glorye boeth of your subiectes of straingers for nothinge can rather win the fauoure of subiectes to their Maiestrates and rulers bringe them to obedience then the worde of God and his commaundementes frelye preachede and wythout daunger of ponishement as you may euidently perceyue by Iosue Ios i. and the people of God committed to hys gouernaunce And strayngers are moued wyth nothynge so much as wheÌ„ ther se the truth the glorie of god and an honeste order of lyuinge magnified had in reuerence for God doeth kepe the citie that seketh his glorie Fyrste of all we proteste that in our puklyke sermones and in thys writynge we not here speake nor write against the most holye ordinauÌ„ce of Christ or the Apostles in the administracioÌ„ of the Lordes supper but we both speake write against the abuses that be crept into the church are obstinatli defeÌ„ded bi coÌ„tinuauÌ„ce of time wtout the hollie scriptures to the great hinderauÌ„ce of the fruites of christes passion craftie deceiueinge of the vnlerned people coÌ„trarie to Christes ordinaÌ„ce administracioÌ„ of the apostles that coÌ„mon rumor is through the maliciouse enuie faulse forgid lies of some popish preachers of some other that are euen against vs which know the truth that we goo about to let abolishe and bringe to nought all good workes they fayne this on ther owne heade as they do al other thynges for nothynge can be more greauouse to vs then to here that men do not lyue after the coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of God And we know through the grace of God What ceremonies what pert of the cerimonies is profitable mete for christen meÌ„ our purpose matained with a good conscieÌ„ce is to vse well sincerly wtout any faulsly deuised tracions so muche of this sacrament of oure Lordes super as was most perfectly begon and ordiened of Christ our master and there can no man proue that our intent was other wise at any time and thys by the assistaunce of gods grace we wil affirme by the onely scriptures of God Now we wil in godes name declar shewe furth our reasones for this question proponed Vndoubtely al such as do not regard care for the only glory of god teach nothing that is godly true or in aniwise profitable Math. ii For god saith by Malachi the prophet And now Oh ye priestes this coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t toucheth you if you wil not heare it nor regard it my name sayeth the Lorde of hostes I wyll sende accursse vppon you and wil Cursse your blessing yea cursse them wil I if ye do not take hede It is therfore manifest that God beynge griuousely displeased cursseth theÌ„ that regarde not his name and glorie for God is gellouse and a consuming fier He wil haue hys name magnified Deut. v. and prayesid the Iues and gentiles dyd fall into lewde myndes Rom i. and corrupte Iudgementes because they knewe God and dyd not glorifi him as God The lord Esa i. 42 hym selfe sayeth I wyll geue my glorye to none other Finallye Math 12. he that seketh not goddes glorye doeth nother desire to encrease it nor doeth speake lyue nor is of God but is adomination before God For whosoeuer is not wyth 1. Cor. 2. Christ as who sayth that God may be glorified he is abominacioÌ„ before God and is hys enemye when the Esai â—3 naturall man perceyueth not the thynges that pertayne to the Ro. xi spirite of God And hys thought is as fare in sunder from the wyl of God as the earth from heaueÌ„ for in dede man touchinge hys owne knowledge doeth knowe nothing lesse theÌ„ the wyl of God Who therfore Luc xvi can tell what is the wyll of God and hys true glorye Christe sayeth that whiche is highly estimede amonge men is abominacion before God for men are euer prone and readye to fall and forsake the truth to folowe cleaue to there owne profite and inuencions whereof Idolatrie othere abominacions come vp and haue Proue iii. there begynynge wherefore the wise man sayth truste in the lord Deut. xii wyth all thyne herte and not in thyne owne wisdome And Moyses sayth you shall not do after al thinges that we do here this day eueri maÌ„ what semeth hym good in his owne eies it is therefore folishely spoken to saye what thing soeuer that a man doeth for gods sake is a good worke and worthey to be rewarded for then eueri maÌ„ myght haue knoledge sufficientli without any teaching or doctrine of the worde of God But howe shoulde a man be then of an vndoubting coÌ„science or wyth what hope myght a man lyue to please God Wher the knoledge of the wyl of God wantethe there moste also hope and fayeth want namely in trouble and afflictioÌ„ what so euer truely is not of fayeth is sinne where Syne is there is abominaon before God Therfore god hath declared hys wyll and mynd by thapostles And Christe hym selfe that our knowledge may be sure and our oppinion vndoubtfull howe god ought to be truely worshiped Moreouer he hath gyuen vs astrayght coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t to kepe his law that we shal tourne nother to the right nor yet to the Deut. xviii laste hande that we shall nother adde nor take awaye any thynge from it he that wyll not herken to the prophet that I wil raise vp sayeth the Lorde I wyl require it of hym after the lawe was gyuen and the trueth was knowen God would be worshipped as his word teacheth and the offence was theÌ„ much more greuouse Albeit king Saull dyd kyll and offer fat Oxen i. R. xv to the true liuing God whiche was a good worke in apparauÌ„ce yet because the scripture of God dyd not teache hym so to do God therfore was griuoslye displeased wyth hym For althoughe he offered his sacrifice to God yet that accoÌ„pted he to him for Idolatrie ii Re. vi Oza died sodenly because he tuched the arke againste the Lordes commaundement yet he thought it had ben a good dede Dyd not the earth swallowe vp Corah and his adhereÌ„tes because thei would Nume xvi take vppon them the office of the priests The Israhelites did think it a godlye and goodlye thynge to Deut. xvi haue pleasant groues night vnto the aulter of God but hym dyd it not please Thei though it a goodly facte at Tophet in Ierusalem Ierome vii to kyl and offer ther owne sonnes but the more they did so the greater was ther abominacion before god For god sayth he neuer coÌ„mauÌ„ded them nether came it euer into his thought God commaunded Iosue Iose i. to be stronge and bolde that he myght obserue and do accordinge to al the lawe which Moyses commaundyd hym and that he should turne ther from nither to the ryght nor to the lefte haÌ„d that he myght do wisely in al thynges Esa xxx he toke in hande god by hys prophet Esaias saith alas for the
in thys holie supper for he woulde haue gyuen hys bodie to thē reallie not in the sacramente It is not inoughe for these piuishe papistes to offer christes bodie to God except they offer it also for remission of synne for health of the bodie and for hope of eternal life For other wise it shuld not be so highly estemed If they continewe still in these errours against the plaine trueth they will The belefe of a true christian Ro. iiii deny Christ For he that knoweth Christe is certainely assured that he is god and man the sauiour of the worlde that in hym as in the true sede of Dauid al nacions are blessed and that no mā can come to the father but by him For the father Ga. iii. Iohn xi doth so loue him that for hys sake his angre toward vs is pacified for he is our rightuousnes holines and redempcion that nomā Cor. i. is saued but bi his name only that he alone fulfilled the worke of our Act. iiii redempcion with out any helper And finally that he did sufficiētly satisfie Esae lxiii for our sinnes on the crosse if we beliue truely on him This is the Heb. x. ground of our christen faith wher on christes church is builded And Math. xvi he that denieth Christe to be hys perfecte and sufficient redemer by once sufferinge death on the crosse maketh him an vnsufficient priest and vnable redemer And therfore they deny Christ in that they deni his ful power and vertue in our redemptiō These Maskinge Masse priestes in their often offeringe of Christe denye that we are Iustified by fayth only ascribinge part of oure iustificacion to good workes cōtrarie to the playne scriptures of Eph ii God for we are saued by grace and not of workes And they magnifie and extolle the Masse aboue all other good workes makeinge them sēlues fellowe priestes wyth Christ wherin they shew of what generacion they be euen as they sprynge of Lucifer the father of pride nowe let vs expende and cōsider whether Christe commaunded his disciples to make an offeringe of the sacrament of his holy supper or whether he offered hym selfe therein or no. Vndoubtedly Christes wordes diligently obserued and noted we maye perceyue easlye the Christ offred no sacrifice therein To take and breake bread doth not signifye to offre To geue thankes is not to do sacrifice for elles he hadde done sacrifice in fedynge fyue thousand with the fewe barlye loues to gyue his disciples to eate And to say do this in remēbraunce of me in shewynge furth the Lordes death vntyll he come is not an offering To belyue that Christ was giuen vs the he gaue his bodie to death for vs that he shed his bloud not at the supper but on the crosse to redeme vs frō syn is not an offering Finally to proue the testamēt the beleue on the which was cōmaunded in the testament doth not signifie to offre How wyl you nowe proue your offerynge in the Masse We come to the Lordes table we take and eate trusteinge in Christes promesses howe do we thē gyue to him againe If a king shoulde gyue a ringe to a pore mā for a gage not that he shoulde be heire of hys landes and goods but that it should helpe hym and that he thereby shoulde remember his liberalitye mercye and the people myght cōmende and prayse hym for that facte the pore man receyueth it to giue it agayne to the king thynkinge to do hym a great pleasure to make hym riche wyth hys own gift wer not this a mad mā So may al such be Iudged as offere to Christ agayne the whych he gaue vs for our owne vse and profite and that thereby we shoulde kepe in remembraūce his loue and mercye towarde vs. Christ did not lifte vp the sacramēt ouer his head as these proude papistes do They obiecte and saye that God cā giue some thynges and receyue them agayne as the sacrifices of tholde lawe Thoughe they were the giftes Psal x of God Yet they were gyuen to hym agayne and thoughe a cōtrite herte is the gyfte of god yet it is a sacrifice to God If we were cōmaunded to offer sacrifice as they were then theire obiection shoulde be of some strēgth and efficacie But wee haue no suche commaundemente neyther the scriptures make mencion of these popishe sacrifices For Christ is of greater power and reputaciō then that these proude popish prelates other can or oughte to offer hym to hys father Christe sitteth on the fathers ryght hande and once satisfied for the synnes of the Atc. vii true Christen church with a most sufficient and perfecte sacrifice Dare we then moste miserable wretches enterprise to do thys thynge agayne He that doth offre vp sacrifice is better thē the sacrifice They therefore are better thē Christe their sacrifice he offred vs a sacrifice to God and do we goo about to offer hym He that offerreth vp sacrifice ought to be as pure as the sacrifice Oh howe pure they make Christ nowe He as a testament maker gaue his disciples the sacramēt in his supper none other wise thē as a writtē testamēt wherin by fayth in Christ we receiue Christes bodie bloude the vertue and frutes of the same If wee gyue hym hys testamente agayne as if he required it of vs should not we haue the testament maker in a contempt And should Aba xi not the promise in the testamente be of effecte Who ahboreth not thys kynde of blasphemie whē we consider the hyghnes of Christes priesthod and what this worde sacrifice contayneth in it we maye easlye perceyue what Iniury we do to thynke that we offer Christes bodye as the papistes do S. Paule declareth vnto vs the pristhod of christ saiing it is mete the we Hebru vii haue suche a godly and vndefiled byshop made higher then heaues whych nedeth not to offre dayly First for hys owne sinnes and thē for the synnes of the people as the byshop of the olde lawe for Christ dyd thys once in offeringe vp hys owne bodye and in an other place he sayth Christe beinge the hyghe priest of the good thinges to come came by a greater and more perfecte Tabernacle whiche was not made wyth handes that is to saye was not of thys kynde of bulding Neither came he by the bloud of gotes and calues but by hys owne bloude he entred once into thys holly place and founde eternall redempcion for we are made hollie bi godes fre mercie through the offering of christes bodie done once for all For Christe verely beinge one sacrifice offred vp for our sinnes sitteth on his fathers right hand lokeing for the thing that remayneh vntil his enemise be made his fotestole for wyth one offring he made perfecte those that are sātified Saynt Paule teacheth vs by Melchisedech That Christ is king of peace rightuousnes By these places of scripture it is Manifest that Christ
⧠A Sermon declaringe hovv vue at Iustified by faith Imprinted at londun by WilliaÌ„ hyl at the signe of the grene hyl and there to be soulde VVHAT IT Is TOO BE iustifyed by Christe and the way howe we are iustifyed and reprouing errour concernig it Translated out of latin into Englyshe by E. T. For asmuch as iustificacion whiche we haue throughe christe ys moste propre to a Chrystyan man and is the well spring of al other gifts vertuous and goodnes yt shal be meete first to se what we call to be iustified by chryst or to be iuste through christ That we mai geue thankes to god the father christ our lorde for his greate giftes first god doth not iustifie or absolute theÌ„ giltie or pronounce him iust for thus singnifiethe iustifie as a Tyraunte is wonte to doo whoo when he heareth one of his gard accused be he neuer so mischeuous he defendeth him excuseth him and wil not haue hym accompted gyltie be his myschefe neuerso manifest and so he iustifieth him neither punisheth him acordynge to his desertes rather he wyll haue him accompted as a goode iuste and honest parsone the which maner of iustifyinge is deceytfull â–ª wycked and tyranny called But god doth iustefy the sinner after this sorte For as he is iust so is his iudgment rightuous As Dauid witnesseth Lord thou art iuste and thy iudgemente is rightuous For the which cause he fauoreth vs not whyles we sinne neyther accompteth vs a iust whyles we are in sinne nether alloweth synners as â—hâ— Tyranne doth But yee God nether doth iustify men as a good kynge dothe for it is the part of a good Prince when an innocente and gyltles parson is in ieopardy to defende hys innocencye against false accusacions openly to pronounce him his iuste and set him free as he deserueth to be But yet neyther after thys sorte we can bee iustified as gyltles For we are by nature sinners There are that wyl forgeue the faultes and pardon hym for none other cause but that they are sory for theyr euyll deade neyther do require hym to satisfye but delyuer hym freelye But god dothe not so iustefy the synner not because he can not but because so it semethe goode to hym to forgiue noman with oute satysfactyon as after shal be declared Neither are we therfore Iustyfyede because we canne geue GOD anye thinge of oure owne to counterpaise owre curses and synnes For there is nothinge in man that can satisfye before god for the leaste synne yea man is not worthye to obtayne the leste droppe of mercye at gods hand as Iacob saythe to god in genesis I am lesse then al thi mercies for as sambros saye the the redempcion of christs bloude shulde waxe vile Neither the perrogatiue of mans goode workes wold neue place to the mercye of god if iustification whiche is freely geuen weredone to workes that went before theÌ„ it shuld not be a free gift of the geuer but the wage rewarde of the worker as spaule crieth if we are iustified by the workes of the lawe then is CHRIST deade in vaine neither can we saie this truly that we are made iuste partly by the satisfaction of christ partly by our own for so we myghte boaste of oure selues whiche is contrarye to S paules doctrine For he saith he that dothe glorye let him glorye in god And howe often dothe all the scrypture warne to geue god al honor glory of iustifing maÌ„ by faythe no regarde had of oure merytes I wyll tell theâ— truthe plainlye yf the leaste iote of oure iustificacion hong of oure selues the promes of God were not true As S. Paule wytnessethe in hys epystle to the Romaynes bysydes that as Agath the Prophete and paule the apostle wryte all those thynges are fylthie and vncleane that the vncleane goo about or doe but al those are vncleane whoesoeuer they be that are not iustified of god wherfore theyr mercyes can not please God ne appease hys wrathe by anye meanes This esaye willing to declare compareth all our owne righteousnes to a clothe defiled wythe womens flowres And s Austen affirmith that all the deseruynges of men wer lost in adam after he had transgressed and doonne that synne whereby we were al condemned and made voide of righteousnes For by Adam we are all deade but bi Christe we are referred to lyfe Therefore good bretherne weighe with me how that a man can of himself redeme and paie ransome for so greate synnes that is to wit how he being deade can restoore him selfe to life agayne for this cause Chryste sayde not the ruler of the Synagooge thou shalte sasatysfye for parte and I wyll fullfyll that that thou canneÌ„ste not But he sayde to hym onelye beleue And haue a sure confydence Paule in the Epystle to the. Romans Ad. Galat. Dothe proue that no man Is Iustyfyed neyther by the Lawe of vertuous lyuinge neyther by mannes iustyce yea rather mannes iustice did crucifie Chryste by the Iewes and condemne him before ponce pylate and did persecute trouble and torment the same Christ diuerslye but Saule after called paule in his meÌ„bres But I praye you when hath such a iustice as can make men iuste and blessed Fyrst after paule the lawe dothe encrease sinne dothe not take it awaye the lawe dothe bynde and condempne and not loose and sett tree yt kyllethe and not quickneth Moreouer the pharesee did pronunce him selfe partlye bye him selfe and partlye bye god and therfore he gaue god thankes but bycause he gaue not the whole glorye to god and to him selfe ignoraunce as the publicaÌ„ did he was not iustifyed Let vs cal to remembraunce the parable of the shepe herde that leauynge the xcix Shepes whiche me anethe then that will iustifyfye them selues dyd seke and fynde that shepe that was soste and brought hyr to hyr Foulde Bye the Whyche thinge are ment synners that acknowlege there synnes and trust to be saued and made iuste onely by the mercye and bountefullnes of god there is in certain cytyes contreys a lawe or custoÌ„e whether it be that in the last weke of lent we call the passion weke certaine theues prisoners are delyuered let out of presoÌ„ paying no fyne by no dede of ther owne but the only mere mercy of the prices with custome I do not trye out in this place whether it be good or badde The clemencye of princes I prayse if they haue anye superstycion therin the I disrpaise This fact doth expresse vnto vs liuelye the goodnes of god for as those prisoners are delyuered wher as they deserued no such thing but rather extrem puÌ„ishmeÌ„t seÌ„blably ar we saued by the mercy of god only christ beiÌ„g our mediator aduocat wil ye be assured that this is so marke the thefe that was hanged not for froÌ„ christ tel me what good did he at anye time why Christ shoulde saye vnto him this daye thou shalte be wyth me in parradyce he
disobedient children that wyll take counsayle wythout me and wyll take asecerete aduise and not out of my spirite therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne and Christ saith Math. vi in vaine do they serue me teachinge the doctrines and preceptes of men the proude herted Iewes did stande so well in there owne conceite for their tradicions and inuentions that for loue thei had to them they dispised hated and at last killide oure maister Christ Iohn xxi our aduersaris dare saye that Christ and the apostles taught manye thynges whyche are not wryten in the scripture and that Christe sayed hys Disciples coulde not beare awaie al that he had taught thys cauil repungnauÌ„t to the true vnderstandinge of the scripture maye be an occasion and cause of greate errours for there wyth all lyes and herisies maye be confirmed they will saye albeit it is not written yet the appostles taught it by worde of mouth and also the scriptures of God shoulde be an vnperfecte doctrine which thyng to offâ—râ—ne is blasphemie agaynste the holy gost considering that theÌ„ all the doctrine of our fayth should be put in question Therefore surly so muche is contayned in holye scripture as is necessary vnto saluacion to eueri one that beleueth They saye coulde the churche erre so longe time as it hath If youre doctrnie be true the true churche hath not errede whiche hath the word of god only The church verely must be tried by the worde of God and not the worde of god by the churche whether the churche that beleueth be of manye or of fewe for the churche is knoweÌ„ by the frutes and not because it coÌ„sisteth of many and hath her begynynge of the worde of God and her frutes are tried by the worde whether the true christan churche brought them forth or no if it be the true christen churche Iohn â— she heareth no nother voice but Christes her shepherde and brydgrome whiche the appostles preached to the church and if an angel came out of heauen teaching any other doctrine then thys let hym Gala. i. be accurssed if we loue and folow the doctrine that Christe taught and beinge hys disciples we shal not be excluded frome the true churche so longe as we kepe wyth vs the worde of God But he is puffed vp wyth pryde and doeth i. Timo. vi knowe nothinge at al that wil not obey the word of God he therfore which doth knowe nothinge can not teache vs religion and the true worshippinge of god if the Masse be vsede as it hath ben hitherto it can in no wyse agree wyth the worde of God but is so muche repugnaunt as what thing is most The Masse therfore is a diuilishe Idolatrie and detestable abominacion against God and the maynteners therof shal incurre his displeasure for euer thys thyng we wil proue two waies first because the popishe Masse is vsed in nothinge lyke the supper that Christ ordeined and differeth nolesse froÌ„ it then blacke to white they synne therefore so griuouslye as dyd Achas the made an aultar at Ierusalem iii. ReguÌ„ xvi lyke that which was at DamascoÌ„ and caste the aultare of god out of the temple so they haue lest the true vse of oure Lordes supper And in stede of it haue instituted and ordeinede the Masse of theyr owne folishe deuise and oppinion which is a great and blasphemouse abominacioÌ„ before god Moreouer we wyll proue by ther erroures and abusinge of the masse whyche they call an offeringe for the quicke and deade that it is an horible abominacion for if the Masse were ordeined of Christe which is faulse yet by there abusinge of it they woulde make it a blasphemouse heinous abominacion before god vndoubtedly we ought to folowe truely and sencelye that thynge whiche is absolutly Deut. vi sufficient of it selfe alredie Firste let vs consyder and expende the maner and order that Christe vsed at the institucion of thys holly and sacrete supper and then we wyll confer the abuse with the truth But we ought to learne all these thynges of the Euangelistes and of Saynte Paule and of none other Verely the true Masse which is worthy al kindes of praieses is the Masse which Christe ordeyned at hys laste supper before he shoulde suffere Luk xxii for when the houre was come he sate downe and the twelue appostles wyth hym and he sayed vnto theÌ„ I haue inwardly desired to eate thys passeouer wyth you before that I suffer for I say vnto you hence furth I wil not eate of it any more vntyll it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God and he toke the cup and gaue thaÌ„kes and saied take this and deuid it amonge you for I saye vnto you â— will not drinke of the frut of the vine vntyll the kingdom of god come and he toke breade and when he hadde giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it vnto theÌ„ saying this is my bodye whiche is giuen for you thys do in remembrauÌ„ce of me Like wyse also wheÌ„ he had supped he toke the cup sayinge thys cupe is the newe testament in my bloude whiche is shed for you These wordes Sainte Luke Luk. xxii Math. xxvi writeth the other euangelestes wrytte the same but they differ in some wordes as Math sayed Drinke all of thys for thys is my bloude whiche is the newe testamente that is shed for manie for Mat. xiiii the remission of synnes and saint Marke sayth they al dranke of it meaninge the cup. Saint Paule doth expounde Christes wordes sayinge thys doo as ofte as you drinke it in remembraunce of me for as often tymes as you shall eate thys breade and drinke thys cup ye shall shewe furth the Lordes death tell he come but let a man examyne him selfe and so let hym eate of the breade and drinke of the cup Saint Iohn doeth not declare the ordinaunce of thys sacrament But he teacheth from the .xiii. Iohn .xiii. xiiâ—â— xv xvii xviii Cap. to the .xviii. how Christ did vse his supper and what he did at it he washed hys disciples fete he preached to theÌ„ and commaunded them to be in charitie he exhorted them to pacience he strengthend confirmed and establyshed their fayth towarde god and praied for them to hys father but especially he rebuked Iudas the traitor S. Paule sayth we beinge many are one breade and one bodye in Cor. â— so muche we all are partetakers of one breade and the Euangelistes reporte that Christe dyd finishe hys holy supper wyth thankes geueyng The some and grounde of the hole matter proponed coÌ„sisteth in the sentences of scripture nowe rehersed but because Christ sayth serch the scripture we therfore Iohn v. wil are counsaile of the word of God in other plases and debate howe the Lordes supper ought to be vsede let vs first deuide thes questions into foure partes firste some thinges are common both to the ministre and receiuour of the Sacrament moreouer some thinges
belonge only to the ministers thyrdly some thynges perteyne to the receyuer onely and finally some thinges must be obserued in the sacramente alone First let vs expende and consider what is the dutes of the ministers and laitie together at this holly supper Christ was the minister and the .xii. aposteles were the receyuers laitie Luke .xxii. for S Luke sayth wheÌ„ the houre was come Christ and the .xii. apostles i. Co. xiiii sate downe to be an exaÌ„ple to vs to do all thynges in the coÌ„gregacion wyth comlynes and order For we se that Christ obserued boeth tyme place but yet those ought not to be vnderstanded that we shall leaue the true meanynge and folowe the bare letter the tyme and place was most myte for hym to go about that godly worke and thankes giuinge boeth because the easter lamb ought to be eaten in the euening the night of Christs passion was at haÌ„d but it is most mete to vs to minister that sacrameÌ„t before dinner that the laitie shall receyue it standyng and not sittyng also that it be broken in two pieces before the administracioÌ„ to the laitie not when it is ministred for the euangelistes commaunded and decrered nothynge in these externe thynge but an honeste order for it is vnpossible that we shoulde do and obserue the selfe same order of receyueinge the sacramente that the apostles dyd for theÌ„ no mo then xii should receyue it at once And hat of one minister it should also be recyued in the euening Moreouer Christ did eate the easter lambe with his disciples and refused that bodily meat and drinke saying he would eate nomore of that vntyl it were Luke xxii fulfilled in the kingdome of God nor dryncke of the fruite of the vine vntyl the kingedome of God come that we after hys example shoulde neythere seke for a carnall supper to fyll the belly nor be addicte giuen to the obseruauÌ„ce of the Iuishe cerimonies and shadowes of the truth but that with an vnfayned fayth we shoulde which thankes giuing receyue the spirituall fode in the worde and promisses of God Also both the minestres and receiuers ought to come to the Lordes table in charitie proteste true mutuall loue one to an other for Saint Iohn sayeth Christe dyd ernestly preache charite Iohn xxiii xiiii xv xvi xvii to his disciples and loued theÌ„ to the ende for we beinge one congregacion are membres of one body bretherne in dede by Christ For as saint Paule sayth though i. Cor. x. we be manie yet are we one bodie when we are partakers of one breade finally it is mete that one tarie for anothere excepte some matter of greate importaunce let vs and that we coÌ„tinue in praier to th ende Iudas alone departied awaye before the other to his own destruction Saint Paule saieth bretherne wheÌ„ you come together â— Cor xi to eate let one tarie for annother and if any man be huÌ„grie let hym Math. xxvi Marâ— xiiii eate at home Saynte Mathewe and Saint Marke saye that after they had sayed grace thei weÌ„t vp into the hyll of Oliues Nowe let vs learne what is the function and office of the minister and stuard of the misteries of God thys we are taught of Christ him selfe in the administracion of the sacrameÌ„t to hys disciples wherein dyuers and suÌ„dri thinges are to be diligeÌ„tly noted obserued First howe he dyd gyue hym selfe to al hys disciples and ministers and in especially to the preachers beinge an example in washinge of theyr fete that they should do the same and be prompte and redy at all tymes to minister and do seruice to eueri man Moreouer here is to be noted that Christe dyd willingelye and of purpose shone and abhorre al externe and outwarde pompes and soleÌ„ne sightes that he might printe in oure hertes thynges of greater importaunce also wheÌ„ he had washed theire feete he went agayne to the table and put on Iohn xiii hys accustomed rament teaching hys disciples â–ª by thys example to go about suche thinges as ought to be most chifflye regarded for he then ernestly preached the Gospell admonished and rebuked Iudas the teaytoure and taught his disciples to be in charitie pacience and hope of thynges to come so Iohn xvi plainely manifestlie that they sayd you speake not nowe in parables Note also that Christe gaue Math. xvi thankes to God the father before he gaue the sacrament to hys disciples exhortynge them to remeÌ„bre i. Cor xii and shewe furth thereby hys passion vntill he come Finally he callyd vpon hys father wyth a feruent Iohn xvii desire and prayed for all theÌ„ that beliue Nowe touchinge the Iohn xvii receyuers of oure Lordes supper they gaue greate attendaunce to the word doctrine of Christ and wyth obedience receyued the sacrament of the body and bloude of Christe Saynt Marke sayeth they al dyd drinke by hys sayinge no man is excepted Finally let vs expende consider of what thing Marâ— xiiii the sacramente is made vndoubtedly it is made of breade wyne the worde for there cannot be the sacrament of oure Lordes supper where any of these lacketh Christ verely toke materiall breade and wyne chosinge them for the vse of the sacrament we reade not that he toke water grapes or any such other thynge and he sayede these wordes Thys is my bodie which shal be gyuè for you and thys cup Luke xxii is the newe testamente in my blould whiche shal be shed for you by these wordes the bread wyne are made the sacrameÌ„t holly tokeÌ„s of Christes body bloud these wordes offer to vs the promesses of the Ioyful Gospel which if we receiue with a true faith we eate spiritually in spirit the fleshe bloud of christ therby obtain life eternal The sacrament is like a writen Testament that promiseth great gyftes and is sealed wyth two seales that ought to be kepte hole vnbrokeÌ„ if all these thynges afore rehersed were obserued and kepte then the Lordes supper should be truely vsed the Masse as they cal it should perfectlie be holy for god praised therin would regard it we should receyue of it great frutes goodnes for therebye we are enstructed to beleue in god loue oure neighboure excludinge all sedicion and disobedieÌ„ce that peace pacience and concorde may take place and rule againste thys doctrine nothinge can be proued and debated by the holy scripture for it is grounded on moste sure principles and fundacion referringe all thynges to fayeth and â— Ti. i. Iohn i. â—i iii. iiii v. charitie by the which two al thinges ought to be tried paraduenture they wyll answere that noman can finde faulte wyth oure sayeinge but yet it is expediente to Ioyne other ceremonies wyth the approued vse in the administracion of thys sacrament of our Lordes supper as haue been vsed hitherto and so the hollye thynge
therefore he offered breade and wyne vndoubtedly Melchsedech was the figure of Christe but Saynt Paule manifestly declareth in what thynges he was the figure of Christ In the rehersinge of the honours and dignitye of Melchisedech whiche is that he was an eternall prieste and kynge of peace and ryghtuousnes Ther is not one worde of the offeringe of bread and wyne They cānot finde in the boke of Genesis that Melchisedech dyd sacrifice to God but that he offered breade and wyne to Abrahame for sustenaūce of his people as Christe offered to vs hys worde Melchisedeche broughte breade and wyne and Abrahame payed hym tythes Christe after the same sorte gaue vs the sacrament of his bodye and bloude but he dyd not offer it to God The scripture shewith forth Melechisedech vnder the figure of an eternal an only prieste But the papistes appointe othere priestes to be Christes viccars after his ascēciō in to heauē If a mā shoulde agre wyth them the Christe offered to God breade and wyne yet they cannot proue that he killed hym selfe in sacrifice vnder bread and wyne Also if Christ offered nothyng but breade wine the priestes of the olde lawe dyd muche better in kyllinge of liuing creatures to offer them in sacrifice The papistes cannot tell what to saye and whan they brynge authoritie of scripture it maketh agaynste them and are confuted wyth there owne sayinges as one that is slayne with his owne weapon Moreouer they brynge suche places of scripture as speake of mele and vnleuened breade as of the breade that was euer stādinge one the table of the vnleuened bread and two loues of the first fruites Also where they are iudged holye because they offer to the Lorde an host of bread chiefeli thei make great bragges of the sayinge of Malachias a cleane host is offered to my name in all places for my name is magnified among the gentiles And in what place so euer they fynde the offering of breade and wyne they apply it to signifie the bodely offeringe of Christe in the Masse They beleue that they cannot er and that these dreames are confirmed by the law prophesiyng therby as they did of purgatorie that wher soeuer they sound this word fiere written in the byble they applyed it to signifie purgatory as they do in thys mater when they can bring no probable reason that Christes bodye ought to be offerd in the Masse And whē they find any mencion of bloude and other sacrifices they wraste thē to Christes bodie takynge witnesse of the olde doctours when thei no better vnderstande them then they doo the byble Nowe we wyll briefely make answer to theyr allegations and declare the true maintenaūce of such places as they alledge to make for theyr purpose And firste we wyl declare the saiyng of Malachias whereby it maie be perceiued what the other places signifie He rebuked the I wishe priestes who gaue them selues all together to couetuousnes when they shoulde haue occupied them selues to offer a pure people to the Lorde and to fassion there maners after gods commaundementes as the Chapiter folowinge doeth testifye They oughte to haue taught the people godlines and all kyndes of vertue but they fed the people with foleshe and vayne tradicons of men offered to the Lord an vngodly people folishe herted Here is named the filthye breade the blind lame and broken sacrifice They maye perceiue that the vncleane bread can not signifie the pure bodie of Christ that breade and sacrifice therfore doeth signifie the people as saynt Paule sayeth we are one breade and one bodye and that he doeth seruice to God in preachinge the Gospell to make the Gentiles an acceptable sacrifice to God Whē the priestes therefore made an vngodlye and sinfull people by there doctrine and euill example God rebuked them and thretneth that he woulde ordeyne other priestes in theyr stead that shoulde offer a pure Sacrifice not only amonge the Iewes but also a monges the gentiles that is to saye they should enstructe the people wyth true godlines and wyth true honoure and worship of god He therfore dyd prophesy of the priestes whiche shoulde come to offer sacrifice of iustice that is to say the holye apostles and all other faythful ministers of gods word And therfore the people of God whiche is Christes spiritual bodie is brough and offered by their doctrine to God as S. Paule sayeth I haue spoused the Corinthi to Christe meaning no other thinge by these words but that by his preaching and miracles he hath brought and offered in sacrifice to god the Gentiles whiche were before carnal and fleshly mynded And therfore Ro. xii be exorteth the Romains thorowe the mercie of God to gyue theyr bodies to be aliuely facrifice Iohn iiii holly and acceptable to God The people of God is spirituallye the meate which Christe desired most and are the twelue loues of swete breade whiche beinge conuerted by the preachinge of the twelue apostles doeth continually appere before the face of God These are the true preistes And the they maye bringe to effecte there enterprice it is mete that they be holly that is ▪ That they absteine frome all thynges that pluckethe them frō the true worshipping of god This breade is called somtyme vndefiled For christē mē ought to walke in the trueth wythout Hypocrisie and fayned lies and to be anoynted with oyle that is to saye wyth the grace of the hollye goste true charitie and mercie this is the true sence and meaninge of thys texte of scripture declared and proued by other plases of scripture But the papistes thoughe they alledge the doctors yet they can proue the meaning vnderstanding of this text by no place of al the scripture Beade in the scripture betokneth the word of God For Christ saith man doth not lyue onely by bread but euery word that procedeth from the mouth of god The priests ought sincerly to minister this breade to the people and in thys significacion the spirituall bread is not a sacrifice but the administracion of the word of the ministres of god This is the true manna angelles fode which was giuen to men frō heauē to be their sustenaūce By these thynges a man may easly perceiue what offeringe the Apostles and true priestes made Vndoubtly a faithful people whō they brought to god with holsome doctrine but they offered not the natural bodie of Christ after the opinion of these fleshly minded papistes for that were done to crucify christ againe Thei beleue Daniel his saying maketh muche for there purpose where he sayth that their daylie sacrifice called in 〈…〉 ▪ shoulde cease for aliene by this they vnderstand their Dayly sacrifice The Masse that nowe beginneth to cease this application is falsely deuised For the sacrifice that Daniel speake of was offered eueri day at two seueral Exod xxix times which was in the morning and euening that sacrifice with other I wyshe sacrifices ceassed when Christ the