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Here is a shorte resytal or certayne holy doctours whych proueth that the naturall body of christ is not conteyned in the Sacrame[n]t of the Lordes supper but fyguratyuely, collected in myter by Ihon Mardeley; Here is a shorte resytal or certayne holy doctours whych proueth that the naturall body of christ is not conteyned in the Sacrament of the Lordes supper but fyguratyvely.
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Mardeley, John.
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mysterye hyd As ther is in baptysme Doctours dothe defyne A promyse therto annixed Christes fleshe and bloude he sayes Is vnderstond twoo maner of wayes Makyng therof a distinction Betwext the body and bloude that suffered death vpon the rode And y t which we receyue to our saluacioÌ„ For that fleshe and bloude he saythe whych the faythful receyue in faythe Is of a spirituall enfluence From that fleshe whych was crucifyed And bloud which on the crosse was shed He putteth a full great difference As may be betwene thinges spiritual And thinges visible and corporall So moche they dyffer vndoubtedly From that fleshe whych was crucifyed And that bloude the whych was shead thys doctour affirmeth playnly For they be not all one sayth he For that Crucifyed fleshe pardy was made of the fleshe of a vyrgyn Compact of bones synewes and vayne with y e liniameÌ„ts of maÌ„s meÌ„bers playne And quyckened with the spirite deuyne Hauing also a reasonable soule thus the proper mocioÌ„s he doth exstole Of hys naturall fleshly body but this fleshe which fedeth y e faithfull Hath hys forme of corne frutefull And is eaten of them spiritually Yet this body we do vnderstande Is made by an artificers hande without any reasonable substaunce CoÌ„pact w t nether synewes nor fingers distinct with no varietie of members nor able to exercise ani proper puissauÌ„ce But what substauÌ„ce soeuer geueth life parteyneth to a spirit intelectyfe which worketh an inuisible efficacye Now this is cleane an other thynge whych externally is perceyued be seing From that beleued in the misterye Thus S. ambrose maketh distinctioÌ„ Betwene christes fleshe the cmÌ„unyoÌ„ As here I haue declared Yf ye doubt loke in hys comentarye Then shal ye se yf I do varye From hys sentences before resyted Now S. augustyn sayth playnly Where as he spake of hys body It was a spirituall vnderstandinge For it saueth hym that beleueth where as the letter kylleth But the spirite quyckeneth all thynge Where christ saythe except ye eate My fleshe whyche is very meate Ye shall haue no lyfe in you It seamethe here saythe he To commaund a thyng to be Fowle wycked and vntrue By these wordes ye shall knowe that christ ment it not soo to geue hys fleshe to be eate wyth your tethe but thys vnderstande to heauyn whole he shal assende Up to hys fathers seate Nowe syth he it called to be a fowle thyng and a wycked to eate hys flesshe naturall you maye perceaue playnly For to eate hys bodye were wycked and brutall Seyng hys body is fleshe in dede then consequently must procede to take and eate must be taken But spoken mere spiritually Or els this is my body Muste be figuratyuely spoken Now he that abydeth not in me And in whom I abyde not sayth he Let hym not saye nor thynke that he dothe eate My body as meate Nether yet my bloude do the drynke Christ sayth they byde not in me Nor yet they my membres be Whych dothe theym selues blote In fylthynes beyng vncleane For then do they remayne the members of an harlote S. augustyn venerable bede sayth the vnfaythfull and wycked Whych be not meÌ„bers to christ our brother they do not eate hys body Nor drynke hys bloud verely yet eat they the sacrameÌ„t as wel as the other Therfore ye muste of necessite Graunte the sacrament not to be Christes body naturall But a fygure and token Of hys body once broken Therof to be a memoriall Thus S. Augustyne doth deny That we eat not hys naturall body Wherfore it must neades insewe Yt is but a mistacall fygure Thus he approuethe by the scripture Representyng hys passion new And also Bead that worthy prieste Saythe he eateth not Christ Whych is wycked in hys lyuynge Nor yet drinketh hys blood Nether hys flesshe doth hym no good Though he receyue so worthy a thyng Yf thys be not true ye must deface Saynet Augustyn in this place And not to be approued A holy doctour of the churche But I truste theyr be none suche That wyth hym wylbe offended Nowe where he is almyghtye No man wyll that denye But he may do what he lyste At hys good pleasure all thyng Because theyr is no superiour power beynge Hable his might to resiste Yet all thynke he cannot doo S. Hierome and S. Thomas sayth so Wrytyng of virginytie He cannot synne sayth Dunce at all He cannot deny him self sayth Paul In hys Epystle vnto Timothie I thynke yet god by his sonnes blood Myght haue saued all men bad good Yf he had so intended But the scriptures thus standinge He cannot now do that thynge And yf he were so mynded Then hys woord he muste forsake And hys sonne a lyer make For he sayth the vnfaythfull is daÌ„pned Nor the vnbeleuers shall no lyfe se But gods wrath is vpon them sayth he Coulde they then haue bene saued Nowe here for to conclude I truste noo man is so rude To construe any thynge amisse Whyche playnly devulgate And also truely insinuate What these Doctours iuogementes is For seyng they do it call The Sacrament of a fygure mystical Of Christes bloude and body They ought to be beleued By cause theyr doctryne is receyued Of the Catholike churche verely Now bycause ye shall fynde More Doctours of that mynde Whych hath wrytten manyfestlye As ê“sper crisostim Eusebiê° TertuliaÌ„ Fulgentiê° athanasiê° BartraÌ„ Ciprian Al these declare it to be a misterie Therfore all those whych be anoynted And by gods holy spirit appointed Iudge you here now indifferently Whether these fathers doctryne And the papisticall leuen To be beleued is moste worthy FINIS ¶ IMPRINTED AT LONdon in Sainct Andrevves Paryshe in the VVaredrop By Thomas Raynalde Cum priuilegio mat xvi â–ª Augu. in libro iii de doctrina christiana si auÌ„t flagitiuÌ„â—ut facimus iubere uidetur figurata locutio est xvi OrigeÌ„in leuit homi vii agnosce quam figure sunt que in uoluminibê° domini scripte sunt c. Augu. in libro ii de doctri na christiana s. ysodore in his boke of true signification of wordes saithe S. ambro 〈…〉 S. Hiero in his comentary of paules Epist les to y e Ephe â–ª Spiritê° ante faciam nostram christes dominê° Augu in sermone ad intantes xix QuaÌ„do loquebatur dnÌ„s nrÌ„ Iesus christus de corpo re suo c Aug. deciuitate dei libro xxi s. Augu. and bed suê‘ Corint vi et 1. cor x. Idem Cori. xi Roma v bed suê‘ cori 1. â— x. chapt Paule eustochius â–ª IhoÌ„ iii. ê“sper â— lib. senteÌ„ciatuÌ„ crisostim suê‘ mat et ad hebre ho. xvii Eusebiê° q ia corpê° c. tertuliaÌ„ lib. ii et li. iiii ad mercione fulgeÌ„tiê° ii li. de fide bartram ad carelos empe ratur Cyprian ad cecilium Athana iii. li qâ— dix ver also dru thm ariê° saith hoc est corpê° meum in misterio