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A11083	A treatise of the preparation to the holy supper of our onely saueour and redeemer, Iesus Christe Necessarie for all them that vvil vworthely approche to the Lordes holy table. Also a dialogue containing the principall points, which they that wil recieue the Supper ought to knowe and vnderstand. By Yues Rouspeau minister of the vvord of God. Ttanslated [sic] out of French into English by R.B.; Traitté de la preparation à la saincte cene. English.	Rouspeau, Yves.; R. B., fl. 1570.	1570 (1570)	STC 21351.5; ESTC S106673	28,200	65

meat and drinck all of the self same spirituall drink in that also that we all pretend as Brethren to one self same inheritance whiche is the kingdome of He auen ought not this inflame vs with true and hot looue Finally the making of the bread and wine of the Supper dooth teach vs asso what vnitie and concord we ought to haue one with an other for as we sée that the bread is made of many cornes and yet not withstanding afterwards is but one selfe same lump of Bread as we see also that the Wine is made of many clusters of grapes and yet after it is made is but one onely wine in like sort must the Christians whiche are many in them selues be ioyned togither thorow looue into one body which is the Church wherof Iesus Christe ought tobe the onely hed and leader But we must note that this looue wherunto we are exhorted by so many reasons of the Supper cānot be where there is enuy brauling cōtencions rancour debate diuision and therfore before we com to the Supper whiche is a witnesse of our agréement aswel with Christ as with his congregation if we haue had any strife and cōtention with our brethern we must loouingly reconsile our selues vnto them If any man haue offended vs wée must frankly and fréely forgiue our brethrē yea our enemies as we would that that good God should pardon vs and as wée sée how Iesus Christ our Lord hath left vs an example of this looue when he prayed to God his father for his enemies whiche put him to death as we rede also that S. Stephen did the same Again we must also mark that this looue ought tobe practised in all estates Kings must looue their subiects they must be Nurces of the church of God loouers of cōmon peace they must vse their people with all moderation and clemency So likewise must the people honor the king they must pay him their tribute faithfully they must be obedient to all his Lieutenants and Officers The Pastour must looue his flock he must watch take paines and pray incessantly for it So like wise must the shéep looue their pastour the Fathers their children the Children their fathers and Mothers the Wife the husband and the Husband the wife the Maisters their seruants the Seruants their maisters and euery one in his calling must indeuer to exercise looue in the vocation whervnto God hath called him For other wise it wil be impossible for vs to doo our duties faithfully aswel toward god as toward men if the rule of looue doo not guide and gouern vs in all our dooings Article 5. Necessary obseruations for them that wil come to the Lords table IN the articles aforesaid consisteth the true examining of our selues notwithstanding we must take good héed to these points and notes which folow First we haue to note that we must not rast our heds and bend our braines to examine curiously an other mannes life as many doo whiche stretch out and scanne so narowly the blemishes of their Brethren that they forget their owne It is to be wished and we must procure it asmuch as lyeth in vs that the Church of God may be maintained in puritie without shew of offence But for so muche as in this worlde Corne shall alwaies be mixed with chaffe wéeds with whete good fish with bad Iudas with true Apostles foolish Virgins with wise yet none of vs must be offended therfore and moreouer let euery man indeuour to finde that perfection in him self which he desireth to bring into an other Secondly we must not think that faith repentance giuiuing of thanks looue and other vertues which God requireth of vs can be perfet héer in this world for there wil be alwaies in vs what regēerate and new borne so euer we be some remnants of sinne of incredulitie of lacke of repentance of vnthankfulnesse and of selflooue which is directly contrary and opposite to the true looue of our neighboure As long as we liue the flesh wil fight against the Spirite the Deuill and the Worlde wil make war against vs as the life of the Patriarches Prophets and Apostles doo sufficiently witnesse vnto vs so that euen to the last breath of our life we shall haue néed to craue of our God that he would forgiue vs our sinnes through his sōne Iesus Christe Notwitstanding so far it is that the imperfections which are in vs should cause vs to drawe back from God and from this holy banquet that rather so that we are displeased with our selues for thē they ought to cause vs to come the sooner to the intent that as poore famished creatures we might more gréedily and with greater desire receiue Iesus Christe which is the true shepherd of our soules Thirdly although it be not required to the worthy cōming to the Supper to haue a perfit faith perfit repentance perfit giuing of thanks perfit looue yet must they be notwithstanding true and procéed from the hart and from the Spirit Our faith must not be fained our repentaunce must not be counterfait and painted as that of Hipocrites the thanks whiche we giue to God must not come onely from the mouth neither must we loue our brethren in word only and not in déed but let the whole profession of our faith and christen life abooue all things be far frō ostententation hipocrisie so the we take more paines to be good Christians in déed and before God then to be so counted and taken before men ¶ Against them that vvillingly and of set purpose abstain from the holy Supper of the lord Article 6. AS there are many which doo amis in presenting them selues vnworthyly to the communion so there are many which doo amisse on the contrary side in that they wil by no meanes come nor present them selues to this holy banquet For feare of communicating as they say vnworthyly and so consequently tobe culpable of the body and blood of Iesus Christe But let them that so abstain of set purpose frō the Lords holy table knowe that it is no lesse fault vp on an vnthankfulnesse and cōtempt to abstain from the holy and sacred meats whiche God presenteth to vs at the Supper then to receiue it vnworthely as we see that a Patient which beeing very sick maketh no account of the receipt and dyet whiche the Phisition hath prescribed is no lesse faulty then he which abuseth or vseth it not competently as the Phisition hath appointed Therefore let not this sort of people flatter them selues as though by this meanes they could be excused bothe before God and men séeing that it is a most certain trueth that so haynous an ingratitude is in no wise tobe admitted or worthy excuse For first of all such men doo willingly contemn the commaundemēt of Iesus Christ which saith to all his doo this take ye eat ye Secondly they contemne the blessed remembrance of

the death and passion of the Sonne of God who commaundeth all the faithful to selebrate the Supper in remembrance of him Thirdly they contemne the price of their redemption that is to say the pretious body and blood of Iesus Christe which are giuen and distributed to all faithful Christians in the Supper according as it is said This is my body which is giuen for you this is my blood which is shed for the remission of your sinnes Finally they despise the church and the vnitie therof and willingly excommunicate them selues from the Communion whiche the faithful haue in the Supper as wel with Iesus Christe as one with an other We sée therfore how fondly these contemners of the Lords holy Supper doo fall and ar vtterly inexcusable And therfore let vs take good héed that we folowe them not if we wil not be punished with thē which for their Oxen Fermes Wines and trastique of merchandise refused to come to the mariage in the Gospel Contrarywise of thē which come vnworthily to the holy Supper of the Lord or ought not be therunto admitted Article 7. ¶ Of them vvhich sin against the first Article of the first preparation which consisteth in true faith ALl Atheists that is such as are with out God misbeléeuers ignorant of God his woord all heretiques false prophets all Magicians Idolaters and superstitious whiche are partakers of the tables of Deuils likewise all they which haue but an historicall Faith all the adherents ministers of the Roomish Antichrist and they that establish by any maner whatsoeuer his kingdome or depend there on also all they which haue not yelded them selues to the Church of God and haue not made profession of their Faith finally all they that customably swere either by the name of God or by their Faith and apply it to vain matters and causes of no value all these ought to abstain from the Lords Table for so muche as they haue not a true trust in God without the whiche we can not bée members of Iesus Christe nor consequently bee apt and méete to receiue life of him which is the onely hed of the true faithfull ¶ Of them which sin against the second Article of the second preparation which consisteth in Repētance ALl they which liue slanderously all impenitent and vnthrifts all contemners of God of his woord and of his holy assemblies all blasphemers and denyers of the name of God all despisers of correction and ecclesiastical discipline they also the haūt and frequent ordinarily euil cōpany which walke in the counsel of the wicked which stand in the way of sinners which sit in the seat of the scorneful To be short they in whome appéereth no amendment of life no regeneration and they that conimit haynous and infamous vices and such as are tobe punished by the magistrate all these after that they are knowen tobe such ought not tobe admitted to the supper and if they present them selues vnto it they ought not tobe receiued lest that that is holy be giuen to Dogs and Swine to the great dishonour of God and slander of his Church ¶ Of them which sin against the third Article of the third preparation which consisteth in giuing of thanks WIithout true faith and repentance we cannot be méet to set forth the parises of God who wil not be praysed by the mouth of the wicked therfore all Infidels Igno rants and impenitent sin also against this Article and ought not tobe receiued to the Lords Supper Also they that are mad or fooles either by nature or some other accident They also which by reason that they be vnder age as little childrē can not shew foorth the Lords death til he come are not capable of the Supper Finally they which by fragilitie vnkindnesse and contempt in time of persecution did forsake Gods cause and renounce the name of our Lord Iesus Christe ought not also tobe admitted thither vnlesse that they doo first make open confession of their fault and be reconciled to the Church of God. ¶ Of them which sin against the fourth article of the fourth preparation whiche consisteth in Looue toward our neighbours THe disobedient to Father and mother to the magistrate to al superiours the seditious conspiratours fighters murderers and such as bere malice and hatred against their neighbours they that are caried away with a desire of reuengement whoremongers adulterers incontinent bougerers drunkards and gluttons deceiuers couetous théeues and vsurers backbiters mockers false witnesses lyers conmon periured persons and in sum all they which make an art of the breach of looue toward their neighbours contained in the second table of the law of God ought not tobe receiued to the Supper For seéing that the Scripture pronounceth thus that suche sort of men haue none acquaintance of God are shut out of the kingdome of Heauen and shall not dwel in the Lords holy mountain they ought of right tobe shut out from these sacred signes wherby the faithful are ioyned to Iesus Christe and made possessors of eternall life ¶ Finis A Dialogue of the preparation to the holy Supper of our Lord IESVS CHRISTE ¶ The Father HOwe must wée be prepared to come worthely to the supper of our Lord Iesus Christe The Childe We must examin our selues according to the precept of the holy Apostle S. Paule F. Wherin consisteth the eramination of our selues C. In two points First that we behaue ourselues as it is méet towarde God who calleth vs to this holy banquet Then that we doo our dutye to our Brethren which are called to this holy Table with vs. F. What is our duty towards God C. It cōsisteth principally in three points F. Which are they C. In faith repentance giuing of thāks F. What is faith C. It is a certaine assurance that God is our father and Saueour in the name of his Sonne Iesus Christe our Lord. F. This assurance commeth it of vs C. No for the faithfull are not borne of flesh nor blood neither of the wil of man but they are borne of God. F. But what meanes dooth God vse to beget vs vnto him and to giue vs faith C. His woord confirmed in vs by the woork of the holy Ghost who cryeth in our harts Abba that is to say father F. Is not this faith confirmed and ratyfied in vs by the Lords Supper C. Yes F. How so C. First of all in that that Iesus Christe giueth himself vnto vs promising vs that his body was giuen to death for vs and that his blood was shed for the remission of our sinnes F. What more C. In that that the bread and wine whiche we take eate and drink according to Gods institution teache vs that through faith we take eate and drink the body and blood of Iesus Christe for the nourishment of our soules F. And those that are Insidels can they eate the body of Iesus Christe and drinck his blood C. No