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A69201	A sermon preached at the Tower of London, by M. Dering the xi. day of Dece[m]ber. 1569; Sermon preached at the Tower of London, the eleventh day of December. 1569	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1569 (1569)	STC 6695; ESTC S113566	14,796	48

Christe but to come vnto hym nor to drinke his bloud but to beleeue in him And thus fayth was y e more precyous the further of his bodely presence was remoued from them They knew faith was the taking hold and substaunce of things we hoped for and the sure apprehension profe of thinges that were not seene So that they knewe howe to feede of hys bodye with great boldnesse to lift vp theyr soule and take holde of his mercy that sitteth in heauen at the right hande of hys Father Whence vndoubtedly all the merites of his passion doe presentlye flow vpon hys poore children His conflictes and agonies with sinne and condemnation to set vs free from Gods wrath displeasure and all his obedience shewed here in flesh from his corporall reall and substantiall bodye commeth downe vpon vs to cloth vs wyth righteousnesse that wee may bee found vnblamable before hys father Thns much y ● disciples well vnderstoode and they murmured not at these wordes this is my body Thus muche let vs learne out of this place against we come vnto the sacrament that to come vnto Christ to beleeue in Christ that is truely to eate Christ. Thys beyng proued true vnto you you well soone set your selues free frō all popish idolatry And how true it is marke well I beseech you what are the wordes I am sayth Christ the bread of lyfe He that cōmeth vnto me shall not hunger Yf Christe had spoken still properly accordyng to y e metaphore he had sayd thus I am the bread of lyfe he that eateth me shall not hunger Now he himself hath said he that commeth in stead of this he that eateth if you will beleue him you must needes confesse it To eate Christe is to come vnto him So in this other sentence He that beleueth in me shall not thyrst If he had kepte y e property of speach he had sayd thus he that drinketh of me shall not thyrst In stead of drinketh he sayth beleeueth and therefore it is moste certayne to drinke of Christe is to beleeue in Christe So that this is now an vndoubted truth to eate Christe to drinke Christe to come vnto Christe to beleue in Christ these are all one And who hath eares to heare and heareth not this or whose iudgement is so blind that he can not perceyue it Compare the sayings of Christ in this chapter you can not if you wil not be deceyued He that beleeueth in mee hath euerlasting life And after He that eateth of this bread hath euerlasting life Exceptye eate the flesh of the sonne of man and drinke his bloud you haue no lyfe in you He that beleueth on him that sent mee hath lyfe euerlasting You will not come vnto me that you may lyue Who seeth it not here to eate to come to beleeue is all one Againe He that beleeueth in me I will rayse him at the last day And he that eateth my flesh drinketh my bloud I will rayse him vp at the last day After all those sayinges of eating his flesh in deede and drinking his bloud in deede at which the Capharnaites were offended diuerse of his disciples forsooke him Christe sayth then vnto hys Apostles will you also go away As if he should haue sayde are these wordes so strange that you also will be driuen a way Unto which Peter aunswered Lorde to whom shall we go thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe we beleue and know that thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing Lord. Loe here how Saint Peter himselfe of whose name the Pope braggeth so much and yet vtterly renounceth hys fayth S. Peter I say vnderstandeth all these wordes of life of the eating and drinking of Christes flesh and hys bloud he expoundeth them thus to beleue in Christe and to knowe him to bee the sonne of the liuing God euen as Christ hym selfe had before taught hym The wordes that I speake are spirite aad life it is the spirite that quickeneth the flesh profiteth nothyng If all this be not playne enough looke yet let S. John expound hym selfe Here Christ sayth he that eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloud dwelleth in me and I in hym The same S. John that wrote this sayth thus agayne Who so confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God God dwelleth in him and hee in God Wherby it is playne he that confesseth thus of Christ he eateth his fleshe and drinketh hys bloud This dearely beloued is no newe doctrine but taught by Christe receiued by his Apostles written for all ages by hys holy Euangelistes now preached to y e comfort of all true Christiās and in the primitiue Church beleeued of all the holy Fathers I would alledge you theyr owne sayinges but that the tyme passeth you haue thē plentifully set out vnto you you may reade them when you will These places alledged out of the Scriptures one expoūdyng an other they are the surest witnesses to know the meaning of the holy Ghost And what if here I should reason out of our Christes owne wordes to proue there can bee no transubstantiation He sayth for proofe that hys naturall body is rysen See my handes and my feete touch me and handle me it is euen I. Seyng Christe will haue our senses to iudg of his body let vs do so See feele touch tast is it ought but bread this argumēt me thinketh is good and well warranted by Christ him selfe and it semeth not so onely to me but S. Augustine thought so nowe eleuen hundred yeare agon See De doctrina Christian lib. 3. cap. 16. there yon shall finde it But the tyme passeth and I will come vnto that that I thynke you looke for and whych the Pope hath made the substance of all his masses Christ saith thus Take eate this is my body And what then is there any obscuritye in these wordes Is it not often and playnely spoken what it is to eate is body are not his disciples well taught knew they it not lōg before As it is playnely said this is my body so is it not playnely expounded these wordes are spirite and lyfe No man can here be offended but he that is dull of hearyng and hath not harkened before to the wholesome doctrine of truth But you will say why could not Christ as well haue sayd this is a figure or signe or token of my body I aunswere Fyrste these wordes are without daūger that his disciples should dream of trāsubstātiation they are so assuredly taught before how they should eate or drinke Christ. Then I say thys our sauiour Christ did choose to speake to shew his great and aboundaut loue to warde vs that wee should be so fully perswaded that he were our head wee his members as if hys naturall and reall body were substantiallye within vs that we should know what so euer we could wish from his mercy to comfort vs by this Sacrament or couenaunte of his