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A02359	Three rare monuments of antiquitie, or Bertram, priest, a French-man, of the body and blood of Christ, (written 800 yeares agoe) with the late Romish purging thereof: Ælfricus, Arch-bishop of Canterburie, an English-man, his sermon of the sacrament, (preached 627 yeares agoe:) and Maurus, abbot, a Scots-man, his discourse of the same (820 yeares agoe:) all stronglie convincing that grosse errour of transubstantiation. Translated and compacted by M. VVilliam Guild, minister at King-Edward; De corpore et sanguine Domini. English. Abridgments	Ratramnus, monk of Corbie, d. ca. 868.; Guild, William, 1586-1657.; Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Sermo de sacrificio in die Pascae. aut; Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856. De sacramento Eucharistiae. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 12492; ESTC S103528	49,280	152

treated of in another place and part we shal now declare to wit that which belongeth to the holie Housell Christen men may not now keepe that olde Law bodilie but it behoveth them to know what it ghostlie signifi●th That Innocent Lambe which the olde Israelites did then kill had signification after ghostlie vnderstanding of Christs suffering who vnguiltie shed his holie blood for our redemption Heere-of sing Gods servantes at everie Masse Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi miserere nobis that is in our speach Thou Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercie on vs. Those Israelites vvere delivered from sudden death and Pharaohs bondage by the Lambes offering which signifyed Christes suffering thorowe which wee are delivered from ever-lasting Death and from the Devils cruell reigne if wee rightlie belieue in the true Redeemer of the whole Worlde even Christ the Saviour That Lambe was offered in the Evening and our Saviour suffered in the last Age of the Worlde This Age of the corruptible Worlde is reckoned to the Evening They marked with the Lambes blood vpon the Doores and vpper postes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THAV that is the signe of the Crosse and were so defended from the Angell that killed the Aegyptian first-borne And we ought to marke our Fore-heads and our Heartes with the Bloode of our Lordes Suffering Those Israelites did eate the Lambes flesh yearlie at Easter time when they were delivered And wee receiue Christes bodie ghostly and drinke his bloode when wee receiue with true beliefe that holie Housell That tyme they kept yearelie at Easter seaven dayes with great worship when they were delivered from Pharaoh and departed from that I and. So also Christen men keepe Christes Resurrection at the tyme of Easter seaven dayes because thorow his Suffering and rysing wee are delivered and are made cleane by going to this holie Housell as Christ sayeth in his Gospell Verilie verilie I saye vnto you Yee haue no lyfe in you except yee eate My Eleshe and drinke My Blood Hee that eateth My Fleshe and drinketh My Bloode abydeth in Mee and I in him and hee hath that Ever-lasting Lyfe and I will rayse him vp at the last Daye I am that lyuelie Bread which came downe from Heaven not so as your Fathers did eate Manna in the Wildernesse and died Hee that eateth this Bread liveth for ever Hee blessed then Bread before his suffering and divided it vnto his Disciples thus saying Eate of this Bread It is My Bodie and doe this in My rememberance Also he blessed Wine in one Cuppe and sayde Drinke yee all of this This is My Blood which is shedde for manie in forgiuenesse of sinnes The Apostles did also as Christ commanded that is They blessed Bread and Wine to housell againe afterwardes in his rememberance Even so also their Successoures and all Priestes by Christes Commaundement doe blesse Bread and Wine to housell in his Name with the Apostolicke Blessing Nowe men haue often searched and doe yet often search howe Bread which is gathered of Corne and thorowe Fyres heate baked may bee turned to Christes bodie Or howe Wine which is pressed out of manie Grapes is turned thorowe a blessing to the Lordes bloode Nowe saye wee vnto such men That some thinges bee spoken of Christ by signification and some be thinges certayne True this is and certayne That Christ was borne of a Mayde and suffered death of his owne accorde and was buried and on this Daye rose agayne from Death Hee is sayde to bee Bread then by signification and a Lambe and a Lyon and a Mountayne Hee is called Bread because hee is our Lyfe and Angels lyfe Hee is sayde to bee a Lambe for his innocencie A Lyon for strength where-with hee overcame the strong Devill But Christ is not so not-with-standing after true nature neyther Bread nor a Lambe nor a Lyon Why is then that holie Housell called Christs bodie or his blood if it bee not truelie that which it is called Truelie the bread and the wine which in the Supper by the Priest is hallowed showe one thing with-out vnto humane vnderstanding and another thing with-in vnto believing mindes With-out they are seene bread and wine both in figure and taste and they bee so truelie after their hallowing But Christes bodie and blood by ghostlie mysterie An Heathen Chylde is christened yet hee altereth not his shape with-out though hee bee chaunged with-in Hee is brought vnto the Font-stone sinfull thorowe Adams disobedience And how-be-it hee is washed from all sinne with-in yet hee hath not changed his shape with-out Even so the holie Font water which is called the Well-spring of Lyfe is lyke in shape vnto other water and is subject to corruption but the holie Ghostes might commeth to the corruptible water thorowe the Priestes blessing and it may after wash the bodie and soule from all sinne thorowe Ghostlie might Beholde nowe wee see two thinges in one creature after true nature that water is corruptible moysture and after ghostlie mysterie hath whole-some vertue So also if wee beholde that holie Housell after bodilie vnderstanding then wee see that it is a creature corruptible and mutable but if we acknowledge there-in ghostlie might then vnderstand wee that life is there-in and that it giveth Immortalitie to them that eate it with beliefe Much is between the invisible might of this holy Housel and the visible shape of its proper nature It is naturallie corruptible bread and wine and is by might of Gods word truelie Christes bodie and his blood not so not-with-standing bodylie but ghostlie Much is betweene the bodie of Christ which hee suffered in and the bodie which is hallowed to housell The bodie truelie that Christ suffered in was borne of the flesh of Ma●ie with blood and bone with skin and sinewes in humane limmes with a reasonable soule living But his ghostlie bodie which wee call the Housell is gathered of many Cornes with-out blood and bone with-out limme with-out soule and there-fore nothing is to be vnderstood there-in bodilie but all ghostlie What-so-ever was in that Housell which giveth substance of life that is of the ghostlie might and invisible doing Therefore is that holie Housell called a mysterie because there is one thing in it seene and another thing vnderstoode That which is there seene hath bodilie shape and that which wee doe there vnderstand hath Ghostlie might Certainlie Christs bodie which suffered death and rose againe from death never dieth hence-foorth but is eternall and impassible That Housell is temporall not eternall corruptible and dealed in-to sundrie partes chewed betweene the Teeth and sent downe in-to the bellie how-be-it never-the-lesse after Ghostlie might it is all in everie part Manie receiue that holie bodie and yet not-with-standing it is so all in everie part after Ghostlie mysterie Though some chewe the lesse yet there is no more might not-with-standing in the more parte than the lesse because it is whole in all men after

the invisible might This mysterie is a Pledge and a Figure Christes bodie is Trueth it selfe This Pledge wee doe keepe mysticallie vntill that wee bee come vnto the Trueth it selfe and then is this Pledge ended Truelie it is so as wee before haue saide Christes bodie and his blood not bodilie but ghostlie But now heare the Apostles wordes about this mysterie Paul the Apostle speaketh of the olde Israelites thus writing in his Epistle to faythfull men All our Fore-fathers were baptized in the Cloude and in the Sea and all they did eate the same ghostlie Meate and dranke the same ghostlie Drinke They dranke truelie of the Stone that followed them and that Stone was Christ. Neither was that Stone then from which the Water ranne bodilie Christ but it signified Christ who calleth thus to all believing and faythfull men Who-so-ever thirsteth let him come to Me and drinke from his bowels shall flow liuely water This hee saide of the holie Ghost which they received who believed in him The Apostle Paul saith that the Israelites did eate the same ghostlie Meate and dranke the same ghostlie Drinke because that heavenlie Meate that fed them fourtie yeares and that water which from the Stone did flow had signification of Christs bodie and his blood which now are offered daylie in Gods Church It was the same which wee now offer not bodilie but ghostlie Wee saide vnto you ere-while that Christ hallowed bread and Wine to housell before his suffering and said This is My Bodie and My Blood yet he had not then suffered but so not-with-standing he turned thorow invisible might that bread to his owne bodie and that wine to his owne blood as hee before did in the Wildernesse before that he was borne to be a Man when hee turned that heavenlie meat to his flesh and the flowing water from that Stone to his owne blood Verie manie did eate of that heavenlie Meat in the Wildernesse and dranke that ghostlie Drinke and were never-the-lesse dead as Christ saide and Christ meant not that death which none can escape but that ever-lasting death which some of that folke deserved for their vnbeliefe Moses and Aaron and many others of that people which pleased God did eate that heavenlie Bread and they died not that everlasting death tho they died the common death They saw that that heavenlie Meate was visible and corruptible but they ghostlie vnderstood by that visible thing another Meate and ghostlie received it Our Saviour saith Hee that eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood hath ever-lasting Life Now hee bade them not eate that bodie where-with hee was inclosed nor drinke that blood which he shed for vs but hee meant by these words that holie Housel which ghostlie is his bodie and his blood and hee that tasteth it with a believing heart hath that eternall life In the olde Law faythfull men offered to God diverse Sacrifices which had fore-signification of Christs bodie which for our sinnes hee him selfe hath since offered to his heavenlie Father for sacrifice Certainlie this Housell which wee hallow now at Gods Altar is a Remembrance of Christs bodie which hee offered for vs and so him selfe commanded Doe this in My remembrance Once suffered Christ by him selfe but yet never-the-lesse his suffering is daylie renewed at this Supper thorow the mysterie of the holie Housel Therefore wee ought to consider diligentlie how that this holie Housel is both Christs bodie and the bodie of all faithfull men after ghostlie mysterie as wyse Augustine saith of it If yee will vnderstand of Christes bodie heare the Apostle Paul thus speaking Yee truelie be Christs bodie and his members Now is your mysterie set on Gods Table and yee receiue your mysterie which mysterie yee your selues bee Bee that which you see on the Altar and receiue that which yee your selues bee Againe the Apostle Paul sayeth Wee beeing manie are one Bread and one Bodie Vnder-stand now and rejoyce Manie bee one Bread and one bodie in Christ Hee is our head and wee are his limmes And as the Bread is not of one Corne but of manie nor the Wyne of one Grape but of manie So also wee all should haue one vnitie in the Lord as it is written of the faythfull Armie howe that they were in so great an vnitie as tho all of them were one soule and one heart So Christ hallowed on his Table the mysterie of our peace and of our vnitie Hee which receiveth that mysterie of vnitie and keepeth not the band of true peace receiveth no mystery for him selfe but a witnesse against him selfe It is verie good for Christen men that they goe often to housell if they bring with them vnto the Altar Vnguiltinesse and innocencie of heart if they bee not oppressed with sinne To an evill man it turneth to no good but to destruction if hee receiue vnworthilie that holie Housell Holie Bookes commaund that water bee mingled with that wine which shall bee for housell because the water signifyeth the people and the wine Christes blood And there-fore the one with-out the other shall not bee offered at the holie Housell that Christ may bee with vs and wee with Christ the head with the limmes and the limmes with the head Wee would before haue intreated of the Lambe which the olde Israelites offered at their Easter time but that we desired first to declare vnto you of this mysterie and after how wee should receiue it I. That signifying-Lambe was offered at the Easter and the Apostle Sainct Paul sayeth in the Epistle of this present day that Christ is our Easter or Passe-over who was offered for vs and this daye rose agayne from death II. The Israelites did eate the Lambes flesh even as GOD had commaunded them with vnleavened bread and wilde Lettuice So should wee receiue that holie Housell of Christes bodie and bloode with-out the leaven of Sinne and Iniquitie For as Leaven turneth the creatures from their nature so doeth Sinne also change the nature of Man from Innocencie to Vncleannesse And the Apostle hath taught howe wee should feast not in the Leaven of Evilnesse but in the sweete Dough of Puritie and Trueth III. The Hearbe which they shoulde eate with the vnleavened bread is called Lettuice and is bitter in taste So wee shoulde with bitternesse of vnfeigned repentance purifie our myndes if wee will eate Christes bodie IIII. Those Israelites were not wont to eate rawe flesh and therefore God bade them to eate it neyther rawe nor sodden in water but roasted with fyre Hee shall receiue the bodie of God rawe that shall thinke with-out reason that Christ was onelie Man lyke vnto vs and was not God And hee that will after mans wisedome search of the mysterie of Christes Incarnation doeth lyke to him that seetheth Lambes flesh in water because that water in this same place signifyeth mans vnder-standing But wee should vnder-stand that all the mysterie of Christes humanitie was ordered by the power of the holie Ghost And then

to the similitude and memoriall of those on which these things were done So that that is called the day which is not the day it selfe but alyke vnto it by revolution of tyme and that is sayde to be done on that daye in respect of the celebration of the Sacrament and memoriall thereof which notwithstanding is not on that day indeede but long agoe is done Was not Christ lyke-wyse but once onelie crucified in his owne person and yet not-with-standing not onelie in the Sacrament at all these solemnities at Easter but everie day also hee is crucified before the whole people Neither speaketh hee vntruelie who beeing asked at the tyme of the Sacrament and in the meane while answereth that Christ is in crucifying for if Sacramentes had not a similitude of the things themselues whereof they are Sacraments they were not at all to be called Sacraments From this similitude then and resemblance the Sacramentes for the moste parte take the names of the thinges them selues As then according to a certaine manner the Sacrament of Christes bodie is the bodie of Christ and the Sacrament of Christes bloode is the bloode of Christ so the Sacrament of Fayth is Fayth Wee see then that holie Augustine sayeth that the Sacrament in effect is one thing and the thing signifyed another for the bodie of Christ which suffered that blood which gushed foorth out of his syde are the reall thinges them selues but the mysteries of these thinges are that which hee calleth the Sacrament of the bodie and blood of Christ which is celebrated in rememberance of the Lords Passion not onelie at the solemnitie of Easter yearlie but also everie day through-out the whole yeare And not-with-standing that there is but one bodie of the Lord where-in hee suffered once onelie and one blood once onelie shedde for the redumption of the worlde yet the Sacramentes haue taken the names of those same thinges them selues so that they are called the Bodie and Blood of Christ while as they are so onelie called but for the similitude of those things which they signifie as the Passion daye and the daye of the Resurrection are so called which are yearlie celebrated while as not-with-standing in his bodie hee suffered but once as is sayde and rose but once Neyther can these dayes bee called backe againe because they are alreadie by-gone Yet not-with-standing by that forme of speach they are called such dayes where in the rememberance of the Lordes death and Resurrection is commemorated because they haue the similitude and resemblance of those dayes where-on our Saviour suffered and rose againe Whence wee say the daye or tomorrowe or the day after to bee the daye of the Lordes Passion or his Resurrection when as not-with-standing those dayes where-on these thinges were reallie done are by-past manie yeares agoe So also wee may saye That the Lord is sacrificed or offered vp when the Sacrament of his Oblation is celebrated while as not-with-standing hee was but once onelie sacrificed for the salvation of the worlde in his owne person as the Apostle sayeth CHRIST once suffered for vs leaving an example vnto vs that wee might followe His Foote-steppes For hee sayeth not that hee suffereth daylie in his owne person which hee did but once but hee left vs that example which vnto vs that are the faythfull is daylie represented in the mysterie of his bodie and bloode that who-so-ever commeth vnto it may know that hee must bee partaker of the Lordes sufferinges the patterne and resemblance where-of hee giveth in his holie mysteries according to that of Salomon When thou commest to eate at the Table of a mightie man consider diligentlie what is set before thee knowing that thou must prepare such things againe To come then to the Table of this mightie man is to bee partaker of the heavenlie Food and the taking heede to those thinges which are set before thee is the vnderstanding and discerning aright of the bodie and blood of Christ Whereof who-so-ever hee bee that is partaker let him take heede that hee must prepare such thinges also to wit that hee must bee Christes follower by dying with him the memorie of whose death hee must not onelie by believing but by tasting also confesse Also the blessed Apostle Sainct Paul wryting to the Hebrewes sayth Such an high Priest it became vs to haue who is holie harmelesse vndefyled separate from sinners and made higher than the Heavens Who needeth not daylie as those high Priestes vnder the Lawe to offer vp Sacrifice first for his owne sinnes and then for the peoples for this the Lord IESVS CHRIST did once when hee offered vp him selfe And now that which hee did once is daylie re-iterated for hee offered himselfe once for the sinnes of the people and yet not-with-standing this Oblation is daylie celebrated by the faythfull but in a mysterie that that which our Lord IESVS fulfilled by offering vp him selfe once in person might in rememberance of his Passion bee daylie performed and that by celebrating the holie mysteries there-of Neither is it vntruelie sayd that in these mysteries the Lord is crucified or suffereth because they carrie the similitude of that death and suffering whereof they are resemblances Whence it is also that they are called the Lords bodie and his blood because they take the name of that whereof they are the Sacrament Hence it is that blessed Isiodor in his Booke of Etimologies sayeth that this word SACRIFICE is so called as it were a Sacred fact because this action or Sacrament is consecrated with a mysticall sort of Prayer vnto the remembrance of the Lords Passion From whence it is that at his command wee call that the bodie and blood of Christ the which while it is made of the fruites of the earth it is sanctified and so becommeth a Sacrament by the Spirite of God working invisiblie The Sacrament of which Bread also and of which Cup is in the Greeke called Eucharict which in Latine being interpreted signifieth THANKS-GIVING And what is better I pray you than the bodie and blood of Christ and therefore that bread and that wine are compared to the bodie and blood of Christ because as the substance of this visible bread and wine nowrisheth and refresheth the outward man so that word of God which is the living bread by the participation of it refresheth the mynds of the faythfull And that holie fore-named Father doeth ever teach that the mysterie of the Lords Passion is to be celebrated in remembrance onlie of the Lords suffering for vs. And so by saying this hee showeth that the Lords proper suffering was but once but that the daylie rememberance thereof in our holie Solemnities is often to bee represented Whence it is that the bread which is offered al-be-it it be taken of the fruits of the earth while it is sanctified it is turned in the bodie of Christ and that wine which did

which thinges it is showne evidentlie vnto vs that nothing is vnderstood in that meat and drinke corporallie but all is to bee taken spirituallie for the soule of man which is signified by his heart is not fed with corporall foode but is nowrished and quickened by that word of God Which the same Doctor showeth more manifestlie in his fift Booke of the Sacraments saying It is not that bread wich entereth into the bodie but that bread of lyfe which giveth quickning to our soules And that Sainct Ambrose spake not this of the common bread but of the bread of the bodie of Christ the next words manifestlie declare for hee speaketh of the daylie bread which the faythfull desire to bee given them and therefore hee subjoyneth these wordes If it bee our daylie bread why take yee it onelie at the ende of a whole yeare as the Grecians in the East vsed to doe Take then that daylie which will bee profitable to thee daylie and liue so that thou mayest bee worthie daylie to receiue it It is manifest then concerning what bread hee speaketh to wit concerning the bodie and blood of Christ which nowrisheth not in that it goeth downe into the bodie but because it is the bread of everlasting lyfe By the authoritie then of this most learned man wee are admonished that there is a great difference betweene the bodie of Christ which suffered and his blood which gushed foorth out of his syde on the Crosse and betweene this bodie which is celebrated daylie by the faythfull in the mysterie of the Lords Passion and that blood which is taken by the mouth of the faythfull seeing it is the mysterie onelie of that blood wher-with the whole world was redeemed That bread and that drinke therefore according to that they are seene are not the bodie and blood of Christ but according to that they furnish the nowrishment of lyfe spirituallie But that bodie of Christ wherein he was crucified carried none other shape or appearance than wherein it did consist truelie for it was truelie that bodie which was seene which was touched which was crucified which was buried lyke-wyse that blood which gushed foorth out of his side seemed not one thing outwardlie and mysticallie covered another thing inwardlie therefore it was true blood which sprang from that true bodie But that blood of Christ which now the faythful drinke and the bodie which they eate is one thing according to their shape and another thing according to their signification for it is one way wherby they feede the bodie with corporall foode and another where●y they fill our soules with the substantiall nowrishment of eternall lyfe Concerning which thing Sainct Ierome in his Commentarie vpon Sainct Paules Epistle to the Ephesians writeth so The bodie and blood of Christ sayeth hee may be vnderstood two māner of ways either spirituallie concerning the which hee sayeth My Flesh is Meat indeed and My Blood is Drinke indeede or corporallie according to that flesh which was crucified and that blood which was shed by the Souldiours Lance. It is not then by a small difference that hee maketh such a distinction of the bodie and blood of Christ for while he saith That this flesh or blood which is taken by the faythfull is spirituall but that flesh which was crucified and that blood which was shed by the Souldiours Lance is not spirituall hee insinuateth thus much that there is great difference betweene these as there is betweene corporall things and spirituall visible and invisible naturall and supernaturall and in respect that they differ so it followeth that they are not one Therefore that spirituall flesh which is taken by the faythfull onlie and that spirituall drinke which is exhibited vnto the believers daylie to bee drunken differeth from the flesh which was crucified and the blood which was shedde by the Souldiours Launce as the authoritie of this holie Man testifieth and therefore I say they are not all one thing For that flesh which was crucified was made of the Virgines flesh joyned with Bones and Sinewes distinguished by the Lineamentes of humane Members quickened with the spirite of a reasonable soule to the vse of a proper life and agreeable motions But that spirituall flesh which feedeth the believers spirituallie according to the outward shape it consisteth of the graines of Corne made by the hand of the Baker joyned with no sinewes nor bones distinguished with no varietie of members quickned vvith no reasonable soule and which can exercise no proper motions for what-so-ever in it giveth lyfe is of a spirituall power of an invisible efficacie and of an heavenlie vertue for it is a farre more different thing as it is believed in a mysterie than as it is seene outwardlie More-over the flesh of Christ which was crucified shewed no more outwardlie than it was in it selfe because it was the flesh of a true man onelie to wit a true bodie vnder the shape of a true bodie But we must not onelie consider in that bread this bodie of Christ but also the bodie of the whole believers in him must be represented for which cause it is made vp of manie graines of Wheate because so the bodie of the Church is made vp of manie believers by the word of Christ for which cause as in the mysticall bread the bodie of Christ is vnderstood so also in the same mysterie the members of the Church are represented to bee one in Christ and as not corporallie but spirituallie that bread is called the bodie of the Church or believing people So also of necessitie it must bee vnderstood to be the bodie of Christ not corporallie but spirituallie So also in the wine which is called the blood of Christ it is commanded to bee mixed with water neither is it suffered that one of them bee offered without the other because the people can-not be without Christ nor Christ without his people even as the head cannot be with-out the members nor the members with-out the head for the water in that Sacrament signifieth the people Then if that wine which is sanctified by the office of the Ministers thereof bee turned corporallie into the blood of Christ the water also which is mixed with it of necessitie must bee converted corporallie into the blood of the believers For where there is one sanctification there is one operation and where there is a-lyke reason there is a-lyke mysterie But wee see in the water nothing to be changed corporallie and therefore consequentlie neither in the wine So that what-so-ever in the water is signified concerning the people it is taken spirituallie Then of necessitie what-so-ever in the wine is meaned concerning the blood of Christ must be taken spirituallie Also these thinges which differ amongst them selues are not one the bodie of Christ then which hath died and is risen and is made immortall dieth not now for Death hath no more dominion over it for it is eternall neither is it now passible

Image the resemblance of that whose similitude it representeth they signifie then the thing whose Images they are and doeth not showe the same in it selfe manifestlie Which while they are so it is evident that this bodie and blood are the pledges and resemblances of that to come that that which is shown vnto vs by a similitude now shal bee clearlie revealed vnto vs in tyme to come It is one thing then which is done nowe and another which shall bee manifested heereafter Wherefore it is the bodie and blood of Christ which the Church celebrateth but as a Pledge and resemblance the veritie it selfe shall bee when neyther Pledge nor representation but He him selfe shall clearlie appeare And in another place he sayth O LORD accomplishe in vs that which THY Sacramentes contayne that that which wee nowe celebrate in resemblance wee may bee partakers also of the veritie of the thinges them selues Hee sayeth then that these thinges are celebrated in resemblance that is by similitude and not by the manifestation of the thing it selfe So that the resemblance and the veritie of the thing it selfe are there distinguished Wherefore the body and blood of Christ which is nowe celebrated in the Church differeth from that bodie and blood which is knowne to bee glorified in Christ his bodie by his resurrection And this bodie which is celebrated in the Church is but a Pledge and resemblance of that but that is the veritie it selfe This is done while wee come to that but when wee come to that this shall bee remooved It is manifest then that there is great difference betweene them as much as there is betweene a Pledge and that wherefore it is given and as much as there is betweene an Image and that which it representeth and as much as there is betweene the resemblance of a thing and the veritie it selfe Wee see then that there is great difference betweene the mysterie of the bodie and bloode of Christ which is taken in the Church by the Faythfull and that which was borne of the Virgine which suffered which was buried which rose againe and went to heaven and now sitteth at the right hand of the Father For this which is celebrated in this mortall Iourney is taken spirituallie because fayth believeth that which it seeth not and spirituallie feedeth the soule and gladdeneth the heart and giveth eternall lyfe and immortalitie while that is not taken heede vnto which feedeth the bodie and is torne with the teeth and broken in pieces but that which is spirituallie taken and by fayth apprehended But that bodie wherin he suffered which rose againe and is his proper bodie which hee tooke of the Virgine was palpable and visible after his resurrection as hee him selfe sayeth vnto his Disciples Wherefore are yee troubled and wherefore doe cogitations enter into your heartes Looke to mine Handes and Feete if I bee not the same Man handle and see because a spirit hath not flesh and bones yee see mee haue Let vs also heare what holie Fulgentius sayeth in his Booke concerning Fayth Gripe stedfastlie sayeth hee and doubt no-wyse that the onelie begotten Sonne of God was made flesh that he offered him selfe vp in a Sacrifice acceptable to God to whome with the Father and the holie Spirit the Patriarches Prophets and Priestes in tyme of the Olde Testament sacrificed Beastes and to whom now in the tyme of the new Testament with the Father and the holie Spirite who maketh but one God-head the Sacrifice of bread and wine is through faith and charitie offered by the Catholicke Church throughout the world In these carnall Sacrifices there was a representation of the flesh of Christ which he was to offer for our sinnes being without sinne him selfe and of his blood which he was to offer 〈◊〉 the remission of our sinnes But in this Sacrifice is a Thanks-giving and commemoration of the bodie of Christ which hee offered for vs and of his blood which hee shed for vs concerning which the blessed Apostle Paul sayeth in the Acts of the Apostles Take heede therefore vnto your selues and to all the flocke over which the holie Ghost hath made you over-seers to feede the Church of God which hee hath conquest with his owne blood In those Sacrifices then it was showne figuratiuely what was to haue bene given vnto vs but in this Sacrifice is clearelie showne what is alreadie given vnto vs. Saying then that it was signified in those Sacrifices what was to bee given vnto vs but in this Sacrament that wee should commemorate that which is alreadie given hee showeth evidentlie that as that had a figure of the things to come so this should haue a resemblance of thinges alreadie by-gone By which wordes also he declareth manifestlie what great difference is betweene the bodie of Christ which suffered and that bodie which serveth for the commemoration of his death and suffering for the one was his true and proper bodie having no mysticall signification nor resemblance of any other thing in it but this other is mysticall showing one thing outwardlie by figure and inwardlie representing another thing vnto vs by the vnderstanding of faith Let vs bring one testimonie yet of Sainct Augustine which will confirme the thing we haue said put an ende also to our present Discourse In that Sermon which he made vnto the people concerning this Sacramēt of the Altar he saith That which yee see on the Altar of God yee saw it this night by-gone but yee heard not yet what it was or what it meaned and of howe great a thing it was a Sacrament That which yee see then it i● bread and wine which your eyes point foorth vnto you but that which your fayth is to bee instructed in is this That that Bread is the Bodie of Christ and that Cup the Blood of Christ. This is shortlie sayde which perhaps would suff●ce your fayth but your fayth requireth instruction for the Prophet sayeth Except ye● belieue ye shall not vnderstand Yee may then say vnto mee Thou hast commanded vs to belieue declare vnto vs that wee may vnderstand for this cogitation may enter into the mynde of anie man wee know whence our Lord Iesus tooke flesh to wit of the Virgine Marie being an Infant he sucked hee was nowrished hee came vnto youth-head hee suffered persecution of the Iewes hee hung vpon a Tree hee was killed taken downe from the Crosse hee was buried and rose againe the third day at his appointed time he went to the Heavens and lifted vp his bodie thither from whence hee is to come to judge the quicke and the dead there he is presentlie at the right hand of his Father sitting howe then can this bee his bodie or this Cup or that which it containeth his blood Brethren these thinges are called Sacramentes because in them there is one thing seene and another thing is vnderstood that which is seene hath a corporall shape but that

which is vnderstood hath a spirituall fruit This Venerable Doctor then by saying this teacheth vs what wee ought to thinke concerning the proper bodie of Christ which was borne of the Virgine and sitteth nowe at the right Hand of the Father in which hee is to come to judge the quicke and the dead and what wee ought to thinke of that which is offered vpon the Altar where-of the People are made partakers That bodie is whole neither is it divided by any cutting nor covered with anie figures But this which is set vpon the Table of the Lord is a resemblance of that because it is a Sacrament And that which is seene outwardlie hath a corporall shape and feedeth the bodie but that which is vnderstoode inwardlie it hath a spirituall fruite which quickeneth the Soule And when he would haue spoken more manifestlie concerning this mysticall bodie hee sayeth thus in the wordes following If ye will vnderstand concerning the bodie of Christ heare the Apostle saying Yee are the Bodie and Members of Christ. If then yee bee the bodie and members of Christ your mysticall resemblance is set on the Lords Table and yee receiue the mysterie of the Lord and vnto that which you are yee say AMEN and by aunswering so yee subscrybe there-vnto Thou hearest then of the bodie of Christ and thou aunswerest AMEN Bee a member then of the bodie of CHRIST that that may bee a true AMEN Wherefore then is this mysterie in the bread Wee shall bring nothing heere of our owne wit but let vs heare the Apostle when hee was speaking of that Sacrament saying For wee being manie are one bread and one bodie And holie Augustine instructing vs sufficientlie of the rest sayeth That as in that bread which was offered on the Altar the bodie of Christ was resembled so also the bodie of the people that did receiue it was lyke-wyse represented that so hee might showe manifestlie that that is the proper bodie of Christ onlie which was borne of the Virgin sucked suffered died was buried rose againe ascended to the Heavens and which presentlie sitteth at the right Hand of his Father and is to come to Iudgement But this which is set vpon the Lordes Table containeth the mysterie of the bodie of the faythfull as the Apostle witnesseth saying For wee beeing many are one bread and one bodie in Christ. Wherefore most Noble Prince let your wisedome consider that it is most clearlie showne by Testimonies of holie Scripture and Sayings of the holie Fathers That that Bread which is called the Bodie of Christ that Cup which is called the Blood of Christ is a figure because it is a mysterie And that there is a great difference betweene the mysterie of his bodie and his bodie it selfe which suffered was buried and rose againe because this is the proper bodie of our Saviour neither is there in it any figure or signification but the manifestation of the thing it selfe is knowne and the believers desire the sight of him because hee is our head and by the sight of him our desire shal be satisfied because He and the Father is one not according to that that our SAVIOVR hath a bodie but according to the fulnesse of the DEITIE which dwelleth in the Man CHRIST But in that which is celebrated in a mysterie is a resemblance not onlie of the proper bodie of Christ but also of all believers in him for it beareth the figure of both the bodies that is both of Christ which suffered and rose againe and of the people which are renewed in Christ by Baptisme and quickned from the dead Let vs also adde this That that Bread and Cup which is called the Bodie and Blood of Christ representeth the remembrie of the Lords Passion or Death as him selfe sayde in the Gospell Doe this in rememberance of Mee Which the Apostle Sainct Paul expoundeth saying How often so-ever yee eate this Bread and drinke this Cuppe yee shall remember the LORDES death till His comming againe We are taught then by our Saviour and also by the holie Apostle Sainct Paul That that Bread and that Bloode which is set vpon the Altar is set downe in rememberance and resemblance of the Lordes death and Passion that it may call to recent memorie that which was done long a-goe where-by wee beeing remembered of his death and suffering may bee made partakers there-by of that heavenlie Gift where-by wee are redeemed from Death ever-lasting Knowe wee lyke-wyse that when wee come to the sight of Christ him selfe wee shall not haue neede of such meanes where-by wee may bee admonished what his great bountifulnesse sustayned for vs because beholding him selfe face to face wee shall not bee put in mynde by the outward admonition of temporall thinges but wee shall beholde him by the contemplation of the veritie it selfe even as wee ought to giue thankes for ever vnto the Author of our Salvation Neyther there-fore let it bee thought al-be-it wee say this that there-fore the Bodie and Bloode of Christ is not truelie apprehended by the Faythfull in the mysterie of this Sacrament seeing Fayth apprehendeth not that which the Eye seeth but that which it selfe believeth because it is spirituall foode and spirituall drinke feeding the Soule spirituallie giving lyfe full of eternitie as the Lord our Saviour commending this mysterie fayeth It is the Spirite that quickeneth for the Flesh profiteth nothing Desiring then to obey Your Highnesse Commaund heere-in I beeing but of small abilitie haue vnder-taken to reason concerning thinges of no small importance and controversie not following the presumptiō of mine own thoughts and estimation but looking to the authoritie of Fathers and those that haue gone before mee Which if You allowe to bee spoken catholicklie attribute the same vnto the worthinesse of Your Fayth who laying a-syde the Glorie of Your Royall Majestic was not ashamed to haue an Aunswere of the Veritie from Your humble Servaunt But if it please You not let it bee imputed vnto mine insufficiencie vvho was not able to declare these things so effectuallie as other-wyse I desyred AMEN The Purging of BERTRAM Out of the Expurgatorie Spanish Index of Don Gasp●r Quiroga Cardinall and Arch-bishop of Toledo Generall Inquisitor of Spayne and set foorth by his Commaund and of the Councell of the sayde Generall Inquisition according to the Decreet of the Councell of Trent and by the speciall Mandate Authoritie of Philip the second King of Spayne And by the care and direction of the Duke of Alue in the Low-Countreys Framed and made vp Anno 1571. According to that Copie printed at Madrill there-after by Alphonsus Gomesius His Majesties Printer there Anno 1594. That the Booke of BERTRAM Priest Of the Bodie and Blood of CHRIST beeing amended may bee hence-foorth tolerated The Iudgement and Decree of the Vniversitie of Duay approoved by the Censures as fol●oweth ALtho wee greatlie account not of this Booke and therefore we are not much carefull altho