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A18448	The oration of the most noble and reverende father in God the Lorde Cardinalles Grace of Lorrain made and pronounced in thassemblie [sic] at Poyssi, the kyng beyng present, the sixtene daye of Septembre, in the yeare of our Lorde 1561 / translated out of Frenche into Englishe by T.S.	Guise, Charles de, Cardinal de Lorraine, 1525-1574.	1561 (1561)	STC 5010.5; ESTC S283	23,800	31

let out his vineyard to others And the kingdome of heauen which is the church Mat. 13. is compared to nettes that gather fyshe of all sortes whiche shall not be seperated or deuided vntill the nette be ful that is to say in the consummacion and ende of the worlde at what tyme the angels shall seuer the euyll from among the iust 2. tim ● And in this great house there be many vessels some appoynted to honor and some to dishonor To be shorte among the xii Apostles Iudas was reproued and of hym it is writen in the actes that the place of his apostleship should be filled Act. ● Psal 10● as the psalme saithe An other shoulde take his bishoprike And notwithstandyng all these expresse testimonies of the scriptures contrary to this opinion sundry inconueniences haue risen makyng this church to bee vnknowen and fantasticall wherby the state therof shoulde be so vncertaine that neither byshops nor priestes should be certayne no assured baptisme and all the administration of the sacramentes vncertaine For Predestination or reprobation bee among the highest secretes of God the certaine knowledge wherof we can not attain And notwithstandyng this mixture of good and badde together 1. Tim. 3 Ioh 14.16 Mat 16. Mat ●5 Mat. 24 Marc 13 2 The 2 1 Tim 4 1 Tim. 3 2 Pet. 3. Epi 119. ●…p 19. The fame and glorie of the chirche Pro. 40. 2. Re. 22 Ephe. 6. Psal 119. the churche ceaseth not accordyng to the sayeng of S. Paul to be the piller and foundation of the truthe wherin she is throughly instructed by the holy ghost and builded vpon that stone against which hell gates shal neuer preuail with whom IESVS CHRIST her true spouse shall remaine to the worldes ende although she is aduertised by her lorde and by the holye scriptures of the assaultes whiche she shoulde suffer by meanes of false Christes false prophetes false apostles and of the abuses errours and heresies which should inuade her Howbeit as saint Austine answereth very wel to Ianuarius sayeng The Churche beyng sett and placed among so muche chaffe and cockle suffereth many thynges but those thinges that be against the faithe or good life bee not by her in any wise allowed or made wherin she dothe neither howe her peace nor yet dissemble vppon which sence we acknowledge that she can not go out of the waye nor yet erre eyther in the faithe or in good lyfe whiche we confesse and affirme as a thyng that no christian man can denaie and accursed bee he that gothe about to obscure her glorye and fame The firste place and chiefest authoritie belongeth to this shielde whiche is the brandishyng sword of all those that put their trust in God The true light which leadeth and geueth lyghte to our feete 2 Pet. 1 and is the lanterne of our waies and pathes profitable to teache to argue to correcte to instructe a man in iustice that he may be perfect and redy to all the good workes of God and that it is the word of God which abideth and shall abyde for euer 2. Tim. 12 Pet. 10 whiche by the prophetes and apostles hath been preached vnto vs. Moreouer with this we acknowledge his spirite that geueth lyfe and not the dead letter that kylleth 21. Co 3 And to vse saynt Hieromes owne wordes Lett vs not thynke saith he that the Gospell is in the wordes of the Scripture but in the sence thereof It is in the marowe not in the barke or outwarde apparaunce of letters in the roote of truth not in the leaues of wordes And this woorde of God we say is of more antiquitie and before the churche as it appeareth in the creation of the worlde and in the commandementes made to our fyrst father howe be it the churche was long beefore any written woorde For Moyses was the fyrst that dyd put the ordinances of God in writyng And our sauiour CHRIST beyng a long space in the worlde And after his departure in long successe of time his worde was taught and preached by the Apostles after his ascention before they beganne to write whyche gyueth vs to vnderstande that the worde of God is as well to bee receyued and acknowledged of vs which is delyuered vs by the traditions of the Apostles and their successoures vnwritten as that whyche is lefte vnto vs in writyng 8. The. 2 And we ought saithe Saint Paule to bold faste the traditions whiche we haue been taughte eyther by woorde or sent by Epistle In lyke sorte as commandement to obeye and kepe theym is geuen in the Actes of Thapostles Act 15. 1. Cor. 11 And agaynste suche holye traditions yf any be founde contentious lette it be sayde vnto hym for a full aunswere we nor the Churche of God haue no suche custome by aucthoritie whereof wee knowe what Scriptures bee Canonicall Vincēt Lyrinēsis and what bee Apocriphall The Cannon whereof althoughe it bee perfecte and sufficiente yet oughte not the auctoritie of the vnderstandyng of the Churche to bee coumpted superfluous for that the holye and sacred Scripture by reason of her hyghenesse and maiestie is not all together receyued in one sence and vnderstandyng by reason of the diuersitie of opinyons in sundrye sortes of menne Wherefore it is very necessarye to addresse the ligne of thinterpretation of the Prophetes and Apostles accordynge to the trewe rule and exposition of the Catholike Churche quod vbique I speake namelye of this churche Catholike to the ende that gatherynge the force and meanyng of the woorde we maye holde that for Catholike and vniuersall whyche hath ben in all places where the Gospelle hathe been preached quod sēper quod ab omnibꝰ beleued whiche alwaies and in all tymes from the tyme of IESVS CHRIST vnto oure tyme of all menne hathe been approued and allowed whiche ordre wee pourpose to followe and practise In Vniuersalitie if we dooe confesse that to bee the trewe faithe whiche thole churche throughout the worlde dothe confesse In Antiquitie meanyng that whiche hath been sayde and spoken in all tymes yf we doo receiue none other sence and interpretation then that whiche oure honorable forefathers haue approued In Consente whiche I speake generally of that antiquitie wherin we doo folowe the definitions and opinions of all the holy Martyrs Byshops and priests Aug ep 118. cap. 1 ad Ianuarium Act 15. Theffect and description of general counselles Mat. 18. chrysologus ser 132. Nice li. 15. ca. 19. and all other our auncient masters and instructours THIS causeth me to speake of the Councels especially of those that be generall the authoritie and vsage whereof hath alwais ben very holsome and profitable in the church the same beyng instituted by God frō whō their auctoritie procedeth first practised put in vse by the apostles as appereth in their actes Al which being well considered what other thyng is it thā an assemble of all the pastors doctors before

reason but faith vppon autority Let faith therfore beleue and serche not thunderstandyng These things my brethern do require necessarily faith and doth not admit reason They require a simple beleuer and reproue a curious questioner We muste therfore beleue simply that whiche cannot profitably be serched out It is nto I sure I say thus humbly to think and speake But seynge there be some that so highly do thinke and more thā behaueth as we suppose questioning so much and pressing vs so neere of the manner of his presence we are contented freely to folowe their desires sithens so muche against our myndes they thus force vs. They cannot dissemble but they theirs be greuously offended with this worde Corporaliter in this matter But I take them to be men to muche exercised in the auncient writers whereby they can excuse theim selues but that they haue founde that woorde expressed in their writynges Cy. lib. ●o cap 13 in Ioan. H●… 8. de Trinita de Chrysostome ● Hom. 15 in Ioan 83. Hom. in Math. 60. ho. ad popu antioch For the same and suche like be eft soones amonges them founde and repeted Wherfore better it is with modestie to interprete them then to take them in so euyll parte The fathers therfore both Grekes and Latins do denie that the christen men haue vnitie of beyng or coniunction onely by lyuely faithe and pure charitie or that which is to one effecte we be onely by faithe hope and loue by religion obedience and will spiritually ioyned and vnited to him But they with a more efficacie doo protest that by the speciall vertue and effect of this sacrament duely and woorthily receiued Iesus Christ dothe really and in dede communicate himself to vs by true receiuyng and participation of the nature and substance of his body and bloode and that verily he is and dwelleth in vs as we haue already sayd that these thynges taken and perceiued maketh that we bee in Iesus Christ IESVS CHRIST in vs accordyng as he saith Ioan. 6● he that eateth my fleshe dwelleth in me and I in hym For the better exposition and the same also to recommend vnto vs of the said dwellyng vnitie and coniunccion of hym with vs and of vs with hym they dyd not abhorre these aduerbes Substantialiter naturaliter corporaliter especially S. Hillarie vseth to this purpose this worde carnaliter that is to say accordyng to the veritie of the substance and nature of the fleshe of the bodie and blood of our Lorde Iesus Christ In suche sort that in no other place somuch or more then here hath place and is true and accomplished that whiche saincte Paule saithe Quod sumus Christi comparticipes Ep. 3 5● Cy. Hic ●soli●… 4. antioch corporaler addo vt ita loquar consanguine● quia membra sumus corporis eius de carne eius de ossibus eius That we bee of the selfe same fleshe and bloode with hym membres of his body of his fleshe and of his bones And we vsyng sometimes after and with them these termes we meane not therfore or saye that the maner of this so familiar and inwarde dwelling vnitie and coniunction of oure sauiour wyth vs and of vs with him shoulde bee therby naturall substantiall corporall or carnall but cleane contrarye we confesse it to be more if it may be spoken then supernaturall superstantial spiritual inuisible vnspeakeable speciall proper to this Sacrament not withstanding true not only figuratiue or significatiue And as touching the presence as little or rather lesse we say it to be locall circūscriptiue diffinitiue and subiectiue or of any other physique or naturall maner To be short in this matter we receaue no maner of Esse in whiche Aristotle or anye other philosopher hath For as we haue already sayde we doo not comprehende it by sence or vnderstanding by reason or nature that this true precious bodye and glorious bloud is here present or exhibited vnto vs but by the onely faythe grounded vpon the aucthority of the worde of God which faith beyng so is as Saint Paule sayth it Hebr. 11 of thynges inuisible and not apparent we beleue also that oure sauiour geueth vs here his diuinitie his humanitie wyth all his goddes tresoures graces and merites inuisibly or by an inuisible manner true notwithstanding as we haue always sayde beyng assured that euen as if we beleued it not we shall neuer vnderstande it as the prophete doth threaten so also if we humblye doo beeleue we shall vnderstand it Esa 7. Psal 83. and see it aboue when we shall see the God of Goddes as Dauid sayeth in Syon Which beeynge contrarye to iudgement and speculation of vnderstandyng and contrarye to the capacitye of mannes witte and inward spirite we must alwayes oppose and set the formalitie of these worees Hoc est corpus meum which shal be fier and lightnyng to all consciences in leauyng the proprietie as the fathers doth teache vs preachynge these wordes Let vs beleue in our lord obey him in al through al. Let vs not speake against him Chr. ho 60 ad po 83 in Math. although that which he shall say vnto vs shal seme very absurd not agreable cleancōtrary to our sences vnderstandings That his worde surmounteth al thing is to vs as in dede it is more worthy then al other things Which thing is mete for vs to do in al things but specially in the holy misteries Let vs not regard so much the things only which we see but let vs kepe oure selues to his wordes For his word is infallible and cannot be false or deceauable Cōtrarywise the sence is easy to be begiled and oftentimes is deceaued Seyng then he hath said This is my bodye lette vs not doubte but beleue and obeye and wyth the eyes of our vnderstandyng beholde him Ma. 18 28 The proprietie I say of these words and consequently the presence of hys body here dothe agree with the other places of the scripture which speke of his presence with vs and repugne not with any article of our fayth especially wyth that article of the Ascention of our lorde aboue all the heauens and of his setting at the right hande of God his father The article of the crede not repugnāt against the presence of Christ in the sacrament Chr. ho. 2. ad po Concerning which articles ye ar the first to my knowledge in the remembraunce of manne that euer obiected them or made them to be repugnant against the presence of oure sauiour in his supper The holy fathers wer not so subtil craftie or curious but simply and humbly preached that the sonne of god together had his fleshe when he ascended vp to heauen and also lefte it vnto vs in these holy misteries To be here to be there Sursum helias Deorsum helias saith one of them much better then Helias who being rauished into the aire did leaue cast his cloke to