to helpe The cōgregation of the faithful speaketh Wherefore thē is thy clothinge red thy rai mēt like his y t treadeth in the win presse Christe answereth I haue troden the presse alone of al peo ple ther is not one w t me Neither Abrahā nor Isac neither zachary nor Iohn Baptist neither Mary nor Elizabeth neyther Peter nor Paulle neyther man nor Angell hath payde our raunsome by his bloude shedynge but Christe alone alone that moste pure and vndefiled lambe whyche taketh a waye the synnes of the worlde In hym alone and in none other is all oure health and saluacton Neyther is ther any other name giuen vnto mē wherin thei must be saued but onelye the name of our most blessed lord and bounte ous sauioure Christe Iesu that Kynge of glorye He onelye hath taken on hym oure infirmities borne our paynes He was woūded for oure offences smittē for our wyckednes The chastisment of our peace was laide vpō him and w t his stripes we are healed As for vs we haue gone al astray like shepe euery one hath turned his own way But the Lord hath heaped together vpō him the iniquitie of vs all He suffered violence and was euyll entreated and dyd not yet open his mouth He was led as a shepe to be slain yet was he as styl as a lambe before the shearer and did not open hys mouth He was had a waye frō presonne hys cause not heard and wythout any iudgement Al thys suffered he for our sake to put awaie our iniquities Yea he was cut of frō the groūd of the li uing which punishment dyd go vpō him sayth God for the transgression of my people whych in dede had deserued y t punishment It pleased the lord thus to burst hym wyth plages and to smite hym wyth infirmities that when he had made hys soule an offerynge for synne he might se long lastynge seede He hath iustified the multitude and borne awaye their synnes These wordes are spoken by the Prophete whyche teache vs manifestly that ther is no sacrifice that deserueth remission of synnes to vs or pacifieth the wrath of God styred vp agaynst vs thorowe synne but on ly the death of Iesus Christ. By the meanes of Iesu Christe sayeth Sayncte Paulle ye whyche sometime were farre of are made nye by the bloude of Christe By Christe we haue redempcion tho rowe his bloud euen the forgeue nes of synnes accordynge to the ryches of his grace God hath de linered vs frō the power of darck nes and hath translated vs into the Kyngedome of hys deare sonne by whom we haue redemtion thorowe hys bloude euen the forgiueues of sinnes It plea sed the father that in him should all fulnes dwel and by him to re concile al thinges vnto himselfe and to set at peace by him thorow the bloud of his crosse boeth thin ges in heauē thinges in earth This is a true sayeinge and by all meanes worthy to be reaceyued of vs that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners There is one God and one mediator betwen God and man euen the mā Christ Iesus which gaue hym selfe a raunsome for al men Ye know sayeth blessed Pe ter howe that ye were not redemed with corruptible thingse as siluer and golde from your vain conuersacion but wyth the precious bloude of Christe as of a lambe vndefiled and wythout spot The bloud of Iesus Christ gods owne sonne maketh vs per fectly cleane sayth S. Iohn frō al synne Agayne he sayth Christ loued vs and washed vs from oure synnes in hys owne bloude If these sentenses were truely knowen of the Laye people and vnfaynedly beleued they would sone geue ouer their popyshe sacrifices and onely cleaue as they oughte to the alone sacrifice of the highe and euerlasting Priest Iesus Christe which he once for all offered vpō the aultare of the crosse They woulde leaue to run madyng to y e masking Masse of the papistes and make more hast vnto godlye sermons and vnto the holye and blessed Supper of the Lord. Euse. Me thincke these Massemongers whiche make of the Lordes Supper a priuate churlish breakefaste for as much as they eate and drincke alone and make th◅ people beleue that in their Masse thei offer Sacrifice for their synnes boeth of the liuynge and of the deade and boste that their Masse is of as great vertue and strength as the passion of Christ for the satisfaction of our wickednesses besides their intollerable blasphemies a gaynste the Lorde and hys annoynted offende greatly against the dignitie and the ryght vse of the Lordes Supper For Christe whan he instituted thys blessed Supper to be celebrated wyth breade and wyne and appoynted them to be the holye misteries of hys bodye and bloude gaue no commaundemente to offer and sacrifice for the sinnes of y e quicke and the deade but to eate and drinke these holy misteries in the remembraunce of hys death as he hym selfe sayeth Do thys in the remembrance of me Hereto agreeth Sainct Paule so ofte sayeth he as ye shall eate of thys bread and drincke of thys cuppe ye shall shewe the death of the Lorde tyll he come So that the Lordes Supper was not instituted of Christe to be a sacrifice propiciatorye satisfactorie expiatory and I cā not tel you what but onelye a commemoration or remembraunce of that sacrifice which could not but once be offered and a certayne confirmacion or seale for the infirme and weak linges that they be redemed by Christ bi Christes passion bloud and death that hereby they may be assured of the fauoure of God of remission of sinnes if they sted fastly beleue that Christe hath sa tisfied for their synnes vpon the crosse and in thys fayth eate and drincke the misteries of hys bodye and bloud For whan so euer the true Christians eate drinke the bodye and bloude of Christe in fayeth and wyth a beleuinge spirite their synnes are forgeuen them no les than if Christe euen at that presente hadde died vpon the crosse not for the eatyng and drinckynge but for the fathers sake in Christes bloude so mightye in operacion is Christe and so presente is he at euerye howre vnto so manye as beleue in hym and are gathered togither in hys name For he is the eternall god therefore hath hys death an eter nal euerlastynge fruite Christ. Ye haue taught vs Neighboure Philemon many goodli and god ly thynges concernyng the sacrifice of Christ which beate downe the sacrifice of the popishe masse euen vnto the grounde yea they driue it downe euen vnto the pit of hel from whens it firste came Nowe wyll I reherse vnto you agayne what I haue redde and hearde of the papistes concernynge this matter that ye maye se what their opinion was and is of the Masse and of the sacrifice thereof Phile.
be a coÌ„memoracion of hys bloude shedeynge to his Disciples the papistes minister to the people not onely wyne but water also myngled theyr with Christe gaue the sacrament of his bodye and bloude into the Disciples handes the papistes put it in the peoples mouthes not sufferynge them to touche it wyth their handes for their to muche base filthines Christe deliuered the sacrament to his Disciples sittyng at the table the papistes coÌ„pel y e people to receyue it kneling vpon their kenes Christ deliueringe the breade and wine to hys Disciples sayde vnto theÌ„ take ye eate ye and drincke ye the papistes say beholde honour worshippe and reuerence youre maker here Christ instituted his supper to be a remembraunce of hys death and passion whiche is the onely sacrifice for the synnes of the people the papists affirme that their massekyng Masse is a perfecte sacrifice foâ—… the quicke and the deade and of as greate vertue and strenght as the blessed passion of our sauioure christ is Christe deliueringe the miste ries of hys body and bloude to hys disciples tolde them that his body shoulde be broken for them and hys bloude shead for them and many into the remissioÌ„ of sin nes the papistes shame not to lie that Christe by hys death satisfied onely for original synne and the synnes paste as for all oure synnes what so euer they be veniall or mortal they be put away by the sacrifice of y e masse Christ deliuered the sacramente of hys body and bloude vnder both kin des to hys disciples the papistes steale awaye from the common people the misterye of Christes bloude Christe gaue to hys Disciples the sacramente to be eaten for a remembrauÌ„ce of his death the papistes holde it vp aboue their heades and commaund the people to worshippe it as God Christe ministered the sacrament in suche apparel as he did customably weare the papistes put on maskyng apparel Albes girdels vestimentes coopes subdeacon deacons tunicle and what not Christe playnly and puerly ministered the sacramente to hys Disciples wythout 〈◊〉 ceremonies the papistes muste haue sensers belles candles 〈◊〉 paxes corporasses Superaltaries altare clothes cruetres napkins besides their dowkynges and lowtynges their turnynges and returnynges their gaspynges and gapynges their knelynges and winkinges their mockinges and mowynges their crossinges and knockinges their kissynges and lickeynges their noddynges and nosynges their washynges and wypynges thâ—…ir booynges and bleatinges as I may speak nothynge of their prostracions and inclinacions of their commemoracions and histrionicall gesticulacions more meate for madde braines and dronckardes than for graue and sober honeste men Christe commaunded hys Disciples to receyue the sacramente so ofte as they woulde the papistes appoynte the common people onely to receyue it at Easter or whan they be in perell of death Christe wylled hys Disciples so ofte as they eate of that sacramentall breade to remember hys death tyl he come he mea neth vnto the iudgemente the papistes say they haue hym al redye in there handes and in theyr mouthes in theyr boxes and in their pixes Christe dyd not appoynte anye parte of the sacramente to be reserued after the coÌ„ munion the papistes reserue it and haÌ„ge it vp wyth an haltar in the pixe sence it carye it about in procession and make a pageaunt of it Christ appoynted his sacramente to be eaten in the remembrauÌ„ce of his passioÌ„ the papistes kepe it so long that it corrupteth waxeth moulâ—… breadeth ful of wormes Christe in the institutio of the mistery of hys body sayed â—…hys is my body which is geueÌ„ for you Do thys in the remembraunce of me The Papistes in theyr consecration as they cal it mangle the wordes of Christe in some place addinge of theyr own to the wordes of Christe and in an other place leauynge altogyther oute In the consecracion of the bread they haue Enim which Christe hath not nor anye word for it in the Hebrue tonge And herein do they greuously offende agaynste God whyche commauÌ„deth that nothyng should be added to hys worde Agayne they leaue oute thys confortable promisâ—… quod pro uobis datur which is geueÌ„ for you wherin our chefe consolacion ioye and comforte is coÌ„tained And here again do thei not a lityll offende agaynste the hyghe maiestye of God seynge they plucke so many wordes froÌ„ the institucion of Christe They are also verye theues enemies to vs seynge they depryue vs of so swete and confortable promise wherin is coÌ„preheÌ„ded the misteri of our saluatioÌ„ Christ in deliuering the cup of the mistery of his bloud spake these words Drinke ye all of this This cup is y e new Testament in my bloude whych is shed for you and for manye into the remission of synnes The Papists rehearse not the words in the consecration of the wyne as I maye go forth to vse theyr terme in all poyntes as Christe dyd but adde moe vnto them as though there were a certayne im perfection or insuffitiencye in the wordes of Christe Theyr words are these Thys is the chalice of my bloude a newe and euerlastynge testament the misterye of fayeth whiche for yâ—…u and many shall be shed for the remission of synnes Although in the additioÌ„ of these wordes there is no vntrueth yet is it not conueniente for any man whych is but fleshe earth duste and ashes to putte oughte to the wordes of Christe whyche is the wysedome of the father and knoweth beste what is mooste expediente for the settynge forth of his glory If a maÌ„ adde anye thynge to the Testamente and laste wyll of any mortall manne or doe plucke oughte therfro his faulte is counted very greate and he hym selfe for euer after discredited bycause he hath so vniustly dealte wyth his neyghboures wyl In what estimation then are they to be hadde whyche corrupte the testamente and laste wyll not of man onelye but of God and man also wherin are bequethed not worldely transitorye thinges but thyngs heauenlye and perpetuall Neyther is thys blessed testameÌ„t sealed wyth waxe but wyth the preciouse and deare herte bloude of our Lorde and sauioure Christe Iesus to mancle this heauenlye testamente to corrupte thys blessed wyll wherein is bequethed vnto vs the fauoure of God remission of al our sinnes eternal lyfe if we truely repent and earnestly beleue is much vnsittyng for any christen man neyther are suche manckelers and corruptours suche theues and robbers anye more to be beleued of the faithful congregation Christe as I may once make an end after he had fed his disciples with the holy misteries of his bo dye and bloude gaue thankes to God the father and so prepared him self thorow earnest praier vnto the death The Papistes after they haue once droncke and eate vp all togyther they gyue no thankes wherby the coÌ„mune people are edified excepte it be when they blesse wyth the empty cup or byd theym go home
greater and a more pe◅fit tabernacle not made w t hands y t is to say not of this maner buildinge neyther by the bloude of Gotes or calues but by hys owne bloude entered he once for all into the holye place and founde eternall redemcion Agayne in the later ende of the same chapter Christe is not entred into y e holye places that are made wyth handes whyche are but similitudes of true thyngs but into the very heauen for to appeare nowe before the face of God for vs. Not to ofter hym selfe ofte as the hygh prieste entereth into the holy place euerye yere with strange bloude for thē muste he often haue suffred sēce the worlde began But nowe in the ende of the worlde hathe he appeared once for all to put syn to flyght by the offerynge vp of hym selfe And as it is appoynted vnto mē that they shall once dye and then commeth the iudg mente euen so Christe was once offered to take away the synnes of many Blessed Paule hath no shyfte of descante but singeth euer one songe nothinge lesse thē pleasaunte to the eares of these Sacrificers He affirmeth that Christe by hys owne bloude entered into heauen once for all found eternall redemption Where we maye learne y t Christ is so swete a smellynge sacrifice to God the father y t by the once offeryng vp of him selfe he hath founde euerlastynge redemption Redēption and remission of synnes is so plētuously purchased by the deathe of Christe that it remaineth for euermore The papisticall sacrificers do greately erre therfore whych take vpō thē daily to sacrifice for the sins of the quicke dead as though Christes sacrifice endured no lēger and were of no more effecte and vertue Christo. O blasphemouse hypocrites Phile. Againe he sayeth that nowe in the ende of the world Christ hath appeared once for all to putte synne to flight by the offering vp of hym selfe as though he shoulde say Many sacrifices were offered of the priestes of the olde lawe but none of theym coulde put synno to flyghte Therfore Christe the hyghe prieste in these laste dayes became manne and was not offered of anye other but he offered hym self yea and that once for all for the sinnes of so manye as vnfaynedly repente and trulye beleue and hys oblation for euer euer abydeth of so greate strength vertue and power that that alone none other chaseth awai putteth to flight the sins of many both of Iewes gētils if thei beleue Once again he sai eth We ar sāctified made holi bi y e oblatiō of christes bodi once for al. Are not these words plain inough How oft doth S. Paul resite the oblatio of Christes body yea that once for all stifly affirmeth that by that once offerynge vp of him selfe we are per fectly sanctified and made holy What nede thē haue we of y e sacrifice of y e masse to be made holye if there were any suche sacrifice as the papisticall sacrificers faine It foloweth also in y e same chapter Euery prieste is readye daylye ministerynge and often times offreth one maner of offerynge whyche canne neuer take awaye synnes But thys manne that is to saye Christe when he had offered for synnes one sacrifice whyche is of value for euer sate hym downe on the ryghte hande of God and from thenceforthe tarieth tyll hys foes be made his fote stole For with one offerynge hath he made perfecte for euer them that are sanctified thys one sentence maketh to fall flatte vpon the grounde al that euer the Papistes haue builded for the mayntenaunce of theyr Missall sacrifice Fyrste he sayth that all the sacrifices whych the other Priestes offer can take away no sinne Secōdly y e Christ offred one sacrifice for our syns whyche is of value for euer by the whiche one Sacrifice he excludeth all other Thirdely y e he sate hym downe on the ryghte hande of God the father there tarieth tyl the daye of iudgmēte Thē can he be offered and sacrificed no more what so euer the pedlerlyke Papistes chatter as S. Paule sayeth Christe raysed frō the deade dieth no more Death shal haue no more power ouer hym For as towchynge that he dyed he dyed as concernynge sin once but as towching that he lyueth he liueth to God Fourthlye that wyth one offerynge he hath made perfecte for euerthem y t are sanctified If we be made perfecte wyth one offerynge whych is the oblation of Christes body vpon the aultare of the crosse what imperfection remayneth there in vs that wee shuld haue nede of the missal sacrifice If one Sacrifice make vs perfecte for euer what neede wee to haue so manye sacrifices offered daylye in the Popeyshe masses All these scriptures tofore aledged shew euidētly that y e death of Christ is a sacrifice so omnisufficiēte so perfect so abso lute so cōsūmate so plētuous at the full y e it alone maketh cleane for euer the faythfull from their synnes wtoute any repeticion or renewing Euse. Curssed therfore are these papistical Sacrificers whyche so arrogantly dare presume to offer and sacrifice Christ agayne as though the fyrst oblation sacrifice were imperfect Phile. God amende them turne theyr hertes and geue thē grace to know hys trueth For what other thynge is it to set vp a new oblation then to anulle the olde to make God a lyar to denye Christe as Sainte Peter ryght well prophesied of suche subtyll Sacrificers For he that sayeth that synnes are forgeuen by the masse that the masse is a Sacrifice for the synnes boeth of the lyuyng and of the Deade he muste eyther graunte that the alone Sacrifice of Christe vpon the crosse is not sufficiente for the fayethful or els that the missal sacrifice is a mockeynge of Christe and a plain scorning of god the father O abhominatiō Why is Christ called an euerlastynge Prieste but that hys sacrifice once done on the aultare of the crosse endu reth for euer in ful strength and power for so manye as beleue though they synne neuer so ofte if they returne vnto God seke remission of theyr synnes in the precious bloude of oure alone sauiour Iesus Christ As sa◅ct Iohn sayeth If any man synne wee haue an aduocate wyth the father Iesus Christ the rightuous and he it is that obtayneth grace for our sinnes not for our syns onely but also for the sins of the whole worlde What nede we thē moe oblations S. Paul sayeth without effusion or sheadynge of bloude there is no remission of syns If the papistes therfore wyll haue theyr masse a sacrifyce so is it proued by the wordes of the Apostle that they crucifie Christ agayne and shede his bloude Christopho O bloudy sacrificers What Christen herte can byde to be presente where such ignominie is done to Christ the lord Phile. He that sacrificeth is greater than the sacrifice so doth it folow that the pristes
are greater than Christe the Kynge of glori He offered vs a sacrifice to God and go we aboute to offer hym Agayne he that sacrificeth oughte to be so pure as the sacrifice and whoe I praye you can be so pure as Christe our sacrifice Whoe is able to saye my herte is cleane and I am fre froÌ„ synne To presume to offer sacrifice for the synnes of the people is it anye other thynge than to make them selues Christes and sauiours and to saye wyth that moste proude Angel as it is writ ten by the prophet I wyll clyme vp aboue the cloudes and wil be like the highest of al Do not thei go aboute to shewe them selues equale to Christe yea Christ hym selfe which take vpon theÌ„ to offer sacrifice for the sinnes of the people What other thing did Christ but take awaye oure synne If our Massemongars do the same are they not Christs in dede And yet thys prerogatiue haue they a boue Christe that wher as Christ coulde not obtayne pardonne for our sinnes but by suffering great paines yea very death they do it wtout any paynes taking at al. Christ was mocked scorned thei be praised much made of Christ was accused of heresy and treasoÌ„ they be couÌ„ted good catholike meÌ„ and fulle deuote fathers Christe was pricked to the braynes with a crowne of thorne they haue a bald patch vpon their heades in stead of crownes some haue on their cappes miters for catching cold Christ was stript naked of all hys clothes they be clad in sylke saten damaske veluet and cloth of golde Christe bare hys owne crosse of woode vpon hys shulders whan he went to suffer they haue crosses of golde and syluer borne before them Christ was nayled vnto the crosse they stande at the altare wyth turne returne and halfe turne Christe hanging on the crosse prayde for his very enemies thei standinge at the altare praye for such as be their patrones Founders Bene factours and for suche as hyere them for monie Christe paciently suffered the blasphemyes and opprobrious wordes y t causeles were spoken agaynste hym they if any man offende them streight waies accuse condeme cursse and excommunicat them Christ with hys sacrifice soughte to do good to other they wyth their sacrifices seke to brynge men to superstition to wrap theÌ„ in Idolatry to graffe in them wycked opinions but aboue al thynges to enriche Corban Corban that they may haue plenteously wherwith to fede their idle and beastly bellies Christe at hys passion had vineger and gall geuen hym to drinke but thei haue bread of the fineste and wyne of the beaste to eate and drincke Christe offered hys owne blessed bodye a swete smellynge sacrifice to God the fa ther for the synnes of the people they offerre a wafer cake and 〈◊〉 sponefull of wyne makynge the people to beleue that it is a sacri fice whyche they offer pro salute uiuorum et requie omnium fidelium defunctorum For the health of them that be aliue and the rest of all the faythfull that are dead Christe after he had offered hys sacrifice sayd Consummatum est Euery thyng is done and pefectly finished that maketh vnto the saluacioÌ„ of man yea and that by this my one oblation They can not say so neither bring they any thyng vnto perfection For theyr sacrifices are so imperfecte that they are as redye to offer to morowe as to day and neuer the bet ter Christe after the oblacion of hys most blessed bodye commended hys spirite into the handes of hys heauenly father and died straight wayes they after they haue offered their newe founde oblation faull to bancketynge drinckynge gullynge and glossynge to huntynge whoring dis inge and cardynge and all the dayes of their life they liue dissolutely in moste vayne pleasures boethe of the fleshe and of the worlde What feloweshippe and agremente is there here I praye you betwene Christe and the Massemongers betwene the ob lacion of Christ the popish sacri fice betwene the Masse and the death of Christe Ye maie se into what absurdities and to muche inconueniences these pedlerlyke Papistes faulle whyle they stablish an Idole of their owne makynge How saye ye are they not goodly Christes and pretye sauioures Theo. Christes They are euen suche Christes as the true Christ hym selfe speaketh of in the Gospell of Sayncte Mathewe Ther shal aryse sayth he fals Christes and false prophetes Here they be called Christes but ther is added vnto it False so that they be false Christes fayned Christes liynge Christes deceyteful Christes Christo. Of suche Christes Christe gaue vs warnynge and bade vs take hede saying if any man shall saye vnto you Behold heare is Christ or there is Christ beleue hym not â—…f they shall say vnto you Beholde he is in the wyldernes go not out Beholde he is in the pixe beleue them not Lo I haue told you afore hand These popishe Masse mongers are the ministers of SataÌ„ which chauÌ„ge themselues into Angelles of lyght These are those men that haue corrupt mindes which are wythout all trueth whyche thyncke that lucâ—…e is godlines These are those false Prophetes and false teachers whiche sayeth Sayncte Peter shall priuelye brynge in damnable sectes euen deniynge the Lorde that hath bought them and brynge vpon them selues swifte damnacion and many shal folowe theyr dam nable wayes by whome the way of trueth shall be euyl spoken of and thorowe couetousnes shall they wyth fayned wordes make Marchaundise of you whose iudgemente is nowe not farre of and theyr dampâ—…acion sleapeth not Philemo We haue textes almost innumerable conteyned in the holye scriptures whyche declare that Christ alone by hys bloude hath perfectely wrought oure re demptioÌ„ satisfied for our sinnes pacified the wrath of God and brought vs agayn into fauoure But if ther were no mo places of the scripture to condeÌ„ne the sacri fice of the Masse but thys one whyche Christe hangynge vpon the crosse sayed Euery thynge is made perfecte it were sufficiete For if Christe by his death haue made all thynges perfecte than lefte he nothynge imperfect So doeth it truely folow that the papistical sacrificeynge for the synnes of the quicke and deade is damnable iniurious and despitful to the blessed passioÌ„ of christe seinge Christe made all thynges coÌ„suÌ„mate and perfecte by his pre cious death and by that alone ob tayned perpetuall remission for al the synnes of the faythful For his glorious death and bytter pa ssion is eueÌ„ now of as ful streÌ„gth and of as much vertue as it was what time he suffered and so shal coÌ„tinewe vnto the worldes ende as blessed Paulle sayeth Iesus Christ yesterday and to day the same continueth for euer Therefore is he called an euerlastynge priest because he doth al thinges perfectly requireth none other to healpe hym as he him selfe sayeth by y e prohet I am he that tea cheth rightuousnes am of power
I praye you speake on Christ. The Masse saye they makein men holy yea it maketh them ryghtuous and deliuereth them from sinnes The Masse is a sacrifice and not the sygne of a sacrifice onelye In the Masse is the bodye and bloude of Christe truely offered for the quicke and deade The masse of a prieste be he neuer so naughti is profitable ex opere operato Christ w t his pa ssion satisfied for originall synne and instituted the masse to be an oblacion for the synnes committed dayely boeth mortall and ve niall To heare masse is the hono ringe of God whither the hearer vnderstandeth it or not Missa soundeth sacrifice ergo the masse is a sacrifice Missa is deriued of Mitto to sende for in the masse the lamb that is to say Christ is sente vnto the father to forgeue oure synnes The Masse deliuereth s◅ulles from purgatorye for asmuche as it is a satisfactory sacrifice for synnes Not onely the sacrifice of Christ wherin he offered hym selfe was a sacrifice for synne but we also offer for oure sinnes a continual sacrifice in the masse The sacrifice of Christ obtayneth mercy onely for original synne and for the synnes paste The sacrifice of the masse euerye daye is the true sacrifice for synnes Althoughe Christ was once offered on the crosse in the open likenesse of fleshe yet is the same Christe dayelye offered on the altare at masse The wordes of con secracion duly spokē of the priest there is made a transubstantiacion of wyne into the bloude of Christe and of the bread into hys bodye Euery man may lawfully worshippe the hoste consecrated Althoughe Paule calleth the sacramente of the Supper breade yet maye we not beleue therefore that the substaunce of breade remaineth in the sacrament Christ saide Hoc est corpus meum This is my bodye therefore muste we nedes holde that there is a transubstantiacion and that the substaunce of breade is chaunged in to the bodye of Christe The bodye of Christe is presente in the Masse so greate and large as it was whā it hanged on the crosse Forasmuch as Christe that most hyghe maiestie of God is present at the masse therefore is it verye godly to appointe many ceremonies that Christ may be entertay ned honorably Masse ought not to be sayed but in an holye place and vpon an altare of stone for Christe him selfe is called a stone The masse amonge al the suffrages for the deade doeth profitte moste of all for the deliueraunce of soulles out of purgatory By hearinge of masse we maye obtayne not onely spiritual goodes but all maner of corporall and temporall goodes also The cannon of the masse is godly and catholyke and it was ordeyned of the Apostles The masse ex opere operato iustifieth and taketh away the giltines of the faute and payne in thē for whom it is done With y e sacrifice of the Masse the satisfactiōs of the deade are rede med The masse ex opere operato geueth grace and beyng applied for other deserueth vnto them ex opere operato forgyuenes of the faute and payne and obtayneth what so euer we haue nede of in al oure lyfe In the olde testamēt ther was a byshop that offered sacrifices for the synnes of y e people therefore in the newe testamente muste ther be priestes and Byshoppes to offere sacrifices for sinnes The body of the Lord once offered on the crosse for originall synne is continually offered for dayly sinnes vpon the altare that by thys meanes the churche maye haue a gyfte wher wyth they may pacifie the wrath of god It is an heresy of the Arrians to holde that the masse is not a sacrifice for the quicke and the deade Howe saye ye Neigheboures to thys doctryne of the massekynge papistes Is it not good stuffe Theo. God haue mer cy on vs. I haue not heard more blasphemous doctrine in my life agaynst the trueth of Gods most blessed word nor more iniurious and dispiteful agaynst the glorious passion of our onely Lord sauioure Iesu Christ. O to much miserable is that realme where suche doctrine is taught Bonde slaues and wreched captiues are they to Satan and to hys Antichristian sinagog where such tea chers reigne and bare rule Oh whan wyl these papistes cease to speake blasphemies againste the sonne of the liuinge God The teachers of thys doctryne are ryghte chaplens to that beaste which had seuen heades and ten hornes and opened hir mouthe to speake blasphemies agaynste God and hys name and agaynst hys holye congregation wyth so many as inhabite the heauens These are those marked Marchauntes whiche haue committed abhominable whoredomme wyth that fylthey and vncleane stromppette Babylon and wepe nowe because no man wyll bye their marchaundise nor their ped lary any more their golde syluer and precious stones their pearle raynes purple and scarlet their ornamētes their franckensence wyne and oyle their fyne flower and wheate with the bodyes and soules of mē Phile. I haue spent the more tyme in declaringe vnto you the wycked opinion of t◅e papistes concerning the sacrifice of the masse and cōfutinge of the same because ye shoulde reioyce in none other thyng as touching your redempcion satisfactiō for your sinnes a perfecte atonmēt made betwene God and vs but onely in the death and passion of oure Lorde and sauioure Iesu Christ as S. Paule sayeth God forbid that I shoulde reioyse in anye thynge but in the death of oure Lorde Iesu Christe Nowe the sacrifice of the masse beynge reproued and proued of no force and vertue to put awaye the synnes of the quicke and deade as the papistes haue falsely taught and made the folishe simple people to beleue for lucr◅s sake of what price I praye you is the masse nowe to be estemed It agreeth nomore with christes supper thā Christ Belial light and darckenes trueth and falshode Christe made a sermon before he ministred the sacramente of hys bodye and bloude to hys Disciples the papistes say masses the deuill and all and yet no sermon at all Christ sate at the table and turned hys face to his Disciples whan he gaue them the misteries of hys bodye and bloude the papistes sequester them selfes from the people they stand at an altare and turne their backes to the multitude Christe reheresed the wordes of the institution of hys supper openly yea and that in suche a tonge as al hys Disciples vnderstode y e papistes whisper to them selues playenge silence glome and vtter althinges in a straung tong that no manne vnderstādeth what is spokē nor for the moste parte them selues neyther Christe gaue the sacramente of hys bodye and bloud to hys Dysciples for to eate the papistes gyue nothyng to any man but eate and drincke altogether them selues Christe ministered the misterye of hys bodye in com mon breade the papistes minister printed waferre cakes other wyse not cōmonly vsed Christ mi nistered wyne to
man of greate possessioÌ„s of a viâ—…e condition a maÌ„ of hygh noble renoume Euse. Trulye the goodnes of God towarde man can not be expressed Phile Yet are these benifites whych one man geueth to an other more vyle then dust if they be compared to y e precious giftes heretofore rehearsed whiche God gaue to man But marcke what foloweth Theo. Saye on we besech the. Phile. Satan that old subtile serpent perceiuing man to be made of God for this enteÌ„te y t he should enherite that glory frome the whyche for hys intollerable arrogancye he was moste worthely deiecte and caste downe craftelye subtilly lyke him selfe w t manye swete proâ—…ses and faire flaterynge wordes at the laste allured oure grandmother Eue to the traunsgression of Gods commaundemente and she lykewyse hyr 〈◊〉 so that by this meâ—…s 〈◊〉 they and theyr posteritie were not onely depriued of those pleasurs and commodities whyche I rehearsed heretofore but also vtterli daÌ„ned for theyr disobedieÌ„ce And al this came to pas thorow the enuy of SataÌ„ as y e wise maÌ„ saith God created mâ—… to be vnde stroâ—…ed yea after y e image of his own liknes created he him Neuertheles thorow enuâ—… of the deuyl death entred into the world Christo. O lamentable chaunce Nowe is man become of the Image of God the Image of the deuill of the heyre of glorye the enheritour of euerlasting paine of immortall mortall of good Godly wicked and deuillishe of fre a bonde slaue wyth all hys powers to Satan sinne death hell desperation c. Euse. But what enioied that rauenynge woulfe his pray Phile. Nothynge lesse for God whych is gentle and the self gentilnes moued wyth louynge compassion tender zeale and fatherly pity towarde man forgettyng the displesure y t maÌ„ had done to him thorow hys disobedieÌ„ce castyng al hys sins behind his backe enflamed w t no lesse loue towarde maÌ„ coÌ„cernyng hys saluatioÌ„ beholde what grace mercy doth then he was before the traunsgressioÌ„ minding to shew hym selfe of no lesse puissaunce and streÌ„gth to recouer saue maÌ„ theÌ„ Satan was to destroy coÌ„deÌ„ne maÌ„ came into Paradice sought hym vp made garmeÌ„tes for him to couer hys nakednes seÌ„t hym into thys world made him Lord ouer all and promised hym that the sede of a woman euen Iesus Christ hys owne sonne borne of Mary the vyrgin shoulde deliuer him from the power of Sathan reconcile hym to his Godly fauoure satisfye for hys wyckednes make hym a newe man endue hym wyth hys holye spirite fynallye thorowe hys merites and good workes bring him vnto the celestiall enheritaunce from the whyche Satan at that presente had exiled hym Thys promise was so fayethfull for God hym selfe spake it which is the selfe trueth whyche can not lye which is iuste in al his wordes agayne so coÌ„fortable that so manye I meane Adam hys posteritie as did apprehend and laye hand on that wyth earneste fayeth were fre from that miserable thraldome wherinto they were cast thorow Satans willnes receyued into fauour taken as moste deare chyldren and recounted perfectly rightuous for the assured perswation and vndoubted faith y t they coÌ„ceiued in the blessed sâ—…de Iesus Christe at the tyme promised of God the father So that so longe as they liued in thys present world they liued in the fauour of God and when they departed from hence God appointed theyr bodies to reaste in the earth placed theyr soules where hys good pleasure was vnto the commynge of his sonne theÌ„ to receiue that blessed ioye and heauenly felicitie that they had loste thorow their disobedience Iesu Christ that most blessed sede workynge thys saluation for maÌ„ noâ—… for any good dedes that we had done but of his own mere mercy and tender pity Theo. O here is the good shephearde that soughte vp the loste shepe when he had fouÌ„de it layed it louyngelye vpon hys shoulders â—…eÌ„derly brought it home agayne to the shepefolde O here is y e most swete louing tender father which w t so greate ioy embrasing armes receiued home againe the lost son O here is y e merciful SamaritaÌ„ whych pyâ—…ying the wouÌ„ded man being half dead poured wine oileinto his wouÌ„ds bound theÌ„ vp laied him vpoÌ„ his beast caried him to an inne paid for his healiÌ„g O here is that moste puisaunte kynge whyche of his owne liberalitie forgaue hys seruaunt the ten M. taleÌ„tes which he ought O here is y e mighty Loâ—…d which trode downe the wyne pâ—…sse alone alone neyther was there anye at all that holpe hym O here is that moste louyng sauiour that saueth his people froÌ„ all theyr synnes O here is that diligente Phisitian that is ready at all tymes to healpe the diseased to refreshe theym that labourâ—… and are laden O here is that myghty Dauid that slewe Golias and deliuered the Israelites from the cruel PhilistiaÌ„s O here is that mooste valiauÌ„te Emperour whych for our sakes hath coÌ„quered SataÌ„ â—…el death synne desperation damnation wyth al the powers infernal O here is that tender herted louer that can no more forget vs then a mother can forget the chyld of hyr wombe and though she forget hyr chyld yet can not he forget vâ—… For he hath written vp vs in his handes so that we are alwayes in his sight To whom is not here opened an exceading greate and large windowe to reioyce in the Lorde oure God except we be estraÌ„ged froÌ„ al that is God or Godly Phile. I am glad brother Theophilus to heare you speake on thys maner But lette vs go forth After so many pleasures shewed to man which all thorowe hys owne faulte he so wyckedly loste after so greate a synne committed agaynste the diuine maiestie so frelye to forgeue man so to accepte hym into hys fauoure so to loue hym that he promiseth to send downe from hys moste glorious throne hys owne dearly beloued son to make a perfect recoÌ„ciliation euerlastynge agremente betwene hym and man that they may for euer and euer dwell togyther in ioyefull glorye Oh what a feruente charitie and vnmeasurable loue of God is this Who canne worthelye either by herte thynke or by tonge expres or yet by penne sette forth the exceadynge greatenes of Goddes kynde hertye loue towaâ—…d man The Kynge of all Kynges the Lorde of all Lordes yea that Lord to whose maiestye al thinges are obediente boeth in heauen earth and Hell so to set his mynd on man beyng but a pore vile and miserable creature yea of all mortall Creatures moste synneâ—…ull mooste disobediente mooste frayle and readye to fal so to loue and tender hym that to do hym good to brynge hym vnto glorye and honoure he dis dayneth not but mooste wyllyngelye vowchesafeth to sende downe hys onelye begotten and dearelye beloued sonne yea and that into thys synnefull vale
in mind so did he chose pore hum ble men to be his disciples y t they might go b◅are abrod like faith ful ministers y e heauēly riches of his exceding mercy toward man Christ. Not wyth out a cause For the riche galaūte and pompous worldlynges are no fit vessels t◅ c◅rye the treasures of the kyngdome of heauen so vnequally matched are Christe and Mammon heauen earth Golde and gods worde light and darcknes They maye pretend and beare an outwarde fac◅ to the worlde as thoughe they were the Apostles and ministers of Christe as Iudas Simon Magus and suche other dyd but inwardelye and afore God th◅y are the Apostls and ministers of Satan and whan they seme moste of all to talke of Christe of Christes doctrine of hys glory than are thei most of all ennemies of the crosse of Christe seke the condemnacion both of his doctrine and glory and laboure to stablishe their owne drousy dreames lowe◅ye lawes croked cōstitutions diuel lishe decres Antichristian actes and al for their God y e belly So swete a thynge is it to these false ministers and craftie apostles of Satan to tomble and walow in all kyndes of carnall pleasures and worldly riches Christe therfore knowynge all suche Bellye goddes to be vnapte for the prea chynge of the Gospell as he was pore and humble him selfe so did he chose to be hys ministers and Apostles por◅ homble menne ◅i shars day labourers tolgatherers such other vyle personnes abiectes of y e worlde These appointed he vnto the office of prea chyng his heauenly fathers wil. These made he dispensatoures and Stuwardes of the misteries of god These commaunded he to goforth and preach the Gospell the ioyful and glad ◅idings the fauoure of God towarde manne Repentaunce fayeth fre remission of sinnes in his bloud peace tranquillite of conscience euerlastinge lyfe c. The. These your wordes doeth blessed Paul affirme sayeing the folishenes of God is wiser then mē y e weakenes of god is stronger then men Brethrē ye se your calling how y t not mani wise mē after the flesh not many mightie not manye of hie degre are called but god hath chosen the folishe thynges of the world to confound the wyse And god hath chosē the weake things of the world to cō◅oūd the things which are mightie And vile thin ges of the world thinges which are dispised hath god chosē yea thinges of no reputacion for to bring to noughte things of repu tatiō y t no flesh should reioyce in his presēce Phi. Againe to shewe his humilite lolines how was he cōtent at euery mans desire to ◅o whither thei wold haue him gladly to do what so euer they re quested him Did he not heale y e deseased Restore y e blind to their sight The deaffe to their hearig The dūbe to their speaking The dead to their life Yea y e very Lepers did he not disdaine to purge cl◅se of their leprosie to touch w t his own handes whō the fine Pharises y e lusty lawers y e solēne saduces y e sawsy scribes the brag ing byshopes y e pattering priests w t y e whole rable of y e hypocritish sort disdained once to loke vpon so far is it of y t these holy fathers sought any remedy at al to helpe y e pore disseased After many tra gedies had betwen Christe the spiritual sorcerers w t y e other pōpouse worldlings for his doctrin miracles whā the time came ap poynted of hys heauenly father frome euerlastinge that he for mans reconciliation and pacifiyng of the diuine wrath shoulde offer hymselfe ▪ a swete and euerlastynge Sacrifice to God hys father wherby he myght redeme man from the tiran◅y of Satan paye hys raūsome by the price of his dere herte bloude fatisfie for hys offēses set a perpetual peace betwene God the father and mā and by hys death and passion bringe an whole sea of heauenlie treasures to the faythful penitēt sinners wyth what alacritie and cherefulnes of mynd wyth what desire and redines went he to his glorious passion No kinde of payne Did he disdayne For to sustayne To do man pleasure Hys owne herte bloude To shed on the rode It dyd hym good To make man al pure Euse. O the vnoutspeak◅able fa uoure of God towarde man If he had sent downe faythful Abra ◅ā or any other of the old Patri arches or aunciente holye Prophetēs to haue suffered for mans saluatiō it had wythout al doubt bene a token of singulare great fauoure toward man but to send downe hys onely begotten and derely beloued sonne from hys glorious throne yea and that for his enemies for their health and saluacion it is loue passynge all loue it is charite farre exceading all charite it is fauoure rather to be depely maruelled at than a ble worthily to be expressed The sonne of god to be come man and suffer dath for our sake Oh how cā we otherwise thē ernestly and frō y e very hert reioyce in y e Lord oure God Christ. Truly to much iron herted are all thei which reioyce not in y e blessed incarnaciō glorious death of this most ble ssed sede Iesu christ our Lord by whom so many so excellēt treasures of heauēli goodes haue fre ly chaūced vnto vs. Al things euē vnto the very death did he for our health saluation yea y t so cōsūmat perfecte y t ther was no thing left behind vnaccōplished y t might turne vnto our wealth cō modite profit cōcerning our redēpciō Let the turckes bost their Mahumet and reioyce in hym so much as thei list let Papistes auaunce their pope triumphe in him so much as is possible let the rich worldlinges magnifie their wicked mamon reioyse in it ful their hertes let y e glistering hypo crites delight in their god the bel ly euē vnto the vttermost yet let vs let vs I say y t professe Christ aright only reioyse in Christe in Christes natiuite passiō bloud death as s. Paul saith god forbid y t I should reioyse in any thinge but in the death of our lord Iesu Christ. For so louinge gentle a Sauioure can no wher be found so fauourable liberal a Lord cā no where be sought out In this sauioure lord therfore let vs re ioyse in none other Theo. The papistes can not broke this doctrine y t Christ alone y e most highe euerlastinge priest hath by hys death passiō in offeryng vp his own blessed body a swet smelling sacrifice to God the father so plē tuously so omnisufficiently so at the ful made satisfacion for oure sinnes y t we nede none other sacrifice satisfactory to put awaye our wickednesses Phile. No mar uel for in defacing the glory honour
wyth Itemissa est Well thys maye ye easly perceyue howe greatly the Popysh masse differeth from the true institutiō of the Lords supper and that they agre togyther as Christe and Beliall lyghte and darcknesse trueth and falsehode ce Christo. It shall therfore be conuenient for all true christian hertes no more to repose the trust of theyr saluation in the Sacrifice of theyr Popeyshe masse nor in anye thynge apperteynynge to the same but onely in the blessed passion in the precyouse bloude gloryouse death of oure Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christ which by the alone Sacrifice of hys mooste holye body hath euen vn to the vttermoste and at the full payed our raunsome broughte vs euerlastynge healthe Theo. Thys is a confortable hea rynge for all fayethfull penitent synners But I praye you neighboure Philemon remayne there no mo causes of reioysyng in the Lorde oure God Philemon Yesse verilye For thys oure Lorde and Sauioure Iesus Christe dyd not onelye boeth wyllyngely and frelye gyue him selfe vnto the deathe of the crosse for oure synnes and wyckednes and by thys meanes paye oure raunsome to God the father for oure offēses that Satan might haue no power ouer vs but he al so thorowe the might of his godhead rose agayne gloriously and triumphantlye on the thyrd day accordynge to the scriptures for oure iustification as the Apostle sayeth He was betraied vnto the death for our synnes and rose agayne for oure iustification For as by the death of Christe oure raunsome is payed the diuine wrath is pacified oure synnes are washed away in Christes bloude a reconciliacion perfect atonemēt is made betwene God the father and vs the obligation of oure dette is rased oute the law is fulfilled the curse of goddes wrath is takē away al thynges both in heauen and in earth are pacified so in lyke maner by the Resurrection of Christe wee are made ryghtuousse accepted into Goddes fauoure recounted for iuste holye and vertuousse sette at libertye from the tyrannye of Sathan admitted into the celestiall courte of the newe Hierusalem and become felowe cityzyns of the houshold of God wyth the Saynctes and blessed spirites Euse. O inestimable treasures broughte to vs by the gloryouse resurrection of our moste blessed sauiour Iesu Christ. Phile. Yea lette vs marke thys also by the waye that as oure moste valeaunt Lorde and Emperoure Iesus Christe by his resurrection gatte the vyctory ouer Sathan Synne Deathe Hell Desperation and all that is enemye to Mannes healthe so in lyke condicion haue we in hym and thorowe hym goten a glorious victorye ouer Sathan and all hys kyngdome that we maye wyth a ioyeful voyce saye death is swalowed vp into victo rye O death where is thy vyctorye O death where is thy styng The stynge of death is sinne the power of synne is the lawe But thanckes be to God whiche hath geuen vs the victorye thorowe oure Lorde Iesu Christe Christo. O what a ioye and comforte is this to a Christen mans herte to se hys enimies whiche before so greately soughte hys distruccion thus vanquished subdued and troden vnder his fote This haue we gotten as ye very truly haue sayde by Christes resurrection as Christe hym selfe testifieth sayeinge nowe is the iudgemente of the worlde nowe shall the prince of thys worlde be caste oute Agayne be of good comfort I haue ouercome the world By the Prophet Ose he also sayeth I wyl deliuer them from the power of death yea from deathe it selfe wyll I redeme them O death I wyll be thy death O hel I wyll be thy destruccion Phile. Moreouer by Christes resurrection haue we obtayned not only Iustification victory ouer our enemies but also resurrection of bodye and euerlastynge immortalitie For as oure Lorde and sa uioure Iesus Christe dyd put of the mortalitie of hys bodye and became immortall at hys resurrection so by the power of that hys moste glorious resurrection shall we also at the greate day of iudgemente in oure resurrection receyue immortall and incorruptible bodyes euen lyke vnto the glorious body of oure moste myghtye and valeaunt captayne Iesu Christe The. Oh who cā expres the worthines excellency of these heauenly gyftes whiche we obtaine by the mooste victorious and triumphante Resurrection of Iesus Christe oure Lorde and sauioure Philemon Lette these thynges therefore dearelye beloued brethren make you to reioyce in the Lorde Lette these thyngs prouoke you to wythdrawe your mynde from transitory thynges and stedfastly to fyxe it on thynges cōstaunt and euerlastinge Lette these thynges sequester youre Ioye and pleasure frome the swete entisynge moremaydes of thys worlde and allure to the alone delectation in celestiall treasures Christ. O blessed is that man to whōme it is geuen frome aboue truely to sauoure these thynges fayethfullye to beleue theim and earnestly to reioyce in that Lord whyche is the alone geuer of thē Sure m◅◅at man be that hys name is written in the booke of lyfe Philemon But lette vs go forthe to declare moe benifites of God towarde man that oure ioye in the Lorde maye be vnfayned cōsummate and perfecte After this mooste noble conqueste and victorious triumphe whyche oure moste mighty Emperour Christ Iesus hadde ouer Sathan and hys infernall ministers he taried here in thys worlde certayne dayes wyth hys Disciples eatynge drynkeynge and talkyng wyth thē of the kyngdome of his heauenly father and confirming them in the waye of trueth And thys dyd he not only to make thē stronge in the article of his resur rection but also by the instruction of them to corroborat fortifye and strength vs in the same seekynge no les oure health then the saluacion of them For as the Apostle sayeth if thou doste confesse wyth thy mouth the Lorde Iesus beleue wyth thyne herte that God raysed hym vp frome the dead thou shalt be saued Cer tayne dayes paste from his resur rection Christe our Lorde by the power of hys godhede in y e sight of his Apostles ascēded into heauen God and man Haue we no cause to reioyce in this behaulfe Hath this his marueylouse ascēsion brought no commoditie and profite to vs Haue we a iuste cause to reioyce in hys natiuitye preachynge miracles good workes crosse passion bloude death resurrection whych al are ours not in hys ascention also We reade that the Apostles were very sadde when Christe told theim that he shoulde ascende vnto his father But Christe sayed vnto them I tel you trueth it is expedient and profitable for you that I go ascende vnto my father Christe tolde the Apostles that it was expediente profitable for theim that he shoulde go vp into heauen If it were expedient for them it is euē so like wyse for vs. For we are saued by y e very same waye whereby they receyued saluation Let vs therfore consider what commodities and profites the Apostles had by Christes ascention and let vs w t
the most wicked kinge I passe ouer many other of the olde testamēt which were vnmercifully persecuted and slayne for gods trueth Some as the blessed Apostle say eth were tried wyth mockynges scourginges wyth bondes prisonment some were stoned some were hewen a sunder some were slayne with swerde al were troubled and vexed Theo. These are they of whom the wise man spea keth god proued thē and founde thē meete for him selfe yea as the golde in the fornace dyd he trye thē and receyued thē as a brunte offeringe c. Phi. As I may at y e last come to the newe testament to whō is it vnknowne that Iesus Christ our Lorde sauioure after mani blasphemies rebukes slaunders and bitter tormentes suffred the most spiteful death of y e crosse so entered in to glorye Holye Iohn Baptist that blessed priestes sonne for trueth tellynge to king herod for reprouing hym of his abhominable liuing was cast into prisonne and beheaded Iames the brother of Iohn had his head striken of for preaching Christ to be son of y e liuinge god The holy martirs Stephē was stoned vnto deth because he prea ched Christ affirmed that God dwelleth not in temples made w t mans hād What kindnes Peter and Paule w t the other apostles foūd at y e hādes of thē whose saluaciō they most diligētly sought the histories make menciō Neyther do I heare speake of those blissed martirs which syns their dayes haue died for the confessiō of gods trueth so that the Gospel of Christe is not without a cause called of sainct Paulle the word of the crosse For al that wyl lyue godlye in Christ Iesu sayeth he shal suffer persecution To consider these histories afore rehersed shall stablishe our fayeth greately and very much comforte vs in the tyme of oure tribulacion so that we shall not lyghtely slyde frome God and frome hys holye worde but reioyse in hym recoūtynge oure selues moste blessed fortunate and wealthy that god hath vouched safe not only that we shoulde beleue in him but also suffer for hym It shall be expediente for vs also to remember that Christe calleth them blessed which suffer persecution for righ tuousnes sake and sayeth that theirs is the kingdome of heauē Agayne that the seruaunt is not greater thā hys Lord but if they persecuted Christ our Lorde and maister thei wil also persecute vs his seruauntes Disciples If they haue called the father of the houshold Belzebub much more they wyl cal them so that are of hys housholde If we were of the worlde the worlde woulde loue vs but for asmuche as we are not of the worlde but Christ hath chosen vs out of the world therfore doth the world hate vs. And did not Christe tel vs afore that we should lament and wepe that is to saye be oppressed of tirauntes but the worlde shoulde reioyse and that in the world we should haue affliction and trouble Agayne are we not taughte y t by many tribulations we must enter into the kingdome of God Chri. The fleshe abhorreth trouble persecution namely whan death is like to folow phile The spirite as Christ sayeth is redye and of a good courage to suffer al thinges for the glorie of God but the fleshe is weake The outward man is loeth to dye but the inward man wisheth to be losoned out of this corruptible body and to be wyth Christ. But if the good wil of our heauēly father so be y t we muste nedes suffer death for Christes sake let vs set thys saying of S. Paule before oure eies and stedfastli beleue it if we die with christ we shal liue with him If we suffer w t him we shall also reigne with him And our sa uioure Christ sayeth whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake and for y e Gospel he shal kepe it Here to agreeth the saying of s. Peter detelye beloued maruaile not that ye are proued bi fire whiche thyng is to trie you as thoughe some straūg thing happened vnto you but reioyse in asmuch as ye are partakers of christes passion y t when his glory appereth ye may be mery glad If ye be railed vpō happie are ye For y e glory the spirite of god resteth vpō you Againe if any mā suffer as a Christen man let hym not be a shamed but let him glorifie God on this behaulfe And let thē y t are troubeled accordinge to y e will of God cōmit ther soules to him w t wel doing as vnto a faythful cre ature They y t suffer trouble for y e lordes sake for the gospell shal stande before the glorious seate of God and before the lambe Christe and they shall be clothed wyth longe whyte garmentes and palmes in their handes They shal euer be in the presence of the seat of God and serue him daye and nyghte in hys temple and he that sitteth in the seate shall dwell amonge them They shall honger no more neyther thyrste neyther shall the sunne lyghte on thē neyther any heate For the lambe whyche is in the middes of the seate shal fede thē and lede them vnto fountaynes of liuynge water and God shall wype awaye al teares from their eyes Furthermore it shall be greate comforte for vs also to remember wyth what wyllynge hertes Christ and al the blissed martires suffered death for the glorye of God Christe oure Lorde and sauioure whan the tyme of hys bytter passion beganne to drawe nyghe and perceyued that Iudas wente aboute to betraye hym to the Byshopes and priestes sayde that thou entendeste to do do it quickelye and out of hand And whan the Byshoppes seruauntes came to laye hande on hym where as he myght haue escaped their cruell handes he wyllyngely offered hym selfe vnto them whereby we maye se that he wente vnto hys death wyth a merye and ioyefull herte Christofor These hys wordes which long before his passion he spake to y e Iewes do also testify and wytnes his redy bente good wyll to suffer for the saluacion of mankynd Therfore doeth my father loue me because I gyue ouer my lyfe that I maye take it agayne No manne taketh it away frō me but I gyue it ouer euē of myne own good wil I haue power to gyue it ouer I haue power to take it againe Theo. Of the willinge oblacion of him selfe it was prophecied by the holy Prophetes The prophet Esai sayeth he was offered because it was his good pleasure Dauid also saith in the parson of Christ I wil offer sacrifice vnto the willingly He speketh of the sacrifice of his body Againe Christe hym selfe sayeth by the forsayde Prophet vnto his heauēlye father as for sacrifice and offerynge thou wouldest none therfore madeste thou me a bodie As for burnte offeringes for synne thou hast not alowed them Than sayed I