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A17659 A faythfull and moost godlye treatyse concernyng the most sacred Sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of our sauioure Chryst, co[m]piled by Iohn Caluyne, a man of no lesse lernyng and lytterature then godly studye, and example of liuyng. And translated into Latin by Lacius a man of lyke excellencie. And nowe last of all, translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother, no lesse desirous to profyt the weake brotheres then to exercise the talent of the Lorde to his honoure and glorye. In declaration whereof, he hath set before this lytle booke an epistle to the reader much more effectuous then in the fyrst edicion. Whereunto the order that the churche and congregation of Christ in Denmarke doth vse at the receyuying of baptisme, the Supper of ye Lorde, and wedlocke: is added. Myles Couerdale; Petit traicté de la Saincte cene. English Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Danske folkekirke. 1548 (1548) STC 4411; ESTC S107182 57,569 98

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not tyl the houre stryke And at the quere dore besyde the table of the Lorde stande two good sober synginge men whyche commenly a quarter of an houre a fore the sermon beginne a psalme and all the people bothe olde and yonge wyth one voyce do synge wyth them after such a fashiō that euery note answereth to a syllabe and euery sillabe to one note commenly and no mo so that a man maye wel vnderstand what the●synge But fyrst for the moste parte they syng the Pater noster in theyr mother tonge then the Psalmes some tyme mo some tyme fewer accordyng as the tyme requireth but al in ther owne language Now whan the clocke smyteth which is comēly .vii. in Sōmer but .viii. in wynter the superattendaūt or chiefe curate commeth in to the pulpyt and fryste of all he wysheth vnto his audience and to hym selfe ▪ grace merye and peace from God the father through his blessed sone Iesus Christe oure sauiour And to the intent that theyr hertes maye be opened to the true vnderstandynge of the gospel which he is aboute to preach vnto them he exhorteth them to call for helpe to the holye Goost So after that the two foresayde men or at the least one of them hath orderly begonne all the thurch folowethe and synge with one voyce vnto the holy Gost this songe Ueni sancte spiritus c. or suche an other lyke it in thyr mother tonge ¶ Thē the preacher taketh the gospell of that presente sondaye or some other place of the scripture that he is appoynted to declare and expoundethe it clearely by the other manifeste places of the byble noetynge in it suche lessones such consolacions and such ensamples as are for the edyfienge of his audience ¶ Comenlye at the latter ende of the sermon he maketh a prery shorte rehearsal of it by the way of exhortacyon to the people or prayer towarde God And then requireth he them to confesse and knowledge theyr sinnes vnto God wyth him euery man in hys owne conscience and to saye suche or lyke wordes in hys herte as I haue plurallye expressed in the generall confession that I humblye offered to the Kynges mooste honorable counsayll for the edyfyenge Anno. M. D. xxxix Whan the prieste hathe prayed for all estates and made this or suche a lyke confession in their name he prayeth God to be mercifull to them to blesse them to shewe the lyghte of hys countenaunce ouer them and to haue mercye on them ¶ Then gyueth he them thys or soche a lyke absolucion and sayeth TO all them that repent and are sory for theyr synnes detestinge and abhorring theyr olde wycked lyfe Yf they be hongry and thirste for Gods mercye in Christe beleuynge surelye to haue forgyuenesse onelye by hym purposinge to for sake all abhomynacyon of lyuynge and from hense forthe to lyue in the feare of God and vnfaynedly to kepe his commaundementes To all suche by the vertue of Goddes worde and commission of the same I pronounce and warraunt fre remyssion and cleane forgeuenes of all theyr synnes To the other that wyll not repente ▪ but styll harden theyr hertes agaynst Goddes trueth continually abydynge in the blyndnesse of false doctrine fylthynes of wi●ked lyuyng hauing no purpose nor mynde to come to r●pentaūce To all suche by the vertue of the same worde and commission therof do I pornounce damnacyon and the terrible wrath of god vntyll they amende ¶ So after that he hath wyshed the peace of God vnto hys audyence he commeth downe Then all the congregacyon and church in maner afore sayde do synge the Crede or beleue in theyr owne mother tonge And whan that is done the curate or els his coadiutour standeth vp afore the table of the lorde and requyreth all such as are appoynted then to be partakers therof to be well ware what they do and to make a iuste accompt with them selues after what maner they haue proued and tried theyr owne consciences whether it be done vnfaynedly in an earnest maner whether they be at one with al men and so forth Yf it be so in dede he geueth God thākes for it Yf no he praieth thē right gētly y t they wyll thinke no shame to absēt thē selues frō this holy supper tyl y e recōciliacion be made lest they come to it vnworthely And thē geueth he thē this exhortacion or els another such lyke ¶ An Exhortation at the supper of the Lorde DEare frendes we are all baptised into the death of oure Lorde Iesu Christe wherfore after holy Baptysme we muste all the dayes of our lyfe fyght and stryue in continuall battayle warre agaynst synne death and the deuyl so beare about with vs in our bodies the passion and death of our Lorde Iesu and we proue by experience that the enemies whom we haue to do withal are neyther weake nor feable but mighty and valiant to whose power mē are naturally subdued so y t vpō earth there is none so mighty as to resist thys power of darkenesse throughe hys owne strength so feable and weake is all oure abilitie in comparison thereof For the whyche cause God the father through Christ his deare sonne hath ordeined another power and kingdome in the whiche is ryghtuousnes and lyfe and through his death and bloude hath he delyuered vs and brought vs frō synne to ryghtuousnes from death to lyfe from the deuyll to God hath included the kyngdome of hys grace in the preaching beleuyng and folowing of his worde which beinge begonne in the holy christentie shal go forth vntyll the last daye that we whiche receyue beleue and do after the same worde by the merites of Christe our reconciler and Sauiour shoulde be and continew for euer his deare chyldrē heyres of the kingdom of grace that is to say of euerlasting saluaciō for as much as we through such faith do eate cōtinually his flesh drinke his bloud that is to saye abyde in hym and he in vs. ¶ To the intent now that this so great goodnesse declared by the worde of God myghte dayly amonge vs be practised distributed and exhibited therfore hath the gracious and merciful Lorde Iesus Christ instituted and ordeined a remembraunce of thys his wonderfull worke and cōmaunded that we at his supper in the Sacrament shoulde eate his very body and drynke his very bloude Wherby the hertes of al suche are faythful beleuers and feare God myghte be assured of thys same grace of God and euerlastyng saluacion And also that in the holy cōgregacion and churche his glorious remembraunce myghte 〈◊〉 kepte that is to say to giue him thākes prai●e to sing ●peake preache reade therof to exhorte cōforte one another among them selues And finally wyth all faythfulnesse one to shewe towarde another suche loue and fauour as we oure selues haue receiued of our deare lorde Iesus Christ. ¶ And for as muche as we nowe are hapened in these later dayes in the whyche
I sayd afore that ye wyl hold your hand styl on the plough that ye wyll walke honestly now whyle the mercy of God lendeth you day light Ye know that our Lord sayd The night shal come in the whych no man shalbe able to worke Ye se howe oure aduersarye the deuel goeth aboute lyke a roaryng Lyon sekyng whom he may deuoure Ye se what a nōbre of great men on the one syde haue gyrded theyr sw●rdes aboute them and stande euen in complete harnesse to fyght agaynst the manifest worde of God Yea what swering what blasphemyng of gods name what pryde what excesse what fylthynes of bodye and ydylnesse is vsed practised daylye maynteined in theyr houses Ye se howe they can not abide the hearing of gods worde but blast and blowe agaynste it persecute it as much as in them lyeth On the other side ye se what a nōbre of hypocrites Antichristes false prophetes and flatterrynge chaplens are not onely aboute greate men but euery where in maner roare and crye and stampe agaynst our Lordes doctrine kepe the peoble stil in blynesse and fedde them wyth draffe dregges in stead of Gods word Thyrdly ye se what a nomber here be in the worlde whyche pretendynge to loue Gods worde by theyr outwarde hearyng readyng and talkynge of it lyue cleane contrary agaynste it brynge not forth the worthye frutes of repentaunce are as greate swea●ers as fylthy as ydle as couetous as disceatfull in bargaining as vnapt to al good workes as they were afore they knew the trueth And by this meanes is it come to passe y ● thorow such vnchristē lyuing the good word of god is more supprest thē other thorow y ● crueltye of tyraūtes or flattering lyes of hipocrites All whiche thresortes of enem●es bicause they are not of vs but w tout therfore wyll I haue the lesse to do w t the. But of you dearely beloued I wyll be bolde to exhorte you for the tēder mercy of god y ● in cōsidera●ion of the premesses ye wyl walke godly worthely in this wicked worlde cōtinuing as I truste ye do in stead fastnes of the christē fayth in feruētnes of loue towarde god toward your very enemies for his sake in lokyng assuredly for his promises beyng pacient ioyful in trouble earnest in prayer at al times ready into true obediēce to kepe al good ordre to be e●ercised in al good workes euerye mā according to the state y ● god hath called him vnto As many of you as are called to office comō au●horitie to beare rule or to giue iudgemēt in causes of the comō wealth be diligent in your office Romit xii punish the euyl maynteyne the good .i. Pet .ii. Roma .xiii. Actepte no persone in iudg●ment alowe no false accusa●n shedde no innocent bloude Exod .xxiii. and heare the small as wel as the great D●utr● .i. ¶ As manye of you as are called to the office of preaching folow the apostles coūsayle take hede vnto your selues to all the f●ocke in the which the holy goste hath appointed you to be ouersears to feade the cōgregacion of god c. Act .xx. Fead Christes flocke which is amonge you and take the ouersyghte of them not as though ye were cōpelled but willyngly not for the desyre of fylthy lucre but of a god mynde not as Lordes ouer the paryshes but to be an ensample vnto the flocke .i. P●tri V. To caste alway vngodly olde wyuysh fables to be vnto them y ● beleue an ensāple in theyr worde in cōuersaciō in loue in spirite in fayth in purenesse To gyue attēdaūce vnto readynge to exhortacion to doctrine .i. Timo .iiii. Studye to shew your selues to god laudable workemen which neade not to be ashamed .ii. Timo .ii. All other estates amonge you I hertely exhort require euery one to do theyr duty As subiectes to be obediēt true to theyr princes and higher powers Ro .xiii. i Pet .ii. Tit .iii. Men to loue theyr wiues hertely as they are taught .i. Pet. iii. i. Thessal .iiii. Ephe .v. wyues so to behaue thē selues as it becōmeth womē that professe godlynes thorow good workes .i. Tim .ii. that theyr chaist cōuersaciō may wynne the wicked i. Pet. iii Men to deale gently wyth theyr seruauntes Ephe .vi. Colo .iii. to brynge vp theyr childrē in the nurtoure doctrine of the Lorde Ephe .vi. Deut .iiii. Seruaūtes to be faithful true obediē● to theyr maisters Ephe .vi. Col .iii. i. Pet .ii. that they may do worshyppe to the worde of God in all thinges .i. Tim .vi. Tit .ii. ¶ And yf we thus behaue oure selues euerye one in his calling thē shal it come to passe that euē they which now blaspheme vs as euyl doers shal at last be ashamed of theyr parte cōuert from theyr owne euyl wayes to the true fayth lyuing which is taught in the word of god To whō for his infinite grace and gyftes therof be honour prayse nowe euer Amen FINIS Set forth by Myles Couerdale Non possums que audiuimus et vidimu● non loqui Act● .iii ▪ Act. vii S. August Note Act. xxi No● i. Corhin xi i. Corhin xi● Thesalo v. Note the subtyltie of the deuyll Not y ● visible signes but y ● thynges sign●●d Our infirmitie was cause of y ● sacramēt Note 〈◊〉 what ende the supper was instituted The vse of y ● Sacrament Of our selfe we haue none other thynge but sinne Folowe thys guyde The carnall ate can not see these thynges in this glasse Not y ● naturall substancd as ●●●pysters do fa●●e As we receiue hym so ys he geuē vnto vs. y ● is spiritually The mouthe of the soule y ● receiueth this fode is fayth The substāce of a sacramēt is y ● free mercie ther●n p●●mised It is fayth y ● mouth of the soule that receyueth this body bloud Only the faitheful receiue this substāce Use this commoditie God worketh by his sacramentes as the Geometriciā doth by his de●o●stracion Note what it is to receyue a Sacrament vnworthyly These loode the consciences of men He y ● trusteth not in Christ only hath no parte w t him 〈…〉 The ima●e of repentaunce Discorde destroyethe that concorde hath buylded Beleue dispeare n●t A necessarie prayer So the Diuel would haue it This hypocriis daughter ●o c●re shryfte None hath made of medicine but the sicke Once in aye●e is to lit●e of conscience These be the suggestiōs of the deuill Christ is 〈…〉 health we may not do iuel for a good intent A good thyng can not be to often vsed Sathans olde practiese Euerye pope put to his por●ion Then is the masse the popes sacrifice The Diuels solusion The heareing of the gospell applieth Christes merites vnto vs. Measure al y ● is spoken of y ● sacrament by this sentence Herin resteth y ● whole mattier Let ne what these wordes this is my body do signifi Oxforde and Cambridg be not all voyde of thes doctoures Mar●ians here●●ie Breade and wyne are corruptible Understande this cōiunction aright Yea and that is half marde in y e dressinge The pope seeeth y t Christe ▪ sawe not Thē he spake not to oure pristes And yet must all ●e holie Then is it y ● doctrine that nourisheth The true definicion of the masse Honest ceremonies ar not to be despised Thē ar masse pense loste Lerne to seke Christe Yet by thys was y ● trueth tried out The apostles varyed in some thinges To honoure a creature as God is idolatry Learne here the truth This veritie is the ●remercie promised therin Hys wyll bee doene