vs with foote and hand Touth and Nayl ye we haue shote him awai from vs with our hornes and wyll not that Iesus Chryste shuld reygne ouer vs. Who shall haue compassion in the day of vengeaunce vpon our disobedynt hard necked miserable dampned soules I say vnto you in Christe Iesu beleue it and you wyl rone where ye wyl seake what meane that ye wyl ye shall fynde no nother in all the hole scryptures whyther ye be sycke or hole strong or wayke that shal profect you afore the Lorde saue onlye that that I haue declared vnto you that is Chryste Iesus or els ware al the holy scriptures false and starke lyes Rede I praye you Esay the Prophete I am Esay xliii euen I am the onli god and Lorde and besydes me there is no Sauyour I am he onlye that for my owne selues sake do awaye thy offences and forget thy sinnes Esay liii he onlye hathe taken on hym out infirmytyes and borne our paynes ye the lord hath heped togither vpō hym the iniquiti of vs all Psal lxix he payd the thing that he neuer had The Angell sayd to Ioseph call his name Iesus for he shall saue hys people from there synnes Math. i This is my bloud the which is of the new Testament Mat. xxvi that is shed for manye for the remyssion of sīnes Behold the lābe of god which taketh away the sinnes of the world for he made him to be synne for ii Cor. v Io. i. vs whyche knew no synne that we by hys meanes shulde be that ryghteousnes whych before god is alowed he hath borne our synnes in his body on the tre i. Peter ii i. Io. i Apoca. i. Heb. iii. i. Io. ii the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from al synne He hath sayth saint Iohn loued vs and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood which blood of the mediatour of the new Testament speketh better then the blod of Abel If any man synne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the ryghteous and he it is that obteyneth grace for our synnes Not for our synnes only but also for the synnes of the hole worlde My dearly belowed brethren yf there were any other aduocate or mediatour thē this Chryst i. Timo. ii how shamefull had all the holye scryptures lyed and howe pitefully had Sainte Paule deceaued vs wher he sayeth ther is one god one mediatoure betwne good and man euen the man Chryst Iesus which gaue hym selfe a raunsom for all men Yf it be so that throwe sekenes any other meanes wherin thou dost trust to haue remyssiō of sinnes by let it be so lordly so holy so bewtiful as it wyl ▪ saue onely that mediatour whiche is geuen vs of god that is Christ Iesu so forsakes thou the death of our lord whiche he hath suffered for the and thou denyest the most holyest and precious bloude that he hathe shede fore the. For all they that are not contente with this onely mediatour but seketh after other he curseth godes worde he rentes in peces the gospell of Iesus chryst and vtterly denyeth that Chryst is the ryght Messias lord and Mayster and sauyour of the worlde and that he is come from the father My derely beloued in Christ Iesu al thei that seke ani other straūge meanes wythout goddes worde ouer suche lamenteth the Lord Iere. ii by the mouth of the prophet Ieremye my people haue done two euilles they haue forsakē me the well of the vater of syfe and digged them pittes that can holde no water This hathe alwayes bene the the ende of all false learnyng to forsake Chryst Iesus whose ryghteousnes profeteth alonly before the Lord to the entent that we wold lyfte vp our owne ymaginacion and ryghteousnes to pray do reuerence vnto it as vnto a newe Chryst My dearly beloued here haue I breffly set you forth the right learning of the supper of our Lorde Iesus Chryst how it shulde be mynistred in the congregacyō of God accordinge to the Lordes word here haue ye a confutacion of suttel persuasyons argumentes of the mēbers of Antichryst wherwyth they mayntayne ther meletyde otherwise called theyr dyner for whiche cause muche ryghteous innocent bloude is shede wythout pitye or mercy in many places of the worlde and all by the meanes of these spirytuall couniurers of Egypte Exod. ix Exod. ix The Prestes of the mountaines seruauntes of Ball and the prophetes Iezebell the destroyers of the vyneyearde of the Lorde ii Reg. xix the defylers of the holy earth Sodome blind watchers dome dogges the treaders downe of the ryght pasture and the troublers of the clere water Iere. xii and .xiii. Esa v. vi Eze. xxxiiii Math. vii Mat. xxiii Iohn x. false prophetes grippīg wolues Actes .xx. The destrouers of wedowes fatherles theues and murtherers enemyes of the crosse of Chryste whose ende is danmacion whose god is there belly and glorye to there shame whiche are worldly mynded Philip. iii They are false maysters and fathers of sectes hauing cursed children welles with out watter ii Pet. ii dry cloudes wandrynge Starres Trees without frut at gatheringe tyme wythered twyse dede and plucked vp by the totes They are the raginge waues of the Sea fomynge out there owne shame to whome is reserued the myst of Darkenes for euer Iude. i i. Io. ii the ryght and true Antichristes Apoca. ix these are the abominable locustes whiche are come out of the botomeles pitte to hurt al them that haue not the marke of God in therefore hedes Somma those are they that are cursed and damned euerlastingly from the presence of god Luke vi excepte they repent and amende not that I Iudge theym that be farre from me for I know there standes wrytten iudge not les thou be iudged condeme not les thou be condēned but they are iudged by the euerlasting worde of the Lord the whyche can neyther lye nor be disseaued like as our Sauiour Iesus Christ sayeth Io. xii i Cor. v. vi I iudge you not but it is the worde that I haue spoken that iudgeth you Yf thou do the workes that Paule speaketh of thou shall not inheret the kyngdome of God If thou do thē not so thou art not iudged of anye man but of Goddes worde Nowe my deare beloued lay these .ii. one agaynst another Gods learnynge and mannes learnynge the truth and the lye Chryst and Antichriste wey it mesure it tell it wyth the Lordes word and I trust in the Lorde that ye shall fynd nothynge that I haue here declared but the ryght true worde and wyll of oure sauiour Iesus christ My dearly beloued be thankeful vnto the almyghty maiestie of god throw our Lorde Iesus christ that it hath pleased him to let shyne vnto vs the lyght of the holy Gospell which hath be keped from vs so many hundreth yere in the darke night of infidelitie ¶ Therfore take it now vp as Ierymye sayeth while it shyneth and tarye not lest it be conuerted and chaunged into a dedlye darkenes rede it right it is godes word amend your lyuing serue your neyghbour with al diligence feare God and be obedient vnto his holy word so shal thou remayne in euerlasting lyfe Amen ⸫ Thomas Lancaster i. Cor. ii For another foundacion can no man laye than it that is laye whiche is Iesus Chryst Praysed be the Lorde God Mark viii Whosoeuer is ashamed of me and of my wordes in this aduouterous and synfull generaciō of him also shal the sonne of mā be a shamed whē he cometh in the glory of his father wyth the holy Aungelles Ma. xxiiii He that endureth to the ende the same shal be saued ¶ Imprynded at Londone by Iohan Turke
¶ The ryght and trew vnderstādynge of the Supper of the Lord and the vse therof faythfully gathered out of the holy Scriptures worthely to be embrased of all Christen people Perused alowed by dyuerse godly lerned men to the comfort of al the trewe congregation of Christ ¶ Beati qui ad cenam nuptiarum agni vocati sunt Apo .xix. ¶ To the most puesaunt myghty Prince Edward the .vi. by the grace of God Kynge of England Fraunce and Ireland defender of the fayth and of the Churche of England and also of Ireland in earth the supreme head your most humble obediente Seruaunte Thomas Lancaster hartely wyshith all grace and peace frō god with longe Reigne honor helthe and prosperite GRace be with your Maiestye and peace from god our father from our Lord Iesus christ Amen And it please your Maieste for this cause haue I dedicate this my simple laboure vnto your grace Fyrst because I perceaue that god hathe called your Maiestie to be apreferrer of his holi and blessed worde as by another Iosias whiche Lord of power prosper your most excellēt Maiestie in al your diuine affayres godly enterprises Secondarily because ther is found many diuers sectes vnder Christes name at thys preasēte as Papistes Lutherians Swyngliās Anabaptestes Laudiās with other mo lyke as ther was among the Iewes as Hasbutri Hemero Baptista Essei Saducei Pharesei c. And euery one of them bostid thē of the lordes word wold be Christians althought that the most parte of these fore rehersed sectes hath not reaceauyd nether word nor sprit nor no christian lerninge therfore ar they so ready to persecute them that hath the word sprite life but what helpes it it hath bene thus from the begynnyng that the spiritual chyldryn of God muste suffer of the fleshelye as Abell of Caine Isaac of Ismaell Iacob of Esau and the spiritual chyldren of Israell of the fleshely For before it pleased God to restore in to thys Realme by youre graces most noble father and nowe by your maiestie the Gospel Ioyfull tydinges of hys dearly beloued sonne our sauyor Iesu Chryst Infidelytie as chefe Ruler reyngned in our hartes Hipocrisie as a vayne glorious Emperesse beare dominiō superstition Idolatrye false sectes mens traditions confidens reposed in mens inuentions Pilgrimages offerynges Bulles Pardons Dispensations Masses marchaundice for merites and workes bieng sellynge of the deuine misteres wyth other abhomenable baggage more was crept into the great disquietnes of thys your holy Chatholike Churche of Englād but without doubte they shal no longer preuayle for the daye of the Lorde is at hand which shal breke Satās heed and destroy both him and al his ministers wyth the breathe of his mouth For he wil no longer suffer thys great wickednes and abhomynacion he wyll be knowen for the God and sauyoure alone he is the Lorde whiche alone wylbe exalted and al Idoles shal be vtterly brōken in peaces Esaie .ii. He is that God whiche wyll no longer suffer hys glorye to be geuen to other He is that lauer which wyl expulse the darkenes of mens tradicions that fyght wyth hys infallible veryte brynge in the gloryous lyght of his most holy worde To be shorte he wyll ouerthrowe all the Idollys the obscure his glorye and set vp hys blyssed name to be praysed for euer and euer Amē Of this his holy wyl haue we experyens euē at this tyme in whiche it hath plesed hym to send vs your Maiestie his derely beloued seruaunte oure most vertuous lawful and godlye kynge to ouerthorowe not aparte but all Antychrystes kyngdome by your diuine polecy and godly enterpryses So that the greate hore of Babilon Apo. xvii the mother of all Hordome and abhominacions of the earth Hath loste her chefe glorye and renowne And is nowe become so vyle that she is made the habytacion of Deuelles the Holde of all fowle spyrites Apo. xviii Esaie .xii. Iore xv Apo. xiiii ps xiiii iiii Psa i. xvi A cage of all vncleane and hathefull Byrdes so that no man nowe wyll once by any of her marchādes And wythout doubte the time is by goddes prouidence and your graces that Babylon hath in this realme suche a faule that it shall not after this tyme at any tyme be repaired For the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it whiche is faythfull in all his wordes and whose truthe abideth for euer and euer neyther can this Prophecy of Chryst by made frustrate by any humayne polyce Euery plant that my heauēly father hath not plāted shal be plucke vp by the rotes Math. xv whoso reioyseth not to heare these thynges yea who tryūphes not to se thē Blessed ar we your subiets to whom it hath chaunced not only to here these thīges Ioyfully but also to se thē so plentyfully put in vre by your Maiestie so that al your faithfull subiectes beinge no papistes do faythfullye reioyse And although we be occasioned diuers wayse to geue god immortal thākes for dyuers gyftes yet we thynke that we are most hyghly bounde to be thankefull for the restitution of hys holy worde in thys your graces dayes And woo worth them that be vnthankeful to hym in thys behalfe disobediente to your Maiestie except they repent and amēd Wherfore I desyre your Maiestie for the loue of god that your grace reade it and iudge it wyth the Lordes worde cause it to be Iudged of them that ar godly lerned not of suspected Papistes And yf they can confute it I wyl gladly be lerned But I haue the truthe and not they I desire your grace for the tender mercy of god and as ye wyll answer afore god at the daye of Iudgement that ye wyl protecte defēde it acording to your office that youre louīg subiectes because of wekenes of the fleshe be not cōpelled to come from Christ to Antichrist frō truth to falsed from euerlastynge lyfe to euerlasting dethe I knowe wel and it please your Maiesty that ther shal be kyckyng agaynst the prycke Esay .xl. notwithstāding I passe not the truth may no lenger be hid i. Pet. i Esay xiiii Iude. i the truth may not come to nowght because of the lye gods word remaynes euerlastyng Was the good Angels worse because of Lucifers prynde what hyndreth it the .xi. Appostles that Iudas was a traytour euery mā shall beare his owne burthyne the father shal not beare that vnryghtwysnes of hys sonne nor the sonne the vnryghtwysnes of his father But the soule that sinneth shal dye Was the pure cleane lerning of the .xii. Apostles worse that the theyr was so manye damnable sectes in theyr tyme vnder Chrystes name whiche sectes were no lesse then .vii. The fyrst learned Circumsicion the seconde that there was no resurrectyon The thyrde as Philetus and Himeneus that the Resurrectiō was al past The fourth that the daye of the Lord is at hande The fyrte the Nicholaitans
whiche hath had ther wyfes in comen The syxte the Ebionytes that denyed the Godhed of Chryst The seuenth the corinthiās whiche lerned suche abhomynable thynges agaynst whiche .ii. last sectes saynt Iohan did wryte his gospell and hys Epystles Nowe seing this inestemable benefite of goddes word is so bounteously geuen vnto vs. Let vs youre pore subiectes all together consent with one minde to conserue mayntayne this most precyous Iewell that we lose it not hereafter thorough oure owne neglygences Let vs not hinder your Maiesties procedīges in that ye go aboute to repayre and buyld agayne the Temple of oure Lord God but rather further it that you may haue a prosperous successe brynge youre laboure to a fortunate ende In cōsideracion wherof all though I am no fyt persō to be a worckeman in this behalfe yet verely I desyre with all my harte that this buildīg may go forward And I wyshe to the labourres that are vnder youre Maiestie all prosperous fortunate thynges that they maye bring theyr worke to perfectnes And although I can not greatly furder there godly labours yet wyl I not hynder thē but helpe thē to the vttremost of my power in al thinges Let thē bring Ceder tres Syluer Golde Perle and precious stones to the byldynge And garnyshynge of this Temple I wyll againe with the poore wedowe in the Gospell of Luke Luce. xii brynge into the treasure house two Mytes that is for my part gather the stones fetch the tember and make the morter or do suche small thinges as my lyttel strenghes shal be able to beare and suffer And to th entent that your maiestie maye haue an experiēce of my good wyl toward the bylding of the temple Behold at this tyme I geue vnto your maiesty this my boke that I wold so gladly wer put in print yf it were lysenced wherein is declared the ryght institucion and vse of the supper of oure Lorde And lykewyse desclosynge the abbomynable Idolatrye and false vsyng of it And to the intente that bothe the persecuter and sclanderer of goddes worde maie know vpō what groūd that the ryght congregacyon of Iesus Chryst the dearely beloued bryde that holye Chrysten churche the lyttyl flocke to the whiche it pleased the father to gyue that kyngdome and to th entent that your grace may know which of all these for rehersed sectes is founde vpryght in the learninge of Iesus Chryst For I saye vnto you in Chryst Iesu Lyke as there was one Adam and Eua one Noe and one Arke one Isaac and one Rebecca one house of Israell one Ierusalem one Tēple So is ther one Chryste and one congregacion whych congregacion hath one Gospel one fayth one Baptyme one Supper one vpryght waye walkyng to euerylastyng lyfe acording to the declaracion of goddes worde And al they that hath not these thinges afore rehersed Namely Gospel fayth Baptime Supper waye and waylkynge he is no member in the congregation of god ii Iohn .i. here profiteth nother name nor fame we must be founde inwardly and outwardelye in the lernyng of Iesu Christ or we haue no god Yt cold not helpe Israell that they ware Abrams childeryn had not the dedes of Abrā Iohn̄ viii therfore examyne thys supper ye shal finde it the right supper of Iesu christ that euerlastyng word Iacob .i. Math. xvi Exo. i. xix that word of truthe the worde of grace the saffemakinge worde that worde that is vnpossible to be ouercom Yea the gates of hel shal not preuayle agaynst it it is the two edged sworde that cōmyth out of the mouth of the lord it is the sworde of the sprite and with it shal he smite the hethen Therfore our hope and trust is in your Maiestie for the buyldynge agayne of thys temple that is in decaye that ye wyll not be lyke vnto these mortherars of sayntes that hath byn in tyme passed which hath not streuen agaynste fleshe and bloude but agaynst hym whose eyes is a flame of fyre and in ryghtwysnes doth he iudge and make battel whiche is Crowned with manye Crownes hys name no man knoweth but he hym selfe and hys vesture is depte in bloude and hys name is called the worde of God Apo. xix Psalm ii which ruleth the Hethen wyth arode of Iron and tredeth the wyne fat of fersenes and wrathe of almyghty God and hath on hys vesture and on hys thyghe a name wrytten kynge of all kynges and Lorde of al Lordes Therfore I desyre your grace that ye examyne wyth the Lordes worde this my pore boke And by the helpe of god your grace shal fynd nothīg sought for but the prayse of Iesu Chryst the which he him selfe hath brought out of Heuē lerned with his blessed mouth and seled with his precyous bloud Therefore my desyre is to almyghty god the preseruacyō of your mayestie and that he wyll preserue in you that newe and cleane harte and kepe open the eyes of youre vnderstandyng that ye may auoyde the vngodly counselles of the shauen naciō that hathe brought this churche in suche rewyne that your grace hath muche to doo to repayre it agayne I nede not to resite ther factes nor ther names to your grace ye knowe them wel enough they haue prycked at the kynges preuaye chāber The lord be blessed that hath sent vs such a godlye kynge gracious gouerner to delyuer vs frō them that morther Iesus christ in his mēbers out of the power of death tyrantes handes I wyll not saye that they are preuaye traytours but thys is trwe they are preuey Idolaters besydes thys rewmour renneth into al landes that they haue caused the kynges maiestie the dede is of whose soule the lorde haue mercy to make suche lawes that no mā myght haue nor rade the Gospell but men of sertayne degres and that poore men shulde be occupyed wyth fables what cā be more blasphemy agaīst god and his anoynted Iesus then to depryue his members of his godly worde whiche lawes blessed be god is by your maiestie abolished These Antichrystes haue alwayes defended ther cause with the sword But Chryst Iesus wyth mekenes and wyth hys holy worde O bludy wrathe and wryched tyranny which goeth aboue the wrathe of al vnreasonable creatures For the fearse Lyon the ragyng Bere and the gry pīg wolfe is euer one of thē at peace in there generacion But these blud thrusty Dogges neuer faciate whiche shulde be made lyke vnto the Image of God which is borne with out tethe nayles horne with feble tender flesh without wyt speche or myght whiche can neyther go nor stande which alonely must lyue by the helpe of the pore mother in a token that he is a creatur of peace he is so ful of males so ful of blud that no mā can think nor write O how wide ar the popysh desiples deuided from our maisters learning example thē which hathe sought nothīg in this life
may the more playnely appere vnto your vnderstandinge ye shall se the comparyson betwex the Paschall Lambe and our sacramente The Pascall Lambe was instytuted and eaten the nyght before the chyldren of Israell were delyuered frome Egypte Lykewyse was the sacramente instituted and eaten the nyght before we were delyuered frō oure synnes The Pascall Lambe was a very lambe in dede and so the sacramente is very bread in dede The Pascal Lambe was called the passynge by of the Lorde which destroyed the power of Pharao and delyuered them The Sacramente is called the bodye of the Lord which destroyed the power of the deuell delyuered vs. The chyldrē of Israell were but ones delyuered frome Egypte notwythstandyng they dyd eate euery yere the Lambe to kepe the dede in perpetual remembraūce euē so Chryst bought redemed vs but once for al although the sacramente therof be dayly brokē among vs to kepe the benefyt in continuall memorye As many as dyd eate the pascall lambe in fayth beleued goddes worde as touchyng ther delyueraunce frome Egypte ware as sure thorowe fayth as they were sure of the lambe by eatyng it So as many as do eate this sacrament in fayth beleue godes worde as touchinge ther delyueraunce frome sinne are as sure of ther delyueraunce throw fayth as they are sure of the breade by eatīg it Nowe se ye what the pascal lambe was to the Israelytes what the sacrament is vnto vs. So the saint Paule witnesseth clerly that the faithful eate the body of Chryst spyrituallye vnder the breade and wine As a bryde receaueth her housbād with a ryng euen so receaueth the faythful chryst to be his owne euerlastyng saluaciō where as diuers writers wyl haue that the bodylye presence shuld be in the breade is a great misunderstandyng of Gods word yea it is agreable to the Papistes or Antichristes doctrine whych is contrary both to our fayth and al hole scripture Ro. viii For we beleue and holye Scripture beareth witnes that Chryste after his resurrection is ascendid vp into heauen Ma. xxviii and sitteth vpō the right hand of his almyghty father and abydeth there as concernyng his bodyly presence But speritually hath he promysed to abide with vs in his worde to the ende of the worlde Mathe. xxviii Hebru x And seyng now that our Sauiour Christ as concernynge hys bodylye presence abydeth at the right hand of his father so can nor maye not the bodye of Chryste be in the breade and agayne it is agaynst al truth the Christ at one time hath bene in manye or dyuyrse places as towchynge his bodye Furthermore we dayly see what dredful Idolatry is spronge out of the carnall vnderstandynge of thys words of christ This is my body yet dayly springeth to the great abomynable sclaunder of the honour of god so the men worshyp a pece of brede for ther god whych is growen in the ground broken in the myl and baked in an yrong yea and hold that to be there maker And ye do yet as the Papistes locke hym in gold and syluer not remembrynge what Paul Stephen wytnesseth sayng Acts. vii and .xvii The most hiest wyl not dwel in Temples that are made wyth mens hande take hede we haue mocked long ynough wyth God and his holy worde Secondarly we are exhorted in this holy supper to the vnitye loue concorde that is in the congregaciō of god because that we though we be many yet are one bread and one body i. Cor. x. that is one body in Christ Iesu like as S. Paul sayeth we many are one body and one breade in as much as we al are partakers of one bread For like as the members of one body are not in stryfe one agaynst another but in charitable vnite sarueth one another So may ther be no strife nor debate in the congregacion of God i. Cor. xii They must al speake one thyng ther must be no dissension among thē hauyng one hart one soule one mynd one meanyng i. Cor. i There may be no strife in the fayth but that in mekenes of mind euery man esteme other better than himselfe to the prayse of God and to the alouyng and faythful seruice of all the chyldren of god Phelip .ii. For likewise as the outward members of one bodye wyl gladly cōforte helpe serue another so doth the congregacyon of god yf one suffer al suffers with him If one be had in honour al is glad i Cor. xii Also euery man shall serue his brother both bodyly and gostli likewise as our sauiour Iesus Christe hathe serued vs both with his life and death not onely to deal with them gold Math. xx Luke xxii syluer land and house Kowe calfe or any such thing Ephe. iiii but the bludy laboure that we get with our owne hādes so the no mā shuld only care take thought for him selfe and not care nor looke vpon his brothers lake but the one must helpe the other in al things necessarie where he can or may Gala. vi and no mā must seke that that is his but euery one the others welth And likewise as of the graynes of corne can not be baken breade Philip .ii. but throw fyer euen so can not the congregacion be a ryght spirituall lyfe wherof paul speaketh but through bunrnynge loue and charytye and so the Chrystyan congregatyon to be one lofe for lykewyse as many graynes are Sowen i. Cor. x to the intent that breade shuld be baken of them so soweth the great father of the housholde hys precious wheate into the aker or ground of this world to the intēt that they shuld become one lofe and also vse the supper of the Lorde ryghtlye after the wordes of Paule we many are one breade and one bodye in as moch as we are partakers of one breade i. Cor. x. for as the body is one and hath many members and all the members of the body though they be many yet are but one bodye euen so is chryst Ye at the body of christ and members one of another Therfore let euery man loke wel to his vocation Sa. xii i. Cor. xli Ephe. iiii For god hath ordeyned in the congregacion some Prophets some Apostles and some to beleeuers and hirdes Let no man bost himselfe of hys byrth lernyng Ryches for as we are manye members in one body and al mēbers haue not one office So we beyng manye are one body in Chryste and euery man amonge our selues one anothers members Seinge that we haue dyuerse gyftes accordynge to the grace that is gyuen vnto vs. If anye man haue the gyfte of Prophesye let hym haue it that it be agreynge to the faith Let hym that hath an offyce wayte on hys offyce Ro. xij let hym that teacheth take hede to hys doctryne Let hym that exhorteth gyue attendaunce to hys exhortacyon i. Pet. iiii If
and bloude of oure sauiour Iesu Chryst and my inuiseble man that is my soule receaueth it and eateth it My dearly beloued this is the ryght table and cuppe of our lorde Iesu Chryste i. Cor. xi But the other whiche the most parte of the world vseth is the table and cuppe of the deuel Cor. x. I wold not sayeth saynte Paule that you shulde be partakers of the table of deuilles i. Cor. x. For lyke as these aboue rehersed haue the communion of the body and bloude of Chryst so hath lykewyse the other the communion of the Antichryst Idoll and the deuels table And if it be so that we vse and eate with them theyr sacryfice and breade so declare we our selues to be wyth them one body and congregacion for thorowe the eatynge of the breade and drinking of the cuppe declare we how we are with them one breade and one bodye O myserable bodye that hathe neyther God nor Chryst nor Spryte nor Lyfe nor Lyght nor Worde nor Truthe nor Prayer nor no maner of promise I spake here of the fleshlye arrogant frewyllinge synners But the symple that feares God seketh the truth and hath it not thē shall the Lorde iudge accordinge to his godly wyl and mercye O miserable body whych is euerlastyngly deade afore the eyes of the lorde for in the is founde all the innocente blod that is shede vpon earth from Abelles tyme vnto this daye Apo. xxii xviii who dare apere before the stoole of God wyth such an vngodly darke wrath full disfigured Lecherous bloodye bodye ¶ O lord kepe and defende all thy poore seruauntes and true hartes from suche a bodye But this lyes hide from the eyes of the world they are Dronken so ful with the wyne of the whore of Babilon Thei know wel that the scripture wil haue vsed and holden a supper but what supper that is not knowen vnto them It is to the fleshe to painfull strayt and narow that supper that oure sauiour Christ haue lefte learned Therfore haue they chosen made themselues a Supper whiche they receaue with a beutyfull bodye and an vncleane soul of one which hath confessed them which is more beastly and deuillysh in all hys lyfe then they them selues are Yea they haue auansed this Diner so hye bicause of greate perell that the congregacion must receaued but in one kynd namely breade and no wyne But yf it were the Supper of our Lord it must be ministred and vsed vnder both the kyndes Therfore declare they it not to be the ryghte Supper of our Lord Iesus Christ but it is and shal remayn the ryght Supper of Antichryst yea I saye they haue auansed it so hie that the selfe breade must be verye flesh and the wyne very blood yea that is the vnfaythfull peoples nature bicause they do not knowe the inuiseble god of heauen nor the poure of the scriptures Therfore must they haue a visible god with whiche they commytte fornication and vse all abomination agaynst our sauiour Iesus Chryst Out of this vncleane stynking fountayne that is this learning is flowed out all infidelyte and Idolatrye which is vsed with this bread as lockynge it vp caryeng it aboute leftyng it vp prayeng to it seaking it indyuers places sensyng it doing godly honour and reuerence to it of the whiche ther is no tytle nor letter that can be founde in all the holye scryptures Ye it is sayde vnto this breade Exo. xxxiii thou arte he whiche hathe delyuered vs vpō the Iebet of the crosse Lyke as the chyldren of Israel sayd to the golden Calfe this is he that hath delyuered vs out of the lande of Egypte Awake vp and se the well afore you ye that boost and beare the name of Chryst ye haue sytt longe ynough in muche darknes become wyse and gyue prayes glorye vnto the Lorde God of heauen to the intente that it come not vpon you as it came vpon the chyldren of Israel in the wyldernes bicause of there infidelyte Idolatrye and disobedience All though that the Lorde delyuered them out of the power of Pharo by his stronge hande and straytched out arme ii Cor. x what helped it them verely nothing lykewyse it helpes vs nothing that we are redemed wyth the rede bloude of our sauiour Iesus Chryste out of the deuels power and myght so farre forth as we make our selues boundmen againe thorowe our Infidelyte Hebre. iii. Iude. i. Idolatrye disobediēce fleshly lyuing Therdly they learne that this selfe bread or sacramēt lyke as they name it is geuē and receaued for the remissyon of synsines my derely beloued wher christ Iesus and his holy worde is not there is nothing vbi Christus non est ibi nihil sanum but blyndnes infidilytye vayne hope dystrust and an vnquyet consiens We knowe wel there must be a mediatour for our sīnes but the ryght mediatoure Chryst Iesus we wyll not knowe Therefore haue we elected and chosen out so many satisfactions for our synnes so many that no man can thinke nor wryte as Pardons holye water holy fyre holy salte holy breade holy palme holy waxe holy bones holye cottes fastinge shryuinge Massinge pylgramage with other abomynable baggage more whiche is to long to reherse ye the dyner of Antychriste and that onely mediatour Iesus christ wyll we not Truly we are lyke vnto a seyke febyll fante woūded man that goeth and gyueth his mony to one that is not expert in his science whiche can not gyue neyther holsome drink nor laye no good playster whiche destroyes more than he edifyes And notwythstandinge there is declared vnto vs one expeart doctour which wyll neyther take gyftes nor rewardes for he is of himselfe rich inough and that he doth he doth it of frendly fauoure and loue seketh them at ther houses byndes vp there wondes healeth them and that frely but we wyl not haue him we haue more delyte in destruction then in saluacion Who shal haue compassion or lamente ouer suche a seke man It is in lyke case with this vnfaythfull generacion of man they feyle many tymes greate paynes and smarte runeth here and there to them whiche destroyeth more and more wyth there false venemous medicines It coste them moche mony they suffer moch smarte and yet are they neuer made hole of ther diseaces And that only euerlastynge riche perfect doctour and medecyne our sauiour Iesus Christ which is so abundantlye declared vnto vs of all Patriarkes Prophetes Angelles Apostels ye and of the father selfe him wyll we not haue which is come out of pure loue and fauour to al them that are woūded and euel healed and offers his seruice and hath brought wyth him a costlye precious salue that is good for al sores that is his precious rede blood that he for vs and for al the synnes of the worlde hath shede vpon the crosse for our redemption we wil not haue hym we put him awaye from