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A13142 A summe or a briefe collection of holy signes, sacrifices, and sacraments instituted of God euen since the beginning of the world, and of the true originall of the sacrifice of the Masse; Sum or a brief collection of holy signes, sacrifices and sacraments. Ling, Nicholas, fl. 1563.; Brett, John, Sir, attributed name.; Devonshire, William Cavendish, Earl of, 1590-1628, attributed name. 1609 (1609) STC 23434; ESTC S113014 129,473 362

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his humanitie as he went vp Neuerthelesse his power diuinity are distributed vnto vs spread ouer all the earth in all places specially in the holy sacraments which he hath left vnto vs for gages outward triall of our faith for a remembrance of the death and passion of our Sauiour Iesus Christ How to receiue rightly the Sacrament of the Lords Supper FOr as much as by the opinion of transubstantiation and consubstantiation in the sacrament the one holden by the followers of the church of Rome the other by those which followe the opinion of Luther the truth of the manhood of the sonne of God contrary to the truth of the worde of God the best ancient writers is apparantly and plainly denied though in words tongue they both do seeme to cōfesse it yet must it needs follow vpō both these opinions that the truth of his humanitie is cleane taken away and a new imagined humaine body in steede of a true naturall body giuen vnto him euen such a body as is inuisible which cannot be felt nor touched which holdeth and occupieth no certaine place but is in all places at once infinite incomprehensible and not distinguished nor differing in naturall qualities from the diuinitie all which is contrary to the instruction and plaine truth of holy scripture by which all christiā men are taught to beleeue that all true properties and qualities of an humane reall and naturall body are vnchangeable remaining and being in the person of our Sauiour Christ of whose reall naturall humane body holy scripture thus affirmeth that by the power of his diuinitie dwelling in the same bodily it is ascended and seated in the heauens at the right hand of God of whom it is thus affirmed by liuely voice from heauen in the first of the Acts Acts. 1. This Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen shall so come as you haue seene him go into heauen In the which place the Apostle Saint Peter affirmeth in the 3. of the Acts he must haue continuall permannece and abiding and be contained according to the proper and true nature of his humane flesh vntill his comming againe to iudgment saying And he shall send Iesus Christ which before was preached vnto you whom the heauens must containe vntill the time that all things be restored which God had spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world begā So that in his humane reall naturall flesh he is not nor shall not be on earth naturally or supernaturally vntill his said comming to iudgment which doctrine notwithstanding it is assured and most true according to the instruction of holy scripture that his diuinity is vnseparable from his humanitie and his humanitie from his diuinitie his diuinity extending it selfe to all places both in heauen and earth being euerlasting infinite incomprehensible comprehending and contayning all things by his diuine power maiesty and his humanity being conteyned seated and resting locally in the heauens the fulnes of the God-head dwelleth in the same not being so conteyned of it but that it filleth the same and all other places also The incomprehensiblenesse of which vnseparable coniunction of the diuinity and humanity of our Sauiour Being perfect God and perfect man of a reasonable soule and humane flesh subsisting no earthly similitude may fitlier serue to expresse then the most shining and glorious body of the Sun the body wherof God hath locally set in the firmament to giue light vnto the world and to cherish comfort and nourish all things therein with his heate for as the light heate remaine by the diuine ordinance of God vnseparably ioyned to the body of the Sun which by the true power of God is placed and fixed in the firmament and yet with his light and heate filleth all the world so remaineth the diuinity of the Sonne of God vnseparably ioyned to to the humanitie locally placed and seated in the heauens by which coniunctiō he is not letted from spreading extending and filling all other places also who in his diuine essence power and great maiesty filleth and worketh all in all things according to the true and plaine doctrine of holy scripture yet the humāity according to the proper vnchāgeable nature of the same remaineth vndoubtedly seated and being but in one place at once being circumscriptible locall dwelling in heauen from whence he shall come in most triumphant and glorious maner to iudge both the quicke the dead retaining keeping still the essentiall properties of his true reall naturall body hloding and occupying but one place at once his diuinitie ouerspreading and enlarging it selfe to all places according to the excellent power maiesty and essentiall properties of the same Which sweete and comfortable doctrine and vndoubted article of our faith the doctrine and opinion of transubstantiation and consubstantiation do flatly and plainly impugne and ouerthrow as before hath beene shewed by which doctrine also of transubstantiation the truth of the blessed Sacrament is in plaine truth denied what colours pretences shiftes or shewes so euer be made to the contrary for how can there bee a sacrament of Christs precious body and bloud when as by the doctrine of the church of Rome the elements of bread and wine which by the power of the word of God are made a holy sacrament are taken away changed into the reall naturall flesh and bloud of Christ and after which change nothing but the very substance of Christ remaineth and hee is really carnally corporally present which if it be so true as they would haue it as they with fire sword would force euery one to beleeue then must Christs reall naturall carnall body be a sacrament of his body and not the elements which by their doctrine haue no essence or being at all but by the power of the word are transubstantiated into the carnall body of Christ or else there remaineth no Sacrament at all which for shame I thinke they will not affirme for the vndoubted truth is that the substance it selfe of Christs body and the Sacrament of the substance which are the elementes beeing distinct seuerall things cannot so be changed or giue place the one to the other that one selfe same thing should be both seeing the true nature and property of a Sacrament is according to the doctrine of holy scripture to declare offer giue to all the faithfull and true beleeuers that receiue the same with a liuely faith another thing then that it selfe is both in shew and substance or else it should nor cannot be properly a Sacrament for a Sacrament as the diuines do terme it Is a visible signe What a Sacrament is substance and pledge of inuisible grace giuen to all thē that receiue the substance of the elements by which they are and shall be made partakers of the inuisible grace offered giuē to al thē that through the working of the holy Gghost haue a true faith to
man of the substance of his mother that in the fraile flesh of mankinde hee might take vpon himselfe and suffer all the punishment due vnto sinners that as manie as beleeued or should to the end of the world beleeue in him might not perish but haue euerlasting life For christ in the power of his diuine nature to which hee ioyned our flesh suffered the wrath curse punishment of God due for sinne which no mortall creature beeing only man was or could bee able to beare or ouercome for which cause the sonne of God made himselfe flesh to the end that according to gods infinit iustice the sinnes of the faithfull might be borne away and fully punished in his flesh wherein his infinite Iustice did most brightly shine apeare His infinite mercie herein appeareth that where the sinnes of the faithfull be fully punished through the sufferings of Iesus Christ for the satisfaction of Gods iustice it appeareth plainly vnto them that they are freely forgiuen pardoned because in them as in their owne persons their sinnes are not nor shall euer be punished nor any satisfaction made or to be made vnto GOD by themselues Christ hauing borne the wrath and full punishment of God due vnto them for sinne and quite freed discharged them so that neither their sinnes shall be laid to their charge nor any punishment nor purgation due for the same required at their hāds Which plainly setteth forth and declareth vnto all the faithfull Gods infinite and vnspeakeable mercie whereof this sacramēt communion of his precious bodie bloud is a plain declaration resēblance perfect seale of assurance vnto all the faithfull But the Church of Rome with her followers as by the Doctrine of transubstantiation they do denie the truth of the manhood of the sonne of God so by the same doctrine they denie also and abolish the truth of the Sacrament and the end of the institution of the same which was to put the faithfull in mind of the great loue of God and sufferings of Christ for thē for so saith the Apostle You shall shew the Lords death till hee come It serueth also to put them in mind of all the benifits receiued by his precious body and bloud who gaue his body to bee broken and his bloud to bee shed for their sinnes and by this holy sacrament giueth to all true beleeuers his reall naturall flesh and bloud to bee their spirituall meate drinke to preserue and nourish their bodies and soules vnto lif● euerlasting and to declare testifie and assure vnto them their vnion that they haue with him as members making one body distributing vnto all and euery member the spirituall graces and vertues of his most excellent reall naturall holy body which spirituall and immortall foode of their bodies and soules is receiued from their head Iesus Christ who distributeth and sendeth it downe to the nourishment of all his members euen as the foode of this mortall life is receiued by meanes of the head and sent downe to the nourishmēt of all our earthly members whereof these outward elements are a fulll declaration and a perfect seale of assurance to all the faithfull being by the institution of God made a holy sacrament to represent the same vnto them and by his holy ordinance appointed to carrie the very name of his body which is signified by these elements offered vnto all and giuen to the true beleeuers wherein God of his infinite goodnes and mercy applieth himselfe to the dulnes of the capacities of his children who without these outward pledges being signes tokens and remembrances of his great mercy would neuer haue conceiued and would haue beene ready also to forget the infinite benefits mercies of God purchased for them by the death and passion of his beloued sonne which God in his excellent wisedome hath so liuely declared and set forth in these Sacramentall elements because the reall naturall bodily presence of Christ did not so plainely make the same knowne and open to the vnderstanding of his disciples and the Church For which cause our Sauiour did institute command and celebrate this holy Sacrament whiles hee was yet bodily present amongst his disciples both for that his bodily presence was not long to continue but to depart away from them whereof this Sacrament was to keepe a remembrance amongst them as also of all the benefits receiued and to be receiued by all and euery of the faithfull by his most precious bodie bloud giuen vp to bee crucified broken and shed for their sinnes whereof these sacramentall elements did and would make a more liuely declaration to the senses and vnderstanding of his Disciples and the Church through the grace of his holy spirit working in euery of their hearts then by his bodily presence they were able to conceiue For which cause it pleased our Sauiour to giue to this Sacrament the name of his bodie because in this Sacrament the true reall and naturall holy body of Christ is offered to all giuen to the true beleuers receiued of them by a true and liuely faith with praise and thanksgiuing as before hath beene remembred Of which true real natural holy body the wicked and vnbeleeuers are not nor cannot bee partakers either worthily or vnworthily as th● church of Rome imagineth by their doctrine of Transubstantiation or as the Lutherans imagine by their doctrine of Cōsubstantiation but comming to this holy Sacrament without true faith they receiue the same sacrament vnworthily whereby they eate and drinke their owne damnation as the Apostle saith in the 1. to the Corin. ver 29. He that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh his own damnation because he discerneth not the Lords body but reiecteth despiseth the same by receiuing the holy Sacramēt vnworthily without true faith For whē they presume to receiue the holy Sacramēt without a true faith to be thereby made partakers of the true natural holy body and bloud of Christ they receiue as Augustine saith by their vnworthy receiuing the holy Sacrament without true faith the bread of the Lord but not together by and with the same the bread the Lord that is they receiue the Sacrament but not that which is signified declared offered vnto all and giuen through the worke of the holy Ghost by and with the Sacrament vnto all the true beleeuers and seeing the wicked vnbeleeuers haue wilfully put from them reiected and despised that which they might haue receiued if they had come with true faith they doe worthily eate drinke iudgement to themselues as the Apostle saith for not discerning the body of the Lord. Wherby it doth also most euidētly appeare that there is neither consubstantiation nor transubstantiation in the Sacrament for seing the wicked eate drinke iudgement to themselues by their vnworthy receiuing the holy Sacrament it must therefore needs follow that they are thereby no partakers of the true naturall bodie bloud of Christ of which
when thou shalt be destroied what wilt thou doe Thy waies and thine inuentions haue procured thee these things such is thy wickednesse Therefore it shal be bitter therfore it shall pierce vnto thine heart for my people is foolish they haue not knowen me they are foolish children and haue no vnderstanding they are wise to doe euil but to doe well they haue no knowledge Then said I ah Lord GOD surely thou hast deceiued this people saying ye shall haue peace and the sword pierceth vnto the heart They haue denied the Lord and said it is not hee neither shall the plague come vppon vs neither shall wee see sword nor famine O Lord are not thy eies vpon the trueth Thou hast stricken them but they haue not sorrowed thou hast cōsumed them but they haue refused to receiue correction They haue made their faces harder then a stone and haue refused to returne How should I spare thee for this Thy children haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no gods though I fed them to the full yet they committed adulterie assembled themselues by companies in the harlots houses They rose vp in the morning like fed horses for euerie man neighed after his neighbours wise shall I not visite for these things saith the Lord Lo I will bring a nation vpon you from farre O house of Israel saith the lord which is a mightie nation and an ancient nation a nation whose language thou knowest not neither vnderstandest what they say whose quiuer is an open sepulcher they are all very strong and they shall eate thine haruest and thy bread they shall deuoure thy sonnes thy daughters they shall eate vp thy sheepe and thy bullocks they shall eate thy vines and thy fig-trees they shal destroy with the sword thy fenced citties wherein thou diddest trust For amongst my people are sound wicked persons that laieth waite as hee that setteth snares they haue made a pit to catch men As a cage is full of birds so are their houses full of deceit thereby they are become great and waxen rich they are waxen fatte and shining they do ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked they execute no iudgement no not the iudgement of the fatherles yet they prosper though they execute no iudgment for the poore An horrible and filthy thing is committed in the land the Prophets prophecie lies and the Priests receiue giftes in their hands my people delight therein Shall not I visit for these things saith the Lord or shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this Trust not in lying words saying the temple of the Lord the temple of the Lord this is the temple of the Lord behold you trust in lying words that cannot profit But this thing commanded I them obey my voice I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walke you in all my waies which I haue commanded you that it may bee well vnto you But they would not obey nor encline their eare but went after the coūsels and stubbornnesse of their wicked heart and went backward and not forward Therefore shalt thou speake all these wordes vnto them but they will not heare thee Thou shalt also cry vnto them but they will not answer thee but thou shalt say vnto them this is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lord their GOD nor receiueth discipline truth is perished cleane gone out of their mouth Therfore thus saith the Lord behold mine anger and my wrath shall be powred out vppon this place vpon man and vpon beast and vpon the tree of the field and vppon the fruit of the ground and it shall burne and not be quenched and the carkases of this people shall bee meate for the sowles of the heauen and for the beasts of the earth and none shall fray them away and death shall be desired rather then life of al the residue that remaineth of this wicked familie which remaine in all the places where I haue scattered them saith the lord of Hostes How doe you say we are wise and the lawe of the lord is with vs lo certainly in vaine made he it the penne of the scribes is in vaine the wise men are ashamed they are affraid and taken lo they haue reiected the word of the lord and what wisedome is in them Therefore will I giue their wiues vnto others and their fields vnto thē that shall possesse them for euerie one from the least to the greatest is giuen vnto couetousnesse and from the Prophet euen to the Priest euerie one dealeth faslly for they haue healed the hurt of the daughter of my people with sweete words saying peace peace whē there is no peace for behold I will send serpents and cockatrices amongst you which will not be charmed and they shall sting you saith the lord Oh that my head were full of water and mine eies a fountaine of teares that I might weepe day and night for the slaine of the daughter of my people Oh that I had in the wildernes a cottage of way-faring men that I might leaue my people and go from them for they be all adulterers and an assemblie of rebels and they bend their tongues like their bowes for lies but they haue no courage for the truth vpon the earth for they proceed from euill to worse and they haue not knowne mee saith the lord Let euerie one take heede of his neighbour and trust you not in any brother for euery brother will vse deceit and euerie friend will deale deceitfully and euery one will deceiue his frend and will not speake the truth for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies and take great paines to do wickedly Thine habitation is in the midst of deceiuers because of their deceite they refuse to know me saith the lord Therefore thus saith the lorde of hostes behold I will melt them try them for what shall I else doe for the daughter of my people their tongue is an arrowe shot out and speaketh deceipt one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth but his hart he layeth waite for him Shall I not visit them for these things saith the lord or shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Hostes the God of Israel behold I will feede this people with wormewood and giue them waters of gall to drinke for death is come vp into our windowes and is entred into our palaces to destroy the children without and the yong men in the streetes Speake thus saith the lord the carkases of men shall lie euen as the dung vpon the field and as the handfull after the mower and none shall gather them Thus saith the Lord let not the wise man glory in his wisedom nor the strong mā glory in his strength nether the rich man glory in his riches but let him that glorieth glory in this that he vnderstādeth and knoweth me for I am the Lord