a Cyp. of the Lordes supper Agust vpon Iohn treatise 25 Origen in Math cap. 15. hart by invvard drinking hee is receiued but by the Sacramentall signification he is holden of all men The Sactamentall sort of eating Christes body is iterated as often as the Lords supper is celebrated which is not iterated often times to this end that we shold iterate the eating and receiuing of the Lords body in very deede like as we doe with corporall meate vvhich doth perish after it is eaten but to thintent that in celebrating the remembrance of the Lords death according vnto his institution we may feede our fayth in him and offer a sacrafice of praise vnto our Redeemer For as the breade of life once truely eaten receiued vvasteth not after it is eaten and receiued so it doth not require to haue the iteration of eating and receiuing for it sticketh by them feeding them into euerlasting life vvhiche are once made partakers thereof Hereof I doe admonish men because of the ignorant that they doe not referre the iterating of this eating receiuing to the very heauenly meat it selfe but vnto the sacrament thereof The b Ioh 6 35. 51 54. 55. 1 corin 11 28 29. 1 cor 6. 15. 12. 27. ephes 4 15. 16. 5. 30. continual and vncessing sort of eating Christs body is not sacramentall but spiritual and that onelye haue povver and efficacy to feede vnto euerlasting life vvhereunto vvee must apply those thinges that be vvritten in the sixt Chapter of Iohn This is obtained by fayth onely by which we incorporate into Christe and being once incorporate doe liue in a continuall fruition thereof by the grace of the redemption purchased by his flesh and bloud c 1. Cor. 1. 30. ephe 1. 7. mat 2. 28. 1. tim 2. 6 luk 10. 45 heb 9. 12. 15. 1. pet 1. 18. 19 20. To eate and drinke the flesh and bloude of Christe in this sort is to be continually refreshed continuallye to enioye this Heauenly foode for as Of the Lords Supper Augustine sayth This grace is not consumed with bitings This manner of a Iohn 6. 40. 41. 47. 48. 51. 53. 54. 58. eating is to inioy the euerlasting life purchased by Christs death not onely in faith but in very deede The spirituall eating which I do acknowledge to be in the Lords supper doth derogate nothing of that which I haue said of the coutinuall and vnceassing fruition of the body and bloud of Christ for that spirituall eating is nothing else if it be well considered but a certain putting in b â—uk â—2 19. 1. cor 11. 24. 26 remembrance of this whereby and by the efficacie of calling to remembraunce the grace of Christ once receiued is reuiued againe in the hearts of the faythfull communicantes by the faythe in Christes worde which is set fotth in the supper And this kinde of chewing the cudd vvhich is vsed in the Sacrament of the Lords body and bloud by faith is not vnfitly called the spirituall eating forasmuch as by it the heauenly meate is called vp again into the mouth of the hart to be ruminated and doth so by the sweetenesse thereof most pleasantly refâ—esh our spirite and the meate is also by this order made more sauory and effectuall PA. Tell me what it is to be spiritually present TI. To be c Ioh. 6. 40. 6â— spiritually present is to bee in a spirituall sort that is in such sort as appertaineth to spirites VVherefore vvhen vve say that Christ is spiritually present in the supper we doe not mean of the inuisible presence of his body which the papists do appoint vnder the formes of bread but of that way that he is present by the working of his spirite feâ—ding and refreshing their minds which doe receiue vvith sincere and true fayth that vvhich he gaue at his last supper The trueth of the sacrament deliuered Of the Lords Supper by Christ is not in the a Ioh 6. 54. 55 56. 63. corporal presence of his body in the bread but in the trueth of the word and the efficacy of his inuisible grace Our whole saluation doth stand in this point that the b Math 20. 24. rom 4. 25. gal â— 20. eph 5. 2. 1 tim 2. 6. tit 2 14 heb 1. 3. â— 27 9 14 26 28 10 3 5 â— 7 10 12. 14. body of the only begotten sonne is giuen for vs to God the father vnto death to be c Math. 20 28. gal 3 13 4 5. 1 tim 2 6. tit 2 14. 1 pet 〈◊〉 19. apoc 5. 9 an offering of propitâ—ation or mercy and the ransome of our redemption And therfore vve beleeue that Châ—istes death is auailable to the redemption of the worlde to the forgiuenesse of our sinnes and for our reconcilement vvith God the father Moreouer vvee beleeue that our onelye succour and refuge is to flye to the mercy of our father by Iesus Christ and assuredly to perswade our myndes that he is the obteiner of forgiuenesse for our sinnes and that by d Math. 20 28 titus 2. 14. 1 peter 1. 19 â—poc â— 9. his bloud all our spottes of sinne be washed cleane that he hath pacified and set at one all things by the bloud of his crosse that hee by the same one onely sacrifice vvhich hee once offred vpon the crosse hath brought to effect and â—ulfilled all things and that â—or that cause he said when he gaue vp the ghost e Iohn 19 30. It is finished as though hee vvould signify that the price and ransome vvas novv full paid for the sinne of all mankind Lastly vve agree in this vnity in the Lord that that redemption once made in verity for the saluation of man continueth in full effect for euer and worketh vvithout ceassing vnto the end of the vvorld that the sacrifice f Heb. 5 6 7 26 9 11. 12. â—4 10 9. 10. once offered cannot be consumed that the Lordes death and passion is as effectuall the vertue of that bloud once shed as fresh at this day for the washing avvay of our sinns as it vvas euen the same day that it flovved out of the blessed side of our sauiour Of the Lordes Supper PA. VVhat couenances or similitudes be there in the Lordes supper TI. Ther must be three similitudes in this sacrament a similitude of nourishing of vnitie and of conuersion The similitude of a Ioh. 6. 35. 53 54 55. nourishing is this that as the bread and vvine do nourish our bodies and comfort our outvvarde man so the body and bloud of Christ be the meat and food of our soules and do comfort the invvard man Secondly the similitude of vnitie is this that as this loafe of vvhich vve eate vvas made of many cornes of vvheat by the liquor of water knoden into dovve and yet is but one loafe and as the vvine vvas made of the iuyce of diuers grapes yet is
the Lord and so is the name changed In honour as vvhen the bread and wine which before vvere receiued not vvith honour are now receiued vvith honour and reuerence not that vve honourthe bread and vvine but the thinges represented by them as in a kinges Letters and seale vve honour the king and not the seale Operation in the sacraments of the sacraments Of three manner of presence is to be considered The operation of the vvorde in the sacrament is this to change not the â— substance b 1 Cor 10. 16 17. 1 cor 11. 24 26 27. 28. of the sacrament but that the substance thereof remayning may be made the body of Christe that is sacrament of the body of Christe And this Operation can not come but by the holye Ghoste vvhereof Augustine lib. 3 cap. 4. de Trinitate sayth Paâ—â—non sanctificatur in Sacramentum tam magâ—um â—si operante inuiâ—â—â—â—liter spiritu Dei The operation of the b Math 3. 11. ioh 3 5 15 3. rom â— 9 10 1 cor 10 1 2 5 ephe 5 25 26. 2 pet 3. 21. sacraments is thought of the Papistes to giue grace vvhich in very deede giue not grace of their ovvne vvorke but onely serue as instruments and meanes of that grace and life vvhich commeth from God So Peter calleth it Verbâ—â— vitâ— The vvorde of life And S Paule calleth the gospel of Christ the power of God to saluation not that they of them selues giue life and saluation but that they are certaine meanes and instruments of that life and saluation vvhich commeth to vs from God To the spirituall presence and manducation of Christe principally belongeth the sixt Chapter of Iohn albeit tvvo sorts of breade are there specified bodily or sacramentall breade and spirituall bread Bodilye or sacramentall breade of the olde Testament signifieth Christe to come c Num. 11 6 â—6 24. psalm 106 14. exod 17. 6. â— cor 10 3 4. as Manna the Rocke Bodily or Sacramentall breade of the nevv Testament signifieth Christ beeing already come as the holye Euchariste Augustine in the Psalme 77. Idem in mâ—sterâ—â— câ—buâ—â—lloâ—uâ— noster significatione idem sed â—on speâ—â—e Spirituall vvhich is Christ him selfe borne for vs and giuen for the life of the vvorlde Iohn 6. My flesh is meat in deed c. How we should prepare our selues to the Lords supper How a man ought to prepare himselfe tâ—re ceiue these mysteries They which eyther come not to the Lords table 1 Contempt vpon a Math. 7. 6. hâ—b 6. 6. 2 VVithout fayth contempt therof either although that they do come to it yet they be not of the body of Christ eyther come not worthilye to it as they oughte to come to the communion of the Heauenlye meate vvith their heart and that a faythfull and hungrye heart b Ioh. 6. 35. act 4. 10 12. rom 4. 24. 2â— 5. 8. 14. 9 ephe 1. 13. 2. cor 1. 22 3 VVithout knowledge examination greedily desiring the grace of redemption heauenly food purchased by Christs death bloud shedding albeit they doe eate and drinke it sacramentally yet for all that they neither eat nor drink the body and bloud of Christ in deed yea and to be yet more plaine vvhosoeuer doth receiue these externall sacramentall signes the bread and cup of the Lorde vvithout the true c 1. Cor. 11. 28 2. cor 13. 5. meaning and vnderstanding of them as the Corinthians did so turne the mistical supper of the Lord vnto a prophane supper not making a difference of the Lordes body they doe not truely eate and drinke it yea and though a man doe vnderstand all the pointes there of exactly as they be taught by the wordes of Christe yet beleeueth them not to be true for lack of the historicall d Mat 7. 23. prou 10. 24. math 27 4. 5. iam 2. 1â— 1. iohn 4. 18. â—aith he vnderstandeth vvhat Christ himselfe reporteth of his body and bloud and in vvhat sence he gaue the bread and wine to his disciples hovv he did institute this outvvard action vnto the remeÌ„brance of him thus farre forth his vnderstanding is good but for lacke of faith he doth not beleeue that these things bee true which are appointed vnto vs to be kept in solemne memory that is he doth not beleeue that Christes death is auaylable to the redemption How we should prepare our selues to the Lords supper of the worlde to the forgiuenesse of our sinnes and for our reconcilement vvith God the father Item though a man hath this historial faith 4 Application yet for all that doth not a Eph. 3 17. 18 19. math 26. appropriate vnto himself for the grace of this redemption but only vnto some certain saints iust persons and therefore can not say with the Apostle which loued me and gaue himself for me Item though a man do beleeue that Christe died for him and yet doth not much regard 5 Thanksgiuing the benefite therof nor is not moued by the remeÌ„brance thereof vnto b Math. 26. 26 30. mark 14. 22. 26. luk â—2 19. 1. cor 11. 24 thanksgiuing neither is it to be wondered at hovve that shoulde come to passe seeing vve finde by daily experience that it is no straunge matter in the nature of man to make light of good turns and to giue small thanks to the giuer of them though vve knovv that the benefits be neuer so great and proceeding from neuer so kind an hearte vvhosoeuer is of this disposition doth not taste of the meat of euerlasting life the Lords body and bloud although that he amongest the rest doe participate of the bread and cup of the Lorde And â— VVithout charitie vve haue the like iudgment of them also vvhich are not endued vvith the spirite of c Math. 5. 23. 2â— 22 39. luke 10. 27. iohn 13. 33. 34. 35. rom 13 â—nto the ende 2. cor 2. 6. 1. brotherly loue vvhich by their mischieuous life to declare themselues to be none of the members of Christs body PA. May vve call vpon Angels or saints TI. VVe may not call vpon Angels or holy men departed out of this life 1 For that were to giue to them an infinitenesse to be present euery where or to giue them being absent an vnderstanding of our secret meanings that is as much as a certaine godhead and therwith all partly to conuay to them 2. confidence trust that ought to be set wholly in Accesse for men to God by Christ â— psal 1. 18 â—5 4 2 118. â— 9. God alone and so to slide wholly into idolatry But forasmuch as God calleth vs to himselfe alone and doth also with adding an oth promise that hee will both heare and helpe vs to fly to the help of others vvere an euident token of distrust and infidelity And as touching the holy men that are departed out or this life vvhat
vve doe expounde into the name that is to say into the Faith and confession of his name or into his possession povver iurisdiction or into the strength and povver or into the couenant grace of the father and the sonne and the holye spirite it is no matter for al this is true and agreeth vvith the nature of baptisme PA. Tell me must vve be nourished vvith spiritual meate and nouriture into eternal life and that by a spirituall manner agreeable to the spiritual birth Of regeneration life into the vvhich wee are regenerate by Baptisme TI. VVe are not regenerate in baptisme by anye corporall or materiall seede of the body and of the bloud of Iesus Christ nor by any naturall maner as vve are naturally begotten by our fathers and mothers a Rom. 6. 3. 1. pet 1. 18. 19. but that regeneration and newe byrth is vvrought by a seed incorruptible spirituall and diuine by the which we are begotteÌ„ into the church by the vertue of the holy b Luk. 12. 12. iohn 3. 9. 8. 1. 33. 6. 63. 14. 17. 26. 1 cor 1â— 4. 6. ghost by vvhom vve are regenerate into a nevv life PA. It is not also sayde that Iesus Christe doth giue his body his bloud in c Rom. 9. 3. 1. cor 12. 1â— 13. ephes 4. 15. 16. 5. 30. gal 3. 27. baptisme as he doth in the supper Likevvise the vvater is not called therein the body and the bloud of Iesus Christe as Iesus Christ doth in the Supper call the breade and vvine by the name of them TI. Albeit that the vvater be not there called in baptisme by that name doest thou not thinke for all that that the body and bloud of Iesus Christ bee there distributed and d Mark 1. 4. iohn 3. 5. act â— 38. tit 3. 5. communicated vnto thee in the same as vvell as the Supper PA. I doe so vnderstand it TI. Thou vvilt then ordayne a baptisme vvithout Iesus Christ PA. VVherefore TI. Because thou canst not haue Iesus Christ except thou haue him vvholly and very God and very man and that thou haue true communion vvith his body and with his bloud not onely in the Supper but also in baptisme PA. Shew me the cause thereof TI. It is because that the baptisme doeth no Of Regeneration lesse send vs to the death and passion and to the body and bloud of Iesus Christ then doth the supper forasmuch as that is proper to all a Act 2 38 Rom. 6 34 1 Cor 10. 16 11 24 Gal 3. 27 1 pet 2 2â— sacraments PA. Thou speakest as though baptisme and the supper were one very sacramente and that there were no difference betweene them TI. Not so for albeit we do as well participate of the bloud of Iesus Christ in baptisme as in the supper yet notwithstanding there is difference in the participating and in the manner therâ—of in respect of the benefites of Iesus Christe which are signified and communicated vnto vs as wel in the one of the sacraments as in the other PA. Declare vnto me more easily that which thou now speakest of TI. Although the body of Iesus Christe bee not giuen vnto vs in baptisme as for spiritual foode as it is in the supper that notwithstanding it is there giuen vnto vs in very deede as b 1. Cor 6 15 12 27 Ephe 4 â—5 5 30. a garment of innocency iustice and holinesse to couer all our sinnes before God And therefore S. Paule say th that all those which are c Gal 3 27. Rom 6 3 4. 1. Pet 3 21 baptized haue put on them Iesus Christ PA. And of the bloud what sayest thou TI. Albeit that it be not giuen to vs in baptism as for drink as it is in the supper yet notwithstanding it is there giuen vnto vs for a spirituall washing of our soules and consciences whereby Iesus Christ doth d Act â—22 16 Ephe 5 26 Tit. 3 5 6. 1 Pet. 3 21 purify clense his Church in this lauer of regeneration to the end he may make it pure and cleane without spot or wrinckle and a holy glorious church PA. I did neuer yet so well vnderstande these Of the Lords Supper pointes TI. Hovve doest thou then novve vnderstande them PA. That euen as a garment or a cloake do serue to couer the body euen so doe the innocencie iustice and holinesse of Iesus Christ serue vs to couer our sinnes at the iudgement of God to the end that there appeare no one spot of them in his sight PA. And touching the bloud of Iesus Christ what thinkest thou TI. I thinke that the a Math 26 28. Ephe r 7 5 25 Gol 1 14 20 Tit 3 5 6 Apoc 1 5. bloud of Iesus Christe is called the washing of soules of consciences not as though they must be washed and dipped in the bloud of Iesus Christ as one would vvash and dip a body that he would wash and make cleane or some other such like thing but that the holy b Ioh. 3 5. Rom 8 15 16. Heb 9 14 10 22 goost speaketh so to giue vs to vnderstande that vvhich thou hast sayde to vvit vvhat the vvater of baptisme signifieth concerning the vvashing and purification of our soules and consciences in the bloud of Iesus Christ PA. VVhat is the Lords supper TI. The Lordes supper is the gathering together of the faithfull of Christ and the publike ministery of the new Testament in vvhich the Sacrament of the Lordes bodye and bloud is giuen and receiued according vnto the institution c Math 16 26 Luk 22 19 1 Cor. 11 24 26. of our Sauiour Christe by the misticall breaking of breade and the blessing of the Cuppe in the Communion of the church from his table and therewith the memory of the onely Sacrifice vvhich vvas d Heb 5. 6 7 26 9 11. 12 10 9 10. Rom 5 8. 6 10. 1. Cor 15 3 2 Cor 5 14. 1. Pet. 9. 18. â— once perfourmed for our saluation vpon the Altar of the Crosse The meaning of these wordes Hoc est corpus meum is celebrated vvith thankes giuing and the exercise a Math. 22. 39. rom 1. 3. of Christian loue PA. Hovv expoundest thou these vvordes Hoc est corpus meum TI. There can not be a more conuenient exposition then vvhen the Sacramentall vvordes bee Sacramentally expounded the proper properly the spirituall spiritually and the b 2. Corin. 2. 6. ioh 6. 56. 57. 7. 4. 56. rom 8. 11. 12. 12. 1. misticall mistically For the Sacramentall vvordes require none other meaning or interpretation then euen as they bee spoken but the maner of the thing vvhich is declared vttered in them is not propet but Sacramen tall for the which I doe say that c 1. Ioh. 2. 29. 3. 10 Sacramentes are Sacramentally to bee expounded as for example d Gen. 17. 10
¶ THE GROVND of Christianitie Composed in maner of a dialogue between PAVLE and TITVS Contayning all the principall poyntes of our Saluation in Christ 1. Peter 3. 15. ¶ Sanctifie the Lorde God in your hearts and be readie alwayes to giue an answere to euery one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you AT LONDON Printed by Robert waldegraue and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare in Paules Church-yard by Thomas VVoodcocke ANNO DOM. 1584. ¶ To the right Honourable Lord Fraunces Earle of Bedford one of her maie sties most Honourable priuy Councell Knight of the Noble order of the Garter A. G. wisheth prosperity in this world with increase of peace mercy and grace and in the worlde to come life euerlasting ALbeit right Honourable the multitude of foolish Pamphlets friuolous toys which in these our dayes are put in print haue brought almost no lesse contempt of the faculty of printing then discouragement to those that woulds write more waightye matters yet I thought it in conscience good for me to bee no more therby discouraged from attempting any thing which may either tend to the glory of God or benefit of his Church then for a man to be squaimish to eate because he hath seene another surfet It could not come in my minde though it rowled too and fro towardes many vnto whome to dedicate this rude and simple worke of mine rather then vnto your honour whose iust most deserued commeÌ„dation aswell in matters of religion as also in all other politique affayres as I spare presently to vtter because to prayse any man to his face doth seeme rather fained flattery then pure loue so the trueth it selfe deuoid of partiality can not vniustly conceale nor iniuriously suppresse I coulde easily haue procured vnto my selfe many pulbacks lets and hindrances from attempting so aduenturous an enterprise had not the assured knowledge of your Honoures singuler humility in abasing your self to them of lower degree fully perswaded me to the contrary Neither the worthinesse of the writer who is as bold as blinde Baiyard nor the excellency of the worke as it proceedeth from so base a workman deserueth in any wise so excellent a patronage but in that it redoundeth to the repairation of the ruines of Christe his Church whereof as it hath pleased the Lorde in mercy to make you a maintainer so you will no doubt from Day to Day and time to time shew your selfe a notable fauourer yea euen of the smallest stones in the building which because they bee neither grauen with curious worke or pollished with exquisite art though some doe rashly condemne yet I know youre honour will not reiect but rather will consider that notwithstanding the chambers of Christs church are in some places a trimming vp with beautifull worke yet in some other places the groundsell being scarse layd strong oken Timber so it bee sounde may doe more good then fine firre if it bee weake The worke which I make bolde at this time to shrowd vnder your protection is briefe pithy framed in manner of a dialogue handling al the cheefe points of Chrstianity with many additions no lesse profitable then necessary for those that desire to be further instructed in many points where I thought it most requisite and conuenient All men yea euen the simplest haue neede nowe to get assuraunce of saluation to themselues not by workes without knowledge which bewrayeth intollerable Hipocrisye but first by true faith grounded vpon the rock of Gods word and then by workes proceeding from the same that they may bee able to giue an account of their fayth to stop the mouth of the aduersary in the day of triall The false Apostles are already craftily crept in which seeke to vndermine vnstable soules wresting and writhing the scriptures to their own damnation whose iudgement is iust for the Lorde hath sente them strong delusions that they should beleeue lies that all may bee damned which beleeue not the trueth but haue pleasure in vnrighteousnesse as they haue not regarded to know God so God hath deliuered them vp to a reprobate minde to doe those things which are not conuenient The cheefe respect and finall end of this my small labour according to my poore Talent is to helpe the simpler sort whom I know the more is the pity to be yet besotted with ignorance whome I seeke rather to enstruct because they bee not skilfull then to confound the aduersary who is very subtill Wherefore I present this small worke vnto your honour as a token of my vnfained good will and great zeal towards you beeing readye at all times and in all places to perfourm all other duties wherwith the Lord shall enable mee with no lesse feruent prayers to the Lerde for your health of bodye to his pleasure in this life then cuntinuall supplications for the placing of your soule and body in the heauens with our cheefe Lorde and Captain Iesus Christ among the angels and blessed saints in the life to come of which ioy the Lorde make your honour and all those that loue the câ—mming of Christ partakers for the same Christes same Amen Your honours most bounden Alexander Gee A Christian mans duety The reward of sinne The ground of Christianitie In maner of a Dialogue betweene PAVLE and TITVS PAVLE WHat is the chiefest duety of a Christian man in this life TITVS The chiefest duety of man and not of man onely but of all the creatures in the world in their nature is to set forth the a Gen. 1 26. eph 1 6. exod 9 16. psa 8 1. glory of God PA. How shall we performe this duety TI. To perfourme this duety it is necessary to know vnto what death we by our selues are subiect what great saluation God of his b Dent. 4 37 7 7 8 ios â—4 2 psa 44. 3. ioh 15 16. act 13 48 2â— 14. rom 5 6 9 11 1â— 11 7 35. 1. cor 4 7. eph 1 4 2 10. colo 1 12. 2 tim 1 9. free mercy hath giuen vnto vs through faith and what thankfulnes we owe vnto him for our deliuerance PA. Tell me these thinges in order first what is sinne and what doth it deserue TI. c 1. Ioh 3 4. Sinne is the breach of the law of God conteined in the ten commandements and the reward of this sinne is eternall death PA. Rehearse the ten commaundements TI. d Exod. 20. 1. God spake these wordes and sayde I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Aegypt c. Honour one onely God Images forbidâ—en PA. VVhat meaneth this commaundement thou shalt haue no other Gods but me TI. The meaning of it is that I should acknovvledge but a 1. Cor 8 4 6 ephe 4 5 6 1 tâ—m 2 5. one only God that I should b Deut. 6 13 math â— 10. honour feare him that I shoulde c Math 22. 37
vanquish death euen to the house thereof that is to saye euen to the graue vvherein he felt no corruption to declare How Christ de scended into Hell that euen in dying he had ouercome and vanquished death PA. VVhat meanest thou concerning this that Christ descended into hell TI. I meane that vvhether vvee doe take this vvorde Hell for a 1. Sam. 2. 6. Psal 18. 4 9. 13 30. 3. act 2. 24. death it selfe and for the extreamest and greatest perils dangers and griefes dolors and anguishes that a man can sufâ—er here in this vvorlde and vvhereby he may be brought vnto his death and consequently for b 1. Cor 15. 55 the sling and povver of death for the iudgement and wrath of God and for the bottomlesse pit of all miseries calamities vvhen our Sauiour Christ vvas so ouâ—ragiously delt vvithall vvhen he did sweat c Luk 22. 44. bloud when his soule vvas heauy euen vnto he d Math 2â— 38. death and when he was hanged most opprobriously deâ—pitefully and haynously betwixt two theeues as e Math. 2â— 46. psal 22. 1. forsaken of God and all creatures vvithour ayde helpe or comfort and so hanging on a tree did giue vp the ghost bearing the cuisse and anger of God vvhich is a verye hell feeling vpon him the condemnation paines and torments that were due vnto vs for our sinnes then vven the in deed down into hel which thoght to ouervvhelme him but it coulde not becauâ—e hâ—e vvas both vvithout sinne and also the true and naturall sonne of God And doubtles most especially he descended into hel when he did by his diuine povver make all the elect whose soules vvere in Abrahams bosome to feele f Ioh. 5. 25. 28. 11. 25. 26. rom 14. 8. 9. Colo 1. 15. 14. 19. 20. the efficacie strength and vertue of his death that he suffered for them the fruites of his passion and bloudshedding But on g 1. Pet 1. 19. Ioh. 8. 24. 1. cor 15. 54. 55. heb 1. 14. 15. the other side he vvent vnto the hell of the damned vvhen they did feele and vnderstande through his The Fruites of Christes death Christes resurrection Christes ascention godly might that they were depryued of the merits of his death and passion and of the grace health saluation purchased vnto his elect and chosen children PA. VVhat fruite haste thou by this death of Christ TI. Firste I beleeue that this death and punishment vvhich Christ suffered is a Heb. 9. 12. 13. 2. 28. 1 pet 2. 1. 1. â—ohn 2. 2. the appeasing of Gods vvrath and a full satisfaction to God for all my sinnes Secondly that b Galat. 5. 24. rom 6. 6. 7. 8. 11. as he is dead for sinne so he will cause sinne to dye in my mortall body PA. VVhat proâ—it hast thou by the rysing againe of Christ TI. Firste I am assured by his rising againe from death that he hath c 1. Cor. 15. 55. 56. rom 8. 33. 34. rom 4. 25. ouercome death hel and sinne and hath finished my iustification Secondly that as he is risen from death so he causeth me as a member of him to d Rom. 6. 4. colos 1. 2. 3. rise from sinne and delight in righteousnesse Thirdly he rising againe by his own povver neuer to dye any more is a sure pledge to mee that e 1. Cor. 15. 16. 20. my body shall in like maner rise againe and be quickned in him for euer PA. VVhat is the meaning of this that Christ ascended into heauen TI. Christ as touching his manhoode is f Act. 1. 11. 3. 2. onely in heauen but in his g Math. 28. 20. Godhead and comfort of his holâ— spirit he is with vs to the end of the world PA. VVhat good gettest thou by the ascending of Christ into heauen TI. First Christ his ascending into heauen is a suâ—e pledge vnto me that h Ioh. 14. 3. phil 3. 21. collos 3 4. 1. thes 4. 17. I shall in like maner as a meÌ„ber of him by his power be receiued into heauen in the same nature wherein he is ascended Secondly Christes ascension Iudgement Holy Ghost Catholique Church Christ hauing ascended into heauen maketh a Rom. 8. 34. heb 9. 24. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. 2. continuall intercession for me PA. VVhat is the meaning of this that Christ sitteth at the right hand of the Father TI. Christ sitteth at the right hand of the Father that is hath b Mat. 28. 18. ephe 1. 28. 21. 22. all power giuen him of the father ouer all things PA. VVhat fruit doest thou receiue by this that Christe shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead TI. To me that am a member of Christ it is a singular comfort c Math. 24. 31. 25 34. luk 21. 27. 28. 1. The. 1. 10. vvhen I knovve that none shal be my iudge but he that is my Sauiour but terrible it vvill be to those that flee from Christ d Math. 25. 41. luk 21. 25. 26. 2. Thes 1. 8. vvhen they shall see him come to iudge them vvhome they in their life time refused to be their Phisition and Sauiour PA. VVhat beleeuest thou concerning God the holy Ghost TI. I beleeue that God the holy Ghost dwelleth in my heart as the e Rom. 8. 9. 11. 15. 16. 17. gal 4. 6. eph 1. 17. 18. seale of mine election and persuadeth me that Christes benefits are all mine and vvorketh in me that I dye vnto f Eph 4. 23 24. collos 2. 11. 12. 13. sinne and liue vnto righteousnesse PA Nowe tell me vvhat callest thou the Catholique Church TI. The catholique Church is the g Rom. 8. 29. ephe 1. 10. 11. 12. math 16. 18. ioh 10. 16. vvhole company of true faithfull people vvhich euer were since the beginning of the world in all places vvhich also be novv and shall be to the ende of the vvorld of the vvhich number I beleeue that I am h Rom 8. 16. 2. corâ—n 13. 5. one I beleeue that God i 2. Tim. 2. 19. knoweth them al and hath a moste tender care ouer them and that he hath and vvill Communion of Saints Forgiuenesse of sinnes Resurrection of the body take them all vnto his â—lory PA. VVhat callest thou the Communion of Saints TI. The communion of Saints is the societie that we vvhich beleeue haue vvith God through Christ Iesus and vvhich all we haue one vvith anoâ—her as a 1. Cor 12. 13 10. 17. eph 4. 15. 5. 30. col 1. 18. rom 12. 5. members of our head Iesus Christ vvhereby vve are b Luk. 11. 28. gal 6. 2 ph 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. ready to communicate al Gods benefites both spirituall and temporall to the mutuall helpe and comfort one of another according to the meaâ—ure of fayth which wee haue receyued of God in this life PA. VVhat is it to beleeue the forgyuenesse of Sinnes
see O Lorde my God the vvhole course of my life to be almost nothing else but a continual breaking of thy holy lawes commaundementes The thoughts of my heart eyther in vanity or else in open wickednes are in number infinite and through the aboundance of them my mouth is dayly prouoked to speake and my bodye stirred vp to do execute contrary to thy holy wil. A Godly Prayer And againe O Lord I see thy heauy vvrath vengeance and iudgement against sinne to be intollerable so that the least vvicked thought and moste secret cogitation of my heart procureth thy vvrath cursse vvhich haue none ende the tormentes of hell and euerlasting fire yea although in all my life I had but once in thought broken any one of thy coÌ„maundements a Exod 20. 5. luk 18. 7. 8. psal 5. 5. 2. cor 6. 14. And I know O Lorde God that thou art true and iust and canst not abide sinn and vvickednesse but vvilt iustly punish euery sinn with the selfe same tormentes of hell vvhich thy iustice hath appointed This O Lorde my God throweth me dovvne and amazeth me so that I knovve not vvhat to doe I looke into my selfe vievving mine ovvne povver vvhether I am able to ouercome this punishment of sinne or no and I see that the most cruell and paynefull punnishmente that I can deuise to my selfe as in vvhipping my body all the dayes of my life wearing haire cloth pining my selfe vvith fasting or any other payne I see I see O Lord that all this punishment is not sufficient for b Luke 17. 10. collos 2. 23. one of my least sinnes bcause it deserueth the euerlasting paynes of hell I looke to heauen I see there is no Saint nor Angell able to abide and. c iohn 14. 10. 12. 31. 16. 32. 2. cor 5. 19. ouercome this horrible punishment of sinne I looke to men in this vvorlde euen to them that chalenge to themselues the titles of holines and hye perfection but alas I see no remedy in them I finde no difference for al are in like fault and condemnation al haue gone out of the way al are made altogether vn profitable ther is none that doth good no not one All by nature are the children of vvrath all are as A Godly Prayer a Esa 119. 167 sheepe going astray and therefore haue neede to turne vnto the chiefe shepheard and hye bishop of their soules Thus vevving the vvhole race of mankinde alasse I see no hope among the children of men for all their holinesse righteonsnesse and perfection is not able to satisfie for one of the least of their ovvne vvicked thoughtes much lesse for mine or others seeing the punishment is by thy iust decree and sentence thy euerlasting cursse VVherfore I am driuen from my selfe and all that I can doe to â—eeke this punishment â—ischarged othervvhere or else to quayle and perishe for euer vnder the heauy burden of sinne I see there is no hope for me in An gelles Saints and mortall men but only in that perfect man Christ Iesus thy deare sonne in vvhome I see the full punishment of my sinnes fully payed satisfied discharged and ouercome In him I see death vanquished the payne of hell in victory svvallovved vp the cursse satisfied the eternity of the punishment through his euerlasting povver ouerreached This I see O Lorde by the eyes of sayth beeing through thy holye spirite fully assured that all the vvhole punishment of sinne payed by my Sauiour Christ is not onely payd for other men but also for me and my sinne This assurance of my fayth being thy onely vvorke in me I beseech thee in mercy to strengthen and b Lukâ— 17. 5. increase for I feele it often full of vvauering and doubting Graunt that I may dayly more and more in my soule and conscience feel my selfe knit and grafted into the bodye of thy son vvherby I may be assured that vvhat soeuer he hath done pertaineth to me and is fully vvholly mine that I may through the povver of his death feel sin A Godly Praeyer a Rom. 6. 6. 7. 8 7. 6. 8. 10. dayly die in me through the povver of his resurrection feel my selfe risen from sinne to haue my ful ioy comfort in those thinges vvhich be agreeable to thy holy vvill commandements vtterly hating and abhorring from my heart al thinges vvhich be contrary to thy vvill and pleasure that euen in this life I may still looke for thy blessed hope and b Act 17. 31. 1. corin 1. 7. titus 2. 11. 13. philip 3. 20. heb 9 28. 1. peter 3. 12. appearing of the glory of the almighty God of our sauiour Iesus Christ vsing the things of this vvorld as though I c Mat. 25 34. vsed them not till that good time bâ—e come in vvhich it shall please thee to call me to thy euerlasting kingdome of glory there to reigne vvith my Lord and sauionr Iesus Christe for euer and euer Amen VVhat it is to giue glory to God PAVLE WHat is it I pray thee tell me to giue glory to God TITVS No man can yeeld true glory vnto God without the true knowledge of Christ a 1. Cor. 20. 31 ephe 4 3. 21. iudg 15. apoc 4. 9. 5. 13. 19. 7. Verily man was created to this ende that he should glorifie his Creator But through the fall of our first parentes it came to passe that neither he knew God aright b Rom. 1. 20. 21 noâ— gloâ—ified him aright If thou demaunde what it is to giue glorye vnto God to giue glory vnto any bodye is nothing else but to attribute true vertue vnto him as vvhen some King dealeth iustly vvisâ—ly valiauntly and mercifully his subiectes yeeld him glory that is to say his subiectes like well of his doynges and vvith singuler good vviâ—l doe blaze them abroad And in like vvise is c Iosua 7. 29. 1 sam 6 5. ioh 9. 24. VVisdome of God Iob 12. 13. rom 16 27. iere 51. 15. Righteousnesse of God 1. Tim 2. 5. ioh 1. 14. rom 1 3. 8. 2 gal 4. 4. 1. cor 1 30 hebr 1. 10. 11. Math 3 15. Rom. 5. 18. 2. cor 5. 21. glory giueÌ„ vnto God when his vertues are rightly acknowledged and felt as his wisedome his righteousnes his puissance his mercifulnes his truth and such others The wisedome of God is seene in this that he repaireth againe men vvhome he had created to his glory so as he might be his sonne borne of a virgine recouer again the image of God which he had lost through sinne and so giue glory to the wisdom of God His righteousnes is seene by this that hee would not receiue into fauour man that had sinned vvithout amendes made for the wrong that he had done for vvhere as it was of necessity that eyther man must haue perished euerlastingly for his sinne or else that some one of mankinde
ceremoniall Sacrifices of the law but he requireth e Mat. 1â— 17. Ose 6. 6. 1. Sam. 15. 2â— mercy knowledge of God and obedience in their stead Also to do good to distribute f Heb. 13. 16. phil 4. 18. to giue almes to the maintenaÌ„ce of the Minister of the pore are a sweete smelling sauor and a sacrifice acceptable and pleasaunt to God VVho may sacrifice for sinne And Saint Paul in the twelfe to the Romains saith I besech you brethren by the mercies of God that you giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holye and acceptable vnto God vvhich is your reasonable seruing of God PA. VVhat Sacrificer maye offer Sacrifie for sinne TI. There is none other true and perfect Sacrificer which may offer vnto God perfect sacrifice to make an agreement betweene him and mankinde but Iesus Christ onely for so much as he is perfect and vvithout sinne a Esa 43. 11. ose 13. 4. iere 17. 5. Beside vvhich reason this is also to be noted that euen as the paine due to our sinnes is infinite euen so the sacrifice of Iesus Christ is of merite vertue infinite And the reason therof is because he is not onely vvithout sinne and vvithout spot but also because he b Heb. 1. 1. 2. is the true and naturall sonne of God and his humaine nature is ioyned to his diuine nature vvhich is infinite of the vvhich the humaine nature taketh his vertue for his humaine nature coulde not giue life of it selfe except it tooke it of the diuine nature vvhich is the fountayne and therefore Iesus Christ hath sayde c Ioh. 6. 63. The flesh profiteth nothing to vvit if it be considered as seperate from his diuine nature and from his holy spirit but it is the spirit vvhich giueth life that is to sâ—ye God dwelling in Iesus Christ corporally as Saint Paul sâ—ith to vvit really and in deede reconcileth the world to himselfe PA. How can the death of Christe alone make sufficient and ful amends for the sinnes of the whole worlde TI. d Iohn 1. 29. Behold the lamb of God saith Iohn which From whence groweth the estimation of Christes workes and passion taketh avvay the sinnes of the vvorld for of the vndiuidable and vnspeakable vnion of the Godhead and manhood in one person groweth the worthinesse estimation and endles merite of al the workes and passions of Christ Therfore when it is sayd the sonne of man hath a 1. Cori 6 20. 1 pet 1 18. 19 actes 20. 18. apoc 5. 9. redeemed vs by the desert of his passion a worke of inestimable price incomparaâ—le value is named because the same sonne of man that hath suffered is also God Also the death of the sonne of man is a satisfaction because it is the death of such a man as is God The obedience of the sonne of man is our righteousnes because it is the obedience of a man that is God So the son of man forgiueth sinnes because he is God b Math. 9. 6. mar 2. 5. 7. 9. luk 5 20. 7. 48. The flesh of Christ is the food of life because it is the flesh of a man that is God And although the Godhead in Christ suffered not but c 2. Cor. 13. 4. 1. pet 4. 1. his manhood only as saith Peter Christ suffered in the fleshe yet his passion extendeth to his vvhole person In so much that whatsoeuer reproch is done to Christs d Mat. 1. 18. 28 luk 1. 38. 42. 43. manhood the same redoundeth to the reproche of his vvhole person according to this sentence e 1 Cor. 2. 8. iohn 3. 13. acts 20. 28. 1. iohn 1. 1. 3. 16. they haue crucified the Lord of glory In consideration whereof the Church confesseth the sonne of God to haue suffered because he suffered in the manhoode which he had taken vpon him PA. Hovv manifold is the meditation of Christes passion TI. The healthfull meditation of Christes passion is sixfold f Gal 7. 9. 8â— 11. 7 8. iohn 3. 33. rom 3. 4 2. chro 12. 6. iob â— 19. esai 45. 27. apoc 16. 5. The first is that thereby wil come to our minde hovve great the vvrath of God muste needes haue beene for the sinnes of men vvhich coulde A healthfull meditation of Christes passion not be appeased by the vvorke of any creature but that of necessitie the onely begotten sonne of God muste doe to pacifie Gods vvrath by making this rightfull satisfaction for sinne a 2. Chr. 30. 9. nehem 9. 31. psalm 7. 12. esai 30. 18. ier 31. 20. ioel 2. 13. ionas 4. 2. luk 6. 36. rom 2. 4. iac 5. 11. 2. pet 3. 9. The second is that thereby vvill come to our remembrances hovv vnmeasurable and vnserchable hath beene the mercie of God the father vvho rather vvould that his only begotten sonne should suffer most â—itter death then that mankinde vvhom he had created shoulde perish Peraduenture thou maist surmize that God could haue deliuered mankind by some other mean VVhat art thou that vvill teach God what he might haue done think thou vpon Gods iustice and mercy together for as his mercy moued him to saue so his iustice moued him to looke for rightfull amends of the vvrong Man sinned and for so doing hee must eyther perish or b Math. 3. 15. rom 5. 18. 2. cor 5. 21. make amends Novv c Ro. 3. 23. 25. acts 20. 28. esai 6. 3. 11. rom 14. 23. heb 11. 6. man beeing no more but man could not satisfie Gods iustice and other then man none ought to doe it Gods vvisedome therefore found through mercy a remedie in this case vvhich vvas that the eternall sonne of God shoulde d Rom. 8. 2. 2. corin 5. 21. heb 4. 15. 1. pet 2 22. 3. 18. 1. ioh 2. 1. become man by meanes vvhereof he both vvas able to satisfiâ— Gods iustice because he vvas God ought to doe it because he had takeÌ„ mans nature vpon him Thus in Christes passion appeareth mercy to be myxed vvith iustice and vvisedome hath tempered them both The third is that therby vvill come to minde the moste excellent and vnspeakable loue of the sonne of God tovvards mankinde vvho vouchsafed to turne the vvrath of his father to himselfe and to abide so slaunderous a death and that for his enemis Rom. 5. 10. The fourth is that thereby vvill come to mind A healthfuâ—l meditation of Christeâ— passion the true meane whereby the fruite of our Lordes passion may be applyed to thee so as it may be for Application of Christes death thy soule health This applying of it is brought to passe three wayes by the word by faith and by the sacraments By the word as it were by the hande of God is the benefite of the Lordes passion offered vnto thee vvhere and as often as he Gospel of Iesus Christ is preached the Ministers of the vvorde do in Gods
stead shew the a 1. Cor. 11. 26 fruite of our Lords passion to all that heare the gospel Againe when the benefite of the Lordes passion is thus offered as it vvere by the hande of God it must be receiued by faith as it vverâ— a certaine hand of man the vvhich faith the b Rom. 10. 17. epâ—e 1. 18. 19. 1. cor 12. 5. 9. 11. ioh 17. 20. rom 14 17. 1. tâ—m 3 15. 1 cor 1. 21. holy ghost worketh in men that heare the Gospell and obey c Gen. 17. 11. exod 12. 3. 4. rom 4 11. Furthermore it is sealed vp vvith eyther Sacrament of Baptisme and of the Lordes Supper and the strength and vse therof is painted out as it were in tables Therefore vvhen thou rehersest the article of thy beleeâ—e concerning the passion of the Lord persuade thy selfe firmely beleeue most assuredly that the sonne of God suffered death for thee vvhich thing if thou doe thou art partaker of the Lordes death in so much that all the vvhole obedience of Christe is thy acquitall from d 1. Cor 1. 30. sinne and rhy righteousnesse But there is a double obedience to bee marked in Christe his obedience of the Crosse e Gala. 3. 13. and his obedience of the Lavve vvhich vvas his perfecte fulfilling of the same Like as his obedience to the Crosse is our cleansing from sinne â— f Eph. 2. 15. colos 2. 14. so his obedience of the law is imputed to vs for our righteousnes The fifth is that vvhen we be thus made partakers of the Lords passion through faith it vvill come to our remembrance Additions Christes passion and resurrection what is the lot of the Godly in this life for like as Christ hath suffered so will hee haue the rest of the godly to a Rom. 8. 28. 1. thes 1 6 1 pet 4 13 phil 1 29. 1 pet 1 11. 2. 21. 2 tim 2 11. hebru 6 8. suffer that they may be conformable to the image of the sonne of God For therfore do we suffer with him that we may be glorified together with him Rom. 8. The sixt is that wee shall call to minde what thing Christ is who hath redeemed vs with his own bloud require th at our hands for now sith wee are redeemed by him vve must obey him VVhat willeth he First that we should renounce his enemy the diuel b Iohn 8 11. rom 6 4 12. heb 12 1. 1. pe 4 2. 1. ioh 1 6. Secondly that vve shoulde fly sinne that we offende not God againe wittinglye and willingly with our sinnes Thirdly that wee giue our selues to holinesse and Godlynesse and that vvee serue him in true feare c Luk. 1 75 Ieuit. 11 44 esa 52 11 rom 6. 4. ephes 1. 4 phil 1 10 2. 15. col 1 22 1. thes 4 3 1. pet 1. 15. 1. â—ohn 3. 3. all the dayes of our life vvhich thing if wee doe wee shall obtaine the end of our faith that is the euerlasting saluation of our soules which God the father grant vnto vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PA. Shevve me thy iudgement of the resurrection of Christ TI. VVhiles that wee are yet in this mortall life wee must to the vttermost of oure povver expresse this â—ayth and beleefe that we haue in the d Act. 1. 2. 10 40. 1. cor 15 5 6 resurrection of Christ and of our rising again through him in our conuersation and liuing walking still a newe life which in this world is to rise againe with Christ as S. Paule testifieth saying VVe e Act. 2 38 col 2. 12. rom 6. 3. gal 3. 27 are â—uried with him by baptism for to dye that likewise as Christe was raised from death by the glory of his father eueÌ„ so wee shoulde also walke in a new life For if wee be graâ—t in death like vnto him euen so must we be in the resurrection These words shall the eâ—sioâ— bee vnderstanded if weâ— will consider and marke that Additions Of Christ es resurrection the vvhole life of our Sauiour Christ ought to serue vs in steede of an example or paterne vvhereby vve should make our selues conformable vnto him spiritually in those things that haue been truly and really or in very deede fulfilled in his body and can in no vvise be fulfilled in ours as for an exaÌ„ple our sauiour Christ hath ben conceiued by the holy ghost born of the virgin Mary he hath been crucified and put to death he did rise againe the third day asceÌ„ded into heauen Al those things can not be performed not fulfilled in our bodyes as they vvere in his But let vs endeuour our selues that our spirit or invvard man may be fashioned made conformable vnto him in these things a Psal 51. 6 gen 6 5 8. 11. heb 15. 16 roman 3. 4. Our bodies are conceiued and borne in sinne not by the holy Ghost nor in the vvomb of a virgin as our sauiour Christ was but they are conceiued by the carnal copulation of man and vvoman and of corruptible seede That vve may therfore be conformable vnto him in this point let vs come vnto his true Church and beleeue his gospell vvhen vve be in the true church of Christ vvhich is both our mother a chast virgin vve shall be b 1. Pet. 1 23 conceiued begotten in it by the incorruptible seede of the vvorde of God our heauenly father and by the vertue of his holy spirite shal be borne againe the children of God made nevv creatures vve shal put off the olde man put on the nevv bearing the image of the nevv Adam vvhich is Iesus christ as we haue c 1. Cor. 1. 5 born the image of the old Adam and of the man of sin After that we be thus conceiued by the holy ghoste borne of a virgin which is the true church spouse of our sauiour Christ the residue of our life must also be conformable Additions A mortifiyng of the flesh vnto the life of our Sauiour Christ as oâ—â— spiritual conception birth is VVe be not crucified and put to death as he was but we doe learne of him to beare the a Math. 11 29 crosse with him and to be crucified vnto the vvorld that the vvorld may be crucified vnto vs as S. Paule vvryteth of him selfe But to be b Galat. â— 5. 24. 6. 14. crucified and dead vnto the vvorld is to be crucified and deade vnto sinne and to bee crucified and dead vnto sinne is to forsake sinne and to be no more a seruaunt vnto it then the dead be wont to serue the liuing For as the deade hath no more to doe vvith the liuing but are seperated from them so they be dead vnto the world that hath forsaken it to serue the liuing God c Rom. 6. 6. 13. 14. â—2 and that vvill not fashion them selnes after it nor walke after
11. 33. 20. exod 12. 11. deut 31 11. ioh 14 6. 15 1. act â— 24. rom 4. 11 17. 1. cor 10. 4. 16. tit 3. 5. Circumcision is the couenaunt and the Lambe is the passeouer I take no vvord here otherwise then in the proper sence Circumcision as it soundeth is the very carnall cutting of the foreskinne and the couenaunt is nothing els but the same vvhich God made vvith that people And the Lambe vvas but a naturall Lambe vvhich they killed at the Lordes commaundement and the Passeouer was spoken of none other but of the Angell vvhich stroke the Egyptians yet for all that the maner of the speach wherby Circumcision is called the Lords couenant and the Lambe the Passeouer is not proper and naturall but Sacramentall nor it can not be sayd that Circumcision properly and naturally is the Couenant the Lambe the Passeouer but as that vvas the signe Sacramentall of the couenant so vvas this also of the passage of deliuery In like maner in this present case vvhereas the Lorde sayth This is my body it is e Tertul. against Marâ—iâ— lib. 4. Orig. in Leuit. Hom. 7. vpon the Rom 4. booke 4. chap. Cip. 2. book 3. chap. Hierom. vpon 26. of Math. Ambrose of Sac. 4. booke 4. chap. 5. 1. 1. Cor. cap. 11. August de Catechis cap. 26. Contra Adimat cap. 12. a Sacramentall speache because of the Of the Lordes Supper Sacramentall manner of the Predicate or of that vvhich is reported for that it is reported of breade not properlye but Sacramentallye that it is the Lordes body giuen for vs. I do leaue to each word his proper significatioÌ„ that the bread be very bread the body the very body of the Lorde and that is be is but I can not make the manner of the predicate or report to bee proper vnlesse I shoulde make an intollerable confusion vnreasonable in this matter but Sacramentall and conuenient to a Sacrament Therefore let vs agree in iudgement that the bread of the supper is the very body of Christ crucified and dead for vs as he sayde Take eate this is my body vvhich is deliuered for you and so let vs keepe these vvords euery one in their proper signification when the manner is asked hovv bread is the lords body let vs say that it is a report or speech not natural but sacramental so that the bread is the Lordes body neither naturally nor corporally nor personally noâ— really but sacramentally a Iren. lib. 4. cap. 34. Tertul. against Marcio lib. 40. and against the Iewes To be sacramentally is to be according to the nature and meane of a sacrament as the breade in as much as it is a sacrament of the Lords body in that respect it is the Lords body giuen for vs in such order vvay as is conuenient to sacraments like as by the order and vvay of his ovvne nature it is breade And it is therefore called the Sacrament of the Lordes body because that by his ordinaunce it is the holy signe and remembrance of his body giuen for vs by breaking and distribution of which he doth recommend the communion of his bodye and remembrance of his death vnto his Church It is one matter to say of any thing vvhat it is in deed of it selfe Of the Lords supper and another matter to say vvhat it is in this place at this present in some speciall deed and purpose according to the vvill and meaning of him that appointed and gaue it If a man take this saying Hoc est corpus meum in a naturall sence it is made impossible and vnreasonable But if a man take it in the sacramentall sence shall be sayde of breade not vvhat it is naturally and substantially but vvhat the Lord vvoulde haue it to be sacramentally and for what he vvould haue it taken to what vse he appointed them the breaking distribution and communion of it PA. How is Christes body present to the receyuers TI. Christes true body is truely present to them that truely receiue him but a Iohn 6. 50 1. cor 10. 14. ephe 3. 17. spiritually And so is it taken after a spiritual sort for vvhen he sayd This is my body it is all one as if he had sayde This is the breaking of my body This is the shedding of my bloud as oft as you shall doe this it shall put you in remembrance of the breaking of my body And the shedding of my bloud that as surely as you receiue this sacrament so truely shall you receiue the benefite promised by receiuing the same worthily This I say that Christ entereth into vs both by our eares and by our eyes vvith our mouth vve receiue the body of Christ and teare it vvith our teeth that is to say the sacrament of the body of Christ VVherfore I say and affirme that the vertue of the sacrament is much and therfore Chysostom many times speaketh of sacrameÌ„ts no otherwise then of Christ himselfe No man seeth Christ vpon the earth he is seen with the eyes of our mind with faith spirite Of the Lords Supper PA. Howe doe our bodies receiue Christes naturall body TI. As Christe not after his manhood but after his diuine nature liueth naturallye by his Father which diuine nature of his worketh also in his manhood an immortalitye so our spirite and soule receiuing the naturall body of Christe in the mysteries by a Iohn 6 35 acts 4 10 12 rom 4 24 2â— 5 8 14. 9. faith do receiue also then nature of his body that is his purenesse iustification innocency power glorification life eternitie and beatitude the operation whereof redounding likewise vnto our bodies doe make the same also capable of the same glorye and immortality And thus it is true that as Christe liueth naturallye by his father so vvee liue naturally by the body of Christe eaten in the mysteries hauing respect both to the manhoode of him of vs for as the flesh of Christe in respect of bare flesh liueth not naturally by the father but for that it is ioined to his diuinity so our flesh liueth not naturally by Christes bodye eaten in the Sacrament for then euerye vvicked man eating the sacrament shoulde liue naturally by him but for that our flesh b Rom 9. 3 1 cor 12 12 13. eph 4. 15 16 5. 30 gal 3. 27. is ioyned to the spirite and soule vvhich truely â—ateth the body of Christ by fayth and so onely the bodies of the faythfull doe liue by eating the body of Christe naturally in participating the naturall properties of the body of Christe PA. After what â—ort is Christe present in the supper TI. Christ that sitteth in heauen is present in the supper in mystery and by grace and is â—olden of the godly such as communicate him not only sacramentallye with the hande of the bodye but muâ—he Of the Lords Supper more holesomly vvith the hand of the
â—2 11. esai 3 1â— c. wanton apparell lewde and idle pastimes b Eph 5 18. gluttony drunkennes c Deut 22 20 21. houses of opeÌ„ whor dome and whatsoeuer else maye allure to vncleannesse Fourthly on the other side he commandeth vs to keepe our bodies and soules d 1. Cor. 6 15 19 â—0 1. thes 4 3 4 5. chaste and pure as temples of the holy ghoâ—te or if the e 1. Cor. 7 2 9 heb 13. 4. gift of chastity be not giuen vs to vse the lawfull remedy appointed by God which is marriage PA. VVhat meaneth the eight commandement Thou shalt not steale TI. In this commandement the Lord forbiddeth all f Leuit. 1â— 11 deâ—â— 5 19. eph 4 28. stealing and robbing in outvvarde dâ—edes all g 1. Thessa 4 6 deceit all h Exo 22 21. lying and oppression all i Deut. 2â— 14 â—am 5 4. withholding of the labourers hiâ—e all k Deut. 10 19. vnâ—urteousnesse to the stranger widowe and fatherlesse all l Amos. 2 6. gifts to peruert iudgement all m Leui. 19 36. deut 25 13. pâ—ou â—0 10 mich 6 11. false measures coueâ—ousnesse and whatsoeuer vvrongfull dealing And on the other side hee chargeth vs that vve be content vvith that n Pro. 27 27 1 Tim 6 6. portion of goods which the Lorde giueth vs o Gen. 3. 19. phe 4. 28. 2. â—heâ— 3 10 to apply our selues in our vocation and calling to get our ovvne liuing and to liue of that which is oure owne PA. VVhat meaneth the ninth commandement Thou shalt bear no fals witnes against thy neibour TI. Herein the Lord God doth command vs First that we should neuer speak p pro 19. 5 9 21 28. falsly in witnes bearing Secondly that not only in witnes bearing but also in no other matter we shold q Eâ—h 4 25. pâ—a 25 1 2. neither lye flatter nor dissemble Thirdly that we should neuer â—â—l false tales r psal 15 3. pro 25 18. behind our neighbours backs nor â—ear them of others that we should neuer Å¿ Math. 7. 1 â—am 4 12 beleeue any euill spoken behind their backs vntil we fully know the certainty Fourthly in priuate offâ—ntes to speak Light desires restrained None can fulfill the Law nothing although it be true to the a 1 Peter 4 8 1 cor 13. 7 pro. 11 12 hurting of our brothers good name if by b Math. 18 15 16 17. priuate admonitions he may be vvon Fiftly on the contrary side vvee must carefully and boldly testify all trueth vvhatsoeuer vve knovv to the futtherance of iustice PA. VVhat meaneth the tenth commandement Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house TI. Here in playne wordes God forbiddeth all inward c Rom. 7 7. desire vvhatsoeuer is vnlavvfull to bee done vvhich desire is not onely sinneful vvhen vve d Gen. 6 5 8 21. prou 20. 9. consent vnto it but the very motion is enemy to God and banished from his presence for it is vnpossible those bodies shoulde see God vvhich can nourish euill concupisences in them euen as it is impossible e 1 Cor. 15 50. that corruption should inherite incorruption or that flesh and bloud in this similitude of f Ephe 4. 22 collos 3 9. old Adam should inherit the kingdome of God So that by this commaundement most clearely vvee may see the image of that man that pleaseth God euen such a one in vvhome is nothing impure neither in wil nor nature PA. Canst thou fulfill all these commandementes vvithout breaking any one of them TI. These are the commaundementes of almightye God the perfect fulfilling vvhereof g Rom 3 23 24 8 3 4 11 32 1 iohn 1. 8. no fleâ—h can attaine vnto no although I doe all that I can yet I breake them daily both in thought word and deede PA. VVhat punishment doth God appointe for breaking any one of them TI. The punishment for the breaking of the least commaundement euen in h Math. 5 28 thought yea if it vvere but i Iam. 2 10. gal 3 10. once in all my life is the heauy wrath of God Reward of sinne God is mercifull and iust which hath no end a Deut 27 26. gal 3. 10. his euerlasting cursse which conteineth all the tormentes that can bee deuised both of soule and body and in the scripture is called by diuers names to expresse the pain b Math 10 28. 25. 41 mark 9 4. as hel fire the c Mark 9. 44. worme that neuer dieth vtter d Math 22. 13. math 25. 30. darknes e Apoc. 19 20. 20. 14. burning lake second f Apoc. 20. 6 21 8. death damnation and such like PA. Now I know what is sinne euen the breache of the Lawe of God and because of the excellencye of Gods maiesty which by sinne is offended I see the greatnesse of sinne and how it deserueth eternal death of which without exception by nature we are guilty But tell me nowe is there no punishmente in this life by which we may recompence our sinne TI. There is no sufficiente recompence in the vvorld no goodes nor multitude of riches no liberality to the g â—uk 17. 10. poore no whipping nor h Col. 2. 23 scourging nor hurte of thine ovvne bodye nothing that thou canst deuise so precious is the i Psal 49 8. redemption of the soule and the continuance for euer PA. Yea but God is mercifull vvill he therefore punish sinne so sharply thinkest thou TI. God is in deede a God of all k 2 Cor. 1 3. psal 145 8 psal 86. 15 psal 111. 4 116. 5 ioel 2 13. ionâ—s 4. 2. mercies father of all consolations vvhose louing kindnesse hath no end and in the great riches of his compassions he hath appointed to make knowne the glory of his maiesty vnto his childreÌ„ but God is also l Psa 7. 9 11. 7 8. rom 3. 4 iohn 3. 33 2 chro 12. 6 ioh 9. 19. esai 45. 2â— apoâ— 16. 5. iust iudgeth righteously and therefore of iustice and trueth hee must punish such as through infidelitye despise the ritches of his goodnes and disobey the vvord of his glorious power vvith that punishment vvhich he hath appointed for sinne PA. Seeing then this punishment must needes be suffered are we in our selues able to suffer and ouercome How we may be deliuered from Gods anger Saluation onely in Christ it TI. None is able to suffer and a psal 130 3 mal 19 25 26. apoc 6 16 17. ouercome this great punishment of sinne being onely man PA. Sith that sinne hath condemned vs to eternal death vvithout already in our selues tel mee novve hovv we may be deliuered from the anger of God and pains euerlasting TI. Mark and I vvill tell thee pray vnto God to giue thee vnderstanding and to be lovv in humility of spirite I vvill
declare the saluation of the Lorde vvhen vve had sinned and by sinne had b Eph 5 5 6 heb 3 17 prouoked God to anger and so were c Act 26 18 1. cor 15 22. subiect to Satan hel condemnation that the righteousnes of God might stand it vvas necessary that these things shoulde be born and suffered the anger of God the tyranny of Satan and the paines of Hell vvhich all follovved sinne and therfore he that shal be a sauiour for out sinnes d Gal. 3 13. 2. cor 5 21. he must take this vpon him in his ovvne righteousnes he must be deliuered again from them PA. For so much as the iustice of God requireth that sinne bee punished in the nature of man by vvhich it vvas committed tell me then vvhere shall we finde such a sauiour TI. The Lord e psal 25 â—4 colo 1 27. lighten our eies that vve may vnderstaÌ„d the f Eph. 3 18 riches of his glorious mistâ—ry the Lord reueale his secrete vnto vs the Lorde make vs sâ—e vvith all his saintes vvhat is the height the bredth the length and the depth that vvee maye sing vnto him the praises of al his mercies This sauiour whoÌ„ vve seeke for vvho for our sinnes must taste g Heb 2 9 10 death and yet in the power of h Rom 1 4 his ovvn righteousnesse must rise from death to life he cannot be i psa 74 49 â— 146 3 4. found amongst the children of men All the righteousnesse The Vnion of the two natures in Chrisâ—e and causes of the same a Pze. 14 14. rom 4 1 2. of Abraham Isaac and Iacob it cannot recoÌ„pence the least of all my sinnes Adam Eue while they b Gen. 3 16 17 vvere yet in integritie they could not beare the sin of the eating of one apple vvhich vvas forbidden them yea the c Iude. 6. angels of heauen vvhen they kept not their first estate but d Ioh. 8 44. fell avvay from the truth in vvhich they vvere created they coulde not beare vp their sin but it e 2. Pet. 2 4. vvayed them dovvne to hel and bound them for euer in the chaines of darknesse so that in men and angels there iâ— no hope but God that is f Ephe. 2 4. ritch in mercies whoâ—e compassions haue none end he sent his ovvne sonne in the g Rom. 8 3. similitude of sinfull fleshe to be a Redeemer and to condemne sinne in the fleshe so that this is the Sauiour sent into the vvorld euen Iesus Christ the righteous in h Col. 2 9. vvhom the fulnes of the Godhead doth dvvell bodily that vvhen there vvas no saluation in al creatures God might i 2. Cor. 5 19. be in Christ and reconcile the vvorld to him selfe PA. Seeing then the oddes variance is between the immortall God and mortall man and that the mediatour betvveen them must needes haue of the nature of both the parties vvhich are to be agreed and also haue ageement vvith both the parties or othervvise he should haue no mean to agree them shevv me the reasons thereof TI. As it vvas necessary that Christ shold be k Math. 3 15. rom 5 1â— 2. cor 5 21. god or else he could not haue been so perfect righteous as the law of God required nor yet haue borne the heauy burthen of siâ—â— so it vvas also necessary that he shoulde be l 1. Tim. 2 5. rom 1 3 8. 2. gâ—l 4 4 1 10 2 30. heb 1 10 11. man or else he had beene righteous onely to him selfe and vve through him had not beene sanctified for it could not be that we should All shall not be saued VVhat ïs true sayth haue been partakers of his grace if he had not been partaker of our nature nor we could not haue ben free from the vvrath of God and rigour of his lavv except our nature in him had felt his fathers anger and he perfect man for vs had beene accurssed For God had so appointed that the soule that had sinned it should dye and he is not a Num. 23. 29. like vnto man that he should repent but the word that he had spoken he would surely accomplish and therfore that God might be righteous in his iudgementes Christ vvas man like vnto vs and so in our flesh offered himselfe vnto death as if he should haue said vnto his father Execute O God thy iudgements against man and b Psalm 40. 4 heb 10 7 8. lo beholde me a perfect man I vvill be are them And thus was our sauiour Iesus Christ perfect God that he might be stronger then Satan and take sinne avvay and c Luke 23 47 rom 1 3. 1. tim 15 1. ioh 4 2. 1 pet 2. 22. perfect man that vve might haue parte of his redemption vvho in all things vvas like vnto vs sinne onely excepted PA. Sith Christ God and man hath thus payde the punishment of our sinnes are vve novv all discharged before God TI. No not euery one shall be saued by Christe but they alone that do beleeue and in a d Ios 3 16. 36. true faith take hold oâ— his mercies which beleeuers are discerned from others by not vvalking e Rom. 8 1. after the fleshe but after the spirite PA. VVhat callest thou this true faith TI. This true and liuely faith is a full f Col 2. 2. 1 iohn 3. 2. eph 3 2 1 18 rom 3. 38. 39. persuasion and assurance of my g Rom 10. 9. ephe 3 17 18. heart grounded vppon the h Rom. 4 3 10. 8 1 16 promise of God and vvrought in me by the holy i Eph. 1 17 18 1 cor 1. 22 5 5. 1 cor 2 10 2 4 14. Ghost whereby I am fully assured that vvhatsoeuer Christ hath wrought for mans saluation perteineth Sinnes forgiuen and punished Christes righteousnesâ—â— iâ— ours not onely to others but euen to a Eph. 3 17 18 19. me and is vvholly mine as surely as if I my selfe had perfourmed the same in mine owne person PA. How can it bee that thy sinnes are forgiuen thee and yet according to Gods truth fully punnished vvith that punnishment vvhich God hath appoynted for sinnes TI. By this my true fayth I see my sinnes both to be forgiuen yet fully punished for in Iesus Christ to satisfie b 2 Corin. 5. 21. rom 3. 25. 26. Gods iustice they be c 1. Ioh. 2. 1. 2. galat. 3. 13. rom 4. 25. fully punished yet to me they be d 2 Cor. 5. 19. â—orgiuen because in me they be not punished but in Christ for me to set forth Gods mercye and therefore shall neuer be layde to my e â—sai 50. 8. rom 8. 33. charge In this maner therefore I see the Lorde my God to be most mercifull and iust PA. Yea but although the punishment of thy sins be