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A02359	Three rare monuments of antiquitie, or Bertram, priest, a French-man, of the body and blood of Christ, (written 800 yeares agoe) with the late Romish purging thereof: Ælfricus, Arch-bishop of Canterburie, an English-man, his sermon of the sacrament, (preached 627 yeares agoe:) and Maurus, abbot, a Scots-man, his discourse of the same (820 yeares agoe:) all stronglie convincing that grosse errour of transubstantiation. Translated and compacted by M. VVilliam Guild, minister at King-Edward; De corpore et sanguine Domini. English. Abridgments	Ratramnus, monk of Corbie, d. ca. 868.; Guild, William, 1586-1657.; Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Sermo de sacrificio in die Pascae. aut; Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856. De sacramento Eucharistiae. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 12492; ESTC S103528	49,280	152

eate wee his bodie roasted with fyre because the holie Ghoste came in fyerie lykenesse vnto the Apostles in diverse Tongues V. The Israelites should eate the Lambes head and the feete and the purtenances and no-thing must there-of bee left over-night If anie thing there-of was left they did burne that in the fyre And they brake not the bones After ghostlie vnder-standing wee doe then eate the Lambes head when wee take holde of Christes Divinitie in our Beliefe Againe when wee take holde of his Humanitie with loue then eate we the Lambes feete because that Christ is the Beginning and the Ende GOD before all Worlde and Man in the ende of this Worlde What bee the Lambes purtenances but even Christes secret Preceptes And these wee eate when wee receiue with griedinesse the Worde of Lyfe There must no-thing of the Lambe bee left till the morning because all Gods Sayinges are to bee searched with carefulnesse and great diligence so that all his Preceptes must bee knowne in vnderstanding and deede in the night of this present lyfe before the last day of the vniversall Resurrection doe appeare And if wee can not search out throughlie all the mysterie of Christes Incarnation then ought wee to betake the rest vnto the might of the holie Ghost with true humilitie and not to search rashlie of that deepe secretnesse aboue the measure of our vnderstanding VI. They did eate the Lambes flesh with their Loynes girded In the Loynes is the lust of the bodie And hee that will receiue that holie housell shall cover and wrap in that Concupiscence and take with Chastitie that holie Receit VII They were also shod And what bee Shooes but of the hydes of dead beastes Wee bee truelie shod then if wee match in our steps and deedes the liues of men departed this lyfe which pleased God with keeping of his Commandementes VIII They had Staues in their handes when they did eate This staffe signifieth a care-fulnesse and a diligent over-seeing and all they that best knowe and can should take care of other men and stay them vp with their helpe IX It was enjoyned to the eaters that they should eate the Lambe in haste for God abhorreth sloath-fulnesse in his Servants and those hee loveth which seeke the joye of Ever-lasting Lyfe with quicknesse and hastinesse of mynd Prolong not to turne vnto GOD left the tyme passe away thorowe thy slow tarrying X. The eaters might not breake the Lambes bones No more might the Souldioures which did hang CHRIST breake His Holie Legges as they did of the two Thieues which hanged on eyther syde of Him And the LORD arose from death sound and whole with-out all corruption And at the last Iudgement they shall see Him Whome they did moste cruellie wound on the Crosse. XI This Tyme is called in the Hebrew Tongue PASCHA and in Latine TRANSITVS and in English a PASSE-OVER Because that vpon this daye the people of Israell passed from the Lande of Aegypt thorowe the redde Sea from the bondage of Pharaoh towardes the Land of Promise So also did our LORD at this Tyme departe as sayeth Sainct IOHN the EVANGELIST from this Worlde to His heavenly Father And even so wee ought to follow our HEAD and to goe from the Devill vnto CHRIST from this vnstable Worlde vnto His stable KINGDOME How-bee-it wee shoulde first in this present lyfe departe from Vyce vnto holie VERTVE from evill manners vnto good if vvee vvill after this our lent lyfe goe to that Eternall Lyfe and after our resurrection to CHRIST Hee bring vs vnto His Ever-lasting Father Who gaue Him vnto Death for our Sinnes To Him bee Honour and Prayse of Well-doing Wordle with-out ende AMEN A Notable Short DISCOVRSE VVritten by a Scots-man AS BALE vvitnesseth OF THE SACRAMENT Who lived in that same Age with BERTRAM 800 yeares agoe named RABANVS or Magnentius Maurus learned in all Sciences A Professor long in the Vniversitie of Paris and at last made An Abbot vnder Lodovicus Pius OF the other two thinges left vnto vs in Legacie that is Of the Bodie and Blood of the LORD it may be asked Why amongst all the Fruites of the Earth chiefelie he did choose Bread and Wine to designe the same as if these did excell all other Fruites of the Earth in woorth and were of greatest value Which Question wee thinke may bee thus solved Our LORD did choose that the Sacrament of his bodie and blood should bee so received by the mouth of the Faythfull and that the same should bee converted to their nowrishment that by the visible worke the invisible effect and working of the other might be showne and made manifest For as the materiall Foode outwardlie nowrisheth and feedeth the bodie so the Word of God inwardlie nowrisheth the Soule strengtheneth the same For it is not by Bread onelie that Man liveth but by everie Word that procedeth out of the Mouth of God And the Word is become Flesh and hath dwelt amongst vs sayeth Trueth it selfe And as sayeth Christ himselfe My Flesh is Meat indeede and My Blood is Drinke indeede Now the flesh of Christ is Meate indeede because it feedeth truelie and nowrisheth man vnto eternall Life which is onelie true Life and his blood is Drinke indeede because truelie and solidlie it satiateth and slockeneth for ever the hungering and thirsting soule after Righteousnesse For as for temporall life men indeede may haue the same with-out this meate and drinke but that Eternall they cannot attaine vnto because that this Meate and Drinke signifieth that eternall societie and fellowship of the members vvith their head and their strait conjunction For sayeth hee Hee that eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood abydeth in Mee and I in him Wherfore it is needfull that wee receiue his bodie and blood that wee may abyde in Him and become members of His Bodie And the Sacrament heere-of to wit of our Becomming one with CHRISTES bodie and blood it is taken off from the Table to some men vnto destruction but the thing it selfe which is signified is taken by all men vnto lyfe and by none vnto destruction For who-so-ever is partaker of that the same man shall bee associate as a member to CHRIST his head into that Heavenlie Kingdome For it is another thing the Sacrament it selfe and the vertue of the Sacrament The Sacrament it selfe is onelie taken by the mouth but by the vertue of the Sacrament the inward man is refreshed The Sacrament also is turned into the food of the bodie but by the vertue of the Sacrament the dignitie of eternall Lyfe is obtained In the Sacrament againe all the faythfull Communicantes make a paction of mutuall fellow-ship and brotherlie peace amongst them selues heere but by the vertue of the Sacrament all the members joyned and straitlie coupled with their head in eternall Glorie shall rejoyce for ever Therefore as the Sacrament it selfe is turned in our substance when wee haue eaten and drunken the same so lyke-wyse shall

treated of in another place and part we shal now declare to wit that which belongeth to the holie Housell Christen men may not now keepe that olde Law bodilie but it behoveth them to know what it ghostlie signifi●th That Innocent Lambe which the olde Israelites did then kill had signification after ghostlie vnderstanding of Christs suffering who vnguiltie shed his holie blood for our redemption Heere-of sing Gods servantes at everie Masse Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi miserere nobis that is in our speach Thou Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercie on vs. Those Israelites vvere delivered from sudden death and Pharaohs bondage by the Lambes offering which signifyed Christes suffering thorowe which wee are delivered from ever-lasting Death and from the Devils cruell reigne if wee rightlie belieue in the true Redeemer of the whole Worlde even Christ the Saviour That Lambe was offered in the Evening and our Saviour suffered in the last Age of the Worlde This Age of the corruptible Worlde is reckoned to the Evening They marked with the Lambes blood vpon the Doores and vpper postes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THAV that is the signe of the Crosse and were so defended from the Angell that killed the Aegyptian first-borne And we ought to marke our Fore-heads and our Heartes with the Bloode of our Lordes Suffering Those Israelites did eate the Lambes flesh yearlie at Easter time when they were delivered And wee receiue Christes bodie ghostly and drinke his bloode when wee receiue with true beliefe that holie Housell That tyme they kept yearelie at Easter seaven dayes with great worship when they were delivered from Pharaoh and departed from that I and. So also Christen men keepe Christes Resurrection at the tyme of Easter seaven dayes because thorow his Suffering and rysing wee are delivered and are made cleane by going to this holie Housell as Christ sayeth in his Gospell Verilie verilie I saye vnto you Yee haue no lyfe in you except yee eate My Eleshe and drinke My Blood Hee that eateth My Fleshe and drinketh My Bloode abydeth in Mee and I in him and hee hath that Ever-lasting Lyfe and I will rayse him vp at the last Daye I am that lyuelie Bread which came downe from Heaven not so as your Fathers did eate Manna in the Wildernesse and died Hee that eateth this Bread liveth for ever Hee blessed then Bread before his suffering and divided it vnto his Disciples thus saying Eate of this Bread It is My Bodie and doe this in My rememberance Also he blessed Wine in one Cuppe and sayde Drinke yee all of this This is My Blood which is shedde for manie in forgiuenesse of sinnes The Apostles did also as Christ commanded that is They blessed Bread and Wine to housell againe afterwardes in his rememberance Even so also their Successoures and all Priestes by Christes Commaundement doe blesse Bread and Wine to housell in his Name with the Apostolicke Blessing Nowe men haue often searched and doe yet often search howe Bread which is gathered of Corne and thorowe Fyres heate baked may bee turned to Christes bodie Or howe Wine which is pressed out of manie Grapes is turned thorowe a blessing to the Lordes bloode Nowe saye wee vnto such men That some thinges bee spoken of Christ by signification and some be thinges certayne True this is and certayne That Christ was borne of a Mayde and suffered death of his owne accorde and was buried and on this Daye rose agayne from Death Hee is sayde to bee Bread then by signification and a Lambe and a Lyon and a Mountayne Hee is called Bread because hee is our Lyfe and Angels lyfe Hee is sayde to bee a Lambe for his innocencie A Lyon for strength where-with hee overcame the strong Devill But Christ is not so not-with-standing after true nature neyther Bread nor a Lambe nor a Lyon Why is then that holie Housell called Christs bodie or his blood if it bee not truelie that which it is called Truelie the bread and the wine which in the Supper by the Priest is hallowed showe one thing with-out vnto humane vnderstanding and another thing with-in vnto believing mindes With-out they are seene bread and wine both in figure and taste and they bee so truelie after their hallowing But Christes bodie and blood by ghostlie mysterie An Heathen Chylde is christened yet hee altereth not his shape with-out though hee bee chaunged with-in Hee is brought vnto the Font-stone sinfull thorowe Adams disobedience And how-be-it hee is washed from all sinne with-in yet hee hath not changed his shape with-out Even so the holie Font water which is called the Well-spring of Lyfe is lyke in shape vnto other water and is subject to corruption but the holie Ghostes might commeth to the corruptible water thorowe the Priestes blessing and it may after wash the bodie and soule from all sinne thorowe Ghostlie might Beholde nowe wee see two thinges in one creature after true nature that water is corruptible moysture and after ghostlie mysterie hath whole-some vertue So also if wee beholde that holie Housell after bodilie vnderstanding then wee see that it is a creature corruptible and mutable but if we acknowledge there-in ghostlie might then vnderstand wee that life is there-in and that it giveth Immortalitie to them that eate it with beliefe Much is between the invisible might of this holy Housel and the visible shape of its proper nature It is naturallie corruptible bread and wine and is by might of Gods word truelie Christes bodie and his blood not so not-with-standing bodylie but ghostlie Much is betweene the bodie of Christ which hee suffered in and the bodie which is hallowed to housell The bodie truelie that Christ suffered in was borne of the flesh of Ma●ie with blood and bone with skin and sinewes in humane limmes with a reasonable soule living But his ghostlie bodie which wee call the Housell is gathered of many Cornes with-out blood and bone with-out limme with-out soule and there-fore nothing is to be vnderstood there-in bodilie but all ghostlie What-so-ever was in that Housell which giveth substance of life that is of the ghostlie might and invisible doing Therefore is that holie Housell called a mysterie because there is one thing in it seene and another thing vnderstoode That which is there seene hath bodilie shape and that which wee doe there vnderstand hath Ghostlie might Certainlie Christs bodie which suffered death and rose againe from death never dieth hence-foorth but is eternall and impassible That Housell is temporall not eternall corruptible and dealed in-to sundrie partes chewed betweene the Teeth and sent downe in-to the bellie how-be-it never-the-lesse after Ghostlie might it is all in everie part Manie receiue that holie bodie and yet not-with-standing it is so all in everie part after Ghostlie mysterie Though some chewe the lesse yet there is no more might not-with-standing in the more parte than the lesse because it is whole in all men after