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A17659	A faythfull and moost godlye treatyse concernyng the most sacred Sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of our sauioure Chryst, co[m]piled by Iohn Caluyne, a man of no lesse lernyng and lytterature then godly studye, and example of liuyng. And translated into Latin by Lacius a man of lyke excellencie. And nowe last of all, translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother, no lesse desirous to profyt the weake brotheres then to exercise the talent of the Lorde to his honoure and glorye. In declaration whereof, he hath set before this lytle booke an epistle to the reader much more effectuous then in the fyrst edicion. Whereunto the order that the churche and congregation of Christ in Denmarke doth vse at the receyuying of baptisme, the Supper of ye Lorde, and wedlocke: is added. Myles Couerdale; Petit traicté de la Saincte cene. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Danske folkekirke.	1548 (1548)	STC 4411; ESTC S107182	57,569	98

not tyl the houre stryke And at the quere dore besyde the table of the Lorde stande two good sober synginge men whyche commenly a quarter of an houre a fore the sermon beginne a psalme and all the people bothe olde and yonge wyth one voyce do synge wyth them after such a fashiō that euery note answereth to a syllabe and euery sillabe to one note commenly and no mo so that a man maye wel vnderstand what the●synge But fyrst for the moste parte they syng the Pater noster in theyr mother tonge then the Psalmes some tyme mo some tyme fewer accordyng as the tyme requireth but al in ther owne language Now whan the clocke smyteth which is comēly .vii. in Sōmer but .viii. in wynter the superattendaūt or chiefe curate commeth in to the pulpyt and fryste of all he wysheth vnto his audience and to hym selfe ▪ grace merye and peace from God the father through his blessed sone Iesus Christe oure sauiour And to the intent that theyr hertes maye be opened to the true vnderstandynge of the gospel which he is aboute to preach vnto them he exhorteth them to call for helpe to the holye Goost So after that the two foresayde men or at the least one of them hath orderly begonne all the thurch folowethe and synge with one voyce vnto the holy Gost this songe Ueni sancte spiritus c. or suche an other lyke it in thyr mother tonge ¶ Thē the preacher taketh the gospell of that presente sondaye or some other place of the scripture that he is appoynted to declare and expoundethe it clearely by the other manifeste places of the byble noetynge in it suche lessones such consolacions and such ensamples as are for the edyfienge of his audience ¶ Comenlye at the latter ende of the sermon he maketh a prery shorte rehearsal of it by the way of exhortacyon to the people or prayer towarde God And then requireth he them to confesse and knowledge theyr sinnes vnto God wyth him euery man in hys owne conscience and to saye suche or lyke wordes in hys herte as I haue plurallye expressed in the generall confession that I humblye offered to the Kynges mooste honorable counsayll for the edyfyenge Anno. M. D. xxxix Whan the prieste hathe prayed for all estates and made this or suche a lyke confession in their name he prayeth God to be mercifull to them to blesse them to shewe the lyghte of hys countenaunce ouer them and to haue mercye on them ¶ Then gyueth he them thys or soche a lyke absolucion and sayeth TO all them that repent and are sory for theyr synnes detestinge and abhorring theyr olde wycked lyfe Yf they be hongry and thirste for Gods mercye in Christe beleuynge surelye to haue forgyuenesse onelye by hym purposinge to for sake all abhomynacyon of lyuynge and from hense forthe to lyue in the feare of God and vnfaynedly to kepe his commaundementes To all suche by the vertue of Goddes worde and commission of the same I pronounce and warraunt fre remyssion and cleane forgeuenes of all theyr synnes To the other that wyll not repente ▪ but styll harden theyr hertes agaynst Goddes trueth continually abydynge in the blyndnesse of false doctrine fylthynes of wi●ked lyuyng hauing no purpose nor mynde to come to r●pentaūce To all suche by the vertue of the same worde and commission therof do I pornounce damnacyon and the terrible wrath of god vntyll they amende ¶ So after that he hath wyshed the peace of God vnto hys audyence he commeth downe Then all the congregacyon and church in maner afore sayde do synge the Crede or beleue in theyr owne mother tonge And whan that is done the curate or els his coadiutour standeth vp afore the table of the lorde and requyreth all such as are appoynted then to be partakers therof to be well ware what they do and to make a iuste accompt with them selues after what maner they haue proued and tried theyr owne consciences whether it be done vnfaynedly in an earnest maner whether they be at one with al men and so forth Yf it be so in dede he geueth God thākes for it Yf no he praieth thē right gētly y t they wyll thinke no shame to absēt thē selues frō this holy supper tyl y e recōciliacion be made lest they come to it vnworthely And thē geueth he thē this exhortacion or els another such lyke ¶ An Exhortation at the supper of the Lorde DEare frendes we are all baptised into the death of oure Lorde Iesu Christe wherfore after holy Baptysme we muste all the dayes of our lyfe fyght and stryue in continuall battayle warre agaynst synne death and the deuyl so beare about with vs in our bodies the passion and death of our Lorde Iesu and we proue by experience that the enemies whom we haue to do withal are neyther weake nor feable but mighty and valiant to whose power mē are naturally subdued so y t vpō earth there is none so mighty as to resist thys power of darkenesse throughe hys owne strength so feable and weake is all oure abilitie in comparison thereof For the whyche cause God the father through Christ his deare sonne hath ordeined another power and kingdome in the whiche is ryghtuousnes and lyfe and through his death and bloude hath he delyuered vs and brought vs frō synne to ryghtuousnes from death to lyfe from the deuyll to God hath included the kyngdome of hys grace in the preaching beleuyng and folowing of his worde which beinge begonne in the holy christentie shal go forth vntyll the last daye that we whiche receyue beleue and do after the same worde by the merites of Christe our reconciler and Sauiour shoulde be and continew for euer his deare chyldrē heyres of the kingdom of grace that is to say of euerlasting saluaciō for as much as we through such faith do eate cōtinually his flesh drinke his bloud that is to saye abyde in hym and he in vs. ¶ To the intent now that this so great goodnesse declared by the worde of God myghte dayly amonge vs be practised distributed and exhibited therfore hath the gracious and merciful Lorde Iesus Christ instituted and ordeined a remembraunce of thys his wonderfull worke and cōmaunded that we at his supper in the Sacrament shoulde eate his very body and drynke his very bloude Wherby the hertes of al suche are faythful beleuers and feare God myghte be assured of thys same grace of God and euerlastyng saluacion And also that in the holy cōgregacion and churche his glorious remembraunce myghte 〈◊〉 kepte that is to say to giue him thākes prai●e to sing ●peake preache reade therof to exhorte cōforte one another among them selues And finally wyth all faythfulnesse one to shewe towarde another suche loue and fauour as we oure selues haue receiued of our deare lorde Iesus Christ. ¶ And for as muche as we nowe are hapened in these later dayes in the whyche

communicate vnto vs and that we be so rude and ignoraunt that we vnderstande not euen the verye leaste of the diuine matters it was neadefull to declare and open thys misterye after suche sorte as the abilitie of oure wytte myght awaye wyth all And for that cause dyd the Lorde institute the supper ▪ that he myght print in our consciences those promesses wherwyth he hath in the gospell promysed to make vs partakers of hys bodye and bloude and that he myght establysh vs in thys perswasion our spiritual lyfe to be remaynynge in hym that we receyuyng so noble a pledge maye conceyue a sure hope of saluation Forthermore that we should be exercised in acknowledgynge his great goodnes towardes vs in celebratyng and settyng forth of the same wyth all la●de and prayse Thyrdly that we should be prouoked to imbrace holynesse and innoncencie for as much as we acknowledge oure selues to be the members of Christe and that aboue all other we set forth and maynteyne frendshyp and brotherly concorde wherof we haue an especial cōmaundement When we haue wel and diligently marked these thre causes to whyche no doubte the Lorde had respecte when he instituted the supper an entrye shall be opened vnto vs that we maye the better vnderstande what fruyte we receyue therby and by what meane we maye vse it a ryght We muste therfore nowe come vnto the seconde parte that we maye declare what holsome fruyte the supper of the Lorde bryngeth vnto vs so we wyl vnderstande and gather the same And that shall we know whē we wyll digentlye perpende oure owne greate lacke which if succurreth No remedy we must neades be vehementlye troubled and vexed in mynde so often as we consyder what we are our selues and when we examyne al that is in vs. For there is not one of vs that can fynde so muche as one lytle crombe of iustice in hym selfe but contrarye wyse we are defyled wyth so many vices and wycked dedes stouffed full of so greate a multitude of synnes that there neadeth none other accuser then our owne conscience nother neadeth it to seke for any other iudge to gyue sentence agaynste vs. Wherof it foloweth that the yre of God is styred agaynste vs and that none of vs can be able to escape the iudgement of eternall death And vnlesse we wyll be verye dreamars and blockeheades no remedy we shal through this horrible cogitacion be ve●ed and troubled as it were wyth a continuall hel fyre For we can not remember the iudgmente of God but incōtinent oure owne damnation is before oure else We are therfore al redy swalowed vp by the deuouring sincke of death were it not that almightie God delyuereth vs. And what hope of resurrection may we haue whē we cōsyder oure owne fleshe so rotton and full of all corruption And therfore whether we consyder body or soule nothynge can be more miserable then we are so longe as we shall consyder but oure selues onely and whylse we perceyue so great miseries no remedye we must neades be miserably tormēted and affected with extreme heauynesse That the heauenly father therfore myght succure thys oure calamitie he gaue vnto vs the supper as a glasse wherin we myght beholde Christe crucifyed and raysed agayne Crucified that our sinnes might be forgynen Raysed agayne that we delyuered from corruption and deathe myghte be restored to the heauenly immortalitie Thys singular consolacion take we of the lordes supper that it directeth and leadeth vs vnto the crosse and resurrection of Christe that we maye knowe for certentye that we although we be wycked and vncleane be acknowledged and receyued of the lorde yea and taken for iust and that by hym we are restored to lyfe notwithstandynge that we be hedged in W tin al kindnes of death and that we be replenished wyth all kynde of felicitye notwythstandyng that we be miserable and ful of calamitie Or to make the thyng more playne When there is no goodnesse at all remaynyng in vs neyther any one thynge of those thynges whiche shoulde helpe to the op●aynynge of saluacion the supper doth abundauntly wytnesse vnto vs that we haue ●ptayned all thinges profitable and holsome in that we be partakers of the death and passion of Chist Wherfore we maye affirme that whiles the lorde admitteth vs in to the felowshyppe of the goodes and richesses of Christe he opene●h the treasorye of hys mercyes Let vs remember therefore that in the supper is geuen vnto vs as it were a glasse wherin we may beholde Christe crucifyed to delyuer vs from death and dampnacion and reysed vp agayne to iustifye vs and gyue vs lyfe euerlastyng And all be it that the same mer●cye is geuen vnto vs in the Gospel yet for that in the supper we haue more certentie and fuller frui●yon we can do no lesse but acknowledge that we receyue thys profyte therof But for bycause the merytes of Christe appertayne nothynge vnto vs vnlesse he him selfe be ou●●s before it is mooste expedyente that in the Supper he be geuen vnto vs that those thynges whereof we haue spoken may in verye dede be perfourmed in vs. And therfore haue I vsed to saye That Christe is the mattire and substaunce of the Sacramentes and that the mercies and benefytes which we gette by him are the efficacie and strength therof To cōclude the hole strength and energye of the supper consisteth in this thinge to confirme the reconciliacion wyth God made by the death and passion of Christe To certifye vs that our soules be washed in his bloude 〈◊〉 that we be made iust throughe his obedience And ●o conclude To prynt surely in our myndes that hope of saluacion which we haue in all those thynges that he hath done for vs. Upon this must we necessarilye conclude that there is a substance annexed vnto this vertue otherwyse shoulde we haue no stydfastnesse or certentie therin we must therfore conclude that in the supper are geuē vnto vs two thynges that is to saye Christ as fountayne origyn and mattier of all good thynges and the fruite and efficacie of his death and passion whiche thynge euen the verie wordes y ● be spokē in the supper do a bundaūtly declare For when he bedde vs eate his body drynke his bloude he addeth that his body was geuē for vs and his bloude shedde for the remission of oure synnes wherin he doth fyrste declare that his bodye and bloud are not simply with out any other consideracion communicate vnto vs but that we must also cōsider the fruite that cōmeth vnto vs by his death and passion In fine Howe maye we be able to come to the fru●cion of so excedynge good thynges onlesse we be partakers of the bodye and bloude of him that hath produced these thynges and gyuen them vnto vs. Nowe entre we into that question whiche hath bene so greatly tossed both in tyme paste and in these oure dayes also howe those wordes

Lorde vncorrupted Fyrst therfore whā the lorde gaue the supper vnto vs to the intent it shoulde be distributed among vs that it might represēt vnto vs the cōmunion which we haue in his bodye and also that we myght be partakers of that sacrifice whyche he offered vnto his father to purge oure sinnes men haue on the contrarie by theyr owne wyttes commented that it is a sacrifyce wherby we obtayne of god remission of sinnes Whyche thynge is detestable sacr●lege and not to bee suffered by any meanes For vnlesse we acknoledge and beleue stedfastlye that the death of the lorde Iesu Christe is the onely sacrifice wherby he reconciled vs to god the father puttynge away al the sinnes wherof we were giltye in hys iudgement we ouerthrowe and distroye hys force and efficacie Unlesse we graūt that Christe is the onely pryest by whose inte●cession we are comen agayne into fauour with his fath●r we robbe hym of hys honoure and do him great iniurie Seing therfore that that opinion whiche fayneth that the supper of the lorde is a sacrifice wherby we gette obtayn● remission of synnes fyghteth agaynste the same it muste be taken awaye condemned as diuyllyshe That it repugneth is most certaine For how cā these thynges agree That Christ in dyinge offered sacrifice to y ● father wherby once for all he optayned pardon and remission of all oure sinnes that we muste sacrifyce agayne daylye that we may obtayne that thing whyche is to be sowght in hys onely death Thys erroure was not at the higheste incontinent vpon the begynnyng but increasynge by lytle and lytle it was at length brought to this point It is manifest y ● the fathers of olde time called the supper a sacrifice But they showe a reason why because the death of Christ is represented there in Theyr saying therfore is to this purpose that because the supper is the memorie of that onlye sacrifice wherin we ought vtterlye to content oure selues therfore is that name attributed Neyther can I blame the custome of the olde congregacion because they did in theyr gesture riete figurate a certaine ymage of a sacrifice w t the same cerimonies in maner that were in vse vnder y ● olde law this one thynge excepted y ● in steade of a ●east they vsed bread for theyr sacr●fice Whyche thinge for that it pricketh to nere the Iewyshe marke and is not agreable to the institution of the Lorde I do not alowe it For in the olde testament the tyme of figures the lorde instituted such ceremonies to be obserued vntyll that sacrifyce were celebrated in the fleshe of his moste deare beloued sonne whyche was the truth of them all Seynge therfore all thys is finished there remayneth no more but that we vse the communion therof It is therfore superfluous to declare that thynge wyth figures Therfore by the instruction of Christ we are not commaūded to offer or sacrifyce but to take and eate the thinge that is al ready offered and sacrificed And although the aūcientes dyd somwhat offende in that obseruation yet was not the impietie so great as that which dyd afterward crepe in For the thynge that was proper and peculiar to the death of Christe was vtterlye transposed to the masse that it myght satisfye to god for our offences that we myght be reconcyled by it Besydes these thynges that office whyche was Christes was attributed vnto them which called them selues priestes that they myghte sacrifyce vnto god and that they myght praye before hym wyth theyr sacrifices to optayne pardone and remission of oure sinnes I wyl not dissēble in these soluciōs which the enemyes of y ● truth do brynge in this matter That the masse is no newe sacrifyce but the applicacyon of that onelye sacrifyce wherof I haue spoken Althoughe they go aboute to couer theyr abhominacion wyth some maner colour Yet doth it manifestlye apeare to be a mere cauillacion For it is not onely sayd that the sacrifice of Christe is but one but also that it oughte not to be iterate s●ynge that the force and efficacie therof is perpetual It is not sayd that Christe was ones offered vp to the father that other shoulde afterwarde v●e the same oblacion that they myght applye vnto vs the force of his intercessyon but that he is entred into the sanctuarye of heauen and that he apperethe there to the intente he may make the father mercyfull vnto vs throughe hys intercession As concernynge the applycacyon of the merites of his death that we may feele the fruite therof that is done not after suche sort as they of the popyshe churche thynke it to be done but when we receyue the tydynges of the Gospell euen such as the ministers whom God hath ordeyned as embasatours dooe in theyr preachynge proteste yea such as he hath sealed wyth sacramentes as wyth seales All aswel teachers as pastours haue alowed this opinion of the commone people wherin they supposed that mā to deserue mercye and iustifcacion euen for the workes sake which woulde heare or bye a masse But I saye that yf we wyll take any profyte of the supper we muste bring thether nothing of our owne to the intent to deserue the thing that we loke for but that we muste onelye receyue wyth fayth the mercye that is in it offered vnto vs. And yet doth not that mercye remayne in the sacramēt but as it commeth frō the crosse of Christ euen so it sendeth vs back agayne to the same Nothyng therfore is so contrary to the true vnderstanding of the supper as to make therof a sacrifice For it wyll not fuffer vs to acknowledge the deathe of Christe to be the onely sacrifice whiche shall continewe for euer These thynges well vnderstande it shall be euident that al those masses wherin is no suche communion of the supper as the Lorde instituted are nought else but verie abominacyon For the Lorde dyd not ordayne that the prist only should seuerally satisfie him selfe after he had fynished his sacrifice but his wyl was y ● this sacramēt shoulde be distributed in an open assēble like vnto the first supper which he celebrated with his apostles But after y ● this detestable opinion was inuented this vnhappie custome proceded out of it as out of an hell mouthe wherin the people contenting them selues with being present at the action as though they should therby optayne some great merite do in the meane time abstaine from the cōmunion because the prest bosteth that he offereth sacrifice for all and chieflie for them that be present I let passe the disceytes and illucions wherin ▪ is so moche vnseamelynesse that they are not to be spoken of as to attribute to eueri little saynt his appropriate masse and to transferre vnto ●atte and wyll as we saye in the French prouerbe the thynge that is spoken of the supper of the lord Also to make marchaūdise therof With the other puddell of

is nought els sene but the folyshnes and gestures of players which thinges woulde become a playe muche better then the sacred supper of the lorde No doubt the sacrifices of the olde testament were celebrated with diuers ornamentes ceremonies But bicause they had a good significacion and were all ordeyned to instructe and exersice the people in godlynesse they were far vnlike vnto these which serue for none other purpose at all but that wythout any maner profite they maye occupye and holde suspense the mynd of the people To cōclude because these masse mōgers yf I maye so call them do allege thys example of the olde testamēt for the defence of their ceremonies it shal be good to note what difference is betwen that whyche they do and that whych was by god commaunded to the Iewysshe people For yf I laye for me this one thyng what so euer was then doone was founded on the commaundement of God and that theyr foolyshe tryfles hane none other foundacion than on mans inuencion were not there a great difference But I haue thynges to disproue thē wyth that be moch greater then these be For it was not for naught that the lord prescribed such a forme for a tyme to the intent that at y ● length it should haue an ende and be abrogate No doubt because he had not as then declared hys doctrine so playnly he woulde so moche y ● rather y ● his people shold be exercised in figuers that the thynge whych wanted in that testament myght be repared in the other But sense that Christ apeared in the fleshe loke by howe moche more the doctrine is lyghtened so moch more are the figures diminished Seyng therfore we haue the bodye ▪ we must leaue the shadowes For yf we wyll replenisshe the abolyshed cerimonies we shal patche agayne that vaile ▪ that Christ brake in sonder by his death and so shall we obscure and darken the lyght of the Gospel Thus do we perceyue that this multitude of cerimones whych is sene in the masse is the forme of the Iewyshe law vtterly contrarie to the christiā relygyon I am not of that mind that I would disproue al cerimonies whyche do serue to honestie and a publyke order wherby the more reuerence is geuen to the sacrament so that they do well agree to the purpose and be sober But that immensurable laborynthe maye by no meanes be sufferred for as moche as it hath ingendred infite supersticiōs made the people as it were am●sed wyth out any maner edificacion By thys it may easily be perceyued wherin those vnto whom god hath opened the vnderstandyng of his truthe oughte to deffer from the papistes ▪ First thei shal be out of doubt y ● it is abominable sacreledge to compt y ● masse as a sacrifice wherby remission of synnes may be obtayned other to repu●e y ● priest for a mediatoure whiche may applie the merites of Christes passion vnto thē y ● bye masses or be presēt at y ● doyng of them or do wyth deuocion worshippe them But they shal rather beleue that the death and passion of Christe is the only sacryfice wherby the ire of god is pacified and perpetuall iustice gotē vnto vs. And by sydes these thynges that the lorde Iesus is entered into the celestial sāctuarie that he may there show him selfe for vs and by the vertue of his sacrifice praye for vs. But yet they shal esealy graūt that the fruite of his death is communicate vnto vs in the supper not bi the merite of the worke but for the promesses that are made vnto vs therin so that we imbrace them wyth fa●th Forthermore they ought in no case to graunte that the bread is transsubstanciated as they say into the bodye of Chryst or the wyne into bloud but they must in that thyng constantly beleue that the visible sygnes do retayne his substaunce that hey may represent vnto vs that spiritual veritie wherof I haue spoken before Thyrdlye ▪ although they ought to be surely persuaded w t themselues that the lorde doth in veri dede geue the same thyng that he doth represent and so that wee do vnfaynedlye receyue the bodye and bloude of Christe yet shal they not seke if as included vnder y ● breade or fastned as they say locally vnto the visible sygne moche lesse oughte they to hono●re the sacrament but to stretch vp the minde into heauē that they may there receyue and honour Christe Hense shal it come to passe that they shall dispice and condemne for ydolatrye all those supersticiouse cerimonies as well of the carying forth of the sacramēt in pōpe ꝓcessiōs as of the buyldyng vp of those tabernacles wherin it is set forth to be honoured For the promesses of the lorde stretch no farther then to y ● vse whych he cōmitted vnto vs. Forthermore they shal iudge the instituciō of the lorde to beviolated and broken in that the people is robbed of the one parte of the sacrament and that it is necessarie that bothe partes be wholy dystributed yf it shoulde be obserued aryght In fyne they shal suppose that it is not onely superfluouse but also dayngerouse and that it becometh not the chrystian religyon to vse so many cerimonies takē of the Iewes more thā the symplicitie wherin the apostles instructed vs. They shal also iudge that it is euen of an vngodly frowardnesse so to celebrate the supper with gestures ▪ and maskers mouinges that no doctrine at al may there be herde but is rather buryed as though it were a certeyne kind of magycall arte To conclude at the laste wee must now come to the last of the chiefe partes That is to saye to that contencion whyche in oure tyme is steared in this matter whiche for as much as no doubt it was of the deuils stearyng vpon to let or rather to breake the course of the Gospell I woulde wyshe it to be forgoten for euer much lesse can I be delyted in the rehersynge of the same But bycause I do perceyue very many godly myndes which know not whyther to turne them selues I wyll briefely say the thyng that I shall thynke necessarye to declare howe they maye delyuer them selues Fyrste I desyre and beseche al faythfull persones euen for the names sake of the lyuynge God that they be not greatly offended bicause thys controuersy is moued amonge them that were the chiefe capiteynes in restorynge and brynging in agayne of the doctrine of the gospel For it is no new thinge for the lorde to suffer his seruaūtes to be ignorant in some thinges and suffer them to contende amonge them selues not that he woulde suffer them to erre continuallye but for a tyme to the intente he myght make them more humble And no doubt yf all thynges had chaunced prosperoussye to thys daye and had flowed accordynge to oure wyll perchaunce men woulde haue forgotten them selues other els the mercy of god shoulde not haue ben so