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A04482	The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Cole, Henry, 1500?-1580. aut	1560 (1560)	STC 14613; ESTC S107807	107,547	377

Communion al this while Yet are there sum that whisper in corners that the masse is ablessed a catholike thing and y ● the holy Communion which now god of his great mercy hathe restored to vs is wicked and scismaticall therefore they murmure against it therfore they refrayne it wyll not come to it O mercifull God who woulde thynke there coulde be so muche wilfulnes in the heart of man O Gregorye O Augustine O Hierome O Chrisostome O Leo O Dionyse O Anacletus O sixtus O Paule O Christ If we be deceyued herein ye are they y ● haue deceyued vs. You haue taught vs these sci●…nes diuisions ye haue taught vs these heresies Thus ye ordred the holy communiō in your tyme the same w●… receyued at your hand and haue faithfullye delyuered it vnto the people And that ye may the more meruell at the wylfulnes of suche men they stande this day against so manye olde fathers so manye doctoures so many examples of the primitiue churche so manifest and so plaine words of the holye scriptures yet haue they herein not one father not one doctor not one allowed example of the prymitiue churche to make for them And when I say not one I speak not this in vehemencie of spirite or heate of talke but euen as before God by the way of simplicity and truth lest any of you shoulde happely be deceyued and thynke there is more weyght in the other syde thē in cōclusion there shal be found And therfore once agayne I say of all the words of the holye scriptures of all the examples of y ● primitiue churche of all the olde fathers of all the aunciēt doctors in these causes they haue not one Here the mater it selfe that I haue nowe in hand putteth me in remembraunce of certein thinges that I vttered vnto you to y ● same purpose at my last beynge in thys place I remember I layed out then here before you a number of thinges that are nowe in contronersie●… wherunto our aduersaries will not yelde And I said perhappes boldely as it might then seeme to sum man But as I my self and the learned of our aduersaries thēselues do wel know sincerely and trulye that none of all them that this day stande against vs are able or shall euer be able to proue against vs any one of all those points ether by y ● scriptures or by exāple of y t primitiue church or by the olde doctours or by the auncient generall councelles Since that tyme it hathe ben reported in places that I spake then more then I was able to iustifye and make good Howe beit these reportes were onely made in corners and therefore ought the lesse to trouble me But if my sayinges had ben so weake myght so easelye haue ben reproued I meruayle that the partyes neuer yet came to the lyght to take the aduauntage For my promise was and that openly here before you all That if anye man were able to proue the contrary I woulde yelde and subscribe to hym And he shoulde depart with the victorye Loth I am to trouble you with rehersall of suche thinges as I haue spokē afore and yet because the case so requireth I shall desire you that haue alredy hearde me to beare y ● more with me in this behalf Better it were to trouble your eares with twyse hearing of one thyng then to betray the truth of God The words that I then spake as nere as I can call them to mynd were these If any learned man of all our aduersaries or if all y e learned men that be alyue be able to bring any one sufficient sentence out of any olde catholike doctour or father Or out of any olde generall counsell Or out of y ● holye scriptures of God Or any one example of the primitiue Churche wherby it may be clearly plainly proued y t there was any priuate masse in the whole worlde at that tyme for the space of sixe hundred yeres after Christ Or that there was then any Communion ministred vnto the people vnder one kind Or that the people had th●…r commē prayers then in a straūge toung that they vnderstode not Or that the Bishop of Rome was then called an vniuersal Bishop or the head of y ● vniuersal churche Or that y ● people was then taught to beleue that Christes bodye is really substantially corporally carnally or naturally in the sacrament Or that his body is or maye be in a thousand places or mo at one tyme Or that the priest did then holde vp the sacrament ouer hys head Or that the people dyd then fall down and worship it w t godly honour Or that the sacrament was then or nowe oughte tobe hanged vp vnder a canopie Or that in the Sacrament after the wordes of consecration there remaineth only the accidents and shewes without the substaunce of bread and wyne Or that the priest then deuyded the Sacramente in three partes and afterward receyued him selfe all alone Or y ● wh●… so euer had said the sacramente is a figure a pledge a token or a remembraunce of Christes bodye had therefore been iudged for an heretike Or that it was lawfull then to haue xxx xx xv x. or v. Masses said in one Churche in one day Or that Images were then set vp in the churches to the entente the people might worship them Or that the lay people was then forbidden to reade the word of God in theyr owne toung If any man alyue wer able to proue any of these articles by anye one cleare or plaine clause or sentēce ether of the scriptures or of the olde doctours or of any olde generall Counsell or by any example of the primitiue chuech I promised then that I would geue ouer and subscribe vnto hym These words are the very lyke I remember I spake here openly before you all And these be the things that sum men say I haue spoken and cannot iustify But I for my part will not only not call in any thinge that I then sayd beinge well assured of the truth therein but also will laye more mater to y ● same That if they that seeke occasion haue any thing to y ● contrary they may haue the larger scope to replye againstme Wherfore besyde al that I haue said alredy I wil say farther and yet nothing so much as might be sayd If any one of all our aduersaries be able clearly and plainlye to proue by such authority of the scriptures the olde doctoures councelles as I said before that it was then lawfull for the priest to pronounce the wordes of consecration closely and in sylence to him self Or that the priest had th●… authority to offer vp Christ vnto his father Or to communicate receyue the sacramēt for an other as they do Or to apply the vertue of Christes death and passion to any man by the meane of y ● masse Or that it was then thought a sound doctrine to

your wayes from my waies saith the Lorde It is a daungerous thyng for a mortall man to controlle or fynd fault wyth the wisdom of the immortall God Tertullian an olde father of y ● church sheweth vs the wilfulnes of mās hart after it hath once enterprysed to presume a lytle agaynste Gods truth and ordinaunce Prae●… scripturas faciunt vt post 〈◊〉 contra scripturas faciunt ▪ Fyrste saith he they attempte sumwhat besyde the scriptures to th entēt that afterward they maye gather courage and boldnes to do contrary to the scriptures At the end they procead as far as the Scribes and Pharisies that for maintenaunce of theyr owne tradicions despised and brake the commaundementes of God For redresse therem there is no better waye then to folowe S. Paules councel here and to haue recourse to Goddes holy worde Saint Ambrose saith Interrogemus Petrum Interrogemus Paulum si verum volumus inuenire If we will fynd out the truth and be put out of doubt saith Saint Ambrose let vs harken what Peter Paule will say vnto vs. Saint Cyprian sayth Hinc schismata oriuntut quia caput non quae●… ad fontem non reditur caelestis magistri praecepta non seruātur Hereof saith Saint Cyprian aryse schismes diuisions for that we seke not to the heade nor haue recourse to the spryng nor kepe the commaundementes of the heauenly master Tertulli●… saith Haec ratio contra omnen haeresim valet hoc verū est quod primum fuit This reason saith he is able to confound al maner he ▪ resies That thing is true y r was first appointed O that our aduersaries and all they that stand in the defence of the Masse this day woulde cōtente them selfe to be tudged by thys rule O that in all the controuersies that lye betwen vs and thē they woulde remyt the iudgemente vnto Godes worde So shoulde we sone agree ioyne together So shoulde we delyuer nothynge vnto the people but that we haue receyued at Godes hand And if there be any here that haue had or y●…t hath any good opiniō of the Masse I beseche you for Godes sake euen as ye tender youre owne saluation suffer not your self wilfully to be led away tunne not blyndlye to y●…ur owne confusion Thinke with your self it was not for nought that so many of your bretherne rather suffered them selues to dye to abyde all maner extremitie and cruelty then they woulde be partakers of that thinge that you reken to be so holy Let their death let their asshes let theyr bloud that was so aboundantlye shed before youre ●…ies sumwhat preuaile with you and mout you Be not ruled by your wilfull affections Ye haue a good zeale and mynde towardes God Haue it according vnto the knowledge of God The Iues had a zeale of God and yet they crucifyed the sonne of God Searche the scriptures there shall ye fynde euerlastyng lyfe There shall ye learn to iudge your selfe and your owne doinges that ye be not iudged of the Lorde If euer it happen you to be present againe at the masse thinke but thus with your selfe what make I here What profyte haue I of my doinges I heare nothyng I vnderstand nothyng I am taught nothing I receyue nothynge Christe bad me take I take nothynge Chryste bad me ●…ate I eate nothing Christ ●…ad me drink I drink nothing Is this the institucion of Christ Is this the Lordes supper Is this the right vse of y ● holy misteryes Is this it that Paule deliuered vnto me Is this it that Paule receiued of the Lorde Let vs say but thus vnto our selfe and no doubt God of his mercy wil open our heartes we shall see our errours and content our selfe to be ord●…ed by the wisdome of God to do that God will haue vs doo to beleue that God will haue vs beleue to worship that God wyll haue vs worship So shall we haue comforte of the ho●…y mysteries So shall we receyue the fruytes of Chrystes death So shall we be 〈◊〉 of Christes bodye and bloud S●… shall Christ truly dwell in vs and we in him so shall all errour be taken from vs So shall we ioyne al together in gods truth So shal we all be able with one hart one spirite to know and to glorifie the only y ● true and the liuing God ▪ and hys only begotten sunne Iesus Christ to whom both with the holy ghost be all honour and glory for euer and euer Amen An Index or table of the most notable thinges and wordes conteined in thys work A A 〈◊〉 of the bread if they be worshipped it is ●…dolatry 141. they are vn●…nown of the peo 〈◊〉 141. b. Accidentium substātia 65. b ●…doratiō of y r bread 137. b a new 〈◊〉 138. very daungerous 139 Agnus 〈◊〉 128. b Albertus Pigghius look Pighius Altar must be made of ston whi 149. 〈◊〉 Antyquitye boasted in vain 106 Antiquity of the papists religiō 49. b Apostles knoledge in Mōtanus 〈◊〉 109 Apostles churche an infant 111 Ap●…l ●…rom Pope to counsel forbod 93 arg●…mentes gathered of D. Col●…s wordsagainst ●…he Pope most effec●… 92 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 ●…ble ▪ 〈◊〉 147 Argumēt of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 47 Argumēt of D. 〈◊〉 ▪ very 〈◊〉 110. b. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ▪ touching y ● church 111. b. 〈◊〉 propo●…ded ●…y Satum vnpossible to be proued by the papistes 4. b Asseueraciō trew●… is sufficient prou●… in the law 46 Authorities papists do forge whē they la●… 41 B Baptim abused 126 b. for the dead after y r dead ibidē Baptim ministered at al times indifferently 108 Baptizynge for the dead 92 Basil counsel erred 91 Bishop of Constantinople attempted the supremacy 15 Bishop vniuersal 47 Bishop vniuersall against gospell and old canons 110 Bishop onlye must cōsecrat the church why 149 Bishop muste were purple sādals why 148. b. Bohemyshe people vnmercifully delt withall 85 Bold offer of Sarū 162 bound not to dispute 75 Bread remaineth in the sacramēt 140 Bread wourshiped 137. b a new deuis 138. Idolatri 139. b Bread sacramentall must be roūd why 150 Bread sacramentall diuided in three why 156 Bu●…ers Caluins reasons answered by the Papistes how 7 Camotenses 64. b Canon of the masse 135 Chalice must be of sil uer or gold 150 Children sing in the church with men wemen 69. b Christs body not suf 〈◊〉 blest alredi 136. offred by the priest ibidem Christ hath nied of our praiers 136 Christs sacrifice for ●…s euery day 169. ●… Christ and his 〈◊〉 no infants 111 Christs flesh honorable 142. his 〈◊〉 is to be 〈◊〉 eatē in heauen 143 Christ●… death applied vnto vs howe 169. be ▪ Church may not be halowed but of a bishop 〈◊〉 149 Church is ladi of her own lawes handmaid of christ 110. b Church an infant in thapostles tyme. 106. b Churche may not be reformed w t hout ge n●…rall consent 114 Church can not 〈◊〉