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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06882	A declaration of the masse the fruite thereof, the cause and the meane, wherefore and howe it ought to be maynteyned. Newly perused and augmented by the first author therof. Maister Anthony Marcort at Geneue. Tra[n]slated newly out of French into Englishe. Anno M.D.XLvii.; Petit traicté de la Sainte Eucharistie. English	Marcourt, Antoine de, d. ca. 1560.; Vingle, Pierre de, attributed name. aut; Viret, Pierre, 1511-1571, attributed name. aut; Geranius, Cephas. aut	1547 (1547)	STC 17314; ESTC S103750	36,879	64

they haue done in the Popysh churche which is a great wickednes and extreme sacrilege openly agaynste the institution and ordinaūce of Iesus that so expressely and so euidently had conioyned them But what care vnkinde folke ennemies to the veritie of the ordinaunces thereof for they be wise and not vnwitty Yf saynte Paule were alyue O how he would crie against such a cursed abuse so would saint Austine S. Ciprian and all other induced with the good spirite ☞ But to returue to the purpose it is certayne that of the same breade whiche they had vsed in eating the Lambe of passing called the Pascall lambe Iesus Christe toke and brake sayeng take eate this is my body Where vpon in the sermon afore sayed thys good doctour Ciprian sayd thus Ante verba illa cibus ille cōmunis tantum nutriendo corpori cōmodus erat sed er quo a domino dictum est hoc facite in meam commemorationē c. panis iste solemni benedictione sacratus ad totiꝰ hominis vitam salutemque proficit That is to saye before the wordes of Iesus Christe this meate that was commune auayled to feede the body onely But syth that the lorde had spoken this bread cōsecrate by solempne blissyng profiteth to the life and entier saluation of man Thys breade than by one such and so singuler application so high solempne and excellent blessing is chaunged and altered not in corporall sence but to intellectuall spirite not of kinde or substaunce but of operation of nature of signification dignitie and office yea to the faythful but nothinge to the vnfaythful but perdition ☞ The whyche thynge yll vnderstande hath gyuen occacion to the schole men at thys presente tyme curiously and vaynely to dispute that is to wit if the accidētes may be separate remaine without substaūce substaūce wtout accidentes other diueres allegations which are not to the purpose of Iesus Christe nor of his church but serue to confuse the world and to bringe the christen religion to sclaūder mockery and irrision for of one incōuenience if it be not withstande many other will folowe ☞ Who may than any more susteyne support and endure suche folke the which as presumptuous and arrogaunt without feare or reuerence haue be so bold to cōclude that there is neyther breade nor wyne but haue dreamed and inuented a wanton and a newe terme of speakynge that they haue called as is aboue spoken transsubstātiation The whiche in the holy scripture was neuer reade Nor by the sayntes and good Fathers of the primatyue churche imagined Whereby as enemyes of God his worde by very ryght ought to be expulsed cast awaye or the better and fayrer to speake as piuishe fooles they ought to be contempned and dispised ☞ How be it if any shoulde demaunde them by what veritie suche a thynge is done They wyll answere forthwyth by the doctrines of theyr scholes that it is in the vertue of the sacramentall wordes proferred and pronounced ouer the breade In suche wyse that yf there were no bodye that vnderstode or hearde the sayd wordes that neuertheles the sayed transubstantiation woulde folowe so that the sacrifice had his full strength wyth matter conuenable c. But certainly I greatly wonder haue pitie on them that they be so blynde and haue not so muche vnderstandyng to consider that oure Lorde spake not to the breade whan he sayed Take eate thys is my bodye Nor he spake not to the wyne As. S. Luke reciteth whan he wrote And toke the cup gaue thankes and sayed Take ye it distribute amonge you Also afterwarde likewise he gaue the cup after supper sayinge Thys cuppe is the newe Testamente in my bloude whiche is shed for you In the whiche writynges and all other of the new testament this matter is very euident that he neuer spake to the breade nor wyne Than it maye be well sayed that these poore folke be very vnwitty in secrete hidyng aside not willynge to be hearde and vnderstande of anye blowe and speake thus ouer the breade and wyne Wherof oure Lorde Iesus Christe neuer gaue vnto them neither exāple nor word But it is the custome that alwayes one errour engendreth an other errour ¶ The .iii. declaration is of the assistence or corporal presence of Iesus Christe in the Sacramente of breade and wyne at the Masse IN thys poynt more than in any other they haue fayled erred greatly whā they sayd wrote preached gaue to vnderstande and taught that in the steade of bread and wyne as they saye vnder the shapes or kyndnes visible whyte or blake yelowe or redde it is al one the body of Iesus Christe really and in dede entyerly corporally personally in fleshe and bone as greate and perfite as presently he lyued And in this wise they haue prouoked almooste the vniuersall worlde to manifeste and open ydolatri Agaynst the whiche importable abusion it behoueth to resiste myghtily wyth the holy scriptures And fyrste of all we muste reteyne and note wel the artycle of our faith Rom. vii that Iesus Christ died for oure sinnes and arose for oure Iustification ma● xvii● And after his resurrection ascēded in to heauen and sytteth on the right hāde of his father reigninge in maiestye to whome al power is giuen in heauen in earth in hel Philip. ii That he ascended into heauen visible in the presence of the Apostles and disciples it is certaine ●ciuū i. Of the which wonderful ascēcion they were faith full and true wytnesses Mar. xvi as it appeareth in the Act. of the Apostles by S. Marke in the last Chap. of his Gospell Also S. Paul writinge to the Collossiens sayth in thys maner Cos i●i Yf ye be risen wyth Christe seke heauenly thynges that be aboue where Christe is sytting on the ryght hande of the father If foloweth well than syth that Iesus Christe is aboue in heauen sittynge on the right hande of his father that he is not here in earth betwen the preistes handes nor closed in a boxe or aulmery for his body was neuer but in one place at once Therefore if hys bodie be in heauen for that tyme it is not in earth and if he were in earth it shoulde not be in heauen for of certayne a very perfighte bodye is but in one place at ones as I sayde afore Caue●d● a sabe●●●● and it is no nede to dreame or allege any miracle of God and saie that god is almyghtye to make it be done and to multiplie it at ones in sondri places for that is the rauinge ymaginacion of man wythout foundacion of scripture And that God maketh suche a multiplicacion we haue none assuraunce of scripture nor deuine promise Argumentū a posse ad esse ni●●● cōcludit Wherfore to saye God maye do it ergo he dothe it That saynge is nothynge worth for here is no question of the power of God And it is

of speakinge he sayd I am the very vyne ●●ou xv vyne That is to wite I am signified by the vine ☞ And aboue all thys is to be noted For it is wryten he beleued the worde of the Lorde And it was reputed for rightuousnesse and accorde was made betwene hym and the Lorde of the which Iustyficacion and acccorde was giuen vnto hym the signe and token of Tircūcision and in ordeynynge the sayde token the Lord God sayde vnto hym Hoc est pactum meum Gen. xvii Circumcision Thys is min accord or couenaunt Howe beit it is very cuident that the sayd incision or circumcision was not the sayde accord or couenaunt but it was onely the signe of the accord or couenaunt Wherby if I should aske of a lerned persone the perfite vnderstāding of these wordes thys is my couenaunte He would say to me thys is the sygne of my couenaunt Like wyse I would say to him of thys Thys is mi body Ma. xxvi thys is the sygne of my body For it is alone maner to speake so highlye and perfitlye in all thinges lyke as there is no mā that could reasonably say to the contrary Other textes ynought there be in holy scripture ● Cor● xi where such maners of speaking is vsed wherby it was not necessari thus hardly to take this text after the letter Hoc est corpus meum that is to say this is mi body without swet mistical and spiritual knowledge but it hath behoued so to do for to greace and fatte the healyes of these fat bulles and rauishe the worlde in admitacion Also because the iuel of abominacion shoulde bee araised in the holye place Psal xx● ▪ Daniel xi i. Thessa i● and that thereby the manne of pryde and of synne and he of whom the comminge is after the operacion of Sathan in all power and signes lienge miracles and wonders shoulde bee exalted and worshipped as God ☞ Notably the holy apostle did saye signes and liyng wonders For in thys masse and blowen breade greate wōders lowde lies he hath imagined Is it not well dreamed well lyed and raued to haue sayd that all the accidentes of the breade and wyne as whitnes roundes weight tast sauor moystnes c. be and remain there without subiect that is to wite without foundation and substaunce Is not thys very hardily spoken to say that they hold that they beare and that they close the bodye of Iesus Christe all of hys heyght all entyer all a lyue in fleshe and bones thus and so and whither they wyll I demaunde ones again what meaneth wylleth this poore sacrifier whan he pronounceth the wordes ouer the breade sayng This is mi body leuyng the rest of the texte euangelicall and addeth presumptuously this word 〈◊〉 sayeng Hoc est enim corpus meum that is to saye for thys is my body The whiche worde enim or for none of the euangelystes dyd adde wherin they enterprise vpon the worde of god Yf the sayde sacrifier wyll saye that it is hys owne body that is hid vnder this whitnes and kynde of breade it is certaynly a foule and a stynkinge thinge Yf he shall aunswere that it is the body of Iesus Christe wherfore saith he not then Hoc est corpus Christe that is to say thys is the body of Christe Bycause it myght be vnderstande what he sayde And if he saye that be recitethe the wordes onely or that he reciteth the wordes that Iesus putfurth takinge thē materialli or by maner of nothing To that I answer that wordes taken materially by theyr owne schosastical doctrine signyfieth nothinge ☞ Moreouer I aske of thē where thei haue promes and assuraūce of God that euery tyme and as often as they shal pronounce such wordes that the body of Iesus Christe all sodenly shall descende betwene theyr handes Yf they alledge thys texte Hoc facite in cōmemorationem meam that is to say do this in the remēbraūc of me it is not answered to the purpose For it is ryght manifest that he speaketh not there maketh any cōmādemēt that he should do sacrifice ii Cro. xi but of the cōmestion and eateynge of the bread whych ought to be done in the cōmemoration of the charitie death and passion of our Lord Iesu Christ in shewyng the same as S. Paule sayeth tyl that he come that is to wyt 〈◊〉 of .xviii. openly and manifestly at the great day of dome and ought not to staie so much at this verbe substantyue Sumes est that is in Englysh am was and is wyllyng to conclude that he is ther corporally because he sayde Hoc est corpus meum this is my body For this verbe substantiue albeit that it is expressed yet proueth he not bodily presence but souerayne and spirituall lyke as he sayde Wher two or thre be gathered together in my name there am I in the mydes of them He sayed expressely In me dio eorum sum And neuertheles it is very certayne that he wyll gyue none other thynge to meanynge but hys goostly assistence not personally or corporally as these Papistes haue preached that not onelye Iesus Christ is there presente really in bodye and in soule but also that more is the angels and sayntes and all the celestiall court Wherin they shew playnly the efficacy of their errour wherin they be fallen and haue not so muche vnderstandynge to knowe that they confounde them selues For lyke as by theyr sayinge they putte multiplye the bodye of Iesus Christe in sondry places at ones so muste it be than that all the Aungels and all the sayntes of God be in diuers places at ones And if they be so ashamed to consyder it I woulde lerne of them the texte of the word of God where they foūde thys and if it were so that they haue none I deteste them as dreamers and cursed lyers ☞ And if we bringe forthe the .vi. chapitre of saynte Ihon where as he sayeth I am the lyuynge breade whyche is descended from heauen if any eate of thys breade he shall lyue eternally And the breade that I shall gyue for the lyfe of the worlde is my fleshe That afterwarde he sayde excepte ye shall eate of the fleshe of the sonne of man and drynke hys bloude ye shall haue no lyfe in you He that eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloude hathe lyfe euerlastynge and I shall reyse hym vp agayne in the laste daye For my flesshe is very meate and my bloude is very drynke To thys allegation I answere that in all thys Chapiter Iesus Chryste manifesteth and declareth hym selfe such as he is was that is to wyte our lyfe and onely gyuer of lyfe ☞ Moreouer he willed to take away the folyshe ignoraunce of some poore blynde folkes that folowed hym for none other thynge but that they thoughte that he woulde fede them bodyly wythout anie more laboure bicause he had nourished them by the multiplication of .v loues