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A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent synners, newly prepared by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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Paule must beleue y â— god is that he is a rewarder to theÌ„ that seke hym Withoute thys faythe no manne commeth worthelye to recepue the body of our LORDE as Chrisostom saythe Let vs all that are sycke go vnto Christ with great fayth For yf all they which dyd but towch y e heÌ„me of his garmeÌ„t receyued theyr perfecte healthe howe muche more shall we be corroborated and made strong yf we haue hym whole w tin vs Therfore wheÌ„ ye syt downe to receyue the blessed body of Christe call streyght wayes to your remembraunce the death of Christ. RemeÌ„ber that his bodye was brokon for you vpon the Altare of the Crosse. Remâ—…mber that he offred hymselfe a swete smelling Sacrifice to God the father for the abolysshement of all your synnes RemeÌ„ber that his bloud was shed for the remission of your synnes RemeÌ„ber that by the effusion sheddynge of hys mooste precious bloud all your offeÌ„ses are cleane wasshed awaye you pourged from all iniquite In consideracion wherof ye nowe receyue y â— ve ry body of christ bycause ye shoulde nothynge doubte of the remission of your synnes of the fauoure of GOD toward you as Christ hym selfe witnesseth He that eateth my flesh dryncketh my bloude hathe eternal lyfe I shall rayse hym vp in the last day For my flesh is very meate my bloud is very dryncke He that eteth my flesh dryncketh my bloud dwelleth in me I in hiÌ„ But do not only call to remeÌ„braÌ„ce these aforsayd thynges but beleue faythfully also be perswaded vndoubtedly that they be true shall chauÌ„se to you according vnto your fayth So shal it come to passe that w t the receyuiÌ„g of Christes body ye shall also receyue all the benefytes gyftes and graces of Christe yf ye beleue so that not only Christ is be come altogyther yours but also al y â— euer he hath besydes is yours as S. Paule say the he that hath not spared his owne sonne but gaue hiÌ„ for vs all how is it possible that he also should not gyue vs all thinges w t him O the inestimable treasures that lye bent out in this moost holy Sacrament of the Altare for the faythefull Blyssed is he that is a faythfull geste of this celestial ta ble Blessed is he that with a pure fayth syncere charite eateth y e body of his LORDE Blessed is that maÌ„ which receiueth this moost honora ble SacrameÌ„t Christes very body bloude with an vndefyled conscience For Satan synne death hel desperacion c. shall not preuayle agenst hym Such one may be sure to dwell in Christ Christ in him Such one may be sure to haue his herte abundaÌ„tly enfarsed w t celesti all graces heaueÌ„ly gyftes Such one maye be sure to haue God y e father God y e son God y e holy Ghost dwellynge perpetually in his brest whaÌ„ ye haue done these thiÌ„ges a for sayd than drawe nygh whan tyme requirethe w t all huÌ„ble reuerent feare vnto the feaste of the LORDES bodye before y t ye receyue it into your mouth praye on this maÌ„ner ¶ A prayer to be sayde before y e receyuynge of the Sacrament O LORD I am not worthy that y u shouldest enter into me but saye the word only my soule shall be made whole Heale y u me O God and I shall be healed saue thou me I shall be saued Create in me O LORDE a cleane herte that w t true fayth perfecte charite I maye re ceyue thy moost holy body w t suche dignitie worthynes thorowe thy grace into my breste that y u mayste dwel in me I in the for euermore AMEN Thus haue I neighbours declared vnto you coÌ„pendiously how ye shal prepare your selues worthely to re ceyue at y e time of Easter the moste blyssed Sacrament of the Aâ—…re Yf ye receyue it on such maÌ„ner as I haue taughte you here tofore ye may be sure to receyue it worthely accordynge to Christes institucioÌ„ vnto y e helth of your soules EVâ—…E I praye God gyue vs grace to receyue it accordynge to youre moost godly iÌ„struccioÌ„s y t our soules maye be truly fed w t the true body of our Sauiour Iesus Christ. PHIL. But for as much as we se many departe vnreuereÌ„tly froÌ„ the LORDES table therfore wyll I in fewe wordes by your pacience declare to you after what manner ye shall go from it howe ye shall behaue your selues euer after that ye maye walke as it becommeth the chyldren of lyghte CHRI I pray you hertely let it so be ¶ Howe we ought to behaue oure selues after that we haue receyued the moost blessed SacrameÌ„t of the Altare PHILEMON NOwe moost dere brothers after y â— ye haue receyued the body of our LORDE Iesus Christ and w t that same moost glorious bodye tasted also his most precious bloud which as Chrisostome sayth is the helth of our soules wassheth garni sheth enflameth our soules maketh our mynde more shynynge thaÌ„ the fyre more clere than the gould is y e sufficient price of y e hole world it is conuenieÌ„t that ye shewe your sel ues thanckefull agayne to God for these his iestimable benefites whiche he at that tyme hath frely gyueÌ„ vnto you euen y e very body bloud of his welbeloued soÌ„ne our LORD Iesus Christ w t all the other incom parable treasures which pertayne vnto hym For all theyse thynges hath he moost bounteously gyuen you in this moost holy SacrameÌ„t It is therfore I say coÌ„uenieÌ„t y â— ye shewe your selues agayne thanckefull to hym by renderynge harty immortall thaÌ„ckes For this moost holy mysterye is called Sacramentum Eucharistiae that is y â— Sacrament of thanckes gyuynge bycause y t whaÌ„ eyther we our selues receyue it or els be preseÌ„t whaÌ„ other do receyue it we should gyue God precordiall thaÌ„ckes for his bounty kyndnes shewed to vs thorow Iesus Christ. Who commeth to the table of onye man departeth without thaÌ„ckes gyuynge To approche therfore to sytte downe at the table of y e moost hygh redoubted kynge where no terrestriall corruptible meate is eaten but euen the very bodye of y e pure immaculate Lambe Iesus Christ to departe from so heaueÌ„ly a table w t vnthanckefull hertes certes it were a thyng to much for to be detested It shal therfore be ve ry conuenient after ye haue receyued that moost blyssed SacrameÌ„t not to depart out of y e chirch before ye haue gyueÌ„ God harty thanckes for his manifold benignite toward you ye maye do it on this manner ¶ ThaÌ„ckes gyuynge after y e receyuynge of the Sacrament VUe thancke the moost gentle mercyfull father that thou hast vouchedsafe this day of thyne own goodnes to fede vs w t an heueÌ„ ly meate euen y â— very body bloud of thy moost
I pray you declare what soeuer re mayneth PHI. Theyse thinges once done thaÌ„ goeth the ProcessioÌ„ forth vntyll they come to y â— chyrche dore whiche whan they come vnto it is sparred certayne chyldren in the chyrch syngynge The songe beyng once done the preste taketh y â— crosse in his hande putteth the dore froÌ„ him with it so openeth it and entreth in with al the other people after hym CHRI What do all those thiÌ„ges preach vnto vs PHIL. The spearynge of the chyrch dore signifyeth that heaueÌ„ gates were speared agaynst vs for the synne of our fyrst father Adam in whom all we haue offended so that no maÌ„ could once enter by his owne vertue power merites good dedes into heuen as Christ witnesseth no man goeth vp into heauen but he that came downe from heauen That is to say no man by his owne streÌ„gth vertue ascendeth into heaueÌ„ but Christ whiche descended from heauen toke flesh of the moost glorious pure virgyn Marye Therfore euery one that goethe vp into heauen goeth vp by Christe as he hymselfe witnesseth I am y â— waye the trueth the lyfe no man commethe vnto the father but by me Therfore to declare that oure ingresse entrynge into heauen com meth only by Christe by Christes death therfore the preste openethe the dore w t the crosse For ye knowe right well that none of all the holy Patriarches Prophetes Kynges and other godly fathers of the olde TestameÌ„t dyd enter into the glory of heauen vntyll Christ had suffered payed oure raunsome by hys moost precious bloud EVSE Ye say trueth PHIL. This declareth therfore manifestely y e by Christe alone we haue free passage into eternall glorye as S. Paule sayth euerlastynge lyfe is the gyfte of God tho row Christ Iesus our LORD THEO But what is sygnifyed by y e chyldren which are within the chyrche at the dore syngyng PHIL. Uerely the myrth ioye melodye whiche the Aungelles make in heauen for maÌ„s redeÌ„pcioÌ„ by christ It sheweth how glad mery they are that maÌ„ is become pertaker of y â— glory wher of they haue the fruicion And this theyr ioy maketh them to come for to mete the soules of the faythfull to present them to the diuine ma ieste CHRI This is a very godly ex posicion PHIL. Whan they are once entred into the chyrche wherby he uen is signifyed than do the all the people knele downe the prest pluc kyng vp the cloth wherwith y e cru cifixe was couered and makyng it open to all that are there presente syngethe a certayne songe the people in the meane season prayenge gyuynge thanckes vnto God And so endethe the Procession EVSE I pray you declare this also vnto vs PHIL. This signifyethe that whan we be once departed oute of thys world are brought of the AuÌ„gels into heauen that than we shall for euer euer worldes without ende enioye the moost glorious syght of the diuine maieste syngynge vnto him prayses incessaÌ„tly on this maÌ„ner Thou arte worthy O LORDE to receyue glory honour vertue For y u hast made al thinges and for thy wyll they are and were made Thou arte worthye to take y â— boke to open the seales of it For thou waste slayne haste redemed vs by thy bloude To hym that syttethe on the Throne to the laÌ„be be bles syng honour glory power worldes without ende Amen Now haue I declared vnto you neighbours what euery ceremony y e is vsed in the processioÌ„ of Palme sondaye signifyeth THEO Ye haue done so in dede brother Philemon We do not only thaÌ„ke you for this youre great payne but also desyre almyghty God with moost humble hertes to rewarde you for it in his glory PHIL. In thus doing I haue done but my duty I confesse my selfe to be an vnprofitable seruauÌ„t Notwithstandynge yf this my sim ple declaracion hathe profyted you ony thynge at all or set forwarde your knowledge in christ verely I am not a lytle glad And yf I shall perceiue hereafter that ye practise those thynges in your dayly manners y t I haue taught you in wordes surely neyghbours I shall vn faynedly reioyse gyue God herty thanckes that you are so serious earnest labourers i y e LORDES vine yearde CHRI Neyghbour Phi lemoÌ„ doubte ye not but that with Goddes grace we wyll labour diligently to follow your moost godly wholesome admonicions Therefore yf there be ony mo ceremonies to be declared I pray you expresse theÌ„ to vs EVSE I pray you what me neth y e wasshyng of the Altares on MauÌ„dy Thursday at after noone ¶ Of wasshynge of the Altares what it signifyeth PHILEMON THer are diuers auÌ„swers made vnto it as we we reade but I thyncke it is done to put vs in remembraunce howe Christ wasshed his disciples fete at his maundy y â— we in lyke manner shoulde be redye at all tymes to do good vnto oure christen brothers yea euen to wash theyr fete whiche semeth to be the moost huÌ„ble lowely acte that we can do vnto theÌ„ If I sayth Christ being your LORDE mayster haue wasshed your fete verely you also ought to washe one anothers fete For I haue gyuen you an exaÌ„ple y e as I haue done to you so lykewyse ye should do Let that mynde be in you sayth S. Paule that was in Christ Iesus ¶ Of garnishyng y â— chyrch on Easter daye what it signifyeth THEOPHILE VUhat meaneth it y â— on Easter daye the Images all other thynges that were before hyd are made opeÌ„ the Temple restored to her prâ—…tine olde beautye PHIL. Nothynge els but that after christ had once suffred his passion for our synnes was rysen agayne from death to lyfe for our iustificacion all cloudes shadowes were taken awaye all ceremonies sacrifices of the olde lawe ceased all ioye all myrthe all felicite all pleasure all liberte all that euer we lost before in AdaÌ„ is nowe recouered agayne by Christe In token of this oure welth ioye is the Temple on Easter day moost preciously adourned CHRI We are nowe aboundantlye satisfyed concernyng the ceremoni es y â— are vsed in the Lente I praye you therfore declare vnto vs y e last parte of our Potacion accordynge to your promise which is this how we ought to prepare our selues for to receyue worthely at the tyme of Easter y t moost blessed Sacrament of the Aâ—…re PHIL. Neyghbours I wyll do it with all my herte I pray you therfore marke wel what shal be sayde EVSE Speake on brother PhilemoÌ„ we wyll heare you withe diligent eares and attent myndes Howe we ought to prepare oure selues to receyue worthely at the tyme Easter the moost blessed Sacrament of the 〈◊〉 PHILEMON THat you maye pre pare youre selues condignely worthely to receyue