sinnes when we were in case of misery wholie trodden downe and vanquished of the Devill and lying as it were groveling in our filthines doth raise vs vp again free vs from death nourish comfort refresh and quicken our farre yea whole spent soules vnto life not temporal but eternall Q. What is the Coniunction namelie of the Signe with the Thing signified A. It is a most true and spiritual coniunction grounded on the promises of Christ and wrought by the holy Ghost Q. Is there no mutation then of the bread and wine or at least no physical copulation A. There is no change of the Elemēts in respect of their substaunce but yet there is a mutation of them in respect of the end viz. The bread wine are no more novv prophane or common meate drinke but do serue and are applied rather vnto a proper sacramentall and sacred vse and end And that learned and worthy man M. Beza Dial. 2. saith that the mystical Symbols bread and wine even after the sanctifying of them doe not leese their proper nature For S. Paule saith he euen after the giuing of thankes calleth bread stil by the name of bread 1. Cor. 11. vide locum Q. Can you instance in such a change A. Verie wel For wax which is affixed to euidēces differeth nothing in substance from that which is vnsealed but in the vse there is such a change or alteration that the one doth signifie confirme the writings whereto it is annexed whenas the other which is remoued and not applied to that vse doth not Q. If there be no physicall copulation or Consubstātiation as the Lutherās hold neither mutation of the substance of the Signes which the Papists call transubstantiation why doth St. Iohn Chap. 6. say that wee must eate the flesh of Christ and drinke his blood A. St. Iohn doeth by this manner of speaking set downe most perspicuouslie vnto the eies as it were of our soules the verie summe of the promise of the Gospel as namelie what faith is by which wee doe enioie those promised good things to the end we might vnderstand how the vertue thereof doth beareful sway in our hearts cheering and lifting vs vp to buckle mightelie against the frontiers of sinne the world and the Deuil Q. Then by this it seemeth that to eate the flesh of Christ and to drinke his blood are taken for one the selfe same thing as to beleeue in Christ A. It is so And therefore S. Austen saith plainely Crede manducasti that is beleeue and thou hast eaten Q. But can you proue that to eate and to beleeue are one thing in the Scriptures A. Easilie out of the sixt chap. of Iohn and the 40. 47. verses as verely verely I say vnto you hee that beleeveth in mee hath everlasting life Now vers 51. of the same chap. hee expresseth this another way that is by eating of his flesh As I am that living bread which came downe from heaven if any man eate of this bread he shall liue for ever and the bread that I will giue is my flesh which I will giue for the life of the world Here you maie see that both these manner of speeches though diverse in words yet al one in sense and meaning do obtaine likewise one the selfesame promise euen life eternal Moreouer hence it riseth that the Fathers oftētimes treating vpon the Supper of the Lord do cite those places out of the sixt of Ioh not that they thought the Lord to haue spoken there precisely strictlie or solelie of the Supper of the Lord but that rather because in the right lawful vse of the Supper faith of the thing promised is there sensiblie as one may say expressed by the Lorde vnder the names of eating drinking of which promise the Supper is a pledg and seale Q. Seeing there is now no physicall application doe wee receiue onlie the bare tokens of the things signified or els are they effectuallie there given vs A. For so much as Christ is the verie truth it selfe and therfore most faithful in all his promises so vndoubtedly according to his promise made at his Supper and as the Signes do represent he maketh vs partakers of his verie substance to make vs grow therby into one life with him Calu. Q. Christ is in heaven as Act. 3. cap. 21. verse sci VVhom the heaven must containe vntill the time that all things be restored besides looke all these places as Hebr. 7.26 Eph. 4.10 Act. 1.11 Act. 7.56 Act. 1.9 Ioh. 6.62 Colloss 3.1 Act. 2.33 Psal 110.1 Luk. 22.69 Luk. 24.51 Ioh. 12.8 Heb. 10.12 1. Tim. 3.16 and we are heere Pilgrims on the earth How then can this Vnion of substance bee A. This Vnion is not in respect of the place for so indeede is the body of Christ in Heauen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or circumscriptible but it is in respect of our faith by which we do worthily receiue this holy mysterie For Christ although he be in heaven according to his humane nature and so sitteth glorified at the right hand Iohn 17.5 of his Father both our Mediatour and Intercessour vnto God for vs yet is hee also these fiue waies present in the earth with vs. viz. 1. By his Godhead and Spirit 2. By our faith in him 3. By mutual loue 4. By his vnion with humane nature that is in Coniunction of his Soule and body with ours 5. By hope of our Consummation glorification Or According to others thus the presēce of Christ now with vs is twofolde the one in respect of his person the other in respect of his office In Person hee is with vs as true God filling both heauen and earth In of fice he is with vs by his grace Spirit Math. 28.20 And loe I am with you alway vntill the end of the world Amen But Christ in his Humanity is not with vs but so hee sitteth at the right hand of the Father and of the throne of his Maiestie in Heauen Heb. 8.1 Q. So then this commeth to passe by the wonderous and vnsearchable working of Gods Spirit powring faith into vs which faith coupling vs with the Son of God causeth that wee are more neerely ioined vnto the flesh and blood of Christ then we are vnto the bread which we eat the wine which we drinke A. Iust For indeede such is the effectualnes of faith which it hath frō the powerful working of Gods holy Spirit that it doth most neerly cōioine things which are in place farthest remoued asunder Concerning this Coniunction therefore of ours with Christ it is manifest that the Fathers doe all agree with this which hath bin said for the right receiving and vnderstanding of this Sacrament and more especially for the words of our Sauiour Christ Ioh. 6. cap. verse 53.56 As Then Iesus said vnto them verely verely I say vnto you Except yee eate the flesh of the Son of man drinke his bloode yee haue no life
MNEMOSYNâ—… EVCHARISTON 〈…〉 A Treatise on the Supper of the Lord in Commemoration of his death and the manifolde benefits thereby receiued wherein the monstrous transubstantiated Massie Idole of that seven-headed inchanting whore of Rome is stampt to powder to giue al theÌ„ to drink which make it their only pleasure to swill themselues in the dregs thereof and wherein also the doctrines vses which arise from thence are most soundly sincerely delivered By IOHN WILLOVGHBY Exhomologesis A praier or generall confession of our manifold sinnes vnto the Lord. Let the words of my mouth the meditation of my heart be alwaies acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer Psal 19. Plurimi quotidiè scriptis edificantur qui verba non audiunt Johan Gers Printed at Oxford by Ioseph Barnes and are to be sold in Paules Church yard at the signe of the Crowne by Simon VVaterson 1603. TO THE MOST HIGH AND PVISSANT Prince King Iames by Gods grace King of EnglaÌ„d Scotland France and Ireland defendor of the Faith c. To the most renowned and vertuous Ladie our gratious Soveraigne Queene Anne his wife both their heartes desires in our Saviour Christ whilst they live and raigne vpon the earth and afterwardes a Diademe of perfect glorie MOST Noble Princes such is the loue which out of my souls humilitie I owe vnto your High nesses that I may not but in conscience of all binding dutifull allegiance expresse vnto your Maiesties moved so to doe vpon the first ioyfull generall good newes of your Maiesties safe approaching your happie welcomming and receiving both by so manie thousands of your Loving Subiects into the Garden-plotte of Albion the citie of London the most stately imperiall throne of your Excellencies with whoÌ„ for so much as it fared not so well with mee theÌ„ absent to participate of their congratulating mirth in behoulding with theÌ„ which was a thing most comfortable vnto all true English harts of your sacred Person and at this instant to increase the word for the increasing of our ioy of your Persons I nowe according to my ranke and place a Scholler by profession though the meanest amoÌ„gst ten thousaÌ„d haue thought it a matter beneficiall to manie of the houshold of God and not preiudicial I hope to anie which will be counted the friends of God to offer this Glasse and maine point of Christianity the verie tutchstone and seale it selfe of our profession vnto your Graces favourable Clemencies so much the rather I say because we assure our selves that you are the Lords annointed raised vp preserved by th' almighty Jehouah to sway the Scepter of this most happy Land in having your Royall preseÌ„ce to manage the affaires thereof as eke more speciallie to reare vp and magnifie his truth which was likely to bee thrust vnto the walles through the vndermining cankerlike fretting designements of pestilent wicked men Besides after the smallenes of my talent which the Lord in mercie hath lent me for a time to exchange vnto his glorie I shall most humbly beseech your High favours to be invited by me the vnderling and lowest one of all your subiectes as the choisest chiefest guestes vnto the Lords owne mysticall heavenly holy banquet By meanes whereof others who as yet do keepe a loofe without by taking example from your Excellencies which casteth forth both light and life vnto our selues that are within may bee at length allured from the hedges and high waies side to drawe still neerer and neerer sitte downe as guestes vvith you at the selfe same table and so furnish vp the empty roomes of Christ his kingdome which remaine behinde and doe continually waite and lie open night and day for farther more frequent companie Thus with all submission endevouring to testifie the inward loyaltie and soundnes of my obedient heart which manie others both of high place and lowe haue done before mee I will end vvith humble supplicatioÌ„ for your Maiesties that it would please God of his mercie to be your mightie tower of defence against all your enemies domestical forraigne that he would extend your daies renue your yeares making you stronge lustie as an Eagle for his owne glories sake to both your owne soules health comfort the good of the Church and the honour of England lastly that he would giue vnto you both 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Oxon Iulij 26. 1603. Your Maiesties most humble and truely devoted Subiect IOHN VVILLOVGHBY The names of the special authors followed in this tract Musculus Calvin Zanchius Beza Vrsin Hemmingius Piscator Polanus Marnixius Mornay Fr. Junius The summe of the booke following contained in these words This is my body THere is no man which seeth not that all circumstances doe make for vs. For the example of the Paschall Lambe the nature of the rest of the Sacraments their respect and the perpetuall analogie and the ende it selfe of the institution namely the remembrance of Christ the shewing forth of his death and the repetition of the wordes varied somewhat by the Evangelists the Exposition of Paule himselfe the taking the breaking the giving of bread and wine the rehearsall thereof iterated by Paule the Apostles which were wont to cast doubts even in the least matters the vndoubted consent and the common most knowne vse both of the Hebrew Syriak tongue and the most beautifull agreement of all the articles of our faith and the verie conditioÌ„ nature of the true body which Christ had and the iudgement of al the senses which Christ in searching out the nature of a body commands vs to haue regard vnto besidesâ— the avoiding of infinite fictitiall and counterfeit miracles against the order of nature and lastly the coniunction of minds wel-neere of all the ancient in the primitiue church doe most plainely declare that those words are altogither true but yet placed in the Signe and Sacrament and they must be expounded Sacramentally that is by such a manner as is vsuall vnto all the Sacraments A preparation vnto the Lordes Supper out of which most coÌ„fortable doctrines are offered vnto every beleeving hart and the errors of the Masse made odious and detestable even to all which are not already forestalled wilfully blinded in the dotages thereof The Supper what it is A Seale of the promise of the Gospell instituted by Christ himselfe wherein God doth seale vnto all those that doe worthelie receive it all the benefites blessings which his own Sonne hath merited for vs through his obedience by giving vp his body vnto death and by powering forth and shedding of his bloud In generall note from hence Viz. 1. The word or coÌ„mandement of God the institutour heereof 2. The externall Signe 3. The thing promised 4. Faith answering thereto and beleeving the promises The Institution where taught Math. 26. cap. Mark 14. Luk. 22. According to the puritie wherof St. Paule instructeth the Corinthians viz. 1.
in you He that eateth my flesh drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him And Corinth 10. chap. vers 16. The cup of blessing which wee blesse is it not the Communion of the blood of Christ the bread which we breake is it not the Communion of the body of Christ For we that are many are one bread and one bodie because we are all partakers of one bread So yee see heere that St. Paule saith that the bread which we breake is the Cōmuniō of the body of Christ which is it is the thing whereby we are receaved into Communion and fellowship with the body of Christ and doe growe togither into one with him Therfore al the Fathers iointly teach that the very true flesh of Christ not that which was feigned of the Heretiks to be invisible but that which is like to ours in all things except sinne is truelie eaten of vs in the Supper of the Lord is so eatē that we wholy grow into one whole Christ how great soeuer we bee being made flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone Eph. 5.30 See Zanchius in his treatesse of spiritual wedlocke Herevpon saith Zanchius Cyrill and other of the Fathers affirmed that Christ dwelleth corporally and naturally in vs. Which words saith he must bee vnderstoode not of the manner howe Christ dwelleth in vs as if he were in vs in any naturall and fleshly manner but they are to be vnderstood of the things whereto we are vnited For we are vnited to the true natural body of Christ and that by a true and reall vnion but yet if you respect the manner how this is wrought surely then it is accomplished and done by these two means namely by the spirit and by faith Now this is farre of I thinke from that carnall grosse and fleshlie manner which the Papists dreame of This Doctrin touching our incorporation into Christ by a spiritual māner all the Fathers taught Wherefore Augustin in his 50 tract vpō Iohn Let thē saith he meaning the Iewes heare lay hold of Christ who sitteth at the right hand of God the Father in heavē They answere whom shall I lay hould on him that is absent Howe shal I lifte vp my hand into heavē to lay hold on him sitting there lift vp thy * And in the Primitiue church they vsed to say these words vnto the people Sursum cor da in tokē that they were to pearce the very heavens with St. Steven Act. 7 56. by their faith and there behold Christ as he is man and not in the earth faith and thou hast laid hold on him Thy Fathers held him in the flesh doe thou holde him in thy heart because Christ beeing absent is yet nevertheles also present vnles he were present he could not be held of vs. Augustine sheweth at large that Christ is absent in the flesh but is present with vs in Maiestie Whence it is manifest that this Vnion is essentiall and reall if we respect the thinges that are vnited and the truth of the vnion but if we cōsider the manner 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is how it is made it is spirituall Q. VVhat is there no Coniunction thē where faith is not A. Noe doubtles but a Sacramentall Cōiunction onely which returneth into iudgmēt to him that doth receine it Q. If it bee so vvhy doth St. Paule affirme those to become guiltie of the bodie and blood of the Lord vvhich doe eate this bread and drinke the Cup vnworthelie 1. Corint 11.27 1. Corint 10.16.17 A. This may easily bee answered with the like because hee that beleeveth not the word of God but heareth it vnworthely is guiltie of the word of God For why whosoever beleeveth not shal bee condemned Looke Marke 16.16 Item Iohn 12. ca. vers 47.48 Q. Yea St. Austen hath the like kinde of speech As he which eateth saith he the bodie drinketh the blood of Christ vnvvorthely eateth and drinketh his owne dānation so he that receaveth Baptisme vnvvorthelie receaveth iudgment and not salvation A. Where this learned Father speaketh sacramentally attributing vnto the Signe the name of the thing it selfe Q. Howe are the wicked then guilty of the body bloud of Christ whenas they receave but the bare Elements or Signes alone A. Because the disgrace reproach which they doe to the sacred signes and symbols doth redound even against the thinges themselues signified thereby Q. Can you make this plaine and familiar by some instance or other A. Yes surely it may be gathered frō the experiēce of affaires in this life For whosoever doth spue vpon doth teare and trample vnder foote the Image or letters-Patents of an Emperour and mightie Prince is foorthwith adiudged guiltie of hie treason againe the ill entreaty or vsage of Embassadours doth returne and fall out vnto the contempt contumely of the king that sent thē But of how much sorer punishmēt suppose yee according to the Apostles wordes Heb. 10.29 shal he be worthy which treadeth vnder foote the Sonne of God and counteth the bloode of the Testament as an vnholy thinge wherewith he was sanctified doth despight the Spirit of Grace Looke besides 30.31 verses of the same chap. Item Heb. 6.6 Item 1. Cor. 11.7 where you shall finde the like phrases Notwithstanding it is but absurdlie gathered out of 1. Corint 11. chap. 27. vers that the vnbeleevers cannot therfore bee guiltie of the bodie and bloode of Christ because they doe not reallie eate Christ in the Sacrament as though they could no otherwise be guiltie of it and namely by their vnbeleife whenas yet St. Paule speaketh not there of vnbeleevers but even of the verie beleevers themselues vnreverētly handling this Sacrament Thirdly Q. VVhat is the Meditation of the Supper A. This is twofold consisting 1. In the Endes 2. In the Vse Q. VVhat are those speciall Endes A. They be fiue as 1. A remēbrāce of the Lords death 2. A Sacrament of our incorporatiō 3. A Sacrament of our spiritual repast and nourishment 4. A pledge of forgivenes of sinnes 5. A bond true knotte of loue Of these in order as they lie First The Supper of the Lord is memoria mortis that is a Sacramēt ordained for a remembrance of the body of Christ delivered vp to death for vs and of his blood shedde for many for the remissiō of sinnes St. Paule 1. Cor. 11. ca. 26 v. describeth this end most perspicuouslie For as often saith he as yee shall eate this bread and drinke this Cup yee shewe the Lords death till he come And Christ himselfe Luk. 22 cap. 19. vers Doe this saith he in remembrance of mee Iustine the Martyr Colloq cum Triphon Apolog. 2. saith that the Eucharisticall bread is committed to vs ad recordationem passionis Christi that is for a remēbrance of the passion of Christ Now marke heere how shamefully the Papistes are besides their beades in going
monsters of the Masse 1 Transubstantiation 2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or bread worshippe It must needes bee that one and the same substance of the bodie of Christ hath diverse formes one which he tooke from the blessed virgin his mother another borrowed from the bakers shoppe which these sacrificulous chapmen by their soleÌ„ne art of witchery haue pawnd al their creditt on that they wil make fooles beleeve it is his body So then there is one forme of him in the heaveÌ„s another on the earth one true besett about with al proprieties and accidents which after death ascending he tooke a long with him and tels vs that hee will come againe with the same vnto iudgement another imaginarie without any visible shape and accidents obiect vnto our senses even that Missaticall one which is neither in the bread neither in the body neither hangs it in the aire nether sticks it in the clammes of any scrificious hulkster neither doth it wabble downe into the stomacke But it is that which is not and is not that which it is namely verie that it is supposed to be which the distempered sconces of dunsticalizing Schoolemen by their often dreaminges haue shaped out now as they had done a long while since obtrude the same because it stands filthilie vpon their hands vnto the dotardes of the world for a most abominable and monstrous miracle 3 The 3. is a propitiatorie sacrifice 4 Sacraecoenae mutilatio deliibatioque that is A mangling or curtoling an hacking or hewing as one may tearme it of the most holy Supper of the Lord. The conclusion Wherfore this Masse by the consent iudgment of the godly minded men is to be condemned to the pitte of hell because it enfeebleth and maketh voide the strength and vertue of that onely sacrisice of Christ once offered which is wholy and most absolutely in it selfe and by it selfe and for it selfe availeable to wipe away all our sinnes A farewell to them Talem idcirco vos Papistae mangonicum foetum fucum plusquam diabolicum vestrum longissimè à nobis quà m possitis a pagitote Christum denig ipsum semel crucisixum super altare non nisi vna vice Deo patri pro nobis peccatoribus ac misellis oblatum ab sque omni impostura fraude fuco verè sincerè semperque induite Valete A right merrie and pleasant Appendix dialogue wise I determined to set downe a iust catalogg of vbiquitary sophismes sleights and fallacies but seeing I haue bin overloÌ„g alreadie I wil herein vse al possible briefnes I can By the way I cannot forbeare to tel them that they are in a miserable and pitifull taking For thus may ye thinke how hardle the Papist whetteth vpoÌ„ this bone as it weâ—â— of murmuring spight and inâ—eteâ—â—â—ed malice against vs faying oh where are those daies of old become wherein wee eate dranke slept our bellies sul when our neckes grew in strength our eies could scarce peepe out for fatnes when we laught were right iocandary bathing our selues in delights sporting our selues in witty tales of St. Dominike Fraunces Cutberd Becket and such reliquious men of ours whenas we enharbored our selues in most vitious securitie within the cloysters monasteries and did let the world wagge whenas we heard but little of these Scripture matters neither was there one amongst an hundred of vs before Luthers daies which troubled himselfe herein the law was so brauelie on our sides that we did euen what we list had also what hart could wish nay if we did no more but buzze in the peoples eares that ignorance was the mother of pure devotion it vvas taken straight for an axiome and ground of Doctrine Here ye may think againe how this woful Papist doth fetch me vp an inlie sigh and saies oh vvhat a change is this from the better vnto the vvorse What a promotion vnto our fraternitie order out of the hall to be popt into the kitchin or els out of Gods blessing as the proverbe is to come forthwith into a vvarme sunne Vpon this the Papist not vvishing vvhich way to turne his head so adled with lunatiknes and restlesse griefe fals me incontinentlie into a preposterous course of ex clamation and downe-right rauing Luther Luther Luther that euer thou wast borne thus to haue reclaimde our doctrines disclaimde our doings thou thou vvhich vvast one of our consorte packe crew hast spoild our market Indulgences do stand vpon our hands our Masses are derided the second vault of Hell vvhich is our Purgatorie is reckned no otherwise then a tale of Robin Hoode our Pilgrimages guilded magies are entituled by no better name then Popish bables our superstitious ceremonies which cost much good hot liquor many a draught of warme ale for the inuention of them are thrust by into corners as rags of carnal rites and plaine hypocrisie there is no more roome left for reliques yea which is more and the greatest plague vnto vs euen all goeth downe al goeth out nothing goeth in our yron bonded plated hutches are welneere for the most part coinelesse hollow void empty At length this exclamation ended the Papist better bethinking himselfe by turning his tale cleane rounde deviseth withall how to helpe rub out in these his passing-sorrowfull and misdeeming haps And therefore as one seeking a new last to beate his shoo vpon after that the olde can serue his turne no longer hee beginneth thus to excogitate a way which shal not any thing meanely as he thinks staÌ„d him insteed Wel saith he vnto his brother Papist seeing this matter will cotten no better in our behalfe we must learn to turne the stream some other way Blindnes and ignoraÌ„ce are chased away the maine pillers of our building and therefore if wee will keepe vp still the house ouer our eares that it fal not down vpoÌ„ vs it behooves vs mightely to vnderset it with our cunning Cunning quoth the other alas for woe our cause is so passing bad that if we appeale vnto these latter reformed yeares al men for the most part cry out and say fie vpon it if vnto the Fathers they also on the other side are too hard iudges against vs. Tush Brother quoth hee againe let mee tugge and trie with the Fathers 1. First the Fathers are reade but of few The Index expurgatorius would be mentioned here and those which read them do not read them all therfore it is a smal thing with me to belie the Fathers 2. Secondly the Fathers were but men as we are therefore did somtime slip now my purpose is vt voluteÌ„ in vlceribus Patrum id est in eoruÌ„erroribus and it shall scape me hard but I wil find them where they lie Yea but this cannot prevaile quoth the other whiles the Scriptures are so strong against vs. Thou art a foole Brother said the other and knowest not howe to bestirre thy stumpes handsomely in these matters I that am
the sweete and harmonical institution out of the three former Evangelists with some notes thereon according to the truth whereof St. Paule schooleth the Corinthians reformeth the corruptions which they vsed in celebrating the Supper by bringing them home againe vnto the first author and institutour thereof Christ Iesus you haue likewise receiued the iudgment of graue and renowned learned men for the right vnderstāding of these words This is my body I haue given you a little taste of their cunning shiftes and false arguing that as men do vsually see day through a litle hole so you also may conceiue and gather an huge masse of cogging deceipt and iugling with fast and loose as it were by the glimmering shine of two or three sophismes and fallacies of theirs Lastly I haue opposed there against some few obiections of ours for a bone vnto them to gnaw vpon that so they may not scape scot-free away but may haue an Oliver for a Rowland that is as good nay better then they bring Q. Now let vs enter into the Particularities of this Sacrament Howe many things are specially to be observed in the Supper of the Lord A. Three thinges as 1. What it is in his nature and partes 2. What the Analogie and what the coniunction is of the Signe with the thing signified 3. What the meditation hereof is First Q. First cōcerning his nature it hath already bin defined tell now what are the parts of the Supper A. Two as 1. The outward signe 2. The indward holy thing Q. What is the outward Signe A. Bread and Wine annexed to the preaching of the Gospell which are receaved by the mouth Q. Sett downe an evident place that the preaching of the word is to be ioyned with the administration of the Supper A. Act. Apost 20. ca. 7. vers And the first day of the weeke which is called the Lords day Apocal. 1. 10. 1. Cor. 16.2 the Disciples being come togeather to breake bread Paule preached vnto thē ready to depart on the morrow continued preaching vnto midnight Q. What is the inward holie thing A. The body blood of Christ which must be receaued by faith the spirituall mouth of our Soules according to this rule omnis promissio fide accipitur that is everie promise must bee receaved by faith Q. Whie were two Signes instituted A. The Lord did that to helpe our infirmitie signifying that he is aswell the drinke as the meate of our soule to the end wee might bee content to seeke our nourishment fully wholly in him and no where else Q. Doth the Cuppe belong indifferently to all A. Yea and that by expresse commandement of our Saviour himselfe contrarie to which we may in no wise presume to doe For it is written Math. 26. chap. v. 27. Bibite exeo omnes that is drinke yee all of it Item 1. Cor. 10. ca. 16. v. Yet for al this the Papists forsooth are such braue Marchants in chopping changing what they list that they come with a countermaund against this namelie that the Priests lips alone must kisse the chalice as for Lay-men they may goe with drie lippes home Againe because they will not seeme in each degree to countervaile their holy Father the Pope for whom it is sufficient soūd if he say no more but Sic volo sic iubeo stat pro ratione volūtas they haue beaten their braines for to search out many prety reasons why the laytie ought not to participate of the wine which one of their side committeth to writing whereof these following are a few viz. 1. The lay People say they do eate of the body of Christ but the body hath blood also in it therefore it is superstitious for them to haue the Cuppe 2. Wine say they is hard to bee come by in many places and yet when they haue it all cannot drinke or well away with it and therevppon partlie to saue charge and partely to end strife they haue taken a good easie methode that none shall drinke it 3. It is a daungerous thinge for the Laitie to haue the cup because of infection for what can one tell what deseases his fellow communicāts may haue Wherevpon in so much as Christ was not wise enough to foresee this deepe conceipte they will like subtill whoresons prevent one mischiefe and broch a worse that is the overthrow of the very Institution it selfe which is a thinge most vile and horrible 4. Indecorum est propter barbas that is It is an vnseemely matter for the Laity to communicate in the wine by reason of their beards which being so thick and bushie would bee an occasion that the bloud might be wasted by sticking thervpon Oh most block-headed grosnes and blasphemie To these adde the rest as Periculum in effusione that is it is dangerous in the powering forth lest it should be shedd In deportatione de loco ad locum that is It is danger likewise in the cariage of it from place to place In vasorum sordidatione that is in the foulnes of the vessels which should be consecrated and not so commonly handled by the Laitie and clouted sort and much lesse ought the consecrate wine be sould in bottels In conservatione pro infirmis that is in keeping the same for the sicke which a biding some time in the vessell might be turned into vineger so might cease to be there the bloud of Christ therfore should not be takē nor yet consecrated anew without a masse addito quod in aestate bibliones aut muscae generarētur that is in Summer gnats flies would breede therin although the vessell were stopped never so closely besides putresceret that is it would corrupte and become a thing abominable to be drunke Et haec ratio saith Gerson est efficax valdè It is a right substantiall knocking reason feare yee not There are moe yet behind but I had rather referre the reader vnto Gerson himselfe who being for his time a verie learned man was thought to doe this Ironicè that is closely girding at the councell of Constance who being there in place was inioyned by the Synod to set downe his minde herein Q. Whie did Christ institute the Sacrament of the promise of the Gospel vnder the Signes of bread and wine A. Forsooth that by comparing of their severall effects togeather according to their analogie the very force strength of our faith might welneere sensiblie be perceaved as whereby wee take holde apprehend keepe and possesse in our harts mindes the promised good thinges thereof Secondly Q. VVhat is the analogie by which worde is vnderstood a likenes or proportion A. As bread and wine when man is in case to die and perish for want of foode do lift him vp againe cherish comfort quicken and refresh his languished and fainting bodie so our faith sure trust confidence reposed in Christ who delivered his body powred forth shed his bloud for the remissiō of our