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A08471 The acquital or purgation of the moost catholyke Christen Prince, Edwarde the .VI. Kyng of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande &c. and of the Churche of Englande refourmed and gouerned under hym, agaynst al suche as blasphemously and traitorously infame hym or the sayd Church, of heresie or sedicion. Old, John, fl. 1545-1555. 1555 (1555) STC 18797; ESTC S101902 35,373 96

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cōstituted a new churche we might iustlye be noted for schismatikes but now sence we acknowlage that ther is but one only churche and that it is the communion of sayntes dispersed throughout al the wyde worlde in the feloweship wherof all our possible endeauour is to remayne and seyng we crye wyth S. Petre and saye Lorde Io. 6. whyther shall we goo thou haste the wordes of eternallyfe and we beleue and haue knowē that thou arte Christ the sonne of the lyuyng God why I pray you are we called schismatikes The .xvii. Chapter VVe do also participate and fede of al one self same table of the Lorde wyth all sayntes through out the hole churche of Christ rendring thankes for the vnspeakeable benefite of our redemption The Lordes Supper We eate al one spiritual meate we drynke all one spiritual drinke wyth al faythfulles throughout the holy catholyke churche We are al one breade and one body with Christ wyth al faythfulles By what right therfore are we called schismatikes Wyl our aduersaries cōdemne vs of heresie bycause we beleue that to be the beste forme of celebratyng of the mystical supper whych Christ hym selfe hathe instituted and the Apostles delyuered wyll our aduersaries condemne vs as heretikes bycause we obey Christes biddyng Drynke of thys all and communicate vnder bothe kyndes Wyll our aduersaries condemne vs of heresie bycause we worship Christ the sonne of God and of Mary syttyng on the fathers ryght hande and not hidden vnder the kyndes of bread and wyne wil our aduersaries condemne vs as heretikes bycause we acknowlage Christ to be the only priest and that the one only sacrifice of hys body only once offred vpon the crosse is euer of sufficient perfyte efficacie in God the fathers syght to clense the peoples synnes and bycause we obserue the mystical supper for a remembraunce of the sacrifice that was offred for vs on the crosse once for all Than let them furst condemne Christ hym self whych instituted these maters none otherwyse let them condemne his Apostles whyche haue taught vs so to beleue and so to do But yf they thinke it wyckednesse to thynke any suche thyng than let them ceasse to charge the gospellers church wyth the cryme of heresie whych thynketh nothyng herein whych doth nothyng herein but as it hathe receaued of Christ our Lorde hym selfe and learned of hys holy Apostles The .xviii. Chaptert THe Apostle S. Petre speakyng of wycked teachers Obedience to Prince magistrates 2. Pe. 2. sayeth They despyse autoritie they are presumptuous and stubborne whythe feare not to rayle vpon them that excelle in honour c. we therfore abhorryng that kynde of doctrine condemning that ambicious stubburne presumptuous and raylyng rebellion of those men doo hartely honour Princes and magistrates and teache all other to doo the like allegeing S. Petres lesson Feare God 1. Pe. 2. honour the King And S. Paules sayeng Geue to euery man therfore his duetye Rom. 13. tribute to whom tribute belōgeth custō to whom custō is due feare to whom feare belōgeth honour to whom honour perteyneth We allowe scholes studie of good sciēces to our power vn boasted be it we doo faithfully diligētly endeauour our selues to further them Further more we doo not damne good iuste politicall lawes nor necessary defenses iustly taken in hande ne iuste punishmentes against offenders We do not improue political rule gouernement honest buyeng and sellyng good sciences lawful occupacions propretie of goodes and landes and suche lyke whyche the pretendyng apostolical sectaries the Anabaptistes did afore tyme fynd fault wythall We teache folkes also to flee ydlenesse 1. Thess 4. 2. Thess 3. and to labour wyth theyr handes accordyng to the Apostles rules as we are constrayned also for causes of necessitie to abandon mōkery and cloistre lubbers in our cōgregacions For the solitary lyfe whyche the olde fathers make mencion of is an other maner a matter than thys is whych at thys daye where they continue is a heauye burthenous plage almost to al common wealthes And to reckē vp all that can be spoken we haue no thyng adoo wyth eyther sectes or schismatikes The .xix. Chapter THe Apostle S. Paule by the holy spirite of God prophe cieth The differēce of me ates 1. Timo. 4 that in the later tymes ther shal come most corrupt men whych shall geue hede vnto deceauable spirites and do●●●●nes of deuilles for byddyng mariage and commaundyng to absteyne from meates whych God hathe created to receaue wyth thankes geuyng vnto the faythful And so we preache sobre fastyng and yet we bryng no meate into an euil name but alwayes graunt free vse of meates Howbeit we teache that abstinence is to be kept for a tyme from al meates what so euer we ꝑceaue do make the fleshe ouer stoute so that it obeyeth not vnto the spirite As for mariage we forbidde it vnto none eyther ordre or lawfull age 1. Cor. 7. Hebr. 13. 1. Cor. 16. whether it be man or woman albeit we wype not virginitie from her due prayse Mariage is honourable amōg al men and the mariage bedde vndefiled But we deteste al vncleanesse fornicacion adulterie inceste and abominable lustes We deteste dronkenesse surfettyng ryote and al vntemperaunce We teache temperaunce 1. Thess 4. Hebr. 12. sobre diete and chastitie We teache wyth the Apostle Paule euery one to possesse hys vessel in puritie and holinesse wythout the whyth no man shal see God 〈◊〉 that Christiane charitie is the most propre right marke of faihtfull christians Chur●●e workes of mercie Ioh. 13. Math. 25. as our saueour saithe In this shall all men knowe that you are my disciples yf you haue loue one to an other Therfore we condemne malicious manslaughters furious bloodsheading of Kynges and Princes vniust warres treasones murthers wytchcraftes c. For we knowe that mercye and gentilnesse is more acceptable before God Ose 6. Math. 9. than all other vertues I requyre mercye sayeth the Lorde and not sacrifice and the knowlage of God more than burnt offringes Nowe hereof it commeth that seyng we be cōstitute in the same body that all the holy sayntes of God are we suffre for thys faythe and for this doctrines sake the selfe same persecucion that all that haue confessed the same faythe that we do haue suffred sence the dayes of Abel vnto this present Ioh 15. If you had ben of the worlde sayeth our Lorde in the Gospell the worlde wolde loue hys owne But bycause you are not of the worlde but I haue chosē you out of y● worlde 〈…〉 For all though we be synners and doo all amysse in many thinges yet this maye we iustly reioyte in that our aduersaries hate vs not for synnes sake but for godlynesse and syncere professing of Christes religion For we should haue ben a great deale better taken of many a one yf we wold fall in to the same ryotous losenesse and in to all