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A14813	Twoo notable sermons made the thirde and fyfte Fridayes in Lent last past, before the Quenes highnes, concernynge the reall presence of Christes body and bloude in the blessed Sacrament: & also the Masse, which is the sacrifice of the newe Testament. / By Thomas Watson, Doctor of Diuinitie..	Watson, Thomas, 1513-1584.	1554 (1554)	STC 25115.3; ESTC S119557	86,731	390

thoughtes of the Capernaites that thought they should haue eaten Christes fleshe eyther rosted or sodde and so shoulde haue consumed it to nothinge wryteth thus Cum illius personae caro si in frusta partiretur non omni humano generi posset sufficere qua semel consumpta uideretur religio interisse cui ne quaquàm ulte rius uictima superesset Seyng that yf the fleshe of hys person were dyuyded into peeces it could not suffise al mankind to eate vpon which fleshe after it were once cleane wasted ▪ consumed our religion might like wise seme to perishe and be destroyed whych hadde no more any sacrifyce remaynynge Wherevpon I conclude that yf we haue not Christes bodye and bloude presente in the Sacrament for our external sacrifice wherby we may mitigate and please almighty God and obteyne remission of synne spirituall grace gyftes then shuld we be no better then the Turkes seinge all nations frō the begynnyng of the worlde both gentils and Iewes haue had one kynd of outwarde sacrifice to declare and expresse their inward deuotion and religion eyther to the true God of heauen or to suche as they fantasied or feyned to be gods sauyng onlye the Turkes as Petrus Cluniacensis wryteth Wherby it appeareth that thys secte that denyeth and destroyeth y e Masse whyche is the sacrifyce of the Churche is verelye the sect of Mahumette preparing a waye for the Turke to ouerrunne all Christendome as he hathe done a greate peece already For what could the Turke do more agaynst oure fayth yf he dyd ouercome vs besyde our thraldome and tyrannical oppression but as these men do nowe to take awaye oure Sacramentes and sacrifice and to leaue vs nothyng ▪ but the bare name of Christ and yf there be anye good man that hath true religion in his heart to compel hym to kepe it within hym y t he shal not expresse it outward lye and in verye dede diuerse notable and godly wryters at thys daye call thys heresye against y e sacrifice of the church which Luther first began and most manteyned by this name Secta Mahumetica the secte of mahomet But for y e auoydinge of these absurdities and for suche causes as I shal God willinge declare hereafter I presuppose this foundation of christes bodye to be really present in the blessed sacrament to be stedfastly beleued of vs all vpon the which I buylde al that remaineth now to be sayed Whych foundation although it hathe bene vndermyned of many men and many wayes therefore requireth a full and perfecte treatise to be made of it alone yet as I intende not to occupye al this time in that so I may not well so sclenderlye leaue it that hathe bene so muche and often assaulted but shall declare the summe of that moueth me to continue styll in that trueth I was borne in to kepe styll that fayth I was baptized in and putte on Christe which fayth seyng it is vniuersal yf I shuld leaue it I shulde forsake Christ and be an heretike not folowyng that forme of doctrine I receaued of my fathers and they of theyrs frō the begynnyng but choosinge my selfe a newe waye and new maysters that please me being so condemned by mine owne conscience iudgement which is the very propertye and definition of an heretike There be thre thinges that holde me●● this fayth the manifest and playne scripture the vniforme aucthorities of holy men and the consent of the vniuersall churche These thre be the argumentes that a christen man maye sticke vnto and neuer be deceaued specially yf they be knytte and ioyned together cōcerning one matter but yf they be separate then some of thē be but weak staffes to leane vnto As for example The scripture without the consent of the churche is a weapō as mete for an heretike as for a catholike for Arius Nestorius suche other heretikes did alledge the scripture for theyr opinions as the catholikes did but theyr alledgynge was but the abusyng of the letter whiche is indifferent to good and euyll deprauyng of the true sense which is only knowen by the tradition and consente of the catholike churche so that the one withoute the other is not a direction but a seduction to a symple man because the verye scripture in dede is not the bare letter as it lieth to be taken of euery man but y e true sense as it is delyuered by the vniuersal consente of Christes churche Lykewyse the wrytynges and sayinges of the fathers yf they be but the mynde of one man wythout the consent of other were he neuer so wel learned and vertuouse otherwyse yet hys wrytynges I saye in that poynt be not a cōfirmation for an ignoraunte manne to holde him in the trueth but a temptatiō to seduce hym pul hym from the trueth The consent of the churche is alwayes a sure staffe the verye pyller of trueth whether it be in thynges expressed in y e letter of the scrypture or in thinges delyuered vnto vs by tradition of the Apostles He that holdeth him by this staffe ca● not fall in fayth but stande in trueth Nowe concernynge thys matter of the present I am able by Gods helpe to shewe all these thre thinges ioyned and knitte together so that we can not be deceaued in this poynt except we wyll deceaue our selues as many wilfully do The scrypture by playne manifest wordes agaynste the whyche hell gates shall neuer preuayle dothe testifye confyrme our fayth in manye places but specially in the wordes of our sauiour Christ hym selfe in hys laste supper sayinge to hys Disciples Take eate this is my bodye whyche is gyuen for you Thys is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shedde for many and for you in remission of synnes whyche most playne scriptures manye haue gone aboute to delude to reduce thē to a base vnderstandynge by figuratiue speches contendyng these wordes This is my bodye This is my bloude to be spoken figuratiuelye and not as the wordes purport because other lyke sayinges in the scripture be taken figuratiuely as these I am the waye I am the doore The stone is Christ and suche other wherein they haue declared their deuelyshe and detestable sophistrye too their owne damnation the subuersion of a greate manye other They professe them selfes to be learned menne but who hearde euer tell of anye suche kynd of learnyng as to proue one singulare by an other as yf one shuld reason thus Thomas is an honest manne ergo Iohn is an honeste man The swan is white ergo the crowe is whyte Which argumentes be like thys I am the waye is a figuratiue speache ergo lykewise Thys is my bodye is a figuratiue speache With such fond folyes and sophismes is the trueth assaulted agaynste all good learnyng and the rules of all true reasonyng GOD open theyr eyes to see and folowe hys heauenly wisdome But yf we wyl consider the circūstancies of the texte who

churches or in other realmes This argument of Cōmunion was neuer ●eard of in the worlde before Martyne Luther who was y e first father of it and the first man that euer wrote agaynst priuate masses as he calleth thē ▪ And wher learned Luther that lesson euen of the deuyl not because al euyl cōmeth by the suggestion of the deuyll but I meane y t Luther had a vision of the deuyl and saw hym wyth hys corporall eye beynge wakyng of whom he learned al that he hath pestilently spoken agaynst the holy masse And lest men should say I lied vpon Luther here is his owne boke Ex orete iudico serue nequam We maye Iudge hym by his owne mouth and his owne hand writynge The title of his boke is of priuate masse I shal read you a peice of it that the trueth of my sayinge maye appeare These be hys very wordes I shall make confession before all you reuende and holy fathers geue me I pray you a good absolution It chaunced me once about midnight sodenly to awake than the deuyl Sathā began with me this disputation Heare sayd he doctour Luther very wel learned thou knowest thou hast said priuate masses xv yeres almost daily What if such priuate masses be horrible ydolatry what if there wer not presēt the bodye and bloud of Christ but thou haddest honored onely bread and wine haddest caused other to honor it to whō I answered I am an anoynted priest haue receyued vnction cōsecration of a bishoppe haue done al these thinges by commaundement obedience of mine elders ▪ Why shuld not I cōsecrate whē I haue pronūced y e wordes of Christ haue said masse ī earnest this thou knowest All this sayde he is true but y e turkes gentiles do likewise al things in their tēples of obediēce in earnest The priestes of Hieroboam dyd all they dyd of a certayne zeale intent againste the true priestes in Hierusalē ▪ What yf they orderynge and consecratynge wer false as the priestes of the Turkes and Samaritans were false and their seruyce of god false and wycked First sayd he thou knowest thou haddest than no knowledge of Christ nor true fayth and for faythe thou waste no better than a Turke For the Turke and all the deuyls also beleue the storye of Christ that he was borne crucified and dead ▪ c. But the Turke and we dampned sprites doe not truste to hys mercy nor haue not hym for a mediatour and sauiour but feare hym as a cruell iudge Such a fayth and no other haddest thou when thou receyuest vnction of y e byshoppe and al other both they y t dyd annoynct and were annoyncted thought so and no other wise of Christe ▪ Therefore ye fled from Christe as a cruell iudge to blessed Mary and y e sainctes they wer mediators betwene you Christ. Thus was Christ robbed of his glory ▪ This neyther thou nor no other papist can deny I wold reade more of this boke but for troubling you He y t ly●t to knowe what maye be sayd against priuate masse let hym learne here of y e deuil ynough For here is al that hath yet bene sayde of any other and more to The deuyls derlinges wer ashamed to say halfe so much as their father Sathan lest they shulde be called blasphemous lyers as he is But by this boke Luthers owne confession set forthe in prynt by him selfe to y e world ye maye knowe that the deuyll was the first y t euer barked agaynste y e sacrifice of the churche whiche is the masse knowing that his kyngdome of sinne and iniquitie coulde not stand if this sacrifice most aduersarie to it were not defaced and destroyed But what colour had Luther to publishe this shall we thynke he was so madde as to father that vpō the deuyll that he woulde haue persauded for trueth to the worlde I shall tell you shortlye hys fonde deuyse in thys poynte as it foloweth fyue or sixe leaues here after He sayeth he knoweth the deuyl is a lyer but he saieth hys lyes be craftye he vseth to alledge a trueth whyche can not be denied and wyth that to colour hys lye which he persaudeth And therefore sayeth he the deuyll lyeth not when he accuseth as that I had committed horrible Idolatry in sayinge priuate masses but the lye is when he dyd afterwarde tempt him to dispayre of gods mercy But saith Luther I wyll not dispayre as Iudas dyd but amende that I haue done amysse neuer saye priuate masse agayne O what a cloke of mischiefe is this al grounded of lyes and falshode He sayth the deuyll lyeth not when he accuseth If that be true then he sayd true when he saide that Luther being a preacher manye yeares neuer had true fayth in Christ tyl he fel from the masse nor neuer trusted in Christes mercy nor neuer toke hym for a sauiour but a cruell iudge Of this the deuyll dyd accuse him whether he was a lyer herein or no iudge you Also in hys accusation he sayde the body and bloude of Christ wer not present in the sacrament when suche annoyncted priestes dyd consecrate and that they honored onely bread wine with many other damnable lyes and heresyes whiche whoso shall read the boke maye fynde in great plentie and yet by Luthers principle the deuyl neuer lyeth when he accuseth Now because y e tyme is farre past shortly to conclud I shal most humblye beseche you to consider and regarde the saluation of your soules for the whiche Christe Gods sonne hath shed his preciouse bloud which saluation canne not be attayned w toute knowledge confession of gods truth reueled to his holy church by her to euery membre of her childe of god whose sentence and determination is sure certen as procedinge frō the pyller of trueth the spirite of god by whō we be taught and assured in goddes owne word that in y e blessed sacrament of the aulter ▪ by the power of the holy gost working with gods word is verely really present the bodye and bloud of our sauiour Christe vnder the formes of bread wyne whiche is by Christes owne commaundement example offered to almightye god in sacrifice in commemoration of Christes passion and death wherby the membres of the churche in whose fayth it is offered bothe they that be alyue and departed perceyue plentuouse and abundaunt grace and mercye and in al their necessities and calamities releife and succur ▪ Our moste merciful father graunt vs to persist stedfast constant in the true catholike faythe and confession of this most blessed Sacrament and sacrifice and with pure deuotion as he hathe ordayned to vse frequent this holye misterye of vnitie reconsiliation that we maye therby remayne in him and he in vs for euermore To whome be all glorye and prayse wyth out ende AMEN ¶ Imprinted at London in Paules churche yarde at the sygne of the