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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05459	Against the apple of the left eye of antichrist, or the masse book of lurking darknesse making way for the apple of the right eye of antichrist, the compleat masse book of palpable darknesse : this apple of the left eye, commonly called, the liturgie, or service book, is in great use both among the halting papists, and compleat papists, and the things written heere are also against the compleat masse book.	Lightbody, George.	1638 (1638)	STC 15591.5; ESTC S2182	52,108	90

the presbyter being sufficiently provided alreadie when many of the clergie are present not only so many as might be for help but all must first communicat The cause then is only pride for they will be first in all things and yet they say that men should receive the Sacrament with greatest humilitie Qu. 23. What use have they of a communion table Ans They appoint a table neverthelesse they take it from the people in two respects 1. In respect of the people who kneele at the act of receiving the elements what use have they of a table when they neither sit at it to eat their meat neither take they their meat off from the table 2. In respect of the minister ●●at giveth the elements the ministers hands are only their table from which they receive their sacramentall food The communicants even when they kneele not yet they sit at the table not like feasters but like beggars at a dyke side waiting for the distribution of their almes The beggars may turne their backs as well as their faces towards the dyke for any use they have of it so may the communicants turn their backs to the table for any use they have of it Qu. 24. May not the table stand for the elements to abide on it untill that the Minister take them for to distribute unto the people Ans Then it is a table for the ministers attendance but not for the peoples feasting Some have byboards whereon vessels and meat stand untill they be placed on the feasting table and when the tables are drawn all is put on the byboard again that they may be put in order and taken away The antichristians make a by-board of the Lords table and the hands of the ministers are only their feasting table Qu. 25. Should not the Ministers give the elements to every one out of their own bands seeing it is their calling and Christ did so give them unto the Apostles and it may be that the laicks who sit neerest me be witches or profaine persons so it is not comely to take the elements from laicks Ans 1. It is the calling of ministers to consecrat blesse the elements by the word and prayer but no Scripture can prove it to be their calling to give alwayes the elements with their own hands more then by the hands of others it is alike if he give them by whose hands soever it bee He giveth not the Bible which is the audible word to every one out of his o●●● hands albeit he explicateth and preacheth the meaning end uses and application of both the visible word of the sacraments and the audible word of the Scriptures and albeit both the doctrine of the word sacraments are written in one canon if thou say that he giveth not except he do it with his own hands Thou may as truely say that Christ giveth not except he do it with his own hands 2. No Scripture proveth that Christ gave the elements to every one out of his own hands neither at Baptisme nor at the Lords Supper As for Baptisme John 4. 1. saith that the Pharisees heard that Jesus baptised mo disciples then John and in vers 2. he saith that Iesus baptised not but his disciples the first verse showeth that he gave the Sacrament by his authority and blessed it the 2. verse showeth that he gave it not with his own hands but by his apostles and at the Lords supper Luke 23.17 saith Take this and divide it among you this is meant of the cup of the Lords supper 1. because the same words which are subjoined to this cup here are subjoined to the cup of the Lords supper in Math Mark these are I will not drink of the fruit of the vine untill the kingdome of God shall come 2. If these words were of the cup of the Passeover they should be false for they drank wine after the Passeover at the Lords Supper Luke speaks twise of this cup in vers 17 20 In the vers 17. he speakes of it with the speach of the passeover because alike speach is subjoined to both for after the passeover he said words that were not mentioned by other Evangelists viz. I will not eat any more thereof untill it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God ●hat is I did eat oftimes the Passeover before but the thing signified by the Passeover was never fulfilled It shall not be so now for I will eat no Passeover after this untill it be fulfilled in my sufferings in the kingdome which GOD hath in his kirk on earth and albeit I never drank the wine of this new instituted supper before neither will I drink any more of it untill I drink the thing signified by it viz. I must drink the wine of the cup of GODS wrath by my suffrings He prayed his Father to take this cup from him if it were possible the bread and the wine of this new supper signified unto Christ the bread of affliction and the cup of the wine of GODS wrath which now should be his food in his suffrings as in his lifetime it was his meat to do the will of GOD so now at his death he feedeth in suffring Gods will for he saith not my will but thine be done This bread and wine signified to the apostles the body and bloud of Christ not as he was in health rest and peace but as he suffred tribulation and GODS wrath for our sins he was like a nurse that eateth bitter things for the health of the infant The wine of GODS wrath is mentioned in Revel 14.10 he drank it with the apostles not only because they were with him in the garden when he did sweat blood and water but as when the head drinketh the whole man is said to drink because of the union between the head and the members and because strength and comfort cometh to the members by the drinking of the head He drank personally they drank spiritually by faith in his suffrings and by imputation for his suffrings are counted their suff●ings but their sins were counted his he being their cautioner The taste of this cup was bitter to both for Christ pray●●● against it and the elect pray dayly to GOD to save them from it the fear of the danger of Gods wrath is bitter the effect of Christs drinking of this cup was sweet to both it was sweet comfortable to them to get mercy it was sweet and delectable to Christ to show mercy though he bought it with his bloud he drank this cup new with them because never man drank the like of it before and hee himself drank never such a measure of GODS wrath before the Elect under the gospel drinks it new by faith for the nature of the cup of Gods wrath which Christ suffered was never so cleerly known before the comforts of Gods Spirit given to the elect by faith in his sufferings were never so sweet before they are now sweet like new wine

he drank this bitter cup in his Fathers kingdome Where a king is most obeyed there is his kingdome But none gave so great obedience to God as his own Son who obeyed him to the cursed death of the crosse 3. The Lord said not 12. times Take yee eat yee albeit 12. disciples were with him hee said it but once when he gave the elements One stretching or this hand could not touch all their hands at once neither was it needfull therefore they divided the elements among themselves 4. Luke vers 20. speaketh again of the cup of the Lords supper to show the time of it which was after the eating of the bread but he saith not the words of thanksgiving nor yet Take it and divide it amongst you because they were mentioned in verse 17. 5. You fear the laicks that su●h side you be witches or profane people and therefore you will not take the elements from them If you ●●ow them to be so flee from them If thou know not why judge you before the time so uncharitably at the feast of charitie usurping also the place of Christ the great Iudge of all It may be at his coming many whom thou condemnest shall bee found more innocent then thy self and thou shalt be found unworthie to have taken the elements from them Also if thy reason be good neither shouldst thou take the Sacrament out of the ministers hand for thou knowest not if he be profane or a warlock or a hypocrite 6. If thou come well prepared thou will bee so humble like the Publican that thou will think thy self the profanest in the company If thou come unprepared thou art not worthie that the profanest laick should give unto thee the elements and albeit thou receive them from the minister thou shalt eat and drink thine own damnation 7. When Christ giveth the elements by his servants and the blessing by himself it representeth the communion betweene Christ the Head and his mysticall members And when the members of Christ give the elements one unto another it representeth the communion of his members among themselves If any of these be wanting the communion is not rightly celebrate In this communion the Elect are conjoyned unto Christ by faith on their part and by the holy Spirit on Christs part they are conjoined one unto another among themselves by mutuall love and charitie Qu. 26. Is it not troublesome to the Ministers to go about giving unto every one the elements Ans It is doubtlesse but the ambitious clergie do think otherwise 1 Because they get this honour that men shall take the elements out of their hands 〈◊〉 their knees and where the people kneele not yet 〈◊〉 Ministers go about expecting a time when the people shall be compelled to kneele 2 Their going about also will excuse their idlenesse and ignorance if they want exhortations for the people 3. In like manner they are well pleased to stand rehearsing the X. Commands before the Communion and the people all the while are sitting upon their knees at every Command crying for mercy but the presbyter like one without sin neither kneeleth nor asketh mercy Qu. 27. May we not kneele at the receiving of the elements to expresse our greatest humility Ans If you have your greatest humilitie only at the instant of receiving the elements GOD neither regardeth it nor the expressing thereof for it is hypocrisie But if your greatest humilitie be sincere and of a longer continuance it will make you carefull not to expresse it in an idolatrous manner to the dishonouring of GOD it is a dishonouring of GOD if that outward religious adoration be determinatly fixed towards the presence of any thing visible whether it be a Divine ordinance or not more then towards the presence of any other creature by which outward adoration GODS own personall visible apparition presence should be discerned from all creaturs whatsoever as a king is outwardly discerned from all his subjects by his crown so is God outwardly discerned from all creatures by this religious honour It is a dishonouring of the king to put his crown upon the head of any of his best subjects so it is a dishonouring of GOD to discerne the best of his creatures with this honour 2. If Christ were visibly conversant with men how shall he be outwardly and religiously discerned by Divine adoration from all things visiblie in heaven and in earth but by pointing at his determinat locall presence with kneeling or falling on the face or such religious gestures but seeing this is done to the Sacrament the difference of Divine honour is taking from Christ And if the bread were GOD indeed by what other outward honour could we discerne it religiously from things that are not GOD if not by kneeling Albeit we would give our greatest inward reverence to Christ yet this outward adoration is relative idolatrie It is idolatrie because we discerne the elements with that religious outward worship whereby we should discerne Christ GOD and man from all other creatures It is relative because men beleeve that it is a honouring of Christ so to discerne the elements as the Israelites thought it a honouring of GOD to adore outwardly the golden calf 3. Christ made both the body and the soul and therefore he should be worshiped by both as also because he redeemed both And if it be lawfull to honour Christ by directing our outward adoration to any other object but Christ it is as lawfull to honour Christ by directing our whole inward adoration reverence due unto GOD unto that same outward object the reason is alike GODs word neither forbideth nor commandeth the one more then the other And if we serve GOD by directing his worship to another object which is not GOD then his justice requireth to glorifie 〈◊〉 in heaven by giving the glory we hope for unto other creatures and not to our selves 4. It is as great a calumnie to say that men 〈◊〉 their greatest humility if they kneel not at the instant of receiving the elements as to say they want faith if they rehearse not the articles of the creed at the same instant And that they want charity if they give not almes to the poor at the same instant for as we should come with the greatest humility so should we come with the greatest faith and charitie to the Sacrament And if humility can not consist except when it is outwardly expressed no more can other heavenly graces consist without their outward expression 5. Some say the not kneeling to the Sacrament hindereth Turks and Pagans to turne Christians I answer then they would all turne Papists for the Papists do kneel 6. Some say men turne their faces to the table when they blesse GOD at their meat and drink Ergo we should kneel towards the Sacrament I answer first do they kneel blesse GOD at the instant act of eating drinking meat drink and at the receiving thereof as the halting Papists