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A09827	Fyve homiles of late, made by a ryght good and vertuous clerke, called master Leonarde Pollarde, prebendary of the Cathedrall Churche of Woster, directed and dedicated to the ryght reuerende Father in God Rychard by the permissyon of God bysshoppe of Woster his specyall good Lorde. Vewed, examined, and alowed by the right reuerende Father in God Edmonde byshop of London, within whose diocese they are imprinted. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum	Pollard, Leonard, d. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 20091; ESTC S105125	57,542	98

and to be offered at once his wordes be these Per hoc et sacerdos est ipse offerens ipse et oblatio cuius rei sacramentum quotidianum voluit esse ecclesiae sacrificiū quae cum ipsius capitis corpus sit seipsam per ipsum discit offerre That is In suche sorte was Chryst a priest that he both offered the sacryfyce and was the sacryfyce of the which his doynge he wylleth the sacryfyce that is dayly vsed in the Churche to be a Sacrament the which Churche beinge his body and he the heade of the Church the Church hath nowe learned to offer her selfe by hym by the whiche he meaneth that as Chryst in his passion dyd both offer and was offered so doth the deuoute people at the masse in a certeyne respecte both offer the body of Chryste vnto God and when they offer it they do offer vp thē selues For lyke as the headde and the bodye maketh but one thynge so the body of our sauyour Chryste wherewith the Church is dayly fedde being heade of the Church and the Churche that eateth the same bodye beinge so made one with Chryst that it is his body so whan the Church doth offer his body in the sacramēt the Church doth offer her selfe for she offereth her heade For most Chrystian hearers ye shall vnderstande that as the thynge that is eaten Cirill super Iohānes ca. 17 libro 11. C. 26. and the thynge that eateth are by eatynge made one so by eatynge Chrystes blessed body we be made as sayth Ciryll really and corporally one with him not that we disgest him but that he disgesteth vs and thereupon are we called members of Chryste Locus inspectione dignissimus and he in dede is our heade by the same reason when we offer̄ vp hym we offer our selues this thynge good Chrystian people is harde to be vnderstanded and specially where fayth wanteth and the vertue of the blessed sacrament is vnknowen But to returne vnto our purpose this may be added to the diuersities of the sacryfyces of the olde and newe testament that the olde were ordeyned by men that were mynysters this by Chryste eyther in hym selfe or in his members to be done Furthermore concernynge the newe testament ye knowe it to be the agrement made betwyxt Godde and vs Ecce annuncio vobis gaudium magnū c Luke 2. and therefore is the doctrine therof called Euan gelium as one shulde say good tydynges For it was a ioyfull thynge to heare that man is reconcyled to Gods fauour ageyne Also concernynge the ministers of this testament there is no dout but that the Apostles the Disciples and such as be chosen in the Church for that purpose be ministers of this testamente Mary nowe all the controuersie that is amongst vs at this present is whether they be to be called priestes or not and that is also for bycause that certeyne euyll disposed persons sayth that we haue no sacryfice Howe be it as I said these go so together priestood sacryfyce and testamēt that yf ye take away the sacryfyce ye muste also denye the priesthod and so consequently the testamente also Wherefore to teache that there is a priesthod we muste fyrst proue that we haue a sacryfyce the whiche is easy to be done yf ye wyll but call vnto your remembraunce that the sacryfyce is nothynge els but a dede or a worke which expresseth the couenaunt that god hath made vnto man and that we that be the doers eyther in acte or in consent be such as acknowledgeth the testament or couenaunt to be made vnto vs. Nowe then marke I pray you but what the couenant of god is to vs wherin it is accomplyshed and fulfylled and what deede or worke doth most perfectly represente or shewe it to the congregation of the faythfull For the testament was it not that we shulde heare Chryste his sonne and that then he wolde be pleased and at one ageyne with vs For the tyme when this agremente was fully accomplyshed and made who doubteth but that it was then when our sauyour suffered his most hytter passion for vs vpon the crosse Collo 1. For as saynt Paule sayth the blood of Chrystes crosse made a generall peace betwyxt God and al his creatures that be eyther in heuen or in earth Also for to represent this agrement both howe it was made and when it was made what I praye you can better represent or shewe it then the consecration of the blessed sacrament in the remembraunce of his most precious death and passyon When the priest appoynted to consecrate those blessed mysteries callynge vnto hym the assystaunce of the holy ghoste as saynte Denyce sayth and resytynge the same wordes that Chryst our sauyour spake and wylled to be continually spoken in the celebration of these moste blessed mysteries Dionisius cherarchia ecclesiastica And when by the vertue of the same wordes and the holy ghoste workynge by theym the breade is turned into Chrystes most sacred body and the wine into his most precious blood is not then the couenaunte of God the death of Christ the maner of his death expressed vnto you whē by your resortinge to heare masse ye cause the priest to consecrets this blessed sacramēt and he accordynge to his office fyrst consecrateth the host and after sheweth you the body blood of our sauyoure couered with the formes of breade wyne bycause these miste ries ought not to be sene but of you that be faithful whē I saye you do nowe as it were with your eyes se hym there of whō it was saide here him I am pleased Eum vides cum tanges Chrisostō ad po ho. 60. and whē ye se the same body that was slayne couered there vnder the fourme of breade the blood that was shed to be there vnder the fourme of wyne do not you then protest that ye be the people to whō these couenauntes were made that Christ dyed for your re dēption and that his death was not by hanging drownyng or strangelyng where the blood is conteyued within the body beinge deade but that his death was by sheedynge or deuydynge of his blessed fleshe and blood in sunder Thus haue ye by the celebration of this blessed sacrament these thre thynges euen as it were set before your eyes to be considered fyrst that Chryst dyed for you the cause why he dyed for you and the maner howe he dyed for you thinke you not this worke then good people to be most worthy to be called a sacrifice that expresseth so playnely to vs these necessary poyntes of our saluation Or do ye thinke that any worke of man may be cōpared with this not onely for that it was institute ordeyned of god but for that god who made the testamēt we to whō the testament is made do here at the celebraciō of these blessed misteries mete together he to performe and make good his

muste be sure that ye do come thyther in his lyuerye And thus to prepare you is your duety The other thynge that is necessary vnto the holsome receauynge of these mysteries is a true fayth Hebre 11. without the which no man can please god and ye know what daunger it is for one with whom god is offended or angry to apeere before hym but to teache this faith vnto you that belongeth vnto my charge For vnto me it is sayd Iohn 21. Pasce oues meas feede my shepe the which thynge that I may the better do three thynges are necessaryly to be consydred both of you me that is first that ye wyll call vnto your remembraunce what maner of people you to whome I shall speake ought to be secondely what the thinges be that we must intreate vppon thyrdely from whence and from whom we must come by the knowledge of them As concernynge the fyrst it is not vnknowen vnto you that Chrysten men are called and named to be faythful which is as much as to saye people that do beleue in so muche that saynt Paule commaundynge Timothe to gyue good example of lyfe vnto all Chrysten men 1. Tim. 4. sayth F●sto forma fidelium That is be an example to the faythfull wherby we be monyshed that the chiefest thynge in a Chrysten man Que vidētur tēporacia sūt que non vidētur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. Cor. 4. whiche maketh hym to dyffer from all other mē is his fayth but who is he amongst you that knoweth not that fayth is onely concernynge those thynges that are not to be sene and which we knowe only by the report of other In so much that saynt Gregory sayth that fides non habet meritum vbi humana ratio prebet experimentum that is to say fayth hath no merite where mans reason giueth thexperiēce And who knoweth not that Abraham was commended of god for nothynge so much as he was for his fayth Gene. 14. Roma 4. Gal. 3. Doth not the scrypture say Credidit Abraham deo et imputatum est ei ad iustitiam that is he beleued Godde and it was counted to him for rightuousnes but howe beleued he Verely saynt Paule sayth he dyd not consider his owne body which was nowe more fytter for death then to be get chyldren he being an hūdreth yeres of age nor yet he dyd consyder the barren wombe of Sarai his wyfe who was then foure score and ten yeres of age he dyd not reason with God howe he and his wyfe beynge in theyr youth not able to beget chyldren shulde nowe in theyr age when naturall hope of chyldren was paste haue chyldren he dyd not I say reason with God of these matters as our newe brethrene do in the greate mysteries of our fayth He harde God speke and beleued but these must haue hym say sensybly to theyr reson this is a fygure of my body or els they can not vnderstande hym for theyr iustyfyinge fayth or rather as it is to be called damnable infidelitie can not vnderstande that god is able to make his body to be really present in heauen and heare to bothe at one tyme. But vnto you good Chrysten people that be the chyldren of Abraham and do beleue I trust that there is nothynge wherein ye can so please god as in beleuynge his omnipotency and truth To you I saye that the chiefe cause whiche moued our sauioure to prayse the Centurion so muche as he dyd Math. 8. was the Centurions faythe for the Centurion thought that it was as possible for Chryste to heale his seruaunt though he were absent as it was for hym selfe in his absence by commaundement of his seruauntes to haue thynges done as he wolde for the same cause dyd our sauioure prayse also the woman of Cananye sayinge woman thy fayth is great Suche then be you and so do beleue Math. 15. vnto whom nowe at this tyme I purpose by gods grace to speke of a sacrament otherwyse called in Greeke a mystery and in Englyshe it may be named secrete or hydde priuitie of our faythe and religion In the consideracion and vnderstanding of the whiche mysteryes your mynde and knowledge must be remoued and drawen away from the pryestes that ministreth for they be but as instrumentes as for example the axe is to the wryght the pen is to the wryter the knyfe is to hym that cutteth and they most be bent and stayed of Christ who dyd fyrst ordeyne them and that doth now vse the tounge and other members of the priestes to accomplyshe and worke the same In so muche that saynte Iohn speakynge of the true baptisme sayth Math. 3. that it is Chryst that baptyseth and Chryst sayth hymselfe that it is not the minister that speaketh but the spryte of the Father Sed spiritus patris qui loquitur Luke 12. that speaketh in hym Also Chrysostome and E●missen sayth that it is not the visible prieste that worketh the consecration of the blessed Sacrament but the inuisible prieste whiche is our sauyour Chryst But who seeth not then yf this be true as it is moste true that not fayth but infidelitie hathe caused our late preachers to haue asked the question howe can the prieste make Chrystes body As though there were nothynge done in the administracion of the sacrament but what that the prieste dothe Doth not this question presuppose the prieste onely to be not the instrument but the workeman Doth not this question take that that is gods worke from God and gyue vnto man But ye shall vnderstande good people that these be therfore called mysteries bycause that in them one thynge doth outwardely appere to our senses and an other is certeynely knowen to our beliefe and vnder standynge Outwardely we se the prieste outwardely we heare this sentence Take eate this is my body Augu. ad infantes c. pronounced by the priest outwardely we se the formes of breade and wyne and these are as perceptible and easy to be perceaued of the Turkes other Infydels as of vs Chrysten men that is they se and heare as much and the very same touchynge these outwarde thynges that we do But then is there the inuysible priest who bad the visible priest do this and that speaketh and worketh by him as by his instrument and the effecte and operacion of these wordes take eate this is my body which is to change those visible creatures into the substaunce as Emysen Chrysostome Chrisost de p●●dicione I●de saynte Ambrose and such lyke autours do wytnesse of Chrystes blessed body and blood where is further to be consydred that the very naturall body and blood of our sauioure Iesu Chryst to be conteyned vnder and signyfyed by those formes of bread and wyne Chryste hym selfe is a moste true wytnesse and beste to be beleued herein who also sayth that it to be the same bodye that was broken for vs and the same blood that was