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A91314	A vindication of foure serious questions of grand importance, concerning excommunication and suspention from the sacrament of the Lords Supper, from some misprisions and unjust exceptions lately taken against them; both in the pulpit, by a reverend brother of Scotland, in a sermon at Margarets Church in Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, at a publike fast there held for Scotland, on the 5th of September last: and in the presse, by three new-printed pamphlets, by way of answer to, and censure of them. Wherein some scripture texts, (commonly reproduced for excommunication, and bare suspention from the Lords Supper onely,) are cleared from false glosses, inferences, conclusions wrested from them; ... / By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne, Esquire.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1645 (1645)	Wing P4124; Thomason E265_5; ESTC R212424	79,558	71

Church of England publikly reserved in all our Churches part 5. sect. 16. Divis 1. pag. 635. who determine that Iudas received the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ though not Christ himselfe and the whole Church of England in the Exhortation before the sacrament in the antiquated Common-prayer booke hath resolved that Judas did receive the sacrament as this clause manifests Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God c. bewaile your sinnes and come not to this holy Table least after the taking of that holy sacrament the Devill enter into you as he entred into Iudas c. And the 29. Article of the church of England with the 96. Article of the church of Ireland resolve as much in citing approving S●int Austins words as orthodox doctrine which he spake directly of Judas his receiving the Sacrament and externall elements of Christs body and blood for which you may consult with Ma●ter Rogers his exposition on this Article The verity of Judas his receiving the Sacrament being thus abundantly ratified by direct Scriptures and so many concurr●nt authorities of all sorts in all ages to which hundreds of like testimonies might be added I shall onely add● this further consideration to the premises that al our Antagoni●●s the Evangelists cleerly agree that Judas did eat the Pass●over with Christ himselfe as well as the other Apostles now the Passeover was a type of the Lords Supper which su●ceeded in its place and a Sacrament under the Law the same in substance with the E●charist under the Gospell wherein Christ was spiritually represented and received as well as in the Lords Supper 1 Cor. 10. 3 4. ch. 5. 7. Therefore since Christ admitted him to the one I cannot beleev he quite excluded him from the other which the last answer to the four Quaeres doth ingenio●●ly acknowledg And here I cannot but wonder to see with what groundle●●e confidence many godly learned Divines now averre the contrary both in Presse and Pulpit of purpose to introduce a suspension of pretended ●nworthy persons from the Sacrament before any actuall excommunication from the Church or other Ordinances deno●●ced against them Certainly their grosse mistake against Scripture and the resolution of all ages Churches in this particular will make wise consciencious men in all parts of this particular controversie wherein prejudice and selfe ends I feare have much over blinded their judgements distrust and examine all other their Paradoxes Inferences and mis-interpretations of Scripture which will prove but darknesse in the conclusion though cryed up and embraced by many under the specious seducing notion of NEW-LIGHT Having thus made good the affirmative I shall answer the reasons produced by the opposites to prove that I●das received not the sacrament which in truth are meer mistakes First they say that Iudas went out before supper ended immediately after he received the sop John 13. 30. but our Saviour did not ordaine this sacrament till after supper Luke 22. ●0 when he had supped 1 Cor. 11. 25. therefore Judas certainly received not the Sacrament I answer first That Judas went not out till after Supper as Saint Iohn expre●●y resolve● Jo●● 13. 2. And SUPPER BEING ENDED the Devill having n●w put it into the heart of Judas c. After which he addes that Christ rose from the Table and washed his Disciples feet and Judas feet among the rest if not first of all a●Theophilact with others hold After this Judas continued there with Christ for some space as the series of the chapter from the 20 to the 30 verse attests Seco●dly all the three other Evangelists prove directly that Judas was present at the sacrament as I have formerly evidenced therefore to inferre the contrary fr●● John 13. 30. is to make John contradict all the other Evangelists and himselfe 100 v. 2 c. Therefore it must needs be a cursed interpretation which corrupts the Text and se●s the Evangelists together by the ears Thirdly This Sacrament was not i●sti●●ted after Supper but as th●y sat● at supper whence i● was called the Lords supper Matthewes and Pauls expression is As they were eating Iesus tooke bread c. Marks As they sate and did eat and Lukes words taken altogether imply as much Therefore he instituted the Sacrament not after supper but at and during supper whiles they sate and did eat at table True it is Luke writes not of the bread but cup onely to which Pauls objected words likewise relate he tooke the cup after supper Luke 22. 20. yet it appeares he took it likewise during supper verse 17. yea some learned me● are o● opinion that Christ had two suppers that night First his Pas●ha● sup●er at the clo●e whereof he instituted the Sacrament of his owne supper Secondly an ordinary supper which succeeded the insti●●tion of his owne in imitation whereof the u ●or●●h●ans and x Primitive Christians had their Agape or Love feasts which they did eat immediately after the Lord supper and this is more then intimated by Saint John ●hap 13. ver. 2. 4 12. to ●1 where we read that af●●r supper Jesus did rise from supper and washed his Disciple feet which done after some discourse he SATE DOWNE AGAINE with them and then dipped a sop which could not well be at the Paschall Supper where we read of no so●s nor ought to dip them in and gave it to Judas c. who having received the sop went imediately out therefore Lukes after supper he took the cup must be meant only after the Paschall supper not the other common supper for if Judas went out before the Paschal supper q●ite ●nded thē you mu●t grant that he did not drink of the cup contrary to Christs expr●●●e precept Drink ye ALL of this and Saint Marks relation that they did ALL drink thereof to wit all the twelve Disciples Fourthly the word imediately doth not alwayes imply a thing done at the self-same instant without the lest intervenient stay or delay but many times as all know in our common speech it signifies soon after or not long after as we usually say we will doe this or that imediately instantly presently when as we meane onely ●peedily within a short time not at that instant or very time we speak it So that admit the mo●● that can be this word will not necessarily in●erre that Jud●s went out so imediatly after the sop received that he did not stay to receive the Lords supper ere he went out which all the other Evangelists words deny who would certainly have expressed it in direct tearmes had there been any such thing Their second reaso● that Judas received not the Sacrament because Christ could not say unto him particularly Take eat this is my body which is given for thee this is my blood which is shed for thee is very absurd First because it appeares not that Christ did deliver the Bread and Wine severally one after another to every of his Disciples as our