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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01765	The xliiij. sermon of M. Giulio of Milane, touchyng the Lordes supper	[Giulio, da Milano].	1559 (1559)	STC 11901; ESTC S118377	16,547	66

❧ The xliiii Sermon of M. Gialio of Milane touchyng the Lordes supper Dedicated to the worshypfull mystres Anne Carowe The .xliiii. Sermon of Master Giulio of Milane touchyng the Lordes Supper SAthan in all tymes hath deuised howe he might by subtiltie defyle and deface with al kind of superstition the Lordes supper In the time of Saint Paul God did smite and sharpely punishe the Churche of the Corinthians because they dyd euyll vse this Sacrament In our tymes because we wyll not recoūt the errours of all worldes be brought in sundry kyndes of supersticious hipocrisies about the vsage of this Supper All whiche I wyll not nowe name in perticuler for spendynge of tyme. I wyll onely intreate of that which is of most force that we may learne after what sorte we ought to present our selues to this holy table Some wryters moued by these wordes of S. Paule He that cateth vnworthelye of this breade and this wyne cateth his owne iudgement they haue takē in hand to declare how a man may worthely vse this Sacrament And after much debating they haue thus resolued them selues that a mā hath than worthely eaten this bread whē he is in the state of grace And passing on a little further they haue expounded said that a man is than in state of grace when he is purged and clensed of all mortall and veniall sinnes In this sort they resolue them selues because their studye is to vnderstande after what sort synnes be purged howe a man may come into the state of grace The writers of these dayes be of diuers iudgementes touchyng this matter Some say that through contricion confession and satisfaction of workes a man is purged from all sinne and doth deserue the state of grace But when a mā doth diligently search what is this meritorious worke of this great goodnes thei do very yll agree vpon the matter For some say that this satisfactorye worke is fastyng accompanyed with teares and prayer Other adde this and say that our praiers must be done with sackcloth and other chastisementes of the fleshe Others do saye that not only these workes be necessarye to deserue the state of grace but also there muste be almose the whiche doth clense a man from sinne The furder we be seperated frō the pure time of the Apostles so much greater is the nomber of satisfactions and the thyng is so augmented that mens consciences be brought into feare error and desperation and in them selues so confounded that they knowe not where to fynde the beginning Wherfore a man is neuer certayne to do these satisfactory workes so perfectlye that he may deserue to be in the state of grace No more there is no conscience of anye lyuynge man be he neuer so holye that cā assure himself to be without sinne yf he shall beholde his merite and the dignitie of his own workes Let vs then leaue of such encomberaunce of conscience and for the eatyng of the Lordes supper let vs folow the facion that was vsed by the Apostles Paule doeth not bring our mindes to this desperation and doubtfulnesse when he doth exhorte the Churche of the Corinthians to vse worthelye this Supper But this he saith that than do we worthely vse this sacrament when we do acknowlege our selues to be vnworthye and laye open our sinnes before Iesus Christ that he through his mercye woulde make vs worthye That we shoulde also dispayre of our selues all our workes for that we myght receaue comforte in hym that we shuld humble our selues that in Christ we myght be exalted that we shoulde acknowledge our selues sinners that in Christe Iesu we myght be iustified therfore we mai not thynke to come to this Sacramēt boyde of sinne nether that wee be worthye to deserue so great a benefit But let vs thus thinke that we being poore do go to a liberall geuer that beyng sicke we go to a gentle phisitian And beyng sinners doo runne to our sauiour Thus the dignitie wherof Paul speaketh that is in this Supper is perfourmed by fayth at those tymes when we beleue that all the merites of Christ be oures And that we behaue our selues in loue towards our neygbours as this daye shalbe declared This error that I haue nowe spoken of is one of the most notable errours y t is in the church conserning y e vsage of the lordes Supper The seconde error is this the which hath ben and is continuallye preached that vnder breade and wine is conteyned the body bloud of Christe Iesu These preachers scoolemasters of mens consciences do only occupy them selues to perswade two thynges to the people The first that in this sacramēt is the body and bloud of Christ The other that all Christians ought with great desyre to receaue this Sacrament because thei do receiue the body bloud of Iesu Christ And these reuerend fathers say that men may search no further because that all matters of faith ought to be beleued simplye But to what ende a man ought to vse this Sacrament and what commoditie a Christian getteth by it these our reuerēde fathers haue not so muche as touched one worde to comfort suche consciences as be in trouble These fathers do not consider that this theyr fayth may be in the deuyl and in all his members It is no hard thing to perswade this theyr article to the people For yf thei beleue that Iesus Christ is rysen from death that by a miracle he entred the gate beyng shut into the house where the Apostles were gathered together without any hurt to his body also if they beleue manye other miracles that was done of the Lord whyle he lyued here vpon earth By the same reason it is an easy mater to perswade the Christian people y t in bread and wine there is the body and bloud of Iesu Christ This this were a small matter whervpon to stay but we must search somthing further These spirituall masters thynke to haue done theyr offyce whensoeuer they haue perswaded this to the people that in the sacrament is the bodye of Iesu Christe and that they be bounde to receaue it We be come nowe to this passe lette a man aske a Christian yf he wyll communicate he wylī aunswere yea And if you aske him wherfore he wyll do so he aunswereth because the Churche hath so ordeyned But yf we shoulde consyder the matter somthyng more deepelye and searche for what pourpose and to what end this was ordeined he wyll aunswer to receaue the body and bloud of Christ Iesu And they thynke to knowe enough whē they can after this sort geue accompt of theyr conscience But as I haue already sayde yf this thing be no otherwayes considered this fayth is nothing because euery naughtye person can haue this faith And he that can geue no better accompte of his fayth then is commenly done nowe a dayes lette hym take heede to receaue this sacrament To admit vnto the supper those persōs thus euyll