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A05294 The answere that the preachers of the Gospel at Basile, made, for the defence of the true administration, and vse of the holy Supper of our Lord Agaynst the abhominatio[n], of the popyshe Masse. Translated out of Latin into Englyshe by George Bancrafte. 1548.; Responsio praedicatorum Basileensium in defensionem rectae administrationis Coenae Dominicae. English. Bancrafte, George, fl. 1548. 1548 (1548) STC 1544; ESTC S107183 30,936 108

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do they serue me teachinge the doctrines and preceptes of men the proude herted Iewes did stande so well in there owne conceite for their tradicions and inuentions that for loue thei had to them they dispised hated and at last killide oure maister Christ Iohn xxi our aduersaris dare saye that Christ and the apostles taught manye thynges whyche are not wryten in the scripture and that Christe sayed hys Disciples coulde not beare awaie al that he had taught thys cauil repungnaūt to the true vnderstandinge of the scripture maye be an occasion and cause of greate errours for there wyth all lyes and herisies maye be confirmed they will saye albeit it is not written yet the appostles taught it by worde of mouth and also the scriptures of God shoulde be an vnperfecte doctrine which thyng to offirme is blasphemie agaynste the holy gost considering that thē all the doctrine of our fayth should be put in question Therefore surely so muche is contayned in holye scripture as is necessary vnto saluacion to eueri one that beleueth They saye coulde the churche erre so longe time as it hath If youre doctrnie be true the ▪ true churche hath not errede whiche hath the word of god only The church verely must be tried by the worde of God and not the worde of god by the churche whether the churche that beleueth be of manye or of fewe for the churche is knowē by the frutes and not because it cōsisteth of many and hath her begynynge of the worde of God and her frutes are tried by the worde whether the tr●e christan churche brought them forth or no if it be the true christen churche Iohn ● she heareth no nother voice but Christes her shepherde and bryde gro●e whiche the appostles preached to the church and if an angel came out of heauen teaching any other doctrine then thys let hym Gala. ● be accurssed if we loue and folow the doctrine that Christe taught and beinge hys disciples we shal not be excluded frome the true churche so longe as we kepe wyth vs the worde of God But he is puffed vp wyth pryde and doeth i. Timo. ● knowe nothinge at al that wil not obey the word of God he therfore which doth knowe nothinge can not teache vs religion and y● true worshippinge of god if the Masse be vsede as it hath ben hitherto it can in no wyse agree wyth the worde of God but is so muche repugnaunt as what thing is most The Masse therfore is a diuilishe Idolatrie and detestable abominacion against God and y● maynteners therof shal incurre his displeasure ▪ for euer thys thyng we wil proue two waies first because the popishe Masse is vsed in nothinge lyke the supper that Christ orde●ned and differeth nolesse frō it then blacke to white they synne therefore so grinouslye as dyd Achas y● made an aultar at Ierusalem eg●● ●vi lyke that which was at Damascō and caste the aultare of god out of the temple so they haue left the true vse of oure Lordes supper And in stede of it haue instituted and ordeinede the Masse of theyr owne folishe deuise and oppinion which is a great and blasphemouse abominaciō before god Moreouer we wyll proue by ther erroures and abusinge of y● masse whyche they call an offeringe for the quicke and deade that it is an horible abominacion for if the Masse were ordeined of Christe which is faulse yet by there abusinge of it they woulde make it a blasphemouse hemous abominacion before god vndoubtedly we ought to folowe truely and sencelye that thynge whiche is absolutly Deut. vi sufficient of it selfe alredie Firste let vs consyder and expende the maner and order that Christe vsed at the institucion of thys holly and sacrede supper and then we wyll confer the abuse with the truth But we ought to learne all these thynges of the Euangelistes and of Saynte Paule and of none other Verely the true Masse which is worthy al kindes of praieses is the Masse which Christe ordeyned at hys laste supper before he shoulde suffere Luk. ●● for when the houre was come he sate downe and the twelue appostles wyth hym and he sayed vnto thē I haue inward ly desired to eate thys passeouer wyth you before that I suffer for I say vnto you hence furth I wil not eate of it any more vntyll it be fulfilled in y● kingdome of God and he toke the cup and gaue thākes and saied take this a●d deuid it amonge you for I saye vnto you ● will not drinke of the frut of the vine vntyll the kingdom of god come and he toke breade and when he hadde giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it vnto thē saying this is my bodye whiche is giuen for you thys do in remembraūce of me Like wyse also whē he had supped he toke the cup sayinge thys cupe is the newe testament in my bloude whiche is shed for you These wordes Sainte Luke ●●●it ●h xxvi writeth the other euangelestes wrytte the same but they differ in some wordes as Math sayed Drinke all of thys for thys is my bloude whiche is the newe testamente that is shed for manie for Mar. ● the remission of synnes and saint Marke sayth they al dranke of it meaninge the cup. Saint Paule doth expounde Christes wordes sayinge thys doo as ofte as you drinke it in remembraunce of me for as often tymes as you shall eate thys breade and drinke thys cup ye shall shewe furth the Lordes death tell he come but let a man examyne himselfe and so let hym eate of the breade and drinke of the cup Saint Iohn doeth not declare the ordinaunce of thys sacrament ● But he teacheth from the .xiii. Iohn ●●●v xvii x Cap. to the ▪ xviii how Christ did vse his supper and what he did at it he washed hys disciples fete he preached to thē and commaunded them to be in charitie he exhorted them to pacience he strengthend confirmed and establyshed their fayth towarde god and praied for them to hys father but especially he rebuked Iudas the traitor S. Paule sayth we beinge many are one breade and one bodye in so muche we all are partetakers of one breade and y● Euangelistes reporte that Christe dyd finishe hys holy supper wyth thankes geueyng The some and grounde of the hole matter proponed cōsisteth in the sentences of scripture nowe rehersed but because Christ sayth serch the scripture we therfore wil are counsaile of the word of God in other plases and debate howe the Lordes supper ought to be vsede let vs first deuide thes questions into foure partes firste some thinges are common both to the ministre and receiuour of the Sacrament moreouer some thinges belonge only to the ministers thyrdly some thynges perteyne to the receyuer onely and finally some thinges must be obserued in the sacramente alone First let vs expende and consider what is the dutes of y● ministers and laitie
deckinge of ault●rs gyltynge of Images veluet and enbrodered ornamentes reliques of sayntes Organs pricksonge descant and such other which do not edifie the congregacion that they maye encrease in godlines fayeth and charitie for as Saynt Paul Art xv sayeth bodely exercise is litel profitable but rather when these externe thinges are highlie estemed and defēded with touth and naile as we haue sene by experience these percepts of god saith humilitie charite and preachinge of the worde are lytle regarded when these true good things that please God are taught vs of the scripture do wonderfully worcke in vs godlines Iustice If thys multitude of ceremoneis had pleased God and ben thought profitable to bring men to godlines and vertuouse liuinge No doubte but Christe woulde haue taught thē The apostles woulde haue obserued and kept them and S Paul woulde haue greately magnified and praysed thē and if god would that his noble workes shoulde haue ben had in reuer●ce setfurth and extolled wyth sumptuouse ceremonies he woulde haue thaught our fathers of the priuate church to vse them after a most gorgiouse facion as they dyd in Ierusalem when Solomons temple was dedicated ●egst viii where many fatte Oren were slayne and muche monye spente also when Aaron the high prieste was consecrated and whē the arke of couenaunte was made if god woulde that we shoulde do so thys multitude of ceremonies had ben laufully instituted in the primatiue church but christ wuld that we shoulde be occupied with weightier maters lesse regarde ths ●rtern● pompe then heauenlye and celestiall for cerimonies are nothynge but figurs to shadowe and hyde the trueth frome the vnlearned A man therfore cā vse no better order in the administracion of oure Lordes supper then that whiche Christe him self vsed but we are not pleased wyth Christe when we are not pleased wyth the order and waye that he taketh Naamā when he dispiced that playne waye to washe hymselfe in Iordā remayned alwayes a leper and whē he did washe him i. Cor. iii. selfe as the prophete commaūded hym he was healped Verely mēnes wysdome in maters of god is folishnes we cānot set furth and minister the Lordes supper more purely then when we folowe ther in Christe his disciples for that whiche men put to of there owne brayne without authoritie of s●riture is merlie faulce albe it they ascribe the same to the holly goo●t What fole hardines is this to adioyne their dremes to the spirit of God doeth it of necessitie fol●we that whē two or three Bishoppes are assembled together that the holly gooste doeth decre and make lawes by them we must examine and trye there constitucions and decres whethere they agree with Christes doctrine and do extolle teache and establishe fayeth and charitie or no for in so do ynge a man maye easlye perceyue that the hollie gost is not the authour of such dirtie tradicions and lowsie lawes but rather that it is blasphemie to thynke that the office of the hollye gooste is to institute and ordayne suche supersticious and vnprofitable cerimonies They y● knowe the nature of the holye gost by the word of God are assured that he commaūded not such trifles and superfluouse thinges to be done as haue ben constituted and decreed in mani general coūsailes for he doth not renewe y● shadows of the vnperfite olde law nor laith on christē mens shoulders the yoke that nother the apostles nor fathers of the old Math. ix testamente coulde beare for noman doeth put newe wyne into olde botteles nothere soweth apiece of newe cloth into an old garmēt but our aduersaris most blasphemously affirme that although they constitute and ordayne manye ceremonies contrarie to the libertie of the Gospell and repugnaunte to Christes ordinaunces yet they are made and ordeined by the holly goste Now we haue declared the true doctrine of Christe touchinge the administracion of the sacramente of oure Lordes supper we wyl also consider the popishe Masse wyth it Let vs fyrst shewe and declare the abuse boeth in the functiō and office of the minister and of the receyuer for thys is the chiefe erroure of y● papisties not because they do not obserue tyme place but forasmuche they regarde not the libertie of a christen man whō Christe set at libertye wyth sheddynge of hys owne bloude And laie snares for mens cōsience with preceptes in exte●ne thinges as in ornamēts oyleing a supersticiouse auriculare confessiō and in other like thinges innumerable for both the ministers and receiuers of the sacramēt thynke it a capital offēce if they omite leaue any of these beggerly tradicions of mē behind and vndon desending them vnder pretence of good order when ther can be nothyng more confuce and oute of order then to make the Lordes supper subiecte to mens cōstitutions and preceptes in extrene thinges from whiche Christ oure master made it free They Iudge it a muche more h●inouse offēce to omyte anye of the vayne tradicions of man vndon then if a man should be a fornicator a dicer a dronckeard a blasphemer of god or in any other such vices an abominable sinnercondeminge of heresie all such as neglecte these ceremonies and vngodly constitucions of theirs and Christes ordinaunce beynge nothynge wourth or wythout there cererimonies inuented of theyr owne brayne it muste therefore be a detestable abominacion to trouble christē mens libertie after thys sorte for if it myght cōtinew styll free men myghte let ornamētes passe and suche other externe thynges for the holy goste doeth not teache them whiche set thinges out of order after thys sorte The true honoure and seruice of God is subiecte nothere to tyme place nor persone charitie in edefiynge thy neyghboure in these thynges oughte to rule all congregacions For al christē congregacions vse not one kynde and order in they re cerimonies Themperoure Charles firste of that name dyd laboure to bryng al churches to agree in one kynde and order of ceremonies but he coulde neuer bring it to passe for it was against god and therefore it coulde neuer be brought to effect If we should be compelled to obserue and kepe suche preceptes of men being profitable nother to fayth nor charitie mē may Iudge that we haue not yet eatē the easter lambe that is to saye That greater burdens are leyde on oure neckes thē euer was on the Iues which thing is abominaciō before God and that they haue done so to vs the deuersitie of ornamentes and many other folishe cerremonies whiche they haue borowed of the Iues do manifestly declare and testifie as it shall appeare hereafter Also they cōtemne they re neighbours which beliue in Christ and desire to be incorporate to him by charitie and excōmunicate curse and suspende them for not obseruyng some of theire vaine ceremonies wherein they breake charitie whiche ought chifely to remayne amonge them that are pertakers of the Lordes supper There is no true christen churche where charitie is not al that
deliuered or broken for yon And mēs eares are stopped with plaing one the organs descante songes When these wordes are spoken leaste they shoulde doubte in any thynge that is saide If the people remembre christes passiō at the time the priestes are not thankes worthie for they shoulde boeth remēbre the wordes of the passion and also giue thankes to God for the same but they shall not do so if the priestes can let thē It is therfore manyfest that the papistes folowe not Christes example in the supper at theyr popishe Masse yet they saye there Masse is holie whē there is nothinge more vnhollye They bragge that saynte Iames dyd vse thys Masse at Ierusalem Saynte Marke at Alexandria and Saynte Peter at Antioche but they haue no historie toucheinge thys matter worthy credite Though they vsed our lordes supper as Christe oure mayster dyd and as S Paule also at Corinth yet they dyd not vse it as the pyuishe papistes do now the Masse That Ignatius Policarpe Ireneus make mencion of is not like this popishe masse Thei confesse that Basilius Magnus Therōe Ambros vsede another order in the administraciō of our Lordes supper then is nowe vsed and that diuerse haue vsed diuerse faciōs therin by ther own wordes Therfore it is manifeste that this kind of massinge is not the ordinaunce of Christe but inuented by mans wyt and policie without the worde of God And nowe I wyll declare by the testimonie of aunciente histories what popes and whē they patchilde together this beggerlye Masse of theires ☞ Halowing of aultaces and temples ¶ Felix first pope of that name cōmaunded temples and aultars to be hallowed in the yere of oure Lorde God cclxix ☞ Aulters ¶ Sextus firste of that name ordeined aulters and Sayntes in the yere of oure Lorde Cxxiiii ☞ Aultar clothes ¶ Boniface commaūded aultares to be couered which fyne linnen cloth in the yere of our Lord. cccx Chalices ¶ Vrban and Seuerine ordeined challices of goulde and siluer in the yere of our Lorde ccxv ☞ Albes and corporasses ¶ Siluester dyd ordayne albes and corporasses in the yere of our Lord. cccxiii ☞ Candeles and ornamentes ¶ Gregory dyd ordayne lyght at masse certaine Ornamentes in the yere of our Lord. ccccclxxxxii ☞ Procession ¶ Agabecus dyd ordayne procession on Sondayes aboute the churche in the yere of oure Lorde cccccxxxii ☞ Holly water ¶ Alexander did ordeine water to be mingled wyth wyne vnleuened breade and holly water in the yere of our Lord. cxii ☞ Confiteor and the office ¶ Pontianus ordeined Cōfiteor before masse in the yere of our Lord. ccxxv And Selestinus the office in y● yere of our lord ccccxxiiii ☞ Kyrie eleison Gregori dyd ordayne Kyrie eleson at Masse in the yere of oure Lorde ccccclxxxxii ❧ Gloria in excelsis Telesphorus made Gloria inexcelsis in y● yere of our lord cxxix ❧ Collectes and grayle Gelasius made the Collectes Preface and graile in the yere of our Lord. CCCC lxxxx Anastasius ordeined that we shoulde stande when the Gospell is read in the yere of oure Lorde CCCCix Martine made the Crede in the yere of oure Lord cccxxxiiii ¶ The canon is patched together of many and therefore one sētence is repugnaūt wyth an other many superstouse wordes are in it they call vpon certayne peculiare Sayntes in it And offer for soules in purgatorie thei blesse crosse as if greate vertue and powere were therin and reade nothinge so reuerently as this theyr clouted canon Gregory made the Offertorye Damasus gloria patri They cā not therfore saye that they minister the sacramentes of oure Lordes supper as the apostles dyd whē their doctrine is repugnaūte cōtrarie one to another Thys is sufficiente to proue that the Masse should be abhorred because it doth laye for mens cons●ence snares of mēs tradiciōs Thei wil haue the priestes to be as y● priestes of y● olde lawe bring shadows in tyme of light stretching out the armes deuidinge the hostes and such other Ieuish customes It was therfore the dyueles deuise 〈◊〉 brynge into the churche suche lewde lawes for the true liuing worde of God If circumcision hurteth as S. Paule witnesseth who can denye that the priesthod of Arō varietie of ornamentes and anoyntynge do nothinge auaile and profite in thys tyme of the newe law Much lesse profite is therfore receyued of mans inuentions and vayne dreames that kepe men occupied from the exercise of true godlines humilitie of minde And excite mens hertes wyth singynge and organplayng to acertayne carnall delite and pleasure rather thē to y● true glory of god as dyd y● groue which was by the temple of Ierusalem albeit therefore these cerimonies are glisterynge in mēs eis yet they are vile and of no reputacion before Christ who requireth not the visour and shadow of a thyng but y● veri thing it selfe the masse therfore which was ordiened and constituted of Antichrist and maintayned of his most best assured adherentes is an abominacion before God throughe this externe pompe and suche other thinges afore rehersed Finally they fere not to saye that Christes bodies is offered in the masse I wyll not contende and stryue wyth them if they take this word offer to signifie remembre accordinge to the sence and meanynge of Christes wordes albeit the ministers alone pronoūce and speake their wordes Yet such thākes giuing and remembraunce belongeth not only to them alone but also to the whole congregacion We deny not that the Doctoures called the Masse an offeringe whiche is the remembraūce of an offering once made as Sainte Augustine doeth playnely declare sayeinge in thys offering is thākes giuing and remembraunce of Christes bodie and bloude which he offered and shede for vs. But the papistes are not pleased wyth this offering for they wil haue a greater offring which is an offering represētatiue when Christe dyed once for euer and cā die nomore They saye that these wordes do thys in my remēbraunce signifie the consecracion offering and remēbraūce but this is a faulsely deuised and forgide interpretation For Christe at hys holly and Sacrete supper Tooke breade and gaue thankes brake it and gaue it to his disciples Commaundynge them to eate and in like wyse the wyne Thē he preached to them hys death and passion that they shoulde do after hys example wyth a sincere true fayth and there is not one Iotte that can proue y● administraciō of this most blessed sacramente to be an offering represētatiue of Christ his owne offering and althoughe Christ woulde haue had his bodie present bodily in this breade yet in nowise his wordes signifie that he offered him selfe in thys holie supper for he woulde haue gyuen hys bodie to thē reallie not in the sacramente It is not inoughe for these piuishe papistes to offer christes bodie to God except they offer it also for remission of synne for health of the bodie and for hope of eternal life For other