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thing_n whatsoever_o i_o have_v command_v you_o we_o see_v hence_o how_o express_v our_o saviour_n word_n be_v that_o all_o nation_n shall_v be_v teach_v to_o observe_v whatever_o he_o command_v his_o disciple_n who_o will_v think_v if_o he_o see_v it_o not_o before_o his_o eye_n that_o any_o society_n of_o christian_n that_o will_v needs_o be_v call_v the_o catholic_n church_n shall_v avowed_o trample_v under_o foot_n this_o manifest_a command_n of_o god_n they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o teach_v all_o nation_n to_o observe_v what_o christ_n command_v his_o disciple_n that_o they_o profess_o teach_v the_o quite_o contrary_a our_o saviour_n say_v drink_v you_o all_o of_o it_o no_o say_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n all_o shall_v not_o drink_v of_o it_o but_o a_o few_o shall_v that_o be_v consecrate_v priest_n one_o will_v imagine_v that_o these_o text_n of_o holy_a scripture_n above_o mention_v shall_v make_v a_o deep_a impression_n upon_o all_o man_n that_o pretend_v to_o have_v any_o 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of_o the_o cup._n but_o there_o be_v much_o more_o ancient_a and_o authentic_a author_n who_o understand_v our_o saviour_n word_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n of_o england_n who_o testimony_n hereafter_o follow_v and_o that_o in_o reference_n of_o prove_v that_o the_o member_n thereof_o do_v not_o expound_v scripture_n according_a to_o their_o own_o private_a judgement_n as_o it_o be_v false_o impute_v to_o they_o by_o the_o wretched_a author_n of_o pax_fw-la vobis_fw-la mr._n manby_n and_o other_o who_o as_o i_o plain_o find_v never_o understand_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o this_o church_n concern_v the_o interpretation_n of_o scripture_n the_o first_o ancient_a writer_n who_o authority_n i_o intend_v to_o make_v use_n of_o be_v s._n justin_n martyr_n one_o that_o live_v not_o long_o after_o the_o apostolic_a age_n and_o lose_v his_o life_n for_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o christian_a faith._n he_o in_o his_o second_o apology_n give_v a_o account_n to_o the_o emperor_n of_o the_o method_n and_o manner_n of_o divine_a service_n among_o the_o christian_n and_o come_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n he_o do_v it_o thus_o they_o that_o be_v call_v deacon_n among_o we_o do_v distribute_v to_o every_o one_o present_a 2._o qai_fw-fr apud_fw-la nos_fw-la vocantur_fw-la diaconi_fw-la distribuunt_fw-la unicuique_fw-la priesentium_fw-la ut_fw-la participent_fw-la de_fw-la pane_n &_o vino_fw-la &_o aquâ_fw-la benedictis_fw-la justin_n apol_n 2._o that_o they_o may_v partake_v of_o the_o consecrate_a bread_n and_o wine_n and_o water_n it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o he_o say_v the_o deacon_n give_v both_o kind_n to_o every_o one_o present_a and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o tell_v we_o they_o do_v so_o because_o our_o saviour_n in_o the_o gospel_n command_v they_o to_o do_v so_o for_o say_v he_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o book_n write_v by_o they_o supra_fw-la nam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la in_o commentariis_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la scriptis_fw-la quae_fw-la evangelia_n vocantur_fw-la ita_fw-la sibi_fw-la praecepisse_fw-la jesum_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la justin_n apol._n 2._o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la which_o be_v call_v the_o gospel_n have_v teach_v we_o that_o jesus_n command_v they_o to_o do_v so_o bellarmin_n pretend_v that_o this_o last_o expression_n of_o s._n justin_n concern_v the_o command_n of_o christ_n have_v only_o relation_n to_o the_o gonsecration_n not_o to_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o any_o man_n by_o read_v the_o place_n will_v sin_v the_o cardinal_n word_n to_o be_v groundless_a for_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n be_v offer_v by_o s._n justin_n as_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o whole_a procedure_n in_o celebrate_v the_o sacrament_n and_o not_o as_o particular_o respect_v the_o consecration_n of_o the_o element_n the_o second_o ancient_a author_n who_o testimony_n i_o shall_v produce_v as_o a_o uncontrollable_a evidence_n in_o this_o behall_v be_v st._n cyprian_n who_o flourish_v principal_o about_o the_o yeat_a 250._o and_o not_o many_o year_n after_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o his_o religion_n this_o holy_a martyr_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o caecilius_n reprehend_v the_o aquarian_o that_o be_v heretic_n so_o call_v because_o in_o the_o consecration_n and_o administration_n of_o this_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o our_o lord_n supper_n they_o make_v no_o use_n of_o wine_n but_o use_v water_n in_o stead_n of_o it_o now_o sr._n gyprian_a reprove_v these_o aquarian_o upon_o two_o account_n first_o in_o that_o they_o offer_v to_o consecrate_v without_o wine_n and_o second_o in_o that_o they_o give_v no_o wine_n to_o the_o people_n and_o in_o both_o respect_v he_o tax_v they_o with_o a_o very_a great_a tranfgression_n of_o the_o command_n and_o appointment_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o former_a miscarriage_n and_o irrogularity_n of_o the_o aquarian_o do_v not_o concern_v the_o roman_a catholic_n because_o they_o use_v wine_n when_o they_o consecrate_v but_o in_o the_o second_o point_n they_o be_v like_o the_o aquarian_o and_o therefore_o do_v fall_v under_o the_o same_o censure_n with_o they_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o st._n cyprian_n say_v concern_v this_o whole_a affair_n he_o begin_v the_o epistle_n by_o tell_v caecilius_n that_o although_o many_o reverend_a bishop_n do_v exact_o observe_v our_o lord_n tradition_n for_o so_o call_v he_o the_o command_n or_o institution_n of_o christ_n yet_o say_v he_o because_o some_o out_o of_o ignorance_n or_o simplicity_n in_o consecrate_v the_o cup_n of_o our_o lord_n editionis_fw-la tamen_fw-la quoniam_fw-la quidam_fw-la vel_fw-la ignoranter_fw-la vel_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la in_o calais_n dominico_n sanctificando_fw-la &_o plebi_fw-la ministrando_fw-la non_fw-la faciunt_fw-la quod_fw-la jesus_n christas_n dominus_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la noster_fw-la huius_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la auctor_fw-la &_o doctor_n fecit_fw-la &_o docuit_fw-la religiosum_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la necessarium_fw-la duxi_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la literas_fw-la facere_fw-la at_o siquis_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la errore_fw-la adhuc_fw-la teneatur_fw-la veritatis_fw-la luce_fw-fr perspectâ_fw-la ad_fw-la radicem_fw-la &_o
originem_fw-la dominicae_fw-la traditionis_fw-la revertaturâ—_n cypr._n epist_n 63._o pamilianae_n editionis_fw-la and_o in_o administer_a it_o to_o the_o people_n do_v not_o do_v that_o which_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n god_n the_o teacher_n and_o author_n of_o this_o sacrifice_n do_v and_o teach_v i_o judge_v it_o to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o good_a conscience_n and_o necessary_a to_o write_v to_o you_o about_o this_o matter_n that_o if_o any_o one_o be_v yet_o possess_v with_o this_o error_n he_o may_v by_o see_v the_o light_n of_o truth_n return_v to_o the_o root_n and_o original_n of_o our_o lord_n tradition_n and_o thus_o have_v establish_v his_o foundation_n namely_o that_o nothing_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v contrary_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o epistle_n he_o prove_v the_o necessity_n of_o use_v wine_n in_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o in_o the_o late_a part_n he_o come_v to_o consider_v the_o great_a inconvenience_n and_o mischief_n to_o the_o people_n that_o ensue_v from_o their_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o cup._n and_o that_o which_o he_o chief_o take_v notice_n of_o be_v a_o great_a decay_n and_o failure_n of_o christian_a courage_n occasion_v as_o st._n cyprian_n suppose_v by_o this_o depravation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n for_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n some_o learned_a from_o the_o aquarian_o to_o abstain_v from_o drink_v the_o consecrate_a wine_n lest_o the_o smell_n of_o it_o shall_v discover_v that_o they_o have_v be_v at_o the_o christian_a meeting_n in_o the_o morning_n st._n cyprian_n word_n be_v these_o supra_fw-la caeterum_fw-la omnis_fw-la religionis_fw-la et_fw-la ve_fw-la ritatis_fw-la disciplina_fw-la subvertitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la praecipitur_fw-la fideliter_fw-la observetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la si_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la matutinis_fw-la hoc_fw-la quis_fw-la ve_fw-la retur_fw-la ne_fw-la per_fw-la saporem_fw-la vini_fw-la redoleat_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la sic_fw-la ergoincipit_fw-la in_o persecutionibus_fw-la a_o passione_n christi_fw-la fraternitas_fw-la retardari_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o oblationibus_fw-la discit_fw-la de_fw-la sanguine_fw-la ejus_fw-la et_fw-la cruore_fw-la confundi_fw-la cyp._n ep._n 63._o ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la but_o the_o discipline_n and_o good_a order_n of_o all_o religion_n and_o truth_n be_v overthrow_v unless_o what_o be_v spiritual_o command_v be_v faithful_o observe_v but_o perhaps_o the_o case_n be_v that_o some_o person_n in_o the_o morning_n sacrifice_n or_o sacrament_n be_v afraid_a least_o by_o the_o savour_n of_o wine_n they_o shall_v smell_v of_o christ_n blood_n and_o so_o by_o this_o mean_v our_o christian_a brethren_n in_o time_n of_o persecution_n begin_v to_o be_v slack_a or_o backward_o in_o suffer_v for_o christ_n while_o at_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n they_o learn_v to_o be_v ashamed_a of_o christ_n blood._n and_o a_o little_a after_o the_o same_o author_n say_v bibere_fw-la quomodo_fw-la autem_fw-la possumus_fw-la propter_fw-la christem_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la fundere_fw-la qui_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la erubescimus_fw-la bibere_fw-la how_o can_v we_o be_v ashamed_a to_o drink_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n spill_v our_o blood_n for_o christ_n sake_n beside_o in_o another_o epistle_n the_o same_o s._n cyp._n write_v to_o cornelius_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n concern_v the_o restore_n of_o certain_a delinquent_a brethren_n who_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n have_v fall_v into_o idolatry_n but_o by_o repentance_n deserve_v to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o church_n urge_v the_o necessity_n of_o their_o be_v admit_v into_o communion_n because_o that_o since_o new_a trouble_n and_o persecution_n be_v come_v on_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a to_o arm_v and_o fortify_v all_o believer_n with_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o he_o insist_o particular_o upon_o the_o necessiy_a of_o give_v they_o the_o sacramental_a cup._n his_o expression_n be_v these_o that_o follow_v for_o after_o what_o a_o strange_a manner_n do_v we_o teach_v and_o excite_v they_o to_o lose_v their_o blood_n in_o confess_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n pamel_n nam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la docemus_fw-la aut_fw-la provocamus_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o confession_n nominis_fw-la christi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la suum_fw-la fundere_fw-la si_fw-la eye_n militaturis_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la christi_fw-la denegamus_fw-la aut_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ad_fw-la martyrii_fw-la poculum_fw-la idoneos_fw-la facimus_fw-la si_fw-la eos_fw-la priùs_fw-la ad_fw-la bibendum_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la poculum_fw-la domini_fw-la jure_fw-la communicationit_fw-la non_fw-la admittimus_fw-la cyp._n ep_v 54._o edit_fw-la pamel_n if_o we_o deny_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n to_o they_o that_o be_v ready_a to_o undergo_v such_o a_o warfare_n and_o how_o do_v we_o make_v they_o fit_a for_o the_o cup_n of_o martyrdom_n if_o we_o do_v not_o admit_v they_o first_o by_o the_o right_n of_o communion_n to_o drink_v our_o lord_n cup_n in_o the_o church_n it_o be_v observable_a that_o s._n cyprian_n here_o plead_v for_o the_o people_n receive_v the_o cup_n from_o the_o right_n of_o communion_n that_o be_v from_o the_o right_n which_o accrue_v to_o every_o one_o by_o his_o be_v make_v a_o member_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n by_o this_o passage_n and_o the_o rest_n before_o cite_v it_o appear_v abundant_o what_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o holy_a martyr_n be_v that_o he_o think_v all_o christian_n oblige_v to_o receive_v the_o consecrate_a wine_n and_o that_o the_o omission_n of_o it_o be_v a_o transgression_n of_o our_o lord_n commandment_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o several_a christian_a virtue_n especial_o of_o that_o courage_n and_o resolution_n wherewith_o all_o believer_n ought_v open_o to_o profess_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n i_o may_v produce_v many_o more_o ancient_a witness_n of_o great_a credit_n to_o make_v good_a what_o be_v here_o by_o i_o affirm_v but_o i_o shall_v content_v myself_o for_o brevity_n sake_n with_o two_o other_o who_o authority_n doubtless_o aught_o to_o be_v past_o all_o exception_n with_o the_o roman_a catholic_n because_o they_o be_v pope_n or_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o ancient_o the_o title_n of_o pope_n be_v give_v to_o any_o eminent_a bishop_n the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v leo_n the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n that_o be_v bishop_n in_o rome_n but_o before_o i_o produce_v his_o testimony_n it_o be_v necessary_a to_o observe_v that_o although_o his_o word_n be_v level_v against_o the_o manichee_n who_o superstitious_o abhor_a wine_n and_o therefore_o avoid_v receive_v the_o sacramental_a cup_n yet_o leo_n word_n do_v abundant_o show_v what_o his_o judgement_n be_v concern_v that_o necessity_n which_o as_o he_o think_v do_v lie_v indispensible_o upon_o all_o communicants_a to_o partake_v of_o the_o mystical_a blood_n of_o christ_n consequently_n say_v he_o when_o they_o venture_v to_o be_v present_a at_o our_o mystery_n quadrage_n cumque_fw-la ad_fw-la tegendam_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la svam_fw-la nostris_fw-la audeant_fw-la interest_n mysteriis_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o sacramentorum_fw-la communione_fw-la se_fw-la temperant_fw-la ut_fw-la interdum_fw-la tutius_fw-la lateant_fw-la ore_fw-la indigno_fw-la christi_fw-la corpus_fw-la accipiunt_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la autem_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la haurire_fw-la omninò_fw-la declinant_fw-la quod_fw-la ideò_fw-la vestram_fw-la scire_fw-la volumus_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la homines_fw-la his_fw-la manifestentur_fw-la indiciis_fw-la &_o quorum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la deprehensa_fw-la sacrilegia_fw-la simulatio_fw-la notati_fw-la &_o proditi_fw-la à _fw-la sanctorum_fw-la societate_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la authoritate_fw-la pellantur_fw-la serm._n 4._o in_o quadrage_n they_o after_o such_o manner_n do_v comport_v themselves_o in_o partake_v of_o the_o sacrament_n that_o sometime_o 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