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A17659	A faythfull and moost godlye treatyse concernyng the most sacred Sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of our sauioure Chryst, co[m]piled by Iohn Caluyne, a man of no lesse lernyng and lytterature then godly studye, and example of liuyng. And translated into Latin by Lacius a man of lyke excellencie. And nowe last of all, translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother, no lesse desirous to profyt the weake brotheres then to exercise the talent of the Lorde to his honoure and glorye. In declaration whereof, he hath set before this lytle booke an epistle to the reader much more effectuous then in the fyrst edicion. Whereunto the order that the churche and congregation of Christ in Denmarke doth vse at the receyuying of baptisme, the Supper of ye Lorde, and wedlocke: is added. Myles Couerdale; Petit traicté de la Saincte cene. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Danske folkekirke.	1548 (1548)	STC 4411; ESTC S107182	57,569	98

● bytter paynes of purgatory We must beleue that oure beynge presente at this theyre sacrifice as they cal it shal geue vs good spead in all oure affayres be they neuer so deuely she We must beleue that a priest beynge neu●● so vngodly in hys lyuinge neuer so much subiect vnto synne neuer so much the deuels member is the ministre of God and that hys prayer sacrifice in the masse is acceptable to God In fine we must beleue that theire masses be of strēgth to purchayse the assistence of god in all dayngers and a present remedy against plage penurye and all diseases both of man beast agaynst warres robberyes and all incursions of enemies both bodely and gostely How can these assertions stande wyth the cōmunion of Christes body and bloude dyd Christe shewe the bread to his apostles and then eate it hym selfe to certifye their consciences therby Dyd he byd any one of them take bread and wyne shew them to the residewe of the faythfull so ofte as they woulde cōmunicate hys body and bloud and then eate and dryncke all hym selfe in stiede of all the faythfull that shoulde be present I thynke no man is so muche wythoute shame ones to thynke it But I knowe y ● 〈◊〉 of theyr erroure They say that as Christ was the hygh priest or bysshop to ministre vnto his apostles the communion of his body bloude whych he dyd in dead offer on the crosse to his father so dyd he ordayne hys apostles and in them all that shoulde succede them priestes to offer vp the selfe same saye they to applie the sacrifice done by Chryste wyth the merites of the same to thē that are present ther at or that shall by any meanes haue it done for them Oh blynde bussardes Where are youre spirituall eyes become Dyd Christe beynge the hyght priest distribute the bread to his apostles to y ● intent that they all other theyr successoures● should shew the bread and wyne to the people and thē eate and drynke all them selues A mā that hathe so moche gostely knowledge as the grayne of a mustarde seed woulde not faile to saye that Christ ment rather that the Apostles and priestes shoulde distribute the breade and wyne amonge the faythfull people wyssynge them to certifye them selues thereby that they are partakers of the body and bloud of Christ. For what sayth the text So ofte as you shall do thys ye shall do it in the remembraunce of me But what was it that they shoulde do in the remembraunce of hym For soeth diuide bread and wyne amongeste them The priuate receynynge of the breade and wyne therfore can by no meanes stande wyth the institucion of Christe whiche was that accordynge to his example we shoulde by the diuidynge of bread and wyne amongeste vs certifye oure selues that we are all partakers wyth Christe in hys redempcion through the raūsome that he payd for vs on the crosse Howe standeth thys with our heareynge of masse to the intent to spede the better thereby when we go aboute oure worldely businesses be they honeste or vnhonest godly or vngodly Forsoeth I suppose euen as much as the carying of bread in mans pourse in the nyghte tyme or in a tempest ser●eth to kepe hym from blastynge wyth euyll ayres So that I dare be bolde to affirme that this heareynge of masse is no better then me●e supersticion and the masse it selfe so farre frō the i●stitucion of Christe that it seameth not to be any parte of the cōmemoracion of Christes passion But a mere inuention of man ●●epte into the churche by the subtyll suggestion of our moste cruell and maliciouse enemye the deuyll who hath alwayes endeuoured to poysone all the holsome foode of mans soule as it appeareth ryghte well by the great abuse that thys moste sacred Sacramente is grouen vnto Thys was and ought to be so necessary a foode to the soule that without it no christian can ●arie in Christ nother haue Christ tary ynge in him wherby it is playne that without thys foode no soule hath any lyffe in it For Christe is the lyfe that is in the christian soule No lesse necessarye therfore is thys foode to the soules of the cōgregacion thē sinewes be to the bodye to holde the ioynetes togyther Our aduersarye therefore coulde in no case be quiet tyll he had poysoned thys so necessarye foode corruptinge therin the vertue strength to vnitte and knytte the christians to Christe theyr heade makynge it of force to draw them quytte from hym by puttyng theyr confidence in it trustyng to redeame theyr synnes by ofte offeryng vp therof in so much that they fel to foundynge of Abbayes chauntreis and anniuersaries for the saluacion of theyr soules for so was it alwayes specifyed and condicioned in the wrytynges made betwene the founders of suche abbayes chauntries and anniuersaryes and the receyuers of the yerelye rentes gyuen to that vse Yea rather abuse And in thys miserable estate hath it continued euen these .vi. hundreth yeres poysonynge the soules of them that shoulde haue bene fedde therby But here must I beware that our enemye do not poysone these wordes of myne also causeynge men to vnderstande me as one that woulde deny it to be possible for any man to tarye in Christe or to haue Christe taryinge in hym vnlesse he receyue these visible sacramentes or signes breade and wyne No doubte christian reader the belefe truste in Christe is the mea●e wherby Christ taryeth in vs and we in hym But thys beliefe and trust are established and confirmed by the vse of these visi●le signes As thys beliefe and truste therfore are necessarye to the abydynge in Chryst so is the vse of these holye Sacramentes also for that it is the establyshment and confirmyng of the sayd beleue and trust To all them therfore to whom this beleue and trust are necessarie are these sacred Sacramentes also necessary Where vpon I conclude that all Christians which are of age and discresion to deserne the fayth in Chryst ought also to vse these moost holy Sacramentes to establyshe and confyrme thys fayth withall And Chryst knowyng the weakenes of manne and howe hard it was to beate into his head the vnderstandyng of the hygh mystery of the perticipation and communion that all faythfull shoulde haue in hys merites vsed these visible signes that we myght in them euen with oure senses perceyue this wonderful distribucion of the body and bloud of Chryst amonge his faythfull whyche oure grosse nature coulde no more compasse wythout these visible sygnes then the carnall and fleshly Iewes coulde when Chryst tolde them of the eatyng of his flesh and drynkyng of his bloud by beleuyng in hym To helpe our wekenes therfor it pleased the almyghtie wysdome of the Lorde to declare vnto vs by our senses the thyng that y e same senses caused the Iewes to abhorre The maner I saye of oure perticipation and communion in Chryst and all that euer he

remembraunce An other signe to declare thys misterye by Thys cuppe of wyne is but one body and yet is it made of many grapes and so are you but one bodye althoughe you be manye so longe as you be ioyned together by fayth It comforteth the herte and the lyuely spirites of the bodye and so doth my bloude shed on the crosse comforte the soule By thys action haue I declared vnto you the misterie of the paticipation you haue in me by fayth Use you the same that thys your delyueraunce by me may neuer slippe out of your mynde We haue eaten the lambe whyche putteth vs in remembraunce of the wonderfull delyueraūce out of the captiuitie in Egypte whyche was done more then a thousande yeares paste So shall you eat thys bread and drynke this cuppe in remembruance of your redemption and deliueraūce our of the spiritual Egipte and from the spiritual Pharao the dyuell And when you shalbe demaunded what you meane by this eatynge drynkynge you shall saye We where through the synne and transgression of the fyrst man Adā made bonde mē and captynes to the dyuel out of whyche bondage we could by no meanes be delyuered tyll it had pleased God the father to sende hys onelye begotten sonne to take oure nature vpon hym that he myght dye and be an acceptable sacryfyce to pacyfye the fathers wrathe Wherfore the night before he suffered he declared vnto vs by these visyble sygnes what cōmunyon we haue in hym of all that euer he deserued for vs. And then he cōmaūded vs to vse the same bycause we shoulde be alwayes put in remembraunce of that our redemption and delyueraunce none other wyse them Moyses dyd to the Israelytes the nighte before he dyd by the wonderfull myght of God brynge them out of the greate captiuytie wher in they were holden in Egypt The wordes of saynt Paule to the corhinthians do teach no lesse them I haue here wrytten For he sayeth so often as you eate thys breade and drynke this cup you shal declare the death of the lorde tyll he come And therfore who so euer eateth of thys bread or drynketh of thys cup vnworthely doth eate and drynke hys owne dampnation Here is a playne declaration of the ende purpose of Christ when he instituted this most sacred sacramēt Forsoth to kepe in remēbrāce hys mooste dolorouse death preciouse bloude moste plēteously shed vpō the crosse And who so euer eateth drinketh it vnworthly that is to saye for any other purpose thē for the same it was ordeined for the same eateth drinketh hys owne dāpnation I thynke not contrarie but y ● moste men wyl thynke this a straūge interpretation of this place for as moche as the moste auncient yea all y e doctours that make any mencion of this place and Caluine hym selfe in this boke whyche I haue translated do applye the vnworthynesse in receyuynge of thys Sacrament to the vnpenitent hert of the persone whiche receyueth it And in very dede such one is farre vnworthy to receyue so worthy a Sacrament for as much as he is not the membre nor seruaunt of Christ but a membre of the deuyll and seruaunt to synne And thys interpretation is no lesse godly then fruitfull For therby are the membres of Christe put in feare to presume to come to the table of the lorde vnlesse they haue fyrst examined found them selues the trewe membres of Christe indued and adorned with perfyt faith hope and charitie But yf we wyl go to the natyue sence of the text we shal perceyue that in this place Paule speaketh of the small regarde the Corhinthians had to thys mooste sacred Sacrament not vsyng it wyth so much reuerence as they ought to do For he addeth these wordes Puttynge no difference of the Lordes body As he shoulde haue sayed esteamyng it nothing better then the cōmune bread wherwyth they fedde theyr bodyes The phrase of speakyng gyueth this interpretation for yf I say This man was not worthely enterteyned I meane not that the partie whiche enterteyned him was not worthye to enterteyne so noble a man but that he was not vsed as was beseamyng for such a mā to be vsed So that to receyue the Sacramēt vnworthely is to receyue it otherwyse or for an other purpose then it oughte to be receyned for y ● is after any other forme or for any other purpose then y ● wordes of y ● first institutiō do declare For whē y e vse of good thinges is altred frō y ● purpose ende they were fyrste ordeyned for then are they vnworthely handled Al they therfore whyche do priuately receyue the Sacramēt eyther to merite them selues or other other that do make it a sacrifyce for the redemption of synne or to pacify goddes wrathe in any cōdition or after any other forme or for any other purpose thē is declared in the wordes of the fyrst institution do receyue it to theyr dampnation putting no difference of the Lordes bodye but vsynge it as a matter of marchaundyse or occupacion to get theyr lyuynge vpon They onely receyue it worthely which receiue it as a most worthy Sacrament and signe representynge vnto vs the cōmunion and partipacion we haue in all that euer Christe dyd or purchased for vs by taking our nature sufferyng therin al maner of moste miserable afflicions finally by hys mooste cruel and dolorouse death Therfore to hoyse it ouer theyr heades to daunce it ouer the cuppe to cary it in the stretes wyth a great pompe and glorye to bowe theyr knees and to knocke theyr breastes before it and to locke it vp in a pire to haue it ready to serue at al houres all suche chapmen as shall cal for it is but a polytyke caste of the marchauntes whyche displeye and set abrode to be sene suche marchaundyse as they woulde faynest sel As they do offende whiche neglecte and contemne thys moste holy mistery esteaming it no better then the comon breade wherewyth ou●e bodyes be fedde so do they also offende whiche honoure it wyth diuine honoure makynge it therby an ydol of all other moste to be abhorred both for that as they vse it it is a playne Antichriste spoylynge Christe of his victorye atchyued by the ones offeryng of hym felfe for all and al●o for that it pulleth the beleauers theron from the true adoracion of God the father and maketh them to ho●our for the inuisible immēse and eternall god that visible mensueable and corruptible breade wyne Yea as they vse it it is not the communion of Christes body and bloude at all but a fonde inuencion of theyr owne For Christe dyd not make so manye crossynges and blessinges and then eate it vp all him selfe But we must beleue that they recey●● it for vs and in all oure names We must beleue that theyr receauynge of it is the application of Christes merites to vs. We must beleue that they can therby releue y ● soules in y

deserued for vs. For euen as we se that we beyng many are partakers of one loofe of breade by eatynge therof and of one cuppe of wyne by drynkyng thereof so are we certified by that participation that we beyng manye beleuynge in Chryst are by that belefe made partakers of Chryste and wyth Chryste in al that is his none otherwyse then all the membres of one bodye be partakers of all ioyes and pleasures that chaunce to the heade For as the lofe wherof we eate is made of manye graynes and the Cuppe of wyne wherof we drynke is made of manye grapes and yet is but one Cuppe of wyne and the lofe but one lofe euen so are we that beleue in Christe but one bodye wyth hym and he oure heade notwythstandyng we be manye in numbre and of diuerse nacions estates and condicions For as in the body be diuers mēbers seruynge to diuers vses so are there in the congregacion of Christe whyche Paule calleth the bodye of Christe diuers estates Some Apostles some preachers and some teachers And as in the bodye is no membre wher vnto is not appoynted hys peculiare and necessarye office So in the congregacion of Christ is there none estate or condicion but it is profitable yea necessarye to the other Thys is a greate misterye sayeth Paule the misterye I saye of Christe and hys congregacion for it is hys bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones Not that the congregacion or churche is that naturall bodye that dyed on the crosse nor we the members of the same churche the fleshe and bones of the same But for that it was that congregacion it was we the membres of thys churche that caused Christe to take oure nature vpon hym that therein he myghte satisfye for oure synnes makynge vs partakers wyth hym in thys satisfaction and so are we hys bodye and membres that is to saye hys bodye and membres were and are the pryce wherewyth we were redeamed out of the captiuitie and thrawledome that we were in ▪ Thys misterye is greate and farre aboue the beastelye mans capacitie But yf we wyll be geuen to the spirite the spirite shall minister vnto vs abundauntly the vnderstandinge therof For it is a comon phrace or maner of speakynge amongeste vs when anye hath bestowed his money vpon any kynde of marchaundyse we saye Lo here is my xx.li or here are his hundreth markes showynge forth the wares that were bought wyth my xx.li or his hūdreth markes so that here the thynge boughte bearethe the name of the price In lyke maner doth Paule call the cōgregacion redeamed by Chistes bodye his verie bodie his fleshe and his bones because it is the machaūdice that was bought with his bodie his fleshe and his bones The mooste sacred sacramentes also of the bodye and bloud of Christ are called his body and bloude because they declare vnto vs what the bodie and bloude of Christ be vnto vs none other wyse then I call thys boke the suppet of the Lorde because it declareth the supper of the lorde so that here thou mayste se gentle readar wherin thou hast bene so farte and so longe deceyued Forsoeth in that thou haste not knowne nor consydered the causes why these moste holy sacramentes beare the names of that they represēt shew or declare vnto vs ▪ But haste grosselye persuaded thy selfe with the carnall and fleshly Iewes y ● Christe spake carnallye myndynge to tourne the substaunc● of the breade and wyne into the substance o● his body and bloude when he sayed vnto hi● disciples thys is my bodye But doubtless● good christian brother oure mooste cruel ene●mye hath in thys poynt vttered euen the grea●test parte of his maliciouse practyse He hat● not faylled alwayes to beate into oure heades the omnipotencie of God who coulde by his worde make al thynges of nought his veritie whyche wyll not suffer hym to leaue oughte vndone that he sayeth is or shall be done and then his wordes at his laste supper Thys is my hody c. Here laboureth he wyth toeth and nayle as they saye to kepe vs in the playne letter that we measure not these wordes by the scriptures of lyke phrace The veritie it selfe sayeth he hath spoken it wherfore it can not be otherwise The onely almyghtye which created all thynges by his worde hath sayed it it is not therfore impossible that it shoulde be so Thou arte a christian man and hast professed to beleaue all the wordes of Christe to be trewe though thy reasone can not comprehende the maner howe And wylte thou wyth the carnal and fleshly Iewes doubt in the perfourmance of the wordes that thy Sauioure shall speake He sayed that a vyrgyne shoulde brynge forth a chylde and wylte not thou beleaue it bycause thou canste not by reasone be persuaded that it is possible for a vyrgyne to brynge sorth a chylde what coulde the obstinate Iewes do more then blyndely and obstinately saye Howe can thys man gyue vs hys fleshe to eate and hys bloude to drynke And wylte thou be as obstinate as they and thynke it impossible for hym to gyue the his fleshe yea hys very naturall fleshe and bloude vnder the fourme of br●ade and wyne Oh subtylle serpent Oh crafty dissembler Nowe chaungeste thou thy selfe into an angell of lyghte Thou ●adest the Iewes abhorre Christes wordes bycause the law whych they professed taught them that it was abominable to eate the rawe fleshe or drynke the bloude of any beast muche more of a man And bycause they shoulde not consyder and vnderstande the spiritual eating of his dodye and drynkynge of his bloude by fayth thou puttest them in mynde of the corruptible Manna that the fathers dyd eate in wyldernesse And that notwythstandyng that breade came from heauen yet was it not of suche lyuelye force that it myghte preserue the eaters therof from death Yea thou heldeste them in opinion that it was not possible for Christe to gyue them his fleshe to eate and his bloude to drynke after suche sorte that theyr stomakes myght awaye wyth all Wherfore they sayed Howe can this felowe gyue vs his fleshe to eate and his bloude to drynke But here thou commest vnto vs with the contrary Thou byddest vs beleaue that he was able to chaunge breade and wyne into his fleshe and bloude that we myght therby awaye wyth the deuouryng therof Thus thou playest on both handes wyth them bycause they shoulde not loke for any spirituall eatynge or drynkyng of Christes fleshe and bloude And wyth vs that we shoulde not regarde the spirituall eatynge and drynkynge but that we shoulde moste regarde the fleshely deuourynge of the bread and wyne So that neyther the Iewes nother we● can come to the trewe eating of Christes fleshe and drynkyng of his bloud by vnfayned fayth in hym and his merities Here mayeste thou playnely se most dearely beloued in the lorde by what meanes our gostely enemy hath spoyled vs of the vse of these mooste preciouse

not tyl the houre stryke And at the quere dore besyde the table of the Lorde stande two good sober synginge men whyche commenly a quarter of an houre a fore the sermon beginne a psalme and all the people bothe olde and yonge wyth one voyce do synge wyth them after such a fashiō that euery note answereth to a syllabe and euery sillabe to one note commenly and no mo so that a man maye wel vnderstand what the●synge But fyrst for the moste parte they syng the Pater noster in theyr mother tonge then the Psalmes some tyme mo some tyme fewer accordyng as the tyme requireth but al in ther owne language Now whan the clocke smyteth which is comēly .vii. in Sōmer but .viii. in wynter the superattendaūt or chiefe curate commeth in to the pulpyt and fryste of all he wysheth vnto his audience and to hym selfe ▪ grace merye and peace from God the father through his blessed sone Iesus Christe oure sauiour And to the intent that theyr hertes maye be opened to the true vnderstandynge of the gospel which he is aboute to preach vnto them he exhorteth them to call for helpe to the holye Goost So after that the two foresayde men or at the least one of them hath orderly begonne all the thurch folowethe and synge with one voyce vnto the holy Gost this songe Ueni sancte spiritus c. or suche an other lyke it in thyr mother tonge ¶ Thē the preacher taketh the gospell of that presente sondaye or some other place of the scripture that he is appoynted to declare and expoundethe it clearely by the other manifeste places of the byble noetynge in it suche lessones such consolacions and such ensamples as are for the edyfienge of his audience ¶ Comenlye at the latter ende of the sermon he maketh a prery shorte rehearsal of it by the way of exhortacyon to the people or prayer towarde God And then requireth he them to confesse and knowledge theyr sinnes vnto God wyth him euery man in hys owne conscience and to saye suche or lyke wordes in hys herte as I haue plurallye expressed in the generall confession that I humblye offered to the Kynges mooste honorable counsayll for the edyfyenge Anno. M. D. xxxix Whan the prieste hathe prayed for all estates and made this or suche a lyke confession in their name he prayeth God to be mercifull to them to blesse them to shewe the lyghte of hys countenaunce ouer them and to haue mercye on them ¶ Then gyueth he them thys or soche a lyke absolucion and sayeth TO all them that repent and are sory for theyr synnes detestinge and abhorring theyr olde wycked lyfe Yf they be hongry and thirste for Gods mercye in Christe beleuynge surelye to haue forgyuenesse onelye by hym purposinge to for sake all abhomynacyon of lyuynge and from hense forthe to lyue in the feare of God and vnfaynedly to kepe his commaundementes To all suche by the vertue of Goddes worde and commission of the same I pronounce and warraunt fre remyssion and cleane forgeuenes of all theyr synnes To the other that wyll not repente ▪ but styll harden theyr hertes agaynst Goddes trueth continually abydynge in the blyndnesse of false doctrine fylthynes of wi●ked lyuyng hauing no purpose nor mynde to come to r●pentaūce To all suche by the vertue of the same worde and commission therof do I pornounce damnacyon and the terrible wrath of god vntyll they amende ¶ So after that he hath wyshed the peace of God vnto hys audyence he commeth downe Then all the congregacyon and church in maner afore sayde do synge the Crede or beleue in theyr owne mother tonge And whan that is done the curate or els his coadiutour standeth vp afore the table of the lorde and requyreth all such as are appoynted then to be partakers therof to be well ware what they do and to make a iuste accompt with them selues after what maner they haue proued and tried theyr owne consciences whether it be done vnfaynedly in an earnest maner whether they be at one with al men and so forth Yf it be so in dede he geueth God thākes for it Yf no he praieth thē right gētly y t they wyll thinke no shame to absēt thē selues frō this holy supper tyl y e recōciliacion be made lest they come to it vnworthely And thē geueth he thē this exhortacion or els another such lyke ¶ An Exhortation at the supper of the Lorde DEare frendes we are all baptised into the death of oure Lorde Iesu Christe wherfore after holy Baptysme we muste all the dayes of our lyfe fyght and stryue in continuall battayle warre agaynst synne death and the deuyl so beare about with vs in our bodies the passion and death of our Lorde Iesu and we proue by experience that the enemies whom we haue to do withal are neyther weake nor feable but mighty and valiant to whose power mē are naturally subdued so y t vpō earth there is none so mighty as to resist thys power of darkenesse throughe hys owne strength so feable and weake is all oure abilitie in comparison thereof For the whyche cause God the father through Christ his deare sonne hath ordeined another power and kingdome in the whiche is ryghtuousnes and lyfe and through his death and bloude hath he delyuered vs and brought vs frō synne to ryghtuousnes from death to lyfe from the deuyll to God hath included the kyngdome of hys grace in the preaching beleuyng and folowing of his worde which beinge begonne in the holy christentie shal go forth vntyll the last daye that we whiche receyue beleue and do after the same worde by the merites of Christe our reconciler and Sauiour shoulde be and continew for euer his deare chyldrē heyres of the kingdom of grace that is to say of euerlasting saluaciō for as much as we through such faith do eate cōtinually his flesh drinke his bloud that is to saye abyde in hym and he in vs. ¶ To the intent now that this so great goodnesse declared by the worde of God myghte dayly amonge vs be practised distributed and exhibited therfore hath the gracious and merciful Lorde Iesus Christ instituted and ordeined a remembraunce of thys his wonderfull worke and cōmaunded that we at his supper in the Sacrament shoulde eate his very body and drynke his very bloude Wherby the hertes of al suche are faythful beleuers and feare God myghte be assured of thys same grace of God and euerlastyng saluacion And also that in the holy cōgregacion and churche his glorious remembraunce myghte 〈◊〉 kepte that is to say to giue him thākes prai●e to sing ●peake preache reade therof to exhorte cōforte one another among them selues And finally wyth all faythfulnesse one to shewe towarde another suche loue and fauour as we oure selues haue receiued of our deare lorde Iesus Christ. ¶ And for as muche as we nowe are hapened in these later dayes in the whyche