the prestes hed at the masse into the ayre calleth vs vnto remembrans how Christ was lyfted vpon the crosse and hong in the ayer vntyll all hys bloode was spente And the bloode bodye of Christe vnder the forme of wyne lyfted vp also at the masse admonyssheth vs to remember the effusyon of the same bloode vpon the crosse And thus verye lyuelye it sygnyfyeth and representeth vnto vs in the sacryfyce of the masse the holy memoriall of the precious death passioÌ„ of Christ The other significacyon of the sacrament is the mystical bodye of Chryste that is to say the whole church of Christ For in the forme or shape of breade is represented vnto vs the vnion and coniunction of al the menbres of Christ vnto theyr hed Christ and the vnyon and conexion of eche membre vnto other in that mysticall bodye For lyke as of many granes of where ariseth one lofe and of many grapes ysseweth one lyquore of wyne so of many distynct persons of Christen men and women resulteth and cometh but one mystical body of Christe as saynt Paule saythe we many are but one bread and one bodye 1. Cori. 10. in that we al be partakers of one breade This mystical bodye of Christe is not onelye signified and represented vnto vs in the blessed sacrament for so myght any other prophane breade be a sacrament or signe and such a sacrameÌ„t was the shew bread of the temple but also this blessed sacrameÌ„t worthely receaued doth effectually cause the vnion kepeth that body for it knytteth and kepeth to gether the lyuely membrers of Christe and knytteth theÌ„ also vnto the hed christ and combynyng the members together with the hed it maketh but one body of christ his church Not only spiritually for that dothe also fayth and charitie wythout the receauynge of this sacrament but also by the admirable power of God it coÌ„uerteth oute nature in to the naturall bodye of Christe and so maketh vs Ephe. 5. the meÌ„bres of hys body as saint Paule sayth and of hys fleshe and of hys bones These are the two sygnifycatyons of the blessed sacrament The one that is the reall body of Christ is not onely signyfyed but is also contayned in the sacrament The other that is the mystycall bodye of Christe is not onely sygnified but is also in maner caused and continuyd by the worthye receauynge of this holy sacrament Thus is the blessed sacrament a sygne or a sacrament but yet a great deale more worthier and a more excellent sacrament then were any of the olde sacramentes of the olde lawe for they neyther contayned neyther wrought that thinge that they signyfied August de 17. ciuitate dei cap. 20. ✿ The fathers also hauinge respect vnto the thyng that is chestye sygnifyed in the sacrament whyche is the naturall bodye and bloode of Christe they named the sacrameÌ„t as they myght ryght well a sacrafice This sacrameÌ„t is named is a sacrifice ✿ By cause it is the onely sacryfice that succeded in place of al the figuratiue sacrifes whiche were offered vp in figure significacioÌ„ of this most ê‘fect sacrifice that was offered vpon the crosse and redemed the worlde And the very same now also is the busie contynual and dailye sacrifice of the church Ciprianê° 2. lib. epist epistola 3. ad CeciliuÌ„ ✿ Saynt Cipriane in many places but specially in hys second boke of epistles callyth it a sacrifice whose wordes are those in the second epistle ad Cecilium ✿ The sacrament of the sacrifyce of oure lord was prefigured in Melchisedech the preest accordynge vnto the scripture whyche sayth Gene. 14. And Melchisedech brought forth bread and wyne for he was the preiste of the hyest and he blessed Abraham And that he beareth the figure of Christe the holy goost declareth in the Psalmes by the persone of the father vnto the son sayng Be for lucifer I haue begotten the. Oure Lorde dyd swere and he repenteth not Thou art a prest for euer accordynge vnto the order of Melchisedech The whyche order commyth by the same offeryng For hereof it procedeth and comyth By cause that Melchisedech beyng the preeist of the hyest offered bread wyne bycause that he blessed Abraham For who is more rather or more aptly the preeist of the hyest then our lord Iesus Christ The whych offered sacrifice vnto his father he offered the same that Meschisedech dyd offer that is bread wyne that is to say his body bloode I do omyt of purpose Crisostome diuerse other by cause I wold be breue Collect now diligeÌ„t reader of these former thingê what we do honor what we do offer in this blessed sacrameÌ„t Note what thynge we do honour and what it is that we do offer in the blessed sacrament We do not ê“perly honour the outewarde aparens of the sacrameÌ„t which is the forme shape of bread wine but we do honour the thing couered verely contained vnder the formes shapes of bread wyne which is none other theÌ„ the very real body blod of our sauiour christ We do not offer at the masse proprely those formes or shapes of bread wyne as a sacrifice for they are no sacrfyce neyther do we cal or name theÌ„ a sacryfice but we offer vp vnto God the father at the masse the very blessed bodie blod of our sauior christ not crewelly sleyng him for so he was offered but ones but with a lyuely louely memorie of chirstes death passioÌ„ we pÌ„sent in maner of an oblatyon the same very bodye bloode now impassible geuynge thankes vnto hym for that inestymable and ineffable mercye that he hathe shewed vnto vs mysers and synners in reconsylynge vs hys ennymyes vnto hym selfe by the deathe and passyon of hys onelye sone Iesus Christe oure Lorde And with this bodie blood of our sauior Christ our hed we offer vp also vnto our father celestiall the whoole bodye mystycall of Christes churche geuynge vnto hym thankes also for the creatyoÌ„ redemptyon and iustificatyon hereof Commyttynge it vnto hys mooste godly and mercyful tuition besekynge him that he vouchsafe to pacifie to kepe to knyt to gether and to gouerne rule it thoroughout al the hoole world The sacrament is named Dynaxis Saynt dyonyse the grecyan namyth thys sacrament synaxis that is communyon or coÌ„men pertakyng by cause there is sygnifyed effectuously wroughte by this blessed sacrameÌ„t not onlye the vnyon and knot of Christes meÌ„bres vnto the hed Christ but also there is sygnyfyed and in verye dede there is by it a coÌ„men partakynge of al gostly goodnes whyche is in eche of the membres or in the hoole For as much as by the condigne and worthye receauynge of thys blessed sacrament we are made one with Christe and incorporated vnto hym therfore by this coniunctioÌ„ and incorporatyon we are made commen partakers wyth the other membres of the grace and
lyke maner thys blessed breade whyche is lyfe vnto the good people vnto the wycked people and obstinate heritikes it is lothsome and vnsauerie vnto theÌ„ it is nothing but bread yea it is pÌ„sent death vnto the vnworthy receiuers Thirdly thys manna was measured equally by myracle vnto euery man For euery one had no lesse neyther any more then one gomer gathered he neuer so lytle or neuer so muche this gomer was sufficient for euery maÌ„ In lyke sort it is in receiuing of this blessed sacrameÌ„t For he that receyueth innumerable hoostes receiueth no more then he that receiueth the least hoost Neyther he receyueth lesse that receyueth the least portioÌ„ theÌ„ he doth that receiueth innumerable For all euery one receyueth the whole body bloode of Christ god maÌ„ Fourthly this maÌ„na ceassed fel not downe on the sabboth day neither after that they had eaten of the frutes of the lande of promyse Iosua 5. In lyke maner wheÌ„ we come vnto the kyngdoÌ„e of heaueÌ„ which is our lande of ê“mise haue made holy day in the blessed reste froÌ„ out of this barren desert then shall thys blessed sacrament ceasse For there we shal se openly the blessed body eueÌ„ as he is Fyfthly like as there were of the people many wycked ê‘sons that dyd eate of this maÌ„na died both bodely goost lye As Christ sayde ✿ Your fathers eate maÌ„na in the desert they are dead EueÌ„ so Ioh. 6. as many as do receiue this blessed sacrament vnworthely as S. Paul recordeth they eat drinke theyr owne iudgement 1. Cori. 11. These thynges were sufficient to proue thys Manna to be a fygure of thys blessed sacrament saue that our maister Christ also in the syxt of IohnÌ„ layeth them both together sayth ✿ Moyses gaue you not Ioh. 6. the trew very bread froÌ„ heaueÌ„ but my father gyueth you the very or trew bread froÌ„ heuen For I am the bread of lyfe that gyueth lyfe to the world And in the same chapter ✿ And the bread that I wyl geue it is my fleshe that I wyl geue for the lyfe of the worlde ✿ Here we haue that Moyses gaue not the very bread but only the figure But the father christ geueth the very true bread of life The father gaue this bread in the shape of maÌ„hed and christ gaue the same very bread of lyfe vnder the shape of bread wyne Exodi 26. The fourthe fygure was the shew brede of the teÌ„ple this figured also this blessed sacrameÌ„t in thys That lyke as it was not lawfull for the vncleane to eate of that no more is it lawfull wythoute greate daunger to eate of this blessed sacrament wyth vncleane soule or corrupte consciens This bread was alway standynge warme vpon the aulter in the temple Euen so thys gloryous sacrament is reserued alway redie by the in fynte charytye of Christ our sauyour vpon the aulter to be receaued in oure vrgente necessytyes Here vnto appertaineth the bread 3. Reg. 19. that the angel brought vnto Elyas whyche was a verye fygure of this blessed sacrament And in this it beareth the figure That lyke as Elyas eatynge that breade walked in the strength hereof fortye dayes wyth out ony other foode vntyll he came vnto the hyl of God called Oreb So doth the holy sacrament as our viatycall wayfarynge vytaill strengthe vs vntyl we come vnto the hygh hyll of heauen the mountayne of perpetual felicyte Thus dyd the holy goost signifie to the former fathers of the old lawe the excellent dignitie of this moost blessed sacrameÌ„t and that by these and many other a dumbracyons and figures And by diuers soÌ„drie figures did signifie sondrye and diuers thynges herein As in the sacryfice of breade and wyne of Melchisedech was fygured the kyndes or outward apparens of thys blessed sacrament whiche bearyth the shape of bread wyne In the paschal lambe was figured the very substance that is contayned in the sacrament whych is the substaÌ„ce of Iesus Christe the very lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the worlde And in the Manna whyche was excedyng delectable swete was figured the ineffable swetnes and suauitie that the soule of the worthye receyuer taketh by the blessed presens of Christ the fountayne of al goostly swetnes In the bread ministred by the angell vnto Elias was figured the end and effect of this blessed sacrameÌ„t whiche is to strength vs in the tedyus pylgrimage and iurney of this present and troble some lyfe vntyll we be broughte vnto the hye hyll of euerlastyng blesse After the fygures we wyll subnect and ioyne here vnto the testymonies of the scriptures That where in the former sermoÌ„ we haue proued the verities of this sacrament possible by the examples of holy scripture And also nowe we haue shewed the same to be lykelye by the fygures in the scripture it is necessarie that we do proue that same possyble and lykely thyng to be so in very dede by the scryptures And thys wyll we do by goddes mercyfull adiutorie and helpe Fyrst we take to witnes the prophitycal sayng of pacient Iob written in the thyrtye and one chaptre ✿ The men of my house sayd Who can geue vs of his fleshe that we myght be satysfied ✿ The which auctoritie Iob. 31. thoughe Ecolampadius derydeth laugheth to scorne the allegacyon hereof for this matter Yet I thynke that it maketh very euidently for this purpose And by cause that holy Crisostome recityth it as a plain and an euydeÌ„t testimonie in thys matter we leauyng the erronyus iudgement of an herityke wil folowe the sinceare iudgement of an holy catholyke excelleÌ„t doctor who shall declare how moche this place of Iob maketh for this veritie CrisostoÌ„e wrytynge vpon the gospel of saynt IohaÌ„ entreatynge of thys blessed sacrament sayth Crysosto supê‘ IheÌ„m Home 45 ✿ One bodye we are wyth hym membres of his fleshe bones wherefore such as ben instructed in hys preceptes or comauÌ„demeÌ„tes ought to obey That we myght be turned conuerted in to hys fleshe not onely by loue but in very dede This same is done brought to passe through out the meate that we do eate that he hath geueÌ„ vs. And by cause that he wold extend set forth his exceding great loue towarde vs by hys body he hath mengled him selfe with vs and hath made browght all in to one with vs that the body myght be made one with the head For that is the special propertie of iouers And thys same thynge dyd holy Iob signyfie by his seruauntes which loued hym very intyrelye these seruaÌ„tes wyllynge to expresse there vehemente and ardente loue towardes hym sayde Who can geue vs of hys fleshe that we myghte be satysfyed The which request Christ hathe ê‘fourmed For by cause that he wolde bynde vs with more ardeÌ„t vehemeÌ„t loue vnto him selfe bycause he wold shewe his
goodnes as well of the whole body as of the hed Christe And heare vnto agreyth the artycle of oure fayth where in we saye and beleue the communion of sayntes Trewly thys commen partakynhe of the graces gyftes of God can not be better or more effectuously exibyted or geuen to vs then by the receauynge of thys blessed sacrament for by it we be incorporated vnto Christe from whom descendeth and commeth as from the welhed all grace and goodnes in to euery membre and that whyche is geuen vnto the membre dothe not a vayle and profyt onelye that member but it is for the profyt helpe of al the other meÌ„bres Therfore is this sacrament iustly called the commen partycipatyon for as moch as by it the members are knit to the hed eche vnto other wher by they all partake of the hed and eche of other ✿ Of some of the fathers this sacramente is named Eucharistia The sacrament is called Eusharistia whome Orygene agaynst Celsus dothe expond The good grace and playnly it may be called the good grace and that congruently for as moche as it dothe contayne in it selfe the plenitude and well of all grace that is Christe of whome IohnÌ„ wyttneshethe ✿ Full of grace and veritie and of hys plentyfullnes we all haue receyued ✿ Where deuout Bernard sayth we do receaue not one grace but we receaue all grace And some do interprete Eucharstia Thankefulnes or geuynge thankes and thys is not ilicoÌ„gruent For ther is no thynge that we haue a greater cause to geue thankes to God then for thys oure daylye and mooste necessarye celestiall foode Neather can we geue vnto God more acceptable thankes then by the frequent and of receyuynge of thys mooste blessed sacrament the blessed memoryall of Christes deathe and passyon The sacrament is called our Lordes foode or meate But amonge al other saynt Hyllary callyth it the meate of oure lorde or oure lordes foode and playnly he affyrmeth that we eate and receaue in this our Lordes fode the fleshe that is the sempiternall worde of God by the whyche meate he collecte the that we are made one wyth God the father for by eatynge of this meate we are sayth he incorporated and made one wyth Christe and Christe and the father be one therfore we beynge by this meat made one The sacrament is called our vytayll or waifaring meate wyth Chryste we must nedes be made one wyth the father Saynt augustyne in his second loke intituled of the uisitacyon of the sicke nameth it oure vitayll or wayfarynge meate bycause that this blessed vytayll geueth incomparable strenghe vnto vs trauelynge in the tedious iornaye of thys myserable lyfe and helpeth vs vnto a mooste perfeete and fortunable consummatyon and end of so werye a iornye Wherefore this is the consell of saynt Augustine O my sone refuse not to receaue that heuenly supplement of oure Lordes bodye but rather mooste gredely and mooste ernestly speake for it and eate it mooste faythfully for it is meate incomparable meate inestable and it shal be to the thy vyatycall or wayfarynge vytall a meate mooste helthsome the pryce of thy redemptyon the monument or memorye of thy redemer Hetherto appertayneth The sacrament is called the banket or feast that Ierome calleth the blessed sacrameÌ„t the banket or feaste for thus wryttynge to Hedibian he sayeth Moyses gaue you not the verye or trewe breade from heauen but our lorde Iesus He is both the geaste and the feast he eateth and is eateÌ„ Thus saynt Ierome nameth thys mooste sacrate mysterye in the whyche he playnly sheweth that we do eate the heaueÌ„ly delicates that is our very lord Iesus and there can be no meate more delitious more pleasant or more plentyful of suauitie and swetnes theÌ„ this is For yf Manna the shadowe of this heaueÌ„ly meate had in it al delitiousnes and comprised in it selfe all maner of suauitie swetnes howe muche more hath the veritie it selfe whych is the well â—â—grace and all goodnes suê‘ aboundantlye all maner of delectable swetnes The sacrament is named the mysticall benedictioÌ„ ✿ Cyrill amonge the rest of the names peculiarly nameth it the mystical benediction or the spiritual blessynge bycause that Christe wyth his diuine benediction at hys supper iustituted the blessed sacrament And therfore also Paule doth call it the cuppe of benediction Vpon the whych place of Paul Crysostome wryting sayth It is no lytle or smale thing the Paul nameth it the benediction for when I name BenedictioÌ„ I name the good grace which is the sacrament and in namynge that I open all the treasure of the benignitie and goodnes of God And I also do remembre wyth the cuppe the great innumerable gyftes and benefites and what so euer that we haue receyued at the hande of God ✿ It may ryght wel be called the spirituall blessynge For vndoughtedlye God almyghtye dothe blesse the worthy receyuers hereof wyth all spirituall blessynge that is he replenysheth them wyth inestimable gyftes of hys grace and augmeÌ„teth the former vertues and graces wyl bringe them at the length vnto the blessynge of eternal lyfe For thys is the blessynge that Christe promysed the whyche Manna could not bring neather gyue the eaters therof For they that dyd eate thereof dyed in deserte but yf any eate of thys breade he shall not dye for euer Nowe gentle reader thou haste herde a parte of the inestimable treasure of grace that lyeth hydden in thys blessed sacrameÌ„t sygnifyed by these dyuers and sondrye names that these auncient and holy fathers gaue vnto this ineffable sacrament Yet of the varietie and dyuersitie of the names thou muste not iudge diuersitie of opinion as concerninge this sacrament amonge them but as I haue sayd they hauynge dyuers respectes considerations gaue accordynge to theyr considerations to thys blessed sacrament dyuers names And thus they meanynyge one thynge and beleuyng vnyformely one thynge in expressynge theyr fayth in that one thynge vsed dyuerse names And certaynly that one thynge that they beleued of this sacrament was none other then that the catholyke fayth of the churche whyche in theyr tyme and sythe hathe and dothe yet beleue that is the reall presens of the naturall boodye and bloode of Christe in the blessed sacrament as shall apere mooste euydently by the testymonyes of the sayd auctient and holy wryters that I shall recyte here foloynge to the numbre of .xxiiij. he the wryt lateast of them lyued not this .vi. C. yeare These haue I broughte in for wytnes wyth me not by cause that theyr were no me wryters in all the other tyme of these .vi. hundered yeare syth but by cause that I haue not seen theyr workes and they are not so commenly had as these are whose workes I haue named I lefte oute also all the wrytters that hathe bene in the church this .vi. hundred yere bycause that they be so well knowen and be so many of them that I myghte be
lyfe whyche is the proper operatiō of the body blood of Christ but worketh dampnable death Therfore the blessed fathers sayde that they receyued not the bodye of Christe For thoughe it verelye be the verye bodye and bloode of Christe yet vnto them in suche state it semeth not to be so bycause that it worketh not in them lyfe but death For lyke as of a moost excellent medicine receaued of the pacient out of dewe tyme and order and therby diminisheth not the dysease but encreaseth it we maye saye that vnto hym thys was no medicyne but a presēt poyson Euen so maye we saye of all suche christians and heretikes that lyke Iudas vnworthely receaueth the sacrament that they receaue not the bodye bloode of Christe whyche as a mooste helthsome medicine worketh lyfe in the good and in the bad it worketh present death In the tyme of these blessed fathers there were certayne ouerthwart people as we also haue some nowe a dayes that hearynge the great and wonderfull operation of thys blessed sacrament howe it wrought lyfe in the receyuers had fallen into a wonderfull presumption and had persuaded to them selues that though they were neuer so farre gone in heresies and lyued neuer so dyssolutely and wyckedly yf they receaued thys sacrament whyche was taught them to be the verye bodye and bloode of Christe that they shulde eskape perpetuall dampnatyon Wherefore the fathers to brynge them out of thys blynd and dampnable presumptyon vsed thys maner of speache to saye that they dyd not receaue the bodye of Christ neather drinke his blod though they dyd receaue the sacrament to the dampnation ✿ Tertulliane in his in hys forth boke agaynste Marcyon Tertulianus aduersus Martionem li. 4. sayeh Christe professynge that he had a great desyre to eate hys Passeouer wyth them and the breade that he toke and gaue to hys discyples he made it hys bodye saynge This is my body that is to saye sayth Tertulliane the fygure of my bodye Thys place is recyted of Ecolāpadius wyth no smale commendacyon and tryumphe In lyke sorte saynt Augustine in the prologe of the thyrde Psalme sayeth speakynge of Iudas Christe thoughe he were not ignorant of hys vnhappe thoughtes yet he made hym one of his geastes of that bāket where he exhybyted and gaue vnto hys dysciples the fygure of hys body and bloode Fyrst dylygent reader I praye the expende wel the wordes of Tertulliane and thou shalt sone perceaue that Tertulliane cōfyrmeth our fayth maketh nothynge with the sacramentaryes For he saith Christe had a greate desyre to eate hys Passeouer not sayth he the Passeouer that was the slaughter of shepe for that was Moyses passeouer but thys he called hys by cause that in thys was hys owne naturall fleshe and bloode and in the other the fleshe and blood of a shepe Yf ther had ben nothynge els in thys then breade the fygure of his fleshe why shulde he call this more his then the other whiche was also a more expresse fygure of his death then the bread and wyne were Furthermore Tertulliane sayth that Christ made the bread that he toke and dystrybuted to hys dyscyples hys bodye saynge Thys is my bodye In these wordes he moste apertely sheweth that Christe made the bread hys bodye Yf ther be none other thyng there then breade neyther no alteracyon ther in the sacramēt then ther was before I maruayll what thyng Christ dyd make But Tertullianes wordes be to playne to be deludyd or doubted of for he confesseth that Christe made the breade his bodye saynge This is my bodye But that wordes that foloiuith semeth to haue all the dyfycultye bycause Tertulliane added that is to say the fygure of hys bodye And in lyke sorte also saynt Augustine Tertullyanes contre man callyth it a fygure ✿ No dougth but it is very trew that the sacramēt is a fygure an example a sygne and token of the bodye of Christe For euery sacramēt is a fygure or example and sacrate token of an holy thynge Euen so is the blessed sacramēt called a sygne or a fygure of the bodye of Christ in the wrytynges of these ancient fathers The cause why they so named it I haue declared before amōg the names of the sacrament And yet I wyll touch breuely the same agayne For as moche as in the blessed sacrament which is the very sacrifice of the churche catholyke is cōtayned in two dystinct formes that is of bread wyne the same blessed bodye blood that was offered vpō the crosse in ther own lyknes that is in lykenes of fleshe blood the same bodye and blod vnder the forme of bread at the masse lyfted vp in to the ayer ouer the prestes hed it is a token or a remēbranc how that the same body in the tyme of Christes passion dyd hang vpon the crosse in the ayer and was so offered vp by death for our redēption the same body blood contained reali also vnder the shape or forme of wyne lyffted vp at the sacrynge of the masse it is a token callyng vs to remēbrans how the blessed blood was shed on hye vpō the crosse for the remissiō of our synnes And thus the blessed body blode of christ vnder these two formes of bred wyne in the blessed sacramēt signifieth vnto vs how that in the passiō and death of christ the body of christ hong pale wan vpō the crosse frō whō al the blessed bloode was dyuyded by crewel payne passyō is thus a very lyuely memorie remēbrans of hys death for thys cause also S. Basyl calleth it The exemplar bycause it is so lyuely and so expresse an example memorie of the death of Christ Thus is the blessed sacrament where in is contayned verely the bodye and blood of Christ a sygne a fygure a tokē or example of the death of Christ And in this consideration the fathers some tyme and that very seldome dyd cal it a sygne or fygure And in thys sort we graunt no lesse But that it is but a fygure onlye a fygure or nothynge els thē a figure That we vtterly deny For neither in the scripture neyther in any catholyke wryter can they fynde that the sacramēt is called only a fygure or but a fygure or any lyke saynge The fathers though they named it a figure or a token yet they playnlye declare and shew that they beleued that very real presens of the bodye and blood of Christ in the sacramēt as I haue shewed bi their owne wrytinges So I conclude and answere that though the sacrament be a sygne or a fygure yet neuerthelesse it is verely really the verye bodye and bloode of Christ therfore is it not only a fygure or onely and nothinge els then a fygure or a sygne Thys answere in my iudgemēt is sufficient for all suche places that they can brynge in of anye of the auncyent wrytters It is a lacrymable case and
churche hath and doth retayne as concernynge thys article let this same vnderstande that the fayth of the auncient church is to be collected of the most auncient writers of eche tyme from the apostles vnto our tyme who wryt in maters of fayth vndoubtedlye accordynge vnto the catholyke fayth of the churche at theyr tyme. And all they wryt moost apertly and mooste playnlye with and for this article as it may appere here after TheÌ„ hath the church beleued and receyued thys article syth Christes tyme. TheÌ„ who that receyueth not thys article is separated and diuided from the church consequently as I haue sayd he is in ieoberdye of perpetuall perdition and dampnation Yet good christiane here thou arte to be admonysshed instructed where by thou mayste wyth more facilitie and ease and wythout perplexitie and doubte perceaue and more redely vnderstande these auctorities and saynges of these auncient wryters that thou shalte fynde and reade sondrye and dyuerse names geuen vnto the blessed sacrament yet shall thou not suspecte the vnifourme faythe and opynyoÌ„ of these cathholyke fathers to swerue eyther frome them selfes either from the church For thoughe they name it dyuersly yet they meane al one thynge The cause of so many and sondrye names and dystincte appellacyons of thys blessed sacrament is That lyke as saynt Dyonyse saythe God hath many names yet the great varyete of so manye names can not suffycyentlye expresse vnto vs the infynyte profundite of so greate a maiestye power wysdome goodnes beningnite and marcye in lyke maner the infynyte and ineffable ryches of the deuyne goodnes and the mooste precyous treasure of the innumerable graces contayned and hydden in thys blessed sacrament can not be sufficyentlye explycate and layde forthe vnto vs by one name therfore these holy and blessed fathers hauynge respect and consideratyon vnto dyuerse and sondrye thynges in this sacrameÌ„t they gaue it sondrye names And not bycause that they had dyuers beleffes or any other then the churche hath now as EcolaÌ„padius falsly ascrybeth vnto them and more falslye vnderstandynge them he mooste falslye allegeth them to mayntayne and ratifye hys detestable blasphemous heresye The sacrameÌ„t is called aÌ„d coÌ„tayneth in verye dede the body and bloode of oure lorde ✿ Thys blessed sacrament is verye oftymes of the fathers called the bodye and bloode of our Lorde and thys haue not they inueÌ„ted them selues but bycause that it verelye and really contayneth the bodye and blood of Christ And thys they haue receyued at the mouthe of Christe whyche sayd of the sacrament Thys is my bodye and this is my bloode and of saynt Paule who sayeth Who that eateth and drynketh of that breade and cuppe vnworthelye shal be gyltye of the bodye and blood of our Lorde And agayne He that eateth and drynketh vnworthelye eateth and drynketh hys owne iugement not puttynge difference or not decernynge the lordes bodye Thys sacrament is named breade 1. Cor. 10. et 11. The blessed sacrament is named also breade Saynt Paule in the fyrst epistle to the Corinthians so nameth it Not bycause that it is anye materiall or corporall breade For so doth not he name it Yf that he had named it bread wyth thys addition corporal or material or any suche lyke theÌ„ had he made somewhat for the sacrameÌ„taries But saint Paule called it bread as our sauiour Christ dyd cal hym self whych sayd I am the bread of lyfe Ioh. 6. Also saynt Augustin and the fathers also do sometyme cal it bread not that whych passeth thorowe the belye as saynt Augustyne sayth but the super substaÌ„cyal Ciprianê° In sermone de cena Et sicut panis comunio queÌ„ quottidie edimus vita est corporis ita panis iste supersubstaÌ„tialis vita est aiÌ„e et sanitas mentis Cyprianê° in eodme the mysticall or celestiall breade suche additions the auncient wryters do ofteÌ„ tymes vse And saynt CipriaÌ„ sayth that Christe doth call the sacrament somtyme hys bodye sometyme hys fleshe and somtyme breade Therfore dothe saynt Cyprian hym selfe name it breade And in so namynge it both he and S. Paul wyth the other do obserue the maner of the scripture whych in suche mutations and chauÌ„ges of thynges vseth to gyue vnto the thynge so changed the former name As for example The rod of Aaron wheÌ„ it was cast on the grouÌ„d chaunged in to a serpent the scripture calleth it a rod styl as it was called Exodi 4. by fore the miraculous mutacyon For the scripture sayth The rod of Aaron deuowted the roddes of Pharoes inchaÌ„uters In lyke phrase the wyne the Christ made of water is called water after that it was made wyne as we reade in the gospell of saynt IohnÌ„ After that Ioh. 2. the master of the feaste had tasted the water made or turned in to wyne Lyke as the rodd whyche was changed in to a serpent yet was called a rod styll And lyke as the water beyng changed by miracle in to wyne was called water Euen so the blessed sacrament where in of breade is made the blessed bodye of oure sauyour Christ is called styl bread though it be not now breade but the very reall body of Christ The blessed sacrameÌ„t is called also a sygne or a sacrameÌ„t of the body blood of Christ Not as the sacrameÌ„taries sayth only or but a sygne of the body of Christ For the only a signe or but a sygne they can neuer reade neyther in the scripture neyther in any of the catholike wryters Therfore this only is a lye of theyr owne the calleth the holy sacrameÌ„t only a sygne Saynt AugusteÌ„ wyth many other doth frequent vse oft tyme to name the sacrameÌ„t a sygne or sacrament Yet they neuer name it only a sygne And vndoubtedly it is a moost sacrate blessed sacrament that is to say A sygne or a token of an holy thynge Thys blessed sacrameÌ„t godly reader hath too significations or it signifieth vnto vs too thingê The one is the verye body blod of our sauiour Christ which verely really is coÌ„tained iÌ„ the sacrameÌ„t For the blessed dody blood vnderneath the kyndes of bread wyne sinigfyeth and representyth vnto vs by those two dystynct kyndes of breade wyne the death passioÌ„ of Christ wher in the body hong vpon the crosse wan pale wtout blood the blood was by crewell effusion dyuided from the bodye of oure sauiour The body and blood of Christ vnder the shape or kynde of bread represeÌ„teth vnto vs the self same body as it hong dead vpoÌ„ the crosse froÌ„ whoÌ„ al yepÌ„cius blood was seuered diuided by mortal payne passion And the same body blood vnder the kynd or shape of wyne represeÌ„teth vnto vs the same very bloode as it was diuyded parted out of the blessed bodye in the tyme of his passioÌ„ Thus this blessed body and bloode of Christ vnder the kynde shape of breade lyfted vp ouer