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A declaration of thee power of Gods worde concerning the holy supper of the Lord, confutynge all lyers and fals teachers, whych mayntayne theyr maskynge mass inuented agaynst the woorde of God, and the Kynges Maiesties most godly proceadynge compyled anno d[omi]ni M.D.XLVIII
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Mardeley, John.
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receaued of the multitude I haue dedicated this symple worke into you re noble grace vnto whome God hath not onely coÌ„mytted the gard and defence of thys polytyke and ciuile realme But also the setting furth and ratifycacion of Goddes moste infalable word whych hath many yeres sustayued open manyfest wronge in thys holy mysterye And bycause I cannot so exactly prefer this vrgent matter to so prudent and myhhty a Prynce as youre grace is yet I truste my good wyll and dyligence is accep ted of God and thoughe it be but very litle that I can do yet I hope lykewyse that for the declarati on of thys symple and manifest ve ritie â–ª your grace woll pardon my bolde euterpryse and accept thys powre worke of my sâ—are houres in good parte whych shall encora ge youre prayerman to the more continuaunce of study here after Thus god the eternall father for the death and bloud sheddynge of hys onely sonne Iesus Christ our sauiour preserue the Kinges Ma iestie your most noble grace with all hys mooste honourable counsayle and the hole realme to gods glorye Amen ¶ Your most humble oratour Ihon Mardeley Clerc of the Kynges Maiesties mynte called suffolke house The power of gods worde COnsyderynge thee wonderfull mutacion of mannes iudgementes and also what greate hurtâ— and daungyer of soule ensâ—yth by the educatyon and teachynge of foch corrupt doctryne to the congregacious as rather is to be feared supersty cyousse than Godlye for manye theyr bee that thynkethe the Gospell of Chryste In these dayes to be wrested more after the fantasses of men than accordinge vnto the cenâ—yre truthe of the same as sundrye persons whyche of malycyouse myndes be not ashamed both so to saye speake also boldlye dothe affyrme wythoute all shame that the rytes and ceremonyes vsed in the Churche whyche cannot bee proued by the Scryptures oughte to be taken for the worde of God vnwrytten and that we ought to beleue them as thee holye woorde of God con tayned in thee sacred Byble and thee Testamente of Chryste full well consydered the Prophete Esaye These kynde of men where he sayth Your lyppes speake leasynges and youre tounge setteth oute wyckednesse No man regardethe truthe nor ryghteousnesse and no manne Iudgethe truelye euerye man hopeâ—h in vayne thin ges and ymâ—gineth dysceate And therfore to peynte oute soche lygiâ—tmate chyldren of Sathan the father of all lyers whose sonnes naturall theâ—e sh yâ—ckynge Chyldren be whyche seke councell but not at me sayeth thee LORDE â–ª whych take a webbe in hande but not after my wyll That they may heape one synne vpon another These halltynge generacyon whi che of frowarde hartes wyll not walke in the testymonye of Ihesu But treade fourthe styll in thee dampnable Doctryne of lyes and mennes doctryne of lyes and mennes tra dyâ—yons vnto whom it is sayde iii. Regum xviii Chapter How longe wyll ye halte on both partes Yf the Lorde be God folowe him Yf Baal be God folowe him Oh howe dothe these wycked Edomites defende the kyngdom of Antichrist the eldeste sonne of the deuyll By whose lyenge and most dampnable doctryne they haue seduced the people into blindnes and errour agaynst the veritie of the manifest truth of the scriptures and most godly proceadinges of the Kinges Maiesties The ho ly Prophet Dauid in the. lii psal Maketh greate exclamatyon of these Uyperous lyers sayinge wherfore enforcheth y â— thy tonge to myschief forging disceate lyke a newe set raser wherfore loueste thou malice rather than honestye rather to lye then to saye truthe for thou delyghtest in peruiciouse speche Oh fraudulent tonge these blynde teachers God shall vtterly rote vp by the rotes and destroye them he shal throwe them downe out of theyr tabernacles and consume theym vtterlye for so many as make or loue leasynges shalbe caste amonge murtherers and Idolaters in the lake of hell burning wyth fyre and â—râ—m stone What els be al those which goeth about to teache the doctry ne of men and soche sacramentes and lowsy ceremonyes as be not ones mencioned or taught vs by the woorde of God What els I saye be these But lyers viperous whelpes and the chyldren of Sathan whych broughte fourth the fyrstlye for it is sayd Set lyeng a syde let euerye man speake the truth vnto hys neyghbour for as moch as we be members together and lye not one to another Esay lix Chap. Hier. These dreamers aleageth for the stablysshynge of thys theyr dampnable doctryne the woordes of S. Ihon whyche saythe that Iesus dyd many thyn ges whyche be not wrytten and also S. Paule commaunded certayne vnwrytten tradicions and ceremonies to be obserued of the ThessaloniaÌ„s and kept And that Paule hym selfe preached not the scriptures onely But also the tra dicions of the elders these I say soch lyke doctryne many of the se bely beastes goeth about to tea che instruct the people to be the gospell of Christ and by the same wolde stablishe not onely certayn sacramentes and ceremonies vsed in the churche but also theyr God of the aulter to be very fleshe and bloode ryally yea the verye same body that was borne of the Uyrgyn Mary and suffered vpon thee crosse which is blasphemious doc tryne and mooste necessarye to be confuted amongeste all matters Now beynge in reformacion these maner of teachers sayth S. paul are allwayes false lyers wycked beastes and slow belys These hypocrytes do affyrme that y â— church as they say the byshopes as they vnderstande hath power to iudge ouer the Scripture and to examy ne it and auctorytye to allowe or to râ—fuse the Gospell To dyspence wythe the tene CommaundemeÌ„tes to alter the forme of Baptyme and to make newe artycles of oure faythe besydes those whyche are conteyned in the Scryptures Thys detestable erroure and blyndnesse of soche teachers Whose malycyouse obstenacye wher thorowe they blaspheme God and hys woorde is to be lamented the thynge beynge so manyfeste frome the whych to stablysshe the hartes and myndes of the godlye whyche beleueth the woorde wrytten to bee suffycient for theyr saluacyon and to contempe and abhorre these doutyng dreamers of these malygnauâ—â—t minysters I wyll resyte certayne testymonyes whyche euydentelye shall approue the wrytten worde of God â–ª to be the onelye and vnremoueable foundacyoÌ„ of our fayth and that all the Artycles of oure saluaâ—yon oughte to bee proued by the holye Scryptures and not by thee Gloses of men Byshopes lawes or mans tradicions rytes or ceremonies which ar receiued in the church and not conteyned in the scriptures whych they say is the worde of God vnwrytten The fyrste proue is the fourth of Deuterâ— Wher it is sayd ye shal not adde vnto the worde whyche I speake vnto you Neyther mynishe from it note these wordes yf they were euer expounded to be vnderstande of the vnwrytten worde whych these lyeng disceauers affyrme but ought to be vnderstande of the wrytten
ken agaynst thys your new inueu ted sacryfice of the masse as yeâ— cal it than that ye be sowers of diuysyon enemyes to your Kyng hurters of the publyke whelth breakers of the coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes bothe of god and the magestrates now whose subiectes be you neyther gods nor the Kynges but obedieÌ„t ministers to your father the great anthichrist of rome it manifestly appereth why holde ye not vp the eternal testameÌ„t of god to be worshipped in the whych is christ con teyned both really substauncyal ly no that were nothing for your proffect comodytie thys blindnes of meÌ„ obstenate malice wher thorow the blaspheme God hys word is rather to be lameÌ„ted theÌ„ to be conuict by the word of God the thiÌ„g is so vituperable Ye blid bussardes wher haue ye one ioynt of the worde of god to make thys holy supper a sacryfyce eyther for to be worshypped but onely ye receyued that doctryne of the wycked lanfraneus the great enemye of gods truth true religion and papa innocencius whyche added thys transubstancion thys vnkno wen god wherunto ye cause thee people to coÌ„mit ydolatrye Christe sayth math xxviii Teache them to kepe all thynges that I haue com maunded you and I hoÌ„ in the viii chap. of his gospel sayth yf ye aby de in my word ye are my disciples in dede and ye shal know y â— truth and the truthe shal make you free he that is of god he heaxeth y â— wor des of god and euerye one that is of y â— truth heareth my voyce now to worship here by loue any vysyble thynge declareth â—laynlye ye heare not the voyce of God for he hath not so commaunded you for thus sayth christ yf ye kepe my coÌ„ maundemeÌ„tes ye shal abyde in my loue ye ar my frendes yf ye doo those thynges that I coÌ„maunded you But and yf ye leaue the commaundemeÌ„tes of god mayntayne your own constitucions cast asyde the coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes of God to kepe your owne tradicions theÌ„ are ye false lyenge Prophetes of whom Hieremy wold haue vs to be ware â—â— Where he saythe take hede sayth he ye trust not in coun sels that begyle you and doâ— you no good and further he also sayth heare not the wordes of the Prophetes that preche theyr own drea mes and y â— prophet Ezechiel both in the. xviii xxxiiiâ— of hys boke saythe hâ—are o ye house of Israell sayth y â— lord is not my way ryght or ar not your wayes rather wycked The chyldren of thy people of thy people saye tuâ—â—he the way of the lord is not ryghte wher as theyr own way is rather vnrighte what can be more playnly sette forth to declare your abhominaci on not only concerning the abuse of y â— holy supper of y e Lord in these thiges before spokeÌ„ but also your olde leuen wherwythe ye haue so sowred poysoned the veritye of gods word by your beggetly tradiâ—â—â—s vnwritten verities that therby ye haue spoyled robbed y â— people of the true ministracion of thee Sacramentes as vnlawfull biers and sellers of gods mystery Lyke robbers theues ydolaters â—urtherers whych ought to be dryuen oute of gods church wyth whyppes for dysceauyng the peo ple as ye long haue done yet do to thys daye they be not ashamed both to wryt and preche that the very natural body of christe both in quantite and qualitie is coÌ„tay ned â—yally vnder the forme of bred in the sacrameÌ„t and is a dayly oblacion both for the quicke and the dead and muste also be taken for a sacrifice of no lesse value effecaâ—ye theÌ„ the body which christ hym self offered vpon the crosse who that beleueth not this shall be an heretique what abominable theues and mockers be these whyche teache the doctryne they practyse nothynge els but vtter destructioÌ„ of soules what aâ— these els but spi rituall theues seysmatiques and soule murtherers Rebeles tray tours to god and to man Neuer dyd crewell pharao holde the peo ple of Israel in so wycked captiui tie as dothe these supersticious ge neracion these ydle Sodomyties holde the most dearly redemed heretage of the Lord Yf any thynge vnder the heauens hath neade of reformacion let all men that myn deth any godlynes thinke thys to be one let vs beware of these traÌ„sgressores of gods commaundemeÌ„tes for theyr own tradicions for these be they whoÌ„ S. paule dothe admonyshe vs of in hys fyrste Epystle to Time â—he vi chapter Yf any man teache otherwyse and is not contente wyth the Doctryne of godlynesse he is pufâ—e vp kno weth nothynge but wastethe hys braynes about questioÌ„s and stryfe of wordes wherof spryng enuy raylinges euel â—urmyâ—ynges and haâ—ne disputacions of men with corrupte myndes and destituâ—e of the truth â–ª whych thynke y t lucre is godlynesse from soch seperate thy selfe And say not Ihon in the second pystie the fyrst chapter sayth Whosoeuer transgresseth and aby deth not in the doctryne of christ hath not god He that endureth in the doctryne of christ hath both y â— father and the sonne Yf ther come any to you y â— bryng not thys lear â—ynge wyth hym receaue not him to your house nether byd him god spade for he that byddeth him god spede is partaker of his euel dedes and Hebre. xiii be not carryed about wythe dyuerse and straunge learnyng here is to be perceaued Whether thee teachynge of these mermaydes songe be swete accordynge to the scriptures or els full of poysone ar not to them y â— geue hearing to this theyr daÌ„pnable meolody which ledeth to death the hearers therof But yet neuer was Gnato vnredy of hys flatteryng seates to compase his cloked â—olusioÌ„s where he fyndethyching cares by hys ypocrytical speache but now to proue by gods infalla ble word whether Christes natural body be in y â— sacrameÌ„t as they say wold make you to beleue or not you shal not ê‘ceaue by y e scrip tures nether by y â— ordinaÌ„ce of chri ste nor yet by any reason it can so be now let vs heare what wytnesse christ him self the euerlasting word of god geueth of his scriptu re The hyghe doctours dysputed here of eueÌ„ in christes tyme which thought y t the scripture w tout the tradicioÌ„s of thelders was not suf fycieÌ„t for theyr saluaâ—ioÌ„ and for y â— enstructioÌ„ her of one of those doctors came vnto christ said May ster what may I do to inheret euerlastinge lyfe Christe answered this curious doctour sending him to thee scripture sâ—yinge what is wrytteÌ„ in y â— lawe or what doest y â— red therin as though he shuld say thynkest y â— that god is a chaâ—gling or a wauerig red which wil alter his mide euery hour as meÌ„ chauÌ„ge their lawes ymagyn dayly new opinioÌ„s of god thou shalt wel vnderstand that the worde