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An epistell exhortatorye, admonishing a[n]d warning all faithful Christia[n]s to beware of the false fained God of the aulter, and only to trust in the onelye lyuing God
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An Epistell exhortatorye admonishing an warning all faithful ChristiaÌ„s to beware of the false fained God of the aulter and only to trust in the onelye lyuing God ¶ Ihon. iiii ¶ O Ye worship ye wot not what we knowe what we worship THat same spirit dere brethereÌ„ which moued S. Paul to reproue the Cytezens of Athens for theyr ydolatrye Act. xvii Act. 17. c. hath also moued vs to warn you by the Scriptures of the same offence specially in worshippyng that vnknowen God on the aulter which thing you doo ignorauntlye and therfore we certifye aÌ„d assure you by this presente iii. Ro. 8. d i. par vi c Eâ—ay â—6 a Act. xii f He. br ix c That God which made the worlde and all that therin is dwelleth not in temples made with handes neither is he dayly offred vppon your coniured aulters Hebr. 9. c For than shulde he ofte haue suffred syns the world begaÌ„ Hebr. 9. e But that did he ones for all whaÌ„ he offred vp him selfe and with that onelye sacrifyce hath he made parfet for euer al theÌ„ that are sanctifyed Hebr vii d Hebr 10 e But nowe to our purpose seing Christ is not in your Churches made with handes as these forsaid scriptures will witnes vnto you how can you auoyde ydolatry in geuiÌ„g that worship to an earthly thing which is onely due vnto god is not bread aÌ„ erthli thiÌ„g hath not the haÌ„des of sinners made and fashioned it for your purpose why doo you thaÌ„ worshyp it And yf you say it is no substaunce of bread But the lykenes therof after the consecratyon which is a blasphemouselye what wynne you by that For God said you shal not worship the lykenes of any thing in heuen or earth Exo 10 a Deut. v a But here parauenture some wilier then his fellowes wyll say we neyther worship the substauÌ„ce of bread nor the likenes of breade but we worshyp Chryst conteyned in the bread To answere this vipers whelp we say that the naturall body of Chryst is neyther conteyned in the breade in the church nor in the hole earth as we haue proued before neyther willeth he to be worshyped iÌ„ bread nor wine but in spyrite aÌ„d treuth Ihon iiii c Neyther can ye worship Christ wher he is not but wher he is that is in Heauen For that same naturall body which Christ toke of the virgin mary which suffred death which rose agaiÌ„ which ascended into heaueÌ„ sitteth nowe on the ryght hande of his father if you wyll not beleue vs herin searche these scriptures following Psal x. c. xiiii b Eccle. v. a. Iob. xv d Esay lxiiii a lxvi a. Iohn â—â—ii c. vii e. viii c. xlâ— xiii d. xâ—iii a. xvi xvii v xâ— d. 1 Col iiii d. â—Heb â— a. ix c. x. c. Mat. xiii xâ—â—â—â— c. xvâ—â— b. Mat. xâ—â—ii c. xxvi f. 2. ii xxiii c. i. Tim ii a. vâ— c. Actâ—â— b. Phil. iii. d. Col. iii. a. Rom. viii Ephe. i. d. iii. b. Might not these if you were men and not beastes persuade you to the treuth cause your coÌ„scious to confesse the abhominable ydolatry with earnest repentaunce for the same Oh ye foles and slowe of hart to beleue the scripturs Luc 24 c If we say the treuth why do you not beleue vs Ihon viii Oh ye children of the deuel wyl you neuer cease to peruert the straight wayes of the lord Act â— b Wyll you styll saye that you haue Chryst Ihon 1â— a and he sayth you haue me not Wyll you styll saye that Chryst is dayly offred amonge you Hebr vii d and Saint Paule saith he was offred but ones for all wyll you styll saye he is in the boxe and the holyghost saythe he is in heauen Wyll you styll worship the dead workes of your handes in steade of the lyuynge God Oh ye foolyshe Samaritanes wyll you styll worship ye wot not what seke Chryst ye wot not wher did not christ himselfe reproue your contrey woman for this vayne worshipping saying Ihon iiii a Neyther on this mountayne nor yet at Ierusalem the true worshippers worship my father for the houre is come and now is that the true worshippers shal worship only in spirite and veritie And therfore saith Paule â—ama â— a ii Tit a I thank God whome I worship and serue in my spirite in a pure conscieÌ„ce Loo S. Paule saith not that he worshypped God in breade wyne or in any other creature but in spyryte and treuthe as his master had taught him before Now wyll we shewe you the effect aÌ„d frute of your wise worshypping and so conclude The effect is vayne The frute synne and dampnatyon vayne is the effecte Because it is but onelye the vayne doctryne and tradicyon of men which thyng Chryste him selfe confyrmeth saing In vayne do ye worship me teaching the doctrines and tradycyons of men Math 15 a The frute that followeth the doing is siÌ„ne as thus Jâ—â— 10 b S. Paul proueth the onely woorde of God to be the ground of faith But this false worshypping is not grounded â—n the word of God Ergo it caÌ„not be don of faith wherfor we conclude with Paule that it is siÌ„ne Rom 14 for whatsoev is not done of faith is sinne And without faith it is impossible to please God Alas saith Esay Hebr ii Esay 46 that meÌ„ shuld crye vnto hym which gyueth none answere Sapi 13. d or pray for lyfe vnto a dead thing Is not your God a dead thiÌ„g or tel vs what answere giueth he whan you crie vnto him doth not the owls swalowes cats rats mise flie ronne ouer about your God lyke as they doo with other ydolles Baen vi c By thys might you know saith Ieremy that it is no God Yea do not rats mise deuour eate your God time coÌ„sum putrify your God But what you do with hiÌ„ after fewe men may knowe Shall the naturall body of Chryst which was the only price of our redeÌ„ption be eaten of rats or myse Or may tyme consume the highe prest which remaineth for euer Oh ye priests of Bell Hebre 〈◊〉 be ones ashamed of your lieÌ„g for truly if Daniel may ones speke frely with the king he will bewray your false iuggling That it may be so that shortly we praye Let no man iudge vs that we any thynge herin derogate the holy supper of Christ for that we most highly esteme as the perfyght memoryall of oure redemptyon and moost necessary food of our soules Cor xii 10 Eating and drinking theriÌ„ the very body bloude of Chryst eueÌ„ as our fathers did But we only warne reache you that ther shuld be no strange God amoÌ„g you Esa xiiii c And that you shuld turne from these vayne thiÌ„gs vnto the liuing God Act 14. c To whome alone be all honour and glory AmeÌ„ Sent from verbo dei whose aucthour is in cela Flee from worshipping of ydolles i. Cor. x. Beleue the Scriptures Marc. i.v. And require no more then is commauÌ„ded you Luc. iii c