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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06674	Meditations and deuout discourses vpon the B. Sacrament composed by Ch. M.	Ch. M.	1639 (1639)	STC 17128; ESTC S909	57,528	244

contracted by grace and charitie and therefore of the first Christians though separated in bodies place Act 4. S. Luke giueth this testimonie the multitude of beleeuers had one heart and soule And Ionathas his soule by freinship loue was said to be conglutinata ioyned fast as it were glued to the soule of Dauid 1. Reg. 18. Lib. 4. Confes c. 6. And S. Austin speaking of a great freind of his who was dead saith I thought my soule and his soule to haue been one soule in two bodies and therefore my life to me was an horrour because I would not liue halfe and therefore perchance I feared to die least he shoud dye wholie whom I much loued But this vnion betwixt these freinds was onlie metaphoricall and in affection whereas by the freindship made in and by the B. Sacrament there is a realle vnion not only of Christs substance with those that receaue him by communion but also of the receauers communicants amongest themselues because they all receauing the same indiuiduall bodie of Christ are al reallie vnited in it and by it to one another O admirable freinship and no lesse admirable vnion greater then is the vnion betwixt children of one Father and mother their vnion is called consanguinitie by which they are vnited in flesh and bloud which they receaue froÌ„ the same parents which is counted a greater tye then any humain freindship can make and yet they receaue not from their parents the same indiuiduall flesh and bloud either with their parents or with one another but another and that distinct though of the same Kind they who receaue this B. Sacrament do receaue the same indiuiduall flesh and bloud which he hath and so are vnited to him and amongest themselues in one the selfsame flesh and bloud By this freindship we liue not onlie together in one howse as other freinds doe but as Christ saith Ioan 6. Ioan. 6. he that eateth his flesh and drinketh his bloud abideth in him and Christ in him and so they liue not onlie together in one howse but also one with in another O freindship excelling all humaine freindship and euen carnall consanguinitie and the neerest kinred O how should we loue this noble freind who out of his excessiue loue hath linked vs vnto him not onlie in affection as freinds are nor in the like flesh and bloud as children of one Father and Mother are but in the selfsame Indiuiduall substance of which he consisteth O how should wee loue one another and euen more then wee doe our brethren and sisters because we are linked not onlie in flesh bloud of the same kind taken from the same parents as they are but in one indiuiduall flesh and bloud of Christ which we all receaue in this B. Sacrament Freinds at their departure by death or by a long iorney do leaue onlie their freinds an Image or a ringe or some other guifâ— for a remembrance and this argueth their great loue But Christ at his departure out of this world in respect of his visible presence hath left vs in this B. Sacrament the best thing he had not an Image or a ring or such like but euen his owne flesh bloud his owne selfe and so leauing vs visible remaineth with vs inuisiblie in this B. Sacrament and will soe remaine with vs to the worlds end How should we imbrace and loue this our so great freind VVhat shal we giue him for this guift he is more worth ten thousand times then we are or haue yet lett vs giue him ourselues as he hath giuen himself to vs and though there be infinite disparitie betwixt him and vs yet he will accept of our guift because it is asmuch as we can giue Some freinds and Confederates who haue made a firme league or freindship to make it firmer and more inuiolable haue let themselues bloud and haue signed it with their bloud So our B. Sauiour to make a firmer league freindship with vs did let himself bloud on the crosse and this his bloud he giues vs to drink daylie and his flesh also to eate in the B. Sacrament thereby to signe this league and to make it inuiolable O let vs not on our part break this freindship but let vs rather signe it with our bloud if the occasion be offered as Christ hath signed it with his which also he giues vs to drinke that we may neuer forget this league and freindship True freinds are readie to dye for one another as they say Pylades and Orestes and others were thinking themselues to liue though dead so long as their freind liueth and to dye though liuing when their freind dieth Our B. Sauiour hath sacrificed hiÌ„self once on the Crosse by a reall death and he daylie sacrificeth himself mysticalie in the B. Sacrament for vs lett vs be then alwaies readie in preparation of minde to dye for him who first died for vs let vs not thinke it much to giue our life for him who gaue his life for vs which being the life of God man infinitlie surpassed the liues of all men though neuer so great and manie yea and of Angels also if they could dye as they may be annihilated O my soule do thou resolue thyselfe into loue to shew thyself gratefull to so louing a freind doe thou imitate the Phenix burne thyself in thyne owne flames of loue that dying in this Fire to the world this life and thyself thou maist rise to heauen to an eternall life Ã´ my soule stick to this freind so fast as that neither Father nor Mother sister nor brother prosperitie nor aduersitie life nor death nor al the creatures in the world may separate thee from him but as freinds liue willinglie together so thou maist liue in him and he in thee in this B. Sacrament so thou maist liue with him in the Church militant that thou maist euer liue with him in the Chuch triumphant so thou mayst liue with him heere by grace that thou maist raigne with him in heauen by glorie THE EIGHT MEDITATION How Christ hath shewed himself in this B. Sacrament a most louing spouse O My B. Sauiour Ã´ louer of soules thou confoundest me with thy loue shewed to me in this B. Sacrament by so many waies I haue found thee in it by it a bountifull feastmaker prouident howse-holder a Father a Mother a Freind now I finde thee to bee in it and by it a most amorous spouse of our soules that so by one Title or other or altogether thou maist wrest out a reciprocall loue of ours towards thee As thou hast contracted three freindships with vs as we haue seene in the former chapter so hast thou contracted three Mariages with vs the first by Incarnation the Second by grace the third by this B. Sacrament By Incarnation thou art so fast wedded vnto vs and linked vnto vs by a knott so indissoluble that it excelleth the bond of carnall

them on the Crosse And forasmuch as his diuinitie was so inseparablie vnited both to his bodie and soule that death which separated them one from the other could not separate them from the diuinitie it followeth also that Christe then gaue to his disciples his bodie soule bloud and diuinitie all being vnited in him Ã´ bountifull feastmaker Ã´ precious and costlie feast Psal 8. Ã´ Lord what is man that thou shâ—udst so much esteeme of him as to bestow on him thy sacred bodie bloud sanctified by the diuinitie yea thy owne selfe no lesse then God and man Ã´ liberall Oste who entertainest thy guests with so precious a banquet and yet demaundest nothing for their ordinarie Hesterâ— 1. No Assueruâ— euer made such a feast as this whether wee respect the Oste yea and kinge that hath made it to wit Christ Iesus God and man King of Heauen and earth or the guests who are inuited to wit his Appostles and their succestours yea all Christians euen Kings and Emperours or the feast it selfe which is the holie flesh bloud of Christ seasoned with the diuinitie more worth then heauen and earth yea then a thousand worlds or the cost at which the feast maker was in preparing this feast for it cost him his death passion which was the price of our Redemption and was suffieient to haue redeemed a thousand worlds or the continuance of the feaste which began at Christ his last supper continueth to this day and shall continue to the worlds end for as Manna rained continuallie from Heauen to feede the Iewes in the desert and neuer was wanting till they came to the land of promise so as long as we liue in the desert of this life this our Manna of which that was but a shadow and figure shall rayne vpon Catholicke Christians by the consecratioÌ„ of the Priest til we come to Heauen our true land of Promise where in steed of Christs bodie and bloud which now wee eate drinke by communion we shall feede of the diuinitie it selfe by cleare vision fruition O my soule how hard hearted art thou if this great benefit this Roiall costlie feaste do not melt thee into loue and resolue thee into gratitude O feast of feasts noe Epicurisme but Christianisme no gluttonie or drunkennesse to eate and drinke often at this feast but temperance sobrietie pietie Religion Of this feast onlie caÌ„ be auerred those words of Ecclesiastes Eccl. 1. Laudaui igitur letitiam quod non esset bonum hominisub sole nisi quod comederet biberet I therefore haue praysed mirth that there was no good thing for a man vnder the sunne but that he should eate and drinke and be glad to wit in this feast of the B. Sacrament Ã´ happie wee who are somuâ—h honoured as to sit at this Table where the Angels waite and attende and we sit downe at the table and are feasted with such costlie pretious meates who are noâ— worthie the crummes that fall from this table Ã´ happie we who being fedde with this Princelie and Kinglie fare are fatted therewith and therby inobled made kings Because as Iacob said of the bread of Aser so we may much more say of this bread Gen. 49. Pinguis est panis Christâ— praebebit delicias Regibus The bread of Christe is fatteâ— and shall giue dainties to kinges Either because in that it is eaten by vs it maketh vs Kings or because it is meate onlie for Kings and is not to be geuen to any but those who are Kings and Lords domineering ouer their owne seÌ„sualities and passions yea ouer the world flesh and deuill O happie wee who eating in this holie Sacrament Christes sacred bodie and drinking his bloud are made generous and noble as he is yea in a proportioÌ„ diuine as he is Gods by participation as he is God by essence yea of his bloud kinred and linage Happie wee who eating Christs bodie drinking his bloud are not onlie Christiani Christians but allso Christiferi bearers of Christe Cyril'us Hâ—eros Catech. 4. myst yea Deiferi bearers of God and lodgeâ—s of him within vs. THE FOVRTH MEDITATION How prouident a Paterfamilias and good man of the howse of our soule and the Church Christe is by this B. Sacrament ALmightie God out of his infinite goodnes bountie hath shewed himselfe in this B. Sacrament to be a moste wise and prouident and liberall Paterfamilias or howsekeeper hauing laied vp in store such prouision for the Howse of his Church and for euerie one of vs in particular He is a howsekceper most prouident in respect of all liuing creatures The whole worlde is his howse all liuing Creatures his familie for euerie one of which he prouideth meate and drinke according to euerie ones nature Plants and hearbes he feedeth with moysture which by their rootes as by mouthes they drawe from the earth beastes with plants hearbes corne and grasse Fishes with water and other foode which they findc in the water mens bodies he fedeth with flesh fishe hearbes and fruites of the earthe and therefore Dauid saith that it is God Ps 146. Qui dat iumentis escam ipsorum pullis coruorum inuocantibus eum who giues to beasts their foode and to the yong rauens that call vpon him He specifieth yong rauens partlie to signifie that God hath care of all his creatures euen the vilest partlie because as S. Serm. de Helia Chrisostome auerreth the old crowes do often tymes neglect their young ones as when they suspect them not to be their owne broode and then God is the nurse of the young ones feeding them with flies or the thicke ayre or such like But more bountifullie carefullie God Almightie prouideth for man and feedeth him in bodie with the best meates and in soule with learning and vertue and aboue all this great howsekeeper hath euer and cheeflie prouided for his Church though not alwaies in the same manner For otherwise did he prouide for it before Christs comming otherwise after his cumming otherwise for the Iewes otherwise for the Christians For the Iewes being children in spirituall life who liued vnder the Pedagogue of the lawe which brought nothing to perfection Heb. 4. and could not giue them full-groughe nor make them men they were to be fedde like children with the light meates of the figuratiue Sacrificies Sacraments of the old lawe Heb. 5. And therefor S. Paule saith that they had need of milke and not of strong meat but strong meat is for the perfect that is Christians who because they are perfect men in a spirituall life are not to be fed with light figures but with the solid verities of those figures They were fedde with Manna and the Paschall lamb we who are Christians are fedde with the sacred body and bloud of Christe which are solid verities of those figures and meat for the strong and perfect not for weakelings and children as the

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