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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13142	A summe or a briefe collection of holy signes, sacrifices, and sacraments instituted of God euen since the beginning of the world, and of the true originall of the sacrifice of the Masse; Sum or a brief collection of holy signes, sacrifices and sacraments.	Ling, Nicholas, fl. 1563.; Brett, John, Sir, attributed name.; Devonshire, William Cavendish, Earl of, 1590-1628, attributed name.	1609 (1609)	STC 23434; ESTC S113014	129,473	362

is not written that shee or any other her like hath at any time beene permitted to minister the holy sacraments by such corruptions of the holy sacrament of Baptisme Many heresies haue sprong vp by the Catabaptists Anabaptistes Antipedobaptists and other heretikes scismatikes which not contented with the pure and sincere institution of God did more rest in the outward signes then in that which by them was represented in spirit He that desireth to know more particularly the abuses and corruptions inuented at diuerse times by diuerse humours of men let him read our Ecclesiastical cōmentaries It remaineth presētly to come to the corruptions of the other holy sacrament of the supper and communion of the body and bloud of Iesus Christ By this short discourse a man may cleerly know how variable and fraile man is alwaies hauing abused the grace of god For like as from the beginning of the lawe and instruction giuen vnto them the people of Israel did euer corrupt the true vse of sacrifices holy signes and sacraments ordeined of God euen so is it come to passe of the lawe of God by Iesus Christ hauing instituted the maner to communicate his body and bloude vnder the figures and holy signes of bread and wine The which holy sacrament was abused in the time of the Apostles by the Corinthians Against whom the holy Apostle did write epistles Sacrament of the supper corrupted 1 Cor. 11. to the end to bring them to the true sincere obseruation of this holy Sacramēt Let no man therfore hereafter thinke it strange if the successors of the Apostles from time to time haue corrupted the true vse of this holy Sacrament And the more they were distant from the time of the Apostles of Iesus Christ the more they fell into corruption Yea abhominable turning the vse of the Sacrament into a depth of idolatry First into what contentiō fell the Church that was next vnto the Apostles Ecclesiasticall historie about the determining of the daies wherein the holy sacrament should be celebrated Sabatius the heretike did institute the celebration of Easter with vnleauened bread after the maner of the Iewes Histo tripart lib. 9. cap 37. lib. 11. cap. 5. Certaine of his sect did ordaine the vse of the holy Sacrament to bee celebrated the 14. Moone Euseb lib. 5. cap. 24. Histo tripart lib. 9. cap 38. 39. as the Iewes did It is sayd there were of this sect Policrates bishop of the Ephesians Philip Hieropolitan Policarp Truseas Melite and Narcissus Bishop of Ierusalem Of the contrary opinion were Victor bishop of Rome Eleuther his predecessor with Theophile Bishop of Palestine This contention continued more thē 300. yeares after the Apostles Some celebrated the feast of Easter after the Equinoctial whē the Sun did enter into the signe of Aries Other obserueth the moneth Nanthisoc called by the Romains Aprill Some sayd to wit the Quartodecio mans that it was instituted by S. Iohn to celebrate in the 14. Moone Others aduanced themselues to be taught by S. Peter whereas yet there was no euident appearance of any thing The Montanists Phrygians condemned the Quarto decimans obseruers of the course of the Moone and that they ought to order themselues by the course of the Sun begining at the Equinoctiall in Prime-tide And by this meanes they celebrated eight Ides of Aprill which is the 14. day of the same moneth Prouided that it fell vpon the Sunday There was not onely contention for the vse of the sacramentes in what dayes it shoulde be celebrated but also there was great diuision among the Christians for ceremonies inuented to prepare themselues to receiue the same worthily Euse lib. 5. cap. 4. For some as the Romains did keep the fast three weekes before Easter The Illyrians and all Greece with the Alexandrians did ordeine a Lent to fast sixe weekes Others ordeined seauen weekes of fasting leauing off from fiue daies to fiue daies More and more to corrupt the holy sacrament of the supper there was restored another Iudaicall ceremony by the differences of meates Histo tripart cap. 8. For some during the time of fast forbade eating of fleshe and fishe Other forbade eating of flesh onely permitting to eate fishe foules which they said according to Moys did take part of the substcāe of the water Some also did ordeine to eate dry bread and water onely Others fasted till noone without distinctiō of meates And to be short there was in the beginning an infinite number of customes corruptions in the vse of the holy sacrament of the supper by ceremonies brought in by the difference of daies and meates abbrogated and put away by the grace and lawe of Iesus Christ Colos 2. Galath 4. Heb. 7. But was there euer any holy Apostle of God which euer left in writing any law or commandement for the distinction of daies or meates to celebrate the holy supper of Iesus Christ their intention was not to institute a religion of feastes and a distinction of daies meates but their doctrine did tend onely to teach good life and the true worshippe of one God onely Wherefore wee must needes conclude that the ceremonie and feast of Easter to celebrate the supper of our Lorde God is proceeded of meere custome Histo Tripart lib. 9. cap. 38. For none of the Apostles hath left any thing in writing touching the same To moderate such dissentions and corruptions many councels were assembled one at Sangaria in Bitine by the which to auoide all contentions it was permitted to euery one to celebrate Easter when he would Euseb lib. 5. cap. 23. Another counsell was holden at Cesaria by Theophile Bishop of that place and by Narcissus Bishop of Ierusalem Another councell in Achay And another councell was holden at Rome by Victor Bishop of that place After these litle corruptions there succeeded greater from time to time In the yeare of Christ 114. according vnto the humours and affections of the Bishops of Rome Alexander the first of that name Platine Sabellieus being come to be superintendent of the Romane Church the first of the successors of the Apostles of Iesus Christ and also the first of the corrupters of the holy sacrament of the supper ordeined to mixe water with the wine before the communion wherein he meant to reforme the Gospell of Iesus Christ which had instituted the communion of his body and bloud to be vnder two kindes Bread Wine but Alexander added a third kind to say Water He restored also the Iudaicall ceremony of vnleuened bread called sweete breade to celebrate the Easter as the Iewes did Euseb lib. 3. cap. 27. lib. 6. cap. 14. following therin the Ebionits which taught that the ceremoniall law of Moyses was necessarie for saluation As also Symmachas an Heretike in Palestine had taught If Iesus Christ was circumcised to accomplish the ceremoniall law is it therefore needfull for vs to be