Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	body_n	bread_n	cup_n	14,611	5	9.8387	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13397	A catechisme or institution of the christen religion. Newely set forthe by Richard Tauerner	Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.	1539 (1539)	STC 23709; ESTC S105103	28,747	144

no lesse then yf he stode euen personally present to be sene as he is in his maiestie with our eyes to be felte with our handes yea and that with suche power and myght that not onely he bryngeth to our soules an vndoubted truste of euerlastynge lyfe but maketh vs sure also of the immortalitie of our flesh beyng quyckened of his immortall fleshe after a maner takynge part of his immortalitie Wherfore vnder the sygnes of bread and wyne be presented and ministred vnto vs the body and bloude to thintent we myghte lerne y ● they be not onely ours but also serue vnto vs for lyfe and nourysshyng Thus when we se this most sacred and mysticall bread anone we must cōceyue this similitude that lyke as breade nourysheth susteyneth and preserueth the lyfe of our natural body so is the body of Chryste the fode comfort and defence of our gostly lyfe When we se the forme of wine loke what profyte wyne bryngeth to mans bodye the same muste we recken spyritually to be brought vnto vs in Chrystes bloude Now this mystery as it is a proufe and declaratiō of the great bounty of God towardes vs so it ought to monysshe vs that we be not vnkynd for the same his goodnes and excedyng liberalitie shewed vnto vs but rather as oure duetie is auaunce the same w t prayses and magnifye it with thankesgyuyng And furthermore that we shulde embrace one of vs an other with suche an vnite as we se the membres of one body knyt and fastened amonges theym selues For there can be no quycker spurre to sturre brotherly loue amonges vs then whiles Chryste thus gyuynge hym selfe to vs doth not onely allure vs by his exemple euery one of vs frely to yelde and gyue hym selfe to other but also lyke as he maketh hym selfe commune amonges vs all so in hym he maketh vs all to be as one But wolde god we wolde lerne to measure to contemplate in our mynde the greatnes of this so hyghe a sacrament gyuen vs of god wolde god I saye we consydered howe fowle a synne ingratytude is how horrible peynes and punishemētes do ensue of the vnreuerent handlynge and ꝓhanation of this sacramēt Neither is it to be thought y ● those moste graue thretninges y ● s. Paule pronounceth be frustrat voyd For thus he saith Wherfore who so euer eateth this bread and dryncketh the cuppe of the lorde vnworthely shall be gyltie of the body and bloude of the lorde Let a man therfore examine hym selfe and so let hym eate of that breade dryncke of that cuppe For he that eateth and dryncketh vnworthyly eateth and dryncketh his owne damnation not decernynge the body of the lorde Of the Pastors and herdmen of the churche and of theyr power FOr as moche as the lorde wyll that bothe his worde and the Sacramentes be ministred by men vnto vs it behoueth Curates or herdmen to be set in offyce ouer the church which with pure doctrine may enforme the people bothe pryuely and apertly ministre Sacramentes and with good exemple instruct men vnto holynes and purenes of lyfe Who so despiceth this institution this order be vnruely and disobedient not agaynst men but agaynst god in that they factiously withdrawe them selues from the felowshyp of the churche which without this ministerie by no meanes can stande for that hath no lytell authoritie that the Lorde ones witnessed sayenge that he hym selfe is receyued when they be receyued and that he is caste oute when they be caste out And to thintent theyr office shulde be no vyle thynge ne vnregarded they be endowed with a special commaundement of byndynge and loosynge hauynge therto a promesse that what so euer in earthe they bynde or loose the same is bounde and loosed in heauen And Chryst hym self expounynge his worde declareth that to bynde is to holde synnes and to loose is to release them Nowe by what fasshyon they loose the apostle expouneth when he saythe that the gospell is a power to saue euery beleuer Agayne what waye they bynde he declareth when he saith that the Apostles haue a redy vengeaūce against all disobediēce For the summe of the gospell is that we be īeruauntes of synne and death that we be losed and made free through the raunsome whiche is in Chryst Iesu and as many as do not receyue hym for their redemer be bounde with newe bondes of a greater condemnation But we muste remembre that all this power which scripture gyueth to pastours and byshoppes is conteyned within the mynistery of the worde for Chryst gaue not properly this power to men but to his word ordeynynge men onely the mynisters thereof Wherefore in goddes worde whereof they be made disposers layers out boldely let them ieoparde euen all thynges and constreyne all the power glory and pryde of the worlde to stowpe and obeye vnto it by it let them cōmaund all men from the hyghest to the loweste let them buylde Chrystes house pull down Satans kyngdom fede the shepe staye the wolues teache and exhorte those that wyll lerne reproue the stubberne but all togyther in the worde from whiche word yf they swarue to theyr owne dreames and fanses they be no longer estemed for pastours and shepeherdes but rather for asmoche as they be pestilē wolues ought to be dryuen awaye and deposed For Chryste commaundeth none other to be hearde then suche as teache vs the thynges that they haue taken of his worde Of mens traditions SIthe we haue a generall sentence of Paule y t all thynges in thassembles churches should be done comely in good order ciuile ordinaūces wherby as with bondes an order and comly fasshyon is kepte in the companye of the Christians and a concorde thereby conserued ought not to be reckened amonges mens traditions but must rather be referred vnto the rule of the Apostle so that they be not beleued as thinges necessary to our saluation nor bynd the consciences to any superstition through them nor be kept as any worshyppynge of god nor that any holynes be reposed in them But such ordinaūces as vnder a tytle of spirituall lawes be thruste vpon vs to bynde oure consciences as thynges necessary to gods honour all suche lawes I saye ought we earnestly to resyste for they do not only ouerthrow the libertie whiche Christ purchased vs but also dymme the true relygion and defile gods maiesty who alone wol raygne in our consciences by his word Let this then abyde for a sure gron̄d that all thinges be ours and we Chrystes and that god in vayne is worshypped where be taught doctrines the commaundementes of men Of excommunication EXcōmunication is wherby notable horemongers aduouterers vsurers extortioners spoylers rouers pyrates brallers ryoters dronkardes seditious persons wasters after they haue ben admonished and do not amende be reiecte and banysshed from the company of the faythfull accordynge to the lordes cōmaundement not that the churche