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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06882	A declaration of the masse the fruite thereof, the cause and the meane, wherefore and howe it ought to be maynteyned. Newly perused and augmented by the first author therof. Maister Anthony Marcort at Geneue. Tra[n]slated newly out of French into Englishe. Anno M.D.XLvii.; Petit traicté de la Sainte Eucharistie. English	Marcourt, Antoine de, d. ca. 1560.; Vingle, Pierre de, attributed name. aut; Viret, Pierre, 1511-1571, attributed name. aut; Geranius, Cephas. aut	1547 (1547)	STC 17314; ESTC S103750	36,879	64

A declaration of the Masse the fruite therof the cause and the meane wherfore and howe it ought to be maynteyned ❧ Newly perused and augmented by the first author therof ¶ Maister Anthony Marcort at Geneue Iohn .vi. ☞ I am the breade of lyfe who so cometh to me shall haue no hunger And who that beleueth in me shall neuer haue thurste ❧ Trāslated newly out of French into Englishe Anno M.DXLvii ☞ Reade me firste from toppe to too And afterward iudge me a friende or a foe If you do iudge me or I be tryed You shal be blamed when you are spied ¶ Cephas Geranius to the reader AFter that I had cōsidered the great horrible blasphemy presently committed agaynst the holy institution of the supper of Iesus Christ In the steade wherof to vs is proposed a thynge that is feined and found to the great dishonor of Iesus Chryste and of his churche we haue obteyned thys present boke of the author for to declare the ignoraunce and simplicitie of many And to put away the abuse presūpcious assertion of other But for as much as the said treaty is submitted to the iudgement of all persones amonge whom is great varyaunce in gyuynge sentence at a blusshe as wyllynge to esteme of the porcion as of the hole boke But fyrste to reade it al through vnderstande it and examin it and that by the holy scripture by the which al thyng ought to be ruled estemed and weied and than to iudge Or els as sayeth the Iurisconsulte in the treaty De segibus It is a thing inciuile wythout to haue seen all the lawe to iudge or answere to a parte therof Also saynt Hilary in the boke of the Trinitie desired that it shoulde not be condempned before that they had read that whiche he had wrytten and also not to haue regard to the fautors of the errours whyche are here vanquished For as sayth the Cann suspect .iii. quest The foes and aduerse parties ought not to be iudges by meane wher of it is necessary they learne to iudge them selues and as before god estemyng that the same is veritie after the which we shal be al iudged by Iesus Christe from the hygh estates to the lowe The preface of the authour WE haue the words of the prophetes stedfastly in the scripture the which ye ought to regarde as to the cādle shinynge in a darke place vnto the tyme that the daye begynne to gyue light and that the day sterre arise in your hertes And fyrste vnderstande thys that the holy scripture is not knowen by our owne exposition For the prophecy was not gyuen in one tyme by the wyll of man ii Peter .i. But the holy men of God inspired of the holy gooste haue spoken it And therefore as saynte Paule sayeth all scripture diuinely inspired is behouefull to be taughte for to reproue to correcte ii Tim● iii and to be shewed in iustice bycause that the man of god may be enti●rly instructed to al good workes by the which so many euident textes vnto vs is apparently shewed that the rule of oure fayth is the onely and holy word of God After the whiche onely we ought al to beleue and keepe in all that concerneth God and oure saluation Whereunto by greate fidelitie exhorteth vs the holy Apostle of Iesu Christe saying in thys maner Phillip iii. Procede we in one self rule whereunto we be comen bycause that we may be all one Nowe it is certeyne that in folowinge the opinions and fantasies of men the which are so variable and contrary eche vnto other that neuer we may be of one accorde but it is behouefull for vs to take one soole scripture for our lyght and bryghtnes for oure direction and leadynge The whyche alone to be oure perfite and entier rule whych can not nor ought to be any other than the onely worde of God For asmuche as therein is conteyned the diuine thynges Psa cxvi Roma iii. Gala. vi Euery man is a lyer and the only god is true Werfore ryght wel cōcludeth the sayde holy apostle that whosoeuer foloweth this rule peace shal be ouer them and mercy Ouer them sayth he and not ouer the other for there is but one only waye of saluacion It is than right euident that the holy scripture is the onely stone and foundation of oure sayth by such wise that we ought not for to be leue Math. nor hold any thing whatsoeuer it be touching the diuine thinges but as it is cōteined in the holy scripture without chaūging any thing adding or minishing Otherwise it shoulde bee no more fayth but folish opinion imaginacion dreme error desceit knaueri Therfor it is not behoueful for any creature to vndertake for to adde inuent chaunge or diminish whatsoeuer thing of the sayd holi immaculate worde but in al and ouer all it ought to be taken lefte in the right purety and clere simplicite wythout pluckinge as thy fantasi is to other sens thā the holy spirite hath reueiled it and that vpon payne of eternall malediction yea if it were an angel of heauen And here against must not be alleged tyme nor custome to the cōtrary Ga●a i. how long soeuer they be Apoca. or may be for as much as the Lorde God is immutable wherby the right diuinitie can neuer be abrogated nether by lōg antiquite of tyme nor moued or chaunged by tradicions or constitutions of man For the worde of God remayneth stedfast euerlasting Esaie xl permanent true no power maye to the contrary And if any that by some space of tyme haue liued haue preched writē diffined beleued and taught otherwise thā the said holy worde bereth or conteyneth it is nothing worthy of allegacion for be the tyme neuer so longe it is nothinge estemed or reputed in the presence of God as it is writen Psal xi.ii. Pet. iii. A. M. yeres in the presence of God is as a daye passed that is to say as no thing or a veri smal thinge ¶ Moreouer God hath ordeyned tyme behouefull at hys owne good pleasure Roma i. wherin he hath determined reueled and manifested his verite The which time can nether be forthered nor hyndred For the purpose of God is vnmouable whyche he hath openly shewed and declared in the temporal and holy natiuite of his sonne the which came not incontinent after the transgression of Adam but taried longe tyme and by the space of thre M. yeres dyd leaue the worlde in idolatry Thys notwithstanding whan the plenitude of tyme ordeined of God was occōplished than he sent his sonne made of a woman made vnder the law to th end that he should agayne Gala. iiii bye them that were vnder the lawe Nowe after that he hath done to vs this great mercy shoulde it not be a greate pride and cursed vnkindnes in stead to giue him graces and thankes for such a benigne and