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A17659	A faythfull and moost godlye treatyse concernyng the most sacred Sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of our sauioure Chryst, co[m]piled by Iohn Caluyne, a man of no lesse lernyng and lytterature then godly studye, and example of liuyng. And translated into Latin by Lacius a man of lyke excellencie. And nowe last of all, translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother, no lesse desirous to profyt the weake brotheres then to exercise the talent of the Lorde to his honoure and glorye. In declaration whereof, he hath set before this lytle booke an epistle to the reader much more effectuous then in the fyrst edicion. Whereunto the order that the churche and congregation of Christ in Denmarke doth vse at the receyuying of baptisme, the Supper of ye Lorde, and wedlocke: is added. Myles Couerdale; Petit traicté de la Saincte cene. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Danske folkekirke.	1548 (1548)	STC 4411; ESTC S107182	57,569	98

besech the vnfay nedly so to illuminate our mindes wyth thy holye spirite that we maye dailye increace in strenght of faythe to the in assurednesse of hope in thy promyses and feruentnesse of loue towarde the and our neyghbours to the glory and prayse of thy holy name Amen ¶ Thus the priest concludeth and endeth the office of this present misterie and blesseth the peopell rehearsyng these wordes of scripture Numer● .vi. ¶ The Lord blesse you and preserue you the Lorde shewe his face to you and haue mercye on you the Lorde turne his contenaunce vnto you ▪ geue you peace Amen And so they departe ¶ The order taken for the due ministracion of the blessed Sacrament of Baptisme ON the sondaye at one of the clocke after none they haue a sermon of an houre longe wyth lyke ryngyng and singynge of Psalmes afore in theyr mother tonge as they had in the mornynge to the whiche preachynge the people come as thycke as they dyd then And as they signe a Psalme for grace to the holy goost in the mornyng so do they here also and at euerye sermon where or when so euer it be made And lyke as in the mornynge when the sermon is done the preacher exhorteth them to cōfesse theyr synnes wyth hym in theyr hertes and there vpon doth absolue thē by the power of Goddes● worde so dothe he here also in lyke maner and in euery sermon Then synge they a lyke songe of thankesgyuynge as they dyd in the mornyng and as they ●e accustomed to do after euery preachynge ¶ In the meane season whyle thys psalme of thankes gyuyng is songe or ●ls afore the font is prepared the mydwyfe is the●● present with the childe or no mydwifes yf there be no chyldrē to be christened as there be comonly wyth a fayre company of honest sobre women And when the psalme is songe out the ministre beynge theyr ready at the font readeth a lecture of the Bible And when he hath declared it cōpendiously to the edifiynge of the congregacion he exhorteth them that for asmuche as all men are cōceyued and borne in synne and that seynge it is vnpossible for a man to come into the kyngdome of God excepte he be borne a newe and regenerate they wyll shewe and declare theyr Godly ●oue and call vpon God the father thorow Iesus Christ and in his name that he wyll mercifullye baptyse that chylde or those chyldren wyth the holy goste and receyue hym or them to grace ¶ Upō the same exhortacion they make their hertye prayer besechynge God to haue mercye on the chylde and then addeth he thys or suche a lyke peticion in theyr name sayinge ¶ O almyghty God whiche in cōmaundynge vs to praye hast assured vs that we beleuyng stedfastly in thy pro●●es shall haue all that we desyre specially concernynge the soule wherin we seke thy glory wealth of out neyghbours Our humble peticion to the O most deare father is that for asmuche as this chylde is not wythout originall synne thou wylt consyder thyne owne mercy and accordyng to thy promes sende thys chylde thy good spirite that in thy syght it be not cōpted amonge the chyldren of wrath but of lyght grace become a membre of the vndefiled churche spoused to Christ thy deare sonne in fayth and loue vnfayned by the meanes of y ● same Iesus Chirst our Lorde Amen ¶ An other O Almyghty eternall God moste merciful father For asmuche as the iuste lyueth by fayth vnpossible it is any man w tout beliefe to please the we beseche the y ● thou wyl● graūt to this childe the gyfte of fayth wherin thou wylt seale and assure his hert in the holy gost according to the promes of thy sōne that the inward regeneracion of the spirite may be truely represented by the outwarde baptysme and that the childe may be buried with hym in death and be raysed vp by hym frome deathe againe To the prayse of thy glory and edifyinge of hys neghboure Amen ¶ Somtyme also the priest readeth this parcell of the .x. Chapter of S. Markes gospel saieng ANd they brought lytle chyldren to hym that he should touch thē And his disciples rebuked those that broughte them But whan Iesus saw it he was displeased sayed vnto them Suffer litle chyldren to come to me and forbidde them not for of suche is the kingdome of god Uerely I saye vnto you who so euer receaueth not the kyngdome of God as a chyld shal not entre therin And he toke thē vp in his armes put his handes vpon them and blessed them ¶ Then the godfather yf it be a manchilde or the godmother yf it be a womāchilde holding the chylde in his armes commeth and standeth by the prieste who asketh hym on the childes behalfe yf he forsake the deuel al his workes he saith yea and vpon the priestes interrogaciō he cōfesseth his fayth in the face of the church So the priest taketh the childe in his left hāde and w t his righthande he poureth water on his head calling him by his name as he did afore and baptisynge him in the name of the father and of the sonne a●d of the holy gooste ¶ Fynally the ministre committeth the chyldren to the prayers of the congregaciō exhorteth the godfathers and godmothers most ernestly to se that the children be brought vp and instruct in Christen knowledge vertue to the glory of God edifieng of the comen wealth ¶ Then synge they a psalme eyther that concerneth some thankes geuynge to God for his worde or els some necessary peticion And so they depart ¶ Now in lyke maner as thou seist thys blessed sacrament ministred on the sonday euē so wyth lyke reuerence do they vse it at the same houre on those wyke dayes that the congregaciō w t the authoritie of their head rulers hath appointed to that vse And yf the children in y e meane time be in any daūger thē y e mydwifes baptise thē And as the congregacion and multytude of people is greate at the ministracion of holy baptysme on the sōday so is it also on the other appoynted dayes though they be worke dayes Wherby it is to be noted that y e instituciō and ordinaunce of God is in greate reputaciō amonge them for as it is ministred reuerently so is it heard with greate deuocion and feruentnes And though there be alwaye some vnthankefull lyuers ye● the flocke of Christe be euer bringinge forth good fruites folowe the worde of lyfe in theyr cōuersacion ¶ The ordre taken for the due ministracyon of holy wedloke AS toutching Gods holy institucion of mariage thou shalte vnderstande that preuye cōtractes are auoyded asmuche as may be And yonge folkes are so well broughte vp in the feare of God and instructe in the knowledge of his worde that they wel not lightly be entyced to rūne on heade and mary without y ● honest consent of theyr parentes and

therfore we wyl confesse that when we do accordynge to the institution of the Lorde receyu● the Sacrament with fayth we are vndoubtedlye made partakers of the substaunce of the body and bloude of Christe Howe thys thynge shoulde be done some men can better define and more playnly expounde then other But thys thynge is chiefely to be remembred that we exclude all carnall imagination that the mynde ought to be erected into heauē and that we thynke not our Lorde Iesu Christe to be so vyle that he may be conteyned in corruptible elementes Agayne leste the force of thys most sacred mistery shoulde be diminished we must thynke that it is wrought by the secrete and wonderful power of God and that his spirite is the bonde of thys partaking whiche is for that cause called spirituall Finis ¶ The order that the churche and cōgregacion of Christe in Denmarke and in many places coūtreis and cities in Germany doth vse not onelye at the holy supper of the Lorde but also at the ministration of the blessed Sacrament of Baptisme and holy Wedlocke TO all that hunger and thyrst the glorye of God wealth of theyr neyghbours be grace mercye and peace from the same euerlastyng God our moste deare father in heauen thorow our Lorde and onely Sauiour Iesus Christe It were to me a singuler comfort my ryght deare and intierly beloued brethren and systers in Iesu Christe yf I myghte be wyth you my selfe continuallye comunicate vnto you some part of that litle talēt which I haue receiued of the Lorde my God for your sakes and all the lawefull wayes that I coulde deuyse I haue sought thys greate whyle to opteyne licēce of the hygher powers for the same purpose But it wyl not be Wherfore though I be hyndred and kepte from you by all the meanes that Sathan his membres can imagen yet shall ye haue my poore herte yet wyll I not ceasse to wyshe you good yet wyll I do the beste for you that I can although it be but wyth my pen. In token wherof I haue set forth vnto you the order and maner that many whiche haue receyued Goddes worde vnfaynedly do vse not onely at the mooste h●lye supper of our Lorde but also at the ministracion of the blessed Sacramente of Baptisme and when anye couple of persones are ioyned into holy wedlocke And thys haue I done to the intent that when ye haue spyed and do se that thys order is agreable vnto Gods worde not varying frō the moste wholsome doctrine therof Ye maye wyshe in your hertes to haue Goddes truth prospere lykewyse amonge you in the realme of Englande And praye vnfaynedly wyth me and all other synners that the father of mercy and God of all comforte wyll ●o lyghten and illuminate the hertes of oure rulers that they maye folowe the earnest monicion of the seconde Psalme and be no more wythout vnderstādyng but be wyse by times and embrace the sonne of God whyle he offreth him selfe vnto them And not only to suffre the worde of God to haue the vpper hande aboue all other doctrines but also them selues to laye to theyr handes in abolishyng the blasphemous and dampnable abuses that are here as yet ▪ suffred about the forsayed thre principles of Christes religion wherfore deare brethren whē ye compare this order vnder wrytten whiche is the doctrine of Goddes worde and practise of the primatyue churche to the vayne ceremonyes vsed here yet after the churche of Rome lyfte vp your hertes to almightye God and beseche hym that for Christes ●ake 〈◊〉 wyll once graunte that these thre his holy Supper holy Baptisme holy wed●ocke maye be truelye and sincerelye ministred and practised also amonge vs. To the glory of his blessed name ●nd encrease of his kyngdom for euer Amen ¶ The order taken for the due ministration of the holy Supper of the Lorde FOr thy better instruction thou shalte fyrste vnderstande that the blessed Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of the Lorde the worthy memoriall of oure redempcion is at no tyme denyed to any christen man where gods worde is truely preached yf he lawfully require it And as none dothe minister it saue the priest which is the officer appointed therto So is it not ministred but whē there be other present to receyue it as well as the pryeste Now bicause that where gods worde is truely preached mē do se the fruite of the sayd holy Sacrament therfore resort they the oftener to the same holy supper of the lorde and delyte the more therin But specially to se what a nūbre come to it on the sōdaye how reuerently it woulde do ones hert good And bicause they may the more fruitfully be partakers thereof therfore on the saterday whē the preachyng is done euery daye they haue a sermon all suche as are appoynted in them selues to be partakers of the Lordes supper come one after an other to the priest of whō they learne not onely what the Sacrament is the right vse therof but also they beynge repentaunt and sorye for theyr synnes professing amendement receyue there gods promises for theyr absolucion to the singulare comforte of theyr conscience are exhorted by the priest to do agaynste the morow as the holy Apostle Paule biddeth them that is euen to trye examen and proue them selues whether they cā be cōtent vnfaynedlye in theyr hertes to take better holde on the kyngdome of God then they haue done in tymes paste to be more stedfaste in fayth and hope towarde god hys promyses to bemore feruent in prayer and loue towarde God and for hys sake to shewe vnfayned soue towarde euery man to forgeue hertely as they wolde be forgeuen to mortyfie theyr fleshe dalie more and more by reasonable abstynence and godly exercises of the spirite and vertuous occupacion of the bodye to bee glad in distrybutynge the workes of mercy to the poore c. And whē the pryest preacher or curate for al is on thynge hathe geuen euerye one thys or suche a lyke exortation and enioyued ech one hys penaūce accordyng to his estate as subiectes to be true obediēt to their rule●s seruātes to be faithful and diligent in waytyng on their masters conmaundement children to honour and ob●ie their parentes ▪ and to lerne vertue whyle they be yonge housholders to kepe their houses in the feare of God so forth whē the priest I saye hath enioyned them thus to lyue and to increase in the same wel doynge he commytteth them to God and to the worde of hys grace And so they departe ¶ On the sondaye in the mornyng at .vi. of the clocke in Sōmer and at .vii. in winter the bell ryngeth and the people prepare them selues to the churche so that sone after the bel hath ronge the seco●de tyme the churche is almost full of men women and chyldren Then a lytle a fore the houre is expired they rynge y ● bell the thirde tyme whiche ceasseth