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B00958	Homelies sette forth by the righte reuerende father in God, Edmunde Byshop of London, not onely promised before in his booke, intituled, A necessary doctrine, but also now of late adioyned, and added thereunto, to be read within his diocesse of London, of all persons, vycars, and curates, vnto theyr parishioners, vpon sondayes, & holydayes.	Bonner, Edmund, 1500?-1569.	1555 (1555)	STC 3285.2; ESTC S103088	74,513	149

substaunce of bread is turned into the substaunce of Christes bodye and so muste all men beleue that wyll be lyuely members of the catholyke churche and in that there belefe they muste honoure the bodye and bloude of oure sauioure Christe in the sacramente of the Aultare as alwayes christen people haue vsed to doo Saincte Austin in hys exposition made vpon the .99 Psalme S. Augustine vpon the .99 Psalme sayeth that it is synne not to honoure the bodye of Christe meanynge in the Sacramente of the Aultare And as it is before in thys Homily alledged he also sayeth in the name of all men We doo honoure vnder the fourmes of breade and wyne whyche we se the bodye and bloude of Christe whyche we do not see Wherefore good christen people knowing nowe what is the ryght belefe touchynge the Sacramente of the aultare embrace and folowe the same and cleaue faste to the catholyke churche the spouse of Chryste that you maye be true members of Christe to whome wyth the father and the holye Ghoste be all honoure and glorye worlde wythoute ende Amen Io. Harpesfelde sacrae theologiae professoris et Archidiaconi London ¶ An Homily wherein is aunswere made to certayne common obiections agaynst the presence of Christes bodye and bloude in the sacramente of the Aultare MEte it were dearely beloued in our sauioure Christ that we all should so fully wholy cleaue to the faith of Christes catholike church that no appearaūce of reasō to the cōtrari therof shoulde cause vs once to doute or stagger in any part part of the same For such a kinde of faith doth God requyre of vs and for suche kynde of faythe good christen people are in scripture called Abrahās children Roma 4 which Abraham as it is wrytten in the fourth to the Romaynes cōtrary to hope beleued in hope that he should be the father of many nations accordynge to that which was spokē So shal thy sede be And he fainted not in the faith nor yet cōsidered his owne bodi which was now dead euen when he was almost an hundred yeare olde nether yet that Sara was paste chylde bearynge he staggered not at the promyse of god through vnbelefe but was strōg in the faith and gaue honor to god fully certified that what he had promysed the same he was able to make good Yf we then wil be the childrē of Abraham we muste not faynt in faith nor consyder gods woordes after the course of nature Saint Paule in the .x. 2. Corin. x. chapiter of his seconde epistle to the Corinthians geueth vs an example in hym selfe howe we shoulde alwayes brynge reason in subiection to faithe sayng The weapons of our warfare are not carnall but mighty in God to ouerthrowe stronge holdes to destroy counselles and euery hyghe thynge that exalteth it selfe agaynste the knowledge of God and to brynge in captiuitye vnto the seruyce of Christe all vnderstandinge What thinke you is the cause why the Iewes beleue not on Christe Verely fyrste because he was borne of a Vyrgyn which is contrary to the course of nature Secondly lykewyse he was in vnitie of person God man whyche how it may be no mans wyt is able by natural power to conceaue thyrdly because he beyng God and man suffered the death of the crosse which for God to be content to do semeth to naturall reason a thynge moost absurde but good christen folke geuyng place to faith do most vndoutedly beleue on Christ God mā crucified according to that S. Paule writeth in his fyrste Chapter of his fyrste Epistle to the Corinthians i. Corin. 1. saying We preache Christ crucifyed to the Iewes a stumblyng blocke to the gentels a folishnes but to so many of the iewes gētels as ar called Christ the power wysedome of God And agreably here vnto he sayeth also in the nexte Chapiter folowynge My talke my preaching was not in the persuasible woordes of mans wysedome but in shewynge of power and of the spyryte that youre faythe should not rest in the wisedome of man but in the power of God This generall aduyse and counsel of S. Paule may and ought so to staye vs in the faythe of the catholyke churche that nether carnall reasons grounded vpon the feble intelligence of mans natural wyt nether the deceatfull iudgement of oure senses shoulde make vs once to doute of any one trueth in Christes religiō were it neuer so contrarye to the course of nature neuer so farre aboue our capacities and neuer so absurde to the appearaunce of our outwarde senses But forasmuch as throughe the iniquitie of these later euyll yeares dyuers haue hadde sondrye fonde dowtes and scruples put into theyr heades especyally agaynst the presence of Christes body bloude in the Sacrament of the aultare and throughe such dowtes haue swarued from the true belefe therein therefore here shall folowe aunsweres and solutyons to such dowtes as haue ben most commen that from henceforthe no man shall nede to be seduced by them or other lyke Obiection ¶ Fyrst it hath bene obiected that our sauiour Christ immediatlye after that he had instituted and delyuered to his Apostles the sacramente dyd say vnto them Do this in remembraunce of me Vppon which wordes some haue concluded that the bodye of our sauiour Christ cannot be in the sacramente ¶ But let vs duely waye the wordes Aunsvvere and meaning of the same and we shall moost plainly perceaue theyr erroure and mysvnderstandyng Saincte Paule in hys fyrste Epistle to the Corinthians 1. Corin. xi and in the .xi. chapter of the same Epistle intreating of the institution of the Sacrament of the aultare and ther openynge the true sense of that commaundemente of Christ saythe in this maner As oft as you eate of that bread and drinke of that cuppe you shal shew forthe the Lordes death vntil he come So then the remembraunce whyche oure sauioure there requyreth of vs is the remembraunce of hys death which is past and not presente and therefore after most proper maner of speache may well be remembred Now this remembraunce can in no wyse possibly be so lyuely and so effectually worke in oure hartes as when we most certenly beleue that in the sacrament of the aultare is veryly the selfe same body in substaunce which died for vs and therfore the Prophet Dauid foreseyng in spirit this so excellēt a memorye sayeth in hys .cx. Psalme Psal 110. Oure mercyfull gratious Lord hath made a memory of all his merueylous workes and by by declaring in what maner he maketh that memory he addeth those woordes he hathe geuen a foode to suche as feare him This fode which the Prophet sayeth that Christ should leaue in remembraunce of al his maruelous workes that is of his incarnatiō his passion his ascension and glorye in heauen and other lyke workes moost chiefely is to be verifyed of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe in the sacramente of

pestilent traditions false interpretacions and gloses had corrupted and almooste clerelye stopped vp this pure well of Gods lyuely woorde teaching that this loue and charitye pertayned onely to a mans frendes and that it was sufficiente for a man to loue them whyche doo loue hym and to hate hys fooes therefore Christe dyd open this well agayne purged it and scoured it by gyuynge vnto hys godlye lawe of Charitie a true and clere interpretation which is this that we ought to loue euery mā bothe frende and fooe addynge thereto what commodity we shal haue thereby and what in cōmodity by dooynge the contrarye What thynge can we wysshe so good for vs as the heauenlye father to repute and take vs for hys chyldren And this shall we be sure of sayeth Christ yf we loue euery man without exception And yf we doo otherwyse sayeth he we be no better thā Phariseis Publicans and heathen persons and shall haue oure rewarde with them that is to be excluded from the number of gods elect chyldren and from hys euerlastyng inheritaunce in heauen Thus of true Charitye Christ taughte that euery man is bounde to loue God aboue al thinges and to loue euery man frende and fooe And thus lykewyse he dyd vse hym selfe exhortynge hys aduersaries rebukynge the faultes of hys aduersaryes and whan he coulde not amende them yet he prayed for theim Fyrste he loued God his father aboue al thinges so muche that he sought not hys owne glorye and wyll but the glorye and wyll of hys father Iohn 5. I seke not sayde he Iohn v. myne owne wyll but the wyll of hym that sent me Nor he refused not to dye to satysfye hys fathers wyll Math. 26. sayeng Math. xxvi Yf it may be let this cuppe of death goo from me yf not thy wyll be doone and not myne He loued also not onely hys frendes but also hys enemyes whyche in their hartes dyd beare exceding great hatred agaīst hym and in theyr tongues spake all euyll of him and in theyr actes and dedes pursued hym wyth al their myght and power euē vnto death Yet al this notwythstandynge he withdrewe not hys fauour from theim but styll loued them preached vnto them of loue rebuked theyr false doctryne theyr wycked lyuynge and dyd good vnto them pacientlye acceptynge what soeuer they spake or dyd agaynste him When they gaue hym euell woordes he gaue none euyll agayne when they dyd stryke hym he dyd not smyte agayne And when he suffred deathe he dyd not slea them nor threaten them but prayed for thē and referred all thynges to hys fathers wyll And as a shepe that is led vnto the shambles to be slayne Esai 53. Act. 8. and as a lambe that is shorne of hys flese dyd make no noyse nor resistence euen so wente he vnto hys deathe wythoute any repugnaunce or openynge of hys mouthe to saye anye euyll Thus haue I described vnto you what charitye is aswell by the doctryne as by the example of Christ hym selfe Whereby also euery man may without erroure know hym selfe what state and condition he standeth in whether he be in charitye and so the chylde of the father in heauen or not For althoughe almoste euery man perswadeth him selfe to be in Charity yet let him examyne none other man but hys owne harte his life and conuersation and he shall not be deceyued but truly decerne and iudge whether he be in perfyte charitye or not For he that foloweth not hys owne appetite and wyll but gyueth hym selfe earnestly to God to doo all hys wyll and commaundementes he maye be sure that he loueth God aboue all thynges and els suerlye he loueth hym not what so euer he pretende Iohn 14. As Chryste sayd If ye loue me kepe you my cōmaundementes For he that knoweth my commaundementes dothe kepe them he it is sayeth Christ that loueth me And agayne he sayeth He that loueth me wyl kepe my woorde and my father wyll loue hym and we wyll bothe come to hym and dwel wyth hym And he that loueth me not wyll not kepe my woordes And lykewyse he that beareth good harte and mynde and vseth well hys tongue and dedes vnto euery man frende and fooe he maye knowe thereby that he hathe charity And then he is sure also that almyghty God taketh hym for hys dere beloued sonne as Saincte Ihon sayeth in the thyrde Chapiter of hys fyrste canonicall Epistle Hereby manifestlye are knowen the chyldren of God from the children of the deuyll For who so euer dothe not loue hys brother belongeth not vnto God But the peruerse nature of man corrupte wyth synne and destitute of Gods woorde and grace thinketh it against all reason that a man shoulde loue hys enemye and hathe many perswasions whyche induceth hym to the contrarye Agaynste all whyche reasons we oughte aswell to set the teachynge as the lyuynge of oure sauioure Christe who louynge vs when we were hys enemyes dothe teache vs to loue our enemyes He dyd paciently take for vs many reproches suffred beatynge and moost cruell deathe Therfore we be no members of hym yf we wyll not folowe hym For as S. Peter sayeth i. Peter 2. Christe suffered for vs leauynge vs an example that we should folowe him Furthermore we must consider that to loue oure frendes is no more but that which theues adulterers homicides and all wycked persons doo in so muche that Iewes Turkes Infidels and all brute beastes doo loue them that bee theyr frendes of whome they haue theyr lyuynge or any other benefytes But to loue our enemies is the proper cōdition onely of them that be the children of God the disciples and folowers of Christ Notwithstanding mans frowarde and corrupte nature wayeth ouer depely many times the offence and displeasure done vnto hym by enemyes and thynketh it a burden intollerable to be bounde to loue them that hate him But the burden shoulde be easye ynoughe yf on the other syde euery man woulde consyder what dyspleasure he hath done to hys enemy agayne what pleasure he hathe receyued of hys enemye And yf we fynde no egall recompence neyther in receyuing pleasures of our enemy nor in rendryng dyspleasure vnto hym agayne then let vs ponder the displeasures whyche we haue done agaynste almighty God Howe often and howe greuously we haue offended hym Whereof yf we wyll haue of God forgyuenes there is none other remedye but to forgyue the offēces done vnto vs whyche be very small in comparison of oure offences done agaynste God And yf we consyder that be whych hath offended vs deserueth not to be forgyuen of vs let vs consyder againe that we muche lesse deserue to be forgyuen of God And althoughe our enemy deserue not to be forgyuen for hys owne sake yet we oughte to forgyue hym for gods loue consyderynge howe great and manyfest benefytes we haue receyued of hym withoute oure desertes and that Christe hathe deserued of vs that for his sake we should forgyue them