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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15491	Mnemosyn[on kyrio-]euchariston A treatise of the supper of the Lord in commemoration of his death, and the manifolde benefits thereby receiued; wherein the monstrous transubstantiated masse idole of that seven headed inchanting whore of Rome is stampt to power, to giue al the to drink [sic], which make it their only pleasure to swill themselues in the dregs thereof: and wherein also the doctrintes & vses which arise from thence, are most soundly & sincerely delivered. By Iohn Willovghby. Exhomologesis: a praier, or generall confession or our manifold sinnes vnto the Lord.	Willoughbie, John.	1603 (1603)	STC 25759; ESTC S102159	54,565	174

6.35 47 48 Coloss 3.15 Heb 3 14. Likewise Revelation 3. cap 20 verse as Behold I stand at the doore knocke if any man heare my voice and open the doore I will come in vnto him and vvill suppe with him and he with mee Besides Revel 12 ca 1 2 verse And there appeared a great wonder in heaven a woman cloathed with the Sunne the Moone was vnder her feete vpon her head a Crowne of 12 starres And shee was vvith childe and cried traveyling in birth was pained readie to bee delivered This is not properlie meant as some will of the Virgin Mary but of the Chruch for these reasons 1 The Church is in this manner of speaking figured out aptly vnto our perceavance vnder the name of moone as also Christ is by the word Sunne Mal. 4 2 From a certaine relation betwixt the Sun the moone For the moone is a lesser light yea which borroweth al her light from the Sunne so this womā or church being the weaker vessell relieth vpon Christ her strength stay frō whome as from a loving husband shee receaveth all her glorie Furthermore in this most sacred and inviolable mariage betweene Christ his Church we must note three especiall things 1. The precontract 2. The solemnization 3. The full accomplishment and vpstroke thereof First the precontract is done by the immediate working of the holy Ghost powring faith into our hearts by which we willingly giue our consent Secondly the solemnizing heereof was and is celebrated both in the ceremonies of the old and new law as then by Circumcision Paschall lambe now by Baptisme and the Lords Supper where all the graces of Christ the true and faithfull husband of his church are and were as in a rich Treasure-house most firmely sealed confirmed made vnto vs on his behalfe and where we againe our selues doe plight most inviolably our owne fidelitie and obeysance to him Thirdly the consummation or the accomplishment and vpstroake hereof is done two kinde of waies 1. In the dissolution of this our earthly Tabernacle 2. In the ful particular enioying the presence of the lambe our Bridegroome whenas we shal behold him as he is euen face to face Then shall this woman which is the Church be truely perfectly cloathed with the Sun that is shee shal be clad about with the rich and glorious robes of Christs owne righteousnes And this must bee vnderstoode two waies as the Schoolemen hold tam privativè quàm positivè The first is a not imputing that is a pardoning forgiuenes of our sinnes by which we are let to goe scotfree and are deliuered as wel from the guiltines of sinne as from the punishment thereof namely death eternall The second is an imputatiō of Christ his righteousnes by which even for the righteousnes of Christ attributed vnto vs through Faith and made ours by imputation we are allowed for iuste in the sight of God and which is more we are accompted worthie to ascend vp into the high habitation of the most omnipotent and mightie Iehovah even into that most holy hill of Sion new Ierusalem Revel 21.12 cap. This thing doth David point out vnto vs whē he saith Ps 32.1 2. verses as Blessed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is hee whose vvickednes is forgiven and whose sin is covered Blessed is the man vnto whō the Lord imputeth not iniquity in whose Spirit there is no guile Out of whēce behold 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a definitiue certaine resolute sentēce the summe wherof is that the blessednes of man doth consist in the remission of sinnes and in the imputation of Christs righteousnesse whose effect is sāctification which is taught in the end of the second v 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in whose spirit there is no guile Now Iustification is heere declared in a threefolde manner 1 That our sinnes be so taken away as that they are not 2 That they are so covered as not the prints filth thereof may appeare v. 7. 3 That God doth not impute them after he hath taken them away but imputeth onely the righteousnes in Christ by faith as did vnto our father Abraham Gen. 15. ca. 6. v. And Abraham beleeved the Lord he coūted that to him for righteousnes Well we see nowe that by vertue of this our Mariage with CHRIST we are invested covered with Christs innocencie and cloathed vppon with the garments Ezech. 16. reade the chapter of his righteousnes Looke Ierem. 23. c. 6. vers 1. Cor. 1.30 Rom. 4.6.7.8 And hence is it whie St. Paule exhorteth vs so instantly to put on the Lorde Iesus Christ As Rom. 13.14 Ephes 4.24 Ephes 6.11 Coloss 3.10.12 Againe 1. Thes 5.8 we are willed to put on the brestplate of faith loue and the hope of salvation for an helmet For by this faith we are mistically inserted vnited into Christ seeing he is the vine it selfe we are the braunches he is the tree we the fruit he the Sunne we the beames he is the head wee the mēbers he is the Bridegrome we the Spouse This espousage and coniunction is so sure as shal not nay cānot be dissolved For the Spirite of GOD is the Scribe which drawes the bandes betwixte vs the word of God is the band his mercy the seale the deliverance benefite and freedome that wee haue by it is our peace Peace with God who hath reconciled vs to himselfe in Christ peace with our neighbour in shewing all duties of Christian charity now vnto him peace with our owne selues not daunted any more with the dreadful horrour and power of the Devill Lastly peace against our enemies nothing apalled nor fearing what man can doe vnto vs. For if God be on our side who then can be against vs. Rom 8. wherefore such so great is this faith the force therof that it is called a brestplate a shield yea even victorie it selfe 1 Ioh 5 Ca 4 ver And right excellētly speaketh a learned man heereof Fide inquit tantum possumus quantum credimus that is By faith wee can doe so much how much vvee doe beleeue But wheras we are vnited vnto Christ by faith we must not misconceaue and vnderstand presently a bare historicall temporarie or idle faith that is to faie dead in it selfe but rather that which is accompanied or attended on from everie side by all good works namely a iustifying a liuely an effectual a working and fruitful faith It must not be like vnto those appels mētioned by St. Austin which grewe in the place of Sodome comorrha such as shewed faire without but so soone as one toucheth them trāseunt in fumum they vanish away to nothing But is verè credit as a Father speaketh qui verè exercet opera bona credendo that is hee doth beleeue aright who in beleeving is carefull to shew forth good workes with all It behooveth vs therfore now being receaved into the favour of God againe