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duty_n	minister_n	people_n	preach_v	2,383	5	7.1947	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03618	An answer vnto my lord of wynthesters [sic] booke intytlyd a detection of the deuyls sophistrye wherwith he robith the vnlernyd people of the trew byleef in the moost blessyd sacrament of the aulter made by Johann Hoper.	Hooper, John, d. 1555.	1547 (1547)	STC 13741; ESTC S104200	95,800	166

of his sonne Therfor it is sayd Hoc facitead recordationē mei do it in the Remembrance of me what the supperis And how it was institutid we se by the scripture Now of the other part behold the masse and bring it to the gospell then shalt thow perceaue it is no ceremonie institutid by Christ or his Aposteles Nether nothing done therin according to the scripture but euery thing contrary unto the scripture Where as Paule callyth it à communion and would all the church to receaue it under booth kindes They say it is best to be apriuat masse and eatyn by one pryst Paule willith the gospell of Christe to be preachyd unto the congregacion they mummul and dreame à sort of collectes and other beggery unto dead saynctes as nether profetyth them selfes nor other but blasphemith godes holy name Yet say they it is a godly thing wher as god nether the scripture neuer ment souch Idolatrye it is à ceremony insti●utid by more byshopes then twentye to the great iniury of godes wotd And thauctors therof damnyd eternally except they repentyd before they departyd out of this worold for they nolesse deceauid the people of god then the deuill in paradyse He was not content to suffre godes commaundement as it was ye●en without à false glose ner these membres of the deuill would not Christes church to use Christes holy supper as it was yeuen by Christe without there deuillyshe and detestable addicions yet wyckyd membres of Antechrist they must be callyd the holy church Thowgh all that euer they intend is the pest and destruction of the church and there religion as contrarie unto Christ as darkenys is to light And say if there were not souche ceremonies addyd unto the lordes supper as they haue inthe Masse people shuld be prouokid to no deuocion nor could not religious●y honor that moost holy sacrament therfore say they is all these ceremonies addyd Aprofound reason doutles as meite for the mater as can be and as farr fet as he that neuer wist what à ceremony of Christes to stamentis But as one that neuer suckt other mylke then of à cowe that hath caluid full many à thowsand Bulles of ledd therfore Iwill set before thies of the Christiane reader the ceremonys of this holy supper conteynid in the scripture and the signification of the ceremonie not ffaynid of my brayne but by thexpresse wordes of the scripture and so teach the Christiane to loue the ceremonies there expressid and to detest the blind ceremonies of men Christ the same nyght that he was betrayde unto the lewis sate at supper with his 12. aposteles and among other godly talke in his sermon unto them he sayde that one of them shuld be tray him Mat. 26. Mar. 14. Christ that knew thart of all men saw the treason that Iudas had wrowght agaynst him and knew that he was at à full poynt with the lewes to deliuer him unto them the mater was ffully concludyd upon and mony receauid This wyckyd man was not yet so far paste but there remanyd place of indulgence and for yeuenis or else Christ would neuer haue admouyshyd him so many times because god hatyth sinne he admouishid ludas in time to repent But as awyckyd person he contemnyd all admonicions desirid to finishe his treyterons purpose and after that he had eatyn of that holy supper he depertyd out of Christes companye and with all dil●gence sowght how to haue his admonitour slaine Ioan 13. 14. declarith more at large Christes wordes and factes at this supper But these wordes of Matt. and Mark. Shall admouishe the Christiane reader what ceremony owghte to be usid in te church before the use of the sacrament What te minister shuld do and what the rest of the people shuld do The ministers office is to make à solenne sermon to admonyshe euerie man of his deuty and office towards god and to exhort all men unto godly and unfaynid repentaynce The peoples deutiis euery one to proue and examine his conscience and fayth and so to eat of the bread and to drink of the winne as Paule teachith 1. Cor. 11. And so to mark the word of god preachyd agaynst sinne as thowgh god himselfe spake it And remembre that when Christ sayd unto the Aposteles that one of them shuld be tray him all were amasid at these wordes and with sorowfull countynāce thone beheld thother with great fere who it shuld be they hard à wounderfull sine namyd euery one examinid his awne conscience whether it were culpable of ony souch sinne or not● and with fere demaundid who it shuld be this act of the Aposteles declare what euery mannes office is that cummith to the sermon wher by the word of god sinne is accusid to examine his awne cōscience and se that no souch sinne be in him that god condemnith by his word If he be culpable to repent from the botom of his hart and desyre for yeuenis But now adayes when sinne is rebukid ffew men entrythe into there awne conscience but rather into other mennis Suppo●●th that the word of god rebukith the sinne of nthers and not his or els● he iudgyth himselfe to be no sinner where as ●uery man hath abundannce and to many if he knew himselfe well and souch horrible fautes as decerue eternall death A good conscience wilbe sone pryckyd at the name of sinne and be ashamed that he hath offendyd so myghty alord and aferd also of his iudgmentes and diligently amend his liefe The conscience destitute of godes fere passith not adele of the worde is mouid nether with fere ner with loue but contemnyth booth god and his worde● as we may se by Iudas not only this sinne of obstinacy and contempt of godes admonicions unto penitence But also uery Hypocrysie as raynith now adayes ouer all the worold men associat themselses in to the company of souch as fere god cum unto the sermones to hyre godes wordes and be nothing the better they amend there lief nothing at all They say it was à good sermon the man spake well But what a uaylith it that he spake well and the herer to lyueyle What am the better that god and his word b●●holy or an other man uerteus except I transform my●●yleliefe unto commaundement of god and lyue 〈…〉 nestly nothing at all They yoies of Abraam Isaac and Iacob in heauen appertainith not to souche as know only the faythe of them But unto souche as obey the cōma undement of god as they dyd Man must yeue place to the word of god when it is told hym and refrayne from all thinges repugnaunt unto the word to promote the worde that godes Kingdom maye raygne upon therte Who so euer prechyte it hyrith it prechid or permittith it to be preachyd except he folowe it nothing auaylithe him Those tescripture declarithe to be blessyd that worke the word and haue there medicacions in the lawe of god the sermon must

they change there law now for Auarice now for fere and now for placebo so thy fayth chayngithe as inconstannt as the wind And yet baryth the in hand that the moder and nest of abhominacion there uniuersall church cānot lye Whē all hystorijs declarithe that thone byshope neuer stablishyd the others decrese Rede platina and let those ffew byshopes that I repet yeue the occaciō to lern thy ffayth out the law of god and let there holy churche goo in the yer of our lord 900. Stephene the sixt was byshope of Rome and for à priuate hattred he had unto his predecessour and benefactor fformosus abrogatid all the lawes and statutes that he made in the time of his being byshope pluckyd the ded body out of his sepulchre cut of too fingers of his right hand and cast them into the ●flud Tyber After the death of Stephene succedid Romanus primus and after him too orher Theodorus secundus Ioannes decimus These thre disanullid all the decrees of Stephyne and restoryd the actes and statutes of fformosus Sthephanes Ennymie Alitle a●ter was leo the ffyghe made byshope and within xl dayes of his inauguracion is uery ffrend Christopher cast hym in to pryson And he occupied the see and chayre tn Rome for the space of 7. monethes and then glad to ffle unto Amonastery as abanyshid man as platina sayth Then came Sergius Tercius who so abrogatyd the lawes made by fformosus that souche as were made pristes in the time of fformosus were compellyd to receaue orders agayne And toke the ded body of fformosus out of his sepulchre and causid it to be cast into Tybre Ileaue Ioan the xi and Ioan xiij amore wyckid person neuer ocopyed that Rome It were à hole booke mater to Name thē all and there detestable actes By these men we may see how litle authorite there decrees shuld haue in conscience of à Christiane man And cause euery person to syke the truithe only in the scripture and not at the hand of ony byshope or byshopes lawes ffor doutles they haue deceauid them selfes and other this many yers god yeue thē grace to amend Accōpt it not apoynt of Sophistrie god Christiane reader to what à sacramētis by the scripture know it is thy bound on dewty for if thow ar with thy preacher in the use of Sacramentes thow shalt be an Idolatre with thy preacher and Godes Ennymye Thy preacher was commaundyd to preache nothyng unto the but the word of god as Christ towghte● Docete ●os seruare quecūque prae cepiuobis Matth. 28. And whether thow be lernyd or uulneryd as thow louyst thy saluation see thow be able to satiffye thy selfe in a trew knolege of the sacramentes like wyse be able to declare the same openly apertly and trewly unto thy famyly and howshold Remembre the commaundement of God unto all and singuler of the Israelitis Erit quoque cum dixerint ad uos filij uestri quis est hic cultus uester Dicetis Est oblatio pesah Ddmini qui transendit domos filiorum Israel in Aegypto cū per cuteret Aegyptios domos nostras liberauit The ffathers knew not only themselfes what the lambe ment but were bount to teache ther infantes the knolege therof as theydyd by the word of God would tho our lord Christiane men would study to do the same ffyrst to know them selfes and thē to teache there ffamilie by the Testament And not to say unto there Chyldren see thy God knele downe serea and hold upp thy handes the scriptures reprouith that idolatrye theach the lordes super by the scriptures and suffre not thy familie to blaspheme God before they know what god is And beliue not this persuaciō that it is not à Christiane man̄es of fice to know what à sacrament is as well as the pryst for if thow do thow makyst thy selfe gilty of godes yre and displeasure and declaryste thy selfe to be none of Christes rede the 10. chap. of Ioā and he that will minister the sacrament unto the let hym say as Paule sayd to the cor Ego accep● à domino quod tradidi uobis and know by the scripture that he sayth trewthe trust not his word if thow canst not rede desire some other to rede unto the institution of Christ and know whether he saythe truythe or not Euery man is bound to know the commaun dementes of god and the workes there of Now the sacramentes be all conteynid in this cōmaundement Memomento ut diem sabbati sanctifices How canst thow honor the lyuing god and if thow be ignorant of his law Was this precept yeuin unto the pristes alon that they shuld only kepe holy the sabbot no but as they by the word of god ar bound to preache the gospell and minister the sactamentes with knolege and reuerence so ys euery Christiane man bound to use them with knolege and incase he knowithe not what à sacrament is and why it is usid refrayne ffrom the use of them for godes promese and godes sacramentes must be receauid one way with knolege and faithe This reason ofmy lordes is not godly for doutles he that goithe to plowghe all the weke is bound to know trewly what à sccrament is and how and why and to what end it shuld be usid as well as my lord And my lord withe all the byshoppes and pristes in Inglond shall Lament ffull sore there ignorancye and there blud requirid at there handes and yet the poure ignoraūt persones excusid ffrom thyre of god noth●g the rathere The secōd reson to stab lyshe thalteracion of bread he takyth of the Nature of ffayth Who beliuithe thinges cōtrary unto reason and the iudgment of carnall senses It is trew that faythe so doothe As it beliuithe the worold to be made of nothyng the sonne of God to be made man in the bely of the uirgine This we belyue because the scripture commaundith us to belyue it But my lord cannot infer there by that faythe belyuithe euery canterbury ta le ffaythe is not à light opinion groundid upon ma● but afirme persuacion and constant assurance stablys● hid in the scripture Ebre 11. it signifiyth not only knolege But also firme confidence in the thing knowyn A● the Ebrew frase usithe māny times the word belyue for trust Asre col hose bo Psalm 2. blyssid ar all that trust in hym Paul citi h à place out of Esay 18. ca. hammaemin lo ●a hish qui credit nō festinet Likwice Dan. 6. Psal 78. duo synonima coniunguntur quia non crediderunt deo non confusi sunt in salutare suo the examples of the testament likwyce declarithe that fayth signifithe cōfidence in the promesse of god O mulier magna est fi des tua Item fides tua te saluam fecit Thus doothe emeneh in the Ebrew and pistis in the greace signifie There for Laurentius Vall. and budeus in Pandct Iuris ciuilis callith pistis