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A spirituall purgation sent vnto al them that laboure of Luthers errour as touching the bodely presens of Christe our sauiour in the sacrament, and to al them that haue espyed the libertie of the gospel as touching theyr fleshe, yet seke not the lybertie to make free theyr spyrite from thys afore sayde errour.
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T. C., fl. 1548.
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STC 4312; ESTC S103887
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same body which was crucified dead is rysen agayn according as yâ apostels haue witnessed of hym yf you diligeÌtely atteÌd awake out of your slepe he wyll also reueyle vnto you what bodi this was after his resurrectioÌ what became therof so euideÌtly that except thou repeÌt turne froÌ your wycked Imaginacion all other of your faction of the clergye whych thus spurneth agaynste gods truth it wil plucke a hoode ouer your heades furred with fearful iudgemente vnquencheable fyer Wherfore geue eare vnto thee Euangelist whych more playne lyer expresseth thys bodye than ye haue cause to doubte After these womeÌ had thus talked amoÌg the disciples that at theyr commyng his body was absent out of yâ monumeÌt ther arose amoÌg theÌ a sodayne wonderyng how thys myght be behold ii of yâ coÌpany that thus talked of Iesus went from Ierusalem vntyl a certayn vyllage called Emaus vnto whoÌ Christ apered beyng euen the last maÌ they talked of asking theÌ what communication this was c as followeth in the text Reade iudge In conclusion nyght drewe on they compelling hym to tarrye wyth them And it came to passe as he sate at thee table wyth theÌ personally he toke bread brake it and gaue it them wher vpon they knew hym and so he vanisshed away here note good frendes that the scripture speaketh as yet of no transubstantiation For the body that brake thys bread was a personal body hauing flesshe and bones the sences of a naturall bodye As you shal manyfeste perceaue hereafter appoynted wythout any alteration to enter into glory They here vpon callyng to mynde thys sygne wherein before his deth he vouchsaued to preache his precious death the delyueraunce of our soules from eternal captiuitie strayte forth they knewe hym sayinge Dyd not our hartes burne wtin vs whaÌ he thus talked wyth vs of the scripture Now good brethreÌ because the subtyle serpent shal not by errour deceaue youre wyttes to surmyce that whych is not bryngynge vpon your selues swyfte dampnatioÌ it hath to confyrme you in thys truth made playne what bodye thys was farre otherwyse thaÌ ye dreame noo soche body that was willing to traÌsubstancy at it selfe into a dead thyng whyche could nether fele tast se go nor speake in whom ther is nether lyfe nor soule marke therfore how the holy ghost handeleth thys matter by hys holye Euangely on After these twoo meÌ that were at Emaus knew hym by the breakyng of bread they returned vnto Ierusalem froÌ wheÌse they came where ther were gathered together of the disciples aleuen in nomber coÌming talkinge of theyr Mayster christe lately rysed froÌ the dead and seyn of Peter whose talke to coÌfirme these two begaÌ to declare what hadde be fallen them in theyr iorney to Emaus as touchinge hys resurrection And whyle they thus talked of him he apered agayne amoÌgest theÌ saying Peace be with you But thei somwhat fearful with thys straunge syghte supposed hym to be some sperit whom to put oute of doubte he spake in thys wyse sayinge Why are ye thus troubled or what moueth your hartes thus foundly to Imagyne fantasyes be holde my handes my feate am I not eueÌ he that hath cast your accompt dischardged youre det betwene my father you as my sperit at the houre of my most bytter affliction vttered sayinge CoÌsummatuÌ est c. MaÌ thy matter is at issue thy saluacion is made perfecte yf thou abyde in me Yf you mystruste me proue handell me and ye shall no lesse doo but confesse my body far to dissent froÌ a sperite whych hath neyther flesshe and bones as ye se me haue whan he hadde thus destorbed hys natural body vnto them to confyrme theyr faith he shewed theÌ both feate handes Yet not wythstanding this manyfest demonstratyon some of them doubted partly for ioy and partly for the strauÌge sight whom to set fre wythout suspytion he demaunded of them we ther they had any meat to eate vnto whom sone after hys demaunde they offered parte of a broyled fysshe and an honycombe and in presens before theyr eyes he eate it Thus you see that he hadde not onelye fleshe bones and a personall bodye lyke vnto them but also all the sences of a naturall bodye namely felyng seyng hearyng tastynge goyinge Et hec omnia que scripta sunt ad nostraÌ doctrinam fo 15 scripta sunt vt per patientiam scripturarum spem habeamus that is to say Al these thynges that are wrytten are wrytteÌ for our learnyng that through the pacience of thee scriptures we shulde haue hope Whyche alwaye wylbe of force stronge ynough to confute thys errour whych by enchauntement wold haue ther a phantastical body yâ is a bodye by coniecture whoÌ ye saye can nether be felt wyth hand neyther seyn with eyes of the body but only wyth yâ eyes of your faythe O good brethreÌ how longe wyl ye play the part of Iamnes and Iambres whiche wyth moost disceatful sorcerye haue resysted the wil of god thynke you that the wrathfull vengeaunce of god whych fell vpon them can mysse you playinge the same part no truly for agaynst soch thar stouburnely wythstande the truth wythout repentaunce god sharpeth his sworde and bendeth his lawe shal loke narowly with hys eyes that he mysse not hys marke but that he may hit theÌ a ryght for I am sure that ye ar not ignoraunt How that moyses rodde Psal viii hath deuoured theyr feyned serpent and that dangerles eueÌ so shal truth vaunquishe your errour and condeÌpne your folly in that ye loue youre wyttes so wel that shameles ye wythstande the glorious gospel and opeÌly accuse truth of a lie hath not Christ euen wyth his owne mouth lynyally descrybed hys body to be fleshe bloud also to possesse al the sences of a natural body that to the eyes of hys disciples yet contrarye to thys truth say you that his body is in forme of bread whyche is dead and vade of sences also he shewed hym selfe after his resurrectioÌ in the shape stature of a maÌ and yet agaynst hys own wyl ye wyl compel hym to transubstanciat him self into a new shape brynging a maÌ with all hys meÌbers into the strayte roume of a pece of bread or synging cake as ye better allow it Iudge you now how your Sophistrie and the sperite of truth agreeth ⪠But with your pacieÌs suffer me I pray you to reasoÌ wyth your faÌtacye that ye may perceaue the buylding of youre opinioÌ vnable to staÌd in trial with the scripture because it lacketh a groundfyll Answere me therfore Luther your adherentes wold ye that Christes naturall body borne of the vyrgyn Mary very fleshe bloud shuld be traÌsubstanciate into thys bread or no yf ye so wold manifest vnto me I pray you the tyme of this alteracioÌ for asmoch as nothiÌg can be wtout instaÌce of time Yf ye saye it was done