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

remembraunce An other signe to declare thys misterye by Thys cuppe of wyne is but one body and yet is it made of many grapes and so are you but one bodye althoughe you be manye so longe as you be ioyned together by fayth It comforteth the herte and the lyuely spirites of the bodye and so doth my bloude shed on the crosse comforte the soule By thys action haue I declared vnto you the misterie of the paticipation you haue in me by fayth Use you the same that thys your delyueraunce by me may neuer slippe out of your mynde We haue eaten the lambe whyche putteth vs in remembraunce of the wonderfull delyueraūce out of the captiuitie in Egypte whyche was done more then a thousande yeares paste So shall you eat thys bread and drynke this cuppe in remembruance of your redemption and deliueraūce our of the spiritual Egipte and from the spiritual Pharao the dyuell And when you shalbe demaunded what you meane by this eatynge drynkynge you shall saye We where through the synne and transgression of the fyrst man Adā made bonde mē and captynes to the dyuel out of whyche bondage we could by no meanes be delyuered tyll it had pleased God the father to sende hys onelye begotten sonne to take oure nature vpon hym that he myght dye and be an acceptable sacryfyce to pacyfye the fathers wrathe Wherfore the night before he suffered he declared vnto vs by these visyble sygnes what cōmunyon we haue in hym of all that euer he deserued for vs. And then he cōmaūded vs to vse the same bycause we shoulde be alwayes put in remembraunce of that our redemption and delyueraunce none other wyse them Moyses dyd to the Israelytes the nighte before he dyd by the wonderfull myght of God brynge them out of the greate captiuytie wher in they were holden in Egypt The wordes of saynt Paule to the corhinthians do teach no lesse them I haue here wrytten For he sayeth so often as you eate thys breade and drynke this cup you shal declare the death of the lorde tyll he come And therfore who so euer eateth of thys bread or drynketh of thys cup vnworthely doth eate and drynke hys owne dampnation Here is a playne declaration of the ende purpose of Christ when he instituted this most sacred sacramēt Forsoth to kepe in remēbrāce hys mooste dolorouse death preciouse bloude moste plēteously shed vpō the crosse And who so euer eateth drinketh it vnworthly that is to saye for any other purpose thē for the same it was ordeined for the same eateth drinketh hys owne dāpnation I thynke not contrarie but y ● moste men wyl thynke this a straūge interpretation of this place for as moche as the moste auncient yea all y e doctours that make any mencion of this place and Caluine hym selfe in this boke whyche I haue translated do applye the vnworthynesse in receyuynge of thys Sacrament to the vnpenitent hert of the persone whiche receyueth it And in very dede such one is farre vnworthy to receyue so worthy a Sacrament for as much as he is not the membre nor seruaunt of Christ but a membre of the deuyll and seruaunt to synne And thys interpretation is no lesse godly then fruitfull For therby are the membres of Christe put in feare to presume to come to the table of the lorde vnlesse they haue fyrst examined found them selues the trewe membres of Christe indued and adorned with perfyt faith hope and charitie But yf we wyl go to the natyue sence of the text we shal perceyue that in this place Paule speaketh of the small regarde the Corhinthians had to thys mooste sacred Sacrament not vsyng it wyth so much reuerence as they ought to do For he addeth these wordes Puttynge no difference of the Lordes body As he shoulde haue sayed esteamyng it nothing better then the cōmune bread wherwyth they fedde theyr bodyes The phrase of speakyng gyueth this interpretation for yf I say This man was not worthely enterteyned I meane not that the partie whiche enterteyned him was not worthye to enterteyne so noble a man but that he was not vsed as was beseamyng for such a mā to be vsed So that to receyue the Sacramēt vnworthely is to receyue it otherwyse or for an other purpose then it oughte to be receyned for y ● is after any other forme or for any other purpose then y ● wordes of y ● first institutiō do declare For whē y e vse of good thinges is altred frō y ● purpose ende they were fyrste ordeyned for then are they vnworthely handled Al they therfore whyche do priuately receyue the Sacramēt eyther to merite them selues or other other that do make it a sacrifyce for the redemption of synne or to pacify goddes wrathe in any cōdition or after any other forme or for any other purpose thē is declared in the wordes of the fyrst institution do receyue it to theyr dampnation putting no difference of the Lordes bodye but vsynge it as a matter of marchaundyse or occupacion to get theyr lyuynge vpon They onely receyue it worthely which receiue it as a most worthy Sacrament and signe representynge vnto vs the cōmunion and partipacion we haue in all that euer Christe dyd or purchased for vs by taking our nature sufferyng therin al maner of moste miserable afflicions finally by hys mooste cruel and dolorouse death Therfore to hoyse it ouer theyr heades to daunce it ouer the cuppe to cary it in the stretes wyth a great pompe and glorye to bowe theyr knees and to knocke theyr breastes before it and to locke it vp in a pire to haue it ready to serue at al houres all suche chapmen as shall cal for it is but a polytyke caste of the marchauntes whyche displeye and set abrode to be sene suche marchaundyse as they woulde faynest sel As they do offende whiche neglecte and contemne thys moste holy mistery esteaming it no better then the comon breade wherewyth ou●e bodyes be fedde so do they also offende whiche honoure it wyth diuine honoure makynge it therby an ydol of all other moste to be abhorred both for that as they vse it it is a playne Antichriste spoylynge Christe of his victorye atchyued by the ones offeryng of hym felfe for all and al●o for that it pulleth the beleauers theron from the true adoracion of God the father and maketh them to ho●our for the inuisible immēse and eternall god that visible mensueable and corruptible breade wyne Yea as they vse it it is not the communion of Christes body and bloude at all but a fonde inuencion of theyr owne For Christe dyd not make so manye crossynges and blessinges and then eate it vp all him selfe But we must beleue that they recey●● it for vs and in all oure names We must beleue that theyr receauynge of it is the application of Christes merites to vs. We must beleue that they can therby releue y ● soules in y

deserued for vs. For euen as we se that we beyng many are partakers of one loofe of breade by eatynge therof and of one cuppe of wyne by drynkyng thereof so are we certified by that participation that we beyng manye beleuynge in Chryst are by that belefe made partakers of Chryste and wyth Chryste in al that is his none otherwyse then all the membres of one bodye be partakers of all ioyes and pleasures that chaunce to the heade For as the lofe wherof we eate is made of manye graynes and the Cuppe of wyne wherof we drynke is made of manye grapes and yet is but one Cuppe of wyne and the lofe but one lofe euen so are we that beleue in Christe but one bodye wyth hym and he oure heade notwythstandyng we be manye in numbre and of diuerse nacions estates and condicions For as in the body be diuers mēbers seruynge to diuers vses so are there in the congregacion of Christe whyche Paule calleth the bodye of Christe diuers estates Some Apostles some preachers and some teachers And as in the bodye is no membre wher vnto is not appoynted hys peculiare and necessarye office So in the congregacion of Christ is there none estate or condicion but it is profitable yea necessarye to the other Thys is a greate misterye sayeth Paule the misterye I saye of Christe and hys congregacion for it is hys bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones Not that the congregacion or churche is that naturall bodye that dyed on the crosse nor we the members of the same churche the fleshe and bones of the same But for that it was that congregacion it was we the membres of thys churche that caused Christe to take oure nature vpon hym that therein he myghte satisfye for oure synnes makynge vs partakers wyth hym in thys satisfaction and so are we hys bodye and membres that is to saye hys bodye and membres were and are the pryce wherewyth we were redeamed out of the captiuitie and thrawledome that we were in ▪ Thys misterye is greate and farre aboue the beastelye mans capacitie But yf we wyll be geuen to the spirite the spirite shall minister vnto vs abundauntly the vnderstandinge therof For it is a comon phrace or maner of speakynge amongeste vs when anye hath bestowed his money vpon any kynde of marchaundyse we saye Lo here is my xx.li or here are his hundreth markes showynge forth the wares that were bought wyth my xx.li or his hūdreth markes so that here the thynge boughte bearethe the name of the price In lyke maner doth Paule call the cōgregacion redeamed by Chistes bodye his verie bodie his fleshe and his bones because it is the machaūdice that was bought with his bodie his fleshe and his bones The mooste sacred sacramentes also of the bodye and bloud of Christ are called his body and bloude because they declare vnto vs what the bodie and bloude of Christ be vnto vs none other wyse then I call thys boke the suppet of the Lorde because it declareth the supper of the lorde so that here thou mayste se gentle readar wherin thou hast bene so farte and so longe deceyued Forsoeth in that thou haste not knowne nor consydered the causes why these moste holy sacramentes beare the names of that they represēt shew or declare vnto vs ▪ But haste grosselye persuaded thy selfe with the carnall and fleshly Iewes y ● Christe spake carnallye myndynge to tourne the substaunc● of the breade and wyne into the substance o● his body and bloude when he sayed vnto hi● disciples thys is my bodye But doubtless● good christian brother oure mooste cruel ene●mye hath in thys poynt vttered euen the grea●test parte of his maliciouse practyse He hat● not faylled alwayes to beate into oure heades the omnipotencie of God who coulde by his worde make al thynges of nought his veritie whyche wyll not suffer hym to leaue oughte vndone that he sayeth is or shall be done and then his wordes at his laste supper Thys is my hody c. Here laboureth he wyth toeth and nayle as they saye to kepe vs in the playne letter that we measure not these wordes by the scriptures of lyke phrace The veritie it selfe sayeth he hath spoken it wherfore it can not be otherwise The onely almyghtye which created all thynges by his worde hath sayed it it is not therfore impossible that it shoulde be so Thou arte a christian man and hast professed to beleaue all the wordes of Christe to be trewe though thy reasone can not comprehende the maner howe And wylte thou wyth the carnal and fleshly Iewes doubt in the perfourmance of the wordes that thy Sauioure shall speake He sayed that a vyrgyne shoulde brynge forth a chylde and wylte not thou beleaue it bycause thou canste not by reasone be persuaded that it is possible for a vyrgyne to brynge sorth a chylde what coulde the obstinate Iewes do more then blyndely and obstinately saye Howe can thys man gyue vs hys fleshe to eate and hys bloude to drynke And wylte thou be as obstinate as they and thynke it impossible for hym to gyue the his fleshe yea hys very naturall fleshe and bloude vnder the fourme of br●ade and wyne Oh subtylle serpent Oh crafty dissembler Nowe chaungeste thou thy selfe into an angell of lyghte Thou ●adest the Iewes abhorre Christes wordes bycause the law whych they professed taught them that it was abominable to eate the rawe fleshe or drynke the bloude of any beast muche more of a man And bycause they shoulde not consyder and vnderstande the spiritual eating of his dodye and drynkynge of his bloude by fayth thou puttest them in mynde of the corruptible Manna that the fathers dyd eate in wyldernesse And that notwythstandyng that breade came from heauen yet was it not of suche lyuelye force that it myghte preserue the eaters therof from death Yea thou heldeste them in opinion that it was not possible for Christe to gyue them his fleshe to eate and his bloude to drynke after suche sorte that theyr stomakes myght awaye wyth all Wherfore they sayed Howe can this felowe gyue vs his fleshe to eate and his bloude to drynke But here thou commest vnto vs with the contrary Thou byddest vs beleaue that he was able to chaunge breade and wyne into his fleshe and bloude that we myght therby awaye wyth the deuouryng therof Thus thou playest on both handes wyth them bycause they shoulde not loke for any spirituall eatynge or drynkyng of Christes fleshe and bloude And wyth vs that we shoulde not regarde the spirituall eatynge and drynkynge but that we shoulde moste regarde the fleshely deuourynge of the bread and wyne So that neyther the Iewes nother we● can come to the trewe eating of Christes fleshe and drynkyng of his bloud by vnfayned fayth in hym and his merities Here mayeste thou playnely se most dearely beloued in the lorde by what meanes our gostely enemy hath spoyled vs of the vse of these mooste preciouse

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