and bloude of oure sauiour Iesu Chryst and my inuiseble man that is my soule receaueth it and eateth it My dearly beloued this is the ryght table and cuppe of our lorde Iesu Chryste i. Cor. xi But the other whiche the most parte of the world vseth is the table and cuppe of the deuel Cor. x. I wold not sayeth saynte Paule that you shulde be partakers of the table of deuilles i. Cor. x. For lyke as these aboue rehersed haue the communion of the body and bloude of Chryst so hath lykewyse the other the communion of the Antichryst Idoll and the deuels table And if it be so that we vse and eate with them theyr sacryfice and breade so declare we our selues to be wyth them one body and congregacion for thorowe the eatynge of the breade and drinking of the cuppe declare we how we are with them one breade and one bodye O myserable bodye that hathe neyther God nor Chryst nor Spryte nor Lyfe nor Lyght nor Worde nor Truthe nor Prayer nor no maner of promise I spake here of the fleshlye arrogant frewyllinge synners But the symple that feares God seketh the truth and hath it not thē shall the Lorde iudge accordinge to his godly wyl and mercye O miserable body whych is euerlastyngly deade afore the eyes of the lorde for in the is founde all the innocente blod that is shede vpon earth from Abelles tyme vnto this daye Apo. xxii xviii who dare apere before the stoole of God wyth such an vngodly darke wrath full disfigured Lecherous bloodye bodye ¶ O lord kepe and defende all thy poore seruauntes and true hartes from suche a bodye But this lyes hide from the eyes of the world they are Dronken so ful with the wyne of the whore of Babilon Thei know wel that the scripture wil haue vsed and holden a supper but what supper that is not knowen vnto them It is to the fleshe to painfull strayt and narow that supper that oure sauiour Christ haue lefte learned Therfore haue they chosen made themselues a Supper whiche they receaue with a beutyfull bodye and an vncleane soul of one which hath confessed them which is more beastly and deuillysh in all hys lyfe then they them selues are Yea they haue auansed this Diner so hye bicause of greate perell that the congregacion must receaued but in one kynd namely breade and no wyne But yf it were the Supper of our Lord it must be ministred and vsed vnder both the kyndes Therfore declare they it not to be the ryghte Supper of our Lord Iesus Christ but it is and shal remayn the ryght Supper of Antichryst yea I saye they haue auansed it so hie that the selfe breade must be verye flesh and the wyne very blood yea that is the vnfaythfull peoples nature bicause they do not knowe the inuiseble god of heauen nor the poure of the scriptures Therfore must they haue a visible god with whiche they commytte fornication and vse all abomination agaynst our sauiour Iesus Chryst Out of this vncleane stynking fountayne that is this learning is flowed out all infidelyte and Idolatrye which is vsed with this bread as lockynge it vp caryeng it aboute leftyng it vp prayeng to it seaking it indyuers places sensyng it doing godly honour and reuerence to it of the whiche ther is no tytle nor letter that can be founde in all the holye scryptures Ye it is sayde vnto this breade Exo. xxxiii thou arte he whiche hathe delyuered vs vpō the Iebet of the crosse Lyke as the chyldren of Israel sayd to the golden Calfe this is he that hath delyuered vs out of the lande of Egypte Awake vp and se the well afore you ye that boost and beare the name of Chryst ye haue sytt longe ynough in muche darknes become wyse and gyue prayes glorye vnto the Lorde God of heauen to the intente that it come not vpon you as it came vpon the chyldren of Israel in the wyldernes bicause of there infidelyte Idolatrye and disobedience All though that the Lorde delyuered them out of the power of Pharo by his stronge hande and straytched out arme ii Cor. x what helped it them verely nothing lykewyse it helpes vs nothing that we are redemed wyth the rede bloude of our sauiour Iesus Chryste out of the deuels power and myght so farre forth as we make our selues boundmen againe thorowe our Infidelyte Hebre. iii. Iude. i. Idolatrye disobediēce fleshly lyuing Therdly they learne that this selfe bread or sacramēt lyke as they name it is geuē and receaued for the remissyon of synsines my derely beloued wher christ Iesus and his holy worde is not there is nothing vbi Christus non est ibi nihil sanum but blyndnes infidilytye vayne hope dystrust and an vnquyet consiens We knowe wel there must be a mediatour for our sīnes but the ryght mediatoure Chryst Iesus we wyll not knowe Therefore haue we elected and chosen out so many satisfactions for our synnes so many that no man can thinke nor wryte as Pardons holye water holy fyre holy salte holy breade holy palme holy waxe holy bones holye cottes fastinge shryuinge Massinge pylgramage with other abomynable baggage more whiche is to long to reherse ye the dyner of Antychriste and that onely mediatour Iesus christ wyll we not Truly we are lyke vnto a seyke febyll fante woūded man that goeth and gyueth his mony to one that is not expert in his science whiche can not gyue neyther holsome drink nor laye no good playster whiche destroyes more than he edifyes And notwythstandinge there is declared vnto vs one expeart doctour which wyll neyther take gyftes nor rewardes for he is of himselfe rich inough and that he doth he doth it of frendly fauoure and loue seketh them at ther houses byndes vp there wondes healeth them and that frely but we wyl not haue him we haue more delyte in destruction then in saluacion Who shal haue compassion or lamente ouer suche a seke man It is in lyke case with this vnfaythfull generacion of man they feyle many tymes greate paynes and smarte runeth here and there to them whiche destroyeth more and more wyth there false venemous medicines It coste them moche mony they suffer moch smarte and yet are they neuer made hole of ther diseaces And that only euerlastynge riche perfect doctour and medecyne our sauiour Iesus Christ which is so abundantlye declared vnto vs of all Patriarkes Prophetes Angelles Apostels ye and of the father selfe him wyll we not haue which is come out of pure loue and fauour to al them that are woūded and euel healed and offers his seruice and hath brought wyth him a costlye precious salue that is good for al sores that is his precious rede blood that he for vs and for al the synnes of the worlde hath shede vpon the crosse for our redemption we wil not haue hym we put him awaye from
Christes body and blood as here after shal be declared i. Cor. xi The Lord Iesus the same night in whych he was betrayed toke breade and whan he had gyuen thankes he brake it and said take ye and eate this is my body which is broken for you Mat. xxvi Mar xiiii Luke xxiii this do ye in the remembrauÌ„ce of me after the same maner also toke he the cuppe when supper was done saying this cuppe is the new Testament in my blud this do ye as often as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me and they haue dronke al here of These are the worde with which christ hath instituted his holi supper with which wordes the learned of the world haue wonderfullye foughteÌ„ and with in few yeres haue shede much innocent blood for it when they counted theÌ„ selues wyse they became fooles for the pryncipallest in this they haue not towched Ro. i. namely what people that it belongeth vnto We haue not one title that commauÌ„des vs that we shuld dispute of it but that we shuld be diligent that we myght be found worthy to be partakers of the declaracioÌ„ and benefite that is receaued in it as S. Paul teacheth let euery man examin himselfe and so let him eate of the breade and drynke of the cuppe c. Cor xi Wherfore we are constrayned to saye goodnyght to all hye disputacioÌ„ where throw diuisioÌ„ commeth desyring the lord alwayes that we myght be found worthy receauers of it according to the lordes commaundement ¶ This holy supper hath our sauiour Iesus christ left behind him vnder Luk. xxii bread and wine saying take and eate this is my body whych is geueÌ„ for you this do in the remembrauÌ„ce of me In whiche holye Supper is declared vnto vs. Fyrst the vnsearchable fauoure and loue of our lorde Iesus Christ which is come in this world not to coÌ„dempne the world but that the worlde throwe hym myght be saued Io. iii. O wonderful loue of god he hath sent no Angel no Patriarke nor prophet Ro. viii he is come him selfe in the simulitude of synfull fleshe Ye he which knew no synne made himselfe to be sinne for vs that we by hys meanes shuld be that righteousnes whyche before god is alowed not that christ is any suche synne that be farre He was that Lambe without spot whiche did do synne ii Cor. v. Exo. xii i. pet ii neyther was there gile fouÌ„de in his mouth Esay liii but he was that frewilling offring for synne as Esay as sayeth he was wonded for our offences and smitteÌ„ for our wickednes he is offred for so it hath pleased him therfore is he called sin that is an offering for synne O almyghtiful god who can kepe in secrete the vnmeasurable grace mercy declared vpon vs Ro. viii miserable synners but must breake out and coÌ„fesse the afore the whole worlde with mouthe and worke lyfe and soule Saynt Paul teacheth that god spared not hys owne sonne Ro. v but gaue him for vs all yea whylle we were yet synners and vngodlye Christe dyed for vs the righteous for the vnrighteouse ye the vndefiled offer lame is brente throwe the glowynge fyer of loue vpon the Iebett of the crosse yea the creatoure of all creatures is broken frome aboue to beneth yea he that is farer then the chyldren of men hath neyther bewty nor fauour he is dispised and abhored of al men yea he is suche a man as full of sorowe Psal lv and as one that hath good experyence of infyrmytes yea he is rekened amonge the transgressors the innocent must beare the hole falte of Adam as the Prophet sayeth I paid them the thynge that I neuer toke All this hath our sauyour declared vnto vs not throw our deseruynge but as Saynte Paule learneth the kyndnes and loue of our sauyoure god to man warde apered not by the dedes of ryghteousnes whiche we wrought but accordyng to his mercy he saued vs Esay l iii. for ther was no grace Psal xl ix nor mercy nor no remyssion of synnes by the father vnto the tyme that our sauiour Iesu Chryst hade taken vpon hym the synnes of the worlde Titus .iii. For as by one mans dysobedyence many became synners so by the obedyente of one shal manye be made ryghteous Nowe for asmuche as when he was in the shape of God Roma v Phelip .ii. made him selft of no reputacyon goen out of hym selfe and wher he was immortall is be come mortall takinge vpon hym the shape of a seruaunte to the intent that he myght serue vs al and was founde in hys apperell as a man very fleshe and bloud and in all thynges lyke vnto his brethren Luke .ii. Iohan .i. Hebre. ii Phelip .ii. sauynge synne he humbled hym selfe and became obedyent vnto his father vnto death euen the deathe of the Crosse throwe whiche death it pleased the father that in hym shulde all fulnes dwell and by hym to reconcile all thinges to him selfe and to set at peace by him throw the bloude of his Crosse both thinges in heauen and thynges in earth and is become an offerynge and sacryfyce of swete sauour to god his dearly beloued father Colo i. This is frutefully declared vnto vs in this holy Supper namely throw that breade that fleshe that he hathe geuen for vs Ephe. vi Mar. xiiii and throwe the Cuppe that bloud whiche he shede for manye for the remyssyon of synnes and shall be vnto vs a remembraunce tyll he come Nowe bycause that it is a comeÌ„ vse that a token of remembraunce hath the name of the thing that is remeÌ„bred by it Luke .xxii. Therfore hathe Chryste called the breade hys bodye and the wyne his bloude not that he is in substance in breade and wyne i. Cor. ii Exod. xii but that we shulde remember hym there by Lykewyse as the Easter Lambe was called the passynge by and yet was it not in it selfe the very passiÌ„g by but a token of remembraunce of the passinge by Seynge nowe that the Earster lambe hath the name of the thyng that the Israelites remembred by it and wherby they myght euerlastingly kepe in remembraunce the benefytes of god therfore it is conuenyent that Chryst called the breade hys bodye and the vyne hys bloude because that we shulde remember therby his death and passioÌ„ yea the onely sacrifyce of his bodye whiche he hathe suffered to be broken and his bloude to be shede for vs not â—hat the materyall bodye of Chryst is in the bread nor his bloud in the vyne Yet neuertheles is the supper of our Lorde a partakynge spiritually of the bodye and bloude of Chryste i. Colo x. as Sainte Paule saieth is not the cuppe of thankes gyuing wherwyth we gyue thankes a pertakinge of the bloud of Chryst and the breade that we breake is it not the partaking of the bodye of christ and to the intente that this
any man gyue let hym do it with synglenes let hym that rewleth do it with diligēce If anye man shewe mercye let hym do it wyth cherfulnes and let loue be amonge you wythoute dyssimulation i. Cor. vii and euerye man abyde in the same state wherin he is called no nother wyse than to the edifyenge of the bodye of Chryste whyche is hys congregation Ephe. iiii And thus is this holy Supper of oure Lorde Fyrste a remembraunce of the death of our Sauiour Iesus Christe whiche he suffred for vs i. Petre. ii throw which deathe we ar al reconciled Secondarlye it is an instruction of the pure cleane vndefyled loue whych is amonge the congregation of god lyke as I haue declared afore as the breade is made of manye Cornes and is one bread and as the Wyne is made of manye Grapes and yet is one wine so are we many mēbers and but one bodye whiche is christ My dearly beloued in Christ Iesu let euery man se earnestly to and proue himselfe accordynge to saynt Paules learnynge that he come not to the table of the Lorde bicause that it hathe bene so accustomed eyther throwe fayned holynes or desyre of worldly honour or disceat but oute of a pure cleane and vndefyled hart and so eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe for he that eateth or drynkethe it vnworthylye eateth drynketh his owne damnaciō For al they that wyl come sit at the lords Table Mat. v. vi they must be founde faythful mercyful louynge kynde pytyfull and obedyente wythout diuision wythout hatred wythout pride wythout couetousnes that wicked eye muste be plucked out that flesh muste be mortyfyed that euell hearynge eare stopped that clattering tounge tamed that fleshelye harte cyrcumsiced youre blouddy handes clensed your belyes measured and your fete compelled wyth the Lords word ye must haue afrewilling batayll agaynste the Deuel Vide quales erunt qui mense erunt perticipes the world and the fleshe that ye may be able to resyste in the euyll daye and stande perfecte in all thinges that is in the wyll of God youre loynes muste be girded wyth truthe hauynge on the breaste plate of ryghteousnes hauynge shoes on your feit that ye maye be prepared for the Gospell of peace He must be well veaponed wyth the shylde of fayth wherwith he maye quence all the fyery dartes of Sathan Ephe. vi he must haue on the helmet of saluacyon and be gyrded with the swerd of the sprete which is the worde of god he must be a mēber serueable and prophetable accordīg to his power he must be mynded lyke vnto oure sauyoure Iesus Chryst as he was what time he kepe this holye supper or communyō with his derely beloued brethren He toke breade and wyne and gaue thankes gaue it to his disciples sayde this is my bodye and my bloude whiche is broken for youe herewyth declarynge his godly loue vide beneficia christi erga nos fauoure and mercy vpon his derely beloued brethren euen as though he would say my derely beloued chyldren so farre hath youre loue led me and your fauoure drawen me that I haue forsaken the dominyon of my heauenly father and hathe taken vpon me to be come youre seruaunte to serue you in all thynges Ezech. xxx iiii Hebre. ii bycause I saye that ye were all as scattered shepe goynge astraye Psa xxiii and that there was no man that sought youe but that ye were all meate to the grypinge and ryuenge wolues and that there was no man to delyuer youe Ezech xvi But that ye were wonded vnto death that there was no man to playster you Luke x. Therfore am I come out of the bosome of my father become lyke vnto my brether a straunger a seruaunt a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outcast of people wandrynge in this wylde wyldernes of this world I haue sought you in cytes countres vpō mountaynes vayelles myserable haue I founde you Dume Deafe blind Cryple Pore and naked my seruice haue I declared vpon you youre synnes haue I repreued your febelnes I haue borne yea I haue caryed you vpō my shulders into my fathers house Luke x. Re. xvii Eze. xxiiii Ioh. vvi I haue deliuered you out of the mouthes of hellyshe lyons and beares your foull stynkynge wondes I haue so softly healed the peace of my father haue I declared vnto you your nakednes haue I clothed and youre pouertye I haue healped I haue gyuē vnto you fete hartes eyes eares and mouthes to walke to vnderstande to knowe to heare and to speake the wordes of euerlastynge lyfe I haue brought you into the knowledge of al ryghteousnes I haue learned you the wyll of my heauenly father And to the intente that ye maye know that I am the true messenger of my father so haue I declared it vnto you by my great wonders and myraeles Se nowe my derely beloued childrē nowe is my houre come the longe-time is ful ended now that I can serue serue you no longer wyth my lyfe learninge nowe wyll I laste of all serue you with my fleshe and bloud and bytter death For this cause am I come amonge you and leaue you this breade and this cuppe that whensoeuer ye shal come togither ye shal vse it in the remembraūce of me say dearly beloued brethrē in christ Iesu we that are here congregated together in the lordes name Quo animo celebretur coena dominica this bread this cuppe hath our sauiour Iesu christ lefte behind him that we shuld remember him therby O how frēdely hath our sauiour Iesu chryste serued vs both with his lyfe death declaring here in eating this bread drinking this cuppe Tales erimus erga alios qualis christus erga nos that we shulde folowe his blissed example seruyng one another lyke as one mēber another with prayer with learning with instructō with compelling with reproufe with mercy with loue all nedefull necessares as we haue foūd ī our sauiour Iesu christ towerd vs. Now as we are thus cōgregated in such a Christen fayth vnyte obedient i. Cor. xi so haue we godes worde and promyse a spirytuall ioye myrth coumfort of the house of Israell Mat. xxvi so reioses the congregacion of God in that beutyfull bryde knowenge well that the broken bread is a pertakynge of the bodye of christ and the cuppe of blyssing a partakynge of the bloude of Chryst whiche is shede for manye for the remycyon of synnes Ecclesia et communio Christiano cum O what gloryous banket is this where in the hungrye soule the inwarde man recayueth that inuysible breade heauēly foode which is christ Iesus O glorious cōgregaciō wherin ar no shāful songes nor vnprofytable wordes saue al onely brotherlye instruction and geuynge thankes to our sauyour Iesu christ O gloryous
may the more playnely appere vnto your vnderstandinge ye shall se the comparyson betwex the Paschall Lambe and our sacramente The Pascall Lambe was instytuted and eaten the nyght before the chyldren of Israell were delyuered frome Egypte Lykewyse was the sacramente instituted and eaten the nyght before we were delyuered frō oure synnes The Pascall Lambe was a very lambe in dede and so the sacramente is very bread in dede The Pascal Lambe was called the passynge by of the Lorde which destroyed the power of Pharao and delyuered them The Sacramente is called the bodye of the Lord which destroyed the power of the deuell delyuered vs. The chyldrē of Israell were but ones delyuered frome Egypte notwythstandyng they dyd eate euery yere the Lambe to kepe the dede in perpetual remembraūce euē so Chryst bought redemed vs but once for al although the sacramente therof be dayly brokē among vs to kepe the benefyt in continuall memorye As many as dyd eate the pascall lambe in fayth beleued goddes worde as touchyng ther delyueraunce frome Egypte ware as sure thorowe fayth as they were sure of the lambe by eatyng it So as many as do eate this sacrament in fayth beleue godes worde as touchinge ther delyueraunce frome sinne are as sure of ther delyueraunce throw fayth as they are sure of the breade by eatīg it Nowe se ye what the pascal lambe was to the Israelytes what the sacrament is vnto vs. So the saint Paule witnesseth clerly that the faithful eate the body of Chryst spyrituallye vnder the breade and wine As a bryde receaueth her housbād with a ryng euen so receaueth the faythful chryst to be his owne euerlastyng saluaciō where as diuers writers wyl haue that the bodylye presence shuld be in the breade is a great misunderstandyng of Gods word yea it is agreable to the Papistes or Antichristes doctrine whych is contrary both to our fayth and al hole scripture Ro. viii For we beleue and holye Scripture beareth witnes that Chryste after his resurrection is ascendid vp into heauen Ma. xxviii and sitteth vpō the right hand of his almyghty father and abydeth there as concernyng his bodyly presence But speritually hath he promysed to abide with vs in his worde to the ende of the worlde Mathe. xxviii Hebru x And seyng now that our Sauiour Christ as concernynge hys bodylye presence abydeth at the right hand of his father so can nor maye not the bodye of Chryste be in the breade and agayne it is agaynst al truth the Christ at one time hath bene in manye or dyuyrse places as towchynge his bodye Furthermore we dayly see what dredful Idolatry is spronge out of the carnall vnderstandynge of thys words of christ This is my body yet dayly springeth to the great abomynable sclaunder of the honour of god so the men worshyp a pece of brede for ther god whych is growen in the ground broken in the myl and baked in an yrong yea and hold that to be there maker And ye do yet as the Papistes locke hym in gold and syluer not remembrynge what Paul Stephen wytnesseth sayng Acts. vii and .xvii The most hiest wyl not dwel in Temples that are made wyth mens hande take hede we haue mocked long ynough wyth God and his holy worde Secondarly we are exhorted in this holy supper to the vnitye loue concorde that is in the congregaciō of god because that we though we be many yet are one bread and one body i. Cor. x. that is one body in Christ Iesu like as S. Paul sayeth we many are one body and one breade in as much as we al are partakers of one bread For like as the members of one body are not in stryfe one agaynst another but in charitable vnite sarueth one another So may ther be no strife nor debate in the congregacion of God i. Cor. xii They must al speake one thyng ther must be no dissension among thē hauyng one hart one soule one mynd one meanyng i. Cor. i There may be no strife in the fayth but that in mekenes of mind euery man esteme other better than himselfe to the prayse of God and to the alouyng and faythful seruice of all the chyldren of god Phelip .ii. For likewise as the outward members of one bodye wyl gladly cōforte helpe serue another so doth the congregacyon of god yf one suffer al suffers with him If one be had in honour al is glad i Cor. xii Also euery man shall serue his brother both bodyly and gostli likewise as our sauiour Iesus Christe hathe serued vs both with his life and death not onely to deal with them gold Math. xx Luke xxii syluer land and house Kowe calfe or any such thing Ephe. iiii but the bludy laboure that we get with our owne hādes so the no mā shuld only care take thought for him selfe and not care nor looke vpon his brothers lake but the one must helpe the other in al things necessarie where he can or may Gala. vi and no mā must seke that that is his but euery one the others welth And likewise as of the graynes of corne can not be baken breade Philip .ii. but throw fyer euen so can not the congregacion be a ryght spirituall lyfe wherof paul speaketh but through bunrnynge loue and charytye and so the Chrystyan congregatyon to be one lofe for lykewyse as many graynes are Sowen i. Cor. x to the intent that breade shuld be baken of them so soweth the great father of the housholde hys precious wheate into the aker or ground of this world to the intēt that they shuld become one lofe and also vse the supper of the Lorde ryghtlye after the wordes of Paule we many are one breade and one bodye in as moch as we are partakers of one breade i. Cor. x. for as the body is one and hath many members and all the members of the body though they be many yet are but one bodye euen so is chryst Ye at the body of christ and members one of another Therfore let euery man loke wel to his vocation Sa. xii i. Cor. xli Ephe. iiii For god hath ordeyned in the congregacion some Prophets some Apostles and some to beleeuers and hirdes Let no man bost himselfe of hys byrth lernyng Ryches for as we are manye members in one body and al mēbers haue not one office So we beyng manye are one body in Chryste and euery man amonge our selues one anothers members Seinge that we haue dyuerse gyftes accordynge to the grace that is gyuen vnto vs. If anye man haue the gyfte of Prophesye let hym haue it that it be agreynge to the faith Let hym that hath an offyce wayte on hys offyce Ro. xij let hym that teacheth take hede to hys doctryne Let hym that exhorteth gyue attendaunce to hys exhortacyon i. Pet. iiii If
Idel wordes yea that though and mocion of the harte Therefore let euery man examine him selfe flesh wel and so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe i. Cor. xi For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthylye eateth and drynketh his owne damnatyon Luke .xxii. Thus hathe our sauiour Iesus Chryst instituted and ordeyned hys holye supper both in breade and wyne to be a remembraūce of his death and passiō as I haue declared afore i. Cor. xi Ephe. v. Throwe whyche death and passyon he hath declared his greate loue towardes vs and secondlye to a renewinge of loue and cleane holding the congregaciō of god i. Cor. x. And this is the only institucion and vse of the supper of our Lorde Iesus christ how he and his Apostles haue vsed it O mercyfull God haue these vngodly shameles shauelinges altred and chaunged this holy and blessed Supper of our lord into abominable blasphemus Idolatrye as I shall declare here after vnto you It is so greuous that I shal declare vnto you whyche shal be nothynge but the trueth that euery Chrystian hatte maye tremble and quake at it Therfore seke wyth all dyligence the truth to the intent that ye maye knowe how pytyfull that we and all the worlde haue synned agaynste oure Lorde God in this matter Antechristi oblatio Fyrste they haue conuerted and chaunued thys holye and Blessed supper of our Lord wyth ther false learnynge and auctoritye out of his ryght vse and haue lerned it to be a dayly sacrifice for our sinnes This is abominable blasphemy and pitifull blyndnes that men can not imagyn such another Nota sequentes abhominationes Wyth thys same learnyng haue they driuen Chryste Iesus out of his fathers stoole out of heauen and haue set in his place an vngodlye preist wyth a peace of breade wyth the same learnyng haue they robed chryst Iesus of his euerlastyng and perpetual offyce that is the office of an aduocate and haue put it vpon a pece of breade and a deuylles seruaunt whiche knowes not one title ryght of the word of god Wyth the same learning haue they made of no value al the fygures and shyne of Moyses al the prophicies of the prophittes al the promyses of Angelles al the hole new Testament whych alonly speaketh of that only sacrifyce for sin Cur panis ille immolationis vt vocāt trangatur in tres partes which is christ Iesus with the same learnynge haue they takē vpō them al power in heauen earth hel Therfore is the brede of the Idolles table broken in thre peces with the fyrst pece pacifie the god wyth the secōde they pray for the world with the thirde they delyuer the soul that they offer it for with this same learnīg ar they risen aloft in gold syluer in pompe lordlines honour by the hole world herewith ar they climed vp aboue al princes haue gottē vnto thēselues gold syluer churches cloysters land sand the highes places name power in al lādes to the intēt that euery mā shuld giue rume to their holynes feare there name highlye prayse ther gloriouse office desiring alwayes the throwe this good worke whych is this dayly offringe that they myght be cōforted in there soule Throw this meanes is that abominable Anthichryst gotten into his seat so hie that the Empriours maiestie Medium in quo eleuatus est Antechristus the hiest potēt vpō earth whō god him self cōmaunded to obey must knele downe kysse his stynkyng fote ye this is more fredericus Barborossa that excellēt emperour bicause he wold haue letted his knaueri culd get no misericordia vntill the tyme that Alexāder Tertius the prynce of the Babilonical coniures had troden vpon this excellēt Emperour in the churche dore at Venega thus hath that deuillysh offrīg brought in bōdage the hole worlde But the Lorde be blessed whiche hath delyuered vs from this fayned sacryfyce and golden Calfe Esay l.iii. and hath declared vnto vs the onely hye prest ouer the house of god whiche remaneth a prest for euer after the order of Melchisideche whiche in the dayes of his fleshe dyd offer vp prayers and supplycacions wyth strong cryeng and teares vnto hym Hebre. v. that was able to saue hym frō deathe and was harde bycause of his godlynes he hath offered one offerynge a sacryfyce of swete sauoure to God Ephe. v. he hath saieth Saint Paule offered one sacryfyce for sinnes sat hym done for euer on the ryght hande of God Hee x. and from hence forth taryeth tyl his foes be made hys footstole for wyth one offering hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctifyed This is the onely sacryfice wyth which the fathers wrayth is pacyfied the generacyon of Adam delyuered heauen opened and hell shut Ro. iii. Christus vnica propeccatis victima For it pleased the father that in him shuld alfulnes dwel and by hym to reconcile al thynges to hym selfe and to set at peace by hym throw the blood of hys crosse both thynges in heauen and thynges in earth i. Colo i. ¶ Now come forth al power and myght and al ye that ar papistes with al ye that reken your selfe to be learned that is in Englād and is of the papistes opinion thys worde can neyther Angell nor Deuell breke Hebru x. namely that with one offring he hath made perfecte for euer them that are santcyfyed My dearly beloued in Chryst Iesu loue your soule and loke earnest lye vpon the lordes wordes Know ones vnder what learnynge sacramentes and congregacion ye are what shepards fede you what brede that ye breake in what bodiye ar boūd O ye chyldren howe longe wyll Prouer. i. you loue chyldyshnes howe longe wyl ye scorners delyte in scornynge and the vnwyse be ennemyes vnto knowledge ii Cor. vi Apo. xviii Luke ix How longe wil you remayne in your synnes howe longe wil ye be bounde wyth the chayn of Infidelite in the botomles pyt Mat. xi Come out from amonge thē auoid al false learnynge exchew all false holynes and let the deade bury the dede and folow ye after our mayster Christ enter into hys house and take vp vpon you his easye yocke and light burthen ye shal fynde rest in your soules as then maye ye bost youre selues of the grace of God the forgyuenes of synnes the deseruing of our Sauiour Iesus christ euerlastyng lyfe god giue you his grace Amen Secoundarly they haue taught that the bread is veri flesh and the wine very blood that haue they gathered out of the wordes of christ literali spoken wherin he sayeth take eate this is my bodye c not markynge what Chryst sayth in the .vi. Ioh. vi of Iohn That is to saye it is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profyteth nothyng the wordes which I spake vnto you ar spirit lif for in this place
he meaneth of his owne fleshe one spirit and he deuideth the spirite froÌ„ the flesh that they myght know throw fayth not onlye the vysyble parte but also the inuisible part that was in him and that the wordes whyche he spake ware not carnal but spirytual for what body shuld haue suffised to be the meat of al the worlde and eueÌ„ therfore did he make mencion of the assension of the sonne of man into heauen that he myght with drawe them from the bodyly ymaginatioÌ„ that they myght here after learne that the flesh was called heaueÌ„ly meat which cometh froÌ„ aboue spiritual meat which he wold giue Io. vi for christe the wordes that I haue spoke vnto you are spirite lyfe Iohn vi Here you may se that Chryst spake it of hys owne fleshe and ment playnly that it did nothyng profect as the Papistes or infydelles do vnderstand hym Now all they that wyl not haue the glory of ther redemption chaunged into a pece of bread but desyreth to haue the ryght ministracion of the Chrystiane tabell they must be couÌ„ted and condempned as swarmers heritykes and Sacramentates and not only that but must be Burned Drawen Miscrrimus error Drounned Hanged O my dearly beloued in Chryste Iesu is not this amiserable and aboninable herisie to learne and to make the poore people beleue i. Cor. xi that the euerlastynge sone of God is chaunged or transubstanciated into a peace of breade and suppe of wyne whiche hath gyuen hys body to be broken and hys bloud to be shede for vs in the remission of synnes O beastly Math. xv heritikes The scripture sayeth that that whiche entreth by the mouthe doth not defile a man for as Christe sayeth it is cast forth into the drawght and by the same reason it foloweth that it dothe not sanctyfye or make a man holye But the Sacrement entreth in by the mouth therfore it doth folowe that of it selfe it doth not santifie or make holy anye man And of this text shuld folow two inconueniences yf the sacrameÌ„t were the naturall bodye of Chryst fyrst it shuld folow that the body of Chryst shuld not santifye the faythful bicause it entreth in by the mouth and agayne it shuld folowe that the body of Chryst shuld be cast out in to the draught which is abominable Wherfore it must nedes folow that the Sacrament can not be hys natural bodye Therfore beleue Gods word it is Iohn vi the spirit that quicknethe the fleshe profiteth nothing meanyng to eate it with his tethe the wordes that I speake vnto you are spirit and lyfe and if it be so that ye do not beleue this Filius dei non editur carnaliter nec digeritur yet beleue that the euerlastyng soone of god which is with the father can not be eaten with mens teth nor consumed in no bellye muche les be deuored with fire wormes myse rattes and Apes which is openly knoweÌ„ in this visible bread vsed in many places But where the congregation of god is gathered together in his name with true fayth true loue obedience and with right ministration according to the declaracion of gods worde there is delyuered vnto the outward man breade and wyne but the inuisible maÌ„ receaueth throw the promyse of christ that inuisible bread and Drinke which is the flesh and Similt ê“simili pascitur blood of our sauiour Iesus chryste which men can neither eate bitte nor coÌ„sume for like wil with like be fede the visible man is fede wyth vysible meate namelye bread and wyne the inuisible spirit is fede with inuisible meate which is chryst Iesus Therfore remaneth bread bread wyne wyne for if it ware otherwyse so ware that spirituall man fede with palpable and visible breade wine so ware that visible creature namly breade and wyne chaunged in the spiritual and inuisible soone of god the which is not nor can not be as it is manifest afore our eyes and shal remayne euerlastinge O Lorde haue mercye vpon vs for we are more folish and haue lese vnderstandyng thaÌ„ the gentles haue had from the begynnynge For they haue worshipped for god the sonne Mone and Sterres whiche do declare power and myght in all waxynge creatures They haue I saye honored open Serpentes and Dragons with other creatures whiche had power myght and a lyuing sprite in them but we whiche boste oure selues of the name of Chryste prayes to and worshippes a pece of breade and a suppe of wyne for the sonne of God whiche hath shed his bloud vpoÌ„ the crosse for the redemption of all mankinde O abomynable blasphemye that the body bloude of the sonne of God that Lorde Iesu Chryst shuld be conuerted chaÌ„ged into suche a wayke feble Idol yea into suche an Idoll whiche can neyther speke nor fele heare see go nor vnderstande yea whiche must vanyshe awaye for age with all the creatures vpon earth whiche I saye must be kepped caryed loked of men lyke vnto the goddes of Babilon Baru vii No my dearly beloued no the sone of God wyl not be lyke vnto that Fabulose prothens he wyll not nor he maye not be shute vp in a house chamber golde nor syluer Rede I praye the .vii. and the .xvii. of the Actes Esay .lxvi. Actes vii Esay lx vi iii. Re. vii the heauen is his seat and earth is his fotstole And Dauid sayeth wyll god in very ded dwell wyth men on the earth beholde heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not conteyne the how muche lesse the house whiche I haue buylded all power is geuen vnto hym in heaueÌ„ and earth yea he hath set hym on his ryght hand in heaueÌ„ly thinges aboue all rewle and power and myght ii pata vi Mat. xviii and dominion in heauen and earth he hath cast all thinges vnder his blessed fete he hath exalted hym one hye and gyueÌ„ hym a name whiche is aboue at names that in the name of Iesus Ephe. i philip ii euery kne shulde bone both thinges in heauen and thinges in earth and al tonges shulde confesse that Iesus Chryste is the Lorde he is ascended vp into heauen and shall not come agayne fleshy vnto the tyme that he shall deuyde the shepe from the gotes Math. xxv Therefore I saye vnto you agayne he can not be eaten with teth nor conciued in no belly It is impossible that this inwarde man whiche is prophetable afore the lorde that he can eate or drynke any outwarde meate or drynke Externus externo internus interno pastiturcibo namely breade and vyne as I haue declared before But in the ryght supper of oure Lorde where we are congregated together in the Lordes name wyth a fayth that is full of good workes a loue vnfayned desyringe to leue and dye accordinge to the Lordes pleasure there is delte out to my huÌ„gre soule and thurstye concience the inuisyble fleshe
learniÌ„g saue peace saing my peace I leue with you my peace I geue vnto you the sonne of maÌ„ is not come to destroye the soule but to saue that which was lost O thou excellent prince turne thou vnto the wysdome of God whiche sayeth O turne you vnto my creacioÌ„ lo I wil expresse my mynd vnto you make you vnderstaÌ„d my wordes set your affeccyon vpoÌ„ ryghteousnes ye that be Iudges of the earth Be wyse nowe therfore o ye kinges be lerned ye that are Iudges of the earth set your lust vpoÌ„ wysdom that ye maye reygne for euermore Pro. i. Sapi. i. Psal ii Sapi. vi And remember wherto ye ar called namely to punysh euyl doears as theues murtherers hore-hunters breakers of wedlocke iÌ„ al kindes wytches buggers Raueshers of wemeÌ„ mourtherars extorcyners stretrobers to depose al false blind learners let them be of what secte or name soeuer he or they be with ther Antichrystes learninge beastly lyuing blasphemyng sclaÌ„derynge the almyghty maiestie of god Chryst Iesu the holy ghost the euerlastyng safemakyng word the holy gospel of Iesu Christ To these thinges are ye called as it is manifestly lerned iÌ„ al the holy scriptures Exo. xviii and xxiii.ii Pa. xiv Roma xiii i. Petre. ii as in Exo xviii xxiii.ii pa. xix Ro. xiii i pe ii suche prynces hath bene Ezecheas Ioseas Dauid Iosaphat zoroba bel yet mo whiche alwayes vsed the offyce accordinge to the declaracion of godes worde They haue done alwayes theyr hole diligens to rule the lande in the feare of God hath roted out all false Prophetes and Prestes wyth there Alters and Idols They haue soughe the lawe of the Lorde The ryght offeryng Cerymones whiche the Lorde had delyuered vnto the chyldren of Israel by Moyses Deut. vi The feare of God was in theyr hartes The boke of the lawe in theyr haÌ„des therafter haue they lyued Iudged the folke prased the Lorde that hath called them to suche an offyce they haue submytted them selues with al ther hole hartes and hath geueÌ„ the Glory vnto the God of there fathers Abram Isac and Iacob Lyke as Dauid dyd playeng daunsynge before the lordes Arke and was gyrded wyth a lynnen Ephode so that he was repreued of hys wyfe Michol What hathe he answered I wyll playe before the Lorde ii Reg. vi and wyll yet be more vyle theÌ„ so and wylbe meke harted meke in myne owne syght O thou excellent Prynce beleue the Gospell of Iesu Chryst feare the stronge punyshment of God loue ryghteousnes do ryght to wydowes and fatherles Iudge right betwene neyboure neyghboure feare no mans countenaunce despice no mans sympelnes punyshe with descretion all euyl doynges let learned men prech Godes worde in your lande that God hathe geuen vnto you and let them lyue by you whiche the Lorde hathe called and chosen So shal your seate remayne for euermore The Lorde guyde your hart to the loue of god and to the pacient wyghtyng for Chryste Amen Sapi. vi Pro. xxix ii tessa iii. By your poore seruante Thomas Lancaster ¶ To the right Congregation of God of whiche your grace is supreame heade next immediatlye vnder God MY dearlye beloued in christ Iesu I lerne wyth Chryste Iesus and that out chosen vessell saynt Paull that all they that are Baptysed thorowe the holy goost and is become one body that is one congregatyon of God Ephe. v. or holye churche withoute spot or wrincle or anye such thynge buylded vpon the fundacioÌ„ of the Apostles Prophetes Iesus Christ himselfe being the hed corner stone in whom whatsoeuer buyldynge is coupled togyther it groweth vnto an holy Temple in the Lorde in whom ye also ar buylded togyther to be an habytacyon of God throwe the holy goost Ephe. ii gathered out of Iewes and Grekes men and women fre and bonde Yea I say gathered out of al the chyldreÌ„ of God whiche is strowed in all the hole worlde and is become a true bride of Iesu chryste Gala. iii. These I saye that are thus borne from aboue out of God the father whiche new byrthe must be alonly throw the frutful sede that is Goddes worde For our fyrst byrth whiche is out of our fyrst father AdaÌ„ is hole blind defe wythout vnderstaÌ„dinge in godlye knowledge e. Cor. iiiii Ia. i. i. Pet. i Ro. viii earthelye mynded whose ende is deathe Therfore yf we wyll be partakers of the Lordes table we muste be borne anewe oute of the frutful sede of gods worde they ar coÌ„uerted and changed out of infydelite to fidelite out of earthly into heauenly out of flesh into spirit out of vnryghteousnes into ryghteousnes out of euel into good yea out of the earthly Adam into the heauenly Adam which is Châ—yst Iesus Ro. viii These are like fasshioned vnto the shape of Iesus Chryst i. Io. ii Hebre. iii. Io. i. Phili. ii whiche is the fyrst be gotten amonge many brethren and walkes as he hath walked these are the ryght brethren of Iesus Chryst borne with him from aboue oute of god the father and is like mindid as he these are the newe Eua the clean chast bryde of Iesus Christ flesh of his flesh and bones of hys bones Ephe. v. Gala. v. Colo. iii. Ro. vi These crucifie the fleshe with lust desier these haue rightly buryed ther synnes wyth hym in Baptime and ar risen with him in a new lyfe these are vpryghtly Baptised throwe the holy gost with all the true members of Christ in that vndefiled bodye of Iesu Chryste that is his congregacio i. Cor. xii Gala. iii. these ar thei that haue put one christ and prynte him out in ther lyuing These seekes nothynge in all there thoughtes wordes and workes but the prayse of god and the saluation of ther brethren Math. v. they loue them that hates them they do good for euell they pray for them that persecute theÌ„ they are troden out of al fleshly lust and desires as couetuousnes pryde vncleanlynes whordom backbiting sclaunderyng enuye murther theft glottony false holynes and al Idolatry There meditacion is day and nyght in the lawe of the Lord they reioyse in good and ar sadde in euill They render not euell for euell but much more good for euell they seke not there owne profyte but that is there neyghbours profect bothe in soule and body They giue meate to the hungry drinke to the thursty clothes the naked herber the herberles delyuer prisoners they viset the sicke comforte the comfortles they instruct them that go astraye yea they set there liues for there brethren like as our Sauiour Iesu Chryste the Prophetes and Apostles haue done there thoughtes are chast ther wordes are truth and with salt be sprinkle ye that is ye and nay is nay al ther workes are donne in the feare of god To suche a congregacyon is liceÌ„sed to haue the CommunioÌ„ of our Sauiour Iesus