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A17222	Two epystles one of Henry Bullynger, wyth the consent of all the lernyd men of the Churche of Tigury: another of Ihon Caluyn, cheffe preacher of the church of Geneue: whether it be lawfull for a Chrysten man to communycate or be pertaker of the masse of the Papysts, wythout offendyng God and hys neyghboure, or not.	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. aut	1544 (1544)	STC 4079.5; ESTC S115087	13,173	18

Two Epystles One of Henry Bullynger wyth the consent of all the lernyd men of the Church of Tigury another of Ihon Caluyn cheffe Preacher of the Church of Geneue whether it be lawfull for a Chrysten man to communycate or be pertaker of the Masse of the Papystes wythout offendyng God and hys neyghboure or not i. Corint x. They that eate of the sacryfyce are partakers of the altare Vvherfore dearely beloued fle from the worshyppyng of ydolls ¶ The Prologe vnto the Christen Reader HEre hast thou Christen Reader the sentences and iudgementes of the excellent and godlye lernyd men Henry Bullynger wyth all the lerned men of the church of Tygury and also the sentence and iudgement of Ihon Caluyne of Geneua Whether a Christen man may lawfully cōmunycate or be pertaker with the Masse and ceremonyes of the Papystes without offendyng God and hys neyghboure or not Therfore haue I set forth this epistle of those godly and lernyd men to the intent that thou mayest the better knowe what ydolatrye is and wherin it consisteth wherby also thou mayst the better lerne and knowe how to auoyde it Consyderinge that it is the greatest offence that may be commytted a gaynst God For it is forbydden in the fyrst commaundemēt sayenge Thou shalt haue no nother goddes but me Also all the holy Prophetes of God euer cryed out thervpon And agayne it is manyfest thorow the hole Byble how greuouse a synne it is by the greuousnes of the plages with the which God euer plagyd the children of Israel therfore But here some wyll answere and saye We know that ydolatrye is a greuouse synne and sore dyspleaseth God But wyll yow saye that the holy Masse and Ceremonyes that haue bene vsed in the church thys many hundryd yeares and also set vp by holy counsayles be wycked and that men commytte ydolatrye by vsyng of them To that I answere that what so euer lawe or Ceremonye the church hath made or set vp the same not expressed in the worde of God it owght not to be alowed folowed nor kept For God commaunded the chyldren of Israel Deuter. xij that they shoulde not do euery man what thynketh hym good in his own eyes And agayne Deuter .iiij. Ye shall put no thinge to the worde of God nor take no thinge therfrom And agayne in the .v. chap. of the same boke Take hede therfore that yow do as the Lorde your God hath commaundyd you and tourne not asyde nether to the ryght hande nor to the lyfte but walke in all the wayes which the Lorde thy God commaundyd the. c. Now wher can it be founde in any worde of God the inuencyon of the Papistes Masses or that ymages ought to be in churches or soch lyke Parauēture thou wilt answere me that they were ordeyned and set vp for a good intēt and purpose Therto I answere that Nadab Abihu the sonnes of Aaron were consumeth wyth the fyre as appeteth Leui. ● for offring straūge fyre before the Lorde that the Lorde cōmaunded thē not Therfore whatsoeuer is inuentyd by the fantasye of mans ymaginaciō without the worde of God we ought not to consent to do it For s Paul sayeth to the Galathiās Yf we oure selues or an angell of heauē come preache an other gospell vnto you then that we haue preached holde him acursyd And although the masse a ceremonyes haue a gloryous shyne of holynes yet owght we not therfore the lesse abhorre it seing Christ sayeth Mat. xv They worshyp me in vayne teaching doctrynes tradycyōs of men Also Christ sayeth Luk. xvi That whych is in high estimacyō before men is abhomynable before God Signyfyeng therby vnto vs that the most gloryous workes ceremonyes that be had in most hygh estimacyō before the worlde yf the same be not agreinge to the most holy worde of God they be abhomynable very folyshnes before God c. And wher as oure mercy full saueyoure Christ ordeyned his holy Sacrament of his body bloude not to be worshypped but to the intēt that all that are stōge in the cōsciēce with synne shuld come seke helpe only in hym the whych is the onely helper of all that call vpon him as s Peter sayeth ther is no helth in any other nether is ther any other name geuen vnto men wherby they shal be sauyd Antichrist with his disciples haue peruertyd it cleane from the vse that owre Sauyoure dyd instytute it lyke as the chyldrē of Israel also dyd peruert the vse of the brasen serpent that God commandyd Moses to make and to hange vp in the wyldernes to the intēt only that they that were stōge with the fyrye serpētes myght be healyd only by beholdynge the serpent of brasse that Moses had hangyd vp The which brasen serpent dyscrybyd lyuely the hangyng vp of Christ vpō the crosse as apperyth Iohn .iij. to the intēt that none that beleue in hym should peryshe but haue lyffe euerlastyng Wherfore lyke as the good kynge Ezechias brake down the serpent of brasse because the chyldren of Israel dyd cōmyt ydolatrye worshypped it contrarye to the vse that it was set vp for Euen so thankes prayse be vnto God hath other Kynges and Princes in this dayes in other cōtres causyd the Masse of the papystes to be abolysshed to be no more vsyd nor sayd because that therin the people cōmytted ydolatrye by worshyhping the bread lyke as the chyldren of Israel cōmytted ydolatrye with worshipping the brasen serpēt Nether is it any other thinge then ydolatrye to beleue that a vysyble ceremonye of it selffe is a seruyce to the inuysyble God whose seruyce is spirituall as he is a spryte and therfore wylbe worshypped in spryte and treuth Iohn iiij Therfore do I exhorte the Chrysten Reader whatsoeuer thou be that shall reade this epistles of thes godlye lernyd men that thou wilt folowe s Paules cōsayle wher he sayeth As ye haue geuē your mēbers seruauntes to vncleanes wyckednes runnyng out of one wickednes into another Euen so now geue your members to serue ryghtuousnes And remēber al so that they that eate of the sacryfyce are pertakers of the altare And consyder what a godlye lesson s Paul geueth his Corinthiās in the second epistle the .vi. cha sayeng Beare not the yocke with the vnbeleuers for what felowshyp hath righteousnes with vnrighteousnes what cōpany hath lyght with darknes what cōcorde hath Christ wyth Belyall ether what part hath he that beleueth with an infydell how agreith the tēple of God with the ymages For ye are the temple of that lyuyng God as sayd God I wyll dwell amonge them walke amonge thē wil be their God they shal be my people wherfore come out of the middes of them sayeth the Lorde touch none vncleane thinge so wyll I receyue you wil be a father vnto you ye shal be my sonnes and doughters sayeth

the Lorde almighty For as much as we haue such promyses derely beloued let vs clense oure selues from all filthynes of the fleshe and spyryte grow vp to full holynes in the feare of God Wherfore derely beloued fle from the worshippinge of ydoles least by thyne euell example thou confirme the weake brother in his erroure so thy weake brother peryshe for whom Christ dyed and so will God requier his bloude of thy hande wherfore I hartely requyre the Christen reader that thou wilt diligently reade the .iij. chap. of Daniel marke how Sydrack Mysach Abdenago the whych were great rulers dyd rather chose to be cast in the kote brēning ouen then they wolde outwardly bowe them selues to the ymage that the Kyng hath set vp Therfore Christē Reader do I the exhorte yet once agayne that thou wilt put thy thrust onely in the lyuynge God beleue stedfastly in thyne hart that he is able will fulfyll all his good promyses that he hath promysed that heauen and earth shal passe but one tote or tytle of the lawe shall not passe tyll all be fulfylled And he hath promysed that he will not suffer his to be tēpted aboue their strength but will in the middes of the temptacyon make a waye to escape out That is yf thou put thy hole trust onely in hym seking onely his glorye prayse in all that thou goest about he wyll I saye accordyng to his acustomable mercyes delyuer the ether by blyndynge the eyes of thyne aduersaryes that they shall take no hede of the or els geue the fauour in the syght of them as he gaue Danyel with the .iij. yonge men fauour in the sight of the keper whē they were in captyuyte because they had determyned with thē selfes to kepe thē vndefiled And also gaue Tobias fauour in the sight of the Kyng Salmanaser with many other as Ioseph Ieremy c Or elles yf they espye the he shall geue the strength to glorifye his name by suffryng for his truth as he hath done many holy Prophetes Apostles martyrs whose hope and trust was onely in the resurreccyō And for that cause the mother with her .vij. sonnes dyd chose to suffer cruell tormentes martyrdome rather then they wold eate swynes flesh that was forbydden in the lawe not fearyng the tyrauntes that coulde do no more but kyll the bodye beleuynge and sayenge that God wold rayse them vp agayne which dye for his lawes in the resurreccyō of euerlastynge lyfe And also note the constancye of olde Elcazare the which rather then he wold but make a countynaūce as though he wolde haue eaten of such meates as were forbiddē in the lawe dyd rather chose to suffer the most cruell death as appereth in the secōd boke of Machabees in the .vj. Chapter the which yf thou do marke with a syngle eye I put no dowbt but thou shalt easely perceyue how greatlye all maner outwarde symulacyon of wyckednes doth displease God and therfore also how greately euery Christen man ought to abhorre it Thus I commyt the Christen reader to the defence kepyng of the most hygh God whych dwellyth not in temples made wyth hādes nether is woshypped with mens inuencyons but whose seate is the heauens and the earth his fote stole as sayth the prophet that with the breth of his mouth shall dystroye all antychrystes with all ther venemus lawes that hath coriupt poysonyd the precyos soule of man For whome our mercyfull saueyour Christ shedd his most precyus blude The which onelye hath immortalyte and dwellyth in the lyght that no mā can attayne whō neuer mā sawe nor can see to him onlye be al honoure glorye prayse for euer and euer world with out ende Amen Here folowyth the Epystle of Henry Sullengers IT is shewed vs worshipfull brother Hermā ne by the excelēt ryght godly man mayster Iohn Beckstayne that ther goeth abrode a certayne epystle from one to a nother amonge the congregaciōs of lowe dowchlande wherin it is playnely taught to be lefull for Christen men to goe to hyghe masse as they call it And that because of this epystle some be greatlye trobled in conscyence other some coniecture all the mynisters of the congregacions of highe dowchland to be of the same iudgement Wherfore we of the church of Tigurye thowght it good to purge the old true fayth lernynge whych we hold from this vnhappye suspicion openly confessing vnto you a minister by the grace of God in the congregacions of lowe Germanye both of good lernynge conuersacyon that we nether be our selues of that mynde nor yet alowe that sentence As for thynges which be callyd meane indifferent we beleue a christen mā may vse them in all tymes places without scrupulosyte of conscience so that all thynge be done discreatlye accordyng to charite That is to saye to the glorye of God the edifyeng of our neyghboures the hole congregation But the popes masse be it hygh or lowe ymages other lyke which be expresselye against the worde of God the pure fayth we reckē not amōge indifferent thynges an indifferent thynge is that which is nether good nor euell for whether thou do it or do it not thou shalt nether be ryghtwise nor vnrightwise therfore For thus doth Iherome hym selfe diffiue it in a epystle to saynct Augustyne Now what man hauyng his right vnderstondinge can saye the high masse the vse of ymages in churches not to be euell or who can lyghtlye graunt it to be good The lawe of God doth euedentlye condemne one other all straunge worshippynge ceremonies or goddes seruyce that is to saye such as are not institute of God or such as are inuentide by mā with out the worde of God But what is the high masse els saue a ryte or ceremonye set vp by mā besyde the worde of God For as for Christes supper what it is ● after what fassyon christ commandyd it to be celebrate we be not ignoraūt This is also to well knowne that they wich kepe the high masse do condēpne the supper of the lorde and the maner therof as barbarouse rude and he reticall when as not withstondyng the holy marter saynct Ciprian sayth that in the supper we owght nether to folowe or receyue any other thing then what the Lord him selfe hath deliuered vnto vs. And agayne it is false and counterfayte sayth he it is wycked ād dishonoryth God what so euer is institutid by the made brayne of man yf that goddes ordinaunce be broken therbye Besydes this Helias the holy Prophet of God which we beleue was conuayed into heauen in a fyrye charete dyd not he forbyd to cuple goddes mames ordinaunce to gether other to mingle the one with the other Yf the Lorde sayth he be God folowe hym how long wyll you halt on both sydes In