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A17659	A faythfull and moost godlye treatyse concernyng the most sacred Sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of our sauioure Chryst, co[m]piled by Iohn Caluyne, a man of no lesse lernyng and lytterature then godly studye, and example of liuyng. And translated into Latin by Lacius a man of lyke excellencie. And nowe last of all, translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother, no lesse desirous to profyt the weake brotheres then to exercise the talent of the Lorde to his honoure and glorye. In declaration whereof, he hath set before this lytle booke an epistle to the reader much more effectuous then in the fyrst edicion. Whereunto the order that the churche and congregation of Christ in Denmarke doth vse at the receyuying of baptisme, the Supper of ye Lorde, and wedlocke: is added. Myles Couerdale; Petit traicté de la Saincte cene. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Danske folkekirke.	1548 (1548)	STC 4411; ESTC S107182	57,569	98

deserued for vs. For euen as we se that we beyng many are partakers of one loofe of breade by eatynge therof and of one cuppe of wyne by drynkyng thereof so are we certified by that participation that we beyng manye beleuynge in Chryst are by that belefe made partakers of Chryste and wyth Chryste in al that is his none otherwyse then all the membres of one bodye be partakers of all ioyes and pleasures that chaunce to the heade For as the lofe wherof we eate is made of manye graynes and the Cuppe of wyne wherof we drynke is made of manye grapes and yet is but one Cuppe of wyne and the lofe but one lofe euen so are we that beleue in Christe but one bodye wyth hym and he oure heade notwythstandyng we be manye in numbre and of diuerse nacions estates and condicions For as in the body be diuers mēbers seruynge to diuers vses so are there in the congregacion of Christe whyche Paule calleth the bodye of Christe diuers estates Some Apostles some preachers and some teachers And as in the bodye is no membre wher vnto is not appoynted hys peculiare and necessarye office So in the congregacion of Christ is there none estate or condicion but it is profitable yea necessarye to the other Thys is a greate misterye sayeth Paule the misterye I saye of Christe and hys congregacion for it is hys bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones Not that the congregacion or churche is that naturall bodye that dyed on the crosse nor we the members of the same churche the fleshe and bones of the same But for that it was that congregacion it was we the membres of thys churche that caused Christe to take oure nature vpon hym that therein he myghte satisfye for oure synnes makynge vs partakers wyth hym in thys satisfaction and so are we hys bodye and membres that is to saye hys bodye and membres were and are the pryce wherewyth we were redeamed out of the captiuitie and thrawledome that we were in ▪ Thys misterye is greate and farre aboue the beastelye mans capacitie But yf we wyll be geuen to the spirite the spirite shall minister vnto vs abundauntly the vnderstandinge therof For it is a comon phrace or maner of speakynge amongeste vs when anye hath bestowed his money vpon any kynde of marchaundyse we saye Lo here is my xx.li or here are his hundreth markes showynge forth the wares that were bought wyth my xx.li or his hūdreth markes so that here the thynge boughte bearethe the name of the price In lyke maner doth Paule call the cōgregacion redeamed by Chistes bodye his verie bodie his fleshe and his bones because it is the machaūdice that was bought with his bodie his fleshe and his bones The mooste sacred sacramentes also of the bodye and bloud of Christ are called his body and bloude because they declare vnto vs what the bodie and bloude of Christ be vnto vs none other wyse then I call thys boke the suppet of the Lorde because it declareth the supper of the lorde so that here thou mayste se gentle readar wherin thou hast bene so farte and so longe deceyued Forsoeth in that thou haste not knowne nor consydered the causes why these moste holy sacramentes beare the names of that they represēt shew or declare vnto vs ▪ But haste grosselye persuaded thy selfe with the carnall and fleshly Iewes y ● Christe spake carnallye myndynge to tourne the substaunc● of the breade and wyne into the substance o● his body and bloude when he sayed vnto hi● disciples thys is my bodye But doubtless● good christian brother oure mooste cruel ene●mye hath in thys poynt vttered euen the grea●test parte of his maliciouse practyse He hat● not faylled alwayes to beate into oure heades the omnipotencie of God who coulde by his worde make al thynges of nought his veritie whyche wyll not suffer hym to leaue oughte vndone that he sayeth is or shall be done and then his wordes at his laste supper Thys is my hody c. Here laboureth he wyth toeth and nayle as they saye to kepe vs in the playne letter that we measure not these wordes by the scriptures of lyke phrace The veritie it selfe sayeth he hath spoken it wherfore it can not be otherwise The onely almyghtye which created all thynges by his worde hath sayed it it is not therfore impossible that it shoulde be so Thou arte a christian man and hast professed to beleaue all the wordes of Christe to be trewe though thy reasone can not comprehende the maner howe And wylte thou wyth the carnal and fleshly Iewes doubt in the perfourmance of the wordes that thy Sauioure shall speake He sayed that a vyrgyne shoulde brynge forth a chylde and wylte not thou beleaue it bycause thou canste not by reasone be persuaded that it is possible for a vyrgyne to brynge sorth a chylde what coulde the obstinate Iewes do more then blyndely and obstinately saye Howe can thys man gyue vs hys fleshe to eate and hys bloude to drynke And wylte thou be as obstinate as they and thynke it impossible for hym to gyue the his fleshe yea hys very naturall fleshe and bloude vnder the fourme of br●ade and wyne Oh subtylle serpent Oh crafty dissembler Nowe chaungeste thou thy selfe into an angell of lyghte Thou ●adest the Iewes abhorre Christes wordes bycause the law whych they professed taught them that it was abominable to eate the rawe fleshe or drynke the bloude of any beast muche more of a man And bycause they shoulde not consyder and vnderstande the spiritual eating of his dodye and drynkynge of his bloude by fayth thou puttest them in mynde of the corruptible Manna that the fathers dyd eate in wyldernesse And that notwythstandyng that breade came from heauen yet was it not of suche lyuelye force that it myghte preserue the eaters therof from death Yea thou heldeste them in opinion that it was not possible for Christe to gyue them his fleshe to eate and his bloude to drynke after suche sorte that theyr stomakes myght awaye wyth all Wherfore they sayed Howe can this felowe gyue vs his fleshe to eate and his bloude to drynke But here thou commest vnto vs with the contrary Thou byddest vs beleaue that he was able to chaunge breade and wyne into his fleshe and bloude that we myght therby awaye wyth the deuouryng therof Thus thou playest on both handes wyth them bycause they shoulde not loke for any spirituall eatynge or drynkyng of Christes fleshe and bloude And wyth vs that we shoulde not regarde the spirituall eatynge and drynkynge but that we shoulde moste regarde the fleshely deuourynge of the bread and wyne So that neyther the Iewes nother we● can come to the trewe eating of Christes fleshe and drynkyng of his bloud by vnfayned fayth in hym and his merities Here mayeste thou playnely se most dearely beloued in the lorde by what meanes our gostely enemy hath spoyled vs of the vse of these mooste preciouse

A FAYTHFVLL and moost Godlye treatyse concernyng the most sacred Sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of our sauioure Chryst cōpiled by Ihon Caluyne a man of no lesse lernyng and lytterature then Godly studye and example of liuyng And translated into Latin by Lacius a man of lyke excellencie And nowe last of all translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother no lesse desirous to profyt the weake brotheres then to exercise the talent of the Lorde to his honoure and glorye In declaration whereof he hath set before this lytle booke an Epistle to the reader much more effectuous then in the fyrst edicion ☞ Whereunto the order that the Churche and congregation of Christ in Denmarke doth vse at the receyuyng of Baptisme the Supper of y e Lorde and Wedlocke is added Myles Couerdale Luke .xix. Chapter ¶ Be doyng tyll I come ¶ To all them that professe the christian name the translatour wysheth mercy from God the father through our onelye aduocate mediatour Iesu Christe whose spirite the gyuer of all godnesse leade you in to all gostlye knowledge Amen * AS the authoure of thys lytle boke moued wyth the desyre to profyte as wel the rude and vnlearned as the lettered and professers of knowlege wrote it in his vulgare tongue euen so I moste dearelye beloued bretherne moued also wyth the desyre to brofyte my naturall countremen so much as shal lye in my litle power haue thought it my bounden deuty to employe my diligence to the translatyng therof And bycause it hath pleased the lorde to giue me more knowledge in the latyne tongue then in the frence wherin thys boke was fyrste wrytten I haue translated it after the Latine copy putting the faythful reader out of doubt that I haue not in any poynte gone from the true meanynge of the authoure but haue thorowly obserued the phrases of both tongues auoydynge in all that I myght the darke maner of translatynge after the latine phrases to the intente the Englyshe reader myghte haue the full vnderstandynge hereof wythout anye knowledge of the latyne tongue And that the Godly myndes of the studiouse readers may be the more steated to reade the matter wyth indifferent iudgement I shal without dissimulacion assure them that herein is no matter of contencion at all But cheritably wythout any worde of reproche as well the ryght vse of the Sacrament of the body and bloude of Christ as the abuses and errours concernynge the same are sette forth so playnelye that no man vnlesse he wyl wyllingly shutte vp the eyes of his cōscience agaynst the manifest trouth can reade the boke thorowlye but he shall easelye perceyue what greate abuses haue these syxe hundreth yeares ben and are at thys presente daye mayntened and defended as concernynge the ministracion therof Fyrste for that the popyshe churche haue and do abuse it in offeryng it vp as an healthfull sacrifyce for the redemption of the soules of the congregatiō for in theyr Cannon why the they cal the secretes of the masse are these wordes Pro redemptione animarum ecclecietue That is to saye for the redemption of the soules of thy churche where they holde opinion and teach that by offerynge vp thys sacrifice as they cal it they applye to or make partakers of the passion of Christe all them that here or hyre suche masses as they haue inuented dashed full of whysperynges douckynges and crossynges besydes the demure countenaūce in theyr tourne and halfe tourne I wyl speake no more as concerninge theyr fonde inuencions aboute the ministration of this most sacred Sacrament Lest I should therby be an offence or stomblynge stocke to the weake brothers whose consciences are not yet fullye satisfyed as concernynge the true beleue of thys holy mistery I meane leste I shoulde gyue thē occasion to do as certeyne fonde talkers haue of late dayes done and at thys presente daye do inuent and applye to thys mooste holy Sacramente names of dispitie and reproche as to cal it Iake in the boxe rounde Roben and suche other not onely fonde but also blas phemouse names not onely voyed of al edificaciō whiche ought to be the ende of al our doinges and sayinges but very sclaūderouse also For thoughe the thynge beynge so tourned frome the ryght vse as it is be abhominable so that it is l●afull for vs to speake vnreuerentlye of it in the abuse yet is it not mete for them that professe charitie nothinge to refrayne for conscience sake The cōscience I say of the weake brothers not yet stronge in the trueth and so muche the more for that many Godly mynded persones whiche by the persuasions of certeyne discrete and modeste brothers haue ben made of Romyshe Idolaters and diligent studentes of duncicall dregges disciples of greate hope in the sincere and trewe euangelyke doctrine haue by the hearynge of these names of reproch and dispitte taken occasion to thynke that the knowledge which those men dyd professe whiche woulde be so outragiouse as to mocke and iest at the remembraunce of our redempcion coulde not procede of the spirite of God And haue throughe thys persuasion retourned to theyr olde leuen agayne thynkyng them to be the trew teachers of gods doctrine whiche offende in the contrarye makinge it so diuine a thynge that it shoulde be of no lesse importaūce then the whole Trinitie the father the sōne and holy gost for so they affirme sayinge that for as muche as it is the bodye of Christe and that Christ is in al places at ones with his father and his father wyth hym and the holy goste it muste neades folowe that in it is the whole trinitie the father the sonne and the holy goste For these are not nor can not be seperated I wyll saye for these men that they haue the zeale of god but it is not accordinge to knowledge For as the Iewes were from tyme to tyme taught and beleued that God dwelled in the temple that Solomon buylded coulde not abyde to heare that God shoulde not dwell in a temple made wyth mannes hande nothynge consyderyng that he is immensus and can not be conteyned for heauen is his seate and the earth his fote stole euen so these men through a fonde persuasion of the essenciall presence of Christe in the Sacramente can not abyde to heare that the whole trinitie shoulde not be really conteyned vnder a piece of breade yea vnder euery litle crombe therof I speke not thys as one puttinge no difference betwene that sacramentall breade and oure comon breade but that I maye therby declare and open the great blyndnesse of them that knowyng and confessyng the immensurable nature of God would haue hym reallye and naturallye conteyned in so small a thynge Heauen is my feate sayth he and the earth is my fote stole and yet wyll they trusse hym so shorte that they wyll brynge hym into alytle pire wherin a man can not tourne his fyste He fylleth all places and is conteyned in no place

filthynesses which haue spronge of thys name sacrifice An other errowre foloweth whych the deuyll hath sowen to the intente to corrupte thys hyghe mistcrie that is to saye in that he commented the trāssubstanciacion of the bread into the bodyeand of the wyne into the bloude of Christ after the wordes should be pronounsed wyth the intente to consecrate Fyrst that cōment hath no foundacion at al in the scripture neyther hath it any testemonie of the olde congregation and therfore can it by no meanes agree or stande with the wordes of the lorde Is not suche an interpretacion to violent and to muche wrasted To saye that when Christ shewynge bread calleth it his bodye the substance of the bread is cōs●med and that the bodye of Christe succedeth in the place thereof But it neadeth not to call the matter into question seinge that the bryght splendiferouse veritie is of it selfe able to confute so absurde a vanitie I let passe infinite testimonyes both of the scripture and of the fathers also wherin the sacramente is called breade I saye this onely that the nature of the Sacramēt requireth that the material bread remayne for the visible signe of the body For it is a generall rule amonge y ● sacramētes that the signes whiche we se in them ought to haue some similitude wyth the spirituall thinge that they represent As we are therfore in baptisme certifyed that oure soules be inwardlye washed whē the water y ● washeth the fylth of the body is powred vpō vs to declare y ● same thing euen so must there neades be in the supper materiall breade that it may be declared vnto vs that the bodye of Christe is oure foode For what declaracyon were it yf the qualitie wytnes shoulde represent vnto vs that body We knowe therfore manifestlye that vnlesse the substance of bread do there remayne al the representacion whiche the lorde wyllynge to accommodate hym selfe to oure infirmitie gaue vnto vs doth vtterly decaye and peryshe For the wordes which the lorde spake soūde no lesse then yf one woulde saye In lyke maner as mans body is nouryshed and susteyned wyth bread so is my fleshe the spiritual foode wherwyth the soules be quyckened Besydes these thynges For what purpose doth Paule propone that similitude as one lofe is made of many graynes mingled and ioyned to gether one wyth an other euen so wee for as muche as we take parte al of one bread ought to be faste ioyned togyther one with an other And yf the whytnesse onelye shoulde remayne wythout the substance were it not a thyng to be laughed at to here a man speake as Paule doth Wherfore wythout any doubtyng at al I conclude that thys transsubstanciacion is the deuylles interpretation to depraue y ● truth of the supper Many dotynge castes haue folowed of this lye woulde God they had not ben more then doting castes that they had not ben also horrible abhominaciōs For mē imagining I can not tell what maner of placelye presence haue taught y ● bothe the diuinity the humanitye of Christ are fastned vnto y ● whitenes nothinge cōsyderyng what incōueniēses folowed vpon the same Although the olde doctours of Sorbone haue reasoned very subtllly how the body bloud be ioyned with the signes yet can it not be denyed but that in the popyshe church was receyued both of high and lowe and is at this day with fyre sworde murder al kynde of tormentes cruelly defended and holden this opinion that Christe is conteyned vnder these signes and that we ought to seke hym there Whiche opinion yf they wyll maynteyne no remedy they must also graūt that the bodye of Christ as a thinge infinite is conteyned in no place other elles that it is in diuers places at once And in the affirmynge hereof they come at length to this passe that it differeth nothing at all frome a fantasticall apparicion To appoyn●e therfore suche kynde of presence inclosed in a place wherein the bodye of Christe shoulde be included in or as they saye locallye ioyned to the signe● is not onelye a thynge foly she but also an execrable errour diminishing the glory of Christ● vtterly destroying al that ought to be bel●ued as cōcerninge his humane nature For y ● scripture teacheth in euery place that lyke as in earth Christ toke our humanitie euen so he pluckynge the same out of thys mortall estate and yet nothynge chaungynge the na●ure therof caryed it vp into heauē And for thys cause oughte we when we speake of the humanitie of Christ to consider two thinges The fyrste that we diminishe nothinge of the veritie of his nature The other that we derogate nothynge of his glorious estate And to do thys thynge in his kynde we muste lefte vp our myndes into heauen that we may seke out redeamer there For yf we wyll caste hym frome vs vnder the corruptible Elementes of thys worlde we shall both destroye those thinges whiche the scriptures do wytnes as concerning his humane nature and also bringe to nought his moste glorious ascension But bycause many mē haue abundantly handled this matter I had rather let it passe then to wade further therin My mynde was to note by the waye thys thynge onely That to thynke that Christ is shutte vp vnder the bread and wine other els to ioyne thē so togither y ● our mynde cleaue fast there and is not erected into heauē is a diuelyshe dottage whyche thynge I shall also toutche in an other place And when thys peruerse opinion was once receyued it ingendred many other supersticions Fyrst that carnall adoracion which is none other thyng but mere idolatry For yf a man woulde prostrate him selfe before the breade and honour Christ there as yf he were there presente conteyned therin were not that the setting vp of an idole in steade of the Sacrament For we were not cōmaunded to honour but to eate We ought not therfore so rashely to attempt that thinge Forthermore thys was an obseruation in the olde congregacion to admonishe the people before the supper shoulde be celebrated that they lyfte vp theyr hertes to the intent they shoulde vnderstande that they oughte not to styke in the visible signe yf they would honour Christ a right But we shal not long contende as cōcernynge thys article yf the presence and coniunction of the veritie wyth the signe be well vnderstande wherof I haue all readye spoken and wyl hereafter declare at large Out of the same fountayne are sprongen the residewe of the supersticiouse ceremonies as to carye the Sacramēt thorow the stretes once in the yere ▪ as it were in a pompe an other season to set vp a taberancle for it and to kepe it al the yere longe shutte vp in a pire or case that the people maye giue hede there vnto as vnto god which shynges bycause they are all not onely inuented by mans wytie without the worde of god

is nought els sene but the folyshnes and gestures of players which thinges woulde become a playe muche better then the sacred supper of the lorde No doubt the sacrifices of the olde testament were celebrated with diuers ornamentes ceremonies But bicause they had a good significacion and were all ordeyned to instructe and exersice the people in godlynesse they were far vnlike vnto these which serue for none other purpose at all but that wythout any maner profite they maye occupye and holde suspense the mynd of the people To cōclude because these masse mōgers yf I maye so call them do allege thys example of the olde testamēt for the defence of their ceremonies it shal be good to note what difference is betwen that whyche they do and that whych was by god commaunded to the Iewysshe people For yf I laye for me this one thyng what so euer was then doone was founded on the commaundement of God and that theyr foolyshe tryfles hane none other foundacion than on mans inuencion were not there a great difference But I haue thynges to disproue thē wyth that be moch greater then these be For it was not for naught that the lord prescribed such a forme for a tyme to the intent that at y ● length it should haue an ende and be abrogate No doubt because he had not as then declared hys doctrine so playnly he woulde so moche y ● rather y ● his people shold be exercised in figuers that the thynge whych wanted in that testament myght be repared in the other But sense that Christ apeared in the fleshe loke by howe moche more the doctrine is lyghtened so moch more are the figures diminished Seyng therfore we haue the bodye ▪ we must leaue the shadowes For yf we wyll replenisshe the abolyshed cerimonies we shal patche agayne that vaile ▪ that Christ brake in sonder by his death and so shall we obscure and darken the lyght of the Gospel Thus do we perceyue that this multitude of cerimones whych is sene in the masse is the forme of the Iewyshe law vtterly contrarie to the christiā relygyon I am not of that mind that I would disproue al cerimonies whyche do serue to honestie and a publyke order wherby the more reuerence is geuen to the sacrament so that they do well agree to the purpose and be sober But that immensurable laborynthe maye by no meanes be sufferred for as moche as it hath ingendred infite supersticiōs made the people as it were am●sed wyth out any maner edificacion By thys it may easily be perceyued wherin those vnto whom god hath opened the vnderstandyng of his truthe oughte to deffer from the papistes ▪ First thei shal be out of doubt y ● it is abominable sacreledge to compt y ● masse as a sacrifice wherby remission of synnes may be obtayned other to repu●e y ● priest for a mediatoure whiche may applie the merites of Christes passion vnto thē y ● bye masses or be presēt at y ● doyng of them or do wyth deuocion worshippe them But they shal rather beleue that the death and passion of Christe is the only sacryfice wherby the ire of god is pacified and perpetuall iustice gotē vnto vs. And by sydes these thynges that the lorde Iesus is entered into the celestial sāctuarie that he may there show him selfe for vs and by the vertue of his sacrifice praye for vs. But yet they shal esealy graūt that the fruite of his death is communicate vnto vs in the supper not bi the merite of the worke but for the promesses that are made vnto vs therin so that we imbrace them wyth fa●th Forthermore they ought in no case to graunte that the bread is transsubstanciated as they say into the bodye of Chryst or the wyne into bloud but they must in that thyng constantly beleue that the visible sygnes do retayne his substaunce that hey may represent vnto vs that spiritual veritie wherof I haue spoken before Thyrdlye ▪ although they ought to be surely persuaded w t themselues that the lorde doth in veri dede geue the same thyng that he doth represent and so that wee do vnfaynedlye receyue the bodye and bloude of Christe yet shal they not seke if as included vnder y ● breade or fastned as they say locally vnto the visible sygne moche lesse oughte they to hono●re the sacrament but to stretch vp the minde into heauē that they may there receyue and honour Christe Hense shal it come to passe that they shall dispice and condemne for ydolatrye all those supersticiouse cerimonies as well of the carying forth of the sacramēt in pōpe ꝓcessiōs as of the buyldyng vp of those tabernacles wherin it is set forth to be honoured For the promesses of the lorde stretch no farther then to y ● vse whych he cōmitted vnto vs. Forthermore they shal iudge the instituciō of the lorde to beviolated and broken in that the people is robbed of the one parte of the sacrament and that it is necessarie that bothe partes be wholy dystributed yf it shoulde be obserued aryght In fyne they shal suppose that it is not onely superfluouse but also dayngerouse and that it becometh not the chrystian religyon to vse so many cerimonies takē of the Iewes more thā the symplicitie wherin the apostles instructed vs. They shal also iudge that it is euen of an vngodly frowardnesse so to celebrate the supper with gestures ▪ and maskers mouinges that no doctrine at al may there be herde but is rather buryed as though it were a certeyne kind of magycall arte To conclude at the laste wee must now come to the last of the chiefe partes That is to saye to that contencion whyche in oure tyme is steared in this matter whiche for as much as no doubt it was of the deuils stearyng vpon to let or rather to breake the course of the Gospell I woulde wyshe it to be forgoten for euer much lesse can I be delyted in the rehersynge of the same But bycause I do perceyue very many godly myndes which know not whyther to turne them selues I wyll briefely say the thyng that I shall thynke necessarye to declare howe they maye delyuer them selues Fyrste I desyre and beseche al faythfull persones euen for the names sake of the lyuynge God that they be not greatly offended bicause thys controuersy is moued amonge them that were the chiefe capiteynes in restorynge and brynging in agayne of the doctrine of the gospel For it is no new thinge for the lorde to suffer his seruaūtes to be ignorant in some thinges and suffer them to contende amonge them selues not that he woulde suffer them to erre continuallye but for a tyme to the intente he myght make them more humble And no doubt yf all thynges had chaunced prosperoussye to thys daye and had flowed accordynge to oure wyll perchaunce men woulde haue forgotten them selues other els the mercy of god shoulde not haue ben so