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A sermon of the sacrami[n]t of the aulter made by a famouse doctoure called Fryderyke Nausea in Almayne and lately out of latyn translate into englysh by Iohn More
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Nausea, Friedrich, d. 1552.; More, John, fl. 1533.
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as he was before in y â— sacrament accordyng to his own ê“mise where he sayth And lo I am wyth you for euer euen to the worldes ende whyche all though yt may be vnderstanden of y e maner of presence by whyche he is euer present wyth vs by his powre grace and dyuyne maiesty yet semeth it more lykely he ment of the sacrameÌ„tall presence syns hys dyscyples knewe well inough he sholde neuer be from them as concernynge the former presence but they were not iÌ„lyke wyse sure of hys presence in that sacrament whyche in so farforth was harde to be byleued and perceyued y e many of hys dyscyples went backe and went no more wyth hym And therfore oure sauyour Cryste fyrst to fulfyll the fygure of scrypture gaue hym selfe mete to vs. Surely that fygure was manna gyuen from heuyn to the chylderne of Israell wyth whyche they were fedde .xl. yere in deserte Cryste the interpretour who sayth Truely truely I tell you it was not that Moyses gaue you the brede out of heuyn but my father gyueth you the trew brede out of heuyn I am the brede of lyfe your forefathers hath eatyn maÌ„na in deserte and be dede This is brede descendynge froÌ„ heuyn so that who eateth hereof shall not dye whereby it well appereth that manna in deserte was but a shadowe and fygure of the very maÌ„na that is to witte of the body of Iesu Cryst to be gyuen to vs to eate syth also thapostell wryteth that thynge and the history thereof but as a figure of that whyche after was to be fulfylled Secondely he gaue hym self meate vnto vs to accomplysshe in dede that he promysed by worde which god wold haue so sure and so trewe that he sayth Heuyn and erth shall passe but not my wordes But now Cryste promysed to gyue hys flesshe for oure fode sayenge I am the lyuely brede whyche am descended frome heuyn who eateth of this brede shall lyue for euer And the brede which I shall gyue is my flesshe for the lyfe of y e worlde For why my flesshe in dede is meate my blood is very drynk who cateth my flesshe and drynketh my blood dwelleth iÌ„ me and I in hym Thyrdely Cryst gaue hym selfe vnto vs for meate merueylously and ineffably to shewe vs hys hygh charyte by whych both bodely and gostely he wolde be wyth vs perpetually and all one wyth vs by incorporacioÌ„ as it is wont to be in loue For by the communion of the body and blood of oure lorde Iesu Cryste all we be made one hole body wyth Cryste Thapostell approuynge it sayenge thus The brede that we breke is it not the parrycypacyon of the body of our lorde bycause we menâ—â—y be but one brede and one body all that be partakers of one brede and one cuppe And for thys cause oure lorde Iesu Cryste and onely redemer to leue byhynde hym a remembraunce of hys loue towarde vs and by thensample of the same loue wold haue vs that be hys not onely loue hym but also one another and by the remeÌ„braunce of hys most bytter deth gyue hym thankes togyther was content to be present wyth vs thoughe inuysybly yet bodely in that sacrament and by that communyon as we haue sayd be fore to be all one with vs so to leue thys blessed sacrament of thaulter behynd hym as a sure pledge of hys great loue towarde vs. Of thys it was that saynt IohnÌ„ sayde that at thys laste holy supper the instytucyon of that moste blessed sacrament of thaulter was made for a sygne of loue when he sayth Before y e feast daye of Easter Iesus knowynge y t hys howre was come in whyche he sholde departe out of thys worlde to hys father when he had louyd hys that were in the worlde he loued theÌ„ to thende And after supper so forth In whych saynt Luke answeryng with the other wryteth that Criste in hys laste supper sayde I haue inwardely desyred to eate thys pascall wyth you before I suffer and so forth And wythin a lytell whyle after And takynge the brede he sayd grace and brake it gaue it to theÌ„ sayenge This is my body that shall be delyuered for you Do you thys in remembraunce of me How in my remembraunce That you maye remember howe I haue loued all you that byleued in me who for the greate loue I bare you to thentente I maye be wyth you bodely to the worldes ende haue gyuen you meate myne owne body and myne owne blood vnder the forme of brede and so vnder the sacrament to the enteÌ„t that there may come in your myndes somtyme another greate charyte of myne by whych I dowre not to suffex deth for you whyche deth and charyte you ought to remember wyth the rendrynge of dewe thankes as ofte as ye consecrate and handell by myne ensaÌ„ple this sacrament whyche thynge thapostell coÌ„fyrmynge sayth that Chryst the same nyghte he was betrayed takynge the brede and the cuppe delyuered it vnto his dyscyples and sayd Do you this in remembrauÌ„ce of me As ofte as you eate of thys brede and drinke of this cuppe shewe you the deth of our lorde tyll he come and so forth With how fatherly a loue then Cryste instytuted thys holy sacrament of thaulter there is no good man that of these wordes of Cryste also of thapostell as well of that y â— goeth before as foloweth vnderstandeth not syns he harde that oure lorde Iesu Cryste not onely had shewed in that hys charyte towarde vs whych he wolde sholde be ê‘petuall in that he toke vpoÌ„ hym our nature to make vs as saynt IohnÌ„ sayth men by partycypacyon goddes by fayth and all he toke of ours gaue vs agayn for our helth but also offered vppe to god hys father his owne body on the crosse as a sacrafyce for our recoÌ„cylyacyon his blood to be shed as a pryce and laua tory of our synne that beynge redemed from the myserable seruytude we myghte be clensed frome our vyce Wherfore to thentent the remembraunce of so hygh a benefyte might abyde in vs and the greatnesse of the loue of god more fyrmely fixed in our brestes in his laste supper as yt is wryten in the gospell of saynte IohnÌ„ in the pascall made wyth his dyscyples at his departynge oute of thys worlde to his father he gaue his body for meate and hys blood for drynke to be receyued of faythfull folke vnder the forme of brede ordeynyng this holy sacrament of thaulter as a ê‘petuall remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of hys passyon to thâ— fulfyllyng of tholde fygures one of the greatest myracles that euer he dyd as a syngulare comforte of all those that are sorowfull for his absence As though he wolde say I shall not leue you fatherles not for y â— I wyll come agayne to you my selfe but bycause I wyll be euer wyth you euen to the ende of the world by my mercy by my grace