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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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our saluacion aud for the probatioÌ„ therof I wil lay this sentence of the old church confyrmed of christ agaynste these blasphemouse teachers of these vnsauerye sacryfyces of Baal and Bel of theyr holy fathers of rome inuented contrarye vnto the censer word of god which is wrytten in the â–ª xii of Ihon. The word whi che I haue spoken shall iudge theÌ„ in the last daye sayth christ Now theÌ„ these enuyous Edomites whi che teache the people a new found doctryne made of theyr own bray nes as thys is to cause the people to beleue that the natural body of christ is in the sacrameÌ„t or to make it an oblacion propiciotorie or expietorie and to be worshypped this teachyng is not found in the scripture of god but in theyr own ymagynacions and priuate inter pretacion for the mayntenaunce of theyr owne bellyes S. Peter sayth that the scripture is not expounded after the appetyte of any pryuat persone but eueÌ„ as it was geuen by the spyryte of god not by manes wyll so must it be declared by the same spyryte full well knew the Apostle S. Paule when he sayd to the ThessaloniaÌ„s The mystery of iniquitie eueÌ„ now begynneth to worke and also prophesyed what shulde folowe after hys tyme saying Take ye hede to your selues and to all the flocke ouer whych the holy ghost hathe put you ouersears to fead the congregation of God whych be purchased wyth hys owne blood for I know thys well that after my departynge shall entre in greuouse wolues among you whych shal not spare thee flocke and euen of your selues shall aryse men speakynge peruerse thynges to draw disciples after them and therfore watche c. What more euident to keÌ„ can be geuen of you set forth by Paule ar ye not rauening wolues what els doo you but spoyle and robbe the people of God wheÌ„ ye teache and instruct them contrarye to the verytie of the gospel to folowe your lying sygnes and beggerly ceremonies as S. Paul calleth them to reherse theÌ„ it shal not nead but touchynge thys holy mysterye of Christes bodye and blood which ye haue so sore deformed blemyshed spotted by your straunsubstanciatyon and other abuses to the destructyon of the people fyrst institucion of christ I muste of verye sorowfulnes of harte approue you by thee scripture to bee verye theues murtherers and deceauers and where I haue already declared and approned by the worde of god and thee olde wryters whose sayingee I haue in maner but gleyned wyth ruthe the mohabite as the history maketh mencyon what that most holy blessed sacrament of the bo dye blood of our lord is it is to be beleued but as a mystery fyfygure representynge to the eyes of our faythe the death and passion of christ crucifyed for our synnes and rose agayne for our iustification as verely as that bread is broken emongeâ— vs so vetriye was christes body broken for our synnes as verely as we receaue that sacramentall bread into our bellye thorow eating it so verely do we receaue y â— frute of his death meretes into our soules by beleuyng in him so that the body of christ in thys sacrament is not corporal but spiritual and the blood of chri ste is not ther corporal but spiritual So that nothynge is to be ta ken in this holy mystery but spiri tually Here is the bodye of christ but not corporally here is y â— blood of christ but not corporally These be the â–ª woordes of Barthram a learned Priest wrytten Lvii. yea res here to fore so nowe thys is proued sufficient to stablysshe the faythe of all men I truste in thys poynt And as to the worshipping therof or to be a sacrifice as they saye You shall haue the scriptures to confute that doctryne sufficientlye fyrste the supper of thee Lorde ought to be done after thee ordinaunces of christ as appereth the fyrst Epystle to the Corinthi the. xi chap. And vpon those wordes to it is a memorial of y â— death of Christe whych brought saluaci on and not a sacrifyce but a remeÌ„ braunce of the sacrifyce that was once offered vp vpoÌ„ the crosse for therin is a promyse made as appe reth in the. C. and. it Psal. Christ shalbe our bishop for euermore or dayned of the father and thys pro mes is performed for christ hathe entered once into the holye place by an oblacion makynge perfecte for euermore so that we nead not to haue hym offered vp for vs agayne the whyche dyeth nomore We know that the oblacioÌ„ whych Moyses made was for synnes as appereth in the leuitical law wheÌ„ the oblation dyd sanctifye thee blood dyd wasshe TheÌ„ yf this one sacrifice in the whych christe dyd offere vp hym selfe dyd satisfy for the synnes of the whole world accordinge to the seyenge of Esaye He dyd bear our synnes he was torne for oure wyckednesse As S. Ihon sayth he is our satisfaction and so forth so that all oblations whych ar besydes thys is but vay ne as to rear an new oblatioÌ„ and to set lytle by y â— fyrst to make god a lyar and to denye Christ whych bought vs after the wordes of S. Peter For yf the synnes be released and forgeueÌ„ in the sacrifyce of the masse it foloweth that that on ly sacrifyce of the crosse dyd not sa tisfye for all synnes is not that to deny the lorde whych dyd rede me vs not wyth corruptible thin ges as with gold and syluer but wyth hys owne precyouse blood so that thys holy sacrifice whych is Iesus christe the verye lambe and most holy EnoceÌ„t wythout spotte The whych alone taketh away the synnes of the world hath offered for vs to God the father hym selfe hath geuen his lyfe and shed hys blood for our redemption â–ª Makynge an ende and consumation of all outward and vysyble sacryfyces and S. Paul to the Hebreus wryteth it is coÌ„uenable to haue a byshop holy innocente seperate frome synners hygher then the skyes and in the. ix chap ter of y â— same Epystle is sayd thus christ y â— bishop of goodnes came in presence by a greater and a perfyter tabernacle not made wyth haÌ„ des not by the blood of gotes or of calues but by hys owne precyouse bloode is ones entered into the sanctuarye hath founde eter nall redemption here is playne euydent that for our saluation redemption we haue no neade of any other sacrifyce or dayly offeringe for them selues and for vs Except we wyll haue them our re demers and to renounce the obia cioÌ„ of Iesu christ and yet further it is sayd in the same chapter Ie sus is not entered into the sanctu arye made with handes but chefe ly in heaueÌ„ to thende that now he may appere for vs before the face of hys father not by â—auâ—e that he offered not
hym self ofteÌ„ tymes and after he â—ayth he shulde haue suffered ofteÌ„ â—yâ—he the begynning of the worlde Thys â—exte dothe clearly expresse that Iesus christ offereth not hym self many tymes or that he shulde dye many tymes for Iesus christe to dye and to be offered vnto hys father is al one Nowe shall he neuer dye more wherby he shal neuer be sacrifyced and in sacryfyce he wyl neuer offer hym self more thaÌ„ it foloweth that no man can offre and sacryfy ce hym agayne for yf he offre not hym selfe â—howe maye other offre him for certaynly sythe the death death of christ all vysyble sacrifyces is ceased and the state of sacri fyces is appered wherfore they aâ— vayne seductors begylers lyars may be knowen to be fooles vnwytty vnhappy voyd of brayne Now â—or a more ampie probacion pounder well the. x â–ª chapter of the same Epystle whych maketh mencion thorowly of thys sacryâ—yce of Iesus christ the whyche hathe made an ende of all vysyble sacryfyces so that none doth abyde for synne Behold I come lord god to thende that I may do thy wyll by the whych wyll we be sanctyfyed by the oblacyons made by Iesus Christe for by one oblatioÌ„ he hath made the sanctifyed y t is the faith full perfyte for euer eternally for after he sayth I shal haue no more mynd of theyr sinnes and of theyr iniquities and where there is remyssion of theÌ„ ther is no more oblation for synne But S. Paul declareth vnto vs what sacrifice we shuld offer let vs folow hys deuyne councell I praye you my bre thren by the mercy of god that ye offre youre bodyes in a lyuely sacryfyce holylye and pleasaunte to god c. To offer thys sacryfyce We be all ordeyned of God Kynges and priestes wythoute any soche disguysed shauen shorne ce remonies for we be to vyle vnworthi to offer vnto god ani new sacryfice for synne for asmoche as christ hath offered vp hym selfe to hys father for vs as touchyng to worshyp the sacrameÌ„t In the who le scriptures nother by any wrytyng of the old holy fathers doc tores as S. Augustyne Ambrose Hierome Cypriane Chrisostome FulgeÌ„cius and soch other neuer taught men to worshippe it for yf these holy fathers had taken these textes before resyted carnally as they toke it spirituallye then in theyr workes they wold haue tau ght meÌ„ to worshypped it but they neuer taught meÌ„ to worshyp thys sacrameÌ„t bycause they toke it spiritually and therfore to worshyp it it is dampnable Idolatrye for god wyl gyue hys honour to non other for thys holy supper of the lord is takyng for a plege of euer lastyng lyfe whych the faythefull desyre moste humblye to receyue wyth a manyfest perticipation euen that thynge whyche we touche in the Image of the sacrament whiche is the pledge and the Image of another thynge that is to say they represent another thing but not theÌ„selues yea they whyche is shewed vnto the beleuers y â— death of christ inuiâ—ybly for a perpetual remembraunce of hys passion for christ sayth in the gospel Do this in my remembraunce and S. paul expoundeth it thus So ofte as ye eate of thys bread and drynke of thys wyne you shall shew y â— death of the lord tyll he come Thus we be taught both of Iesus Christe and S. Paul That the bread and the wyne is set furthe to our eyes for a fygure or a memorye of the lordes deathe That as often as we shal receyue thys holy supper of the lorde it may put vs in remeÌ„ brauÌ„ce in this tyme present what Christ hathe done for vs in tymes paste that we maye be made mynd full of hys paynefull death passion whyche he suffered for vs that we may be made also worthy partakers of that godly communion by the whych we are delyue red froÌ„ death and knowinge that after thys lyfe we shall come to y â— vysyon or Christe where we shall haue no neade of any soch instrumentes to put vs in remembraun ce any more by any extâ—râ—â—ll sygne what corâ—st â—â—the â—oâ—â— for â—s for we lokyng of hym face to face shal not be aâ—moniâ—â—ed by any out warde or iemporall thyngâ—s out onely to be fully certyâ—yed by the contemplacion of the truth it self and to geue gloryâ— and prayse to the auctour of our helth â–ª for euer Now it is to be noted that y â— faith full receaueth not the thynge loked vpon wyth our carnall eyes in the mystery of thys sacrament but that whych is beleued for the meate is spyrytuall and the dâ—ynke is spirituall and feadâ—th y e sou le spiritually and y â— gâ—ueth euerla stynge lyfe to the beleuers secretlâ—e as â—â—â—e â—aâ—youre saythe hym selâ—e â—â—e spyryte is he that quycke neth The â—â—easshe profyteth nothynge proffeteth nothyng Here breuely haue I declared vnto you y e true vnderstanding of the most blessed sacrament of the bodye blood of christ both by the mynd of christe hym selfe S. Paul the euaÌ„gelistes and the olde fathers and holy doc tors as here is recyted and yf any wyll diligeÌ„tly read the scriptures they shall fynde and clearly percea ue that for the space of L. ix yeares al the doctors to affyrme this sacrament to be a mysterye neuer knew of thys transubstanciation of the bread and wyne as the se deuelish dreamers dothe teache therfore beleue them not for they are blynd leaders of the blynde so that the leader the folower shal fal bothe into the pyt And as it is mencyoned in the. i. of Sapience what a terrible sentence they shal geue agaynst theÌ„ selues in the latter daye of iudgement in horrible fear shal they confesse openly befo re the hyghe iudge Iesu Christ to whom is generall power bothe in heauen and earthe that all hathe bene dampnable follyshenes that they haue gone aboute that they haue erred from the truth haue bene wilfully ignoraunt and that they haue tyred theÌ„ selues in thee waye of wyckednes destruction and so forthe Thus these vngodly teachers of theyr own dreames shal why she the great mountayns to ouer whelme theÌ„ in that dreadfull daye therfore heare what S. Paul sayth Thoughe we our selues or an angel from heaueÌ„ preache any other Gospell vnto you then that wee haue preached vnto you hold him accursed Now hath paule preached vnto you as ye haue harde and we sayth he y t is all those whych hath preached the same gospel But these lordly lubbers as glorious glottones haue preached vnto you and do The Gospell of theyr father the Antichrist of Rome that is a great tab bel of ceremonies as rynging syn ging knelyng kyssyng mocking mowing lyenge and sellinge the holy sacramentes as it is wrytteÌ„ none may sel or bye but he haue y â— marke of the beast â–ª these be the lycherouse locustes of Egypte thee vpholders of Sodome Gomor The popes owne cattellâ— tokened