whiche hath had ther wyfes in comen The syxte the Ebionytes that denyed the Godhed of Chryst The seuenth the corinthiās whiche lerned suche abhomynable thynges agaynst whiche .ii. last sectes saynt Iohan did wryte his gospell and hys Epystles Nowe seing this inestemable benefite of goddes word is so bounteously geuen vnto vs. Let vs youre pore subiectes all together consent with one minde to conserue mayntayne this most precyous Iewell that we lose it not hereafter thorough oure owne neglygences Let vs not hinder your Maiesties procedīges in that ye go aboute to repayre and buyld agayne the Temple of oure Lord God but rather further it that you may haue a prosperous successe brynge youre laboure to a fortunate ende In cōsideracion wherof all though I am no fyt persō to be a worckeman in this behalfe yet verely I desyre with all my harte that this buildīg may go forward And I wyshe to the labourres that are vnder youre Maiestie all prosperous fortunate thynges that they maye bring theyr worke to perfectnes And although I can not greatly furder there godly labours yet wyl I not hynder thē but helpe thē to the vttremost of my power in al thinges Let thē bring Ceder tres Syluer Golde Perle and precious stones to the byldynge And garnyshynge of this Temple I wyll againe with the poore wedowe in the Gospell of Luke Luce. xii brynge into the treasure house two Mytes that is for my part gather the stones fetch the tember and make the morter or do suche small thinges as my lyttel strenghes shal be able to beare and suffer And to th entent that your maiestie maye haue an experiēce of my good wyl toward the bylding of the temple Behold at this tyme I geue vnto your maiesty this my boke that I wold so gladly wer put in print yf it were lysenced wherein is declared the ryght institucion and vse of the supper of oure Lorde And lykewyse desclosynge the abbomynable Idolatrye and false vsyng of it And to the intente that bothe the persecuter and sclanderer of goddes worde maie know vpō what groūd that the ryght congregacyon of Iesus Chryst the dearely beloued bryde that holye Chrysten churche the lyttyl flocke to the whiche it pleased the father to gyue that kyngdome and to th entent that your grace may know which of all these for rehersed sectes is founde vpryght in the learninge of Iesus Chryst For I saye vnto you in Chryst Iesu Lyke as there was one Adam and Eua one Noe and one Arke one Isaac and one Rebecca one house of Israell one Ierusalem one Tēple So is ther one Chryste and one congregacion whych congregacion hath one Gospel one fayth one Baptyme one Supper one vpryght waye walkyng to euerylastyng lyfe acording to the declaracion of goddes worde And al they that hath not these thinges afore rehersed Namely Gospel fayth Baptime Supper waye and waylkynge he is no member in the congregation of god ii Iohn .i. here profiteth nother name nor fame we must be founde inwardly and outwardelye in the lernyng of Iesu Christ or we haue no god Yt cold not helpe Israell that they ware Abrams childeryn had not the dedes of Abrā Iohn̄ viii therfore examyne thys supper ye shal finde it the right supper of Iesu christ that euerlastyng word Iacob .i. Math. xvi Exo. i. xix that word of truthe the worde of grace the saffemakinge worde that worde that is vnpossible to be ouercom Yea the gates of hel shal not preuayle agaynst it it is the two edged sworde that cōmyth out of the mouth of the lord it is the sworde of the sprite and with it shal he smite the hethen Therfore our hope and trust is in your Maiestie for the buyldynge agayne of thys temple that is in decaye that ye wyll not be lyke vnto these mortherars of sayntes that hath byn in tyme passed which hath not streuen agaynste fleshe and bloude but agaynst hym whose eyes is a flame of fyre and in ryghtwysnes doth he iudge and make battel whiche is Crowned with manye Crownes hys name no man knoweth but he hym selfe and hys vesture is depte in bloude and hys name is called the worde of God Apo. xix Psalm ii which ruleth the Hethen wyth arode of Iron and tredeth the wyne fat of fersenes and wrathe of almyghty God and hath on hys vesture and on hys thyghe a name wrytten kynge of all kynges and Lorde of al Lordes Therfore I desyre your grace that ye examyne wyth the Lordes worde this my pore boke And by the helpe of god your grace shal fynd nothīg sought for but the prayse of Iesu Chryst the which he him selfe hath brought out of Heuē lerned with his blessed mouth and seled with his precyous bloud Therefore my desyre is to almyghty god the preseruacyō of your mayestie and that he wyll preserue in you that newe and cleane harte and kepe open the eyes of youre vnderstandyng that ye may auoyde the vngodly counselles of the shauen naciō that hathe brought this churche in suche rewyne that your grace hath muche to doo to repayre it agayne I nede not to resite ther factes nor ther names to your grace ye knowe them wel enough they haue prycked at the kynges preuaye chāber The lord be blessed that hath sent vs such a godlye kynge gracious gouerner to delyuer vs frō them that morther Iesus christ in his mēbers out of the power of death tyrantes handes I wyll not saye that they are preuaye traytours but thys is trwe they are preuey Idolaters besydes thys rewmour renneth into al landes that they haue caused the kynges maiestie the dede is of whose soule the lorde haue mercy to make suche lawes that no mā myght haue nor rade the Gospell but men of sertayne degres and that poore men shulde be occupyed wyth fables what cā be more blasphemy agaīst god and his anoynted Iesus then to depryue his members of his godly worde whiche lawes blessed be god is by your maiestie abolished These Antichrystes haue alwayes defended ther cause with the sword But Chryst Iesus wyth mekenes and wyth hys holy worde O bludy wrathe and wryched tyranny which goeth aboue the wrathe of al vnreasonable creatures For the fearse Lyon the ragyng Bere and the gry pīg wolfe is euer one of thē at peace in there generacion But these blud thrusty Dogges neuer faciate whiche shulde be made lyke vnto the Image of God which is borne with out tethe nayles horne with feble tender flesh without wyt speche or myght whiche can neyther go nor stande which alonely must lyue by the helpe of the pore mother in a token that he is a creatur of peace he is so ful of males so ful of blud that no mā can think nor write O how wide ar the popysh desiples deuided from our maisters learning example thē which hathe sought nothīg in this life
¶ The ryght and trew vnderstādynge of the Supper of the Lord and the vse therof faythfully gathered out of the holy Scriptures worthely to be embrased of all Christen people Perused alowed by dyuerse godly lerned men to the comfort of al the trewe congregation of Christ ¶ Beati qui ad cenam nuptiarum agni vocati sunt Apo .xix. ¶ To the most puesaunt myghty Prince Edward the .vi. by the grace of God Kynge of England Fraunce and Ireland defender of the fayth and of the Churche of England and also of Ireland in earth the supreme head your most humble obediente Seruaunte Thomas Lancaster hartely wyshith all grace and peace frō god with longe Reigne honor helthe and prosperite GRace be with your Maiestye and peace from god our father from our Lord Iesus christ Amen And it please your Maieste for this cause haue I dedicate this my simple laboure vnto your grace Fyrst because I perceaue that god hathe called your Maiestie to be apreferrer of his holi and blessed worde as by another Iosias whiche Lord of power prosper your most excellēt Maiestie in al your diuine affayres godly enterprises Secondarily because ther is found many diuers sectes vnder Christes name at thys preasēte as Papistes Lutherians Swyngliās Anabaptestes Laudiās with other mo lyke as ther was among the Iewes as Hasbutri Hemero Baptista Essei Saducei Pharesei c. And euery one of them bostid thē of the lordes word wold be Christians althought that the most parte of these fore rehersed sectes hath not reaceauyd nether word nor sprit nor no christian lerninge therfore ar they so ready to persecute them that hath the word sprite life but what helpes it it hath bene thus from the begynnyng that the spiritual chyldryn of God muste suffer of the fleshelye as Abell of Caine Isaac of Ismaell Iacob of Esau and the spiritual chyldren of Israell of the fleshely For before it pleased God to restore in to thys Realme by youre graces most noble father and nowe by your maiestie the Gospel Ioyfull tydinges of hys dearly beloued sonne our sauyor Iesu Chryst Infidelytie as chefe Ruler reyngned in our hartes Hipocrisie as a vayne glorious Emperesse beare dominiō superstition Idolatrye false sectes mens traditions confidens reposed in mens inuentions Pilgrimages offerynges Bulles Pardons Dispensations Masses marchaundice for merites and workes bieng sellynge of the deuine misteres wyth other abhomenable baggage more was crept into the great disquietnes of thys your holy Chatholike Churche of Englād but without doubte they shal no longer preuayle for the daye of the Lorde is at hand which shal breke Satās heed and destroy both him and al his ministers wyth the breathe of his mouth For he wil no longer suffer thys great wickednes and abhomynacion he wyll be knowen for the God and sauyoure alone he is the Lorde whiche alone wylbe exalted and al Idoles shal be vtterly brōken in peaces Esaie .ii. He is that God whiche wyll no longer suffer hys glorye to be geuen to other He is that lauer which wyl expulse the darkenes of mens tradicions that fyght wyth hys infallible veryte brynge in the gloryous lyght of his most holy worde To be shorte he wyll ouerthrowe all the Idollys the obscure his glorye and set vp hys blyssed name to be praysed for euer and euer Amē Of this his holy wyl haue we experyens euē at this tyme in whiche it hath plesed hym to send vs your Maiestie his derely beloued seruaunte oure most vertuous lawful and godlye kynge to ouerthorowe not aparte but all Antychrystes kyngdome by your diuine polecy and godly enterpryses So that the greate hore of Babilon Apo. xvii the mother of all Hordome and abhominacions of the earth Hath loste her chefe glorye and renowne And is nowe become so vyle that she is made the habytacion of Deuelles the Holde of all fowle spyrites Apo. xviii Esaie .xii. Iore xv Apo. xiiii ps xiiii iiii Psa i. xvi A cage of all vncleane and hathefull Byrdes so that no man nowe wyll once by any of her marchādes And wythout doubte the time is by goddes prouidence and your graces that Babylon hath in this realme suche a faule that it shall not after this tyme at any tyme be repaired For the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it whiche is faythfull in all his wordes and whose truthe abideth for euer and euer neyther can this Prophecy of Chryst by made frustrate by any humayne polyce Euery plant that my heauēly father hath not plāted shal be plucke vp by the rotes Math. xv whoso reioyseth not to heare these thynges yea who tryūphes not to se thē Blessed ar we your subiets to whom it hath chaunced not only to here these thīges Ioyfully but also to se thē so plentyfully put in vre by your Maiestie so that al your faithfull subiectes beinge no papistes do faythfullye reioyse And although we be occasioned diuers wayse to geue god immortal thākes for dyuers gyftes yet we thynke that we are most hyghly bounde to be thankefull for the restitution of hys holy worde in thys your graces dayes And woo worth them that be vnthankeful to hym in thys behalfe disobediente to your Maiestie except they repent and amēd Wherfore I desyre your Maiestie for the loue of god that your grace reade it and iudge it wyth the Lordes worde cause it to be Iudged of them that ar godly lerned not of suspected Papistes And yf they can confute it I wyl gladly be lerned But I haue the truthe and not they I desire your grace for the tender mercy of god and as ye wyll answer afore god at the daye of Iudgement that ye wyl protecte defēde it acording to your office that youre louīg subiectes because of wekenes of the fleshe be not cōpelled to come from Christ to Antichrist frō truth to falsed from euerlastynge lyfe to euerlasting dethe I knowe wel and it please your Maiesty that ther shal be kyckyng agaynst the prycke Esay .xl. notwithstāding I passe not the truth may no lenger be hid i. Pet. i Esay xiiii Iude. i the truth may not come to nowght because of the lye gods word remaynes euerlastyng Was the good Angels worse because of Lucifers prynde what hyndreth it the .xi. Appostles that Iudas was a traytour euery mā shall beare his owne burthyne the father shal not beare that vnryghtwysnes of hys sonne nor the sonne the vnryghtwysnes of his father But the soule that sinneth shal dye Was the pure cleane lerning of the .xii. Apostles worse that the theyr was so manye damnable sectes in theyr tyme vnder Chrystes name whiche sectes were no lesse then .vii. The fyrst learned Circumsicion the seconde that there was no resurrectyon The thyrde as Philetus and Himeneus that the Resurrectiō was al past The fourth that the daye of the Lord is at hande The fyrte the Nicholaitans
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
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
Idel wordes yea that though and mocion of the harte Therefore let euery man examine him selfe flesh wel and so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe i. Cor. xi For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthylye eateth and drynketh his owne damnatyon Luke .xxii. Thus hathe our sauiour Iesus Chryst instituted and ordeyned hys holye supper both in breade and wyne to be a remembraūce of his death and passiō as I haue declared afore i. Cor. xi Ephe. v. Throwe whyche death and passyon he hath declared his greate loue towardes vs and secondlye to a renewinge of loue and cleane holding the congregaciō of god i. Cor. x. And this is the only institucion and vse of the supper of our Lorde Iesus christ how he and his Apostles haue vsed it O mercyfull God haue these vngodly shameles shauelinges altred and chaunged this holy and blessed Supper of our lord into abominable blasphemus Idolatrye as I shall declare here after vnto you It is so greuous that I shal declare vnto you whyche shal be nothynge but the trueth that euery Chrystian hatte maye tremble and quake at it Therfore seke wyth all dyligence the truth to the intent that ye maye knowe how pytyfull that we and all the worlde haue synned agaynste oure Lorde God in this matter Antechristi oblatio Fyrste they haue conuerted and chaunued thys holye and Blessed supper of our Lord wyth ther false learnynge and auctoritye out of his ryght vse and haue lerned it to be a dayly sacrifice for our sinnes This is abominable blasphemy and pitifull blyndnes that men can not imagyn such another Nota sequentes abhominationes Wyth thys same learnyng haue they driuen Chryste Iesus out of his fathers stoole out of heauen and haue set in his place an vngodlye preist wyth a peace of breade wyth the same learnyng haue they robed chryst Iesus of his euerlastyng and perpetual offyce that is the office of an aduocate and haue put it vpon a pece of breade and a deuylles seruaunt whiche knowes not one title ryght of the word of god Wyth the same learning haue they made of no value al the fygures and shyne of Moyses al the prophicies of the prophittes al the promyses of Angelles al the hole new Testament whych alonly speaketh of that only sacrifyce for sin Cur panis ille immolationis vt vocāt trangatur in tres partes which is christ Iesus with the same learnynge haue they takē vpō them al power in heauen earth hel Therfore is the brede of the Idolles table broken in thre peces with the fyrst pece pacifie the god wyth the secōde they pray for the world with the thirde they delyuer the soul that they offer it for with this same learnīg ar they risen aloft in gold syluer in pompe lordlines honour by the hole world herewith ar they climed vp aboue al princes haue gottē vnto thēselues gold syluer churches cloysters land sand the highes places name power in al lādes to the intēt that euery mā shuld giue rume to their holynes feare there name highlye prayse ther gloriouse office desiring alwayes the throwe this good worke whych is this dayly offringe that they myght be cōforted in there soule Throw this meanes is that abominable Anthichryst gotten into his seat so hie that the Empriours maiestie Medium in quo eleuatus est Antechristus the hiest potēt vpō earth whō god him self cōmaunded to obey must knele downe kysse his stynkyng fote ye this is more fredericus Barborossa that excellēt emperour bicause he wold haue letted his knaueri culd get no misericordia vntill the tyme that Alexāder Tertius the prynce of the Babilonical coniures had troden vpon this excellēt Emperour in the churche dore at Venega thus hath that deuillysh offrīg brought in bōdage the hole worlde But the Lorde be blessed whiche hath delyuered vs from this fayned sacryfyce and golden Calfe Esay l.iii. and hath declared vnto vs the onely hye prest ouer the house of god whiche remaneth a prest for euer after the order of Melchisideche whiche in the dayes of his fleshe dyd offer vp prayers and supplycacions wyth strong cryeng and teares vnto hym Hebre. v. that was able to saue hym frō deathe and was harde bycause of his godlynes he hath offered one offerynge a sacryfyce of swete sauoure to God Ephe. v. he hath saieth Saint Paule offered one sacryfyce for sinnes sat hym done for euer on the ryght hande of God Hee x. and from hence forth taryeth tyl his foes be made hys footstole for wyth one offering hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctifyed This is the onely sacryfice wyth which the fathers wrayth is pacyfied the generacyon of Adam delyuered heauen opened and hell shut Ro. iii. Christus vnica propeccatis victima For it pleased the father that in him shuld alfulnes dwel and by hym to reconcile al thynges to hym selfe and to set at peace by hym throw the blood of hys crosse both thynges in heauen and thynges in earth i. Colo i. ¶ Now come forth al power and myght and al ye that ar papistes with al ye that reken your selfe to be learned that is in Englād and is of the papistes opinion thys worde can neyther Angell nor Deuell breke Hebru x. namely that with one offring he hath made perfecte for euer them that are santcyfyed My dearly beloued in Chryst Iesu loue your soule and loke earnest lye vpon the lordes wordes Know ones vnder what learnynge sacramentes and congregacion ye are what shepards fede you what brede that ye breake in what bodiye ar boūd O ye chyldren howe longe wyll Prouer. i. you loue chyldyshnes howe longe wyl ye scorners delyte in scornynge and the vnwyse be ennemyes vnto knowledge ii Cor. vi Apo. xviii Luke ix How longe wil you remayne in your synnes howe longe wil ye be bounde wyth the chayn of Infidelite in the botomles pyt Mat. xi Come out from amonge thē auoid al false learnynge exchew all false holynes and let the deade bury the dede and folow ye after our mayster Christ enter into hys house and take vp vpon you his easye yocke and light burthen ye shal fynde rest in your soules as then maye ye bost youre selues of the grace of God the forgyuenes of synnes the deseruing of our Sauiour Iesus christ euerlastyng lyfe god giue you his grace Amen Secoundarly they haue taught that the bread is veri flesh and the wine very blood that haue they gathered out of the wordes of christ literali spoken wherin he sayeth take eate this is my bodye c not markynge what Chryst sayth in the .vi. Ioh. vi of Iohn That is to saye it is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profyteth nothyng the wordes which I spake vnto you ar spirit lif for in this place
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