â— is delyuered for you Do you this iÌ„ y e remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of me SecuÌ„dly yf we wyll receyue the body of our lord worthely we ought in the receyuyng doyng remeÌ„ber that merueylous great loue of his toward vs by y e whych for our sakes he delyuered vp his body on thaulter of y e crosse after whiche also he gaue hym self in y e sacrament for vs as a spyrytuall mete to eate as a pledge testymonyall of hys loue toward vs as though vouchsafynge by the coÌ„munyon of that self same sacrameÌ„t to be incorporate all one thynge with vs by beyng partakers of his blessed body whyche euydentely appereth by saynt Poule to y e Corinthies where he sayth The brede that we breke is it not y e partycipacioÌ„ or to be parteyner of the body of our lorde for the brede is one all we that be ê‘teyners of that one brede that one cuppe beynge menny be all one body And in good fayth it is not mych agaynst reason to byleue in thys so noble a sacrament that Cryste was harde of his father a lytell before when he prayde in thys wyse I do not onely pray for them but also for all suche as shall beleue in me by theyr prechyng that all may be one as thou my father arte in me and I in the that they maye be all one in vs I in theym thou in me that they maye be made one that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast louyd me But I praye you thys vnyte and so wonderful a loue of the sonne and the father toward vs of what yf the wordes of thapostle be well wayed shall it be rather vnderstaÌ„den then in the partycypacyon or beynge partener of thys sacrament where is the body and blood of our lorde wherof thyrdely it foloweth to the receyuyng of it worthyly that we muste kepe the treuth at the receuynge whych as saynt Poule wryteth is marked vnto vs as a fygure and a shadowe Fyrste yf we wyll receyue it worthyly let vs be gyrdyd vp that is to saye by chastyte of mynde and body SecuÌ„dly hold staues in our handes y t is to wytte we muste haue a sure fayth Thyrdely stande vpryght not inclynynge now agayn to vice the fylthynes of synne from whyche we be rysen by confessyon and contrycyon Fourthly not eate thys immaculate lambe sode in water bytter lettuse but rost it wyth fyre that is to say wyth bytter contricyoÌ„ for our trespas and fyry cheryte Fyftly putte on showes on our fete wherby is ment we muste kepe the affeccyons of our herte froÌ„ fleshely desyres compel them to serue for the loue of our lorde Iesu Criste auoydyng all that is coÌ„trary to him doyng that may please hym and after the counsell of saynt JohnÌ„ not louyng hym alonely by word tonge but in dede trewth as hym selfe hath loued vs which dyed for our sake leuyng behynd him to vs this blessed sacrameÌ„t as a remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of his loue wheÌ„ he saith Take you this is my bodye that is geuen for you Do you this in y e remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of me that is to saye remembring how I haue loued you whyche dyenge for you was coÌ„toÌ„t to be made also for you mete the feaste and the gest to gether Prynted by w. Rastell 1533. Cum priuilegio 1. CoriÌ„ 10 Math. 24. Mar. 13. Lucc 21. Galat. 6. Ioban 13. Ioban 15. 1. Cor. 4. Tesso 5. 1. JohnÌ„ 3. 4. Psalm 11. 1. CoriÌ„ 11 Math vl timo JohnÌ„ 6. Exod. 16. JohnÌ„ â— 1. Cor. 1â— Mat. 24 Marc. 12 Luc. 11 JohnÌ„ 6 1 Cor. 1â— IohnÌ„ 13 1. Cor. 11 JohnÌ„ 1â— JohnÌ„ 13. Rom. 1â— Eâ—ai â— JohnÌ„ 6. Hebre. â— Psal 32. 148 Math. 26 Mar. 14. Lucae 22 1. Cor. 11. JohnÌ„ 6. 1. CoriÌ„ 11 Sapien. 11 1. Cor. 11 â–ª 1. Cor. 11 1. Petr. 2 Mat. 26 Mar. 14 Iuc 22 JohnÌ„ 6 1. Cor. 11. Ezaie 7. Hebre. 11 Iohan. 20. 1. JohnÌ„ 5 Psal 32. 148. Actu 5. Mat. 82 1. Cor. 1. 1. CoriÌ„â— 1. CoriÌ„ 10 â— IohnÌ„ â—
A sermon of the sacrameÌ„t of the aulter made by a famouse doctoure called Fryderyke Nausea in Almayne and lately out of latyn translate into englysh by IohnÌ„ More IohnÌ„ More to the chrysten reader IT happened me but late good chrysten reader to receyue and reade in a booke of a vertuouse connynge man called Fryderyk Nausea a booke of sermones surely meruelouse mete for the season For as lenton is a tyme wherof our sauyour Chryste hym selfe sheweth vs then sample that ought esspecyally to be spent in fastynge dyuyne seruyce and sermones so shall not I thynke a man lyghtly fynde many sermons made of late more frutefull and godly thaÌ„ I fynde many of hys in that one booke Dyuers wherof after I had onys perused redde and that they so specyally well lyked me that I determyned vtterly wyth my selfe to translate into oure tongue some one for mo the shortnesse of tyme wolde not suffer before thys instaÌ„t feast of Easter so nere commynge vppon before the booke came to my hand but when I had so determyned then fared I wyth all those as doth some yonge lewde scatterloue that went a woynge whyche hauynge the choyse of dyuerse so indifferently and therwith so well lyked theÌ„ euerychone that wottynge not whyche to chose fayn wold wedde them all and is sory that he maye wedde but one So I though bothe I lyked the tother no lesse then thys and as fayne wolde haue translated them all as thys one yet syns I coulde not do any mo in the tyme vppon consyderacyon that thys sermon most agreed wyth thys blessed feast of Easter at hande as beynge grounded vppon these wordes Hoc facite in mei commemorationem I left the rest and choyse me thys to â—orne â–ª whyche yet surely I wolde myche rather haue wysshed to haue be traÌ„slaâ—ed by some other that better coulde haue handeled it For who had ben able as wel to haue sette it forth in oure toÌ„gue as lyuely as Nausea hath done it in y e laten sholde haue done a thyng very worthy prayse But for as myche as that perfeccyoÌ„ in lernynge and eloquence neyther is in me no skant can in so yonge a man be lokyd for I muste huÌ„bly requyre you all good chrysten readers to accepte my good wyll and take thys worke in good worth Hoc facite in mei commemorationem Do ye this in the remembraunce of me AS ofte as I speke vnto you of the worde of god my well beloued bretherne in the meane whyle coÌ„syder the state of our tyme and condycyon of men so often I sorowefully sygh am sycke bycause I perceyue which I am ryght sory to se that these wordes of saynte Paule no lesse trewly then sorowfully may be veryfyed in vs we be they whome thendes of the worlde is come to In whose miserable tyme all those thynges now happe hepyd on in a nothers necke whyche our lorde Iesu Cryst the very trewth both ernestly and truely shewed shold come in thende of the world For as to leue spekyng at this tyme of the horryble warres batayls that be at these dayes thorough out chrystendome ye and amonges them to whiche as beyng oure chyefe heddes and rulers vnder Cryste here on erth oughte to lyue moste in reste and peace and also of the innumerable coÌ„tagyons and dedely dyseases that reygne and specyally of the great pestilence in Germany besydes the sharpe and cruell famine with such other lyke myschyefes who seeth not euydently vnderstaÌ„des not that this is euyn the last ende of the worlde in whych as criste hym selfe prophecyed Iniquyte hath begonne to habound and many mennes charyte waxe colde so that were yt not for y e electes there shold be no fleshe safe for as myche as yf yt were possyble the chosen people selfe y â— lyue now at this daye myght seme to be seduced from the trewe catholyque fayth of Chryste syns now I say I se not allonely nacyon agaynst nacyon realme agaynste realme or house agaynste house but rue the fathers agaynst theyr chylderne the chylderne agaynste theyre fathers a one brother wyth great cruelty to arise agaynst the other which thynge surely ye were yt but for this cause greueth me very myche for that I perceyue those clene departed from charyte stryuynge wythin theym selfes persecutynge one a nother as mortall enymyes shamefully ragynge eche agaynst other euen as agaynst theyr vttermost dedely aduer saryes whyche be not onely bretherne as beynge created of on eternall father but also brethern thorough grace and fayth and named the children of god whome as saynte Paule sayth syns they be of one housholde fayth oughte specially to be freÌ„des and one of them gladde to do for a nother who me I say Criste our lorde gentyll redemer in so farforth hath exhorted vnto a mutuall charyte shewing it as a thynge so necessary that wythout that they can not be knowen for his dyscyples or by any other meanes then by that mutual charite decerned from infydeles that he sayth amongest other thynges I geue you a newe commauÌ„dement that you loue on a nother as I haue loued you so loue you betwen your selfs By this shall all men knowe you be my dyscyples yf you haue loue amongest you This is my precepte to loue eche other as I haue loued you And agayn This I coÌ„maunde you to loue to gether as my father hath loued me so haue I loued you Abyde you in my loue But howe loued Chryst vs Surely so as hym selfe sayth that he loste hys lyfe for oure sake then whyche kynde of loue no man can haue a greater whyche also thapostles recyteth almoste in euery place Of whyche trewly ineffable loue towarde vs his owne he hath left behynde hym an inspekable token testymonyall and perpetual memoryal in that he gaue him selfe to be eaten of vs made therby both the feaste and the geste bothe twayne As the prophete Dauid sayde Our most mercyfull pytyful lord hath made a remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of his meruayles and hath geuen meate to theym that dreded hym For why our lord Iesu Cryst instytutyng this hygh excellent wonderfull holy sacrament gaue fode to those that dreded hym and for pytye he had on vs lefte that sacrament vnto vs as a memoryall remembrauÌ„ce not onely of y e offering of hym self for our sake vpon the crosse also gaue him self as meate to all suche as worsshyppe hym drede hym loue him honoured him as saint Paule sayth Do you this as ofte as you drynke yt in the remembraunce of me for as oft as you shall eate thys brede and drynke of thys cuppe you shall shewe the dethe of our lorde tyll he come but also left this blessed sacrament vnto vs for a memoryall and remembrauÌ„ce of his inspekable loue toward vs by which loue he was broughte for our sakes to the most bitter crosse shamfull deth in whych he myght be wyth vs
as he was before in y â— sacrament accordyng to his own ê“mise where he sayth And lo I am wyth you for euer euen to the worldes ende whyche all though yt may be vnderstanden of y e maner of presence by whyche he is euer present wyth vs by his powre grace and dyuyne maiesty yet semeth it more lykely he ment of the sacrameÌ„tall presence syns hys dyscyples knewe well inough he sholde neuer be from them as concernynge the former presence but they were not iÌ„lyke wyse sure of hys presence in that sacrament whyche in so farforth was harde to be byleued and perceyued y e many of hys dyscyples went backe and went no more wyth hym And therfore oure sauyour Cryste fyrst to fulfyll the fygure of scrypture gaue hym selfe mete to vs. Surely that fygure was manna gyuen from heuyn to the chylderne of Israell wyth whyche they were fedde .xl. yere in deserte Cryste the interpretour who sayth Truely truely I tell you it was not that Moyses gaue you the brede out of heuyn but my father gyueth you the trew brede out of heuyn I am the brede of lyfe your forefathers hath eatyn maÌ„na in deserte and be dede This is brede descendynge froÌ„ heuyn so that who eateth hereof shall not dye whereby it well appereth that manna in deserte was but a shadowe and fygure of the very maÌ„na that is to witte of the body of Iesu Cryst to be gyuen to vs to eate syth also thapostell wryteth that thynge and the history thereof but as a figure of that whyche after was to be fulfylled Secondely he gaue hym self meate vnto vs to accomplysshe in dede that he promysed by worde which god wold haue so sure and so trewe that he sayth Heuyn and erth shall passe but not my wordes But now Cryste promysed to gyue hys flesshe for oure fode sayenge I am the lyuely brede whyche am descended frome heuyn who eateth of this brede shall lyue for euer And the brede which I shall gyue is my flesshe for the lyfe of y e worlde For why my flesshe in dede is meate my blood is very drynk who cateth my flesshe and drynketh my blood dwelleth iÌ„ me and I in hym Thyrdely Cryst gaue hym selfe vnto vs for meate merueylously and ineffably to shewe vs hys hygh charyte by whych both bodely and gostely he wolde be wyth vs perpetually and all one wyth vs by incorporacioÌ„ as it is wont to be in loue For by the communion of the body and blood of oure lorde Iesu Cryste all we be made one hole body wyth Cryste Thapostell approuynge it sayenge thus The brede that we breke is it not the parrycypacyon of the body of our lorde bycause we menâ—â—y be but one brede and one body all that be partakers of one brede and one cuppe And for thys cause oure lorde Iesu Cryste and onely redemer to leue byhynde hym a remembraunce of hys loue towarde vs and by thensample of the same loue wold haue vs that be hys not onely loue hym but also one another and by the remeÌ„braunce of hys most bytter deth gyue hym thankes togyther was content to be present wyth vs thoughe inuysybly yet bodely in that sacrament and by that communyon as we haue sayd be fore to be all one with vs so to leue thys blessed sacrament of thaulter behynd hym as a sure pledge of hys great loue towarde vs. Of thys it was that saynt IohnÌ„ sayde that at thys laste holy supper the instytucyon of that moste blessed sacrament of thaulter was made for a sygne of loue when he sayth Before y e feast daye of Easter Iesus knowynge y t hys howre was come in whyche he sholde departe out of thys worlde to hys father when he had louyd hys that were in the worlde he loued theÌ„ to thende And after supper so forth In whych saynt Luke answeryng with the other wryteth that Criste in hys laste supper sayde I haue inwardely desyred to eate thys pascall wyth you before I suffer and so forth And wythin a lytell whyle after And takynge the brede he sayd grace and brake it gaue it to theÌ„ sayenge This is my body that shall be delyuered for you Do you thys in remembraunce of me How in my remembraunce That you maye remember howe I haue loued all you that byleued in me who for the greate loue I bare you to thentente I maye be wyth you bodely to the worldes ende haue gyuen you meate myne owne body and myne owne blood vnder the forme of brede and so vnder the sacrament to the enteÌ„t that there may come in your myndes somtyme another greate charyte of myne by whych I dowre not to suffex deth for you whyche deth and charyte you ought to remember wyth the rendrynge of dewe thankes as ofte as ye consecrate and handell by myne ensaÌ„ple this sacrament whyche thynge thapostell coÌ„fyrmynge sayth that Chryst the same nyghte he was betrayed takynge the brede and the cuppe delyuered it vnto his dyscyples and sayd Do you this in remembrauÌ„ce of me As ofte as you eate of thys brede and drinke of this cuppe shewe you the deth of our lorde tyll he come and so forth With how fatherly a loue then Cryste instytuted thys holy sacrament of thaulter there is no good man that of these wordes of Cryste also of thapostell as well of that y â— goeth before as foloweth vnderstandeth not syns he harde that oure lorde Iesu Cryste not onely had shewed in that hys charyte towarde vs whych he wolde sholde be ê‘petuall in that he toke vpoÌ„ hym our nature to make vs as saynt IohnÌ„ sayth men by partycypacyon goddes by fayth and all he toke of ours gaue vs agayn for our helth but also offered vppe to god hys father his owne body on the crosse as a sacrafyce for our recoÌ„cylyacyon his blood to be shed as a pryce and laua tory of our synne that beynge redemed from the myserable seruytude we myghte be clensed frome our vyce Wherfore to thentent the remembraunce of so hygh a benefyte might abyde in vs and the greatnesse of the loue of god more fyrmely fixed in our brestes in his laste supper as yt is wryten in the gospell of saynte IohnÌ„ in the pascall made wyth his dyscyples at his departynge oute of thys worlde to his father he gaue his body for meate and hys blood for drynke to be receyued of faythfull folke vnder the forme of brede ordeynyng this holy sacrament of thaulter as a ê‘petuall remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of hys passyon to thâ— fulfyllyng of tholde fygures one of the greatest myracles that euer he dyd as a syngulare comforte of all those that are sorowfull for his absence As though he wolde say I shall not leue you fatherles not for y â— I wyll come agayne to you my selfe but bycause I wyll be euer wyth you euen to the ende of the world by my mercy by my grace
yet is there none therin greater then thys And surely vnlesse we leue thys so horryble a wyckednesse we shalbe sure of the greate stroke of god ye and that more then men can tell of For in god as saynte Peter wryteth neyther is there none nor neuer shall be any lacke of powre but he can delyuer good men out of theyr teÌ„ptacioÌ„ and euyll men can he reserue to euerlastyng punysshement In whych nuÌ„ber to thenteÌ„t we may not be it shalbe nedefull and expedyent we leue so shamefull handelyng of thys holy sacrameÌ„t of thaulter doyng penaunce for that is past which I trust to god we will and that after we haue proued ourselfes as saynt Poule wolde we shold we wyll I truste eate of that brede that is to wyt the body of our lord in forme of brede And when we haue decernyd the body of our lorde frome other meate then maye we worthyly receyue it To the whych yt is requysyte that fyrst we shold byleue the playne worde of Cryste This is my body whych shal be delyuered for you on the crosse as theuaÌ„gelystes with one accorde wryteth demaundynge no reason thereof askyng no questyons as the vnbyleuynge Iewes dyd Howe can this maÌ„ geue vs his flesh to eate This is a hard saing And who can heare hym as the scysmatyques sayde To them that wyll denye yt and aske this questyon of vs how can there be the body of Cryst vnder the forme of brede and so forth How can we answere theÌ„ better then wyth y e sayeng of Esaias If you byleue not you shall not vnderstande And bycause all thynges be possyble to hym that byleueth Cryste who cometh to god must byleue For Cryste hym selfe sayde to saynt Thomas of Inde Be not vnfaythful but byleue Blessed be they that haue byleued saw not That we compreheÌ„de not by wyt that we se not at eye let vs byleue besydes the comen order of nature why honour we not Chryste that suffered for vs in that sacrament of thaulter syns tyll this oure of all as many as be haue ben there is none that hath brought any thynge forth to proue that we ought or may departe from that fayth whyche the hole catholyke chyrch so longe agon hath kepte and approued whyche the euangelystes apostles wrytynge so euydently reache shewyng wyth one coÌ„sent agrement that Cryste sayd This is my body that is geuyn for you Agaynst which there is not so myche as one tyttell of scrypture y â— sheweth in any place manyfestly the coÌ„trary herof or sayth that there is not y e bodye of our lorde Iesu Cryste It is also very agreable vnto the ineffable loue of god towarde man kynde that those whome he had redemed wyth this precyouse blood bodye of his sonne he wold also by a certayne inspekable meanys fede theÌ„ with his flesh blood body so to be ê¯forted by this secrete presence of his sonne as by a plegge tyll he sholde come gloriousely in the syght of all the worlde God forbede it therfore we shold gyue any place at all to all these folysshe sophistycall sutteltyes brought agaynste this sacrameÌ„t which argumeÌ„tes we haue coÌ„futed before by hole sounde reasons of holy scripture which were such as neuer none yet hytherto were able to impugne ye the leste part of them syns there is nothyng stroÌ„ger then truth and also this is y e fayth that euer hath y e ouer hand by which all thinges as Cryst hym self sayth be possyble wherby I am more ledde to byleue one word of the prophete y â— saith He sayd the worde and it was done then all y e colored crafty suttyll argumeÌ„tes or opinioÌ„s of Arystotell Plato other phylosophers or heretykes So mych before all y e reasoÌ„s prynciples that euer coulde be brought pÌ„fere we this wordes Hoc est corpus meuÌ„ Thys is my body Nor it is not lefull that any reason of man shold be preferred before the worde of god for as myche as saynt Peter saith we ought more to byleue iÌ„ god obay him then men Nor this obieccyon can not staÌ„de if one shuld say that Cryste sytteth in heuen on the right hande of his father nor wyll not be with vs tyll tyme he come to iudge in y e daye of iudgemeÌ„t For I wil answere here vnto y t he y t is euery wher euer with whom nothing is impossible may be gloriously with his father in heueÌ„ shal come in a vysyble body to iudge both nowe is wyth vs shalbe with vs as hym selfe sayth euen to thende of the world not in no visible body but in y e sacrameÌ„t iÌ„ the forme of brede And also let these heretykes tell vs howe this may be y â— Cryste sholde be veryly here with vs on erth and yet hym selfe veryly in heuen For y t he so was in dede hymself witnesseth where he saith No man ascendeth vnto heueÌ„ but he y t hath descended out of heuen the sonne of man why che is in heuen If they byleue this why noty t What they by leue neyther nother ye what they byleue nothyng at all as we may easely perceyue by theyr frutes they do not Nor agayn this reason can not hold that yt semeth a iestynge stocke a folyshnes to byleue that Cryste can be or ought to be vnder the forme of a litle piece of brede there to be hyd conteyned then say farther that yt profyteth nothynge and so forth I wold answere yf they wold so say that they nothyng dyffer neyther from the vnbyleuyng Iews nor yet reprobate Paynyms that were before tyme. For by this meanes they nother shall nor can beleue any poynt of the catholy like faith for as mych as saiÌ„t Paule sayth Nole Cryste is crucyfyed that is to say all y e hole fayth of Cryste euery worde of hys is occasyon of ruyne to the Iewes amongest the paynyms takeÌ„ for very folly who was I praye you more mocked at theÌ„ saint Poule when he taught the resurreccyon of Criste of dede folke were not the Iews offended in Cryste reprouynge him of folly when he said himselfe was brede meate from heuyn when they murmured amonges them selfes sayd Is not this the sonne of Ioseph whose father mother we knewe Now then sayth he that I am descended from heuen for they thoughte yt but a folyshe thynge to byleue god incarnate or to byleue yt possyble for any that desceÌ„deth from heuen to erth myght be at the same self momeÌ„t in heuen styll to Trewly saynt Paule sayth The word of the crosse to them y t shall peryshe is but folyshnes but to them y t shal be safe y t is to wyt to byleuers yt is the powre of god wherfore we may lightly gather that we muste byleue this very bare word of god in which he sayd This is my body y