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A10036	The doctrine of the sacrament of the Lords Supper handled. And plainely layd open out of the 1. Cor. 11. 23.24. &c. Wherein the nature of this sacrament is faithfully discussed, the matter of it, together with the necessity of often receiuing, truly declared; the words of consecration embowelled, and errours with the cauills of papists soundly confuted. By Richard Preston preacher of Gods word at Rushden in Northamptonshire.	Preston, Richard, d. ca. 1624.	1621 (1621)	STC 20283; ESTC S115177	102,646	398

againe the third day and by consequence there shall be a resurrection of all men according to the * Iob 19.25.26.27 Esa 26.9 65.18 Ionas 2.11 Scriptures So as the word of God is still apparent to be a touch-stone for the triall of all our actions and behauiours and a speciall meanes for the redressing of thing a misse Psal 119.9 Wherewith shal a yong mā redres his way In taking heed thereto according to thy word Adam at first made small reckoning of the word of God Gen. 2.17 when he told him That in that day he tasted of the forbidden fruit he shold die the death but afterward whē the Lord put him in mind of it again Gen. 3.11 c. he remē bred both what God had said and what himselfe had done and so came to reformation Manasses was a wicked Idolater 2. Cho. 33.2.3 and caused the streetes to swimme with innocent blood euen from comer to corner The Gentiles were wicked people walking in their owne wayes Acts 14.16 carried away to dumbe Idols 1. Cor. 12.2 walking in the vanity of their owne mindes c. Eph. 2.17.18 vnwise disobedient deceiued seruing their lusts Tit. gain Wantons couetous the eue● drunkards 1. Cor. 6.9.10 ignorant of God Gal. 4.8 dead in trespasses and sinnes Eph. 2.1.3 and in a word the seruants of all sinnes Rom. 6.20 When the word of God was taught among them they turned from Sathan and their Idols 1. Thes 1.10 to serue the liuing God Thus it is plaine that the word of God is a wonderfull meanes sanctified by God to redresse things amisse and to deliuer a man from the euill way Pron 2.12.16 The reason why men must haue recourse vnto Gods word Reason and conforme themselues to it is because heerein God hath reuealed his will what in euery thing he will haue vs doe and what to leaue vndone therefore it is called his reuealed wil yea Psal 19.7 a perfect law conuerting the soule sufficient to correct to instruct to comfort and to make the man of God euery way perfect Vse 1 1 To confute the Papists who preserre their chaffe and dung their trashie inuentions before the pure word of God locking the same vp so fast that poore people cannot bee acquainted with it no maruell if they lye open to temptation and all manner of ignorance when as they are denied the vse of the Scriptures in a knowne tong● which beeing truely taught and opened are able to bring them to repentance 2. Tim. 2.26 out of the snare of the diuel at whose will they are now taken Hosius a wicked Father in the Councell of Trent tyed vp the Scriptures from Lay-men making them beleene that their danger should bee equall with the men of Bethshemesh 1. Sam. 6. looking into the Arke if they shold looke into them And Pius the fourth Pope of that name to the end hee might deterre the Laytie from reading the Bible accounted it as a booke prohibited marking it in the forehead with this stroake Noli me tangere God hath not giuen the Bible to Lay-men But this practise is 1. against Gods commandement enioyning the reading of the Word written to al sorts of men as wel the vnlearned as Deut. 31.11.12 the learned Thou shalt reade the words of this law before all Israel that they may heare it learn to feare the Lord and he names there men women children strangers Deut. 31.11.12 Search the Scriptures Iohn 5.19 Let the word of God dwell plentifully in you Col. 3.16 2 Against the Example of Christ and his Apostles who alwaies taught in known tongues that the people might more easily come to knowledge whatsoeuer was written by them they did write it in a familiar knowne and vulgar sort that euery one might learne it and by patience and consolation of the Scriptures might haue hope 3 Against the ancient Fathurs Chrysostome faith In epist ad Col. 3. v. 16. Al secular and Lay-men heare and get Bibles to you which are the soue raigne remedies of the soule Ireneus faith the Valentinians fell into heresies through their ignorance of the Scriptures Contra Valentin lib. 3. ca. 12. And we read in Nicephorus of Paphnutius a Lay-man Niceph. lib. 8. cap. 14. so commended of the Fathers for his singular knowledge in Diuinity that he was thought worthy to beare a part in the Nicene Councell By all this we conclude that these enemies of the Word are deceiuers of the world by detaining the written truth and holding ignorance a maine pillar of their religion and a foster-mother of their deuotion needs must it walk in blindnesse when the means of knowledge are taken away and in darkenesse when the light is hid in secret and put vnder a bushell Vse 2 2 Here againe may bee condemned and reprooued al those that contemne the Word of God and content themselues in their ignorance such suffer Sathan to rule ouer them for hee holds them vnder the power of darkenesse that they cannot come to amendment of life these can willingly spend time in reading ouer play-bookes prophane histories and fables which are incitements to vncleannesse but that time which they passe in heating the Word of God or in reading the same they thinke euill spent These can take into their hand the diuells bookes Cards and Dice instruments of idlenesse and prouocations vnto all manner of wickednesse as cursing swearing rayling quarrelling misspending of goods and time drinking bezeling c. but they are loath to touch or take into their hands the booke of God to reade lest it should cut them short of their liberty to sin which they loue as their liues Iam. 1.24.25 But seeing thou art a forget full hearer as S. Iames faith and doest cast the word of God Ps 50.17 behinde thy backe it is impossible for thee to bee reformed and reclaimed and continuing so thou heapest the wrath of God vpon thee against the day of wrath when the Lord in the seuerity thereof will come against thee in flames of fire and against all those that would not obey the Gospell 2. Thes 1.8 Luk. 19.27 nor suffer Christ to reigne ouer them use 3 3. Is it so that the word of God is able to recouer a man from his falls let this serue to admonish vs not onely to be carefull for attendance vnto the Word but also inwardly to weigh it and consider the working efficacy of it for it is neuer without power to direct them of whom it is well pondered and meditated It is a hand to guide thee if thou be in the right way a light to shine vnto thee that thou slip not out of the way If thou bee in ignorance it will draw thee to vnderstanding if hard of heart it is an hammer to sosten thee it is fire to purge and cleanse thee and whatsoeuer thou wantest it is a store-house of new and olde things to

and furely hee that dwelleth amongst them dwelleth amongst Diuells Rome is called an H●bitation of Di●●ells R●u 1● ● Vse 2 2 This may be a warning to all men that seeing treacherie is thus odious euen to take heed of it and to contain themselues in all bounds of loyalty towards those to whom they owe their duties then they shall giue cause of better speeches more loue and greater regard of their persons Againe the Apostle saith The night that he was betraied obseruing that Iudas tooke the time of darkenesse to practise his treachery Learne That It is the property of wicked men to obserue the closest times for wicked practises they loue holes and cornes that their mischeiuous proiects may bee kept secret and close Iudas takes his fit time of darkenes to worke the death of our Sauiour Iesus Christ he was loath that his ●●llo●● Apostles should bee acquainted ●●d with his intended treacherie which makes him go so s●●●●tly to worke And to ●●sist in some other particulars we shall see that it hath beene euermore the practise of all wicked men to employ themselues busily in most wicked and vngodly practises when they are priu●te or in dark So Paul doth testifie 1. Thes 5.7 that They who are drunken are drunken in the night and Iob saith Iob 24.15 That the Adulterer waites for the twilight The theefe steals in the night Mat. 13.3 The enemy soweth Tar●s when m●n are asleepe and murderers come in darknesse to w●●cke then malic● vpon their enemies c. 1 Their deedes are euill Reas 1. and they date not shew them openly like Owles vnder couert all day long but whē night comes they let them flye abroad like flinder mice and bold Backs in the aire Ioh. 3.20 Euery man saith the Euangelist that doeth euill hateth the light neither commeth to light lest his deedes should bee reprooued These euill doers are like bad shop-keepers that trade in naughty wares they commonly haue darke ware-houses and shops to keepe their ware in that the buyer might not discerne whether it be merchantable or vendible The vncleane person will not act his filthinesse in the brightnesse of the Sunne nor before any people no not before a little child lest he shold be discried and his vncleannesse made knowne Vse 1 1 This may serue to ouerthrow the practise of the Papists those Iesuit is all Friers 〈…〉 bellied Monkes that lye close in holes and corners in c●lls ●●ues and cloysters farre ●●●●p●●d from the society of ●●●s that they may set their wits on ●enter-hookes to ouerthrow the Church of God and destroy the Lords annoynted they pretend much good by their ●●●ke life and er●mit●call solitarinesse The yeare ●8 gunpouder plot when their heads ●●st out proiects for the destruction of Gods seruants Let their owne purposes speake for them how much good they intēded to bring to passe by their exemption from humane society This I dare speake for them that if the men of their confederacy Obad. 7. and they that were at peace with them h●●● not d●c●●●● them they had vtter●y d●stroyed v● and 〈◊〉 ●and and let me t●●● them that the Lord wil one day magnifie his iustice against them 〈◊〉 their ●●●●●tifull maintenance of their secret ●●●●●ons then neither th●● t●n ho●●s or Kings nor the seuen heads nor their power and bloody warres their Spanish Inquisition their ●assacres their two ●●aiterous ●olledges Buls and E●com●●nications not the Councell of Tr●nt Order of Iesult●s ●●gling of Images false miracles and Legends lies and equiuocations falsifying of authority and Cloyster policies will vphold their tottering state but down it must with al their props and be burnt with fire Reu. 17.16 Vse 2 2. This may be a terror to all wicked men that work mischief in the darkest night and closest place the Lord will one day lay open and discouer their close and mischeiuous practises when nothing shall be giuen them for their reward but horror shame and confusion of face Consisider this thou hypocrite thou parricide thou that giuest faire words but obseruest the times of darkenesse for the worke of mischiefe and to destroy thy best friend as Iudas did his Master the Lord hath taken notice of thy wickednesse and wil punish thee openly for it Consider this thou vnchaste and lecherous person An pudet id facere in conspectudes ac testibus Angelis quod nō pudet facere in conspe ●tu hominum Erasm that can●●● o● away with the light but takest thy pleasure in the closest hooks and darkest nights that blushest to sinne before men though not so in the sight of God the Lord will open thy sinne also and exclude thee out of the Kingdome of heauen 1. Cor. 6.3 Consider this you couetous Magistrates that take close bribes which for feare of the law you dare not bring to the light 1. Cor. 4.5 Ad Lunae ●umina visus eris The Lord that lightens things hidde in darkenesse will bring to light your bribing and close wicked dealing Yet let all sinners that haue hitherto committed sinne in secret consider that if they run with Sisera into some priuate house or with Adam into some secret bush or compasse themselues with the darke hangings of the bed or runne with Sarah behinde the dore or take the midnight with the theese yet the Lord will find them out and at the last day punish them in the view of the whole world Vse 3 3 This may teach vs to bring our works to light and not as Backes and Owles to bee ashamed of the day Oh let the light try our practises whether they bee sound and sincere and the people of God know them that we may not be ashamed of thē at the last day Ioh. 3.21 Hee that doeth truth comes to the light that his deedes might bee made manifest that they are wrought according to God If we should flye the face of God and take the night for a maske and darkenesse for a couering 1. Thes 5.5 walking not as children of the day but as children of the darkenesse the light of the day would vtterly shame vs and the beames of the Sunne would witnesse against vs. Oh therefore let vs so worke while it is yet day and neuer feare to bring all our workes to the triall of the day Let vs be bold in this Psal 139.23 and say with the Prophet Dauid O God try me and search my thoughts Thus much of the time of the institution of the Lords Supper now it remaineth to deliuer the matter and the manner of the institution which things wee shall the better know and learne if wee lay downe what a Sacrament it Definition of a sacrament Sacrificiū visibile inuisibilis sacrificij sacramentū Aug. de ciuit dei li. 10 c. 5. A Sacrament is a visible signe of an holy thing or a visible forme of an inuisible Grace but because in this briefe definition

old as the substance doth the shadow or the thing it selfe the figure of it Hence therefore in the third place we may obserue for our benefit and comfort That Wee vnder the new Testament haue greater meanes of knowledge Doct. and obedience then the faithfull had in the time of the old Testament Saluation is nearer vs then when it was first preached the waters from vnder the threshold of the Sanctuary reached but to their anckles which now is become a streame that cannot be passed the Cloud at the first appearance to them was no bigger then the palme of a mans hand which now couereth the whole heauen the Fathers of the old Testament had but a candle to see by but we haue the full glory and beauty of the Sun they had but the drop and sprinckling of water we haue the full fountaine 2. If we compare our Church with that of the Iewes we shall obserue that the Lord did but sprinckle his graces heere and there vpon a few persons where he pleased but now hee hath powred out his Spirit Ioel 2 28. and opened a fountaine of grace for all beleeuers All nations Gentiles Arabians Barbarians c. Haue equall part and promise in his graces Isay 2.2.11.6 The mountaine of the Lord is lifted vp vpō the top of the mountaines that al the earth might be filled with the knowledge of God as the waters couer the Sea So as now from the least to the greatest all may know the Lord. Reas 1 1 We haue the renewed Testament which since the comming of Christ is expounded more plainely by Euangelists and Apostles then before by Prophets Reas 2 2 God hath giuen a greater measure of his Spirit both for vnderstanding and obeying he hath led captiuity captiue ascended on high giuen gifts vnto men and sent his Spirit to leade vs into all truth Reas 3 3 The types promises prophecies and predictions of the old Testament are now knowne to be accomplished in the new in so much as one saith well that the exposition is more cleare then the text 1 This may serue to teach vs that as Gods grace hath more abounded towards vs then to them of the old Testament so the more should we endeauour to be answerable vnto them This is a true rule to whō much is giuen much is required Luk. 12.48 according to the encrease of meanes the Lord lookes for encrease of knowledge faith and obedience Whē Ioel first prophecied of the powring out of this Spirit marke what wonderfull effects followed sons and daughters seruants and maides old and young prophecied saw visions and dreamed dreames When this new Testament was first published what fruits followed what illumination what vnderstanding what tongues what miracles what conuersion to God Sometime many hundreds sometimes many thousands were wonne at one Sermon and how violently was the Kingdome taken We haue the same Spirit powred forth in a more plentifull measure then they had we haue the same Testament but renewed vnto vs we haue the cleare Sunshine of the Ghospell and the fountaine of liuing waters But what condemnation is it that we should be like streit-necked vessels that receiue the Spirit but drop by drop though it bee powred on vs with full buckets What a fearefull iudgement hangeth ouer our heads that come behind the ordinary beleeuers of the old Testament in knowledge faith and fruition of Christ with his graces Is Christ come crucified raised vp to glory and are wee but infants in these elements Oh what a disgrace is it that we shold be inferiour to those of the old Testament who had but the shadow whereas we haue the body and the substance What a great condemnation will it be that wee who are reserued to such a bright shinning day should stumble at noone In a darke night to stumble and fall were no such danger but to say I am in the light I see my way well enough and yet to come behind not only the Iewes who walked in a darke light but euen the Gentles who were darkenesse it selfe in the practise of iustice mercy truth sobriety and such like is an heauy condition and yet not the condition of a few professed Christians and what a shame is it that we shold be neuer a whit washed nor euer a whit the cleaner but like rubbish brickes and Ethiopians though riuers of waters be cast vpon vs Oh let vs bewaile our want of growth and our backewardnesse in all holy things and labour to bee filled with all sauing knowledge whereof wee haue such great meanes Kings and Princes desired to see the things that wee see and could not Drink yee all of this As Christ commanded his Disciples to eate the bread so hee commanded them to drinke the wine nay he spake more precisely of the wine then of the bread For of the wine he sayd Drinke yee al of this which he said not of the body Here the body and blood of Christ are ioyned together commanded to be receiued together of euery communicant Against this haue the Papists much offended Vse diuiding Christs body as the Souldiers did his coate they will not sticke to do halfe of Christs commandement to giue the bread but for the wine they are ready to say with ancient Hereticques Touch not taste not handle not Col. 2.21 It seemes that Masse Priests are turned from seruants and stewards to be Lords and Maisters if they say the Laity shall not drinke at the communion it must be so they will haue authority equall with or as great as Christ if hee command to administer vnder both kinds they will command their inferiour Shauelings to administer vnder one kind Like Ananias they keepe backe that which they should distribute they wil giue the bread but not the wine for feare of spilling it on the peoples cloathes But herein these Pontificij Popish Shauelings 1. Sin against the institution of Christ who gaue to his Disciples the mysteries not onely of his body but also of his blood saying Drink yee al of this and they all dranke of it sayth the Apostle Mar. 14.13 2 They sinne against the integrity of the Sacrament that must not be receiued by piece-meale but accordingly as it was instituted vnder both kindes 3 They sin against the confirmation of the new Testament For in taking away the Cup they take away the blood of Christ wherewith the new Testament was ratified 4 They sinne against the Apostolicall Tradition for the Apostles deliuered the Sacrament vnder both kinds as they receiued it from Christ vnder both kinds That I receiued of the Lord saith Paul to the Corinthians I haue deliuered vnto you 1. Cor. 11. 5 They ouerthrow and abuse the custome and practise of the former and purer Churches who acknowledged no other administration of this Sacrament then that which was according to the direct institution of Christ 6 They wrong their owne men De consecra distin 2.