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A declaration of thee power of Gods worde concerning the holy supper of the Lord, confutynge all lyers and fals teachers, whych mayntayne theyr maskynge mass inuented agaynst the woorde of God, and the Kynges Maiesties most godly proceadynge compyled anno d[omi]ni M.D.XLVIII
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Mardeley, John.
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for yf nothynge were takeÌ„ here fyguratyuely thaÌ„ shuld here be no place for the wor kyng of fayth because y â— nothinge shuldbe spiritualli done but what soeuer it be we shuld take it after a fleashely intellectyon and what fayth is by the sentence of S. paul is an argumente of thynges that appere not that is not of these sub staâ—nces which ar sene but of tho se whych are not sene yet shall we here take nothynge accordyng to faythe for what so euer it be wee maye see and diserne it after oure corporall sences and what I pray you can be more foolyshe to take bread for fleshe call wyne blood and a mysterye we cannot call it wher no hyd or secret thyng is she shed â–ª here is to be vnderstande in thys holy supper of the lorde that it representeth to vs an inuisyble grace and therfore it is not alone thyng that is sene and that is beleued for these thynges that bee sene doo onelye feade the corruptyble bodye beynge corruptyble theÌ„ selues But these thynges why chear not sene do fead the immortall soules they beynge immortall them selues Oure fathers in the deserte by a spyrytuall meat and a spyrytuall â–ª drynke dyd eate Chri stes bodye and drynke hys blood as thee Apostle dothe wytnesse oure fathers saythe he haue eaten the same spyrytuall meate dron ken the same spyrytuall dryncke as ye wold say So could he in the deserte turne the manna and the the water of the roke into his fleshe and bloud Notwythstandyng hys fleshe was haÌ„ged on the crosse for vs longe after and hys blood shed and here you shall consydere what is ment by these wordes spo ken â–ª by christ except you shall eate the fleashe of the sonne of maÌ„ and drike his blood you shal not haue lyfe in you he sayd not y t his fleshe whych haÌ„ged on the crosse shuld be cute in pecys and eaten of hys Apostles nor that hys blood whych he shed for the redemption of thee world shuld be geuen his disciples to drincke for it were a wycked thynge yf hys fleshe shuld be eaten and hys blood dronken as the capharnetes and infidelles toke it beynge offended wyth hys sayinges therfore he sayd to hys dysciples yf you shall see the sonne of man ascendyng thyther where as he was before c. as thoughe he shulde saye You maye not thynke my fleshe to be eaten of you corpo rally neyther my fleshe to be deuy ded into peces for asmoch as after my resurrection ye shal se me vysyhly ascend into heaueÌ„ wyth the fulnes of my hole body and blood Then ye shall perceaue my fleashe is not to be eaten of these that beleue as the infidels thynke But that the bread and the wyne chauÌ„ged by a mysterye into my body blood is to be receaued of y â— fayth full for he saythe consequentelye The spirite is he that quickeneth the fleshe profyteth nothing after any soche sorte as the vnfaythfull vnderstande but otherwyse it geueth lyfe as the faythefull take it by a my sterye So in thys mystery of the body and blood of christ her is spirituall operacion whych ge ueth lyfe wythout the whych ope racion the mysteries be vnprofytable for wel may thei fead the bo dy but the soule they cannot here the papistes saye that those thynges be done in veritie but not in a mysterye wherin they repuge agaynst the wrytynges of the holy fathers S. augustin sayth Except ye eat sayth our sauyour the flesh of the sonne of maÌ„ and drinke his blood ye shal haue no lyfe in you he seameth sayth he to commauÌ„d a wycked thynge Therfore it is a fygure commaunding vs to be coÌ„municators of hys passion this is profytable to prynt in our memories that hys fleshe was wouÌ„ded and crucifyed for our sakes S. au gustyn doth thus affyrme the mysterye of the body blood of christ to be a fygure for it is no poynte of religion sayth he but rather inâ— quitie to take hys fleashe and hys blood carnally as they dyd whych vnderstode not Christes woordes spiritually but carnally and weÌ„t backe therfore and departed from hi. Now here is playnly seâ— forth vnto you that thys holy sacrameÌ„t of the bodye and blood of christes is a mystery certifieng thy weake coÌ„scieÌ„ce that as that sacramentall bread is brokeÌ„ â—o was christes bo dy brokeÌ„ for your synnes yf ye be faythful abyding in christ he in you but yf you be wicked vnfay thful ye do not eate hys fleshe nor drynke his blood although ye eat the sacrameÌ„t of so great a thynge These be bedes wordes vpoÌ„ the. i. epistle to the Corinth the. x. chap. Now where as these dasyng drea mers lowsy locustes doth teach that the presentes of christes natu ral body is holy coÌ„tayned in y e sacrameÌ„t that is easyer sayd theÌ„ pro ued For this sayth S. aug to Hie to his body wherin he rose muste be in one place but his truth is di spersed in al places also writing vnto DardamuÌ„ doth proue that y â— natural body of christ must neades be in one place onely also y t his soule can be but in one place at ones further saythe yf we shulde graunt christ to be in al places as touching his manhode we shulde take awaye the truthe of his body for he playnly affyrmethe as touching his godhode he is in euerye place as touching hys manhode he is in heaueÌ„ as this doctryne of christ doth playnly proue spokeÌ„to his disciples sayig yet a lytle whi le I am with you theÌ„ I depart to him y t sent far he sayd agayne it is expedieÌ„t for you that I depart for except y t I depart that coÌ„forter shal not come vnto you And yet he sayth further forsake y â— world goo to my father more fully to touche thys matter he also sayth poore meÌ„ ye shal euer haue w t you but me you shall not euer haue here it appereth as touching hys godhead he forsoke not the world wheÌ„ he ascended vnto hys father and therfor it must neades folowe that as touching hys fleshe and manhede he forsâ—ke the world as al the old doctours and faythfull fathers de fyne that christ ment not that hys natural fleshe shuld be present in the sacrameÌ„t to be eaten with our teth and therfore whoso beleueth hys body naturall to be theyr is begyled and is robbed of the true beleue therin wyth theyr craftye coÌ„ueyaunces vnwrytteÌ„ truthes by whyche they brynge the people into bondage and captyue theyr consciences in blyndnesse to the vtter destruction of soule body Teachyng them a straung doctryne contrary vnto the gospel But euery plant that my heaueuly father hath not planted shalbe plucked vp by the rootes sayth christ and now accordynge to my fyrste parte and preposicion of thys mat ter I saye y â— ther is sufficieÌ„t scrip tures wrytten for