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A68091	A preparation to the most holie ministerie wherein is set downe the true meanes to be well prepared to the same, by an exact description, and consideration, of the necessitie, excellencie, difficultie, and great profit therof; with the maruellous effects of the same: also a liuely exhortation to all youth, to giue themselues to the studie therof: and a confutation of the obiections which may be brought in any sort to touch the same: verie profitable and necessarie in these our times, ... Diuided into two bookes. Written in French by Peter Gerard, and translated into English by N.B.	Gerard, Pierre.	1598 (1598)	STC 11754; ESTC S108635	151,047	320

sayde this shall bee ma●● my body or turned into my body A● if these wordes should bee vnderstood wi●●out a figure as the Papistes woulde haue they shoulde signifie rather that his bo●● and his bloud should bee turned i● the Bread and Wine and not that 〈◊〉 Bread and the Wine shoulde bee tur●● into the substaunce of the body of Chr●●● because wee finde some such like th●● in the Scripture as wee may reade in ●nesis Gen. 19. where it is sayde That Lot his V● was turned into a Piller of Salt and 〈◊〉 piller of salt was to be seene wher● to Lots Wife was turned So that it 〈◊〉 bee sayde after this sort This Pille● Salt is the Wife of Lot to note that 〈◊〉 his Wife was turned into that Piller 〈◊〉 they that doo heare these wordes 〈◊〉 vnderstande it so For these wor● The Pillar of Sale cannot signifie the 〈◊〉 thing properly therefore a proper signification must needes bee founde out So in like manner when it is heere sayde This is my bodie this is my bloud these wordes cannot any way beare this signification that wee should vnderstande by them a reall conuersion into the bodie and bloud of Christ Moreouer these wordes of transubstantiation doo bring with them three absurdityes The first is that if the bread and wine shoulde bee turned into the body and bloud of Iesus Christ there should bee no signe in the Supper and so there should bee no sacrament which cannot bee without a visible signe The seconde is that the bloud of Iesus Christ shoulde bee separated from his bodie which is also absurde and impossible The thirde that Iesus Christ shoulde haue a bodie infinite and by consequent hee shoulde not bee true man nor truely ascended into heauen which shoulde ouerthrowe the principall Articles of our fayth And t is to no purpose to obiect heere that hee hath a gloryfied body by which hee may bee at one time in diuers places together for this replie is vayne because hee hadde no such bodie when as hee instituted the Supper and besides his glorification did not any way diminish the nature of a true bodie but onely did make him infinite as an auncient Doctor hath verie well sayde And wherefore it is sayde in the Acts of the Apostles That the heauens should containe him vntill the daie of iudgement when hee shall visiblie descende as he was seene to ascende The fourth is that infidels and hypocrites comming to the Lords Supper shoulde truely participate the bodie and bloud of Christ and so it must needes follow that GOD and the diuell should bee lodged togither And besides these absurdities which doo beate downe transubstantiation experience it selfe is against it Wee may perceiue the bread and wine to consume away beeing long time kept for this dooth shewe most plainely that the substance of them is not chaunged As also these wordes beeing well vnderstood doo ouerthrowe transubstantiation so they doo likewise confute theyr Cousin germane which is Consubstantiation that is those which doo affirme that the body of Iesus Christ beeing euerie where it must needes bee in the Breade of the Lordes Supper that it is eyther aboue or belowe or at one side or within as his bloud is in the VVine The wordes of Iesus Christ cannot likewise beare this sence For if they will so vnderstand them Iesus Christ must haue said My bodie shall bee with this bread and my bloud with this wine Moreouer this shoulde bee to fall to a fleshlye and carnall eating which cause vs to fall into the three last absurdities of transubstantiation When Iesus Christ saith to the Capernaites who did imagine a carnall eating because hee had said That vnlesse one eate his Flesh and drinke his bloud that he cannot haue eternall life He saide vnto them in the Verse three score and three expounding himselfe It is the spirit that quickneth the flesh profiteth nothing the wordes that I speake vn-you are spirit and life Is not this place cleare inough to shew that hese woordes must be vnderstoode spiritually and not carnallye And although that there hee speaketh not of a sacramentall eating but of that which is made by the woorde of GOD which is receiued by faith notwithstanding it maye verye well imparte thus much because it is the same kinde of eating in substaunce so that whatsoeuer is spoken of the one doth belong also to the other and seeing that question is made of the nourishment of the soule which is spirituall and that the foode thereof is spirituall it must necessarily follow that the eating must be also spirituall and not grosse and carnall And to be so it cannot otherwise be but that the bread and wine shoulde be nothing else but signes onely of the body and bloud of Christ and that they do alwaies remaine bread and wine after the wordes of cōsecration and after the partaking thereof As it is easie by Saint Paule 1 Cor. 10. where hee saith The cuppe of blessing which we blesse is it not the communion of the bloud of Christ The bread which we breake is it not the communion of the body of Christ It is not said that the cup of blessing which one blesseth is the bloud of Christ really that the bread which we break is the proper and substantiall body of Christ but that it is the communion of the one and of the other by the which words he declareth plainly that the bread and the wine doth alwaies remaine bread and wine but they are certaine and infallible pledges of that cōmunion which we haue in the body of Christ See also that the bread the wine are nothing but signes of the body and of the bloud of Christ yet neuerthelesse we do participate of the same as trulie as if we shuld eat his flesh and drinke his bloud after a carnall manner Let vs adde that this interpretation which is the second point we haue to handle causeth no inconuenience and that by the same those foure absurdities which are recited before are auoided for by the same the signes remaine in their owne nature the bloode of Iesus Christ is not separated from his bodie his humainitie is not diminished neyther the truth of his ascension and sitting at the right hand of his Father And further The Amplifying of the second part wicked men shall not partake of the body of Christ and of his blood But what will bee obiected if this bee the true meaning of Christ how is it declared by more manifest words and lesse doubtfull One answereth that this promise cannot be made by a more briefe kinde of speeche and more significant For if hee had saide This is the pledge and the signe of my body there shuld not haue been a promise as there is vnlesse he had vsed more words as if hee shoulde haue saide I assure you that this bread and this Wine doth so represent vnto you my body and my bloud that as often as you do

King of all Kings to deliuer his worde vnto all sortes of people they ought not to spare any labour to accomplishe woorthilie the contents of their commission that by the happye execution thereof they may promote in great measure the worke of theyr Maister And seeing that it is his pleasure that they shoulde bee honoured as himselfe as hee sayth in the Gospell hee that receiueth you receiueth mee they then beeing mooued with this incomparable honour to take more courage and alacritie to please him Ministers of reconciliation Lette vs ioyne the other title of excellencie verie like vnto this which is the 16. rhat they are called Ministers of reconciliation the meaning whereof is that as it is meete that they which are appointed to make peace and cease contention betwixt two or three or a multitude of men should be wel spoken to bring forcible reasons to perswade and apply them to the purpose that they may thereby cure the bitternesse of the hart on both sides and ioyne them togither in a firme bande of loue euen so it is much more expedient that those which are intercessors and mediators betwixt God and men shoulde bee prompt and ready to worke this effect and it is necessarie that they be wise prudent discreete aduised endewed with good precepts and instructions drawne out of the word of God and other godly Authors that by their great wisedome and exquisit learning they may by the grace of God restore poore sinners who haue broken in all points the league of allyaunce which God hath made with them to the fauour of God againe And that they doo study with all dexteritie agreeable to theyr calling that when they pray vnto God they maye make an attonement betwixt God and the people in the administration of theyr charge according to those meanes which hee harh ordeyned in his holy woorde And because this is verie profitable they must labour to enrich themselues with all things necessary for the exercise of this office of so great importance Let vs goe to the other titles which are ful of waight and authoritie The 17. they are called Fathers Ministers called Fathers that as a good and wise Father to whom God hath giuen children he taketh paine to bring them vp and to instruct them whiles they are in their young and tender age in those vertues which should altogither shine in them when they are come to riper yeares to frame them to other higher sciences to ioyne with their knowledge honestie of manners and so to breede them according to their naturall inclination Those also which are desirous of the calling of the Ministrie ought to beware not onely to haue the bare name and want the effect that is to be vnfit to teach the people insufficient to beat backe heresies which are oftentimes engendred in the middest of the Church of God but that they be plentifullie instructed in each facultie that making themselues knowne indeed they may be feared of them who appose themselues against that doctrine of which they are defenders may be esteemed of the people so much or rather more then a wise Father is of his familie If they be young in age they must endeuour to be old in knowledge in holinesse of life in moderation of their maners in grauitie in counsaile and ripenesse of all their actions that being cōpassed about with this faire border of vertues they may supply not onely their defect of yeares but that they go beyond as much as may be the old men themselues with hoarie haires and white beards The 18. they are called Bishops to watch without ceasing ouer their flock to teach diligently by the worde of God to be alwayes in the watch Tower to see how euery thing standeth not to be corrupted that if errours abuses and peruerse and heretical doctrines will enter into the Church they must shewe their diligence in chasing them away To conclude that they bee alwayes in the fore and rerewarde for the intire conseruation of the people whome God hath committed vnto their charge For this worde Bishop in the Greeke tongue signifieth in English so much in effect But because wee shall speake more largelye thereof in the discourse of the difficulties of the Ministrie we will content our selues with this for this time The ninteenth title They are called by Christ The salt of the earth Salt of the earth to teach them that as there is nothing in this life of greater vse then salt amongest the effects whereof which are infinit there be two principall the first is that it giueth a taste to all meates with which our poore bodie is nourished the second is that it preserueth them by the naturall force thereof from corruption and putrifaction so they in like maner by their wholsome doctrine which they ought to teach do keepe in their duty those which are inlightned by that heauenly b●●ghtnesse and who haue knowledge of saluation in Iesus Christ alone to the ende they do not degenerate or slide away neither from that truth which they pr●f●sse neither from their godly life but persist and go forward more and more in their good course Moreouer by the salt of this doctrine they must cause a wicked life to bee made knowne and all sinne and prophanenesse to bee discouered and make vngodlye men to feele the sharpenesse and eagernesse of the same to procure in them an hatred of their sinnes to detest them euer afterwarde and to dedicate themselues to an holie and Christian conuersation But let vs obserue as they are the cause of reformation for the most pa●t or at least wise may be so called by reason of the salt of doctrine by which they must season as well them which oftentimes are awaked out of their vices to the ende that they sleepe not in securitie as those that many times doo snort so stronglie that they feele nothing more then they which are sicke of the Leprosie which they must carefullie bee aduised aboue all things whether they haue or no afterward that they keepe it safe whether it bee cleane and pure I meane that it bee not defiled with any filthinesse of false doctrine and moreou●r to looke whether they haue sufficient And finallie beeing assured so haue all this that they keepe it in the naturall pu●●tie taking care that it bee not marred or spilt that is that they ought diligentlie to countergarde the integritie and puritie of theyr salt for if that come to passe euen as there is nothing of such force for the good and saluation of man then those which haue the gouernement of this salt So there is nothing more hurtfull then they if they once suffer them●elues to be soyled and polluted with false and Pharisaicall doctrines and defile themselues with the vncleanly conuersation of the wicked For the matter hangeth vpon them in al● and through all that is as salt is of such vse that there is nothing more for the necessitie of

of the body are ioyned with the head Sathan I say hath caused that at this day by this sacrament al Christendome is disunited diuided torne in peeces which is a lamentable thing to heare more pittifull to behold and this commeth to passe by the iust iudgement of God for the vnthankfulnes of christians But what is to be done as sathan hath bin and is very diligent to corrupt the true sense of this institution so we also shuld be as diligent to search out the true vnderstāding that we may ouercome him because that it is a thing more then reasonable that the faythfull should be assured of ●heir saluation The application of the exord with a breefe exposition of the text that the diuell shuld not haue power to withstand them And because that these be the cheefe words This is my bodie this is my bloud by which the diuel hath blinded the vnderstanding of many so that they could not conceiue the true meaning it is our dutie to seeke out the true vnderstanding with a docible and patient spirit Let vs note in the first place that the Euangelists Saint Paul saying here That Iesus Christ hauing taken the bread that he eate it with his Disciples that he brake it and gaue it to his Disciples saying Take eate c. that in these words there is the institution of the supper the which was instituted the night before he suffered after supper and after that hee celebrated the eating of the passouer This institution dooth containe three principall poynts the first is the signes and the ceremonies the second their signification the third the agreement that they haue the one with the other As cōcerning the signes there are but two the bread and the wine which doo represent the bodie and bloud of Iesus Christ because they haue the selfesame vertue to nourish our soules as the common bread and wine which wee doo ordinarily vse for our necessitie hath a proper power to nourish our bodyes For this cause Iesus Christ calleth himselfe in many places The bread of life not to speake properly that that bread which is distributed into the Supper is the bread of life of it selfe for it differeth nothing neither the wine also from that which wee doo ordinarily vse but this bread and this wine doo nourish our soules because they are ordained of God to this effect There are two signes to signifie that in him is a full perfect spiritual nourishmēt that is to say ●l that is requisite for our saluation also the better to make vs call to mind his death and ●assion because that the wine which signifi●th his bloud shed is so liuely represented in ●hat before our eyes Let vs come to the ce●emonies which be double wherof one doth ●oncern him that doth administer the Supper ●he other him which doth cōmunicate Tou●hing him that doth administer it is his part to ●●ke the bread to break as pastors do ordi●arily which doth signifie that the body of ●esus Christ was broken with infinite sorrows ●●d horrible agonies to deliuer vs frō euerla●●ng death as he himselfe declared when he ●●id This is my bodie broken afterward pre●ted the bread and the cup of wine to beare ●●tnes that God for his part doth presēt vn●● vs Iesus Christ and with him al his graces ●●d spirituall riches and for his part dooth ●●we neare by this Supper to commu●●ate himselfe vnto vs. The ceremonie 〈◊〉 to take the bread and the wine which are ●esented vnto vs and to eate and to drink ●●ter the institution of the supper wee must ●●me to these words Take eate drink this is 〈◊〉 bodie and my bloud doo this it remembrance ●●s and to vnderstand them more cleare●● we may obserue that they doo containe a commandement a promise The cōma●demēt is expressed in these words Take eat● drink do this in remembrance of me when 〈◊〉 is said This is my body this is my bloud there 〈◊〉 the promise All which words do signifie a● much as if Christ should haue said this brea● and this wine doth so represent my body an●● my bloud that you which do partake these v●sible signes I do assure you that you partic●pate that which they doo represent that is 〈◊〉 say my body and my bloud that this is th●● true interpretation of the wordes of Ies●● Christ it is manifest by other testimonies 〈◊〉 the scripture this shall be the second poi●● of this Sermon But before we beginne 〈◊〉 confirm by them our interpretation A confutation of the reasons of the Papists we m●● first examine whether the papistes haue ●●ny reason or no to vnderstand their transu●stantiatiō And this is as they say whē Chr●●● said This is my body this is my bloud that th● word is doth signifie to transubstantiate a●● to conuert by consequent that the bre●● and the wine were transubstantiated into 〈◊〉 body and into his bloud First wee answer that this word is which is a verb substāti●● doth not signifie in any place of the scriptu●● to conuert and transubstantiate and that i● shuld so signifie many absurdities would f●●low as we might produce many places wh●● verie strange absurdities would be perceiu●● whe●her it is said in Gen. that Ioseph interpreting the ●●came of Pharaoh which was that he had seen 〈◊〉 fat kine and 7. leane It is there set down 〈◊〉 at the 7. leane kine are 7. yeares of barren●sse and the 7. fat kine 7. yeares of plentie 〈◊〉 wee should take according to the letter 〈◊〉 is word are which is the same word which ●eere vsed we must needs conclude that ●●ese seuen kine were indeed and really seuen ●●res which should be a strange absurditie ●nd when it is said in Saint Iohn that Iesus ●●rist is a vine and his father the hus●●nd-man wee must conclude that Ie●●● Christ is conuerted into a vine and ●OD into an hushand-man that is sub●●ntially and essentially which were an ●●rrible thing to heare and more hard to ●●eeue And because some may obiect that 〈◊〉 kinde of speech is sette downe to ●●e the similitudes and they bee indeede ●●ilitudes and not a sacramentall man●● of speaking wee could produce manie ●de of speeches which are sacramentall 〈◊〉 one shall suffice Saint Paul sayth That fathers did all eate the same spirituall meate 〈◊〉 did all drinke the same spirituall drinke 〈◊〉 they dranke of the spirituall Rocks that ●●wed them and hee addeth and the Rock● 〈◊〉 Christ This worde was is so to bee ●●n as in this place if then this bee well considered what man is there of soun● iudgement that will vnderstand by this m●ner of speaking that this Rocke was tro● substantiated indeed and really into Chri●● as he must of necessity vnderstand if this ●pinion of the papists be true Let vs conclu● then that these wordes properly cann●● beare this signication for if Iesus Ch●●●● would haue signified so much hee wou●● rather haue