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The confutation of the abbote of Crosraguels masse, set furth by Maister George Hay ...
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Hay, George, d. 1588.
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Authors hereof This is the fructe that is to be loked for of the vaine fantasies fond Ymaginations of the wicked hartes of men when they take vpon them impudentlie the part of God The man I can not tell what he thinkes of the mater alwayes he reciteth no Text. Trew it is that some Cotation is in the Margine the 22.8 and 4. Chapitures of Geneses places as appeareth to him so facile and pertinent that they neid no rehearsall In deid I will not werie to bring forthe the wordes of the Text. It is written in the 22. Chapiture the. 9. vers When they were coÌ„ing to the place which God had shawen to him in the which he builded vp an Alter and laide the woode orderly and bound Isaac his Sonne and laide him on the Alter vpon the woode This I take to be the place ye meane of for there be no other in that Chapiter whereby ye may any wise help you Now then let vs consider how proper this Text is to the purpose To make this Text to serue your purpose ye will I beleue affirme that Abraham had no commandement so to do yet if we consider the Text aright there shal be fouÌ„d an plaine commandement of God God to be the conductor of Abraham all the way and fynally his whole fact to be approued by the Spirite of God The commandement is plaine in the Second vers Take now thy onely sonne Isaac whom thou louest best and get thee to the Land of Moriah and offer him there for and brunt offring vpon one of the Montanes which I shal shaw vnto thee Can there be an more plaine charge of God then this But ye will say pereueÌ„ture there be nothing there spokeÌ„ of an Alter that I deny for it is plain that he is coÌ„manded to offer him vp for an brunt oâ—ferring where plainely the Alter is commanded or els if it be not coÌ„mmanded it followeth well that it had bene coÌ„â—anded from the beginning to the Fathers and so to haue had place from tyme to tyme that no Sacrifice wes offered vp but vpon an certane Alter erected to that vse which may euidently appeare in this that the erection of the Alter is recited in the fact of Abraham which is all whole allowed and lykewise shal be declared in the fact of Noie It is no wayes to be beleued that this holy Father who doeth all by the direction of faith yea and whose fact is altogether allowed of God as we reid plainly in the Text the. 16. That this holy Patriarch I say attempteth any thing in the worke of God without his commandement This I trust Iames might haue replyed In the eight Chapiter it is written Then Noie buylded an Alter to the Lord and tuke of euerie clene beast and of euerie clene foule and offered brunt offeringes vpon the Alter Here starteth vp our Carrick Doctor and sayeth Noie hath no commandement this to do Where is the charge to buylde the Alter To offer vp the Sacrifice Firste if I shall ask this Doctor if Noie had any commandement to buyld the Arcke to receaue therein of all sortes of beastes and mo of the clene then vnclene to enter into it I think he will not deny it yea and that to testifie his obedience he wold not depart out of the Arcke till he wes commanded and besydes this reid we not plainely that he wes commanded to take a greater nomber of the clene beastes then vnclene and that for the Sacrifice cause which altogether may appeare vaine If the counsel of God herein had bene kept secrete and backe from this holy Father who wes to be the Preist for offerring vp of sacrifice Attour Moyses sayeth plainly that the sacrifices were appointed to be of the clene beastes whereiÌ„ it is most certane that Noie could make no defference nether yet wes it in the pleasure or power of man for wes it able to Noie think ye to descerne betuix the clene and the vnclene and it that wes meit for Sacrifice and it that wes not If the Spirite of God had not this reuealed vnto him it is not to be beleued Shall we conclude now that this which he doeth to the praise of God for his deliuerance and reporteth suche an testimonie of the allowance and approbation of God that the lyke is not giuen throughout all the Scriptures to no Sacrifice Shal we conclude this to be done without the ordinance of God ether by reuelation in dreame or els by an Angel For these were the two ordinarie meanes wherby God vttered his will to his Elect and chosen which wayes being now pretended by Papistes and Anabaptistes can haue no place The eternall Sonne of God who is the fyne and end of all propheciâ—s being alreadie manifested in the fleshe ascended to the Father and his Scriptures shute vp and closed I beleue Sire ye wil not deny but this work wes done in faith being thus allowed by the Spirite of God fayth cometh of hearing as the Apostle doeth reasone out of Isayas which hearing is subiect to the worde of God So thus then it may appeare manifestlie that this godlie fact of Noie leaneth to the commandement and worde of God Aâ—toure we may obserue the maner of proceading of the Spirite of God in his Scriptures that in so farre as he is giuen to a certane sententious breuitie he passeth by the commandement of the fact which he so earnestly alloweth and that immediatlie after yea and sometymes in the precept it self pretermitteth some circumstances of tyme place Alter and suchlyke whereof after is made mention Further do we think it to be of no authoritie and weight that which is spoken in the conclusion of the 4. Chapiter In deid for my owne iudgement as I moste willinglie subscriue to the interpretation of them that hereby vnderstandeth the erecting of Gods trew ReligioÌ„ that heretofore by the impietie of the tyme and the wicked maners of men had bene suppressed and adulterated So will I affirme that the worshipping of the eternall wes redacted to a certane forme and ordor not that euerie man shal do that that doeth seme best beutiful and pleasing in his sight but vse him self according to the Lawes and preceptes of the Spirite of God who is the Author modirator of all godlynes Who then darre be so impudent or malapeart to deny this Sacrifice of Nose to be here commanded or that it shall not â—eâ—e to this forme here spoken and mentionat I truste none The answers made to these two may serue sufficiently to the refutation of it that is alledged out of the beginning of the 4. Chapiter which is of Abell If I should not binde and astrict my self to the answer of euerie perticulare that this Authore hereafter shall haue no shift to auoide nor pretext to cloke his wilfull and barbarous obstinacie The wordes are these And in proces of tyme it came to pas that Cain broght an oblation
that the trew worschippers adoreth in spirite and veritie and Peter offring vp spirituall offringes acceptable for Christes saike for vnles all our Sacrifices and werkes be derected to God by faith in the mediator they are altogether vnplesing because there is no accesse to the Father but by him and by grace we are saued euen as the Fathers vnder the law This oblation then that Ireneus speaketh of is not the oblation of the body and blood of our Sauiour which fals lie to establish thy masse thou pretendest to be offred vp by a shaueling for here there is no thing of any masse God be praysed spoken but it is the whole outward inward externe and spiritual worshipping First the spirituall as A trew and vnfeyned repentence a contryte and a sobbing hert stroken with the conscience of sinne and so directing it self by a stedfast faith in the mediator to God receauing remission of sinnes for his saike geuing thankes to the Eternal Father for the great treasour of his goodnes disployed and powred doun vpon man in geuing his onely Sonne to the death for the redemption of the world which faith is testefied confirmed and sealed vp by the receauing of the holy mysterie of his body and bloode To these inwarde workes we may Ioyne the earnist vehement desyre and thrust we haue to the propagation of his kyngdome the predication of his worde and suche others of this kynde Thus hauing proceaded he doeth prosecute and teache vâ— how we ought to Ioyne to these inwarde and spirituall the outwarde and externe whiche consisteth in suche outwarde virtues as extendeth them selues to others as liberalitie Iustice fortitude prudence but cheiflie in dede of liberalitie and mercy towards the nedy and indigent For in they tymes it wes receaued that certane almous wes broght to the place of Conuention where the Lordes Table wes to be ministrate this destributed to the vse of them that wer in necessitie that not onely they should be teached by the preachers of that Fraternall and brotherlie loue league and societie that they wer all bâ—und together in Iesus Christe But that the lyuelie practies of the same should more vinelie represent set vp and imprent it in there hertes These oblations wer called by the word of the ould Testament the first fructes for as by the commandement they wer oblist in the ould to offre them so sayeth Ireneus our Sauiour coÌ„manded in the new testameÌ„t oblations to be for the supporte of the poore which wes in the Primitiue Churche done when they coÌ„ueyned to the Celebration of the Lordes Table and this beninguitie vsed to the releif of the poore is called by the Apostle Hostia bone fragrantie one oblation of sweit sauour to the Philip. This thoght I neidfull to premitte for the oppinning vp of the mind of this author Now shal we recyte the wordes that the caluÌ„niê° fraud of this our start vp may appear the wordes are but and he geuing counsell to his owen Disciples to offre vp to God the first fructes of his creatures not as he wer nedy but that they should not be found vnfructful and ingrate he tuke it that by creation is bread and gaue thankes saying this is my body and it that is the cuppe lykewise by creation after vs he confessed his blood and of the new testament he teached a new oblation the whiche the Churche receauing from the Apostles vniuersalie offreth to God that giueth to vs our Alimentes and sustenence of the which Malachias one of the twelf Prophetes did forewarne and so recyteth the wordes of the Prophete which be declared already It is easy the maters being considdered I haue said before what of the explication of the place of Malachias and what of the mynd of Ireneus to vnderstand how miserablie this author and all the Papistes be deceaued aÌ„d schamefullie they stumble First it is euident that all they that do affirme the maâ—â— sayeth efter there muÌ„milled incaÌ„tation consecration they call it the breade is no creature nor yet is breade but is turned and changed in the verrie naturall body of Iesus Christe that they offre the Sonne vnto the Father yea and setteth him euen there before the Father Now the sonne is no creature being the creator and Ireneus sayeth that the Lorde gaue counsell to his Disciples to oâ—fre to God the first fructes of his creatures so that it is euident Ireneus to haue spoken no thing of the offring vp of the Sonne of God but the oblatioÌ„s gyftes that wer broghâ— to the Table at the celebration of the Lordes Supper together with the prayers action of thankes and predication of the Euangell through out all euen amongest the Nations which preaching of the Euangell the Apostle termes by the name of Sacrifice I am the Minister of Iesus Christe saeth he among the Nations Sacrifiing the Euangell of God that the oblation of the Gentiles may be acceptable and sanctified in the holy Spirite Thus Ireneus exponeth Malachias declaring him to speak of the whole new and spirituall worshipping of the new Testament and to speak no thing of thy masse his wordes are For my name is great amongst the Nations sayeth the Lorde omnipotent moste manifestlie hereby declaring that because the first people had desisted to offre to God in all places sacrifice is offred to him that clene so his name is glorified in the nations Whereby Ireneus clearely declared the Prophete to haue foresignified the Sacrifice of the Euangell and the preaching of the croce whereof the sueit odore the delitious and confortable sauour is disparsed spred throghout all which is the most acceptable oblatioÌ„ to God as the apostle witnesseth prayse to God sayeth he that hath made manifest by vs in al places the ordour of his knowledge Ireneus exponeth him self in the 34. Chap. as he is plane yneugh in the 33. schewing that prayers aÌ„d thankes geuing of the Sanctes is the same oblation that Malachie foreprophecied to be offred vp in all places where he calleth the incenses that be spoken of by Ihon in the Reuelation the prayres of the sancâ—â—â— aâ—d efter him schortlie 〈◊〉 against the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the 4. against Marcion foâ—â—â—â—eth the same exposiâ—â—â—n no dout sayeth Tertuliane 〈◊〉 is forespoken by the â—â—ophete becauâ—e the predicatio◠〈◊〉 the Apostles wes to â—â—sse throghout all countries and 〈◊〉 efter speaking of â—â—â—ritual â—acrifices he rehearseth these 〈◊〉 of the Proâ—â—ete and in al place cleane Sacrifices shal be offred to me Now lest some should think that this oblation whiche the Churche receaueth frome the Apostles and offreth vp euery where may alwayes be applyed to this Authors wicked purpose Ireneus in the wordes of the Text reryted by me but fraudfullie omitted by this author declareth him self calling the oblations of bread and wyne aÌ„d others thinges that wer broght to the releif of the nedy the first fructes the wordes are plaine to