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A10468 The boke of Barthram priest intreatinge of the bodye and bloude of Christ wryten to greate Charles the Emperoure, and set forth. vii.C. yeares a goo. and imprinted. an. d[omi]ni M.D.XLviii. Cum preuilegio, ad imprimendum solum.; De corpore et sanguine Domini. English Ratramnus, monk of Corbie, d. ca. 868.; Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516.; Hugh, William, d. 1549. 1548 (1548) STC 20749; ESTC S115653 21,331 36

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mutacion is made other wyse then corporallye also that not to be the thyng which is sene in verite but some other whyche is not perceyued to be thoughe hys power and peculyer benynge or yf they wyll not confesse thys nedes they must denye the body and bloud of christ whych is a wycked thyng to do not in wordes only but also in thought but forasmuch as they do confesse the body and bloude of christe to be there and that it cannot be there but by the reason of mutacion frome a worse thynge to a better it muste folowe that the mutacion be made not corporallye but spirituallye yet and so that we maye saye that it is do spiritually For vnder the veale of corporall bread and wyne is the spirituall bodye and bloud of christ yet is there not the existencie of too dyuers thynges that is to saye of the bodye and the spyrite but one and the same thynge after one sorte is the kynde of breade and wyne after one other sorte the body and bloude of christ for in that both of them are touched they be the kyndes of corporall creatures through the power by the which they at spiritually made they be the mysteries of the body and bloud of Christe Let vs consyder the well of holy baptysme whych is called not wythout a cause the well of lyfe because that is confyrmeth thos that discende into it wyth the mounte of a better lyfe maketh thē lyue to iustice whych ware before dead in synne The element of the water hath not hys power for yf it shuld not opteyne the vertue of sainctificaciō it could not wasshe away the spotte of synne And yf it sholde not cōteyne the vygore of lyfe vtterlye it sholde not be able to gyue lyfe to the deade I meane not my flesshe but ●n soule yet in the fountayne yf we haue respect onelye to the thynge whych our corporall sence comprehendeth we shall fynde nothynge but water subiecte to corruption and that whych hath none other vertue but to wasshe our bod●es Yt after that the vertue of the holy goost hath accesse by the concrea●●on of the baptyser yt is of the efficacy not only to wasshe oure bodyes but also by a spirituall power to wasshe awaye the spiritual fylthe frō our solles Lo in one element we se two thynges the one resystinge the other that is to saye a corruptyble thing to gyue in corruption and a thynge wythout lyfe to contrybute lyfe Therfore knowe that in thys well is one thyng sencyble and therfore mutable and curruptible Also an other thynge that onely fayth beholdeth and therfore incorruptible immortall And yf a mā requyre what that is whych wassheth the body it ●s nothynge but an elemēt but yf a man cōsyder that whych inwardely purgeth that is a lyuely vertue a vertue of sanctification a vertue of immortalyte therfore the lycore in hys propertie is corruptible in the mysterye holsome vertue euē so the bodye the bloude of christ cōsydered outwardely is a creature doughtles subiecte to mutabilite corrupciō but yf a mā pondre the vertue of the mysterye it is lyfe geuynge immortalite to thos that be partakers of it Therfore it is not al one thynge that is sene that is beleued For thos thynges that be sene do onely fede the corruptyble bodye they beynge corruptible them selues But thos thynges whych are not sene do fede the immortall solles they beynge immortall them selues The apostel wrytynge to the Corinthians sayeth know you not that all oure fathers ware vnder a cloude that all passed ouer the see that all they were baptysed in Moyses in the cloude in the see that all they haue eaten the same sprituall meate and that all they haue dronken the same spiritual drinke They dyd drinke of the spirituall stone folowing them the stone also was christ Thus we perceyue that the see had a kynde of baptisme the clowde also that the fathers of the olde Testamēt ware baptized in the cloude in the see Coulde the cloude or the see of thē selues haue the vertue of baptisme or coulde they sanctifye the people Yet dare we not accuse the Apostell of lyenge for that he sayd our fathers ware baptyz●d in the cloud in the see And although the baptysme was a type a fygure of the baptysme of christ that is now vsed in the church Yet no mā that hath hys wytnes wyl say that it also was not baptysme it selfe or that oure fathers ware not baptyzed therin except he wyll varye frome the Apostell as a mad mā Therfore the see clowde not in that they ware creatures bodyes deade toke the clerenes of sanctifycatiō of the holy speryte For in thē was a visyble forme whych appereth playnlye to the corporall sence and wythin a spirituall power which was onely euydent to the eyes of the mynde fayth Lykewyse manna geuen to the people frō heauē the water flowinge out of the rocke ware corporall and corporally they fedde the people gaue thē drinke Yt the Apostel nameth that manna that water spirituall meat spiritual drinke and why verely bycause that there was in thos corporall substāces a spiritual power of the worde whych fedde the myndes rather then the bodyes of the beleuynge people spiritually gaue thē drinke not wythstanding theyr meate and drynke dyd prefygurate the bodye bloude of christe whych the church doth ●●●●●rate Yet saynt Paule affyrmeth that oure fathers dyd eate the same spirituall meate and drinke the same spiritual drinke A mā wyll aske perauenture what he meaneth by this worde the same truly he meaneth that they dyd eate the same spirituall meate whyche the faythfull eateth drinketh now a dayes in the church we may not vnderstande dyuers thynges for christe is was alwayes on And the same christ whych fedde the people that ware thē baptyzed in the deserte in the clowde in the see wyth hys flesshe and his bloude fedeth now the people in the church of hys faythful with the breade of hys bodye the water of hys bloude thys thynge the Apostel dyd playnly declare by that which foloweth sayenge they haue eatē the same spirituall meate dronkē the same spirituall drinke They dyd drinke of the same spirituall stone followyng them the stone was christe So we vnderstande that christ was in the spirituall stone in the deserte And that he gaue the water of hys bloude to the people And afterwarde gaue to vs hys bodye whyche was borne of a virgyn crucifyed for the helthe of the faythfull And not only that we myght be redemyd but also that we myght drynke therof It is a maruelous thynge that Christ all though he was incūprehensyble inestimable And that he had not yt put vpon hym the nature of man had not yet tasted death for the helthe of the worlde nor redemyd vs wyth hys bloud For al that our fathers
one and yf they be not all one how is it called the body of christ and the verye blode For yf it be the verye bodye of christ and be called the same Truly because it is the body of christe it is the body of christe in verite that is to say Yf it be the very body of christ then it is the body of christ incorruptyble and inpassyble and by that eternall Therfore by thys reason the bodye of christ whych is celebrate in the churche must neades be incorruptible and eternall but we can not denye that thyng to be corruptible whych is deuyded in peces broken with our tethe and goeth into the belye but that is one thyng whych is done externly that an other whych is beleued by fayth whatsoeuer the sences attayne vnto is corruptible and that whych fayth beleueth is incorruptible Therfore that which appereth outwardly is not the thynge it self but an Image of the thynge but that whych is perceyued understande in the mynde is the very thynge Therfore Saynt Austen speakynge of the body and blode of christ in the exposicyon of the gospell of S. Ihon sayet● thus Moyses dyd eate manna Aarō dyd eat 〈◊〉 dyd eate and many moo dyd eate whyche pleased god they dyed not Why Uerelye because they vnd●●stode the visyble meate spirituallye they fylled them selues spirituallye We also do receyue nowe the visible meate yet the sacrament is one thīg and the vertue of the sacrament an other he sayeth also This is the breade whiche discended from heuē Manna dyd signifye this breade the altare of god dyd sign●fye this breade these ware sacramentes dyuers in theyr fygures yet in the thynge whiche is signifyed they were lyke Here the apostle Paule I wolde not haue you ignoraunte o brethren sayeth he that our fathers were vnder a cloude and al they passed ouer the see and all were baptysed in moyses in the cloude and in the see and all they dyd eate the same spirituall meate all they dyd drynke the same spirituall drynke therfore they dyd eate the same spirituall meate that we do for there corporall meate was an other thynge they dyd eate manna we eate an other thynge yet theyr spirituall meate was all one with oures he addith and all they dyd drynke on spirituall drynke In the visible kynde our drynke they●is were dyuers yet in the spirituall vertue they dyd both signifye one thynge How dyd they drynke the same They dronke sayeth he of the spirituall stone folowynge them and the stone truly was christ from whence they had the breade from whence they had the drynke the stone was chryste in a fygure the very chryst is in fleshe and blode Further this is the breade discendynge from heuen that yf any man eate of it he shall lyue for euer but it is that whiche perteineth to the vertue of the sacrament and not the visyble sacrament it selfe And he shall lyue whiche eateth within not he that eateth withoute whiche eatethe in his harte not that braketh with his touthe He sayeth also repetynge the wordes of out sauyour this doth offend you because I say I gyue my flesh to be eatē of you my blode to be drōkē Therfore yf you shal se he son of mā ascēdyng where he was fyrst What meaneth this Here he dissolued that which moued thē Here he disclosed wherfore they were offēded They thought that he wold haue spēt his body among thē But he sayde that he wold ascend hole into heuē Whā ye se the son of mā ascēdyng where he was fyrst truly then ye shall se that he wyll not bestowe his body so as ye santifye that he wyll Verely ye shall vnderstande that his grace is not cōsumed by morsels Also he sayth hym self The spirite is he that quyckeneth the flesh profyteth nothyng The wordes that I haue spokē to you sayeth christ be spirite lyfe that is to say they are spiritually to be vnderstande Thou hast vnderstāde spiritually they be spirite lyfe vnto the. Thou hast vnderstād carnally they be spirite lyfe but not to the Thus we are taught by the auctorite of this doctor in treatynge of the wordes of the lord touchīg the sacramēte of his body bloude that those wordes of christe are to be vnderstande spiritually not carnally As he sayeth the wordes which I spoke to you be spirit lyfe he meaneth the wordes that he spoke cōcerning the eating of his flesh the drinke of his blod wher with the apostles were offēded Therfore lest they shuld be offēded styl ye●euyne mayster calleth thē agayne frō the flesh to the spirite frō the corporall visyon to the inuisible intelligēce We se therfore after what maner the meate of the body of the lord the drink of his blod be his very body his very blod Verely ī the respect that they be spirite lyfe thinges that be al one be cōprehended in one definicion It is sayd of the very body of christ that he is very god very man god that was borne of the father before the begynninge man that was borne in the later dayes of the virgyn mary Seynge that these thynges cannot be sayd of the body of christe whych is in the churche by a mysterye it is knowen to be the body of christ but after a certayn maner thys maner is in fygure and in Image that the verite and the thynge it selfe maye be perceaued in the prayers whyche are sayde after the mysterye of the body bloude of christ to the whyche the people say amen Thus it is pronunced with the voyce of the preist we takyng the pledge of euerlasting lyfe desyre most humbly that we may receyue with manifest participacion that thynge whych we touche in the Image of the sacramēt Thus they be the pledge and the Image of an other thyng that is to say they respecte an other thyng and not thē selues A pledge is of that thynge for the whych it is geuen An Image is an Image of that thynge whose symilitude it sheweth These do sygnifye the thinges wherof th●y be but they do not manifestly shew them saying it is so it appereth that this body a●d bloude are the pledge and the Image of the thynge to come that the thynge it selfe whych is now shewed by a symilitude may here after be reueled manyfestly And yf they signifye that thyng now which here after shal be manyfeste doutles it is one thynge whych is done nowe and an other that shal be manifeste in tyme to come Wherfore that whych is celebrated of the church is the bodye and bloude of christ but it is a pledge and as an Image the verye bodye shal be sene whan no Image and pledge shall appere but the verite of the thynge it selfe Thys also is another prayer whyche is vsed about the sacramente Make perfyte in vs good lord we beseche the that that thyng whych the sacrament dothe conteyne that we maye
in the deserte by a spiritual meate an inuisyble drinke dyd eate hys body drynke hys bloude As the apostell wytnesseth sayeng our fathers haue eaten the same spirituall meate dronken the same spirituall drinke here we cannot know by reason how this thinge was done Yet to the doynges fayth must be adhibited for it is he truly whych by hys omnipotente vertue turneth the breade the wyne spiritually into hys flesshe hys bloude also whyche at the tyme made inuycyble the manna that was gyuen from heauē hys body the water powred out of the rocke his blode The which Dauid perceyuinge dyd protest in the holy goost sayenge man hath eaten the breade of angels It ware a fond thynge to suppose that thys corporall manna geuen to oure fathers fedeth the heuenly hoost of angels or that they do eate any suche meate which be rether fedde wyth the dayntyes of goddes worde The psalmyst declar●th playne or the holye goost rather speaketh in the psalmyste both what our fathers receyued in that heauēly manna and what the faythfull ought to beleue in the mysterie of the body blode of christ in the both truly christ is signifyed whych is not only the meate of angels but also fedeth the soules of the faytfull And neyther of these happen in corporall tast or feadyng but in the vertue of the spirituall worde The euāgeliste teachet that Iesus christe before he suffred toke breade gaue thākes distributed it to his apostles sayeng thys is my body whych shal be geuē for you do this in my remembraunce Lykewyse he toke the cup after he had supt sayeng thys is the newe testamēt in my bloude which shal be shed for you We se that christ dyd worke the mistery of his body blode before he suffered We dought not but euery faythfyll man beleueth that the breade was made the bodye of christe whych he gaue to hys disciples sayeng thys is my body that is geuē for you And also that the cuppe dyd cōteyne the bloude of christ whereof he sayeth thys cuppe is the newe testament in my bloude that shal be shedde for you Therfore as he coulde turne the substance of breade and the creature of wyne into hys proper body before he dyed So coulde he in the deserte turne the manna and the water of the rocke into hys flesshe bloude not wythstandinge that his fleshe was hanged on the crosse for vs. And hys bloude shed for vs longe after heare also we ought to consyder what is ment by thes wordes excepts you shall eate the flesshe of the sonne of mā drynke hys bloude you shall not haue lyfe in you He sayde not that hys flesshe whych hanged on the crosse shulde be eatē in pecys eaten of the Apostles nor that hys blode whych he shedde for the redēptiō of the world sholde be gyuē hys disciples to drinke for it ware a wycked thing yf hys fleshe shuld be eatē or his bloud dronkē as the infydelles toke it Therfore he sayd to his disciples takyng the wordes of christ not vnfaythfully yt scarcely perceyuing how the same was to be vnderstand thes doughtes offēde Therfore yf you shall se the sonne of mā ascendynge thether where as he was before As though he shulde saye you maye not thynke my fleshe to be eatē of you corporally or my bloude to be drouken of you corporally neyther that my flshe shal be deuyded into pecys for asmuch as after my resurrectiō ye shal se me affende into heauē wyth the fulnes of my holy body blode thē ye shal wel perceyue that my fleshe is not to be eatē of thos that beleue as the infydels thynke but that the bread the wyne chaunged by a mysterye into the substance of my body bloude is to be receyued of the faythfull he sayeth also cōsequētly The sperite is he that quickeneth the flesh profyteth nothing after eny such sorte as the vnfaythfull vnderstande other wyse it gyueth lyfe as the faythfull take it by a mysterye And therfore he sayeth the sperite is he that quickeneth So in this mysterye of the body bloude of Christe here is a spirituall operacion geuyng lyfe wyth u●e the whych operacion the mysteryes be vnprofyatable for well maye they fede the bodye but the soule they cannot Here springeth a questiō ●●e whych proposed some saye that thos thynges be done in verite not in mysterye wherin they shewe them selues playn●lye to repungue agaynst the wrytynges of the holye fathers Saynte Austen the doctour of the churche in the thyrde of hys boke de doctrina christ●ana wryteth thus Excepte you eate sayeth our sauyour the fleshe of the sonne of man drynke hys bloude you shal haue no lyfe in you He semyth to commaund a wycked thyng therfore it is a fygure cōmandyng vs to be cōmunicators of hys passion surelye also profytable to peruerte in our memories that his fleshe was ●ōdyd crucifyed for our sakes Thus saynt Austen affyrm●th the mysterye of the body and bloud of christ to be celebrate of the faythfull vnder a fygure for he sayeth it is no poynte of religion but rather of iniquite to take hys flesshe a●d hys bloud carnally as they did whych vnderstode not christ●s wordes spyry●uallye but carnallye wente back therfore and departed from hym Among many thynges in hys Epystell to bonyeface he wryteth thus Truelye we vse to saye of tymes when Ester draw●th nere that tomorowe or nexte daye shal be the passyon of the Lorde not wythstandyng he suffered hys passiō many yeres befor Neyther dyd he suffre but ons Also on Easter day we customably saye this daye the Lorde hath rysen And it manye yeares hath passyed in dede syns he rose for sayēg this we shuld be reported as shameful lyers sauing that we do name thys after the sim●litude of the dayes them selues wherin the thinges were done So we may say thys is the daye though it be not the day it selfe in dede But by the reuelacyon of tyme lyke vnto it And so we say the thynge is done this day for the celebraciō of the sacramēt whych is not done thys day in dede but was done a great whyle before was not christ once offred in him selfe And yet in the sacramēt he is offred to the faythful people not only euery Easter but euery day nether is he founde a lyer that answereth to a man askyng the questiō that he is offered For yf the sacramēt had not a certayne sym●litude of those thinges wherof they be sacramētes they were no sacramētes at all for the lykenes many tymes the sacramētes take the names of the thynges thē selues Therfore lyke as after a sorte the sacramēt of the body of christ is the body of christ the sacramēt of the bloud of christ is the bloud of christ So the sacramet of fayth is fayth Thus we perceyue that saint Austē affyrmeth the sacramēt to be one thyng the thynge it selfe