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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68996	Certeyn meditations and thinges to be had in remembraunce, and well considered by euery Christia[n], before he receiue the sacrament of the body and bloude of Christ. Compiled by T. Broke.	Broke, Thomas.	1548 (1548)	STC 3816; ESTC S108982	9,153	36

y e braūch of y e tree whē it is cut of from the tre receyueth nor taketh any more sappe iuyse or naturall moyestnes of the tree and therfore widdereth dryeth and becometh deade apte only for the fyer In like maner if we thorow oure obstynate perseueraunce in synne be deuided from god as y e prophets Esai Hieremy saith be no mysticall mēbre of Christes church his mysticall body then can we receiue no more fauoure grace nor lyfe from Christe but shal widder die and be apte only for the Hell fier vntyll it pleaseth god of mere mercy and grace Euen as it were by his grace and infinyte power no lesse by hys myracles contrary to our nature to graffe vs newly into Christes mysticall body endeue vs with his new and heauenly spirite Of the other parte if we be faythfull warriars of Christ and striue cōstantly against the deuel y e world and the fleshe and beleue faythefully that by and thorow Christe we shall ouercome the same we shall doubteles be accepted and reputed and taken before god as his naturall mēbres euen fleshe of his fleshe bones of his bones Such as he cā not but loue cherishe and fauoure for who dyde euer hate his owne fleshe but did norishe cherishe it saith Paule Seing than that we be his naturall membres euen fleshe of hys fleshe and bones of his bones as Sinne hell and death could not preuaile agaynst Christ So cā they not preuaile agaynst vs no wythholde vs from Christe fowe be one wyth Christ we must nedes be where he is accordynge to the prayer of Christ in the xvii of Iohn saying Holy father kepe thē in thy name whome thou hast geuen me that they maye be one as we be father whom thou hast geuen to me I will where I am that they be with me that is to be in heauen to haue eternall lyfe as Christ there saythe father the houre cometh claryfy thy sonne that thy sonne may claryfi the as thou hast geuen to hym power ouer all fleshe that all that thou hast geue to him he may gyue to them eternall lyfe If we be one wyth our head Christ and in heauen wyth hym to whome also he hath geuen eternall lyfe Howe can synne hell or deathe preuayle agaynst vs his liuely membres Doubtles it is Impossible wherfore let oure earnest study prayer laboure be aboue all thynges to kepe vs in his mysticall body that we may be lyuely members of the same according as we professe vs to be by this holy cōmunyon in this blessed sacrament of his bodye and bloude Yea moste diligently and circumspectly beware what thou doest loke that thou dissemble not nor lye to the holy gost ther can be no greatter shame nor offence for the than to professe before thy friendes the hole cōgregatiō wyth thy mouth countenāce and behauiour to be a faithfull Christian And vtterly to deny the same in thy herte wordes deades And although thou canste thus colourably dissemble and falselye disceyue the Christen congregation yet canst y u neuer deceyue Christe whyche knoeth y e inward secret thoughtes fayned imagynaciōs of thy hert Therfore I coūsel y e Christē reader that thou Iustely truely and diligently examen thy lyfe and consider well wyth thy selfe whether thou be a constant warry it agaynst synne Proue whether thou purpose ernestli and cōstantlie so to continew vnto the death also whether thou haue vnite peace and herty vnfayued loue towardes al y e congregaciō whych is most manyfestly expressed signyfied by this sacramēt of Christes body and bloud And thē last try thy selfe whether thou beleue fayethfully to haue remission of thy synnes and eternall lyfe thorow Christes passion and death onely and not by any other merits of sayntes prayers or holy workes of thy owne or of any other creature lyueyng or deade If thou be fullye perswaded and determyned in all these thinges before wrytten then mayest thou boldely come to this holy table to confirm thy fayth receiue this holy sacrament of Christes body bloud for a erneste pledge of eternall lyfe Whych graunte the that derely bought the to reigne wyth hym in eternall glory ▪ FINIS ❧ Imprinted ▪ at London by Iohn Day and Wyllyam Set●s dwellynge in Sepulchres Parish at the signe of the Resurrection a litle aboue Holbourne Conduite ☞ M.D. xlviii the .v. of August ❧ Cum gratia priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Math. xv Iohn vi Luke xxiiii Hebru iiii Iohn xvi Act. iii. ● Cor .xi. ● Cor. xi Ihon. xvi Augustin vpō the .xx ▪ vi treatise of Iohn Iohn vi Augustin xxv ▪ treatese vpon Iohn ▪ Augustine xx ▪ vi treatise vpon Iohn ▪ ● Cor. ● Vpon the .vi ▪ Iohn the xlvi homelie ▪ The xi 〈◊〉 vpon the .v. Mathew Psalm lxxxx ▪ iii. Hieremy v. Ephes vi Iohn xvii

nowe glrified and immortal yet it is not so spirituall that it is inuisible and that proued Christ when after his resurrectiō he appered vnto his disciples saiyng Fele and se a spirit hath not fleshe bones as you seme haue Wherfor doubtles if his real and natural bodie were corporally present in the sacramente it sholde be both felt and sene Because selynge and feinge be two naturall properties declared by-Christ whereby a naturall bodie is perceiued and knowne to be visible and to occupie place For as saint Augustine sayth to Dardanum That doubtles Christes natural bodie is in heauē For saith he take from bodies the roume space of places and they shalbe no where and if thei be no where thē thei shall not be Wherfore if his naturall bodie were in the sacrament it must nedes occupie roume and place in the sacramēt euen aswell as it doth in heauen or aswell as anye other naturall substaunce occupieth place And thē Christes bodie beyng and occupiyng place in heauen cannot also in one tyme occupie place in the sacrament For hys naturall bodie cannot occupie two places bothe at one tyme. For Christ is like vnto vs his reasonable creaturs in all thyngs except onlie in syne But our bodies after our resurrection shalbe visible wherefore doubtles Christes bodie shal also be visible whersoeuer it be presēt Or elese he hath no natural bodie But a shadow or fantasticall bodi which is Marcians-heresye Christ also saith you shal haue pore folkes alweis with you but me you shal not haue alwais wyth you Also Iesus knowynge that his howre was come that he should go to his father How shal he go to hys father excepte in his humanitie which euer was present with his father in hys Godhead Also S. Peter in the Actes sayth repent and turne you that your synnes may be done awaye That when the tyme of rest shall come from the syght of the lorde he shal send him which is preached vnto you Iesus Christ whō the heauens must receyue vntyl all thynges whiche were spoken bi the mouth of the prophetes be fulfylled Also Paul sayth as often as we shall eate of the breade and drynke of the cuppe we shall shewe the death of the Lorde vntyll he come whiche wordes vntyl he come declare to be spoken of one that is absente and not of one that is presente Wherefore doubtles Christes naturall body is absente in heauen and not present in a corporall presence in the Sacramēt of the aultare which is no dyscomeforte nor hurie to vs that hys naturalle bodie is presēt in heauen For as the sone in sommer whē he is most highest and distant from vs workethe in the earthe most effectuousli and yeldeth hys vertue most feruentlye and aboundantlye vpon all earthelie thynges so in likewise Christes natural bodie although he be in heauen most distaunt frō vs yet not with standing he workethe in hys people most effectuouslie geuethe hys grace most abundauntli to vs as he himselfe wyttenesseth to hys apostles saiyng it is expedient and necessarie that I go from you to my father For yf I shoulde not goo to my father the hollye ghoste shoulde not be sent to you Therfore seing that so many holi scriptures wytnes that Christes naturall bodye is in heauen and also that it is no dyscōmodie nor hurt to vs y t it so be I trust euerie good christian man wyll holde hym content and satisfied And on y e other partie yf we shoulde graunt christes naturall bodie weare so presente in the sacrament that the breade were chaunged into hys natural bodie and the wyne into hys naturall bloude leauynge y e nature of bread then bothe the godlie wycked the faythful and also the vnfaythfull should eate Christes naturall bodie drynke hys naturall bloude which is agaynste all the aunciente wryters that make a diuersitie betwyxt the eatyng of the sacramēt the receyuing of the thynge represēted by the sacrament The godlie and y e vngodlie receyuethe sacramente saye they but the thynge represented in and bi the sacramēt which is Christes bodie broken and his bloude shed out for the remission of our synnes no man cā eate excepte the faytheful by fayth Also Christ saythe that he is the bread of lyfe whych came from heauen yf a mā eate of that bread he shall lyue euerlastynglie And he that eatethe my fleshe and drynkethe my bloude hathe eternalle lyfe Whych wordes cannot be verified nor trulie spoken of the eating of the sacramente For many eate that to their eternal dānacion by Christes wordes of his promises made vnto vs they could not do if the breade were chaūged into Christes naturall bodye Also if the bread wyne be not chaunged into Christes naturall body and bloud bi the word as in ded they be not but the substaunces remayne in their nature yet yf we hearing y e promes of GOD declared vnto vs that his bodye was betrayed for vs hys bloud shed for the remission of our synnes beleue the same and receiue y e sacramēt we then eate Christes naturall body and bloude in spirit and fayth to our euerlastinge lyfe although we beleue not any maner of transubstancion of the bread into Christes natural bodi and the wine into Christes natural bloude But by such transubstancion the receyuer of the sacrament should also receiue Christes body and bloud If the bread and wyne were chaūged into Christes natural bodi bloud And thē as I haue sayd the most wicked Infidels myght eating the Sacrament eat also Christes fleshe and drink his bloud which is not onli against the saiynge of the blessed martyrs Ciprian Hillarius and saint Augustine but also against the saieynge of Christe whyche sayth he that eatethe my fleshe and drinketh my bloude he dwelleth in me and I in hym whyche no vnfaythfull can dooe For as Christ sayth the seruaunt dwelleth not in the house for euer ¶ Therfore the faithful beleuer in Christ is sure to eate Christes fleshe and dryncke hys bloude to hys eternall health although he neuer beleue any such grosse trāsubstanciacion And the vnfaythful can neuer eate hys flesh as Saynt Augustine saieth he whyche eateth my fleshe and drinkeeth my bloude he dwelleth in me and I in hym Thys is therefore to eate that breade and dryncke y t dryncke to dwell in Christ and to haue Christ dwelling in him And therfore he which dwelleth not in Christe in whom Christ dwelleth not doubtles eateth not Christes fleshe nor drinketh his bloud although to his iudgmēt he eate the sacramēt of so great a thing Also y e same doctour saint Augusttine again saith truly this bread requireth the hongre of y e inward man For blessed be they whych hungr and thyrste for rightuousnes verily to beleue in hym that is to eate the liuing bread he whiche beleueth in hym eateth inuisibli and is filled because he is inuisibly borne againe ¶