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A00261 A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author. 1547 (1547) STC 1035; ESTC S103779 21,747 42

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and his benefytes laudynge and thankynge hym magnyfyenge his holy name and then also eate of this bread and dryncke of thys wyne to a remembraunce that Chryste hath gyuen his body and shed his bloude for vs. Math xxvi And because that it is a comyn vse that a token of remembraunce hath the name of the thynge that is remenbred by it Therfore hath Chryst called the breade his bodye and the wyne his bloude not that his substaunce is in the breade and wyne but that we sholde remember hym therby Lykewyse as the ●…aster lābe was called the passyng by and yet was it not in it selfe the very pas syng by but a token or remembraunce of the passyng by Deynge now that the easter lambe hath the name of the thing that the Israelites remembred by it and wherby they myght euer lastyngly kepe in remembraunce the benefytes of god right conuenient is it that Christe hath called the breade his body and the wyne hys bloud bicause that we shoulde remēber therby his death and passion yea the only sacrifice of his body whiche he hath sufferyd to be broken and his bloud to be shed for vs. Neuerthelesse how be it that the materyall body of Chryste is not in the bread nor his bloude in the wyne yet neuerthelesse is the supper of the Lorde 〈◊〉 parttakynge but spyrytually of the body and bloud of Chryste as Paule sayth Is not the ●…uppe of thankes geuyng wherwith we gyue thākes a parte taking of the bloud of Christ And the bread that we breake is it not the 〈◊〉 takyng of the body of Chryste These wordes of Paule do witnesse clerely that the faythful eate the body of Christ spiritually vnder the breade and wyne yea lykewyse as a bryde receyueth her housbande with a rynge euen so receyue the faithfull Christe to be theyr owne and euerlastynge saluacyon But that some men wyll haue that the bodyly presence sholde be in the breade is a great mysse vnderstandynge of the godly worde yea it is an antechrystes doctryne which is contrary bothe to our fayth and to al holy scrypture For we be leue and holy scrypture beareth wytnes that Chryste after his resurrection is ascended vp into heauen and sytteth vpon the ryght hand of his almighty father Rom. viii And bideth ther as concernynge hys bodyly presence but spiritually he hath promised to abide with vs to the ende of the worlde in hys worde Mat. xxviii And seynge that now Chryste as concer nyng his bodely presence abydeth at the ryght hand of his father Hebre. x. so may not the body of Chryste be in the breade And agayne it is agaynst all truth that Chryste at one tyme hath ben in many or diuers places as touching his body Forthermore we do dayly se what dredful ydolatrye is s●…rong out of the carnall vnderstandynge of these wordes of Chryste This is my body and yet dayly spryngeth to the great and abominable slaunder of the honoure of god so that men worshype a piece of breade for theyr god yea and holde that to be theyr maker And the papystes locke hym in ●…olde and syluer not remēbrynge what Paule and Stephen wytnesse sayenge The mooste hyghest wyll not dwell in temples made wyth mannes handes Actes vii and. xvii O blynde men that are so bewytched of the whore that ye can not nor wyll not beleue the manifeste truth O blyndnesse and great presumptuousnesse of the papistes that wyll take vpon them to fetche Iesu Christe out of heauen into a piece of breade whyche is consumable as we clearelye se by experience and that it shoulde be worshypped for God whyche is euerlastynge and vnchaungeable Nowe what remedye for we can not helpe it therfore muste we do as the Lorde Iesu Christe spake vnto hys apostles of the phariseis sayinge Let them go for they are blynde and leaders of the blinde whē one blynde leadeth an oth●…r so fall they both into the dytche Mat. xv But the Lorde muste be thāked that out of his vnmeasurable grace hath ●…ned our eyes that we can se knowe wherfore we shal take the bread and the wyne in the supper namely for a memoriall and token of the sufferyng and death of Iesu Christ yea for the body and bloud of Christe but that for the by names sake and not of the material thynges behalfe as is aboue rehearsed of the Easter Lambe ☞ Forthermore the supper of the Lorde is also a ioynynge togyther of the christen cō●…regacion in loue And also the congregacion that wyl holde thys supper muste be well appoynted and ioyned togyther in brotherly loue yea they must stande in one spirite and soule Philip i. hauing a burning loue For Paule sayth we many are one breade and one bodye in as muche as we are partakers of one bread Lyke wise as y t mebres of one body are not in stri●… one agaynste an other but in a charitable vnitie seruynge one an other i. Corhi xii so maye there no stryfe nor debate be founde in the con gregacion of God i. Corhin i. so that any man shoulde onely care and take thought for hym selfe and not care nor loke vpon his brothers lacke but the one muste helpe and care for the other in al thynges necessary where he can or maye Gal. vi and no man must seke that that is his but euery one the others wealth Philip ii And lykewise as of the graynes of corne can not be baken breade but through fyre euē so can not the congregacion be a right spirituall lofe wherof Paule speaketh but through burning loue charitie And so ought y t christē congregacion to be one lofe i. Cor. x. For lykewyse as many graynes are sowen to the entēt that breade shoulde be baked of it So soweth the greate father of housholde his preciouse wheate into the acre or grounde of this world to the entent that they all shoulde become one lofe and breake the supper of the Lorde rightly after the wordes of Paule we many are all one breade and one body in as much as we are parte takers of one breade i. Cor. x. And where so euer the congregacion is not so apoynted and the breade broken in thys maner there is the bread eaten and the wyne drōken to a iudgement from the whiche God the merciful father wyll defende and kepe all diligent louers of the euerlastyng trueth tho●…owe his vnexpressable goodnesse and mercye Amen ¶ Of the very chrstian kyngdome VVE beleue also that god the heauēly father hath gyuen to his onely begotten sone Iesu Christe al powre in heauen and erth Math. xxviii yea as Paule sayth He hath set hym on his ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all powre rule myght and domynyon and a boue al that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in the worlde tocome Ephe. i. Aboue all this hath the heauēly father especyally instituted and ordeined Iesu Christ his onely begotten sonne to be a kyng ouer the mount of
behalfe whiche muste be done out of a cleane faythfull herte hath the baptysme powre and not for the waters sake wherwith the fylthynesse of the fleshe myghte be washed awaye But wythout it be that the hertes of them that are baptysed be cleansed Act. xv thorowe Goddes worde Iohn rv the water can not 〈◊〉 them Wherwith it is also proued that baptisme without fayth may in no wyse be broked ☞ Forthly baptisme sygnifieth an offeryng of the fleshe and a resurrectyon into a newe lyfe as we haue vnto the Romaines know ye not sayeth Paule that al we whiche are baptysed in the name of Iesu Christe are baptysed to dye wyth him Therfore are we buryed wyth hym by baptysme for to dye that lyke wyse as Christ was raysed vp from death by the glory of the father euē so we should walke in a newe lyfe 〈◊〉 Rom. vi This is now shortly expressed what baptysme is and what it signifyeth Nowe muste we also knowe that seynge no good worke wythout fayth maye be done Rom. xiiii So muste he that shal be baptysed beleue or els he can not ryghtly be baptised as we maye clearelye vnderstande in the wordes of Christ Iesu wherwyth he hath institute this baptysme and commaunded his apostles sayinge Go and preache the gospell to 〈◊〉 creatures he that beleueth and is baptysed shalbe saued Mar. xvi Here wyll no sophisti●… reasonynges and dreames be alowed for the Lorde wyll destroye the wysedome of the wyse and wyll take awaye the vnderstanding of the prudent and wyl make the wisedome of thys worlde folishnesse i. Cor i. and. iii. But the worde of God shal abyde for euer i. Pet. i. And Christe sayeth that heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal abide Mat. xxiiii Therfore muste also the wordes of Christe he that beleueth and is baptysed c. not be altered or chaunged And seynge that Christe hath instituted or ordeyned fayth afore baptisme so muste he that shal be baptised beleue or els the wordes of Christ suffereth force and are wholye and fals●…lye altered and chaunged as we now a dayes alas may ●…e and it is a miserable thynge that thys baptysme is so euyll vnderstande and so shamefully broken And seynge that the scripture doth so clearely therof wytnesse Though that all the wytnesses of scripture perteynyng to thys matter be not here alledged for the shortnesse sake yet do we take out one of them namely the example of the Apostle Philip which when he shewed Goddes worde vnto the gelded man whyche was the chamberlayne to Candas Quene of the Moryans and he him selfe desyred to be baptised but the ●…ewe minister of god Philip woulde not baptyse hym excepte he dyd not onely beleue but also openly cōfessed it Act. viii This example is well worthye to be marked for ●…t the fyrste we maye se here the greate diligence and howe desyrous the chamberlayne was of baptysme whyche is a learnyng vnto al them that loue theyr saluacion that they shal desyre thys worke hertelye and not deferre it b●… as sone as they by hearyng of the worde of 〈◊〉 Roma x. wyth the operacion of the holy go●…st i. Cor. xi●… hath receyued fayth And yf there be any mā that wyl not be satisfied with this ensample of Philip let hym perceyue also howe Ananias dyd compel Paule saying vnto him why taryest thou aryse and be baptysed and washe a waye thy synnes A●…tu xxii Here we se that Baptysme after the fayth is receyued maye not be deferred Therfore hath the cham berlayne with greate diligence desyred baptisme after that he dyd beleue saying vnto Philip Beholde here is water what shoulde lefte me to be baptysed Actuum viii Forthermore seynge ●…he trewe minister of God Philippe woulde not baptyse hym excepte he confessed his fayth doubtlesse he hath therwyth teached vs that all they that wyll be baptysed muste confesse theyr beliefe as ye se the chamberlayne dyd But for as muche as all the former scriptures are spoken of them onelye that bee of yeres of discretion before they receyue the fayeth of Christ It is no altering of the institution and worde of Christe to baptyse the innocentes and vnbeleuynge infauntes whyche haue not as yet receyued the vse of reason wherby they myght decerne fayth to beleue and professe the name of Christe For as in the circumsition of the olde lawe the fayth of the parentes sufficed to make the chylde one of the chosen people of God notwythstandyng that the circumsicion of the flesh is not circūsicion as Paule wrytteth to the Romaynes but the circumsion of the herte euen so in the baptisme of our infantes notwythstandynge that the washing of the body in water is not baptysme but the washynge of the soule in the bloude of Christe by fayth yet shall the fayth of the parentes be accepted of God and theyr chyldren made mēbers of the churche of Christe therby Yf anye require wytnesses of the scripture for thys assersion lette hym reade and consyder well the storye of Samson and Samuell wyth other lyke storyes of the olde testament wherin may easilie be perceyued how god dyd then accepte the chyldren for the parentes fayth Let him cō syder also the stories of the gospel wherin appeareth how Christ woulde not haue the chyldrē kepte frō him when theyr parētes brought them to hym that he myght laye his handes vpon them and how certeyne chyldren were cured of diseases euen for the fayeth that was founde in theyr parentes And laste of all it is euident both in the Actes and Epistles of the Apostles that when certeyne men receyued the gospell both they and theyr whole housholdes were baptysed Where it is not to be thought that the infantes were reiected bycause they could not vnderstande the Apostles preaching For saynte Paule wrytiynge to the Corhinthians as concernynge the chyldren begotten betwene an heathen man and a faythfull woman or betwene an heathen woman a faythfull man sayeth that the chyldren are cleane by the reasone that one of his parentes is faythfull And what other thynge shoulde ●…e meane ther●…y but that God accepteth those chyldren for members of his churche whom the faythfull parentes do wyllyngly brynge to the foun tayne of regeneratiō there to receyue the signe of the euerlastynge couenaunte betwene God and vs And yf any man wyl wyllingly withstande Christe and his Apostles and do other wyse then Christe hath commaunded and his Apostles taughte and dyd he is blynded but his blyndnesse shall waxe manifest well ynough Lykewyse as the Egypcians sorcerars the whiche wythstode Moyses and Aaron but at the laste were manifestlye seen and knowen ii Timo. iii. Thys is wyth the shortest the fayth of our baptisme ¶ Of the supper of the lorde THe supper of the lorde is a memoriall tokē of the suffering and death of Iesu Christe and is instituted of Chryste for this cause that the faythfull congregacyon of Iesu Chryst sholde come togyther for to shewe the death of Iesu Chryst