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A16576	An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne.	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1555 (1555)	STC 3480.5; ESTC S109265	40,298	158

sauiour Iesus christ as the nature of sacramentes is to be called with the name of the thynges whyche they doe signifye that there by mens myndes myght be wythdrawne from the consyderacyon of sensyble and visible thynges to thynges heauenly whych they doe sygnyfye and represente And theyr care and crying vnto the people was to receaue it and therfore they made decrees that such as woulde not receaue and be present should be sparred out of the churche O how ernest was Chrysostō herein Reade hys 61. homilye vnto the people of Antioche But after that thys decree and doctryne of transubstanciacion came in no crying out hath ther been to receaue it no that is the prerogatyue of the pryestes and shauen shorelynges but altogether the ende of their crying out was as now to beleue transubstanciacion Chryste to bee there fleshe bloud and bone at euerye aulter betwene euerye pryestes handes yea in euerye pryestes mouth whan it pleaseth them bee they neuer so stynkyng fylthy sodomites adulterers dron kardes blasphemers dycers c. The crying and teachyng of the cleargy cōtinually hath bene to beeleue transubstanciacion and then to come to church to se their maker once a dai to hold vp their handes to knock on their brests to streke theyr faces to mutter vp theyr laten prayers to tak holy water and holy bread to lyue in obedyence to the holy father and holye churche hys spouse Thys was all they required Drinke dice carde fight swere steale lye no mater so that in y ● mornyng they see theyr God all is well good catholyke people no man shall hurt them or persecute them But if any man shold not alowe nor worshippe this god of theyr makig although he lyued a most godly life and were a man ful of charitie sobrietye and very religious Oh such is an heretike or schismatyke Nothynge coulde please these wolfes but euen the bloud and lyfe of suche a poore shepe as men haue felte beefore and now begynne to fele Let al the packe of them burden those iustlye whom nowe they imprison and cause to flye the realme of any other thynge then onelye of this that we wyll not serue their god of bread wyne And then wyll we suffer shame But I haue bene to long herein Now to our doctryne and belef for the second poynt concerning Chrystes sacryfice The. 7. Chapter How gods worde teacheth of Chrystes sacryfyce and the popes blasphemye therein reueled 〈…〉 ryne and faith 〈…〉 s behalfe is as in 〈…〉 her that is accor 〈…〉 to gods holiword namely y ● Iesus Christ the sonne of god and seconde Adam by whom we receaue rightuousnes vnto lyfe as by y ● firste Adam we receaued synne vnto death our fayth is I saye that thys Chryst in our fleshe whych he toke of the substaunce of the virgin Mary but pure and with out synne for the satisfyinge of gods ●●st displeasure deserued by and in our fleshe dyd in the same suffer vniustly all kyndes of miserye and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ryng vp hymselfe vnto hys eternal father wyth a most willing obedyent hart and ready mynd whan he was crucyfyed vpō the crosse And therbi as he satisfied gods iustice so he meryted and procured hys mercy peace fauor for al them which either before that tyme were dead either wer at that tyme present either shold afterwarde come and beleue By and in that offeringe done for them and theyr synnes So that god the eternall father I saye woulde be in this their Christe their god and father and not lai their sinnes commytted to their charge to condemnacyon This doctrine the holy scripture teacheth almost eueri wher but specially in y ● Epistle to the Hebrues the. 1. 7. 8. 9. Chapters this is most liuely ser forth how that by one oblacion once offred by this Christ himselfe all that be gods people are sanctified For as in respecte of them that dyed in gods couenaunte and eleccion before Christ suffred his death offered his sacrifice one alone and omnisufficient neuer more to be offred he is called the lambe slayne frō the begynning of the world and the one alone mediator betwene god and man whose forth commyng was frō the begynnyng Euen so in respect of the vertue and efficacie of this one sacrifice to al gods people continually vnto the worlds ende the holy ghoste doeth tell vs that therby he hath made holy suche as be children of saluacion And sayth not shall make holy or doth make holye leste any manne shoulde wyth the papistes in dede reiterate thys sacrifice agayne Although in wordes they saye otherwyse as anone we shall see if herevnto I shewe you the meane whereby to applye thys sacrifice whyche I wil do verye brefely For in the. 17. of S. John our sauiour doth very playnly shew thys in these wordes for theyr sakes sayeth he I sanctyfye my selfe that they also myghte bee sanctyfyed through the trueth I praye not for them alone but for those also whych shal beleue on me throughe theyr preaching Here our sauiour applyeth hys sacrifice in teachynge and prayeng for them And as he teacheth them as ministers to doe the like that is to preache and praye for the applycacyon of hys sacryfyce to y ● churche so doeth he teache them and al the churche to applye it vnto themselues by beleuyng it and by fayth The whyche thing the Apostle S. Paule in manye places but most playnlye in the seconde to the Corinthyans the fift chapter in the later end doth teache Reade it and se So that now as ye haue Chrystes one only sacrifice whych he hymselfe on the crosse offred once as sufficient for all that doe beleue and neuer more to bee reiterated so haue you that for the applyinge of it to hys church the ministers shoulde preache and praye that theyr preachyng myght be effectuall in Chryst And as Paul was ready him selfe to suffer death for the confirmacion of the fayth of the elect so shoulde the churche and eueri member of the same which is of yeares of discrecion by beleuyng in Chryste throughe the ministers preachyng apply it to themselues As for infauntes I nede not in thys case to speake of godes eleccion It is moste certayne Thys kynde of applyinge as it killeth y ● papistical priests whych hate not the deuil worse then true preachyng so doeth it cast down al their soale massing and foolish foundaciōs for such as be dead and past the ministerie of godes worde And also it pulleth awaye the opinion of opus operatū and of perseuerāce in impietie from such as would enioye the benefite of Chrystes death The. 8. Chapter ¶ Of praying for the dead the true doctryne NOw as concerninge the thirde that is of prayeng for the dead and sacrificing for them as in the other we confesse teache and beleue accordynge to gods worde so doe we in this Namely that in holy scripture thorow out the Canonical bokes of the olde and newe testament we

any part of y e height depth bredth and lēgth of the same as it is If his own harte bloud was not to deare for vs beeyng hys very enemyes neuer desirous to doe his wil How is it possyble that he wyl contemne vs for cōming vnto him with purpose and desyer to serue hym Many other reasons I could geue you wherefore the saynctes are not to bee prayed vnto for that pulleth from fayth in Chryst It maketh them godes it is ydolatrye c. But thys maye suffice So y t nowe you see by godes woorde what oure faith is concernynge these 4. thynges Whyche that you maye the more loue embrace and be cōtēt to cary wyth you throughe fyer and water I wil now goe about by gods grace as brefelye as I can to shewe howe abominable their doctryne is euen out of the short Summe therof already before by me rehearced The. 10. Chapter The popishe doctryne of the sacrament confuted more largelye FIrste where they alledge the Catholyke churche to haue taughte concernynge the supper the doctryne of trāsubstāciaciō of Christs real and carnall presence dearly beloued know that this is a manifest lie For as the Catholyke church neuer knew of it for 900 yeares at the least after Christs ascension so after that tyme no other churche did obstynatlye defende cruelly mayntayne and wylfullye wreste the scriptures and doctors for the establyshing of it saue onli the popish church as theyr owne doctors Duns and Gabriel doe teache Reade the byshoppe of Canterburyes booke agaynste Winchester and see Where as they saye that Christe in hys supper by takyng bread speakynge the wordes of consecracyon dyd make it hys fleshe accordig to hys promes in Iohn whan he saith and y e bread y ● I wil geue is my flesh c so y ● thei wold therbi seme to haue 2. places of Scripture for thys theyr doctryne of transubstanciacyon and reall or carnall presence Although diuersly I cold improue this yet for because I wold not be ouer tedious vnto you euen by the same their sētence you shal se how lernedly they lye The sentence is this And the bred that I wil geue is mi flesh whiche I wyl geue for the lyfe of the world First marke that he saieth the bread is my flesh He sayth not shalbe my flesh but it is my fleshe Thys I trowe maketh agaist them For the sacrament a yeare after at the lest was not institut Agayne he saith that the bread is his flesh whiche he wyll geue for the lyfe of the world Here woulde I aske them whee there Chrystes death was for y ● life of the world or in vayne If they say it was for the life of the world then why doe they apply and geue it to the sacrament Was it crucifyed Or if it be the same sacrifice for so they saye eyther it was effectuall or not If it was effectual then Christs death neded not If it was not effectuall then Chryst was not god and could not doe that he woulde thus ye maye see their vngodly foolysh nes or foolyshe vngodlynesse I can not tell whyche to cal it wel Where as they require the in tente of the prieste to consecrate Chrystes bodye for asmuche as we knowe not any mans intent god only knoweth the hart yea the wordes we know not thei ar so spokē in hucker mucker I pray you into what a doubtfulnesse are we brought whether it be y ● sacrament or no In what perill are we of worshipping a pece of bred for our Chryst Is not this trowe you swete and comfortable geer y ● a man shall alwayes stand in doubt whether he haue receaued the sacramente or no Where as they wil haue it bred to the eye and not to the mouth iudge thē whether a dogge may not eate Chrystes bodye iudge whether the deuyll if he would come in the liknesse of a pryeste might not swalow vp Chryste so brig him into hel Frō whēce beecause there is no redempcion there Christes body shoulde neuer come but be damned Iudge whether the taist of thy mouth is not as much to be credited as the sight of the eye specially in y ● the scripture so often calleth it bred after y e consecracyon as before I haue shewed Iudge whether Chrystes body be not verye prety that it can lye in so litle a rowme Iudge whether Chryste hath moo bodies then one when perchāunce the priest hath 20. or 100. before hym Iudge whether the prieste breake not Chrystes bodye in breakynge of it Iudge whether it bee semelye to chawe Chrystes body wyth the teeth Iudge whether Christ did eate hys owne bodye yea or no for Chryst did eate the sacrament w t hys disciples Iudge whether it be semely that Chryst should be kept so in prison as thei kep him Iudge whether it be semeli that Chrystes body should be so dyn dle danled vsed as thei vse it Iudge whether y ● people knockig and knelynge at the eleuacion of that they see for they see but the formes of bred wyne and not Chrystes bodye if it bee as the Papystes feyne iudge I saye whether the people by the papystes owne doctryne bee not made ydolatours Many moo absurdities ther be whyche I purposiye omytte Thys lytle is inough hereby to geue you occasyon to knowe the more Where they saye that y e bred is made Chrystes bodye fleshe bloud c. That is that Christes body is made of the bred As the Byshopp of Wynchester in his boke for thys mater of the deuils sophistie and els where doeth affirme You may se how shame leslye yea blasphemouslye they speake For Chrystes body crucified was borne of the virgin Mary euen of her substaunce But thei saye the supper is that bodye which was crucified Nowe I trowe bread is one thynge and the virgins fleshe another thing Therefore in dede they denye Chryst in the flesh that thei may stablish their Chryst in the bred whych is the very note of Antichrist Last of al where as thei say that they receaue the sacrament to damnacion whych doe not be leue their transubstanciacyon If wyth Paul their wordes wer conferred you shoulde see otherwise For he sayeth they receaue this bread for so he calleth it after the wordes of consecracyon vnworthely whyche doe not esteme Chrystes body As in dede the papystes do not whych woulde brynge Chryste down out of heauen for theues and whores to chawe and eate for mothes to corrupt and to be in daunger of mowlynge as yf thei kepe their hostes lōg indede thei wil moulde and then wyll they burne thē Doe these menne trow you esteme Chrystes body Paul playnly sheweth in y ● same place that y e wycked man whiche receaueth y ● sacrament vn worthely eateth not Chrysts body but his own dānaciō which I trow be not Christes bodye And this shal serue for this time to shew you how shameles fylthy abominable