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A02359	Three rare monuments of antiquitie, or Bertram, priest, a French-man, of the body and blood of Christ, (written 800 yeares agoe) with the late Romish purging thereof: Ælfricus, Arch-bishop of Canterburie, an English-man, his sermon of the sacrament, (preached 627 yeares agoe:) and Maurus, abbot, a Scots-man, his discourse of the same (820 yeares agoe:) all stronglie convincing that grosse errour of transubstantiation. Translated and compacted by M. VVilliam Guild, minister at King-Edward; De corpore et sanguine Domini. English. Abridgments	Ratramnus, monk of Corbie, d. ca. 868.; Guild, William, 1586-1657.; Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Sermo de sacrificio in die Pascae. aut; Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856. De sacramento Eucharistiae. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 12492; ESTC S103528	49,280	152

hand of his Spirit bee so seated and setled in your heartes that by that heavenlie Stampe it thay bee both inwardlie witnessed to your owne Consciences and outwardlie testified in your liues to the world that Your Honoures are the adopted Children of that heavenlie Father whome as You set Your selues to glorifie on earth hee shall not after the heaping of much Honour and Happinesse vpon You and Yours fayle to glorifie You in the highest Heavens which is the full Felicitie and blessed Rest of His owne Sainctes and which as the highest of all Wishes I shall not ceasse to beseech GOD to effectuate towardes YOVR HONOVRS and YOVR Hopefull and Happie Off-spring Your Honoures in all humble duetie WILLIAM GVILD TO THE READER THis Popish Plasma bred of Hydra's Braine Come from the Snakie Cerberus his Lake Which Pitchie Charon-Popes for trueth maintaine And it a Fulcre of their Fayth doth make Loe GVILD but guyle doth here expand their Packe Of wicked Wares vnto judicious view That who so reades this Booke may notise take And clearlie see this Paradox vntrue By written Word and Antiquaries olde He doth this Dogma dash and Trueth vnfolde WALTER FORBES The Life of BERTRAM PRIEST BY IOHN TRITHEMIVS a Popish Histriographer BERTRAM PRIEST and MONKE was one that was singularlie Skilfull in holie Scripture and notablie learned in like manner in humane Sciences of a most pregnant and quicke wit of an excellent and eloquent vtterance Neyther was hee lesse Notable and renowned for his holie lyfe than his great learning Hee wrote manie excellent Workes and Treatises where-of not-with-standing few haue beene suffered to come to our knowledge but in especiall hee wrote a most laudable and prayse-worthie Worke of Predestination vnto King Charls Brother to Lotharius the Emperour and like-wyse a Booke of the Bodie and Blood of the LORD Hee lived in the tyme of Lotharius the Emperour aforesaid in the YEARE of GOD 840. BERTRAM His Treatise Of the Bodie and Blood OF CHRIST TO CHARLES King of FRANCE Nephew to CHARLES the Great Emperour THE PREFACE YOu command Renowned Prince that what I thinke concerning the mysterie of the Bodie Blood of CHRIST I should signifie to your Highnesse A Commandement indeede in howe much worthie of your high Soveraignitie to enjoyne in so much moste harde to my small strength to performe For what is more worthie of Royall providence than catholicklie to vnderstand His holy Mysteries who hath deigned to bestowe vpon you that princelie Throne and not to suffer your Subjectes divers●ie to bee distracted in Opinions concerning the Bodie and Blood of CHRIST wherein doeth consist the summe of Christian Redemption For while some of the Faithfull affirme that the mysterie of the Bodie and Blood of Christ which is daylie celebrated in the Church is to bee considered without anie figure or vaile of vsuall to wit and sacramentall speach and to be taken onelie according to the naked simplicitie of the verie literall words and others againe that these things are set downe and comprehended vnder a figure and mysticallie so that it is one thing which is seene by the bodilie sight and another thing altogether diverse which the eye of fayth onelie beholdeth Heereby it commeth to passe that no little strife is found to bee amongst them And seeing the Apostle writeth to the faythfull that they thinke and speake all one thing and that no division be seene to be amongst them they are not then a litle divyded who speake so diverslie of the Bodie and Blood of Christ not beeing alike minded Wherefore your Royall Majestie stirred vp by the zeale of Fayth weighing these things aright and desiring according to the Apostles direction that all thinke and speake one thing doeth diligentlie search the hid trueth of this point that you may call backe the wanderers vnto it whence it is that you disdaine not to inquire the veritie therof even from them of the meanest ranke knowing that the mysterie of such an hid secret cannot bee vnderstood but by God his revealing of the same who without exception of persons showeth foorth the light of his trueth by whomsoever he chooseh But in how much it is pleasing to my meannes to obey your command it is as hard to dispute concerning a matter most distant from humane senses and not to be passed thorow without the instruction of the Spirit of God Beeing subject then to the direction of your Highnesse and confyding in his favour and aide concerning whom we speake in as few words as I can not trusting to mine owne wit but following the footesteps of the holie Fathers I shall open vp what I thinke in this matter YOVR High Excellence desires then to vnderstād If that Bodie and Blood of CHRIST which is taken by the mouth of the Faythfull in the Church bee taken so in a mysterie or according to a literall veritie that is Whether it containe some secret thing which is onlie manifest to the eyes of Fayth or without the covering of anie such mysterie if the eyes of the bodie beholde that outwardlie which the soule and mynde doeth beholde inwardlie That the whole matter which is in hand then may appeare manifest and if it bee that same Bodie which was borne of the Virgine Marie which suffered died and was buried and rising againe ascended to heaven and sitteth now at the right hand of the Father let vs looke throughlie first to the former of these questions And lest we be intangled within the obscure circuit of ambiguous and doubtfull words we must first define what a figure is and what we call literall veritie that so eyeing some certaine thing we may know assuredlie whither to direct the course of this our present discourse A figure then is a certaine overshadowing of a thing with some vailes or ornaments of speach manifesting so what it intendes as for example when wee speake of the worde wee call it Bread as in the Lords Prayer when wee desire to bee given vs our daylie Bread or when Christ who is the incarnate worde speaking in the Gospell sayeth of himselfe I am the living Bread which came downe from Heaven Or when hee calleth him●elfe a Vine and his Disciples Branches all these speaches say one thing and signifie another But literall veritie is the demonstration of a manifest thing not covered with anie resemblances of shadowing but insinuated in its owne pure and proper and that wee may speake more plainlie in its owne naturall and manifest signification as when Christ is said to be borne of the Virgine Marie suffered was crucified died and buried there is nothing heere over shadowed with covering figures but the veritie of the thing is showne by the proper signification of the naturall words themselues neither may wee vnderstand anie other thing heere than is spoken But in the former examples it was not so for Christ substantiallie is not Bread nor a Vine neither were the Apostles Branches

which is vnderstood hath a spirituall fruit This Venerable Doctor then by saying this teacheth vs what wee ought to thinke concerning the proper bodie of Christ which was borne of the Virgine and sitteth nowe at the right Hand of the Father in which hee is to come to judge the quicke and the dead and what wee ought to thinke of that which is offered vpon the Altar where-of the People are made partakers That bodie is whole neither is it divided by any cutting nor covered with anie figures But this which is set vpon the Table of the Lord is a resemblance of that because it is a Sacrament And that which is seene outwardlie hath a corporall shape and feedeth the bodie but that which is vnderstoode inwardlie it hath a spirituall fruite which quickeneth the Soule And when he would haue spoken more manifestlie concerning this mysticall bodie hee sayeth thus in the wordes following If ye will vnderstand concerning the bodie of Christ heare the Apostle saying Yee are the Bodie and Members of Christ. If then yee bee the bodie and members of Christ your mysticall resemblance is set on the Lords Table and yee receiue the mysterie of the Lord and vnto that which you are yee say AMEN and by aunswering so yee subscrybe there-vnto Thou hearest then of the bodie of Christ and thou aunswerest AMEN Bee a member then of the bodie of CHRIST that that may bee a true AMEN Wherefore then is this mysterie in the bread Wee shall bring nothing heere of our owne wit but let vs heare the Apostle when hee was speaking of that Sacrament saying For wee being manie are one bread and one bodie And holie Augustine instructing vs sufficientlie of the rest sayeth That as in that bread which was offered on the Altar the bodie of Christ was resembled so also the bodie of the people that did receiue it was lyke-wyse represented that so hee might showe manifestlie that that is the proper bodie of Christ onlie which was borne of the Virgin sucked suffered died was buried rose againe ascended to the Heavens and which presentlie sitteth at the right Hand of his Father and is to come to Iudgement But this which is set vpon the Lordes Table containeth the mysterie of the bodie of the faythfull as the Apostle witnesseth saying For wee beeing many are one bread and one bodie in Christ. Wherefore most Noble Prince let your wisedome consider that it is most clearlie showne by Testimonies of holie Scripture and Sayings of the holie Fathers That that Bread which is called the Bodie of Christ that Cup which is called the Blood of Christ is a figure because it is a mysterie And that there is a great difference betweene the mysterie of his bodie and his bodie it selfe which suffered was buried and rose againe because this is the proper bodie of our Saviour neither is there in it any figure or signification but the manifestation of the thing it selfe is knowne and the believers desire the sight of him because hee is our head and by the sight of him our desire shal be satisfied because He and the Father is one not according to that that our SAVIOVR hath a bodie but according to the fulnesse of the DEITIE which dwelleth in the Man CHRIST But in that which is celebrated in a mysterie is a resemblance not onlie of the proper bodie of Christ but also of all believers in him for it beareth the figure of both the bodies that is both of Christ which suffered and rose againe and of the people which are renewed in Christ by Baptisme and quickned from the dead Let vs also adde this That that Bread and Cup which is called the Bodie and Blood of Christ representeth the remembrie of the Lords Passion or Death as him selfe sayde in the Gospell Doe this in rememberance of Mee Which the Apostle Sainct Paul expoundeth saying How often so-ever yee eate this Bread and drinke this Cuppe yee shall remember the LORDES death till His comming againe We are taught then by our Saviour and also by the holie Apostle Sainct Paul That that Bread and that Bloode which is set vpon the Altar is set downe in rememberance and resemblance of the Lordes death and Passion that it may call to recent memorie that which was done long a-goe where-by wee beeing remembered of his death and suffering may bee made partakers there-by of that heavenlie Gift where-by wee are redeemed from Death ever-lasting Knowe wee lyke-wyse that when wee come to the sight of Christ him selfe wee shall not haue neede of such meanes where-by wee may bee admonished what his great bountifulnesse sustayned for vs because beholding him selfe face to face wee shall not bee put in mynde by the outward admonition of temporall thinges but wee shall beholde him by the contemplation of the veritie it selfe even as wee ought to giue thankes for ever vnto the Author of our Salvation Neyther there-fore let it bee thought al-be-it wee say this that there-fore the Bodie and Bloode of Christ is not truelie apprehended by the Faythfull in the mysterie of this Sacrament seeing Fayth apprehendeth not that which the Eye seeth but that which it selfe believeth because it is spirituall foode and spirituall drinke feeding the Soule spirituallie giving lyfe full of eternitie as the Lord our Saviour commending this mysterie fayeth It is the Spirite that quickeneth for the Flesh profiteth nothing Desiring then to obey Your Highnesse Commaund heere-in I beeing but of small abilitie haue vnder-taken to reason concerning thinges of no small importance and controversie not following the presumptiō of mine own thoughts and estimation but looking to the authoritie of Fathers and those that haue gone before mee Which if You allowe to bee spoken catholicklie attribute the same vnto the worthinesse of Your Fayth who laying a-syde the Glorie of Your Royall Majestic was not ashamed to haue an Aunswere of the Veritie from Your humble Servaunt But if it please You not let it bee imputed vnto mine insufficiencie vvho was not able to declare these things so effectuallie as other-wyse I desyred AMEN The Purging of BERTRAM Out of the Expurgatorie Spanish Index of Don Gasp●r Quiroga Cardinall and Arch-bishop of Toledo Generall Inquisitor of Spayne and set foorth by his Commaund and of the Councell of the sayde Generall Inquisition according to the Decreet of the Councell of Trent and by the speciall Mandate Authoritie of Philip the second King of Spayne And by the care and direction of the Duke of Alue in the Low-Countreys Framed and made vp Anno 1571. According to that Copie printed at Madrill there-after by Alphonsus Gomesius His Majesties Printer there Anno 1594. That the Booke of BERTRAM Priest Of the Bodie and Blood of CHRIST beeing amended may bee hence-foorth tolerated The Iudgement and Decree of the Vniversitie of Duay approoved by the Censures as fol●oweth ALtho wee greatlie account not of this Booke and therefore we are not much carefull altho