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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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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
tutours Agayne the fathers and mothers whych haue yong folkes apte to mariage are circumspecte not suffringe theyr sonnes and daughters to go longe beyonde theyr tyme vnmaryed but both for the auoydynge of vncleanly cōuersacyon in theyr children also for theyr owne discharge they prouyde them honeste mariages mete for them Which thynge to do they are not only in the dayly sermons that they heare but also by the olde Godly practises of suche holy men as was Abraham Isaac c. N●ther do the two yong persones come together after a lyght or vndy●cret maner but euen at theyr handfastynge whan the knot of holy wedolke is fyrst ●●yt ther are present the father and mother of the partyes or els yf they be dead or absen● theyr nyest kynsfolkes and tutours and so is also some honest discrete preacher or curate of theirs who to the edifienge of them maketh a Godly collacion out of Gods worde for thyr en●āple lerninge cōfort in holy wedlocke So whan the time approcheth that they shalbe maried openly in the face of the church the curate in the presence of the whole congregacion geueth warninge certeyne dayes afore and requyreth that yf anye man knowe some lauful impediment to hindre the sayd mariage he wyll notifie it at his monicion Yf no hinderaunce be made then at the day appointed the brydgrome hauynge a company of honest men with him and lyke wy●e the bride hauinge an hones● company of women wyth her come to the sermon in the mornyng whych as I sayd afore is euery deye at .vii. of the clocke in Sōmer and at .viii. in wynter and after that the preaching is done the sacrament ministred in maner afore saide they come both before the preacher and in the meane tyme the whole churche in their mother tōge do sing the Cvi psalme Beati omnes qui timent dominū c. ¶ Then the preacher speaketh to them both by name and asketh them sayinge N and N are ye mynded to lyue togyther in holye wedlocke and to testify and cōfirme the same purpose here in the presence of the cōgregagicion They answer yea then sayth he I take you all here that stande by to wyines requirynge you to recorde the same and to remēbre it and sayeth moreouer Yf there be any mā here that knoweth lawfull impediment by Gods worde that these two persones may not procede togither in maryage let hym speke nowe So yf there be none to make impedimente then the preacher sayth For asmuch as here appeareth no hynderaunce to the contrarye but that ye maye go forth togyther in holye wedlocke I praye God establyshe the thynge that he hath wrought in you Seynge also that both your consentes are knyt in holy wedloke and ye cōfesse the same here openlye before God and the world I declare and pronounce you to be maryed togither In y ● name of the father of the sonne of the holy goste And in so sayinge he ioyneth their hādes togither addeth moreouer let no man therfore seperate thē a sundrr whō god hath coupled togither This done he erhorteth thē to remēbre how y ● god hath ioythe● in holy mariage according to y e cōmaūdement of god to loue one an other so to kepe their houshold to bring vp their childrē whē God sendeth thē in the feare of god that theyr whole liuing may redounde to the glory of his holy name and edifiyng of the com●n wealth ¶ Then rehearseth he this or suche another prayer in the name of the whole churche and congreg●cion O Almighty God father of heauen for as muche as it hath pleased the to call these new maryed folkes vnto holy wedlocke lyke as at the begynnynge thou sawest it not good for a mā to be alone for the which cause thou m●deste hym an helper lyke to hym selfe and so ordeynedest that they two should be as one persone we beseche the y ● vnto these newe maryed folkes thou wylt graunt thy holy spirite whereby they lyuynge in holye wedlocke maye styll truste in thy goodnes ouercome all temptation leade an honest godly lyfe to the edifying of euery mā Blesse them also tha● in the fruite of theyr bodye they maye prayse the and so brynge vp the same y ● it maye be to thy glory and profyt of the comon wealth Amen Then the churche syngeth a Psalme of thākes gyuyng and so departeth ¶ The conclusion of this lytle boke THou seest nowe what order is kepte in the ministracion and vse of the forsayd thre holy ordinaunces of God cōcernynge the whyche I wrytte here nothyng of had I wist nor of vncertentie but euen as I knowe as I haue not onely sene with myne eyes heard wyth myne eares but bene present also longe and many a day at the execution practise experience therof whiche thinge as I wryte to gyue al good hertes occasion of feruent prayer to God that he wyll graūt his worde to grow lykwyse amonge vs euen so in the vertue of Gods holy name and for that precious bloud sake of his most deare sonne I admonish and exhorte al subiectes to be pacient to auoyed all kynde of sedicion to cōmitte the refourmation of all errours supersticions ceremonies vayne tradicions wicked lawes vniuste statutes of men Euen vnto God the authour of peace to the workynge of his spirite in those princes and rules whome he hath called to office for the same purpose lette no mā be slacke in his duetie but gyue god that whiche is his and to the king the thing y ● belōgeth vnto hym acordynge as Christe cōmaundeth Math .xxii. as saynt Paule exhorteth Roma .xii. ¶ This I saye to stoppe the mouthes and the blasphemous tonges of suche as wyll not ceasse to rayle on me and to slaunder me yea euen to the kynges maiestie as though I were a peruerter of comon order or toke vpō me to chaunge the lawes and to make new statutes Naye ye vngodly hypocrites not so but as I am sure that there is heauy dampnacion layed vp for al such subiectes as rebel or make sedicion against theyr Prince or disobeye the least cōmaūdement of god in theyr soueraygne euē so I am assured that there is no lesse dampnacion prepared for those rulers or heades that make vniuste lawes cruell statutes to maynteyne theyr owne lustes and opresse the poore I reporte me to the .x. chapiter of Esaye the .ii. and .iii. of Micheas and to the later ende of the .v. chapter of the prophet Hieremy Let all rulers threfore beware that they make no actes of parliament nor statutes agaynste gods worde and let al subiectes learne of S. Pete● i. Pe .ii. to be obedient c. And not onely that but yf they be cōmaunded any thynge then let them learne of the same S. Peter Act .iiii. to obeye god more then mē In the meane time tyll gods blessed worde onely be ruler amonge vs tyl all wicked inuentions of men