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A13918 A frutefull treatis of baptyme [sic] and the Lordis Souper of the vse and effect of them, of the worthey and vnworthy receyuers of the souper, necessary to be knowne of all Christen men, which yerely receyue the sacrament. Joye, George, d. 1553. 1541 (1541) STC 24217; ESTC S108087 24,315 66

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signifyed by y e sacramēt or figured by the figure hath euer y ● promise vpō it As in baptisme y e holy gost is promysed vs of Christ and in the souper his bodye to be brokē and his blode to be shed for our synnes ar promysed to vs y t worthely receyue them And therfore our faith stayed vpō theis promyses obtayneth vs grace and sorgeuenes of synne once knowne y t God of his mere mercy withoute all our desertes maketh to vs theis promyses for Christes sake onelye And here by the waye to the questiō whether childrē dying before baptisme w t water or aftyr ere they by hearing the exteriour worde conceyue faith be saued or no I answere That for because they ar contayned vnder y ● promyse of God made vnto Abraham Gen̄ xvij to be the God of hym and of his sead of whiche sead is y e childe seing that God is nowe the God of the gentylis and of their sead whom he calleth the childern of Abraham for his elecciōs sake therfore is euery Christen mans chylde contayned vnder the same promyse and by goddis eleccion saued dye it before or aftyr baptisme in his infancye ¶ Nowe shall ye see what godly doctryne our externe baptisme techeth all them that ar baptyzed KNowe ye not saith Paule that we who so euer be baptyzed into Iesu Crist ar we not baptyzed into his dethe Dethe therfore is the significacion effecte of the vtwarde baptisme which God neuer made the popis holy water to signifye nor to put vs in mynde of this baptisme whose exteriour acte in doping into the water techeth vs to dye with Crist y t is to saye to mortifye that olde Adam of ours to represse our sensuall carnall affectes and then are we baptized into Cristis deth to dye w t hym And when we thus dye from syn then burye we our synnes in the holes of his woundes as Paule saith we ar also buryed w t hym to ryse agen euē to be reuyued in spirit and to lede a newe lyfe in repentance nowe rysen agen with Crist. So y t baptyme bereth in it self Cristes deth his buryall his resurreccion to be practyzed in our bodyes and soules perpetually whyle we lyue Which lyfe what els is it then a perpetuall crosse euen y ● same that men call penāce but yet not it that the preist inioyneth Here ye see that repentance or changing of our lyfe is included in baptisme is all one in effecte with it hauing hir two partes Mortificacion which they call contricion out of which there foloweth viuificaciō that is to lyue aftyr the spirit ¶ Repentance what it is with hir two partes Mortification and Uiuificacion as Paule calleth them Ro. viij AT last ye se howe it is come vnto theffecte of baptyme the very mystery doctrine thereof which is the dethe buryall resurrecciō of Crist to be exercysed practyzed in vs which heuey lyfe is our perpetuall penance all one in effecte w t baptyme as ye se Ro. vi Repentance therfore is the perpetual mortifiyng of our flesshe of our olde man whiche the very syncere fere and loue of God worketh in vs at the syght of our synnes seen and knowne by faith in Cristes dethe to bring for the hir worthey frutes that is to saye to lead siche a lyfe as correspondeth declareth are pentant cōuerted herte Penance therfore is the repentāce of our synnes with a chāging of our former lyfe into a newe and beter lyuing Which beginneth of faith in Cristes dethe whereinto we ar baptized by the spirit of faith knowledging our synnes beholden in Christes woundes For many as Cayn Saule Iudas did see their synnes in the stonney tables throne agenst the grownde broken of Moses were heuye with vnfrutefull repentance in so miche that fore heuynes and shame they destroyd themselues Which declareth it playnely that they did not see their synnes in Cristes dethe y e promysed sead to come which had dyed for them indeed had they so beleued in hym But we that se them in his dethe knowe and fele them by our faithe forgeuē whiche faithfull knowledg effectuouse by loue Galat .v. dryueth vs to repentance to lament y ● euer we shuld cōmitte that thing which as it displeaseth our so louing mercifull father so did it bring his onely so derely beloued sonne that innocent lombe gyltlesse vnto the moste paynfull passion dethe Here here this corrasye freateth vs with fere shame trowblously grating vpon our consciences syghing and crying for mercye forgeuenes y t euer we shuld do that thing whiche cannot be forgeuen with oute the preciouse bloude of the sonne of God Crist God man Aftyr this mortificacion detesting of our former lyfe our faith setting hyr sewer holde vpon this promyse of our fathers voyce oute of heuē adse wering vs that this is his derely beloued sone for whose sake he is apeaced well pleased w t vs nowe receyued into grace we ar counfortably reuyued feling certifyed for our faithes saak in Crist y t our synnes shall not be imputed to vs nor we neuer more obbroyded of them before God When Crist therfore is puerly preched our synnes shewd vs in his dethe there verely and faithfully knowne there foloweth in all the faithfull hertes Repentance w t hir two partes as ye se Actes .ij. when Peter had preched Cristes deth resurrecciō and remission of synnes in them then were y e peple pricked heuey in mynde crying vnto Peter and to the other disciples ye men our brethern what shal we do Repente ye sayd they and be baptized euery one of you into y e name of Iesu Crist into y e remissiō of your synnes ¶ Baptisme compared with the Lordis souper THus passe we from baptisme vnto the passouer of y e Lorde compared togither That as the vtwarde baptyme dothe signifye the inwarde purging of the soule by y e holy gost thorow our faith beleuing y e wordis of promise for by faith hertis ar purifyed Act .xv. Euen so doth the vtwarde breking of the brede powering forth of the wyne geuen vs eaten dronkē signifye put vs in mynde of the brekinge crucifying of Cristis bodye sheding of his blode geuē for our synnes eatē dronken by faith not w t our bodely tethe flesshely mouthes Also as y e visible water signifyeth the inuisible grace so doth the visible brede brokē wyne powered forth and geuen vs signifye represent the inuisible fauour beneuolēce of our heuenly father whereby thorow Cristis deth our syns be forgeuē vs. And as the vtwarde baptyme byndeth vs by our owne profession to stonde to our promyse before God to forsake the deuill and all his suggestions and to cleue to one God vnto whom we ar nowe consecrated to mortifye our flesshe to pourge our
our lyfe taketh awaye our synnes for deth worthy dampnacion he geueth vs hymself in this present souper our euerlasting lyfe saluacion he is made for vs of the father our rightwysenes our redemptiō satisfaccion c. And as Isay saith he was woūded for our transgressions so smyten for our vngodlynes for the punisshmēt for our correcciō and peacemaking was layd vpon hym and by his strypes and his hurt we ar healed the Lorde layd all our wykednes vpon hym to pardon vs These therfore his present gyftis wordis cannot deceyue vs Take it eat it this is my bodye which is for you broken for in that he biddeth vs take it he certifyeth vs that he is all ours And in that he biddeth vs eat it he adsewerthe vs hymself to be all one substance with vs God and man deifying our souls sanctifying our bodyes to be glorifyed w t his in the resurreccion of our flesshe We muste therfore obserue diligently these wordes he gaue it vs bidding vs take it eat it and drink it and especially these wordis added which is for you broken which is for you geuē which for your synnes is shed For herein consisteth the peathey waight our present counforte here is that heuēly spirituall fode of our soules wherewith we ar refresshed dayly counforted confirmed for euer So oft therfore as we do celebrate this holy souper we must do it into y e remembrance of his dethe for this incomparable benefit loue vnable to be expressed rendering to hym prayse glory thankes immortal which lyueth and raigneth with the father and holy goste for euer Amen Moreouer ye shal diligently obserue That in the scriptures where .ij. or .iij. thinges be so inseperably knit togither that ether one of them may not be diuyded from another or els one muste nedis folowe the tother It is attributed to the one that at verely pertayneth to the tother and one name serueth them bothe or all thre As forbecause at the preching of the gospell there foloweth some Cristen congregacion gathered togither in the beleif thereof at last thei possede y e kingdome of heuen therfore is the gospell or the remission of synnes which foloweth the preching thereof called the kyngdom of heuen as in Mat. iij. Repent ye for nighe is the kyngdom of heuen sayd Io. bap where the kyngdom of heuen is taken for the remission of synnes or for the gospell And in the xviij who is gretest in the kyngdom of heuen there is it taken for the congregacion of the faithfull And forbecause meat is not eaten without brede therfore is brede takē for meat and for almaner bodely sustinance In the persone of Crist where the godhed is inseperably knit to his manhed it is attributed to the manhed that whiche verely pertayneth to the godhed as in Io. iij. Noman ascendeth into heuen but he that is descended the sonne of man which is in heuen here the sonne of man is taken for the godhed for as yet when he spake these wordis his manhed was not ascended The scripture saith Crist dyed when it was his manhed onely that suffered Now to my purpose In the signes or sacraments ther ar many thingis inseperably ioyned togither yf thei be of Cristis ordināce as ye se in this diuisiō order folowing wherfore euery one is called by the same name y t the tother is called which sodē sondrely attributing of the same name subsultatory speche not knowne nor obserued make men to apere to speke strangely yea erroneously to some mē when thei bothe beleue and speke trwly and godlye ¶ In Baptime 1 The Element is water 2 The worde of institucion is Go your wayes and teche all nacions baptizing them into y e name of the father the sone and holy goste Mat. xxviij which wordes with the Element make the Sacrament 3 The worde of promyse is Mar. the last ca. Whoso beleueth and is baptized shalbe saued Faith in this promise maketh present the holy gost in y e beleuers hert now borne a newe 4 The thing is the holy gost making holy purifying renewing y e soule ¶ In the Souper of the Lorde 1 The Elemēts ar Brede wyne 2 The wordis of institucion ar these When Iesus had soupt he toke y e brede in his handis c. which wordis dewly spoken it is the Sacrament 3 The wordis of promyse ar these Whoso eteth my flessh and drinketh my blode dwelleth in me and I in hym Io. vi The beleif in this promyse bringeth the thing present into the herte of the faithfull receyuer of the sacrament 4 The thing is the bodye of Crist crucifyed and his bloude shed into the remission of thy synnes Nowe ar these speches trewe The sacrament of baptime is the regeneracion and the renouaciō of the holygost purifying and geuing saluacion so that it be attributed vnto the cheif thing in the sacrament which is the holy gost Lykewyse yf it be asked whether in the sacrament of the souper of y e Lorde there be the very naturall and reall bodye of Crist thou seest it the fowerth in order and is so called for the inseperable vnion of it with y e sacramēt wordis and element so that the brede is so called the worde is so called and y e thing it self must nedis be called the same that it is The breds and the worde ar so called sacramētally but the thing is so called verely really and naturallye And here is offered the questiō whether an infidele or an vnworthey wyked persone eteth the body drinketh the bloud of Crist at the souper Unto the whiche Austen answereth very wel in his .xxi. boke of the cetye of God putting difference betwixt the sacrament which standeth vpō the Elements and wordis of instituciō betwixt y e thing which stōdeth in the wordis of promyse and faith ther to ioyned And agene in a sermone of the sacramēts of the faithfull These ar his wordis He that dwelleth not in Crist nor Crist in hym dowtlesse he nether eteth his flesshe nor drinketh his blode albeit vnto his own condemnacion he eteth and drinketh the sacrament of so grete a thinge Here ye se that one maye receyue the elements as the brede and wyne not the thing As was Symon Magus baptyzed in water receyuing the sacrament yet not the holygost renewing hym And Iudas sittīg at this souper did eat the sacrament of the brede wyne but not y e thing for satan saith Io. xiij entred into hym aftir Crist had raught hym the morsell of brede ¶ What it is worthely or onworthely to receyue the sacrament FIrst ye shal knowe that there cometh no frute vnto any receyuers of any sacrament but onely vnto them that call into mynde the deth of Crist with holy deuoute remembrance y t he was crucifyed for their synnes wassheth them awaye w t his blode