hym self ofteÌ„ tymes and after he â—ayth he shulde haue suffered ofteÌ„ â—yâ—he the begynning of the worlde Thys â—exte dothe clearly expresse that Iesus christ offereth not hym self many tymes or that he shulde dye many tymes for Iesus christe to dye and to be offered vnto hys father is al one Nowe shall he neuer dye more wherby he shal neuer be sacrifyced and in sacryfyce he wyl neuer offer hym self more thaÌ„ it foloweth that no man can offre and sacryfy ce hym agayne for yf he offre not hym selfe â—howe maye other offre him for certaynly sythe the death death of christ all vysyble sacrifyces is ceased and the state of sacri fyces is appered wherfore they aâ— vayne seductors begylers lyars may be knowen to be fooles vnwytty vnhappy voyd of brayne Now â—or a more ampie probacion pounder well the. x â–ª chapter of the same Epystle whych maketh mencion thorowly of thys sacryâ—yce of Iesus christ the whyche hathe made an ende of all vysyble sacryfyces so that none doth abyde for synne Behold I come lord god to thende that I may do thy wyll by the whych wyll we be sanctyfyed by the oblacyons made by Iesus Christe for by one oblatioÌ„ he hath made the sanctifyed y t is the faith full perfyte for euer eternally for after he sayth I shal haue no more mynd of theyr sinnes and of theyr iniquities and where there is remyssion of theÌ„ ther is no more oblation for synne But S. Paul declareth vnto vs what sacrifice we shuld offer let vs folow hys deuyne councell I praye you my bre thren by the mercy of god that ye offre youre bodyes in a lyuely sacryfyce holylye and pleasaunte to god c. To offer thys sacryfyce We be all ordeyned of God Kynges and priestes wythoute any soche disguysed shauen shorne ce remonies for we be to vyle vnworthi to offer vnto god ani new sacryfice for synne for asmoche as christ hath offered vp hym selfe to hys father for vs as touchyng to worshyp the sacrameÌ„t In the who le scriptures nother by any wrytyng of the old holy fathers doc tores as S. Augustyne Ambrose Hierome Cypriane Chrisostome FulgeÌ„cius and soch other neuer taught men to worshippe it for yf these holy fathers had taken these textes before resyted carnally as they toke it spirituallye then in theyr workes they wold haue tau ght meÌ„ to worshypped it but they neuer taught meÌ„ to worshyp thys sacrameÌ„t bycause they toke it spiritually and therfore to worshyp it it is dampnable Idolatrye for god wyl gyue hys honour to non other for thys holy supper of the lord is takyng for a plege of euer lastyng lyfe whych the faythefull desyre moste humblye to receyue wyth a manyfest perticipation euen that thynge whyche we touche in the Image of the sacrament whiche is the pledge and the Image of another thynge that is to say they represent another thing but not theÌ„selues yea they whyche is shewed vnto the beleuers y â— death of christ inuiâ—ybly for a perpetual remembraunce of hys passion for christ sayth in the gospel Do this in my remembraunce and S. paul expoundeth it thus So ofte as ye eate of thys bread and drynke of thys wyne you shall shew y â— death of the lord tyll he come Thus we be taught both of Iesus Christe and S. Paul That the bread and the wyne is set furthe to our eyes for a fygure or a memorye of the lordes deathe That as often as we shal receyue thys holy supper of the lorde it may put vs in remeÌ„ brauÌ„ce in this tyme present what Christ hathe done for vs in tymes paste that we maye be made mynd full of hys paynefull death passion whyche he suffered for vs that we may be made also worthy partakers of that godly communion by the whych we are delyue red froÌ„ death and knowinge that after thys lyfe we shall come to y â— vysyon or Christe where we shall haue no neade of any soch instrumentes to put vs in remembraun ce any more by any extâ—râ—â—ll sygne what corâ—st â—â—the â—oâ—â— for â—s for we lokyng of hym face to face shal not be aâ—moniâ—â—ed by any out warde or iemporall thyngâ—s out onely to be fully certyâ—yed by the contemplacion of the truth it self and to geue gloryâ— and prayse to the auctour of our helth â–ª for euer Now it is to be noted that y â— faith full receaueth not the thynge loked vpon wyth our carnall eyes in the mystery of thys sacrament but that whych is beleued for the meate is spyrytuall and the dâ—ynke is spirituall and feadâ—th y e sou le spiritually and y â— gâ—ueth euerla stynge lyfe to the beleuers secretlâ—e as â—â—â—e â—aâ—youre saythe hym selâ—e â—â—e spyryte is he that quycke neth The â—â—easshe profyteth nothynge proffeteth nothyng Here breuely haue I declared vnto you y e true vnderstanding of the most blessed sacrament of the bodye blood of christ both by the mynd of christe hym selfe S. Paul the euaÌ„gelistes and the olde fathers and holy doc tors as here is recyted and yf any wyll diligeÌ„tly read the scriptures they shall fynde and clearly percea ue that for the space of L. ix yeares al the doctors to affyrme this sacrament to be a mysterye neuer knew of thys transubstanciation of the bread and wyne as the se deuelish dreamers dothe teache therfore beleue them not for they are blynd leaders of the blynde so that the leader the folower shal fal bothe into the pyt And as it is mencyoned in the. i. of Sapience what a terrible sentence they shal geue agaynst theÌ„ selues in the latter daye of iudgement in horrible fear shal they confesse openly befo re the hyghe iudge Iesu Christ to whom is generall power bothe in heauen and earthe that all hathe bene dampnable follyshenes that they haue gone aboute that they haue erred from the truth haue bene wilfully ignoraunt and that they haue tyred theÌ„ selues in thee waye of wyckednes destruction and so forthe Thus these vngodly teachers of theyr own dreames shal why she the great mountayns to ouer whelme theÌ„ in that dreadfull daye therfore heare what S. Paul sayth Thoughe we our selues or an angel from heaueÌ„ preache any other Gospell vnto you then that wee haue preached vnto you hold him accursed Now hath paule preached vnto you as ye haue harde and we sayth he y t is all those whych hath preached the same gospel But these lordly lubbers as glorious glottones haue preached vnto you and do The Gospell of theyr father the Antichrist of Rome that is a great tab bel of ceremonies as rynging syn ging knelyng kyssyng mocking mowing lyenge and sellinge the holy sacramentes as it is wrytteÌ„ none may sel or bye but he haue y â— marke of the beast â–ª these be the lycherouse locustes of Egypte thee vpholders of Sodome Gomor The popes owne cattellâ— tokened
of god continueth for euer Therfore do thou nothiÌ„g but euen the selfe same thyng one ly that thou fyndest wrytten in y â— law and prophetes do that thou shalt lyue he saythe not how thyn kast thou or how doest thou here the pharises and the scrybes prea and teache go to theyr doctryne but he byddeth go searche y â— scripture albeyt the Scrybes doctours patched theyr lawes tradycions vnto the word of god as our Ypocrytes and doctours do in thys holy Sacrament of Christes body and bloud and wold also preferre theyr drowsye dreames before the worde of god as christ sheweth in the. xv and. xxii of Ma thew Yet amonges all lyenge pro phetes the true Churche had one iudgement and belefe that y â— wyll of god must be knoweÌ„ by the scrip tures onely and that all artycles muste be iudged and examyned by it as christe declareth wher as he sayth vnto the Iewes Searche y â— scriptures for ye beleue surely to haue euerlastynge lyfe in them by these woordes Christe testifyethe playnlye that the opynyon of the olde church was that al meÌ„ shuld iudge al articles of the saythe necessary vnto saluacion by that on ly and where he byddeth them exa myne hys preachynge by the scrip ture he sheweth euydeÌ„tly the who le gospell to be coÌ„tayned in y â— olde scripture Therfore now let vs ser che the gospell what Christe teacheth concerning thys mistery of his body blood whether we can fynde it to be naturally transubstancially and ryally in the sacrament as they say or not These pa pystes haue preached put in wryting taught that after they haue blowen and spoken ouer thee bread whyche they holde betwene theyr fyngers and breathed ouer the wyne in y â— challice That theyr remayneth nether bread nor wyne but by transformacion or as they saye transubstanciacion thee natural body of Iesus christ vnder the accidens of the breade is theyr inuisybly hyd and the blood also vnder the accidens of wyne Yf thys doctryne be not bothe agaynst the verite of holy scripture and reason you shal se it manyfest ly proued for thys sophisticall determinatioÌ„ procedeth of the vanitie of dreames clearly agaynst y â— doctrine of S. paul the holy euaÌ„ gelistes al y â— auncient doctours as S Augustyn Cyprian other olde wryters as breuely I shal declare â–ª fyrst S. paul sayth thus to the Corinth our lord Iesus christ the same nyght in whyche he was betrayed toke bread and geuynge thankes breake it and sayd take eate thys is my body which is bro ken for you S. mathewes wordes be these and as they supped Iesus toke bread blessed it and brake it and gaue it to his disciples sayd take and eat this is my bodye S. Mark and S. Luke affyrmeth the same wordes wrytteÌ„ in theyr gospels expreslye namynge it bread and not the substaunce of breadde S. Paule in thys place sayth man approueth hym selfe and so eateth of this bread and drinketh of this challice he saythe not eate ye thee body of christ whych is hyd vnder the accidens of bread and drynke ye hys blood hyd vnder y â— accideÌ„s of wyne But openly and symply sayd he eate of thys bread These woordes certaynlye declareth the scripture to vse no fayniÌ„g nor dis ceyt here it doth approue what bold and presumptuous teachers thys be whyche durst dyffyne and determyne agaynst thys doctryne of S. Paul the euangelistes that ther is nether bred nor wyne but the symylitude of bread and wyne where as it is also wrytten in the Actes of the Apostles on a saboth daye when we ware assembled to breake bread here it is not sayd of the lykenes of bread and S. Paul sayth also the bread that we breake is it not the participacion of y â— body of Iesus christ by these scrip tures it is perceaued playnlye to all true beleuers that it is expreslye pronouÌ„ced to be bread not a shap lykenes or appareÌ„ce of bread these scriptures ought euery chri stian to beleue vpoÌ„ payne of eter nall dampnacioÌ„ for the holy scrip ture vseth no fayning and truely euery faythfull christian man wel vnderstandynge thee mysterye of of this sacrament doth take it to be a sacrameÌ„tall bread and not as comyne and vsyall bread a bread sanctifyed and ordeyned to deuyne vses bycause that in thys most holy action the spirite and soule of the faythfull shuld be noryshed vnited and knyt to christ by fayth by y t inuisible sygne in thys mortall lyfe whych in the lyfe to come shalbe openly shewed to hys electes wythout any sacrament or couerynge at all whych our redemer and hyghe â—yshop hath ordayned for a memory all of hys deathe vnto the consumacion of the worlde and as the faythful receyue that breade into theyr belly by eatyng it so vndouptedly they re ceaue the frute of hys deathe into theyr soules by thee beleuynge in hym for a remembraunce importeth the thynge to be absent and therfore thys holy mystery beyng but a remeÌ„braunce of christe ThaÌ„ can he not be here present for truly yf the mistery be â–ª done vnder no fygure than do we naught to call it a mystery for that cannot haue the name of a misterye wherin no thynge is hydde where nothynge is remoued from our corporallen cis where nothynge is couered wyth any veale But that bread whych by the mystery of the word is made the body of Christ doth showe one thynge to thee externe sences and another thynge soundeth to the inward mynd of fayth for outwardlye the bread remayneth bread styll as it was before the same shape is euydente the same collour is sene the same tast is tasted But wythin is a thynge moch more precious moche more excelent that is to saye the bodye of chryst shewed not wyth the sen ces of the fleshe but wyth the eyes of a faythfull mynde is sene recea ued or eaten the wyne also which by the consecracion of the prieste is made the sacrameÌ„t of the blood of christe whych setteth forth one thynge outwardly contayneth another thynge wythin for what other thyng is superfycially loked vpon but the substaunce of wyne Tast and it sauereth â–ª wyne smell it smelleth wyne loke on it and y â— collour doth argue wyne but yf a man do consyder it inwardly theÌ„ not the lycour of wyne but of the blood of Christ it sauoreth to the beleuinge people wheÌ„ it is tasted now that no man can denye thes thynges to be true it is manifeste that the bread the wine be called the body and blood of christ fyguratyuely for notwythstanding after the mystical consecracioÌ„ bread is not called bread nor the wyne wyne but the bodye and blood of christ yet after y t which is sâ—ne ne ther is theyr any kynd of flesh kno wen in the bread nor in the wyne any drop of blood
wyth hys owne marke I cannot terme them as they oughte to be do you consyded that yeâ— notwith standing the word of god is now so pâ—â—â—y â—enâ—yrly symply caught as thaÌ„kes be vnto the lyuyng god and our yong Dauid your grace it now is And that it hath pleased the Kynges Maiestye and his ho norable councel to set it fourth ac cordynglye and specially in thys hyghe mystery of the supper of the Lorde wherof we symple soules haue longe bene robbed of thâ—ne part of that holy sacramente that nowe it shulde be restored vnto vs hole and not thee priestes to eate by the hole theÌ„ selues as they yet dayly do contrary vnto the word of god and the Kynges godly pro ceadinges in as moche as in theÌ„ lyeth dothe not onelye seduce the people styll to folow ther maskiÌ„g masse whych was not knowen in the church of the faythfull as Be da sayth whych was four scoore x. yeares after y e death of Gregory theÌ„ such masking was not knoweÌ„ tyll monckerye of benedictes rule came in and than began pryuate masses a scripture of the popes in uentyon an vnwrytten veryâ—ye whych they wold make vs to bele ue as an article of our fayth But heare what christ sayth Serche y e scriptures for they beare wytnes of me and S. Peter saythe also al the Prophetes do wytnesse wythe hym that God forgeueth all thee synnes of them which beleue and put theyr confydeÌ„ce in christ And now to make an ende I wyll resy te two faythful witnesses against thys deuelysshe cauillatyon that these fals prophetes teache y â— people concerninge thys mystery afo re spoken of as vpoÌ„ all other ther dampnable doctryne whych they grounde vpon mane tradycions whych S. Peter and S. Paule coÌ„ futeth Peter in hys fyrste Epystle â—aileth soche blasphemers as do ymagyne a newe worde of god besydes that whyche is wrytten and he calleth them lying prophetes whych teache any thyng contrarye to thys propheticall and Apostolicall prophecy and a rule wherby we shuld auoyd all maner of lyes and to haue a special eye vnto the candel whych is y e word of the propheticall scripture whiche dryueth oute and banesheth awaye al darkenes and lyes of the deuell and hys Doctours these be hys woordes I wryte vnto you thys secoÌ„d pystle to pryck you vp to quyckene youre hartes that ye myght remember the woordes whych haue bene tolde you before by the holy prophetes and also y â— wordes of our message and commaundemente whyche be the apostles of the lorde our sauyour for ye muste knowe that in the latter dayes ther shal com mockers thei shal bryng in sayth he perniciouse and dampnable sectes And now S. paul saith they shal speake lyes in hypocrysy vnder the colloure and pretence of holynes forbyddyng to mary to absteyne from meates whych god hathe created to be receyued of the faithful with thankes geuing and they shal deny the lorde sayth he whych hath bought and redemed theÌ„ and thee way of the truth shal they sclaunder reuyle do not oure papistes euen so now a dayes Let all men that knowe God iudge and they shall fynde both theyr doctryne lyuing lyke as these two holy Apostles hath paynted theÌ„ vnto the worlde I could haue declared ma ny thynges more of the sayeng of these Apostles to haue bene more circumspecte of these dampnable bypers whych were superfluus but the whole world hathe thanked be God receaued knowledge by the word of God to know theÌ„ and to beware of theyr leuen and here wyth S. Paule I commytte you vnto the word of grace whych is able to edyfye you to geue you an inheritauÌ„ce wyth all theÌ„ that be sanctyfyed SO BE IT Ioel. it ¶ Turne to the Lorde your God for he is gentyl and mercyful pacient and of moche kyndnesse and readye at all tymes to forge ue wyckednesse Math. xx ¶ The labourers in the Lordes vyneyar de that came last of all receaued theyr peny so well as they that came in the mornynge Nether had one more then another A complaynt agaynst the styffenecked made by the aucthour of thys boke ALas I lament the dull abused brayne the insatrike faÌ„tasses witles wilful nes of one other y t at truth haue disdayn They say soch parables they caÌ„not expres some saith thei be realers at riâ—te recheles and som say but litle thiÌ„ke moch in thought wel this ê“cesse I speake of is not for nought Oh wooful chaunce moste infortunate So sodeÌ„ly makyng thys great alteracion For sythe the world was fyrst create Was neuer sene any soch deuysyon How moch is truthe hadde in dirision For falshode faineth fables ful maliciously The truth to drowne alas so pytiously Moch malice is ministred vnder holy precence Most meÌ„ be moued lying signes to vphold False Iammes Iambres be placed iÌ„ pÌ„sence To wouÌ„d Mycheas as in reguÌ„ is told pashur ponisheth hieremy demetriê° is bold Baal Belles ministers rage furiously To drowne the truth alas ful pytiously Helyas Daniel be in woofull case By false Alchimus that wycked counseleâ— Christ cruelly crucified by Pilat cayphas Paul enuyed by hermogenes doth appere Peter by symond Magus Menaunder The apostles proued w t payues spytefully To drowne the truth alas ful pytiously Custome craftely cloked truth beareth no feale Doyng is doubtful dare not for feare Pluck bake pÌ„suÌ„ptioÌ„ which proudly pÌ„uayle poore keketh syleÌ„ce seeth not soch geare Blindnes is braging â—eking here there To spew spytful poysone blasphemously To drown the truth alas ful pytiously The rude rudely learned blind as an asse Dotyng in dreames dispysyng obedience wylful w tout wysdoÌ„ of nothing doth passe As rebel rybauldes w tout intelligence defending theyr god mazyne w t moch violeÌ„ce Agaynst the prycke to spurne vnseamely To drowne the truth alas full pytiously Hatered hateth honesty a whoringe to go Mâ—â—yce maketh men masyng in madnes Penurye pincheth pryueâ—y w t payn woo Prelletes praâ—e papisticallye w t boldnes Lewde lowsy lyeng luâ—keth in darknes false fayniÌ„g flatery freÌ„dship doth ampliffy To drowne the truth alas full pytiously Who blameth blasâ—hemeâ—s boldly to brag Of theyr dotyng doctrine drowned in lies Tearig truth a souÌ„der lyke a torne â—agge Blinding meÌ„s hartes blering their eyes Lyke lurking lowtes lecherouse spyes As subtyl â—erpentes working peâ—niciously To drowne the truth alas full pytiously The witles wllfully walke their ownway not folowing salomoÌ„s sapieÌ„ce but Baales posterite In faÌ„tastical phaÌ„tasses let truth say what he may yet slouthfully wil they slepe infecte wyth inpuritie SupposiÌ„g theÌ„ selues sure to sâ—aÌ„d iÌ„ securitie Stablyshed in sâ—yffenes puâ—t vp arogantly To drowne the truth alas ful pytiously These stoule sturdy stomackes staÌ„d styffely As bytyng wolues craftely closteryng Lyke meÌ„bres malâ—gnaunt styck stubburnly to vphold proud hamone y â— shaueliÌ„g yet powre pincheth not for al theyr â—uâ—muâ—ing And gredy gasping by sleyght pÌ„suÌ„ptuously To drowne