he meaneth of his owne fleshe one spirit and he deuideth the spirite froÌ„ the flesh that they myght know throw fayth not onlye the vysyble parte but also the inuisible part that was in him and that the wordes whyche he spake ware not carnal but spirytual for what body shuld haue suffised to be the meat of al the worlde and eueÌ„ therfore did he make mencion of the assension of the sonne of man into heauen that he myght with drawe them from the bodyly ymaginatioÌ„ that they myght here after learne that the flesh was called heaueÌ„ly meat which cometh froÌ„ aboue spiritual meat which he wold giue Io. vi for christe the wordes that I haue spoke vnto you are spirite lyfe Iohn vi Here you may se that Chryst spake it of hys owne fleshe and ment playnly that it did nothyng profect as the Papistes or infydelles do vnderstand hym Now all they that wyl not haue the glory of ther redemption chaunged into a pece of bread but desyreth to haue the ryght ministracion of the Chrystiane tabell they must be couÌ„ted and condempned as swarmers heritykes and Sacramentates and not only that but must be Burned Drawen Miscrrimus error Drounned Hanged O my dearly beloued in Chryste Iesu is not this amiserable and aboninable herisie to learne and to make the poore people beleue i. Cor. xi that the euerlastynge sone of God is chaunged or transubstanciated into a peace of breade and suppe of wyne whiche hath gyuen hys body to be broken and hys bloud to be shede for vs in the remission of synnes O beastly Math. xv heritikes The scripture sayeth that that whiche entreth by the mouthe doth not defile a man for as Christe sayeth it is cast forth into the drawght and by the same reason it foloweth that it dothe not sanctyfye or make a man holye But the Sacrement entreth in by the mouth therfore it doth folowe that of it selfe it doth not santifie or make holy anye man And of this text shuld folow two inconueniences yf the sacrameÌ„t were the naturall bodye of Chryst fyrst it shuld folow that the body of Chryst shuld not santifye the faythful bicause it entreth in by the mouth and agayne it shuld folowe that the body of Chryst shuld be cast out in to the draught which is abominable Wherfore it must nedes folow that the Sacrament can not be hys natural bodye Therfore beleue Gods word it is Iohn vi the spirit that quicknethe the fleshe profiteth nothing meanyng to eate it with his tethe the wordes that I speake vnto you are spirit and lyfe and if it be so that ye do not beleue this Filius dei non editur carnaliter nec digeritur yet beleue that the euerlastyng soone of god which is with the father can not be eaten with mens teth nor consumed in no bellye muche les be deuored with fire wormes myse rattes and Apes which is openly knoweÌ„ in this visible bread vsed in many places But where the congregation of god is gathered together in his name with true fayth true loue obedience and with right ministration according to the declaracion of gods worde there is delyuered vnto the outward man breade and wyne but the inuisible maÌ„ receaueth throw the promyse of christ that inuisible bread and Drinke which is the flesh and Similt ê“simili pascitur blood of our sauiour Iesus chryste which men can neither eate bitte nor coÌ„sume for like wil with like be fede the visible man is fede wyth vysible meate namelye bread and wyne the inuisible spirit is fede with inuisible meate which is chryst Iesus Therfore remaneth bread bread wyne wyne for if it ware otherwyse so ware that spirituall man fede with palpable and visible breade wine so ware that visible creature namly breade and wyne chaunged in the spiritual and inuisible soone of god the which is not nor can not be as it is manifest afore our eyes and shal remayne euerlastinge O Lorde haue mercye vpon vs for we are more folish and haue lese vnderstandyng thaÌ„ the gentles haue had from the begynnynge For they haue worshipped for god the sonne Mone and Sterres whiche do declare power and myght in all waxynge creatures They haue I saye honored open Serpentes and Dragons with other creatures whiche had power myght and a lyuing sprite in them but we whiche boste oure selues of the name of Chryste prayes to and worshippes a pece of breade and a suppe of wyne for the sonne of God whiche hath shed his bloud vpoÌ„ the crosse for the redemption of all mankinde O abomynable blasphemye that the body bloude of the sonne of God that Lorde Iesu Chryst shuld be conuerted chaÌ„ged into suche a wayke feble Idol yea into suche an Idoll whiche can neyther speke nor fele heare see go nor vnderstande yea whiche must vanyshe awaye for age with all the creatures vpon earth whiche I saye must be kepped caryed loked of men lyke vnto the goddes of Babilon Baru vii No my dearly beloued no the sone of God wyl not be lyke vnto that Fabulose prothens he wyll not nor he maye not be shute vp in a house chamber golde nor syluer Rede I praye the .vii. and the .xvii. of the Actes Esay .lxvi. Actes vii Esay lx vi iii. Re. vii the heauen is his seat and earth is his fotstole And Dauid sayeth wyll god in very ded dwell wyth men on the earth beholde heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not conteyne the how muche lesse the house whiche I haue buylded all power is geuen vnto hym in heaueÌ„ and earth yea he hath set hym on his ryght hand in heaueÌ„ly thinges aboue all rewle and power and myght ii pata vi Mat. xviii and dominion in heauen and earth he hath cast all thinges vnder his blessed fete he hath exalted hym one hye and gyueÌ„ hym a name whiche is aboue at names that in the name of Iesus Ephe. i philip ii euery kne shulde bone both thinges in heauen and thinges in earth and al tonges shulde confesse that Iesus Chryste is the Lorde he is ascended vp into heauen and shall not come agayne fleshy vnto the tyme that he shall deuyde the shepe from the gotes Math. xxv Therefore I saye vnto you agayne he can not be eaten with teth nor conciued in no belly It is impossible that this inwarde man whiche is prophetable afore the lorde that he can eate or drynke any outwarde meate or drynke Externus externo internus interno pastiturcibo namely breade and vyne as I haue declared before But in the ryght supper of oure Lorde where we are congregated together in the Lordes name wyth a fayth that is full of good workes a loue vnfayned desyringe to leue and dye accordinge to the Lordes pleasure there is delte out to my huÌ„gre soule and thurstye concience the inuisyble fleshe
learniÌ„g saue peace saing my peace I leue with you my peace I geue vnto you the sonne of maÌ„ is not come to destroye the soule but to saue that which was lost O thou excellent prince turne thou vnto the wysdome of God whiche sayeth O turne you vnto my creacioÌ„ lo I wil expresse my mynd vnto you make you vnderstaÌ„d my wordes set your affeccyon vpoÌ„ ryghteousnes ye that be Iudges of the earth Be wyse nowe therfore o ye kinges be lerned ye that are Iudges of the earth set your lust vpoÌ„ wysdom that ye maye reygne for euermore Pro. i. Sapi. i. Psal ii Sapi. vi And remember wherto ye ar called namely to punysh euyl doears as theues murtherers hore-hunters breakers of wedlocke iÌ„ al kindes wytches buggers Raueshers of wemeÌ„ mourtherars extorcyners stretrobers to depose al false blind learners let them be of what secte or name soeuer he or they be with ther Antichrystes learninge beastly lyuing blasphemyng sclaÌ„derynge the almyghty maiestie of god Chryst Iesu the holy ghost the euerlastyng safemakyng word the holy gospel of Iesu Christ To these thinges are ye called as it is manifestly lerned iÌ„ al the holy scriptures Exo. xviii and xxiii.ii Pa. xiv Roma xiii i. Petre. ii as in Exo xviii xxiii.ii pa. xix Ro. xiii i pe ii suche prynces hath bene Ezecheas Ioseas Dauid Iosaphat zoroba bel yet mo whiche alwayes vsed the offyce accordinge to the declaracion of godes worde They haue done alwayes theyr hole diligens to rule the lande in the feare of God hath roted out all false Prophetes and Prestes wyth there Alters and Idols They haue soughe the lawe of the Lorde The ryght offeryng Cerymones whiche the Lorde had delyuered vnto the chyldren of Israel by Moyses Deut. vi The feare of God was in theyr hartes The boke of the lawe in theyr haÌ„des therafter haue they lyued Iudged the folke prased the Lorde that hath called them to suche an offyce they haue submytted them selues with al ther hole hartes and hath geueÌ„ the Glory vnto the God of there fathers Abram Isac and Iacob Lyke as Dauid dyd playeng daunsynge before the lordes Arke and was gyrded wyth a lynnen Ephode so that he was repreued of hys wyfe Michol What hathe he answered I wyll playe before the Lorde ii Reg. vi and wyll yet be more vyle theÌ„ so and wylbe meke harted meke in myne owne syght O thou excellent Prynce beleue the Gospell of Iesu Chryst feare the stronge punyshment of God loue ryghteousnes do ryght to wydowes and fatherles Iudge right betwene neyboure neyghboure feare no mans countenaunce despice no mans sympelnes punyshe with descretion all euyl doynges let learned men prech Godes worde in your lande that God hathe geuen vnto you and let them lyue by you whiche the Lorde hathe called and chosen So shal your seate remayne for euermore The Lorde guyde your hart to the loue of god and to the pacient wyghtyng for Chryste Amen Sapi. vi Pro. xxix ii tessa iii. By your poore seruante Thomas Lancaster ¶ To the right Congregation of God of whiche your grace is supreame heade next immediatlye vnder God MY dearlye beloued in christ Iesu I lerne wyth Chryste Iesus and that out chosen vessell saynt Paull that all they that are Baptysed thorowe the holy goost and is become one body that is one congregatyon of God Ephe. v. or holye churche withoute spot or wrincle or anye such thynge buylded vpon the fundacioÌ„ of the Apostles Prophetes Iesus Christ himselfe being the hed corner stone in whom whatsoeuer buyldynge is coupled togyther it groweth vnto an holy Temple in the Lorde in whom ye also ar buylded togyther to be an habytacyon of God throwe the holy goost Ephe. ii gathered out of Iewes and Grekes men and women fre and bonde Yea I say gathered out of al the chyldreÌ„ of God whiche is strowed in all the hole worlde and is become a true bride of Iesu chryste Gala. iii. These I saye that are thus borne from aboue out of God the father whiche new byrthe must be alonly throw the frutful sede that is Goddes worde For our fyrst byrth whiche is out of our fyrst father AdaÌ„ is hole blind defe wythout vnderstaÌ„dinge in godlye knowledge e. Cor. iiiii Ia. i. i. Pet. i Ro. viii earthelye mynded whose ende is deathe Therfore yf we wyll be partakers of the Lordes table we muste be borne anewe oute of the frutful sede of gods worde they ar coÌ„uerted and changed out of infydelite to fidelite out of earthly into heauenly out of flesh into spirit out of vnryghteousnes into ryghteousnes out of euel into good yea out of the earthly Adam into the heauenly Adam which is Châ—yst Iesus Ro. viii These are like fasshioned vnto the shape of Iesus Chryst i. Io. ii Hebre. iii. Io. i. Phili. ii whiche is the fyrst be gotten amonge many brethren and walkes as he hath walked these are the ryght brethren of Iesus Chryst borne with him from aboue oute of god the father and is like mindid as he these are the newe Eua the clean chast bryde of Iesus Christ flesh of his flesh and bones of hys bones Ephe. v. Gala. v. Colo. iii. Ro. vi These crucifie the fleshe with lust desier these haue rightly buryed ther synnes wyth hym in Baptime and ar risen with him in a new lyfe these are vpryghtly Baptised throwe the holy gost with all the true members of Christ in that vndefiled bodye of Iesu Chryste that is his congregacio i. Cor. xii Gala. iii. these ar thei that haue put one christ and prynte him out in ther lyuing These seekes nothynge in all there thoughtes wordes and workes but the prayse of god and the saluation of ther brethren Math. v. they loue them that hates them they do good for euell they pray for them that persecute theÌ„ they are troden out of al fleshly lust and desires as couetuousnes pryde vncleanlynes whordom backbiting sclaunderyng enuye murther theft glottony false holynes and al Idolatry There meditacion is day and nyght in the lawe of the Lord they reioyse in good and ar sadde in euill They render not euell for euell but much more good for euell they seke not there owne profyte but that is there neyghbours profect bothe in soule and body They giue meate to the hungry drinke to the thursty clothes the naked herber the herberles delyuer prisoners they viset the sicke comforte the comfortles they instruct them that go astraye yea they set there liues for there brethren like as our Sauiour Iesu Chryste the Prophetes and Apostles haue done there thoughtes are chast ther wordes are truth and with salt be sprinkle ye that is ye and nay is nay al ther workes are donne in the feare of god To suche a congregacyon is liceÌ„sed to haue the CommunioÌ„ of our Sauiour Iesus
Christes body and blood as here after shal be declared i. Cor. xi The Lord Iesus the same night in whych he was betrayed toke breade and whan he had gyuen thankes he brake it and said take ye and eate this is my body which is broken for you Mat. xxvi Mar xiiii Luke xxiii this do ye in the remembrauÌ„ce of me after the same maner also toke he the cuppe when supper was done saying this cuppe is the new Testament in my blud this do ye as often as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me and they haue dronke al here of These are the worde with which christ hath instituted his holi supper with which wordes the learned of the world haue wonderfullye foughteÌ„ and with in few yeres haue shede much innocent blood for it when they counted theÌ„ selues wyse they became fooles for the pryncipallest in this they haue not towched Ro. i. namely what people that it belongeth vnto We haue not one title that commauÌ„des vs that we shuld dispute of it but that we shuld be diligent that we myght be found worthy to be partakers of the declaracioÌ„ and benefite that is receaued in it as S. Paul teacheth let euery man examin himselfe and so let him eate of the breade and drynke of the cuppe c. Cor xi Wherfore we are constrayned to saye goodnyght to all hye disputacioÌ„ where throw diuisioÌ„ commeth desyring the lord alwayes that we myght be found worthy receauers of it according to the lordes commaundement ¶ This holy supper hath our sauiour Iesus christ left behind him vnder Luk. xxii bread and wine saying take and eate this is my body whych is geueÌ„ for you this do in the remembrauÌ„ce of me In whiche holye Supper is declared vnto vs. Fyrst the vnsearchable fauoure and loue of our lorde Iesus Christ which is come in this world not to coÌ„dempne the world but that the worlde throwe hym myght be saued Io. iii. O wonderful loue of god he hath sent no Angel no Patriarke nor prophet Ro. viii he is come him selfe in the simulitude of synfull fleshe Ye he which knew no synne made himselfe to be sinne for vs that we by hys meanes shuld be that righteousnes whyche before god is alowed not that christ is any suche synne that be farre He was that Lambe without spot whiche did do synne ii Cor. v. Exo. xii i. pet ii neyther was there gile fouÌ„de in his mouth Esay liii but he was that frewilling offring for synne as Esay as sayeth he was wonded for our offences and smitteÌ„ for our wickednes he is offred for so it hath pleased him therfore is he called sin that is an offering for synne O almyghtiful god who can kepe in secrete the vnmeasurable grace mercy declared vpon vs Ro. viii miserable synners but must breake out and coÌ„fesse the afore the whole worlde with mouthe and worke lyfe and soule Saynt Paul teacheth that god spared not hys owne sonne Ro. v but gaue him for vs all yea whylle we were yet synners and vngodlye Christe dyed for vs the righteous for the vnrighteouse ye the vndefiled offer lame is brente throwe the glowynge fyer of loue vpon the Iebett of the crosse yea the creatoure of all creatures is broken frome aboue to beneth yea he that is farer then the chyldren of men hath neyther bewty nor fauour he is dispised and abhored of al men yea he is suche a man as full of sorowe Psal lv and as one that hath good experyence of infyrmytes yea he is rekened amonge the transgressors the innocent must beare the hole falte of Adam as the Prophet sayeth I paid them the thynge that I neuer toke All this hath our sauyour declared vnto vs not throw our deseruynge but as Saynte Paule learneth the kyndnes and loue of our sauyoure god to man warde apered not by the dedes of ryghteousnes whiche we wrought but accordyng to his mercy he saued vs Esay l iii. for ther was no grace Psal xl ix nor mercy nor no remyssion of synnes by the father vnto the tyme that our sauiour Iesu Chryst hade taken vpon hym the synnes of the worlde Titus .iii. For as by one mans dysobedyence many became synners so by the obedyente of one shal manye be made ryghteous Nowe for asmuche as when he was in the shape of God Roma v Phelip .ii. made him selft of no reputacyon goen out of hym selfe and wher he was immortall is be come mortall takinge vpon hym the shape of a seruaunte to the intent that he myght serue vs al and was founde in hys apperell as a man very fleshe and bloud and in all thynges lyke vnto his brethren Luke .ii. Iohan .i. Hebre. ii Phelip .ii. sauynge synne he humbled hym selfe and became obedyent vnto his father vnto death euen the deathe of the Crosse throwe whiche death it pleased the father that in hym shulde all fulnes dwell and by hym to reconcile all thinges to him selfe and to set at peace by him throw the bloude of his Crosse both thinges in heauen and thynges in earth and is become an offerynge and sacryfyce of swete sauour to god his dearly beloued father Colo i. This is frutefully declared vnto vs in this holy Supper namely throw that breade that fleshe that he hathe geuen for vs Ephe. vi Mar. xiiii and throwe the Cuppe that bloud whiche he shede for manye for the remyssyon of synnes and shall be vnto vs a remembraunce tyll he come Nowe bycause that it is a comeÌ„ vse that a token of remembraunce hath the name of the thing that is remeÌ„bred by it Luke .xxii. Therfore hathe Chryste called the breade hys bodye and the wyne his bloude not that he is in substance in breade and wyne i. Cor. ii Exod. xii but that we shulde remember hym there by Lykewyse as the Easter Lambe was called the passynge by and yet was it not in it selfe the very passiÌ„g by but a token of remembraunce of the passinge by Seynge nowe that the Earster lambe hath the name of the thyng that the Israelites remembred by it and wherby they myght euerlastingly kepe in remembraunce the benefytes of god therfore it is conuenyent that Chryst called the breade hys bodye and the vyne hys bloude because that we shulde remember therby his death and passioÌ„ yea the onely sacrifyce of his bodye whiche he hathe suffered to be broken and his bloude to be shede for vs not â—hat the materyall bodye of Chryst is in the bread nor his bloud in the vyne Yet neuertheles is the supper of our Lorde a partakynge spiritually of the bodye and bloude of Chryste i. Colo x. as Sainte Paule saieth is not the cuppe of thankes gyuing wherwyth we gyue thankes a pertakinge of the bloud of Chryst and the breade that we breake is it not the partaking of the bodye of christ and to the intente that this
congregacion wher no wanton eyes is casting here there but all bente to the helpe and comfort of thy pore brethrē O glorious congregaciō wherin men vse not to drynke dans nor play but wher mē are dronke in the wysdome of god there shall the soule be ioeful in the holy ghoste playeng and daunsing afore the Lorde My derely beloued in Chryst Iesu ye that are so dearly bought with the precyous bloud of our sauyour Iesus chryst wake vp leaue of it is more thē tyme feare the lordes worde and fle from the deuilles table for this is no supper of the Lorde whiche the blinde vnlearned Papystes haue learned and vsed to this tyme no I saye it is no supper of our lorde Maximū discrimen intercenam dominicā et cenam Antechristi anam Cena mūdi whiche is ministred and soulde of an Antychrystes teacher a Sodomitical begger a babylonysh marchande the whiche yf he do not repente and amend is euerlastyngly cursed and banysshed from the prestes of god The Supper of our Lorde must be ministred of hym that is called of a Chrystian congregacion compelled throw the holy ghost to come in to the Lordes vyneyarde or heuenly haruest which is founde without faute accordynge to the declaracion of godes worde both in his lyfe and learning i. Cor v. and .vi. It is no supper that is receaued of dronkerdes fornycatours worshyppers of Images Gala. v. aduouteres weakelyng abusers of them selues with the mankind theues couetous cursed speakers murtherers traytours and shedders of innocent bloude But it is a supper to them the walkes afore God and the worlde in loue ioye peace long sufferynge gentylnes goodnes faythfulnes meakenes and temporaunce which desyers to spende there fleshe and bloude for the glory of God It is no supper where men haue no other thinge but shryueng fasting knocking knelyng becking bouing wessyng setting out of the bodye In cena domini non externus sed īternus requiritus ornatus with fayre clothes holding vp of handes and knocking vpon the breast but to them that is founde with a faithfull thankefull hearte and a cleane conscience and vnfayned loue All they that haue not this faith loue and is not bound hollie with the bond of loue to his neyboure seruing him in his nede with al diligence wyl and likewise set downe at the table of the Lorde I feare me that he shal receaue with that Hipocrite Iudas not lyfe but euerlasting death and eateth and drynketh the communiō of Balial and not of Christ though he speake with the tonges of men Angels and though he coulde prophesy and vnderstand al secretes and all knowledge Videat sibi quisque qui accedit ad cenam domni yf he had faith that he coulde moue mountaynes and though he bestowed al his goods to fede the pore and though he gaue his body to be burned and yet had no loue it profyteth nothinge so that he doth not loue out of the verye grounde of his harte wyth worke truth whiche loue is the verye band of perfectnes Cor. xiii ii Io. iii. and the chefe of all thynges Colo. ii Therefore I exorte euery man that wyll be partakers of the lordes supper i. Cor. xi that he ryghtly proue hymselfe accordyng to Paules learning For all they the trust vnto ther owne ryghteousnes Qui confidit in aliquo quam in christo maleidit or vpō the learnings and commaundemētes of men and not vpon ryghteousnes and deseruynge and bloude of our sauyour Iesu Chryste blessed myght he be and goeth lykewyse to the table of the lord the eateth his owne damnacyon Qui adamat tēpo ralia plus quam Christiana in digne man ducat Lykewyse all they that are baptysed and haue gyuē themselfe wyllingly vnder the false prophetes in heryse vngodlines and wyll not be reformed lykewise go to the table of the lord they eate theyr owne damnacion Lykewyse all they that loue better transitori thynges than the glory of God hys holy worde as golde syluer wyfe children lyfe and lyuing and goeth to the table of the lord he eateth his owne damnacyon Lykewyse all they that wyl not gyue them selues frewyllyng to the seruyce of theyr neyghbours with al that they haue receaued at the hand of god viseble and vnuyseble Qui sibi tantum modo viuit et non aliis iudicium sibi manducat and goeth to the table of the Lorde they eate theyr owne damnacyon Lyke wyse he that bosteth himselfe ogaīst his chrysten brother of his Byrth ryches wysdome bewty Qui gloriatur in vanis et si ep fū non cognoscito male edit or any such thinge and wyl not know that he is a stinkyng Caryon and foule flesh euel folyshe before the eyes of the lorde and goeth to the table of the lorde he eateth his damnacyon lyke wyse al they that boaste them selues of the name of Chryst and notwythstandinge lyues accordinge to the fleshe as pryde couetousnes aduotrye fornication vncleanes wantōnes Idolatrye witchecrafte hatred variaunce zele wrath stryfe sediciō sectes iniurye murther dronkenes gluttony and suche lyke and doth dayly with there cursed vngodly lyfe Gala. v. Ephe. v. i. Cor. v. Ro. viii crusifye the sonne of God and and go lykewyse to the table of the lorde he eateth his damnation For all they that commyte suche thinges shall not meryte the kingdō of god Apo. xxi Aperte mali pellendi sunt a cenra And therfore are they vnworthye to come to the Supper of the Lorde because they haue no communiō of the body and bloude of our sauiour Iesu christ No noman may be suffered to come to the holy supper of the lord let him be of what state or degre soeuer they be so farre forth as hys iniquite and sinne is manifest and knowen to the congregacion i. Cor. x. which is a communion or congregacion of the body and bloude of chryst But he must be excomunicated and cutte of with goddes worde vnto the tyme that he do penaunce decleare him selfe to be obedient to the gospell of our sauiour Iesu Christ whiche excomunicacion is manyfest in these Chapters folowinge as in Mat vii xvi x.xvi i. Cor. v. vi .. Phi. iii.ii. Tessa iii. i. Timoth. vi ii Timoth. iii. titus iii.ii. Iahn i. which excommunicacion yf I lyue by the helpe of God I wyll set out at large But as for them that are inwardly well and couereth themselfe outwardly with the shininge mantell of holines like as Iudas did with suche shall the congregacō haue nothing to do hipocritas iudicabit but let the lorde iudge thē which is a prouer knower of that all hartes for by him nothīg is hid nor forgottē he is the iudg that knowes the hartes mindes shal iudge Rom. viii i. Cor. v. Math. xiii Esay lxvi not onli the euel workes but also
and bloude of oure sauiour Iesu Chryst and my inuiseble man that is my soule receaueth it and eateth it My dearly beloued this is the ryght table and cuppe of our lorde Iesu Chryste i. Cor. xi But the other whiche the most parte of the world vseth is the table and cuppe of the deuel Cor. x. I wold not sayeth saynte Paule that you shulde be partakers of the table of deuilles i. Cor. x. For lyke as these aboue rehersed haue the communion of the body and bloude of Chryst so hath lykewyse the other the communion of the Antichryst Idoll and the deuels table And if it be so that we vse and eate with them theyr sacryfice and breade so declare we our selues to be wyth them one body and congregacion for thorowe the eatynge of the breade and drinking of the cuppe declare we how we are with them one breade and one bodye O myserable bodye that hathe neyther God nor Chryst nor Spryte nor Lyfe nor Lyght nor Worde nor Truthe nor Prayer nor no maner of promise I spake here of the fleshlye arrogant frewyllinge synners But the symple that feares God seketh the truth and hath it not thē shall the Lorde iudge accordinge to his godly wyl and mercye O miserable body whych is euerlastyngly deade afore the eyes of the lorde for in the is founde all the innocente blod that is shede vpon earth from Abelles tyme vnto this daye Apo. xxii xviii who dare apere before the stoole of God wyth such an vngodly darke wrath full disfigured Lecherous bloodye bodye ¶ O lord kepe and defende all thy poore seruauntes and true hartes from suche a bodye But this lyes hide from the eyes of the world they are Dronken so ful with the wyne of the whore of Babilon Thei know wel that the scripture wil haue vsed and holden a supper but what supper that is not knowen vnto them It is to the fleshe to painfull strayt and narow that supper that oure sauiour Christ haue lefte learned Therfore haue they chosen made themselues a Supper whiche they receaue with a beutyfull bodye and an vncleane soul of one which hath confessed them which is more beastly and deuillysh in all hys lyfe then they them selues are Yea they haue auansed this Diner so hye bicause of greate perell that the congregacion must receaued but in one kynd namely breade and no wyne But yf it were the Supper of our Lord it must be ministred and vsed vnder both the kyndes Therfore declare they it not to be the ryghte Supper of our Lord Iesus Christ but it is and shal remayn the ryght Supper of Antichryst yea I saye they haue auansed it so hie that the selfe breade must be verye flesh and the wyne very blood yea that is the vnfaythfull peoples nature bicause they do not knowe the inuiseble god of heauen nor the poure of the scriptures Therfore must they haue a visible god with whiche they commytte fornication and vse all abomination agaynst our sauiour Iesus Chryst Out of this vncleane stynking fountayne that is this learning is flowed out all infidelyte and Idolatrye which is vsed with this bread as lockynge it vp caryeng it aboute leftyng it vp prayeng to it seaking it indyuers places sensyng it doing godly honour and reuerence to it of the whiche ther is no tytle nor letter that can be founde in all the holye scryptures Ye it is sayde vnto this breade Exo. xxxiii thou arte he whiche hathe delyuered vs vpō the Iebet of the crosse Lyke as the chyldren of Israel sayd to the golden Calfe this is he that hath delyuered vs out of the lande of Egypte Awake vp and se the well afore you ye that boost and beare the name of Chryst ye haue sytt longe ynough in muche darknes become wyse and gyue prayes glorye vnto the Lorde God of heauen to the intente that it come not vpon you as it came vpon the chyldren of Israel in the wyldernes bicause of there infidelyte Idolatrye and disobedience All though that the Lorde delyuered them out of the power of Pharo by his stronge hande and straytched out arme ii Cor. x what helped it them verely nothing lykewyse it helpes vs nothing that we are redemed wyth the rede bloude of our sauiour Iesus Chryste out of the deuels power and myght so farre forth as we make our selues boundmen againe thorowe our Infidelyte Hebre. iii. Iude. i. Idolatrye disobediēce fleshly lyuing Therdly they learne that this selfe bread or sacramēt lyke as they name it is geuē and receaued for the remissyon of synsines my derely beloued wher christ Iesus and his holy worde is not there is nothing vbi Christus non est ibi nihil sanum but blyndnes infidilytye vayne hope dystrust and an vnquyet consiens We knowe wel there must be a mediatour for our sīnes but the ryght mediatoure Chryst Iesus we wyll not knowe Therefore haue we elected and chosen out so many satisfactions for our synnes so many that no man can thinke nor wryte as Pardons holye water holy fyre holy salte holy breade holy palme holy waxe holy bones holye cottes fastinge shryuinge Massinge pylgramage with other abomynable baggage more whiche is to long to reherse ye the dyner of Antychriste and that onely mediatour Iesus christ wyll we not Truly we are lyke vnto a seyke febyll fante woūded man that goeth and gyueth his mony to one that is not expert in his science whiche can not gyue neyther holsome drink nor laye no good playster whiche destroyes more than he edifyes And notwythstandinge there is declared vnto vs one expeart doctour which wyll neyther take gyftes nor rewardes for he is of himselfe rich inough and that he doth he doth it of frendly fauoure and loue seketh them at ther houses byndes vp there wondes healeth them and that frely but we wyl not haue him we haue more delyte in destruction then in saluacion Who shal haue compassion or lamente ouer suche a seke man It is in lyke case with this vnfaythfull generacion of man they feyle many tymes greate paynes and smarte runeth here and there to them whiche destroyeth more and more wyth there false venemous medicines It coste them moche mony they suffer moch smarte and yet are they neuer made hole of ther diseaces And that only euerlastynge riche perfect doctour and medecyne our sauiour Iesus Christ which is so abundantlye declared vnto vs of all Patriarkes Prophetes Angelles Apostels ye and of the father selfe him wyll we not haue which is come out of pure loue and fauour to al them that are woūded and euel healed and offers his seruice and hath brought wyth him a costlye precious salue that is good for al sores that is his precious rede blood that he for vs and for al the synnes of the worlde hath shede vpon the crosse for our redemption we wil not haue hym we put him awaye from
any man gyue let hym do it with synglenes let hym that rewleth do it with diligēce If anye man shewe mercye let hym do it wyth cherfulnes and let loue be amonge you wythoute dyssimulation i. Cor. vii and euerye man abyde in the same state wherin he is called no nother wyse than to the edifyenge of the bodye of Chryste whyche is hys congregation Ephe. iiii And thus is this holy Supper of oure Lorde Fyrste a remembraunce of the death of our Sauiour Iesus Christe whiche he suffred for vs i. Petre. ii throw which deathe we ar al reconciled Secondarlye it is an instruction of the pure cleane vndefyled loue whych is amonge the congregation of god lyke as I haue declared afore as the breade is made of manye Cornes and is one bread and as the Wyne is made of manye Grapes and yet is one wine so are we many mēbers and but one bodye whiche is christ My dearly beloued in Christ Iesu let euery man se earnestly to and proue himselfe accordynge to saynt Paules learnynge that he come not to the table of the Lorde bicause that it hathe bene so accustomed eyther throwe fayned holynes or desyre of worldly honour or disceat but oute of a pure cleane and vndefyled hart and so eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe for he that eateth or drynkethe it vnworthylye eateth drynketh his owne damnaciō For al they that wyl come sit at the lords Table Mat. v. vi they must be founde faythful mercyful louynge kynde pytyfull and obedyente wythout diuision wythout hatred wythout pride wythout couetousnes that wicked eye muste be plucked out that flesh muste be mortyfyed that euell hearynge eare stopped that clattering tounge tamed that fleshelye harte cyrcumsiced youre blouddy handes clensed your belyes measured and your fete compelled wyth the Lords word ye must haue afrewilling batayll agaynste the Deuel Vide quales erunt qui mense erunt perticipes the world and the fleshe that ye may be able to resyste in the euyll daye and stande perfecte in all thinges that is in the wyll of God youre loynes muste be girded wyth truthe hauynge on the breaste plate of ryghteousnes hauynge shoes on your feit that ye maye be prepared for the Gospell of peace He must be well veaponed wyth the shylde of fayth wherwith he maye quence all the fyery dartes of Sathan Ephe. vi he must haue on the helmet of saluacyon and be gyrded with the swerd of the sprete which is the worde of god he must be a mēber serueable and prophetable accordīg to his power he must be mynded lyke vnto oure sauyoure Iesus Chryst as he was what time he kepe this holye supper or communyō with his derely beloued brethren He toke breade and wyne and gaue thankes gaue it to his disciples sayde this is my bodye and my bloude whiche is broken for youe herewyth declarynge his godly loue vide beneficia christi erga nos fauoure and mercy vpon his derely beloued brethren euen as though he would say my derely beloued chyldren so farre hath youre loue led me and your fauoure drawen me that I haue forsaken the dominyon of my heauenly father and hathe taken vpon me to be come youre seruaunte to serue you in all thynges Ezech. xxx iiii Hebre. ii bycause I saye that ye were all as scattered shepe goynge astraye Psa xxiii and that there was no man that sought youe but that ye were all meate to the grypinge and ryuenge wolues and that there was no man to delyuer youe Ezech xvi But that ye were wonded vnto death that there was no man to playster you Luke x. Therfore am I come out of the bosome of my father become lyke vnto my brether a straunger a seruaunt a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outcast of people wandrynge in this wylde wyldernes of this world I haue sought you in cytes countres vpō mountaynes vayelles myserable haue I founde you Dume Deafe blind Cryple Pore and naked my seruice haue I declared vpon you youre synnes haue I repreued your febelnes I haue borne yea I haue caryed you vpō my shulders into my fathers house Luke x. Re. xvii Eze. xxiiii Ioh. vvi I haue deliuered you out of the mouthes of hellyshe lyons and beares your foull stynkynge wondes I haue so softly healed the peace of my father haue I declared vnto you your nakednes haue I clothed and youre pouertye I haue healped I haue gyuē vnto you fete hartes eyes eares and mouthes to walke to vnderstande to knowe to heare and to speake the wordes of euerlastynge lyfe I haue brought you into the knowledge of al ryghteousnes I haue learned you the wyll of my heauenly father And to the intente that ye maye know that I am the true messenger of my father so haue I declared it vnto you by my great wonders and myraeles Se nowe my derely beloued childrē nowe is my houre come the longe-time is ful ended now that I can serue serue you no longer wyth my lyfe learninge nowe wyll I laste of all serue you with my fleshe and bloud and bytter death For this cause am I come amonge you and leaue you this breade and this cuppe that whensoeuer ye shal come togither ye shal vse it in the remembraūce of me say dearly beloued brethrē in christ Iesu we that are here congregated together in the lordes name Quo animo celebretur coena dominica this bread this cuppe hath our sauiour Iesu christ lefte behind him that we shuld remember him therby O how frēdely hath our sauiour Iesu chryste serued vs both with his lyfe death declaring here in eating this bread drinking this cuppe Tales erimus erga alios qualis christus erga nos that we shulde folowe his blissed example seruyng one another lyke as one mēber another with prayer with learning with instructō with compelling with reproufe with mercy with loue all nedefull necessares as we haue foūd ī our sauiour Iesu christ towerd vs. Now as we are thus cōgregated in such a Christen fayth vnyte obedient i. Cor. xi so haue we godes worde and promyse a spirytuall ioye myrth coumfort of the house of Israell Mat. xxvi so reioses the congregacion of God in that beutyfull bryde knowenge well that the broken bread is a pertakynge of the bodye of christ and the cuppe of blyssing a partakynge of the bloude of Chryst whiche is shede for manye for the remycyon of synnes Ecclesia et communio Christiano cum O what gloryous banket is this where in the hungrye soule the inwarde man recayueth that inuysible breade heauēly foode which is christ Iesus O glorious cōgregaciō wherin ar no shāful songes nor vnprofytable wordes saue al onely brotherlye instruction and geuynge thankes to our sauyour Iesu christ O gloryous
vs with foote and hand Touth and Nayl ye we haue shote him awai from vs with our hornes and wyll not that Iesus Chryste shuld reygne ouer vs. Who shall haue compassion in the day of vengeaunce vpon our disobedynt hard necked miserable dampned soules I say vnto you in Christe Iesu beleue it and you wyl rone where ye wyl seake what meane that ye wyl ye shall fynde no nother in all the hole scryptures whyther ye be sycke or hole strong or wayke that shal profect you afore the Lorde saue onlye that that I haue declared vnto you that is Chryste Iesus or els ware al the holy scriptures false and starke lyes Rede I praye you Esay the Prophete I am Esay xliii euen I am the onli god and Lorde and besydes me there is no Sauyour I am he onlye that for my owne selues sake do awaye thy offences and forget thy sinnes Esay liii he onlye hathe taken on hym out infirmytyes and borne our paynes ye the lord hath heped togither vpō hym the iniquiti of vs all Psal lxix he payd the thing that he neuer had The Angell sayd to Ioseph call his name Iesus for he shall saue hys people from there synnes Math. i This is my bloud the which is of the new Testament Mat. xxvi that is shed for manye for the remyssion of sīnes Behold the lābe of god which taketh away the sinnes of the world for he made him to be synne for ii Cor. v Io. i. vs whyche knew no synne that we by hys meanes shulde be that ryghteousnes whych before god is alowed he hath borne our synnes in his body on the tre i. Peter ii i. Io. i Apoca. i. Heb. iii. i. Io. ii the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from al synne He hath sayth saint Iohn loued vs and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood which blood of the mediatour of the new Testament speketh better then the blod of Abel If any man synne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the ryghteous and he it is that obteyneth grace for our synnes Not for our synnes only but also for the synnes of the hole worlde My dearly belowed brethren yf there were any other aduocate or mediatour thē this Chryst i. Timo. ii how shamefull had all the holye scryptures lyed and howe pitefully had Sainte Paule deceaued vs wher he sayeth ther is one god one mediatoure betwne good and man euen the man Chryst Iesus which gaue hym selfe a raunsom for all men Yf it be so that throwe sekenes any other meanes wherin thou dost trust to haue remyssiō of sinnes by let it be so lordly so holy so bewtiful as it wyl ▪ saue onely that mediatour whiche is geuen vs of god that is Christ Iesu so forsakes thou the death of our lord whiche he hath suffered for the and thou denyest the most holyest and precious bloude that he hathe shede fore the. For all they that are not contente with this onely mediatour but seketh after other he curseth godes worde he rentes in peces the gospell of Iesus chryst and vtterly denyeth that Chryst is the ryght Messias lord and Mayster and sauyour of the worlde and that he is come from the father My derely beloued in Christ Iesu al thei that seke ani other straūge meanes wythout goddes worde ouer suche lamenteth the Lord Iere. ii by the mouth of the prophet Ieremye my people haue done two euilles they haue forsakē me the well of the vater of syfe and digged them pittes that can holde no water This hathe alwayes bene the the ende of all false learnyng to forsake Chryst Iesus whose ryghteousnes profeteth alonly before the Lord to the entent that we wold lyfte vp our owne ymaginacion and ryghteousnes to pray do reuerence vnto it as vnto a newe Chryst My dearly beloued here haue I breffly set you forth the right learning of the supper of our Lorde Iesus Chryst how it shulde be mynistred in the congregacyō of God accordinge to the Lordes word here haue ye a confutacion of suttel persuasyons argumentes of the mēbers of Antichryst wherwyth they mayntayne ther meletyde otherwise called theyr dyner for whiche cause muche ryghteous innocent bloude is shede wythout pitye or mercy in many places of the worlde and all by the meanes of these spirytuall couniurers of Egypte Exod. ix Exod. ix The Prestes of the mountaines seruauntes of Ball and the prophetes Iezebell the destroyers of the vyneyearde of the Lorde ii Reg. xix the defylers of the holy earth Sodome blind watchers dome dogges the treaders downe of the ryght pasture and the troublers of the clere water Iere. xii and .xiii. Esa v. vi Eze. xxxiiii Math. vii Mat. xxiii Iohn x. false prophetes grippīg wolues Actes .xx. The destrouers of wedowes fatherles theues and murtherers enemyes of the crosse of Chryste whose ende is danmacion whose god is there belly and glorye to there shame whiche are worldly mynded Philip. iii They are false maysters and fathers of sectes hauing cursed children welles with out watter ii Pet. ii dry cloudes wandrynge Starres Trees without frut at gatheringe tyme wythered twyse dede and plucked vp by the totes They are the raginge waues of the Sea fomynge out there owne shame to whome is reserued the myst of Darkenes for euer Iude. i i. Io. ii the ryght and true Antichristes Apoca. ix these are the abominable locustes whiche are come out of the botomeles pitte to hurt al them that haue not the marke of God in therefore hedes Somma those are they that are cursed and damned euerlastingly from the presence of god Luke vi excepte they repent and amende not that I Iudge theym that be farre from me for I know there standes wrytten iudge not les thou be iudged condeme not les thou be condēned but they are iudged by the euerlasting worde of the Lord the whyche can neyther lye nor be disseaued like as our Sauiour Iesus Christ sayeth Io. xii i Cor. v. vi I iudge you not but it is the worde that I haue spoken that iudgeth you Yf thou do the workes that Paule speaketh of thou shall not inheret the kyngdome of God If thou do thē not so thou art not iudged of anye man but of Goddes worde Nowe my deare beloued lay these .ii. one agaynst another Gods learnynge and mannes learnynge the truth and the lye Chryst and Antichriste wey it mesure it tell it wyth the Lordes word and I trust in the Lorde that ye shall fynd nothynge that I haue here declared but the ryght true worde and wyll of oure sauiour Iesus christ My dearly beloued be thankeful vnto the almyghty maiestie of god throw our Lorde Iesus christ that it hath pleased him to let shyne vnto vs the lyght of the holy Gospell which hath be keped from vs so many hundreth yere in the darke night of infidelitie ¶ Therfore take it now vp as Ierymye sayeth while it shyneth and tarye not lest it be conuerted and chaunged into a dedlye darkenes rede it right it is godes word amend your lyuing serue your neyghbour with al diligence feare God and be obedient vnto his holy word so shal thou remayne in euerlasting lyfe Amen ⸫ Thomas Lancaster i. Cor. ii For another foundacion can no man laye than it that is laye whiche is Iesus Chryst Praysed be the Lorde God Mark viii Whosoeuer is ashamed of me and of my wordes in this aduouterous and synfull generaciō of him also shal the sonne of mā be a shamed whē he cometh in the glory of his father wyth the holy Aungelles Ma. xxiiii He that endureth to the ende the same shal be saued ¶ Imprynded at Londone by Iohan Turke