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A15299	Wycklyffes wycket whyche he made in Kyng Rycards daye the second in the yere of our lorde God M.CCCCCV.	Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.; Tracy, William, d. 1530. Testament of master Wylliam Tracie esquier.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536.; Frith, John, 1503-1533.	1546 (1546)	STC 25590; ESTC S121648	22,824	42

chalyce yf thou wylt say it is full and hole the manhode of Christe in the hooste of breade bothe fleshe bloode skynne heere and bones then makest thou vs to worshyppe a false god in the chalyce whiche is vncōiured when ye worshyp the breade and yf ye saye the fleshe is in the breade and the blood in the wyne then thou must graūte yf thy crafte be true as it is not in dede that the manhode of christ is departed and that he is made twoe tymes for fyrste thou takest the hooste of bread other a pece of bread and make it as ye saye and the innocent people worshyp yt And then thou takest to the the chalyee and lykewyse marreste makest I wolde haue sayd the blood in it and then worshyppen it also and yf it be so as I am sured that the fleshe and bloode of Christe ascended then be ye false harlottes to god and to vs for when we shal be housholde ye brynge to vs the drye fleshe and let the blood be away for ye gyue vs after the breade wyne and water and sometymes clene water vnblessed rather coniured by the vertue of your craft and yet ye saye vnder the hoost of breade is the full manhode of Christe then by youre owne confession muste it nedes be that we worshyppen a fallse god in the chalyce whych is vncōiured when we worshyppe the breade and worshype the one as the other but where fynde ye that that euer Christ or any of hys disciples taught any man to worshyp thys breade or wyne Therfore what shall we saye of the Apostles that were so muche wyth Christ and were called by the goly goost had they forget it to set it in the crede whē they made it that is christē mēnes beleue or els we might say that they knew no suche God for they beleue in no more goddes but in hym that was at the begynnynge made of nought all thynges Hebr. the fyrst ps xvi visible vnuisible whych lorde toke fleshe and bloode beynge in the virgyn the same god But ye haue manye false wayes to begyle the innocente people and sleyghtes of the finde For ye say that in euery hoost either pece is the hole māhode of Christe either full substance of hym For ye saye as a man maye take a glasse and breake the glasse into manye peces and in euerye pece properly thou mayste see thy face thy face not parted So ye saye the lordes bodye is in eache hoost eyther pece and hys body not parted And thys is a foole subtyl question to begyle an innocente foole but wyll ye take hede of thys subtyll question howe a man may take a glasse and beholde the verye lyckenes of hys owne face and yet is it not hys face but the lyckenes of hys face for and it were his very face thē he muste nedes haue two faces one on hys bodye and an other in the glasse And yf the glasse were broken in many places so there shulde be manye faces more by the glasse then by the body and eche man shall make as many faces to them as they wolde but as ye may see the mynde or lykenes of youre face and is not the verye face but the fygure thereof So the breade is the fygure or mynde of Chrystes bodye in earth and therfore Christe sayde As oft as ye do thys thynge do it in mynde of me Lu. xxii Also ye saye as a mā may light many candels at one candell and the lyghte of that candle neuer y e more nor neuer the lesse So ye say that the manhoode of Christe descendethe into eche parte of euery hoost and the manhood of Christe neuer the more ne leste where then becōmeth your ministrations For yf a mā lyghte manye candels at one candle as longe as they brenne there wylbe many candelles lighted and as well the laste candle as the fyrste and so by thys reason yf ye shall fetche youre worde at god of god make god there must nedes be manye goddes and that is forbydden in the fyrste cōmaūdemēt Exo. xx And as for makyng more either makynge lesse of Christes manhoode it lyeth not in youre power to come there nyghe neyther touche it for it is ascended into heuen in a spirituall bodye Math. xxviii whyche he suffred not Mary Magdeleyne to touche whē her synnes were forgeuen to her Therfore all the sacramentes that he lefte here in earthe be but myndes of the body of Chryst for a sacrament is no more to say but a sygne of mynde of a thynge passed or a thyng to come for whē Iesu spake of the breade and sayde to his disciples Luke the .xxii. as ye do thys thynge do it in mynde of me it was set for a mynd of good thynges passed of Christes body but when the Aungel shewed to Iohn Apocalips .xvii. the sacramentes of the womā and of the beast that bare her it was set for a mynde of euyll thīges to come on the face of the death great stroyeng of the people of god And in the olde lawe there were many fygures or myndes of thynges to come For the body of chryste and circūcision was demaunded vnto the lawe and he that kept not the lawe was slayne And yet S Paule sayeth Roma ii And neyther it is circumcisiō that is openly in the fleshe but he that is circumcised of herte in spirite not the letter whose perusynge is not of men but of God Peter sayeth the .iii. chapiter And so baptisme of lyke forme maketh not vs safe but the puttynge awaye of fylthynes of the fleshe and the axynge of good conscience in god by the again rysynge of our Lorde Iesu Chryst from death that we shulde be made heyres of euerlastynge lyfe he yeade into heauen and Aungelles and powers and vertues bene made subiectes to hym And also the scryptures sayeth of Iohan Baptyste Mathewe the fyrst chapiter that he preached in wyldernes and sayde a stronger then I shall come after me and I am not worthy to knele downe and vnlace hys shoe and yet Chryste layed that he was more then a prophete Esay sayeth the .vi. Chapter Mathewe xi howe maye ye say ye worthy to make his body and yet your workes bereth wytnes y t ye be no lesse thē prophetes for yf ye dyd ye shulde not teache the people to worshyp the sacramētes or myndes of Chryste for Chryste hym self whiche sacramentes or fygures ben lefull that god taught them and lefte them vnto vs as y e sacryfices other myndes of the olde lawe was full good as it is wrytten They that kepe thē shulde lyue in those Paule Rom. x. and so the breede that Chryste brake was lefte to vs for mynde of thynges passed for the body of Chryste that we shulde beleue he was a verye man in kynde as we be as god in vertue and that hys manhood was sustayned in fode as ours be for saynt Paule sayeth

❧ wycklyffes wycket whyche he made in Kyng Rycards daye the second in the yere of our lorde God M.CCC.XCV ¶ Ihon the .vi. chapiter ¶ I am the liuynge bread which came downe from heauen who so eteth of this brede shal lyue for euer And the brede that I wyl gyue is my fleshe whiche I wyll gyue for the lyfe of the worlde ⸫ ¶ A verye brefe diffinition of these wordes Hoc est corpus meum I Beseche ye brethren in the lorde Christ Iesu and for the loue of hys spirite to praye with me that we may be vessels to his laude and praise what tyme so euer it pleaseth hym to call vpon vs. Romanes .xv. Chapter For asmuche as our sauiour Iesus Christe when that he walked here on earthe wyth the prophethes whych were before hym and the apostles whych were presētly wyth hym whom also he lefte after hym whose hertes were molyfyed wyth the holy ghoste warned vs and gaue vs knowlege that there was two maner of wayes the one to lyfe the other to death as Christe sayeth Howe straighte and narowe is the waye that leadethe to lyfe and there be but fewe that fyndeth it But how large and brode is the waye that leadethe to dampnation and there be manye that go into it Therfore praye we hertely to God that he of hys mere mercye wyll so strengthen vs wyth the grace and stedfastnes hys holy spirite to make vs stronge in spirituall lyuynge after the euangelicall Gospell so that the worlde no not the very infydeles papistes and apostates can gather none occasion to speake euyll of vs wherby we maye entre into that strayte gate as Christ our sauiour and all that folowes hym haue done that is not in ydle lyuynge but in dilygente labourynge yea in greate sufferaunce of persecutyon euen to the death and that we fynde the waye of euerlastynge lyfe as he hath promysed where he sayeth He that seketh fyndeth and that axeth receyuethe and to hym that knocketh it shal be openyde Also Christe sayethe If thy sonne axe the breade wylte thou gyue hym a stone or yf he axe the fyshe wylte thou gyue hym a serpent yf ye whyche are euyll can gyue good thynges to your chyldren how muche more shall your heuenlye father gyue a good spirite to them that axe it of hym Saynt Iames saythe If any man lacke wysedome let hym axe it of god whyche gyueth to all men yf they axe it in faythe and vpbraydethe none for he that douteth is lyke to the waues of the see that is borne aboute wythe euerye blaste of winde Thinke not that suche shal receiue any thynge of the Lorde For a man double in soule is vnstable in al hys wayes as it is written wherfore let vs praye to God that he kepe vs in the houre of temptation that is comyng in all the worlde For as our sauiour christ sayth Whē ye see that abhomination of desolation that is spoken of by the prophet Daniel standynge in the holy place as christ sayeth he that redethe let hym vnderstonde But for bycause that euery man can not haue the boke of Daniell to knowe what is prophesye is Danyell sayde towarde the laste dayes the Kyng of the northe shall come and the armes of hym shall stonde and shall defyle the sanctuarye and he shall take awaye the continuall sacrifyce and he shall gyue abhominatyon into desolatyon and wycked men shall fynde a testamente gylfullye but ye that knowe youre god shall holde and doo and vntaughte men in the people shall teache full manye men and they shall fall on the swearde and in flame and into Captyuyte manye dayes And when they shall downe they shal be araysed by a lyttell helpe and full manye shal be applyed to them gylfullye and of learned men shoulde fall to them that they buylde together And the chosen shal be together and shal be made whyte tyll a tyme determyned For yet another tyme shal be and the kynge shall do by hys wyll and then he shal be raysed and magnifyed at eche god And againste the god of goddes shall speake greate thynges and he shal be raysed tyll the wrathfulnes before determyned is perfectylye made and he shall not inheryte the god of his fathers and he shal be in the companyes of wemen and he shall not chaunge anye thynge of godes for he shall rayse agayne all thynges Forsoth he shall honour god of Mason̄ in his place and he shall worshipe a god whome hys fathers knowe not not wyth Golde Siluer precyous stones nor wythe precyoue thynges But he shall do make stronge the god of Mason wyth thalyent or straunge god whyche he knewe not and he shall multyplye glorye and he shall gyue to hyme power in manye thynges and he shall departe the lawde at hys wyll hytherto be they the wordes of Danyell who maye see a greater abhomynations then to see the people to be ledde awaye from God and they be taughte to worshyp for God that thing that is not god nor sauiour of the world For thoughe it be theyr God as it is wrytten by a Prophete sayenge The Lordes goynge shall make lowe the God of the earthe for it is they re Goddes that they beleue in them whyche maye not make them saffe as it is wrytten whereas sayncte Paule sayethe ye men of Athens I ꝑceyue that in all thynges I see you as vayne worshippers of Idols for I passed by and sawe your mawmetes foūde an aulter in the whyche was written to te vnknowne God Therefore the thynge whyche you know not ye worshyp as god This thing shewe I vnto you God which made the world and all thynges that be in it Thys forsoth he is Lorde of heauen and of earthe and he dwelleth not in the temple made wyth handes neyther hath he nede of any thynge for he geuethe lyfe to all men and breathe euery where and he made of one all kyndes of men to inhabyte on all the face of the earthe Determyninge tymes ordayned and termes of the dwellinge of them to seke oute God Yf peraduenture they myghte fynde hym althoughe he be not farre from eche of you And agayne he sayethe ye shall not thynke that God lyuynge is not lyke to golde syluer ether any grauen thynge or paynted by crafte eyther taughte of man for God despisethe the tyme of the vnknowen thynges And he shewethe euery where that all men shoulde doo penaunce and herof the clerkes of the lawe haue greate nede whyche haue ben euer agaynste God the Lorde bothe in the olde lawe and in the newe to sley the Prophetes that speke to them the worde of God ye see that they spared not the sonne of God when that the temporall iudge woulde haue delyuered hym and so forthe of the Apostels and martirs that hathe spoken truely the worde of God to them and they say it is heresy to speake of the holye scripture in Englyshe