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A bryef [and] short declaracyon made, wherbye euerye chrysten man maye knowe, what is a sacrament Of what partes a sacramente consysteth and is made, for what intent sacramentes were instituted, and what is the pryncypall effect of sacramentes, [and] finally of the abuse of the sacrament of chrystes body and bloud.
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Tracy, Richard, d. 1569.
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STC 24162; ESTC S118530
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✚ A bryef short declaracyon made wherbye euerâ— chrysten man maye knowe what is a sacrament Of what partes a sacraments consysteth and is made for what intent sacramentes were instituted and what is the pryncypall effect of sacramentes finally of the abuse of the sacrament of chrysten body and bloud Imprinted At London by Robert Stoughton Dwellynge wythin Ludgate at the sygne of the Bysshoppes Myter AFter the mynd of Saynte Augustyne A Sacrament is a vysyble shappe or sygne of an inuysyble grace that is as moch to saye a sacrament is an owtward signe whereby God thorowghe hys worde declared in the admynystracyon of the same testyfyeth and assureth our coÌ„scieÌ„ce of his fauour good wil iÌ„ this differth a sacrameÌ„t froÌ„ other natural synnes For euerye naturall sygne representeth sygnyfyeth the thynge whreof it is a sygne But it hath no promysse of God ther vnto annexed But a Sacrament hath a promisse of god ther vnto annexyd Whych maketh the same sygne and outward substauÌ„ce to be a sacrament And yf the receyuer of the sacramente beleue not the worde of promysse declared to hym before the admynystracion of the sacrameÌ„t then he receyueth not any spyrytuall grace represented aÌ„d offered in the sacrament Allthough he receyue the sacrameÌ„t a thousaÌ„d tymes Thys suffyseth for the dyscrecyon of a sacrament and allso the dyuersyte of a sacramente from other naturall sygnes The partes wherof a sacrament consisteth and is by these folowyng An owtward vysyble substaunce and a promysse of God made vnto vs whych pronounced and declared vnto vs makyth the vysyble substauÌ„ce to be a sacrameÌ„t vnto vs whych heare the promisse of god declared the thynge and Spyrytuall grace represented and offred in the sacrament is such a Parte of the Sacramente that they only receyue it whych beleue the promysse of god declared vnto them And al such as beleue not the promysse of god declared vnto them in the admynystracyon of the sacramente Allthough they receyue the sacrament yet they receue not the grace represented therein The cause wherefore sacramentes were Instytuted is to declare and set fourthe the benyfyttes of god exhybyted aÌ„d done to vs. And to prynte and grafte them yn owre Myndes And so confyrme owre fayth so that we maie boldlye reyoyce saye that christe and al chrystes merytes and deseruinges beowres The effect of Sacramentes is to comfort euery conscyence troubled vexed oppressed wyth the condemnacyon and iudgemente of goddes lawe and sentence gyuen vpon al synnes Also to comfort them whyche be greued wyth the syght of the multytud and gretnes of theyr Synnes and no lesse wyth the long cotynuaunce vse and perseueraunce in the same Such Iudgement and sentence gyuen agaynst Synnes wyth the syght of their synnes and of the multytude and greatnes and the long contynuance therein desperacyoÌ„ must nedes ensue folowe vntyll they here this promysse of God vnto thys sacrameÌ„t annexed or such other lyke which they heryng reioyce inwardly with great gredenes cofort come to receue the sacrameÌ„t as an erneste pledg of remyssyon of synnes purchased by Christ onlye wtout they re deseruynges bi faith iÌ„ the promisse they beleue chrystes body and bloude to be flaiÌ„ shed for the remyssyoÌ„ of their siÌ„nes And thus they eate Chrystes flesshe and drynk hys bloude the clargy of englaÌ„d be herein to be reformed by cause they mayntayne errours coÌ„trary to these true priÌ„ciples taught by the premitiue church al the blessed fathers auncient doctores The fyrst abuse Fyrste where saynct Augustyne aÌ„d other Auncyent wrytters haue taught that the worde of God in the mynystracyon of the vysyble substauÌ„ce maketh a sacrameÌ„t there of oure clergye admynyster the vysyble substance wythout any declaracyon of any worde of Chrystes Instytutyon which is not onely agaynst the doctrine of the primityue church but also agaynst Chrystes fyrste Practysse which he vsed whan he fyrste instytuted the Same and mynystred it vnto hys Appostles It is allso agaynst the Appostles practyse as it aperyth by Paule whyche saythe He hath deliuered to them that which he receyued of the lorde The lord Iesus in the same nyght that he was betrayed toke breade and gyuynge thankes brake it and sayde take eate Thys is my body whych shall be betrayed for you do thys in the remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of me Lykewise after he had supped he toke the cuppe Sayenge Thys cuppe is the newe Testament iÌ„ my bloud as oft as ye shal drink of it drynk it in the remembraunce of me Thys practyse of Chryst and of his dyscyples so longe also continued vsed frequeÌ„ted in the church of god shuld haue ben a suffycyeÌ„t doctryne to all Christes church ouer and besydes that Chryste in the admynistracyon of the Sacramente demauÌ„ded hys dyscyples saying do this in remeÌ„braunce of me which word thys hath relacyon to the hole maner of dooynge and also speakyng of Chryste Also our clergye speake the woordes of Chrystes instytutyon secretely which can not proffytte hym whyche heareth the not and also yf that he shuld heare the wordes of chrystes institucyon pronounced in the latin tong as our clergy vse to speake theÌ„ it could not ê“fyt the herer which vnderstaÌ„deth not the latiÌ„g toÌ„g for he heareth not theÌ„ so that he by hys heryng vnderstandeth them 1. Cor. ij so the vysyble substauÌ„ce is not become a sacramente vnto hym for Paule sayth that he whych speaketh in the tong or straunge langage or speach speketh to God and not vnto men for no man heareth hym meanynge therbye no man vnderstandeth hym / because the hearer knoweth not the speache as it appeareth after wher Paul sayth yf I knowe not the vertue meaning of the voyce I shal be to hyÌ„ which speaketh an alyaunt to me he shal be an alyaunâ— or straunger further he sayth Bretheren yf I shall come vnto you speakyng in tonges or straung speaches what shall I profyt you except I speake vnto you eyther in reuelacioÌ„ or knowledg or in prophesy or in lerniÌ„g for he which preacheth or prophecyeth speaketh vnto me for edyfyeng and confort he which speketh in the tong edyfyeth hiÌ„ selfe he the prophesyeth edyfyeth the church of god Wherfore Paul comaundeth all thinges to be done accordyng to an ordre to the edyfyeng of the Church so the Paul sayth that he had rather speke fyue wordes in his sence that he might therw t instruct teach other then x. M. wordes in the tounge in so much as he concludeth that if any man speake in a straung tong in the church let hiÌ„ pray that hys speach may be interpreted and yf there be no interpreter to declare the meanynge of hys tonge or straung speache then let hyÌ„ hold hys pease kepe sylence in the Church speake to hyÌ„ self and to God By al this chapter meanyÌ„g that no maÌ„ shuld speake in the church to the coÌ„gregatioÌ„ in such toÌ„g or spech which they kno not nor