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A10468	The boke of Barthram priest intreatinge of the bodye and bloude of Christ wryten to greate Charles the Emperoure, and set forth. vii.C. yeares a goo. and imprinted. an. d[omi]ni M.D.XLviii. Cum preuilegio, ad imprimendum solum.; De corpore et sanguine Domini. English	Ratramnus, monk of Corbie, d. ca. 868.; Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516.; Hugh, William, d. 1549.	1548 (1548)	STC 20749; ESTC S115653	21,331	36

one and yf they be not all one how is it called the body of christ and the verye blode For yf it be the verye bodye of christ and be called the same Truly because it is the body of christe it is the body of christe in verite that is to say Yf it be the very body of christ then it is the body of christ incorruptyble and inpassyble and by that eternall Therfore by thys reason the bodye of christ whych is celebrate in the churche must neades be incorruptible and eternall but we can not denye that thyng to be corruptible whych is deuyded in peces broken with our tethe and goeth into the belye but that is one thyng whych is done externly that an other whych is beleued by fayth whatsoeuer the sences attayne vnto is corruptible and that whych fayth beleueth is incorruptible Therfore that which appereth outwardly is not the thynge it self but an Image of the thynge but that whych is perceyued understande in the mynde is the very thynge Therfore Saynt Austen speakynge of the body and blode of christ in the exposicyon of the gospell of S. Ihon sayet● thus Moyses dyd eate manna Aarō dyd eat 〈◊〉 dyd eate and many moo dyd eate whyche pleased god they dyed not Why Uerelye because they vnd●●stode the visyble meate spirituallye they fylled them selues spirituallye We also do receyue nowe the visible meate yet the sacrament is one thīg and the vertue of the sacrament an other he sayeth also This is the breade whiche discended from heuē Manna dyd signifye this breade the altare of god dyd sign●fye this breade these ware sacramentes dyuers in theyr fygures yet in the thynge whiche is signifyed they were lyke Here the apostle Paule I wolde not haue you ignoraunte o brethren sayeth he that our fathers were vnder a cloude and al they passed ouer the see and all were baptysed in moyses in the cloude and in the see and all they dyd eate the same spirituall meate all they dyd drynke the same spirituall drynke therfore they dyd eate the same spirituall meate that we do for there corporall meate was an other thynge they dyd eate manna we eate an other thynge yet theyr spirituall meate was all one with oures he addith and all they dyd drynke on spirituall drynke In the visible kynde our drynke they●is were dyuers yet in the spirituall vertue they dyd both signifye one thynge How dyd they drynke the same They dronke sayeth he of the spirituall stone folowynge them and the stone truly was christ from whence they had the breade from whence they had the drynke the stone was chryste in a fygure the very chryst is in fleshe and blode Further this is the breade discendynge from heuen that yf any man eate of it he shall lyue for euer but it is that whiche perteineth to the vertue of the sacrament and not the visyble sacrament it selfe And he shall lyue whiche eateth within not he that eateth withoute whiche eatethe in his harte not that braketh with his touthe He sayeth also repetynge the wordes of out sauyour this doth offend you because I say I gyue my flesh to be eatē of you my blode to be drōkē Therfore yf you shal se he son of mā ascēdyng where he was fyrst What meaneth this Here he dissolued that which moued thē Here he disclosed wherfore they were offēded They thought that he wold haue spēt his body among thē But he sayde that he wold ascend hole into heuē Whā ye se the son of mā ascēdyng where he was fyrst truly then ye shall se that he wyll not bestowe his body so as ye santifye that he wyll Verely ye shall vnderstande that his grace is not cōsumed by morsels Also he sayth hym self The spirite is he that quyckeneth the flesh profyteth nothyng The wordes that I haue spokē to you sayeth christ be spirite lyfe that is to say they are spiritually to be vnderstande Thou hast vnderstāde spiritually they be spirite lyfe vnto the. Thou hast vnderstād carnally they be spirite lyfe but not to the Thus we are taught by the auctorite of this doctor in treatynge of the wordes of the lord touchīg the sacramēte of his body bloude that those wordes of christe are to be vnderstande spiritually not carnally As he sayeth the wordes which I spoke to you be spirit lyfe he meaneth the wordes that he spoke cōcerning the eating of his flesh the drinke of his blod wher with the apostles were offēded Therfore lest they shuld be offēded styl ye●euyne mayster calleth thē agayne frō the flesh to the spirite frō the corporall visyon to the inuisible intelligēce We se therfore after what maner the meate of the body of the lord the drink of his blod be his very body his very blod Verely ī the respect that they be spirite lyfe thinges that be al one be cōprehended in one definicion It is sayd of the very body of christ that he is very god very man god that was borne of the father before the begynninge man that was borne in the later dayes of the virgyn mary Seynge that these thynges cannot be sayd of the body of christe whych is in the churche by a mysterye it is knowen to be the body of christ but after a certayn maner thys maner is in fygure and in Image that the verite and the thynge it selfe maye be perceaued in the prayers whyche are sayde after the mysterye of the body bloude of christ to the whyche the people say amen Thus it is pronunced with the voyce of the preist we takyng the pledge of euerlasting lyfe desyre most humbly that we may receyue with manifest participacion that thynge whych we touche in the Image of the sacramēt Thus they be the pledge and the Image of an other thyng that is to say they respecte an other thyng and not thē selues A pledge is of that thynge for the whych it is geuen An Image is an Image of that thynge whose symilitude it sheweth These do sygnifye the thinges wherof th●y be but they do not manifestly shew them saying it is so it appereth that this body a●d bloude are the pledge and the Image of the thynge to come that the thynge it selfe whych is now shewed by a symilitude may here after be reueled manyfestly And yf they signifye that thyng now which here after shal be manyfeste doutles it is one thynge whych is done nowe and an other that shal be manifeste in tyme to come Wherfore that whych is celebrated of the church is the bodye and bloude of christ but it is a pledge and as an Image the verye bodye shal be sene whan no Image and pledge shall appere but the verite of the thynge it selfe Thys also is another prayer whyche is vsed about the sacramente Make perfyte in vs good lord we beseche the that that thyng whych the sacrament dothe conteyne that we maye

For yf he sholde saye so as God forbydde he sholde then he muste pronounce the bodye of Christe to be corporall And subiecte to mortalite for what soeuer is perceyued and tasted in that meate corporally is subiecte to corruption he addeth thes wordes or it is the bodye of Christe Therfore peraduenture a man wyll saye lo he doth manyfestelye confesse the breade and the wyne to be the bodye of Christe But take hede howe it is added for it is no corporall meate but a spyrytuall meate Therfore you shall not adhybit the sence of the flesshe For nothynge is perceyued here after that sense There is the bodye of Christe howe be it not corporall but spirituall The bloude of Christe is there howe be it not corporall but spirituall Therfore nothynge here is to be iudged corporally Here is the bodye of Christe but not corporally Here is the bloude of Christe but not corporally He sayeth further wherfore the apostel speakynge of the figure of thys sacramēt sayeth our fathers haue eatē the same spiritual meate and dronken the same spirituall drinke for the body of christ is a spirituall bodye the bodye of christe is the bodye of the deuyne spirite For christ is a sperite as we rede lamentationū l 4 ●0 Spiritus ante faciā nostram xp̄s dominus He hath taught vs moste playnely howe we ought to vnderstande the mysterye of the bodye and bloude of christ what he sayde that our fathers dyd eate the spirituall meate and drynke the spirituall drinke notwythstandynge that the manna whych they eate and the water whych they dronke were corporall thynges he a●dyth of the mysteryes which is now celebrate in the churche defynynge how it is the bodye of christe The bodye of god sayeth he is a spirituall body Also god is christe and the bodye whych he toke of the virgyn marye in the whych he suffered in the whych he was buryed in the which he rose agayne was the very and the trew bodye and the same remayned visyble and palpable but the body whych is called the mysterye of god is not corporall but spirituall it is not visyble nor palpable To this doth saynte ambrose adioyne sayenge the bodye of Christe is the bodye of the deuyne sperite and a deuyne sperite is not corporall corruptyble ne palpable but this body whych is celebrate in the church through hys vysyble vynde is corruptable and palpable Howe then is it calied the body of the deuyne spirite Verely in the respecte that it is spirituall That is to saye inuisyble and inpalpable and therfore incorruptable he sayeth because Christ is a spirite as we rede Spiritus ante faciā nostrā christus dominus He sheweth manyfestlye by what mean the bodye of Christe is hadde that is to saye by the reason that the sperite of Christe is in it that is the power of goddes worde whych doth not only feade the soule but also purgeth it Wherfore the auctor consequentely sayeth Thys meate cōformeth our hartes and thys drinke maketh gladde the harte of man as the prophete hath mencyon●d is it not corporall meate thynke you whyche confyrmeth the harte of man or corporall drynke whych exhiliarate mans harte but that he myghte shewe what meat or what drynke he speaketh of he hath added thys meate and this drinke what meat doth he meane or what drynke Verely the bloude of Christ the body of the deuyne sperite And to speake playnely the sperite of whom it is reade Spiritus ante faciam nostram xp̄s dominus In all thys thynges it is euident that we muste take nothynge in thys meate or thys drynke corporally but that the hole muste be attendyd spiritually For the soule wyth in thys place is sygnyfyed by the harte of man is not fedde wyth corporall meate or corporal drynke but nurysshed it is and made strōge wyth the worde of God Which thing this same doctor affyrmeth more pl●ynlye in the fyrst boke of the sacraments sayenge The bread whych goeth into our bodyes is not the bread whyche mynystreth substaunce to oure soules but the breade of euerlastynge lyfe And the lesson followyng declareth moste playnely that saynte Ambrose dyd not meane here the romē bread but the breade of the bodye of Christe For he doth speake of the daylye breade whych the faythfull desyreth to be gyuen them And therefore he addyth yf it be daylye breade why doeste thou take it but on s in the yere as the grecyans were wount in the ester Take therfore that whych maye daylye profytt the and lyue so that thou mayest desyre to take it daylye Therfore it is vertue And it is cleane another thyng whych is sen● externly frō that which is beleued in the mysterie Moreouer the flesshe of christe that was crucifyed did not shewe one thyng out wardly and was an other thyng inwardely for it was the verye flesshe of man and a body consystynge in the kynde of a very body We must also consydre that in the breade not only the body of christ is fygured but also the body of the beleuyng people For as the bread is made of many graynes of wheate so the bodye of the faythfull people is augemented with manye of those that beleue by the word of chryste Wherfore as in the mysterye the breade is taken for the body of chryste so lykewyse the membres of the beleuinge people in chryst be intinuate in the same mysterye And as the breade is the bodye of the faythfull men not corporally but spiritually So we must necessarely vnderstande that the same is the body of christ not corporally but spiritually Lykewyse in the wyne whyche ●s called the bloude of christ water is myxte and the one is permytted wythout the other For as the people can not be wythout Christe nor christe wythout the people so the head cannot be wythout the bodye nor the bodye wythout the heade The water in thys sacrament beareth the Image of the people Therfore yf that the wyne sanctifyed by the offyce of the mynister were corporally chaūged into the blode of Christ then the water whych is myxte wyth it shulde necessarely be chaunged corporally into the blode of he faythfull people For where as is one sanctifica●yon there is consequently one operacion and wheras is lyke reason there is lyke mysterye But we se ●hat nothynge is chaunged in the water corporally ●herfore it foloweth that nothynge is chaunged corporally in the 〈◊〉 what soeuer is signifyed in the water of the people is taken spiritually therfore we must nedis take spiritually whatsoeuer is intinuate in the wyne of the body of chryst Moreouer thinges which do dyffer be not all one The bodye of christe that dyed rose agayne and was immortal dyeth no more death shall no more beare rule ouer it for it is eternall and shall suffre no more But that whych is celebrate in the churche is temporal not eternal corruptible not incorruptible in the way not in our cōtrey Therfore they dyffer and be not all