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A00261	A bryefe and plaine declaracion of certayne sente[n]ces in this litle boke folowing to satisfie the consciences of them that haue iudged me therby to be a fauourer of the Anabaptistes.; Brife and faythfull declaration of the true fayth of Christ	I. B., fl. 1547.; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed author.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed author.	1547 (1547)	STC 1035; ESTC S103779	21,747	42

Syon that is to say ouer the faythfull congregacyon Psalm ii whiche faythful congregacion is the kyngdome of Chryst. Col. i. And the domynyon of thys kyngdome standeth not in a carnall dominion or powre But lykewise as the lorde is a spirite ii Corhinthians iii. euen so is hys kyngdome spirituall inwardly within vs. Luke xvii and not of this worlde Iohn xviii wherefore the prophete zacharie promysed vs a kynge thorough the holy ghoste the which shold not come with vi●…iable dominion nor great worldly tryumphe but w t an humble and a meke spyrite And shoulde not ●…ule as a worldly kynge ouer the carnal Syon or Israel but shoulde rayngne a spirytuall kynge and rule the spirituall Israelytes with the scepter of his godly worde And these are the wordes of the prophet Reioyse thou great lye O doughter Syon be glad O doughter Ierusalem beholde thy kynge cometh vnto the ●…owly and symple is he he rideth vpon an Asse and vpon the foele of an Asse euen thy rightwyse and sauyour and he hym selfe is poore 〈◊〉 ix These wordes of the prophete wytnesse clearely that Christes kyngdome is spirituall and standeth not in any outward dominion Iohn xviii And lykewyse all these prophetes do witnesse in these chapyters folowing Esa. iiii ix Ierem. xxiii xxxii Esechi xxxiiii xxxvii Myth iiii Therfore do we holde the doctryne of the carnal kingdome of Christ to be a dredfull errowr and a great heresye yea we holde it to be an heresye of the Chilcastes the which now agayne is raysed amongest thē of Mynster hath breyded her out in other places to the great slaunder and hinderaunce of the true gospel of god Forthermore yf any man take vpon him and presume to be the promysed Da uyd or a kynge of Syon as Iohn Layden at Mynster hath done hym do we holde for an antechriste aboue all antichristes yea boue the Romysh Antechryste How dredful so euer he hath slaundered god and exalted hym selfe against the almighty god and yet it is not com to suche an abhominacion as to put hym selfe a kynge of Sion or to take vpon hym to be a promysed dauyd But in these dayes ryse so many abhominable and presumptuous spirite fulfylled with all maner of wyckednes and sathans pride that take vpon them to rebbe Iesu Christe of his kingli sc●…pter and to take it vnto them selfes wo be vnto all suche dred ful slaunderers of the godly maiesty or powre wo be also vnto the seduceres which go about with witchecrafte wherwith they haue begyled many men Wooe be also vnto all them whyche do not seperate them selues frō those antechrystes and seducers but yet do seke help or comforte of them yea that leaue the verye Moy●…en Iesu Christ and desire other goddes to go afore them vpon thē shal fal that which is spoken of by the prophete Ieremye Lorde they that do forsake the shalbe destroyed and they that turne from the shall be ashamed and theyr names shall be wrytten in the earthe for they haue leaft the the lyuynge fountayne of water Beholde therfore wyll we by the grace of God abyde by oure spirituall Kynge Iesu Christe and pray hym that his kyngdome may encrease in vs yea that he wyll defende vs from all euyll and reserue vs to his euerlastyng heauenly kyngdome to his glory and honoure for euer Amen ¶ The weapons wherwyth a very christian ought to fyght SEynge that the whole Gospell of our●… Sauiour wytnesseth that the christian must suffer in no wyse may reuenge the euil So that we thynke by the helpe of god not to turne from the holsome doctrine of our Lorde Iesu Christ. For it is righte conuenient that a seruaunt wyth his lordes cōmaundement and a disciple wyth his maysters doctrine to be cōtented Mat x. And here now may no sophistical cauillacions nor fonde ymaginacions be alowed as though the wordes of Iesu Christe shoulde nowe be at an ende And seynge that Christ sayth vnto his apostles what I say vn to you that do I saye vnto al watche ye heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal neuer peryshe Therfore do we holde them for dreadful seducers and abominable heretykes that w●…ll pre●…ume to saye that the doctrine of Iesu Christ as cōcernyng suffering should be ●…t an ende that the christen shoulde no more nede to suffer but that they shoulde cast away the weapons wher w t the apostles haue fought as theyr epistles rchearse put vpon them the harneys of Dauid yea that they shoulde destroy the whole worlde w t the material sworde and also take the worlde vnto them selues O what a blinde dreame is this which is spronge out of Sathā is cōtrary to the whole gospel of our lorde Iesu Christ. O what an iniquitie is this of thē that wyl with the chyldrē of Israel leaue the lorde the foūtayne of lyuing waters dygge them selues pyttes the whyche do seme fay●…e but they cā giue no water O what a blindnes yea what a folyshnes is it of them that for the sayinges of the prophetes whyche they vnderstande not wyll refuse leaue the moste highest prophet the onely begottē sonne of god the euerlastynge veritie Iesu Christe and do not dreade to exalte the olde testamente aboue the new to set Moyses aboue Christ O god shal now the new testament auoyed for the olde shal the preciouse bloud of the innocent lambe Iesu Christ be coūted lesse then the bloud of calues O lorde how are these mē so blynded that they with the styffenecked Israelites do abhorre the lyuing breade of heauen and do desyre ●…he flesh of Egypt that is to say they do refuse Iesu Christe the very breade of heauen do huger after mennes doctrine and inuēted dr●…es after ●…isceyuable prophetes But we wyl by the grace of god abyde by our lorde maister Iesu Christ holde it vnd●…niable that no vncleane doctrine whiche myghte be agaynst the gospel of our lorde Iesu Christ maye be broughte in or suffered but he alone muste be allowed for he is lorde maister Sauiour besydes him is none other In summa we know of none other veritie nor of none other waye of none other lyfe but onely of Iesu Christe Iohn xiiii For thys cause yf there come any prophecies or visions that wil draw vs from this holsome doctrine of Iesu Christ they muste be accursed Furthermore how and wyth what weapons that the christian shall fyghte doth Paule clearelye teache vs to the Ephesians in the syxte Chapter wyth these wordes Stande therfore and your loynes gyr ded about wyth the truth hauyng on the brest plate of rightuousenes and shodde vpon your fete wyth the gospell of peace that you maye be prepared a●…oue all thynges take holde of the shelde of fayth wher wyth ye may quentch the fyry dartes of the wycked take the helme of saluacion and the sworde of he spirite whyche is the worde of God And Iohn sayth

and his benefytes laudynge and thankynge hym magnyfyenge his holy name and then also eate of this bread and dryncke of thys wyne to a remembraunce that Chryste hath gyuen his body and shed his bloude for vs. Math xxvi And because that it is a comyn vse that a token of remembraunce hath the name of the thynge that is remenbred by it Therfore hath Chryst called the breade his bodye and the wyne his bloude not that his substaunce is in the breade and wyne but that we sholde remember hym therby Lykewyse as the ●…aster lābe was called the passyng by and yet was it not in it selfe the very pas syng by but a token or remembraunce of the passyng by Deynge now that the easter lambe hath the name of the thing that the Israelites remembred by it and wherby they myght euer lastyngly kepe in remembraunce the benefytes of god right conuenient is it that Christe hath called the breade his body and the wyne hys bloud bicause that we shoulde remēber therby his death and passion yea the only sacrifice of his body whiche he hath sufferyd to be broken and his bloud to be shed for vs. Neuerthelesse how be it that the materyall body of Chryste is not in the bread nor his bloude in the wyne yet neuerthelesse is the supper of the Lorde 〈◊〉 parttakynge but spyrytually of the body and bloud of Chryste as Paule sayth Is not the ●…uppe of thankes geuyng wherwith we gyue thākes a parte taking of the bloud of Christ And the bread that we breake is it not the 〈◊〉 takyng of the body of Chryste These wordes of Paule do witnesse clerely that the faythful eate the body of Christ spiritually vnder the breade and wyne yea lykewyse as a bryde receyueth her housbande with a rynge euen so receyue the faithfull Christe to be theyr owne and euerlastynge saluacyon But that some men wyll haue that the bodyly presence sholde be in the breade is a great mysse vnderstandynge of the godly worde yea it is an antechrystes doctryne which is contrary bothe to our fayth and to al holy scrypture For we be leue and holy scrypture beareth wytnes that Chryste after his resurrection is ascended vp into heauen and sytteth vpon the ryght hand of his almighty father Rom. viii And bideth ther as concernynge hys bodyly presence but spiritually he hath promised to abide with vs to the ende of the worlde in hys worde Mat. xxviii And seynge that now Chryste as concer nyng his bodely presence abydeth at the ryght hand of his father Hebre. x. so may not the body of Chryste be in the breade And agayne it is agaynst all truth that Chryste at one tyme hath ben in many or diuers places as touching his body Forthermore we do dayly se what dredful ydolatrye is s●…rong out of the carnall vnderstandynge of these wordes of Chryste This is my body and yet dayly spryngeth to the great and abominable slaunder of the honoure of god so that men worshype a piece of breade for theyr god yea and holde that to be theyr maker And the papystes locke hym in ●…olde and syluer not remēbrynge what Paule and Stephen wytnesse sayenge The mooste hyghest wyll not dwell in temples made wyth mannes handes Actes vii and. xvii O blynde men that are so bewytched of the whore that ye can not nor wyll not beleue the manifeste truth O blyndnesse and great presumptuousnesse of the papistes that wyll take vpon them to fetche Iesu Christe out of heauen into a piece of breade whyche is consumable as we clearelye se by experience and that it shoulde be worshypped for God whyche is euerlastynge and vnchaungeable Nowe what remedye for we can not helpe it therfore muste we do as the Lorde Iesu Christe spake vnto hys apostles of the phariseis sayinge Let them go for they are blynde and leaders of the blinde whē one blynde leadeth an oth●…r so fall they both into the dytche Mat. xv But the Lorde muste be thāked that out of his vnmeasurable grace hath ●…ned our eyes that we can se knowe wherfore we shal take the bread and the wyne in the supper namely for a memoriall and token of the sufferyng and death of Iesu Christ yea for the body and bloud of Christe but that for the by names sake and not of the material thynges behalfe as is aboue rehearsed of the Easter Lambe ☞ Forthermore the supper of the Lorde is also a ioynynge togyther of the christen cō●…regacion in loue And also the congregacion that wyl holde thys supper muste be well appoynted and ioyned togyther in brotherly loue yea they must stande in one spirite and soule Philip i. hauing a burning loue For Paule sayth we many are one breade and one bodye in as muche as we are partakers of one bread Lyke wise as y t mebres of one body are not in stri●… one agaynste an other but in a charitable vnitie seruynge one an other i. Corhi xii so maye there no stryfe nor debate be founde in the con gregacion of God i. Corhin i. so that any man shoulde onely care and take thought for hym selfe and not care nor loke vpon his brothers lacke but the one muste helpe and care for the other in al thynges necessary where he can or maye Gal. vi and no man must seke that that is his but euery one the others wealth Philip ii And lykewise as of the graynes of corne can not be baken breade but through fyre euē so can not the congregacion be a right spirituall lofe wherof Paule speaketh but through burning loue charitie And so ought y t christē congregacion to be one lofe i. Cor. x. For lykewyse as many graynes are sowen to the entēt that breade shoulde be baked of it So soweth the greate father of housholde his preciouse wheate into the acre or grounde of this world to the entent that they all shoulde become one lofe and breake the supper of the Lorde rightly after the wordes of Paule we many are all one breade and one body in as much as we are parte takers of one breade i. Cor. x. And where so euer the congregacion is not so apoynted and the breade broken in thys maner there is the bread eaten and the wyne drōken to a iudgement from the whiche God the merciful father wyll defende and kepe all diligent louers of the euerlastyng trueth tho●…owe his vnexpressable goodnesse and mercye Amen ¶ Of the very chrstian kyngdome VVE beleue also that god the heauēly father hath gyuen to his onely begotten sone Iesu Christe al powre in heauen and erth Math. xxviii yea as Paule sayth He hath set hym on his ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all powre rule myght and domynyon and a boue al that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in the worlde tocome Ephe. i. Aboue all this hath the heauēly father especyally instituted and ordeined Iesu Christ his onely begotten sonne to be a kyng ouer the mount of