sainte to bie other mennes merites and to seke saluacion in them to put our truste in water salte breade palmes ashes wax oile creme bels pardons rotten reliques such other peltiÌg pedlarye to beleue that our souls after this present life shuld be boiled perboiled in antichristes fornace ther to lie piteously yelliÌg puling crying til they were redemed with Diriges Masses treÌtals ladyes Psalters ⪠c. to beleue that our sins could not be forgeuen tyl we had whyspered oure synnes into the Priests eare and to receiue absolucion at his hand to beleue that after the wordes of coÌsecracion as they cal them ther remain no more breade nor nomore wine in the sacrament of Christes bodye and bloude but that the breade is changed into the natural flesh of thy deare sonne Christ Iesu and the wyne into his moste precious bloude â that was shedde for oure sins vpon the aulter of the crosse when notwithstandinge the Papistes them selfs do many tymes keepe the breade so longe that it both mouldeth stynketh and bredeth ful of worms and afterward they burne it accordynge to theyr owne law Ah Lord thus wer we to much wretchedly mocked and led captiue of antichriste and hys disciples The darknesses wherin we walked wer so gret that they mighte be felte i. Petâr i But thanckes be vnto the o most merciful father which haste called vs oute of the darcknes of mennes tradycyons into the glorious light of thy gospell We haue nowe learned that Antichriste and his meÌbers haue longe deceyued vs taughte vs theyr owne drowesye dreames in stede of thi blessed word We now know that thou requireste not of vs that we shuld runne gadding to stocks and stones Math. xxâ but that we shuld visit suche as are sicke and in prysonne and comfort theÌ We nowe knowe that thy wyll is not that we shuld paynt tabernacles and gyld ymages but rather that we shuld cloth the pore and helpe the nedi ãâã lviii We now know that it is vaine to pray to this or to the saynt seyng they nether here vs nor yet canne helpe vs. We haue lerned of thy blessed word ãâã âiii ãâã vii that Christ the son is our alone intercessour mediatour and aduocate We nowe knowe ãâã ii that no saluacion is to be loked for in any ceremonys but only in thy great mercies set forthe frely to al penitente sinners thorow faith in Christs bloude We now know that Christes bloude is the alone Purgatorye of oure soules â Iohn i. whiche purgeth maketh vs clene from all sinne We now know that wheÌ soeuer we repent confesse our sinnes vnto the and beleue to haue remission of al our synnes Iohn i. Ephe i. Collos. i. thorow Christes bloude we shall surely be forgeuen Yet despise we not but rather hertely deâyre the counsell of godlye and learned preachers â whiche with the comfortable words of the gospel may raise vp strengthen and confirme our weke coÌscience against Satan sinne death hel and desperacion We now knowe that the Masse mongers haue without al shame lyed vnto vs when they taught vs to beleue that the Mas which they mumbled was a propiciatorye sacrifice of as greate vertue strengthe power as the gloryous passion of our sauioure Iesu Christe and that it was necessarye bothe for the quycke and dead Ad salutem We nowe knowe also that the sacrament of Christs bodye and bloude is not the very selfe real and naturall bodye and bloude of Christe but an holye signe Note figure and tokeÌ of his blessed bodye and precyouse bloude For thys worde sacramente is as muche to say as a signe of an holye thynge Nowe that whyche is the signe of a thyng caÌnot be the thynge it selfe And thoughe thy sonne called the bread hys bodie and the wine his bloude because the disciples should the better remeÌber the breaking of hys bodye and the sheddynge of hys bloude as he likewise called him selfe a vine a dore Iohn xv a rock wheÌ not with standing he was nether naturall vine Iohn â Math. vii ând .xvii. material dore or stony rock but onlye lykened vnto them for certain properties which he hath with the vine dore ⪠and rocke yet is neyther the bread hys naturall bodye nor the wyne hys naturall bloud as diuers of the aunciente Doctours doe declare and proue but onelye a fygure of hys bodye and bloude â The breade is called Christes body because it visiblyâ preacheth bryngeth to oure remeÌbrance the brekiÌg of Christes bodye The wyne also is called Christes bloud because it putteth vs in remeÌbrance of the sheddiÌg of Christes bloude Of such phrases and manners of speakynge thy holye scriptures are full But as in many other thyngs so lykewise iÌ this blessed sacrameÌt haue the Papistes for the mayntenaÌce of their Idle and beastli life most foulye deceyued vs makynge vs to worshyppe a wafer cake and a sponeful of wyne myngled wyth water in stead of our sauiour Iesu Christe God and manne And thys Idolatrus erroure is yet so rustered and caÌkered in the hertes of many bothe learned vnlearned whose myndes ii Cor. iâii iudgements senses and wyts the God of thys world eueÌ the deuil hath blinded that the light
thou offerest thyself vnto hym as a most geÌtle father to his deare sonne and by temporall punyshment âuttest away eternall paynes whych both he and all we thorow our synfull liuing haue most ryghtouslye deserued and by makyng the outeward man weke thou comfortest and makest stroÌg the inward maÌ which is made like to thi glorious image We most entirely besech the mercifully to behold this our weke brother and as that piteful Samaritane to poure wine and oyle into his woundes to bynde them vp that is to relieue hym to coÌfort hym and to cherysh him wyth thy holy spirit to make him stronge in his inwarde man that in the middes of his syckenes he may not only âere the crosse that thou haste layed on hym pacyently and so shewe hym self conformable to thy blessed wyll but also thanckfully praise thy holy name for thy fatherly correccion with vnfayned and stronge fayth say The lord gaue me my health the Lord hath taken it away agayne As it hath pleased the lord so it is come to passe now blessed be the the name of the Lord. Oh it is for my great profyt that the lord hath thus visited me euen that I shulde learne to forsake myne own wyl and to walcke in hys holye ordynaunces I am his creature a shepe of his pasture let him deale wyth me as semeth good in hys godly syghte For whyther I liue or dye I am the Lordes Hys wil therfore be done and not myne Gyue hym grace O swete Iesu thus to be perswaded of thy good wyll towarde hym euen in the myddes of hys moost bytter agonyes that he faynt not vnder the crosse but paciently and thanckefully abyde thy good plesure and wyth earnest fayth cal on thy blessed name which is a strong tower for all them that fle vnto it Moreouer forasmuch O Lord as it is not thy property alway to chyde alway to be angry alwaye to punyshe neither to deale wyth vs accordyng to oure sinnes nor yet to reward vs after our iniquities but as thou takest awaye so geuest thou againe as thou bryngest downe to the graue so liftest thou vp agayne as thou makest weake so makest thou stronge agayne We most humbly beseche the if it be thy godly pleasure the rather at the conteÌplacioÌ of these oure prayers to restore vnto oure weake brother after this his long sicknes the confortable benefyte of ioyfull healthe And as thou haste broughte him low wyth laâing thy heauye crosse on hym so we moste hartely beseche the if it be thy godly wyll rayse hym vp agayne by restoryng vnto hym his former healthe that he may lyue and contynue here among vs vnto the glorye of thy name and the comfort of vs hys neyghbours But if thy godly pleasure haue otherwyse determyned that by thys hys sycknes thou wylte call hym from this vale of miseri and place hym in thy gloryous kyngdome which alone is the true ioyful and greatly longed for contre of al thy chosen and faythful people we most entierly pray the in the meane whyle to geue hym grace paciently and thankfully to beare hys crosse diligently to cal on thy holy name valeauntly to fight agaynst al the tentacions of the deuyll the flesh and the worlde and faithfullye to beleue that the merits of thi blessed passioÌ precious bloud are the full satisfaccion for all hys synnes and haue made a perfect atonement and frendlye reconciliacioÌ betwene god the father and hym Graunt O mooste merciful sauioure that his whole hart and mynde may so be set vpon the that at what soeuer houre thou callest hym out of this wretched world he mai be willing and glad to depart from it and to coÌe vnto the. O let the remembrauÌce of the ioyes of heauen bee so feruent in hys brest that all wordlye thynges may waxe vyle in hym and a perfect desyre found in him to be losoned out of this bodi and to be with yâ in glory And when the time commeth that he shall gyue ouer to nature and depart out of thys miserable world though the paynes of deathe take awaye the vse of hys tonge and speache yet grauÌt that his heart may cry vnto the and saye O Lorde I commende my soule into thy haÌdes Lorde Iesu take my spirite vnto thee Graunt also most louyng Lord that when death hath shut vp the eyes of his bodye he maye wyth the eyes of hys soule beholde and looke vpon thy gloryous maiestye in thy heauenlye kyngdome where thou wyth the father and the holy Ghoste lyuest and reignest one true and euerlasting God in al honour and glory worldes wythout ende Amen A prayer to be sayed for all suche as lye at the poynt of deathe O Moste louynge Sauioure and gentle redemer whyche cammest into this world to call synners vnto repentance to seke vp that was loste thou seest in what case thys oure brother lyeth here visited with thy mercyful hand al weake feble sick and ready to yeld vp his soule into thi holi hands O loke vpoÌ him most gentle sauiour with thy merciful eie pitie him and be fauorable vnto him He is thy workmanshippe despise not therefore the work of thine owne handes Thou sufferedst thy blessed body thy precyous bloud to be shed for his sins and to bring hym vnto the glory of thy heauenlye father let it not therefore come to passe that thou shuldest suffer so great pains for him in vaine He was baptised in thi name and gaue himself wholy to be thy seruaunt forsakynge the deuyl the world and the flesh confesse hym therefore before thy heauenlye father and hys blessed aungels to be thy seruaunt Prou. xvi Hys synnes we confesse ar great for who is able to sai mi hert is clene and I am fre from synne but thy mercyes o Lord are much greater Maâh ix And thou caÌmest not to cal yâ ryghteous but synners vnto repentance Mâthâ xi To them that are disesed and ouerladen wyth the burdeÌ of sin doste thou promyse ease Thou art that god Ezec. xviii which willest not the death of a synner but rather that he shoulde turne lyue Thou art the sauioure which wishest all men to be saued i. Timo. ii and to come to the knoledge of thy truth Withdraw not therfore thy merci froÌ him because of his sins but rather lay vpon hym thy sauynge health that thou maist shewe thy self toward hym to be a sauioure What greter praise caÌ ther be to a phisicioÌ theÌ to he le the sick Nether caÌ thâr be a grâter glori to the being a âauiour then to saue siners saue hiÌ therfore o lord for thi naÌe sake AgaiÌ let the law bââo âorsiffe to his conscieÌce but rather giue hiÌ grace euen in this extreme agoni coÌflict of deth to be fully persuaded that thou by thy death hast takeÌ away al his siÌs Roââ ⪠i. fulfilled the law for him bi this means deliuered