the flesh and the concopilcence of it Novv it is impossible that they that be thus dead vnto the vvorld should not liue vnto God and that the vvorld shoulde not be d Rom. 6. 2. colos 3. 3 4. dead vnto them as contrarywise they that liue vnto the vvorld and the vvorld vnto them they are dead vnto God as S. Paul hath vvritten of the VVidovv that liueth in pleasure saying e 1. Tim. 5. 6. math 8. 22. ihon. 8 2â— â—phe â— 1. â—poc 2. 11. 3. 1. That vvidovv that liueth in pleasure is dead eueÌ„ yet aliue because she liueth vnto the vvorlde and is deade vnto God that vvas the meaning of our sauiour Christ vvhen he sayd vnto the yong man that vvould go and burie his father let the deade burie the deade follovve thou me VVhen we dye then vnto the world we rise againe vnto God Againe we practise spiritually in vs the example of the death of Christ vvhen vve doe f Rom 8. 13. â— cor 4. 10. 11. 12. colos 3. 5. mortifie out earthly members vvhen vve offer ouâ— bodies a liuely sacrifice to God when we do slay vvith the sword of Gods vvorde and also burne Thâ— fruites of Christes resurrection vvith the fire of his spirite our concupiscences and carnall affections vvhich are the bruite beastes that vve sacrifice vnto God that the offering and sacrifice oâ— our bodies may be reasonable a Rom. 1â— 1. Then vve dye vvith our sauiour Christ vvhen vve doe kill and mortifie our old Adam vve do also rise againe vvith him vvhen b 1. Cor. 15. vve do put on Iesus Christ be apparelled vvith him vvhen vve serue to righteousnesse and despise this vvorlde vvith all the pompe and pride thereof hauing our minds and c Luke 1. 75. conuersation in heauen vvhere vve do seeke for our Sauiour Iesus Christ sitting on the right hande of God the father PA. Shevv me the fruites of our Lordes resurrection TI. One fruite of our Lordes resurrection is that it is the povver vvhich is shedde into the beleeuers vvhich maketh them able to rise from vices vnto d Rom. 6. 4. 9. 11. ephe 3. 23. colloss 3. 1. 2. vertue I his povver is bestowed on vs in baptism and confirmed in the Lordes supper so that vve bee not behind hand with our parts and yet this povver is felt in those onely that are borne agayne of immortall seede Another fruite is the example for Paule saith Christe rose againe to the intent vve d Rom. 4. 25. 5. 15. 6. 4. 5. 11. 12. 1. cor 15. 20. 1. the. 4. 14 c might walke in newnes of life Those therfore that folovv their ovvn vices liuing vvickedly vnclenly do testifie by their ovvne doing that they despise Christ vvhose resurrection is set before vs as a glasse to see hovve vve ought to leade our life for they thinke that Christe vvas scourged crovvned vvith thornes and shed his bloud vpon the Altar of the crosse to the intent that they may giue ouer themselues to all outragiousnes tyranny pride lustes and after this maner as much as in them lyâ—th they How Christes body is present to our fayth crucifie the sonne of God anevv vve therefore who coueâ— not only to be called but also to be the samâ— that vve are called that is Christians muste thinke vpon the matter as it is in deed namely that Christ died for the a Rom 4. 25 5. 8. 1. cor 15. 3. gal 1 4. ephes 2. 16 1. tim 2 6 tit 2 14. 1 pet 2 24. 1. iohn â— 2 3 16. cleansing of suche mens sinnes as receiue faith in him and liue in true repentaunce by mortifiyng the olde man and quickening the nevv man PA. Doest thou thinke that Christ is present with vs in body TI. If vve may liken great things to smal Christs body is so present to our fayth as the Sonne vvhen we see it is present to our eye for no one thing subiect to our sences coÌ„meth more neare to the likenes of Christ then the Sun vvhich though it still abide in the heauen and therefore in very deed toucheth not the eye yet the body of the sunne is present to the â—ight notvvithstanding so great a distaunce of place betvveene So b Math. 26 11 ioh 12 8 14 2. 2 cor 5 8 phil 1 23. 1 pâ—â— 8. Act. 3. 21 the body of Christ vvhich by his ascending is taken vp from vs and hath left the vvorlde and is gone to his father is in dee de absent from our sences yet onr faith is conuersant in heauen and beholdeth that sonne of righteousnes and is verily in presence with it there present like as ouâ— sight is present vvith the body of the sunne in the heauen or as the sunne is vvith our sight in earth Moreouer as the sunne is vvith his light present to all things so is also Christ vvith his godhead spirite and povver present to all and filleth all PA. VVhat thinkest thou of the death of the Godly TI. The iudgement of the vvorld is not to be approued for it â—arethlesse for spiritual death then for Death not dreadfull to the Godly â—atural death it esteemeth lesse eternall death then temporall death or else would men leaue sin which procureth both the one the other I meane a Apoc 2 11 21 8. 1. tim 5 6. spirituall and eternall death and they b 2. Cor 5 1 2 phil 1 23 heb 2. 15. 2. pe â— 14 temporally doe die that by natural death they might enter into the full fruition of eternall life vvhich none can inioye nor enter into that here vvill not temporally dye that is that will not labour to mortifie their affections and crucifie their lustes and concupiscences for by obeying them at the first came death as we may read Gen. 3. If Eue had not obeyed her desire in eating the forbidden fruite whereby she dyed spiritually c Gen 2 17 ephes 2 1 â—am 2 15 none of these kinds of death had euer coÌ„mâ—n vnto man nor been known of vs. Therfore as I say vve must d Rom 5 12 heb 6 27 deut 31 14 iosua 23 14. 1. sam 26 10 iob 14 5 psal 89 48 ioh 7 30 â—om 5 1â— needes here temporally dye that is mortifie our affections to escape the spirituall death by natural death not onely escape eternal death of soule and body but also by it as by a dore enter into eternall life vvhich Christ Iesus our Sauiour â—ath procured purchased to and for all that be in him translating eternal death into a e Act 7 60. deut 31 16 math 9 24 ioh 11. 11. 12. 13 1. cor 7 39 11 30. 1 thes 4 13. sleep or rather into a deliueraunce of soule and body from all kinde of dangers miseries and sinnes by reason vvhere of vve may see that to those that be in Christ that is
knovvledge of oure election in Christ For albeit that election firste is certayne in the c 2 Reg. 1â— 18. rom 11. 3. 2. tim 2. 19. knovvledge of God yet in our knowledge Fayth onely that vvee haue in Christe is the The elect cannot perish Notes vpon Gods election a Math. 13. 22 24. 24. luke 19. 9. iohn 6. 37. 32. 10. 28. 17 12. 18. 9. 2. thes 2. 13. 1. iohn 2. 19. apoc 13. 8. thing that giueth to vs our certificate comfort of this election vvherefore vvhosoeuer desireth to be assured that hee is one of the elect members of God let him not clime vp into heauen to knovve but let him descend to himself and theâ—e search hâ—â— sayth in Christ the sonne of God vvhich if he finde in him not fained by the working of Gods holy spirite accordingly thereuppon let him stay and so vvrap him selfe vvholly both body and soule vnder Gods generall promise cumber his head vvith no further speculations knovving this that whosoeuer beleueth in him shal not perish Ioh. 3. shal not bee confounded Rom. â— shall not see death Ioh. 8. shal not enter into iudgement Ioh. 5. shal haue euer lasting life Ioh. 3. 7. shal be saued shall haue remission of all his sins shal be iustified Rom. 3. Gal. 2. shal haue floudes flovving out of him of vvater of life Ioh. 7. shall neuer dye Ioh. 1â— shall be raised in the last day Ioh. 6. shall finde rest in his soul and shal be refreshed Math. 11. Novve then forasmuch as vvee see faith to be the grounde vvhereupon dependeth the vvhole condition of our iustifying let vs discusse in like manner vvhat is this faith vvherof the scripture so much speaketh for the more plaine vnderstanding of the simple for many kindes there be of faith as a man may beleeue euery thing that is true yet not euery trueth doth saue neyther dothe the b Math. 7. 22. luke 12. 47. rom 1. 32. 1. cor 13. 2. iam 2. 26. titus 1. 16. beleeuing of euery trueth iustify a man He that be leeueth that God created all things of nought beleeueth truely He that beleeueth that God is a iust God that hee is omnipotent that he is mercifull that hee is true of promise beleeueth vvell and holdeth the trueth Christ â—y â—â—yth receiued Notes vpon Gods election So hee that beleeueth that God hath his election from the beginning and that hee also is one of the same elect and predestinate hath a good beleefe thinketh well but yet this beleef alone except it be seasoned vvith another thing vvill not serue to saluation as it auayled not the olde Ievves vvhich so thought of themselues and yet think to this day to be Gods elect people Onely the faith vvhich auaileth to saluation is that vvhose obiect is the body passion of Iesus Christe crucified so that in the Act of iustifying these tvvo faith and Christ haue a mutuall relation and must alvvayes concurre together fayth as the Action vvhich apprehendeth Christ as the obiect vvhich is apprehended for neither a Iohn 17 21 rom 9 5â— col 2 7. 1 cor 10 16. rom 8 50. 1 corin 1 30. doth the passion of Christe saue vvithout fayth neither doth faith help except it be in Christ As vve see the body of man â—ustained by bread and drinke not except the same bee receiued and conuayed into the stomack yet neyther doth the receiuing of euery thing sustaine mans bodye except it be meate and drink which haue power to giue nourishmeÌ„t In like fort it is vvith fayth for neither doth the beleeuing of euery thing saue but onely faith in the bloude of Christ neither again doth the same bloud of Christ profite vs except by fayth it bee receiued And as the sunne being the cause of al light shineth not but to theÌ„ only which haue eies to see nor yet to them neyther vnlesse they will open their eyes to receiue the lighte so the passion of Christe is the efficiente cause of saluation but fayth is the condition wherby the said passion is to vs effectuall And that is the cause why we say with the scripture that faith b Genes 15 6 hahak 2 4 math 9 22 mark 5 36 â—uke 7 50 acts 10 43 15 9. rom 3 23 24 28 4. 5 5. 1. galat 2 16 3 11. 22 5. 6. ephe 2 8. only iustifieth vs not excluding thereby all other extern Christe and fayth must not be seperated Notes vpon Gods election causes that goe before as grace mercy election vocation the death of Christ c. al vvhich be externe causes vvorking our saluation through faith But vvhen vve say that faith only iustifieth vs the meaning thereof is this that of al internal actions motions or operations in man giuen to him of God there is no other that contenteth pleaseth God or standeth before his iudgement or can helpe any thing to the iustifying of man before him but onely this one action of faith in Iesus Christe the sonne of God for although the action of praying fasting almes patience charity repentaunce the feare and loue of God be high gifts in man not of man giuen of God to man yet be none of al these actions in man imputed of God to saluation but only this one action of faith in man vpon Christe Iesus the sonne of God not that the action it selfe of beleeuing as it is a quality in man dothe so deserue but because it taketh that dignitye of the obiect for faith as it is an action in man is not to be considered alone but must euer goe vvith his obiect and taketh his vertue thereof Like as the looking vp of the olde Israelites did not of it selfe procure anye health vnto them but the promise made in the obiect vvhich vvas the brasen a Numb 21 9 iohn 3 14. Serpent vvhereuppon they looked gaue them health by their looking vp Euen so after like sort are vve saued by our fayth spirituall looking vp to the body of Christ crucified vvhich faith to define is this b Iohn 3 15 16 18. ioh 8 24 14 1 act 8 37 16 31 20 21 1 iohn 3 23. To beleeue Iesus Christe to be the sonne of the liuing God sent into this vvorlde by his death to satisfie for our sinnes and so to receiue the same FINIS AT LONDON Printed by Robert VValde-graue dwelling without Temple-barre neere vnto Sommerset-house 1584.
vanquish death euen to the house thereof that is to saye euen to the graue vvherein he felt no corruption to declare How Christ de scended into Hell that euen in dying he had ouercome and vanquished death PA. VVhat meanest thou concerning this that Christ descended into hell TI. I meane that vvhether vvee doe take this vvorde Hell for a 1. Sam. 2. 6. Psal 18. 4 9. 13 30. 3. act 2. 24. death it selfe and for the extreamest and greatest perils dangers and griefes dolors and anguishes that a man can sufâ—er here in this vvorlde and vvhereby he may be brought vnto his death and consequently for b 1. Cor 15. 55 the sling and povver of death for the iudgement and wrath of God and for the bottomlesse pit of all miseries calamities vvhen our Sauiour Christ vvas so ouâ—ragiously delt vvithall vvhen he did sweat c Luk 22. 44. bloud when his soule vvas heauy euen vnto he d Math 2â— 38. death and when he was hanged most opprobriously deâ—pitefully and haynously betwixt two theeues as e Math. 2â— 46. psal 22. 1. forsaken of God and all creatures vvithour ayde helpe or comfort and so hanging on a tree did giue vp the ghost bearing the cuisse and anger of God vvhich is a verye hell feeling vpon him the condemnation paines and torments that were due vnto vs for our sinnes then vven the in deed down into hel which thoght to ouervvhelme him but it coulde not becauâ—e hâ—e vvas both vvithout sinne and also the true and naturall sonne of God And doubtles most especially he descended into hel when he did by his diuine povver make all the elect whose soules vvere in Abrahams bosome to feele f Ioh. 5. 25. 28. 11. 25. 26. rom 14. 8. 9. Colo 1. 15. 14. 19. 20. the efficacie strength and vertue of his death that he suffered for them the fruites of his passion and bloudshedding But on g 1. Pet 1. 19. Ioh. 8. 24. 1. cor 15. 54. 55. heb 1. 14. 15. the other side he vvent vnto the hell of the damned vvhen they did feele and vnderstande through his The Fruites of Christes death Christes resurrection Christes ascention godly might that they were depryued of the merits of his death and passion and of the grace health saluation purchased vnto his elect and chosen children PA. VVhat fruite haste thou by this death of Christ TI. Firste I beleeue that this death and punishment vvhich Christ suffered is a Heb. 9. 12. 13. 2. 28. 1 pet 2. 1. 1. â—ohn 2. 2. the appeasing of Gods vvrath and a full satisfaction to God for all my sinnes Secondly that b Galat. 5. 24. rom 6. 6. 7. 8. 11. as he is dead for sinne so he will cause sinne to dye in my mortall body PA. VVhat proâ—it hast thou by the rysing againe of Christ TI. Firste I am assured by his rising againe from death that he hath c 1. Cor. 15. 55. 56. rom 8. 33. 34. rom 4. 25. ouercome death hel and sinne and hath finished my iustification Secondly that as he is risen from death so he causeth me as a member of him to d Rom. 6. 4. colos 1. 2. 3. rise from sinne and delight in righteousnesse Thirdly he rising againe by his own povver neuer to dye any more is a sure pledge to mee that e 1. Cor. 15. 16. 20. my body shall in like maner rise againe and be quickned in him for euer PA. VVhat is the meaning of this that Christ ascended into heauen TI. Christ as touching his manhoode is f Act. 1. 11. 3. 2. onely in heauen but in his g Math. 28. 20. Godhead and comfort of his holâ— spirit he is with vs to the end of the world PA. VVhat good gettest thou by the ascending of Christ into heauen TI. First Christ his ascending into heauen is a suâ—e pledge vnto me that h Ioh. 14. 3. phil 3. 21. collos 3 4. 1. thes 4. 17. I shall in like maner as a meÌ„ber of him by his power be receiued into heauen in the same nature wherein he is ascended Secondly Christes ascension Iudgement Holy Ghost Catholique Church Christ hauing ascended into heauen maketh a Rom. 8. 34. heb 9. 24. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. 2. continuall intercession for me PA. VVhat is the meaning of this that Christ sitteth at the right hand of the Father TI. Christ sitteth at the right hand of the Father that is hath b Mat. 28. 18. ephe 1. 28. 21. 22. all power giuen him of the father ouer all things PA. VVhat fruit doest thou receiue by this that Christe shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead TI. To me that am a member of Christ it is a singular comfort c Math. 24. 31. 25 34. luk 21. 27. 28. 1. The. 1. 10. vvhen I knovve that none shal be my iudge but he that is my Sauiour but terrible it vvill be to those that flee from Christ d Math. 25. 41. luk 21. 25. 26. 2. Thes 1. 8. vvhen they shall see him come to iudge them vvhome they in their life time refused to be their Phisition and Sauiour PA. VVhat beleeuest thou concerning God the holy Ghost TI. I beleeue that God the holy Ghost dwelleth in my heart as the e Rom. 8. 9. 11. 15. 16. 17. gal 4. 6. eph 1. 17. 18. seale of mine election and persuadeth me that Christes benefits are all mine and vvorketh in me that I dye vnto f Eph 4. 23 24. collos 2. 11. 12. 13. sinne and liue vnto righteousnesse PA Nowe tell me vvhat callest thou the Catholique Church TI. The catholique Church is the g Rom. 8. 29. ephe 1. 10. 11. 12. math 16. 18. ioh 10. 16. vvhole company of true faithfull people vvhich euer were since the beginning of the world in all places vvhich also be novv and shall be to the ende of the vvorld of the vvhich number I beleeue that I am h Rom 8. 16. 2. corâ—n 13. 5. one I beleeue that God i 2. Tim. 2. 19. knoweth them al and hath a moste tender care ouer them and that he hath and vvill Communion of Saints Forgiuenesse of sinnes Resurrection of the body take them all vnto his â—lory PA. VVhat callest thou the Communion of Saints TI. The communion of Saints is the societie that we vvhich beleeue haue vvith God through Christ Iesus and vvhich all we haue one vvith anoâ—her as a 1. Cor 12. 13 10. 17. eph 4. 15. 5. 30. col 1. 18. rom 12. 5. members of our head Iesus Christ vvhereby vve are b Luk. 11. 28. gal 6. 2 ph 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. ready to communicate al Gods benefites both spirituall and temporall to the mutuall helpe and comfort one of another according to the meaâ—ure of fayth which wee haue receyued of God in this life PA. VVhat is it to beleeue the forgyuenesse of Sinnes
TI. I beleeue that Iesus Christ hath vvholly c 1. Ioh. 2. 2. col 1. 14. 19. 20. 21 22. 1. Gor. 1. 30. esa 53. 4. 5. 8. 12. rom 3. 23. 24 25. 5. 8. â— Cor. 5. 19. appeased God for my sinnes and payd the full punishment due to them and therefore that they be freely forgyuen mee and shall neuer bee layde to my charge PA. VVhat beleeuest thou of the resurrection of the body TI. I beleeue that after this lyfe ended my soule d Eccles 12. 7. Luk. 16. 22. 23. 43. shall go to God that gaue it and that my bodye shall rest iâ— the graue till the appointed time and then I shall e Iob. 19. 26. 27. 1. Cor. 15. 42. 43. 1. Cor. 15 53. 1. thes â— 13. see God in my flesh I my selfe shal see him and mine ovvne eyes shall looke vpon him euen in this body made glorious and without al corruption like vnto the body of Christ PA. VVhat is that thou sayest of life euerlasting TI. I beleeue that vvhen God shall f Iob. 19. 25. Dan. 12. 2 Ioh 5. 28 〈◊〉 11. 24. phil 3. 11. 1. the. 4. 14. rayse agayne this body and ioyne againe in one my body and soul that then my body shal be without al corruption no more subiect to any chaunge but that Life euerlasting Of our selfe will The Sacraments defined death it selfe our last enemy shall bee taken avvay svvallowed vp in victory and I shal liue so a Luk. 20. 36. apo 20. 5. 6. rom 6. 11. that I shall neuer dye God strengthen vs by his spirit in the inner man that we maye bee able to comprehende vvith all his Saintes vvhat is the length the breadth the height the depth that vve may knovv the Lawe of Christ and be filled vvith all fulnesse of God PA. The Lord increase this sayth in vs. But tell mâ— haue vve this fayth in our ovvne power to beleeue of our selfe will TI. No but sayth is the gyft b â—â—h 2. â— philâ— â— 29. 2 Thes 1. 3. 3. 2. of God euen as our saluation likevvise is and of our selues there is not one of vs that can so much as name the Lorde Iesus but it is wrouâ—ht in 〈◊〉 by the holy Ghoste c Ioh. 17. 20. Rom. 14. 17. 1. tim 3. 15. 1 Cor. 1. 21. through the preaching of the vvorde confirmed and made strong through the vse of the same vvord and Sacramentes PA. VVhat callâ—st thou Sacramentes TI. Sacramentes be d Gen. 17. 11. Exod. 12. 3. 4. outwarde signes ordayned of God for the greater assurance and strengthning of our fayth beeing vnto vs e Rom 4 11. sure pledges of those benefits of our saluation which we receiue in Christ to be outs and are represented vnto vs â—y the outvvarde signes of vvater in Baptisme and breade and vvine in the Supper They serue also for a marke of our profession whereby vve differ from other people vvhich be heathen PA. How many Sacraments be there TI. There be two f 1 Cor. 10. 1. 2 ioh 19. 34. Sacramentes that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lorde PA. VVhat strength of fayth haue vve through our Baptisme The vse of Baptisme Of the Lords Supper TI. Baptisme is a seale and token by which God vvill haue me assured that a Mark 1. 4. act 21. 16. my sinnes are forgiuen me and that my lyfe is acceptable in his sight for as the vvater vvasheth away the filthynes of the body euen so should I through the holy Ghost be therby fully certified that the b Act. 22. 16. eph 5. 26. tit 3 5. 6. 1. Pet. 1. 2. 3. 21. 1. iob 1 7. 8. bloud of Christ being sprinkled vppon my soule by the c Act. 15. 9. hande of faith hath vvashed away both the giltinesse of my sin and the punishment due to the same And as after our outvvarde vvashiug the body is more comely so after our Baptisme the spirite of God vvorketh in vs that sinne d Rom 6. 3. 4. 5. 6. c. is dead in our mortall bodyes and vve be risen vp into e 2. Cor. 5. 17. gal 5. 24. 25. newnes of lyfe and in vvhom soeuer baptisme hath not this worke he may well haue the name but in deed he is no Christian PA. VVhat strengthning of our sayth do we finde in the vse of the Lords Supper TI. The Supper of the Lorde doth through the holy Ghost strengthen my fayth that I shoulde not doubt but as surely as I receiue the bread vvine into my body to become of perfect substance vvith my flesh f 1. Cor 1. 30. 10. 16. so Christ hath giuen him selfe wholly to become mine and nourisheth my soule to euerlasting lyfe g Rom. 4. 25. his death and passion is my deliuerance from sin his h 2. Cor 5. 21. righteousnes is my iustification euen so surely confirmed vnto me as if I my self had performed in mine owne body that moste holy obedience vnto his father vvhich he alone fulfilled Thus I receiue the Sacraments as signes and seales of the righteousnes that is by fayth PA. Are not then the bread and vvine in the Supper of the Lorde turned into the body and bloude of Christ No transubstantiation Preparation to the Lords Supper TI. The breade and wine as touching their nature and substance are a Mat. 26. 29. mat 14. 2â— 1. cor 1◠〈◊〉 1â— 11. 〈◊〉 2â— 28. not turned but as touching the vse of them they differ from common breade vvine in that they are appoynted of God to serue vnto vs as b Rom. 4. 11. seales and pledges of those benefites which Christ to his body wrought for vs. PA. Now then for as much as the Lordes Supper in respecte that it is holye it muste haue the guestes holy and it refuseth them that be prophane and in respect that it is misticall it must haue such guestes which are able by their well practised sences to distinct the invvard mysteries from that which appeareth to the eyes and in that it hath a remembrance it requireth a mindefull heart of the good turne receyued Tell me therefore in vvhat manner oughtest thou to prepare thy seife to the receyuing of thâ—se misteries TI. In preparing my selfe to receyue the Supper of the Lorde I ought diligently to obserue these three thinges First to c 1. Cor 11. 28 examine my selfe vvhether I d 2. Cor. 13. 5. stand in sayth or no vvhich I shall know if I feele my e 2. Cor. 1. 21. 22. 5 5. eph 1. 13. hart f Rom. 8. 15. eph 3. 12. assured by the spirit of God that the g 1. Ioh 1. 12. puniâ—hment of my sinnes is fully discharged in Christ and that vvhatsoeuer he hath done perteyneth not onely to others but euen h Esai 53 6. 7. 8. 9. c. eph 3. 17. 1. tim 15 16. to
see O Lorde my God the vvhole course of my life to be almost nothing else but a continual breaking of thy holy lawes commaundementes The thoughts of my heart eyther in vanity or else in open wickednes are in number infinite and through the aboundance of them my mouth is dayly prouoked to speake and my bodye stirred vp to do execute contrary to thy holy wil. A Godly Prayer And againe O Lord I see thy heauy vvrath vengeance and iudgement against sinne to be intollerable so that the least vvicked thought and moste secret cogitation of my heart procureth thy vvrath cursse vvhich haue none ende the tormentes of hell and euerlasting fire yea although in all my life I had but once in thought broken any one of thy coÌ„maundements a Exod 20. 5. luk 18. 7. 8. psal 5. 5. 2. cor 6. 14. And I know O Lorde God that thou art true and iust and canst not abide sinn and vvickednesse but vvilt iustly punish euery sinn with the selfe same tormentes of hell vvhich thy iustice hath appointed This O Lorde my God throweth me dovvne and amazeth me so that I knovve not vvhat to doe I looke into my selfe vievving mine ovvne povver vvhether I am able to ouercome this punishment of sinne or no and I see that the most cruell and paynefull punnishmente that I can deuise to my selfe as in vvhipping my body all the dayes of my life wearing haire cloth pining my selfe vvith fasting or any other payne I see I see O Lord that all this punishment is not sufficient for b Luke 17. 10. collos 2. 23. one of my least sinnes bcause it deserueth the euerlasting paynes of hell I looke to heauen I see there is no Saint nor Angell able to abide and. c iohn 14. 10. 12. 31. 16. 32. 2. cor 5. 19. ouercome this horrible punishment of sinne I looke to men in this vvorlde euen to them that chalenge to themselues the titles of holines and hye perfection but alas I see no remedy in them I finde no difference for al are in like fault and condemnation al haue gone out of the way al are made altogether vn profitable ther is none that doth good no not one All by nature are the children of vvrath all are as A Godly Prayer a Esa 119. 167 sheepe going astray and therefore haue neede to turne vnto the chiefe shepheard and hye bishop of their soules Thus vevving the vvhole race of mankinde alasse I see no hope among the children of men for all their holinesse righteonsnesse and perfection is not able to satisfie for one of the least of their ovvne vvicked thoughtes much lesse for mine or others seeing the punishment is by thy iust decree and sentence thy euerlasting cursse VVherfore I am driuen from my selfe and all that I can doe to â—eeke this punishment â—ischarged othervvhere or else to quayle and perishe for euer vnder the heauy burden of sinne I see there is no hope for me in An gelles Saints and mortall men but only in that perfect man Christ Iesus thy deare sonne in vvhome I see the full punishment of my sinnes fully payed satisfied discharged and ouercome In him I see death vanquished the payne of hell in victory svvallovved vp the cursse satisfied the eternity of the punishment through his euerlasting povver ouerreached This I see O Lorde by the eyes of sayth beeing through thy holye spirite fully assured that all the vvhole punishment of sinne payed by my Sauiour Christ is not onely payd for other men but also for me and my sinne This assurance of my fayth being thy onely vvorke in me I beseech thee in mercy to strengthen and b Lukâ— 17. 5. increase for I feele it often full of vvauering and doubting Graunt that I may dayly more and more in my soule and conscience feel my selfe knit and grafted into the bodye of thy son vvherby I may be assured that vvhat soeuer he hath done pertaineth to me and is fully vvholly mine that I may through the povver of his death feel sin A Godly Praeyer a Rom. 6. 6. 7. 8 7. 6. 8. 10. dayly die in me through the povver of his resurrection feel my selfe risen from sinne to haue my ful ioy comfort in those thinges vvhich be agreeable to thy holy vvill commandements vtterly hating and abhorring from my heart al thinges vvhich be contrary to thy vvill and pleasure that euen in this life I may still looke for thy blessed hope and b Act 17. 31. 1. corin 1. 7. titus 2. 11. 13. philip 3. 20. heb 9 28. 1. peter 3. 12. appearing of the glory of the almighty God of our sauiour Iesus Christ vsing the things of this vvorld as though I c Mat. 25 34. vsed them not till that good time bâ—e come in vvhich it shall please thee to call me to thy euerlasting kingdome of glory there to reigne vvith my Lord and sauionr Iesus Christe for euer and euer Amen VVhat it is to giue glory to God PAVLE WHat is it I pray thee tell me to giue glory to God TITVS No man can yeeld true glory vnto God without the true knowledge of Christ a 1. Cor. 20. 31 ephe 4 3. 21. iudg 15. apoc 4. 9. 5. 13. 19. 7. Verily man was created to this ende that he should glorifie his Creator But through the fall of our first parentes it came to passe that neither he knew God aright b Rom. 1. 20. 21 noâ— gloâ—ified him aright If thou demaunde what it is to giue glorye vnto God to giue glory vnto any bodye is nothing else but to attribute true vertue vnto him as vvhen some King dealeth iustly vvisâ—ly valiauntly and mercifully his subiectes yeeld him glory that is to say his subiectes like well of his doynges and vvith singuler good vviâ—l doe blaze them abroad And in like vvise is c Iosua 7. 29. 1 sam 6 5. ioh 9. 24. VVisdome of God Iob 12. 13. rom 16 27. iere 51. 15. Righteousnesse of God 1. Tim 2. 5. ioh 1. 14. rom 1 3. 8. 2 gal 4. 4. 1. cor 1 30 hebr 1. 10. 11. Math 3 15. Rom. 5. 18. 2. cor 5. 21. glory giueÌ„ vnto God when his vertues are rightly acknowledged and felt as his wisedome his righteousnes his puissance his mercifulnes his truth and such others The wisedome of God is seene in this that he repaireth againe men vvhome he had created to his glory so as he might be his sonne borne of a virgine recouer again the image of God which he had lost through sinne and so giue glory to the wisdom of God His righteousnes is seene by this that hee would not receiue into fauour man that had sinned vvithout amendes made for the wrong that he had done for vvhere as it was of necessity that eyther man must haue perished euerlastingly for his sinne or else that some one of mankinde
ceremoniall Sacrifices of the law but he requireth e Mat. 1â— 17. Ose 6. 6. 1. Sam. 15. 2â— mercy knowledge of God and obedience in their stead Also to do good to distribute f Heb. 13. 16. phil 4. 18. to giue almes to the maintenaÌ„ce of the Minister of the pore are a sweete smelling sauor and a sacrifice acceptable and pleasaunt to God VVho may sacrifice for sinne And Saint Paul in the twelfe to the Romains saith I besech you brethren by the mercies of God that you giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holye and acceptable vnto God vvhich is your reasonable seruing of God PA. VVhat Sacrificer maye offer Sacrifie for sinne TI. There is none other true and perfect Sacrificer which may offer vnto God perfect sacrifice to make an agreement betweene him and mankinde but Iesus Christ onely for so much as he is perfect and vvithout sinne a Esa 43. 11. ose 13. 4. iere 17. 5. Beside vvhich reason this is also to be noted that euen as the paine due to our sinnes is infinite euen so the sacrifice of Iesus Christ is of merite vertue infinite And the reason therof is because he is not onely vvithout sinne and vvithout spot but also because he b Heb. 1. 1. 2. is the true and naturall sonne of God and his humaine nature is ioyned to his diuine nature vvhich is infinite of the vvhich the humaine nature taketh his vertue for his humaine nature coulde not giue life of it selfe except it tooke it of the diuine nature vvhich is the fountayne and therefore Iesus Christ hath sayde c Ioh. 6. 63. The flesh profiteth nothing to vvit if it be considered as seperate from his diuine nature and from his holy spirit but it is the spirit vvhich giueth life that is to sâ—ye God dwelling in Iesus Christ corporally as Saint Paul sâ—ith to vvit really and in deede reconcileth the world to himselfe PA. How can the death of Christe alone make sufficient and ful amends for the sinnes of the whole worlde TI. d Iohn 1. 29. Behold the lamb of God saith Iohn which From whence groweth the estimation of Christes workes and passion taketh avvay the sinnes of the vvorld for of the vndiuidable and vnspeakable vnion of the Godhead and manhood in one person groweth the worthinesse estimation and endles merite of al the workes and passions of Christ Therfore when it is sayd the sonne of man hath a 1. Cori 6 20. 1 pet 1 18. 19 actes 20. 18. apoc 5. 9. redeemed vs by the desert of his passion a worke of inestimable price incomparaâ—le value is named because the same sonne of man that hath suffered is also God Also the death of the sonne of man is a satisfaction because it is the death of such a man as is God The obedience of the sonne of man is our righteousnes because it is the obedience of a man that is God So the son of man forgiueth sinnes because he is God b Math. 9. 6. mar 2. 5. 7. 9. luk 5 20. 7. 48. The flesh of Christ is the food of life because it is the flesh of a man that is God And although the Godhead in Christ suffered not but c 2. Cor. 13. 4. 1. pet 4. 1. his manhood only as saith Peter Christ suffered in the fleshe yet his passion extendeth to his vvhole person In so much that whatsoeuer reproch is done to Christs d Mat. 1. 18. 28 luk 1. 38. 42. 43. manhood the same redoundeth to the reproche of his vvhole person according to this sentence e 1 Cor. 2. 8. iohn 3. 13. acts 20. 28. 1. iohn 1. 1. 3. 16. they haue crucified the Lord of glory In consideration whereof the Church confesseth the sonne of God to haue suffered because he suffered in the manhoode which he had taken vpon him PA. Hovv manifold is the meditation of Christes passion TI. The healthfull meditation of Christes passion is sixfold f Gal 7. 9. 8â— 11. 7 8. iohn 3. 33. rom 3. 4 2. chro 12. 6. iob â— 19. esai 45. 27. apoc 16. 5. The first is that thereby wil come to our minde hovve great the vvrath of God muste needes haue beene for the sinnes of men vvhich coulde A healthfull meditation of Christes passion not be appeased by the vvorke of any creature but that of necessitie the onely begotten sonne of God muste doe to pacifie Gods vvrath by making this rightfull satisfaction for sinne a 2. Chr. 30. 9. nehem 9. 31. psalm 7. 12. esai 30. 18. ier 31. 20. ioel 2. 13. ionas 4. 2. luk 6. 36. rom 2. 4. iac 5. 11. 2. pet 3. 9. The second is that thereby vvill come to our remembrances hovv vnmeasurable and vnserchable hath beene the mercie of God the father vvho rather vvould that his only begotten sonne should suffer most â—itter death then that mankinde vvhom he had created shoulde perish Peraduenture thou maist surmize that God could haue deliuered mankind by some other mean VVhat art thou that vvill teach God what he might haue done think thou vpon Gods iustice and mercy together for as his mercy moued him to saue so his iustice moued him to looke for rightfull amends of the vvrong Man sinned and for so doing hee must eyther perish or b Math. 3. 15. rom 5. 18. 2. cor 5. 21. make amends Novv c Ro. 3. 23. 25. acts 20. 28. esai 6. 3. 11. rom 14. 23. heb 11. 6. man beeing no more but man could not satisfie Gods iustice and other then man none ought to doe it Gods vvisedome therefore found through mercy a remedie in this case vvhich vvas that the eternall sonne of God shoulde d Rom. 8. 2. 2. corin 5. 21. heb 4. 15. 1. pet 2 22. 3. 18. 1. ioh 2. 1. become man by meanes vvhereof he both vvas able to satisfiâ— Gods iustice because he vvas God ought to doe it because he had takeÌ„ mans nature vpon him Thus in Christes passion appeareth mercy to be myxed vvith iustice and vvisedome hath tempered them both The third is that therby vvill come to minde the moste excellent and vnspeakable loue of the sonne of God tovvards mankinde vvho vouchsafed to turne the vvrath of his father to himselfe and to abide so slaunderous a death and that for his enemis Rom. 5. 10. The fourth is that thereby vvill come to mind A healthfuâ—l meditation of Christeâ— passion the true meane whereby the fruite of our Lordes passion may be applyed to thee so as it may be for Application of Christes death thy soule health This applying of it is brought to passe three wayes by the word by faith and by the sacraments By the word as it were by the hande of God is the benefite of the Lordes passion offered vnto thee vvhere and as often as he Gospel of Iesus Christ is preached the Ministers of the vvorde do in Gods
stead shew the a 1. Cor. 11. 26 fruite of our Lords passion to all that heare the gospel Againe when the benefite of the Lordes passion is thus offered as it vvere by the hande of God it must be receiued by faith as it vverâ— a certaine hand of man the vvhich faith the b Rom. 10. 17. epâ—e 1. 18. 19. 1. cor 12. 5. 9. 11. ioh 17. 20. rom 14 17. 1. tâ—m 3 15. 1 cor 1. 21. holy ghost worketh in men that heare the Gospell and obey c Gen. 17. 11. exod 12. 3. 4. rom 4 11. Furthermore it is sealed vp vvith eyther Sacrament of Baptisme and of the Lordes Supper and the strength and vse therof is painted out as it were in tables Therefore vvhen thou rehersest the article of thy beleeâ—e concerning the passion of the Lord persuade thy selfe firmely beleeue most assuredly that the sonne of God suffered death for thee vvhich thing if thou doe thou art partaker of the Lordes death in so much that all the vvhole obedience of Christe is thy acquitall from d 1. Cor 1. 30. sinne and rhy righteousnesse But there is a double obedience to bee marked in Christe his obedience of the Crosse e Gala. 3. 13. and his obedience of the Lavve vvhich vvas his perfecte fulfilling of the same Like as his obedience to the Crosse is our cleansing from sinne â— f Eph. 2. 15. colos 2. 14. so his obedience of the law is imputed to vs for our righteousnes The fifth is that vvhen we be thus made partakers of the Lords passion through faith it vvill come to our remembrance Additions Christes passion and resurrection what is the lot of the Godly in this life for like as Christ hath suffered so will hee haue the rest of the godly to a Rom. 8. 28. 1. thes 1 6 1 pet 4 13 phil 1 29. 1 pet 1 11. 2. 21. 2 tim 2 11. hebru 6 8. suffer that they may be conformable to the image of the sonne of God For therfore do we suffer with him that we may be glorified together with him Rom. 8. The sixt is that wee shall call to minde what thing Christ is who hath redeemed vs with his own bloud require th at our hands for now sith wee are redeemed by him vve must obey him VVhat willeth he First that we should renounce his enemy the diuel b Iohn 8 11. rom 6 4 12. heb 12 1. 1. pe 4 2. 1. ioh 1 6. Secondly that vve shoulde fly sinne that we offende not God againe wittinglye and willingly with our sinnes Thirdly that wee giue our selues to holinesse and Godlynesse and that vvee serue him in true feare c Luk. 1 75 Ieuit. 11 44 esa 52 11 rom 6. 4. ephes 1. 4 phil 1 10 2. 15. col 1 22 1. thes 4 3 1. pet 1. 15. 1. â—ohn 3. 3. all the dayes of our life vvhich thing if wee doe wee shall obtaine the end of our faith that is the euerlasting saluation of our soules which God the father grant vnto vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PA. Shevve me thy iudgement of the resurrection of Christ TI. VVhiles that wee are yet in this mortall life wee must to the vttermost of oure povver expresse this â—ayth and beleefe that we haue in the d Act. 1. 2. 10 40. 1. cor 15 5 6 resurrection of Christ and of our rising again through him in our conuersation and liuing walking still a newe life which in this world is to rise againe with Christ as S. Paule testifieth saying VVe e Act. 2 38 col 2. 12. rom 6. 3. gal 3. 27 are â—uried with him by baptism for to dye that likewise as Christe was raised from death by the glory of his father eueÌ„ so wee shoulde also walke in a new life For if wee be graâ—t in death like vnto him euen so must we be in the resurrection These words shall the eâ—sioâ— bee vnderstanded if weâ— will consider and marke that Additions Of Christ es resurrection the vvhole life of our Sauiour Christ ought to serue vs in steede of an example or paterne vvhereby vve should make our selues conformable vnto him spiritually in those things that haue been truly and really or in very deede fulfilled in his body and can in no vvise be fulfilled in ours as for an exaÌ„ple our sauiour Christ hath ben conceiued by the holy ghost born of the virgin Mary he hath been crucified and put to death he did rise againe the third day asceÌ„ded into heauen Al those things can not be performed not fulfilled in our bodyes as they vvere in his But let vs endeuour our selues that our spirit or invvard man may be fashioned made conformable vnto him in these things a Psal 51. 6 gen 6 5 8. 11. heb 15. 16 roman 3. 4. Our bodies are conceiued and borne in sinne not by the holy Ghost nor in the vvomb of a virgin as our sauiour Christ was but they are conceiued by the carnal copulation of man and vvoman and of corruptible seede That vve may therfore be conformable vnto him in this point let vs come vnto his true Church and beleeue his gospell vvhen vve be in the true church of Christ vvhich is both our mother a chast virgin vve shall be b 1. Pet. 1 23 conceiued begotten in it by the incorruptible seede of the vvorde of God our heauenly father and by the vertue of his holy spirite shal be borne againe the children of God made nevv creatures vve shal put off the olde man put on the nevv bearing the image of the nevv Adam vvhich is Iesus christ as we haue c 1. Cor. 1. 5 born the image of the old Adam and of the man of sin After that we be thus conceiued by the holy ghoste borne of a virgin which is the true church spouse of our sauiour Christ the residue of our life must also be conformable Additions A mortifiyng of the flesh vnto the life of our Sauiour Christ as oâ—â— spiritual conception birth is VVe be not crucified and put to death as he was but we doe learne of him to beare the a Math. 11 29 crosse with him and to be crucified vnto the vvorld that the vvorld may be crucified vnto vs as S. Paule vvryteth of him selfe But to be b Galat. â— 5. 24. 6. 14. crucified and dead vnto the vvorld is to be crucified and deade vnto sinne and to bee crucified and dead vnto sinne is to forsake sinne and to be no more a seruaunt vnto it then the dead be wont to serue the liuing For as the deade hath no more to doe vvith the liuing but are seperated from them so they be dead vnto the world that hath forsaken it to serue the liuing God c Rom. 6. 6. 13. 14. â—2 and that vvill not fashion them selnes after it nor walke after
vve doe expounde into the name that is to say into the Faith and confession of his name or into his possession povver iurisdiction or into the strength and povver or into the couenant grace of the father and the sonne and the holye spirite it is no matter for al this is true and agreeth vvith the nature of baptisme PA. Tell me must vve be nourished vvith spiritual meate and nouriture into eternal life and that by a spirituall manner agreeable to the spiritual birth Of regeneration life into the vvhich wee are regenerate by Baptisme TI. VVe are not regenerate in baptisme by anye corporall or materiall seede of the body and of the bloud of Iesus Christ nor by any naturall maner as vve are naturally begotten by our fathers and mothers a Rom. 6. 3. 1. pet 1. 18. 19. but that regeneration and newe byrth is vvrought by a seed incorruptible spirituall and diuine by the which we are begotteÌ„ into the church by the vertue of the holy b Luk. 12. 12. iohn 3. 9. 8. 1. 33. 6. 63. 14. 17. 26. 1 cor 1â— 4. 6. ghost by vvhom vve are regenerate into a nevv life PA. It is not also sayde that Iesus Christe doth giue his body his bloud in c Rom. 9. 3. 1. cor 12. 1â— 13. ephes 4. 15. 16. 5. 30. gal 3. 27. baptisme as he doth in the supper Likevvise the vvater is not called therein the body and the bloud of Iesus Christe as Iesus Christ doth in the Supper call the breade and vvine by the name of them TI. Albeit that the vvater be not there called in baptisme by that name doest thou not thinke for all that that the body and bloud of Iesus Christ bee there distributed and d Mark 1. 4. iohn 3. 5. act â— 38. tit 3. 5. communicated vnto thee in the same as vvell as the Supper PA. I doe so vnderstand it TI. Thou vvilt then ordayne a baptisme vvithout Iesus Christ PA. VVherefore TI. Because thou canst not haue Iesus Christ except thou haue him vvholly and very God and very man and that thou haue true communion vvith his body and with his bloud not onely in the Supper but also in baptisme PA. Shew me the cause thereof TI. It is because that the baptisme doeth no Of Regeneration lesse send vs to the death and passion and to the body and bloud of Iesus Christ then doth the supper forasmuch as that is proper to all a Act 2 38 Rom. 6 34 1 Cor 10. 16 11 24 Gal 3. 27 1 pet 2 2â— sacraments PA. Thou speakest as though baptisme and the supper were one very sacramente and that there were no difference betweene them TI. Not so for albeit we do as well participate of the bloud of Iesus Christ in baptisme as in the supper yet notwithstanding there is difference in the participating and in the manner therâ—of in respect of the benefites of Iesus Christe which are signified and communicated vnto vs as wel in the one of the sacraments as in the other PA. Declare vnto me more easily that which thou now speakest of TI. Although the body of Iesus Christe bee not giuen vnto vs in baptisme as for spiritual foode as it is in the supper that notwithstanding it is there giuen vnto vs in very deede as b 1. Cor 6 15 12 27 Ephe 4 â—5 5 30. a garment of innocency iustice and holinesse to couer all our sinnes before God And therefore S. Paule say th that all those which are c Gal 3 27. Rom 6 3 4. 1. Pet 3 21 baptized haue put on them Iesus Christ PA. And of the bloud what sayest thou TI. Albeit that it be not giuen to vs in baptism as for drink as it is in the supper yet notwithstanding it is there giuen vnto vs for a spirituall washing of our soules and consciences whereby Iesus Christ doth d Act â—22 16 Ephe 5 26 Tit. 3 5 6. 1 Pet. 3 21 purify clense his Church in this lauer of regeneration to the end he may make it pure and cleane without spot or wrinckle and a holy glorious church PA. I did neuer yet so well vnderstande these Of the Lords Supper pointes TI. Hovve doest thou then novve vnderstande them PA. That euen as a garment or a cloake do serue to couer the body euen so doe the innocencie iustice and holinesse of Iesus Christ serue vs to couer our sinnes at the iudgement of God to the end that there appeare no one spot of them in his sight PA. And touching the bloud of Iesus Christ what thinkest thou TI. I thinke that the a Math 26 28. Ephe r 7 5 25 Gol 1 14 20 Tit 3 5 6 Apoc 1 5. bloud of Iesus Christe is called the washing of soules of consciences not as though they must be washed and dipped in the bloud of Iesus Christ as one would vvash and dip a body that he would wash and make cleane or some other such like thing but that the holy b Ioh. 3 5. Rom 8 15 16. Heb 9 14 10 22 goost speaketh so to giue vs to vnderstande that vvhich thou hast sayde to vvit vvhat the vvater of baptisme signifieth concerning the vvashing and purification of our soules and consciences in the bloud of Iesus Christ PA. VVhat is the Lords supper TI. The Lordes supper is the gathering together of the faithfull of Christ and the publike ministery of the new Testament in vvhich the Sacrament of the Lordes bodye and bloud is giuen and receiued according vnto the institution c Math 16 26 Luk 22 19 1 Cor. 11 24 26. of our Sauiour Christe by the misticall breaking of breade and the blessing of the Cuppe in the Communion of the church from his table and therewith the memory of the onely Sacrifice vvhich vvas d Heb 5. 6 7 26 9 11. 12 10 9 10. Rom 5 8. 6 10. 1. Cor 15 3 2 Cor 5 14. 1. Pet. 9. 18. â— once perfourmed for our saluation vpon the Altar of the Crosse The meaning of these wordes Hoc est corpus meum is celebrated vvith thankes giuing and the exercise a Math. 22. 39. rom 1. 3. of Christian loue PA. Hovv expoundest thou these vvordes Hoc est corpus meum TI. There can not be a more conuenient exposition then vvhen the Sacramentall vvordes bee Sacramentally expounded the proper properly the spirituall spiritually and the b 2. Corin. 2. 6. ioh 6. 56. 57. 7. 4. 56. rom 8. 11. 12. 12. 1. misticall mistically For the Sacramentall vvordes require none other meaning or interpretation then euen as they bee spoken but the maner of the thing vvhich is declared vttered in them is not propet but Sacramen tall for the which I doe say that c 1. Ioh. 2. 29. 3. 10 Sacramentes are Sacramentally to bee expounded as for example d Gen. 17. 10
11. 33. 20. exod 12. 11. deut 31 11. ioh 14 6. 15 1. act â— 24. rom 4. 11 17. 1. cor 10. 4. 16. tit 3. 5. Circumcision is the couenaunt and the Lambe is the passeouer I take no vvord here otherwise then in the proper sence Circumcision as it soundeth is the very carnall cutting of the foreskinne and the couenaunt is nothing els but the same vvhich God made vvith that people And the Lambe vvas but a naturall Lambe vvhich they killed at the Lordes commaundement and the Passeouer was spoken of none other but of the Angell vvhich stroke the Egyptians yet for all that the maner of the speach wherby Circumcision is called the Lords couenant and the Lambe the Passeouer is not proper and naturall but Sacramentall nor it can not be sayd that Circumcision properly and naturally is the Couenant the Lambe the Passeouer but as that vvas the signe Sacramentall of the couenant so vvas this also of the passage of deliuery In like maner in this present case vvhereas the Lorde sayth This is my body it is e Tertul. against Marâ—iâ— lib. 4. Orig. in Leuit. Hom. 7. vpon the Rom 4. booke 4. chap. Cip. 2. book 3. chap. Hierom. vpon 26. of Math. Ambrose of Sac. 4. booke 4. chap. 5. 1. 1. Cor. cap. 11. August de Catechis cap. 26. Contra Adimat cap. 12. a Sacramentall speache because of the Of the Lordes Supper Sacramentall manner of the Predicate or of that vvhich is reported for that it is reported of breade not properlye but Sacramentallye that it is the Lordes body giuen for vs. I do leaue to each word his proper significatioÌ„ that the bread be very bread the body the very body of the Lorde and that is be is but I can not make the manner of the predicate or report to bee proper vnlesse I shoulde make an intollerable confusion vnreasonable in this matter but Sacramentall and conuenient to a Sacrament Therefore let vs agree in iudgement that the bread of the supper is the very body of Christ crucified and dead for vs as he sayde Take eate this is my body vvhich is deliuered for you and so let vs keepe these vvords euery one in their proper signification when the manner is asked hovv bread is the lords body let vs say that it is a report or speech not natural but sacramental so that the bread is the Lordes body neither naturally nor corporally nor personally noâ— really but sacramentally a Iren. lib. 4. cap. 34. Tertul. against Marcio lib. 40. and against the Iewes To be sacramentally is to be according to the nature and meane of a sacrament as the breade in as much as it is a sacrament of the Lords body in that respect it is the Lords body giuen for vs in such order vvay as is conuenient to sacraments like as by the order and vvay of his ovvne nature it is breade And it is therefore called the Sacrament of the Lordes body because that by his ordinaunce it is the holy signe and remembrance of his body giuen for vs by breaking and distribution of which he doth recommend the communion of his bodye and remembrance of his death vnto his Church It is one matter to say of any thing vvhat it is in deed of it selfe Of the Lords supper and another matter to say vvhat it is in this place at this present in some speciall deed and purpose according to the vvill and meaning of him that appointed and gaue it If a man take this saying Hoc est corpus meum in a naturall sence it is made impossible and vnreasonable But if a man take it in the sacramentall sence shall be sayde of breade not vvhat it is naturally and substantially but vvhat the Lord vvoulde haue it to be sacramentally and for what he vvould haue it taken to what vse he appointed them the breaking distribution and communion of it PA. How is Christes body present to the receyuers TI. Christes true body is truely present to them that truely receiue him but a Iohn 6. 50 1. cor 10. 14. ephe 3. 17. spiritually And so is it taken after a spiritual sort for vvhen he sayd This is my body it is all one as if he had sayde This is the breaking of my body This is the shedding of my bloud as oft as you shall doe this it shall put you in remembrance of the breaking of my body And the shedding of my bloud that as surely as you receiue this sacrament so truely shall you receiue the benefite promised by receiuing the same worthily This I say that Christ entereth into vs both by our eares and by our eyes vvith our mouth vve receiue the body of Christ and teare it vvith our teeth that is to say the sacrament of the body of Christ VVherfore I say and affirme that the vertue of the sacrament is much and therfore Chysostom many times speaketh of sacrameÌ„ts no otherwise then of Christ himselfe No man seeth Christ vpon the earth he is seen with the eyes of our mind with faith spirite Of the Lords Supper PA. Howe doe our bodies receiue Christes naturall body TI. As Christe not after his manhood but after his diuine nature liueth naturallye by his Father which diuine nature of his worketh also in his manhood an immortalitye so our spirite and soule receiuing the naturall body of Christe in the mysteries by a Iohn 6 35 acts 4 10 12 rom 4 24 2â— 5 8 14. 9. faith do receiue also then nature of his body that is his purenesse iustification innocency power glorification life eternitie and beatitude the operation whereof redounding likewise vnto our bodies doe make the same also capable of the same glorye and immortality And thus it is true that as Christe liueth naturallye by his father so vvee liue naturally by the body of Christe eaten in the mysteries hauing respect both to the manhoode of him of vs for as the flesh of Christe in respect of bare flesh liueth not naturally by the father but for that it is ioined to his diuinity so our flesh liueth not naturally by Christes bodye eaten in the Sacrament for then euerye vvicked man eating the sacrament shoulde liue naturally by him but for that our flesh b Rom 9. 3 1 cor 12 12 13. eph 4. 15 16 5. 30 gal 3. 27. is ioyned to the spirite and soule vvhich truely â—ateth the body of Christ by fayth and so onely the bodies of the faythfull doe liue by eating the body of Christe naturally in participating the naturall properties of the body of Christe PA. After what â—ort is Christe present in the supper TI. Christ that sitteth in heauen is present in the supper in mystery and by grace and is â—olden of the godly such as communicate him not only sacramentallye with the hande of the bodye but muâ—he Of the Lords Supper more holesomly vvith the hand of the
a Cyp. of the Lordes supper Agust vpon Iohn treatise 25 Origen in Math cap. 15. hart by invvard drinking hee is receiued but by the Sacramentall signification he is holden of all men The Sactamentall sort of eating Christes body is iterated as often as the Lords supper is celebrated which is not iterated often times to this end that we shold iterate the eating and receiuing of the Lords body in very deede like as we doe with corporall meate vvhich doth perish after it is eaten but to thintent that in celebrating the remembrance of the Lords death according vnto his institution we may feede our fayth in him and offer a sacrafice of praise vnto our Redeemer For as the breade of life once truely eaten receiued vvasteth not after it is eaten and receiued so it doth not require to haue the iteration of eating and receiuing for it sticketh by them feeding them into euerlasting life vvhiche are once made partakers thereof Hereof I doe admonish men because of the ignorant that they doe not referre the iterating of this eating receiuing to the very heauenly meat it selfe but vnto the sacrament thereof The b Ioh 6 35. 51 54. 55. 1 corin 11 28 29. 1 cor 6. 15. 12. 27. ephes 4 15. 16. 5. 30. continual and vncessing sort of eating Christs body is not sacramentall but spiritual and that onelye haue povver and efficacy to feede vnto euerlasting life vvhereunto vvee must apply those thinges that be vvritten in the sixt Chapter of Iohn This is obtained by fayth onely by which we incorporate into Christe and being once incorporate doe liue in a continuall fruition thereof by the grace of the redemption purchased by his flesh and bloud c 1. Cor. 1. 30. ephe 1. 7. mat 2. 28. 1. tim 2. 6 luk 10. 45 heb 9. 12. 15. 1. pet 1. 18. 19 20. To eate and drinke the flesh and bloude of Christe in this sort is to be continually refreshed continuallye to enioye this Heauenly foode for as Of the Lords Supper Augustine sayth This grace is not consumed with bitings This manner of a Iohn 6. 40. 41. 47. 48. 51. 53. 54. 58. eating is to inioy the euerlasting life purchased by Christs death not onely in faith but in very deede The spirituall eating which I do acknowledge to be in the Lords supper doth derogate nothing of that which I haue said of the coutinuall and vnceassing fruition of the body and bloud of Christ for that spirituall eating is nothing else if it be well considered but a certain putting in b â—uk â—2 19. 1. cor 11. 24. 26 remembrance of this whereby and by the efficacie of calling to remembraunce the grace of Christ once receiued is reuiued againe in the hearts of the faythfull communicantes by the faythe in Christes worde which is set fotth in the supper And this kinde of chewing the cudd vvhich is vsed in the Sacrament of the Lords body and bloud by faith is not vnfitly called the spirituall eating forasmuch as by it the heauenly meate is called vp again into the mouth of the hart to be ruminated and doth so by the sweetenesse thereof most pleasantly refâ—esh our spirite and the meate is also by this order made more sauory and effectuall PA. Tell me what it is to be spiritually present TI. To be c Ioh. 6. 40. 6â— spiritually present is to bee in a spirituall sort that is in such sort as appertaineth to spirites VVherefore vvhen vve say that Christ is spiritually present in the supper we doe not mean of the inuisible presence of his body which the papists do appoint vnder the formes of bread but of that way that he is present by the working of his spirite feâ—ding and refreshing their minds which doe receiue vvith sincere and true fayth that vvhich he gaue at his last supper The trueth of the sacrament deliuered Of the Lords Supper by Christ is not in the a Ioh 6. 54. 55 56. 63. corporal presence of his body in the bread but in the trueth of the word and the efficacy of his inuisible grace Our whole saluation doth stand in this point that the b Math 20. 24. rom 4. 25. gal â— 20. eph 5. 2. 1 tim 2. 6. tit 2 14 heb 1. 3. â— 27 9 14 26 28 10 3 5 â— 7 10 12. 14. body of the only begotten sonne is giuen for vs to God the father vnto death to be c Math. 20 28. gal 3 13 4 5. 1 tim 2 6. tit 2 14. 1 pet 〈◊〉 19. apoc 5. 9 an offering of propitâ—ation or mercy and the ransome of our redemption And therfore vve beleeue that Châ—istes death is auailable to the redemption of the worlde to the forgiuenesse of our sinnes and for our reconcilement vvith God the father Moreouer vvee beleeue that our onelye succour and refuge is to flye to the mercy of our father by Iesus Christ and assuredly to perswade our myndes that he is the obteiner of forgiuenesse for our sinnes and that by d Math. 20 28 titus 2. 14. 1 peter 1. 19 â—poc â— 9. his bloud all our spottes of sinne be washed cleane that he hath pacified and set at one all things by the bloud of his crosse that hee by the same one onely sacrifice vvhich hee once offred vpon the crosse hath brought to effect and â—ulfilled all things and that â—or that cause he said when he gaue vp the ghost e Iohn 19 30. It is finished as though hee vvould signify that the price and ransome vvas novv full paid for the sinne of all mankind Lastly vve agree in this vnity in the Lord that that redemption once made in verity for the saluation of man continueth in full effect for euer and worketh vvithout ceassing vnto the end of the vvorld that the sacrifice f Heb. 5 6 7 26 9 11. 12. â—4 10 9. 10. once offered cannot be consumed that the Lordes death and passion is as effectuall the vertue of that bloud once shed as fresh at this day for the washing avvay of our sinns as it vvas euen the same day that it flovved out of the blessed side of our sauiour Of the Lordes Supper PA. VVhat couenances or similitudes be there in the Lordes supper TI. Ther must be three similitudes in this sacrament a similitude of nourishing of vnitie and of conuersion The similitude of a Ioh. 6. 35. 53 54 55. nourishing is this that as the bread and vvine do nourish our bodies and comfort our outvvarde man so the body and bloud of Christ be the meat and food of our soules and do comfort the invvard man Secondly the similitude of vnitie is this that as this loafe of vvhich vve eate vvas made of many cornes of vvheat by the liquor of water knoden into dovve and yet is but one loafe and as the vvine vvas made of the iuyce of diuers grapes yet is
to such as doe beleeue vvhich beleeuers are discerned from others by not walking after the fleshe but after the spirite to those I saye death is no dammage but aduauntage no dreadful thing but rather f Iob 6 8 9 desirable and of all messengers most mery whilest hee is looked vppon vvith the eyes of sayth in the Gospell PA. VVhat beleeuest thou of God the holye Ghost Of the holy Ghost TI. I do beleeue him to be the Lorde and giueâ— of life a Ioh 14 16 26. 16. 7. 15. rom 8. 9. 11. acts 5. 3. 4. 1. cor 12 5. 6. 3. 16. to proceede from the father and the sonne and to be of one substance vvith them beeing true b Esai 6. 7. 9. math 28. 18. actes 18. 25. 1 corin 3. 16. 6. 19. 2. cor 6. 16. 1. iohn 5. 7. God vvithout beginning and vvithout ending by vvhom the father vvorketh all things in the sonne by vvhom he doth create moue maintaine viuâ—fie and quicken all creatures by vvhome he doth call and dravv vnto him his elect and chosen renueth them into a new life iustifieth c Rom 1. 4 15. 16. 2. thes 2. 13. tit 3 5. â— pet 1. 2. sanctifieth them enricheth them vvith many and sundry d â— Cori. 12. 7. 8. 9 10. 11. 2 10. giftes and also strengthneth them till they come to their perfect saluation vvho dwelling in vs doth vvith his light illuminate our mindes that vve may learne knovv perfectly vvhat treasure of Gods bounteous mercifulnesse vve doe possesse and enioy in Christe so that vvee maye by good right call him the e Ioh. 14. 17. 26. 16. 13 20. 22. 23 1. cor 2. 10. 11 13. 15. ephe â— 17. rom 8. 5. 9. keye vvherwith all the ritches of the heauenly kingdome is opened vnto vs the eye vvherwith vve see and beholde them And for this cause he is called sometimes the f 1. Cor. 1. 21. 5. 5. Galat. 4. 6. â—pâ— 1. 13 14. 4. 30. earnest pony and seale because he doth seale vp in our mindes and consciences the certitude or certainetie of Gods promises sometimes the g Math. 10. 20. mark 13. 11. luk 12 12. iâ—hâ— â—4 26. actes 24 17. actes 6. 10. 1. corin 2. 12. 12. 47. 1 iohn 2. 27. master and teacher of trueth the authour of lighte the VVell and Fountayne of vvisedome knovvledge and vnderstanding This is he that doth purge and cleanse vs from all filthinesse and ouer sprinkleth vs vvith his sanctitude and holinesse that vve may bee made the vvorthye Temples of almightye God This is he that vvith his effectuall h Esai 44. 3. Iohn 3. 5. Heb 10. 22. vvatering doth make vs fruitefull vnto rightcousnesse for to bring foorth aboundauntlye the fruites of our fayth that our heauenly Father Of the holy Ghost may be glorified through our good works conuersation and outvvard liuing for the which cause he is many times called a Math. 3. 1â— iohn 4 10. 7. 38. titus 3. 5. 1 iohn 5. 8. water The same is hee that consumeth and burneth avvay the inordinate lustes and concupiscences of our flesh kindling our hearts with the diuine loue of God of heauenly things vvherefore he is called by good right fire The same spirite also is called b 1. Iohn â— 27. 2 cor 1. 21. oyle or vnction by reason that his working mollâ—fieth the hardnes of our hearts maketh vs receiue the print of that image Iesus Christ by vvhom onely vve are sanctified Finally this is he that by his inspiration doth make vs wholy to liue c Iohn 6 6â— galat. 5. 16. rom 8 9. vnto God so that we be no more led by our ovvne â—enlualitie but follow onely his motion and guiding Therefore is it sayde of Bernard very vvell vvhat good doth the spirite or holye Ghost in vsâ—â—e doth warne moue and teach he doth warne our remembraunce he doth moue our vvilles and d Iohn 14. 26. 1. Iohn 2. 27. teach our reason Therefore if there be any goodnes in vs it is the fruite of his grace and vertue but all our giftes vvithout him are meere darknes of the mind and vvicked peruersnes of the heart PA. Hovve vnderstandest thou the eyght of the Romaines and 15. verse vvhere he speaketh of the spirite of bondage and spirit of feare TI. One and the selfe same spirite of God bringeth foorth tvvo effectes the first is called the spirite of bondage or feare which engendreth in vs feare sorrow Heb. 12. 18. for first by the law and threatnings it maketh afrayd those men that are to be iustified and breaketh and vexeth them with scourges and stripes of the conscience that vtterly dispairing Satisfaction made by Christ Christ beareth our sinnes of them selues they maye flye vnto Christe vnto vvhome vvhen they are come and that they embrace him by fayth they are not onely iustified but also are freely and of their own accord stirred vp to iust vpright and holy workes The other is the spirite of grace and adoption which is giuen vs by the preaching of the Gospell the first belongeth vnto a Rom. 8 15 seruauntes the seconde vnto sonnes Gal. 4. Rom. 8. 18. 2. Tim. â— 7. Heb. 10. 29. Yet doth it not hereof follow that all Prophetes and Patriarkes vvere seruauntes or there vvere no Sonnes before the reuealing of the gospell but it compareth the giftes of the one vvith the other abasing the giftes of the Lavve in respect of the giftes giuen vnder the Gospell PA. Is it then sufficient that Christ is dead that he hath yeelded to God his father on such an obedience yea I say is it sufficient for the sualuatioÌ„ of man that the sonne of God vvas made man to bear the iudgement the wrath and cursse of God in their ovvne nature and their ovvne flesh TI. If that vvere ynough all should be saued indifferently as well the Reprobates as the elect and the vnbeleâ—uers as the faythfull PA. VVhat is more requyred then TI. That the same satisfaction which Iesus Christ hath made to God his father may be coÌ„municated aplied to vs that beleeue for the vnbeleuers haue nothing common vvith Iesus Christe but that they are men of the same humaine nature but the b Ioh 3 16 15 19 13 1 1. ioh 2 2 4 14 faithfull haue this more vvhich is the principall that all that they haue is common to Christe vvith them Participation betweene good and 〈◊〉 and that vvhich Iesus Christe hath is common to them also PA. VVhat is it that Iesus Christ may take of theÌ„ for asmuch as they be all none other then pore and sinfull men TI. He taketh vppon him their a Ioh 2 2 3 5 rom 4 25. 1 pet 2. 24 gal 1 â— 1 tim 1 15 heb 9 26 28 10. 12. 14 18 luke 24 47. sinnes and the paine vvhich is due to them