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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00958	Homelies sette forth by the righte reuerende father in God, Edmunde Byshop of London, not onely promised before in his booke, intituled, A necessary doctrine, but also now of late adioyned, and added thereunto, to be read within his diocesse of London, of all persons, vycars, and curates, vnto theyr parishioners, vpon sondayes, & holydayes.	Bonner, Edmund, 1500?-1569.	1555 (1555)	STC 3285.2; ESTC S103088	74,513	149

Surelye sayeth he it is no absurdyte that synnes are forgyueÌ„ by theÌ„ which haue the holy ghost in theÌ„ Nowe yf you wyll marke that not the preest onely but also the holy Ghost dothe woorke in remitting and pardonyng synnes than I trust you wyll see graunte this aucthoritie of Christes catholike churche which thyng euery chrysten man dothe confesse dayly in his crede saying not onely I beleue the holy catholyke churche the communion of saynctes but addyth also the remyssion of synnes to be in the same catholike churche i. Timo. 1. Doo not we rede that saynt Paule dyd vse this aucthoritie whan he did excommunicate Hymeneus and Alexander dyd not the holye Byshoppe saynt Ambrose vse this aucthoritie in euery poynt vpon the emperoure Theodosius Theodorit Lib. 5. hist. Eccle. ca. 18 Which holy byshoppe perceyuynge the emperoure had greuouslye offended dyd not spare to excommunicate hym yea and though he offered him selfe obedientlye to be receyued yet was it after longe penaunce that he was absolued this holy byshoppe dyd vse the authoritie giuen to him by God thys christen emperoure knowing the same dyd with al humilitie obey Yf the bishopes and preistes in time past and also the layitee had lerned and practsied there duetyes and vocations by this example surelye the churche of Chryste shoulde not haue come to such great disordre as we see neyther shoulde vyce and wyckednes so frely haue bene vsyd but bicause this mater is largely and lernedly set fourth in the sacrameÌ„t of penance I wil cease to speake any more hereof and nowe it remayneth to declare what coÌ„moditie and profytte we haue by thys catholyke church our lorde and mayster chryste in the gospell of saincte Iohn Iohn 15. doeth compare hym selfe to the vyne tree and all vs to the braunches and sayeth Manete in me et ego in vobis Abyde you in me that is to saye in the faythe of my churche And I wyll abyde in you Oh mercyful Lord what comfort and commoditye is this for a christen man to haue Christe to abyde with hym And farther he sayeth Yf you abide in me my wordes abide in you aske what you wyl it shal be graunted to you Here are we sure that if we abyde in christes catholike churche embrace the faythe and doctryne therof both Christ hym selfe by grace wyll abyde in vs and also oure prayers shal euermore be hearde And wythoute all doute there is no abiding in Christe vnles we abide in the vnyte of hys catholyke churche For as saynct Cipriane sayeth Ciprianus de simpli prelat Non potest habere deum patrem qui non nouit Ecclesiam matrem He cannot haue God hys father that knoweth not the churche to be his mother But a child of God knowiÌ„g the churche to be his mother lyinge in the bosome thereof may be sure that Christ the spouse of the churche Gene. 7.8 wyll neuer forgette hys nedefull requestes And as no lyuely creature was saued from death but suche onely as were in the arcke of Noe Gen. 7 8. so is there none saued from dampnation but those that are in the vnyte of Christes churche And therefore to gyue vs warnynge the holye doctoure Saincte Augustyne speaketh in thys maner mooste playnlye Quisquis ergo ab hac catholica ecclesia fuerit seperatus quaÌ„ tuÌ„ libet laudabiliter se uiuere existimet August epist 152. hoc folo scelere quod a Christi Vnitate disiunctus est noÌ„ habebit uitam sedir a dei manet super cuÌ„ That is in englysh Whosoeuer therfore shal be seperatid froÌ„ this catholike church although he think himself to liue neuer so worthely yet for this onelye crime that he is separated froÌ„ the vnitie of Christ he shal not haue life but the wrath of god abideth vpon hym But what nede is it to allege saincte Augustine or any other auncient father herein seing almyghty God by hys prophet Esay hath set furthe to vs a lytle picture of hys churche Esai 5. vnder the name of a vyneyarde and the house of Israell There maye we see that thynge that we by experience doo knowe For almyghty God in that parable declareth by hys Prophete howe muche he had doone for the house of Israell a fygure of Christes churche in that he had planted them in a batsome and frutefull countrey and had gyuen to them good gouernours and orders wherein they myghte haue lyued and pleased hym but forasmuche as they dyd wylfullye breake the lawes of God hys ordinance he threatned them saying Auferam sepem eius et erit in direptionem c. Ibidem I wyll sayeth oure Lorde take awaye the hedge of my vyneyarde that it may peryshe Euen so hathe our sauioure Christe dealed wyth vs the people of his churche For where as by his preciouse deathe and passion he dyd purchase vs and lefte vs in the custodye of his catholyke church as is before sayde leauynge also to vs lawes to obserue and sacramentes wherewith we should be preserued And we naughty people haue dyspysed al his moost godly and holsome decrees and ordinances he hathe of his iustyce and accordynge to hys promyse euen in oure tyme punished vs and hath suffred the wicked to plucke downe the pale or hedge of his vineyarde I meane all good order as well in the churche as in the common wealthe and that for the space of many yeares paste Nowe here christen people thoughe you doo not consyder the plage of sundrye synnes that hathe in this late scysme possessed manye mens soules yet doo not dyssemble nor forgette the miserye that we all haue suffered outewardelye synce we were separate from the churche of Christe alas what Christen bloude wythin this Realme euen by oure owne countreimen hath bene shed Oh Lord how many poore wydowes without comforte haue bene lefte Howe many fatherlesse children without soccoure I leaue here to speake of the vnshameles breakynge of the deade mennes testamentes and theyr mooste godly intentes ordinances Abbais are poulled downe Collegis and Chantrees are ouerthroweÌ„ churches are robbed and poore Christ that is to saye the hungry and nedefull people famyshe and crye oute therefore All these surely wyth many mo haue come vpon vs bicause we haue bene oute of the house of God Wherefore in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe let vs all togyther lament and be sory for oure goynge astraye let vs come and fal downe before God oure father and confesse oure transgression and humblye desyre Luce. 15. that we maye be receyued into hys house whyche is the churche thoughe we shoulde all the dayes of oure lyues be but hyrelynges Quia melior est dies vnus in atrijs tuis super milia Psal 83. One daye Oh Lorde is better spente in thy house than a thousande otherwyse Fynallye yf we contynew obedyente chyldren in the bosome of our mother the holye churche we shall be fedde wyth

forasmuche as the holye ghoste is the gouernour and ruler of the catholyke churche we ought there onely and in no other corner to serche the true vnderstandynge and dyscernynge of the scryptures And for this cause the aucient fathers were they neuer so godly and so wel learned yet woulde they neuer presume vpon theyr owne iudgementes but euer referred them selues to the vnderstandyng and interpretacion of the catholyke churche before them Therfore the godly lerned and ancient father Ireneus Ireneus li. 3 capi 4 wryting agaynste schismaticall heresyes sayeth thus Quid enim si qui de aliqua modica questione disceptatio esset nonne oporteret in antiquissimas recurrere Ecclesias c. that is to saye but what and yf there were contencion concerning some smal question were it not necessarye to returne to the mooste auncient churches and immediatly after he sayeth Quid autem si neque apostoli quidem scripturas reliquissent nobis nonne oportebat ordinem sequi traditionis quam tradiderunt hijs quibus committebant Ecclesias What sayeth this holye father yf the Apostles had lefte to vs no scripture at all had it not bene necessarye to folowe the order of that tradition whyche they delyuered to those to whome they dyd bequethe the churche Alas good people howe farre are manye in these dayes gone from this olde and auncieÌ„t rule this blessed martir here exhorteth or rather commaundeth that yf any small dyscorde thoughe it be in a matter of lytle importaunce doo chaunce that we woulde not accordyng to our fantasy iudge therein but though we haue no scripture for the same yet sayeth he we ought to folowe kepe and obserue the tradition of the aunciente churches Where as in these late dayes the impudente procedars haue taughte the zely people that euery man shoulde and may be a iudge of controuersyes and that we oughte to obserue no tradition nor ceremonye other than we fynde in the holy scrypture Of suche the same holy Ireneus dooeth speake thus after many other notable lessons to the same purpose Omnes autem hij decidunt a veritate Ireneus li. 4 Cap. 43. et heritici quidem alienum ignem afferentes ad altare dei id est alienas doctrinas a celesti igne conburentur c. All these sayeth he doo fal from the trueth and the heretykes truely bryngynge straunge fyre to the aulter of God that is to saye straunge doctrine shal be brent with the heuenly fyre With suche lyke threatnynges in the same place to those that disobey the authoritie of the churche Lykewyse sainct Augustyne speakynge of the baptysme of chyldren and howe that sacrament can profyte them seynge many die before they know the effecte of the same affyrmeth that the faythe of those that brynge the chylde to christenynge shall profyte the childe that is broughte but for his probacion August de li. arb lib. 3. Cap. 23. he bryngeth thys Hoc commendat ecclesie saluberrima authoritas This thynge the mooste holsome aucthoritye of the churche doethe commende And euen wyth lyke reuerence the same saincte Augustyne dooth many tymes submytte all hys iudgementes Epist 7. In proemio Li. 3. De. Tri. and woorkes to the catholyke churche And fynally to declare hys iudgemente concernynge the aucthoritye of the catholyke churche He saieth thus Ego vero EuaÌ„gelio noÌ„ crederem nisi me catholicae Ecclesiae commoueret authoritas that is to say Truely August contra epist Manich. Capi. 3 I would not beleue the Gospell onles that the aucthoritye of the catholyke churche dyd moue me thereto And we ought here to consyder that after the ascension of our sauioure Christe for the space of certayne yeares there was no gospell at all wrytten but all thynges concernynge the faythfull christians were ruled and gouerned by the dyscyples of Christ beyng than the heades of the church Afterwarde we rede that dyuers of the dyscyples of Christe dyd wryte Gospelles as sainct Bartylmew Nicodemus and an other Gospel was called Euangelium Nazareorum But the authorite of the churche dyd onely admitte those fower euangelistes which nowe the whole churche dooth retayne Whyche thing might well seme maruelous seynge that bothe saincte Bartylmew and Nicodemus were present and dyd see the woorkes of Christ and also dyd here hys doctryne where as sainct Luke dyd learne hys gospell of saincte Paule and other and so lykewyse dyd S. marke but hereby it dooeth moost playnly appere that the catholike churche onely hathe this hye aucthorite to dyscerne scriptures and that scriptures allowed by the church shoulde not be refused of anye particulare persons Nowe therefore seynge that the catholyke churche bothe hathe delyuered to vs the scripture and in all ages and tymes hath bene taken of all Godly lerned men for the true iudge thereof I exhort and beseche all you good christen people that in all doutes opinions and controuersies ye would resort to the holy churche and there learne what the same catholyke church hath beleued and taught from time to time concernynge doutes or controuersies and yf wyth lowly and meke hartes ye wyll so doo surely the holy ghoste wyll instructe you he wyll comforte you and he wyl leade you into al trueth But yf in suche case ye wil fly from the catholike church aske couÌ„sell of your selues or of any that dooth swarue from the sayd churche than for so muche as the holy ghost is not your guyde you shall fall from ignoraunce to errour and from doutyng and dysputyng to playne heresy and so from one to another to the vtter confusion An other aucthoriti of the churche of bothe body and soule Yet beside this great authoritie of the churche whereof you haue hearde there is an other gyuen by God of mooste hye excellencye that is power to forgyue and pardon the penitent synner and to punishe and correcte the obstinate or frowarde synner which power and aucthorite Leuit. 13. as it was fygured in the preesthood of the olde lawe as in Iudgynge of leprose persons and in punyshynge to death those that did not obey the priest eueÌ„ so is it giuen by our sauiour Christ in very dede Deut. 17. in the gospel to his Apostles and to all theyr successours For after that our sauioure hadde rysen from deathe he came amonges hys Apostles and brethed vpon them and sayde Accipite spiritum sanctum quorum dimiseritis peccata Iohn 20. dimittuntur eis et quorum retinueritis retenta sunt That is take you the holy ghost whose sinnes you shall forgyue they are forgyuen to them and whose synnes you doo retayne they are retayned Whyche aucthorite by playne woordes gyuen by Christ though some hath or doo contemne and set at noughte Ciril in Iohn Lib. 12. capi 20. yet saincte Cyrill byddeth them cease to merueyle that Christ should giue suche power for he sayeth Certe absurdum non est peccata remitti posse ab illis qui spiritum sanctum in seipsis habeant

substaunce of bread is turned into the substaunce of Christes bodye and so muste all men beleue that wyll be lyuely members of the catholyke churche and in that there belefe they muste honoure the bodye and bloude of oure sauioure Christe in the sacramente of the Aultare as alwayes christen people haue vsed to doo Saincte Austin in hys exposition made vpon the .99 Psalme S. Augustine vpon the .99 Psalme sayeth that it is synne not to honoure the bodye of Christe meanynge in the Sacramente of the Aultare And as it is before in thys Homily alledged he also sayeth in the name of all men We doo honoure vnder the fourmes of breade and wyne whyche we se the bodye and bloude of Christe whyche we do not see Wherefore good christen people knowing nowe what is the ryght belefe touchynge the Sacramente of the aultare embrace and folowe the same and cleaue faste to the catholyke churche the spouse of Chryste that you maye be true members of Christe to whome wyth the father and the holye Ghoste be all honoure and glorye worlde wythoute ende Amen Io. Harpesfelde sacrae theologiae professoris et Archidiaconi London Â¶ An Homily wherein is aunswere made to certayne common obiections agaynst the presence of Christes bodye and bloude in the sacramente of the Aultare MEte it were dearely beloued in our sauioure Christ that we all should so fully wholy cleaue to the faith of Christes catholike church that no appearauÌ„ce of reasoÌ„ to the coÌ„trari therof shoulde cause vs once to doute or stagger in any part part of the same For such a kinde of faith doth God requyre of vs and for suche kynde of faythe good christen people are in scripture called AbrahaÌ„s children Roma 4 which Abraham as it is wrytten in the fourth to the Romaynes coÌ„trary to hope beleued in hope that he should be the father of many nations accordynge to that which was spokeÌ„ So shal thy sede be And he fainted not in the faith nor yet coÌ„sidered his owne bodi which was now dead euen when he was almost an hundred yeare olde nether yet that Sara was paste chylde bearynge he staggered not at the promyse of god through vnbelefe but was stroÌ„g in the faith and gaue honor to god fully certified that what he had promysed the same he was able to make good Yf we then wil be the childreÌ„ of Abraham we muste not faynt in faith nor consyder gods woordes after the course of nature Saint Paule in the .x. 2. Corin. x. chapiter of his seconde epistle to the Corinthians geueth vs an example in hym selfe howe we shoulde alwayes brynge reason in subiection to faithe sayng The weapons of our warfare are not carnall but mighty in God to ouerthrowe stronge holdes to destroy counselles and euery hyghe thynge that exalteth it selfe agaynste the knowledge of God and to brynge in captiuitye vnto the seruyce of Christe all vnderstandinge What thinke you is the cause why the Iewes beleue not on Christe Verely fyrste because he was borne of a Vyrgyn which is contrary to the course of nature Secondly lykewyse he was in vnitie of person God man whyche how it may be no mans wyt is able by natural power to conceaue thyrdly because he beyng God and man suffered the death of the crosse which for God to be content to do semeth to naturall reason a thynge moost absurde but good christen folke geuyng place to faith do most vndoutedly beleue on Christ God maÌ„ crucified according to that S. Paule writeth in his fyrste Chapter of his fyrste Epistle to the Corinthians i. Corin. 1. saying We preache Christ crucifyed to the Iewes a stumblyng blocke to the gentels a folishnes but to so many of the iewes geÌ„tels as ar called Christ the power wysedome of God And agreably here vnto he sayeth also in the nexte Chapiter folowynge My talke my preaching was not in the persuasible woordes of mans wysedome but in shewynge of power and of the spyryte that youre faythe should not rest in the wisedome of man but in the power of God This generall aduyse and counsel of S. Paule may and ought so to staye vs in the faythe of the catholyke churche that nether carnall reasons grounded vpon the feble intelligence of mans natural wyt nether the deceatfull iudgement of oure senses shoulde make vs once to doute of any one trueth in Christes religioÌ„ were it neuer so contrarye to the course of nature neuer so farre aboue our capacities and neuer so absurde to the appearaunce of our outwarde senses But forasmuch as throughe the iniquitie of these later euyll yeares dyuers haue hadde sondrye fonde dowtes and scruples put into theyr heades especyally agaynst the presence of Christes body bloude in the Sacrament of the aultare and throughe such dowtes haue swarued from the true belefe therein therefore here shall folowe aunsweres and solutyons to such dowtes as haue ben most commen that from henceforthe no man shall nede to be seduced by them or other lyke Obiection Â¶ Fyrst it hath bene obiected that our sauiour Christ immediatlye after that he had instituted and delyuered to his Apostles the sacramente dyd say vnto them Do this in remembraunce of me Vppon which wordes some haue concluded that the bodye of our sauiour Christ cannot be in the sacramente Â¶ But let vs duely waye the wordes Aunsvvere and meaning of the same and we shall moost plainly perceaue theyr erroure and mysvnderstandyng Saincte Paule in hys fyrste Epistle to the Corinthians 1. Corin. xi and in the .xi. chapter of the same Epistle intreating of the institution of the Sacrament of the aultare and ther openynge the true sense of that commaundemente of Christ saythe in this maner As oft as you eate of that bread and drinke of that cuppe you shal shew forthe the Lordes death vntil he come So then the remembraunce whyche oure sauioure there requyreth of vs is the remembraunce of hys death which is past and not presente and therefore after most proper maner of speache may well be remembred Now this remembraunce can in no wyse possibly be so lyuely and so effectually worke in oure hartes as when we most certenly beleue that in the sacrament of the aultare is veryly the selfe same body in substaunce which died for vs and therfore the Prophet Dauid foreseyng in spirit this so excelleÌ„t a memorye sayeth in hys .cx. Psalme Psal 110. Oure mercyfull gratious Lord hath made a memory of all his merueylous workes and by by declaring in what maner he maketh that memory he addeth those woordes he hathe geuen a foode to suche as feare him This fode which the Prophet sayeth that Christ should leaue in remembraunce of al his maruelous workes that is of his incarnatioÌ„ his passion his ascension and glorye in heauen and other lyke workes moost chiefely is to be verifyed of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe in the sacramente of

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