Spirit by whose gracious working being freede from these hellish downefals of sin wickednes of desperate sinnes of presumptuous sinnes of sinnes by omission of sinnes by commission of sins by ignorance of secrete sinnes of notorious and outragious crying sins briefly of sines against the first table and of sins against the second table we may the residue of our daies which are but few and evill be lifted vp to place our cogitations on heaven and heavenly things there to contemplate with the eye of a stedfast and liuelie faith Christ Iesus our alone and onely redeemer that through a true feeling and apprehension therof wee may with that blessed Martyr St. Steven pearce the heavens and behould our alone al-sufficient saving Mediatour standing at the right hand of God cladd with the garmēts of our slesh both preparing the way and making intercession for vs and that we likewise by vertue of our mystical incorporation and vnion with him receaving from his handes the garments of his righteousnes may be covered from the accusations terrours of our sinnes For who is it that shal stand vp lay anie thing vnto our charge It is God that iustifieth Or who is it that shal cōdemne It is Christ which is deade yea or rather which is risen againe who is also at the right hand of God and maketh request also for vs. Wee then truelie resolved through a due cōsideration of these thinges doe beseech thee our most gracious loving Father to establish these thy blessings in vs to continue vs in the truth of thy holie Gospel that as wee are according to thy great mercie freely adopted and accepted for iust in thy sight by the only obedience and merits and ful satisfaction of Christ our Saviour so againe that we might striue through thine especial favour in our daylie conversation and in the midst of a crooked and stiffnecked generation to approue our selues out of the fruites of a lively faith to be sincere followers and embracers of thee To which purpose we begge of thee ô Father to sanctifie vs with thy Spirit that we loathing from the heart our inborne filthines and mortifying our members which are on earth fornication vncleanes inordinate affection evil concupiscence and covetousnes which is Idolatrie putting away evē al these things wrath anger maliciousnes cursed speaking filthy speaking out of our mouths and in a word putting of the olde man with his workes wee may thine onelie goodnes to vs-wardes effecting it bee prepared to receive the new by putting on as the Elect of God tender mercy kindenes humblenes of minde meekenes longsuffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another Finally wee stirred vp with a fellow feeling of others wants as members of one body with the residue of thy Saints in the Communion thereof doe humbly entreate thy diuine Maiestie to bee gracious and louing vnto thy Church which liueth here in continuall exile warfare vpon the earth protect it O Lord saflie vnder thy wings against the rage of Satan and the furies of blood-thirsty men particularly for these of England Scotlād Frāce Ireland in them as the Principal member therof for thine obedient seruant our dread Soveraigne Lord Iames by thy Grace King of the foresaid Realmes Dominions defender of the true ancient catholike and Apostolike faith and in all Causes over all Persons within these his Maiesties Kingdomes next and immediatly vnder thee Supreame head gouernour grant vnto him health and prosperitie all his daies crowne him so long as he liueth vpō this earth with cōtinuall victories over his enemies giue him the spirit of wisedome knowledge and iudgement that he may carefully vprightly go in and out before thy people enrich his Royal heart with thine heauenlie blessings namely true faith godly zeale loue and feare of thy holie name euen al the daies of his life after this life once expired crowne him in thine euerlasting Kingdome with blisse and triumphant glorie We pray thee eftwise for al the Nobility Gentry and comminalty of this Realme and more especially for the Lords of the Privie Councell that as they are high in Honor great Peares of this Land so they may be great Pillers also in the Church to exalt and advance thy name Blesse in like manner all the Cleargie and Ministerie of this Land by what names and titles soeuer they are called engraue in their breasts that Vrim and Thummim that is to say an inwarde burning zeale ioined with soundnes of doctrine and with vprightnes and integritie of life Extende thy mercifull care on all Vniversities and schooles the nurceries of good learning that they may according to thy good pleasure remaine euermore as habitations for the Prophets Prophets children so long as the Sun and Moone endureth Keepe O Lord direct in thy feare the Magistracie of this Land that they in their Places may discharge a good conscience in the Ministration of equitie iustice togither with the advancement of pietie and vertue Moreover wee doe pray thee for all those that suffer any Crosse or trouble either sicknesse of body or vexation of minde affliction persecution for thy names sake and the testimony of a good conscience that it may please thee to en arme them with patience cōstancie to perseuere vnto the end of al their trials knowing that patience bringeth forth experience experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed And more particularly we powre forth our hūble supplications and suites vnto thy Maiestie for al such as doe lie groueling and groaning vnder the burdē of their sins make thou their bed in the time of their sicknes by putting thy Spirit into their harts by comforting and relieuing thē with inward ioies that thereby their faith may be increased their hope confirmed their loue enflamed their patience perseuerance made known vnto men and Angels tried continued preserued that neither Leviathan that crooked wylie serpent withall his mischieuous assaults without neither the bruisedly afflicted conscience within neither the gaping gulfe of hel beneath neither the angrie threatning heauens for our sinnes aboue neither the allurements and earthly cogitations changes of this world on the one side neither the wicked Imps thereof on the other may strik a terror into our minds but that in the assurance of a good conscience we may being bold confident as a Lyon breake through them al and saie with the Prophet Dauid The Lord of Hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our refuge And againe with St. Paule In all these things we are more then Conquerours through him that loved vs. For I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. Last of al we yeeld vnto thee good Lord most humble thanks for thy mercies showred forth yea powred downe vpon vs out of the riches of thy Grace that is for our Creation in time our Election before al time our Preseruatiō Vocation Iustification Sanctification and for the good hopes sake of our Glorification in the time to come as also we thank thee so long as we shal moue breath vpō the earth for our health our wealth our food our rayment our education our instruction our peace tranquillitie and for this so long and so large a time of repentaunce giuen vnto vs by the preaching of thy truth amōgst vs which vphold thou stil O Lord wee praie thee euen for thine owne glories sake and for the vnspeakeable consolations sake gathering in togither of thy Saintes That so in the end we maie al meete iointlie in the vnitie of one faith that in the meane time we may wait for the hastning consummation of the kingdome of Christ thy deare Son our Lord and Sauiour who testifieth these things and saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so come Lord Iesus 1. Tim. 2. chap. 1.2 verses I exhort therfore that first of all supplications praiers intercessions and giving of thankes bee made for all men For Kings and all that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all goodnesse and honestie A very short but sweete Dialogue betweene an ancient deepe learned Father and his Sister reasoning vpon the Case with in themselues O Sister saith hee no man is righteous euery man is guilty of wicked workes words and thoughts and what then shal we doe when wee shall come before God to bee iudged For if the righteousnesse of the righteous shal not be had in remembrance if the iust shall scarse be saued where shall the wicked and sinner appeare O brother she saith again this causeth me to wish with the Prophet that mine heade were a fountaine of teares that I might bewaile my sinfull life Indeede saith the other that is somewhat for one teare in this life is better then al the weeping and gnashing of teeth which shal be after this life For God is neere in this life that is he will be entreated to forgiue vs but then he wil be far of which is he wil not yeeld to anie petition As the last howre of thy life leaues thee so the first howre of iudgment shal finde thee For where the tree falleth there it lieth Eccl. 11. chap. 3. verse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS
Epistle 11. cap. verse 23.24 as followeth For I haue receiued of the Lord that which I also haue delivered vnto you to vvitte that the Lord Iesus in the night that he was betrayed tooke bread And when he had given thankes hee brake it and said Take eate this is my body which is broken for you This doe yee in remembrance of mee After the same manner also he tooke the cup when he had supped saying This Cup is the new testament in my blood this doe as oft as yee drink it in remembrance of mee For as often as yee shall eate this bread and drinke this Cup yee shevve the Lords death till hee come VVherefore let a man therefore examine himselfe c. Note heere how St. Paule saith For I haue receaued of the Lord which I also haue delivered vnto you c. Wherby it appeareth that the forme of celebrating the Lordes Supper must be taken from the institution thereof whose partes are these 1. First on the behalfe of the Pastour to shewe forth the death of the Lord by preaching his word to sāctifie the bread wine the name of God being called on and his institution being explicated togither with praiers then to deliver the bread broken to be eaten the cup receaved to bee drunken with giving of thankes 2. Secōdly on the behalfe of the People to trie thēselvs that is to search our aswell their knowledge as faith repētance to shew forth the Lordes death that is with a true faith to yeeld their cōsent vnto Gods word institutiō at length to eate the bread receaved frō the hand of the Minister and to drinke the vvine vvith giving of thankes vnto the Lord. This was the Liturgie of St. Paule the Apostles which word the Papistes wrest mightely to bolster vp their Masse The first Institution by Christ himselfe fullie sett downe Math 26. cap 26. vers And as they did eate Iesus tooke the bread and when he had givē * thanks he brake it gaue it to the disciples said Take eat This is my body Also he tooke the Cup when he had * given thankes he gaue it them saying Drinke yee all of it For this is my bloud of the new Testament that is shedde for many for the remission of sinnes I say vnto you that I will not drinke from henceforth of this fruit of the Vine vntill that day when I shal drinke it new with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had songe a Psalme they wēt out into the moūt of Oliues c. * And when hee had given thankes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in steed wherof St. Mark. vseth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which a little after hee expoūdeth also by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gratias egi sset that is had given thanks according to St. Mathews wordes Therfore to blesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is not heere taken for to consecrate with a magicall murmuring by vertue of wordes yet are the bread and wine chaunged though not in nature but in quality For they are made Symbols of the body bloud of Christ not by their owne nature nor yet by force of wordes but by the institution of Christ which ought to be rehearsed and opened that faith may haue what to embrace both in the word in the Elements Muscu Loc. com 397. Now when St. Austen saith Accedat verbum adelementum fiat sacramentum that is Let the word be added to the Element it shal be a Sacramēt Hee doth not vnderstand by it the word rehearsed over the Signes to be a certaine Consecration of the Elemēts as the Papists doe cogge with their five wordes of Cōsecration barely though raptissimè that is dromedarily as one may say or as t' is commonly said without any stoppe turch of breath pronoūced viz. Hoc est enim corpus meum that is For this is my body and yet I spare to tel how they foist in enim pretilie as it were at the bynne doore to make vp their quinarie number but Austen vnderstandeth therby the word of God who doth institute promise require faith answerable to his promise And so indeede this word when it commeth once vnto the Element it is forthwith of an Element become now a Sacrament The Institution likewise out of Saint Marke Mark 14 22. And as they did eate Iesus tooke the bread and vvhen hee had given thankes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he brake it gaue it to them and saide Take eate this is my bodie Also he tooke the Cuppe and when he had given thankes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he gaue it to them they all dranke of it And hee saide vnto them This is my bloud of the new Testament which is shed for many Verely I say vnto you I vvill drinke no more of the fruite of the Vine vntill that day that I drinke it new in the kingdome of God And vvhen they had sung a Psalme they went out to the mount of Oliues c. The Institution according to Saint Luke Luke 22. cap. 19. vers And hee tooke bread and when he had given thanks he brake it and gaue to them saying This is my bodie which is given for you doe this in remembrance of mee Likewise also after supper he tooke the cup saying This * Cup is the new Test in my bloud which is shed for you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * that is This cup 〈◊〉 the. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 new Testamēt in my bloud which is shed for you Where a double figure called metonymia is to bee observed For first the continent or the thing cōteining is put for the thing conteined therein As the Cup is put from the vvine Secondly the wine is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 foedus that is the Covenant or Testament whereas it is but only a Symbole and token of the Covenant or of that thing rather namely the bloud of our Saviour by which the Testament is confirmed And albeit it is a marke signe or token yet is it true nothing vaine nor idle must be distinguished frō that very thing which is represented by it VVherefore by the Papistes leaue yea though they tugge and toile out their very harts about this point such speeches as these viz. when Circumcision is called the Covenant Gen 17.10 Acts. 7.8 when the Paschall Lambe is called the Passover that Baptisme is the Laver of regeneration that Baptisme doth save vs that sprinkeling of water is the sprinkeling of the blood of Christ Lastly that this Cup is the new Testamēt c. all these I say are metaphoricallie and figuratively to be vnderstood Now I pray what sense haue they that these wordes This is my body I leaue out enim for because both Mathew Marke and Luke doe leaue it out should not bee figuratiuely sacramentally spiritually vnderstood also But by this even the simplest may soone perceave how they doe nothing but dodge herein and most
wide from the marke and ende of the institution For Christ willeth vs to take this Sacrament and to take bread and wine in remembrance of him Therefore the bread is called the bodie of Christ not really but in that it is a memoriall of his bodie that is the bread is a remembrance vnto vs of Christs bodie even as it is also commanded in the wordes of the institution hoc facite in mei commemorationem Doe this in remembrance of mee According to the truth whereof St. Paule is content to be ordered saying 1. Cor. 11.26 mortem domini annunciatis vsquequo venerit that is ye shew the Lords death till hee come Yea in the two former verses this doe yee in remembrance of me But the Papists will not bee tied to this with the holy blessed Apostle St. Paule and therefore they wisely invented another way which is a knacke more then ordinarie viz. 1 To make their Christ of bread 2 To adore him in the bread after they haue once made him to eat part of him carnallie grosly to reserue part of him in their Pixes for other holy vses c. 3 To offer him vp a Propitiatorie sacrifice pro viuis defunctis both for the quicke and deade as that pelting and peevish toy of theirs Purgatorie I meane an errour yea an heresie rather being flatly against the Articles of our faith doth testifie vnto vs. It is a Proverb that a man shal soone know a ratte by his clawing so may one as soone sooner too smell out I will not say a knaue it is to good a name for thē what madd shavers these Papists are by their strange and vncooth doctrines But to our purpos◠againe In the institutiō we read that Christ bidding his Apostles to doe this in remembrance of him he did before verie apparently breake the bread VVherefore the breaking of bread is a necessarie ceremonie for three causes for it signifieth the passion and separation of his soule from the body 1. Because Christ hath commaunded it for it is a part of the Institution 2. Because it tendeth to our Consolation knowing that his bodie was bruised Crucifixum non fractum thus for our sakes 3. That this monster of transubstātiation may bee taken away according to the iudgement of Vrsinus pag. 688. and thus much of the first end Secondly Sacramentum est incorporationis nostrae that is it is a Sacrament of our incorporation into Christs body And this is that which hath the promise Iohn 6.56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him So Eph. 5. cap. 30. verse For wee are members of his bodie of his flesh and of his bones Thirdly Sacramentum est spiritualis nutritionis nostrae that is a Sacrament of our spiritual education and nutrition in the body of Christ For as we are through Baptisme washed with the bloode of Christ so being washed and regenerated wee are likewise continually nourished by the bodie and blood of Christ as appeareth Iohn 6. cap. ver 35 53 54 55 56 57 58 c. Q. For so much as this our continuall nourishment in the body of Christ floweth frō himselfe the head therof and that by reason of our spirituall mariage coniunction or vniō with him set downe directly for our stay and comfort herein places out of the holy scriptures for this so exceeding excellent and heavēly doctrine A. Looke 1 Cor. 10 cap. 15 16 17. Iohn 17 cap. 9 10 11 12 13 21 22 23 26 verses Item Iohn 15.4 5 6 7.1 Cor. 12.12 13 14 Item 1. Cor. 6.15 16 17 Item 1 Iohn 4 12 13 14 15 16 Item Eph. 2 18 19 20 21 22 Item Rev. 21 2 Item Isay 54 4 5 6 7 c. Moreouer I wil set downe these vnderneath at large Hose 2 cap. 16 19 verses And in that day saith the Lord thou shalt cal me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is my husband and shalt call me no more 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is my Lord or Master And I will marry thee vnto mee for euer yea I wil marry thee vnto mee in righteousnesse and in iudgement and in mercie and in compassion And verse 20. I will even marrie thee vnto mee in faithfulnes and thou shalt knowe the Lord. Item Hose 3. cap. 2.3 verse Item 2 Cor. 11. cap. 1.2 verses viz. VVould to God yee could suffer a little my foolishnes in deede yee suffer mee For I am gealouse over you with godlie gealousie for I haue prepared you for one husband to present you as a pure Virgine to Christ Looke Ezech. 16.8 Ezech. 23.4 Ezch. 16. chapter but especially these verses following 6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14 viz. And when I passed by thee I saw thee polluted in thine owne bloode and I saide vnto thee when thou wast in thy bloude Thou shalt liue even when thou wast in thy blood I said vnto thee thou shalt liue I haue caused thee to multiplie as the budde of the fielde thou hast encreased and waxen great and thou hast gotten excellent ornaments thy breastes are fashioned thine haire is growen whereas thou wast naked and bare Now when I passed by thee and looked vpon thee behold thy time was as the time of loue I spredd my skirtes vpon thee covered thy filthines yea I sware vnto thee entered into a covenant with thee saith the Lord God and thou becamest mine Then washed I thee with water yea washed away thy blood from thee and I annointed thee with oyle I cloathed thee also with broithered worke and shodde thee with badgers skinne I girded thee about with fine linnen and I covered thee with silke I decked thee also with ornamentes and I put bracelets vpon thine handes and a chaine on thy necke And I put a frontlett vpon thy face and earings in thine eares and a bewtifull crowne vpon thine head Thus wast thou deckte with golde silver thy rayment was of fine linnen and silke and broidred worke thou didst eate fine floure and honie and oyle thou wast verie bewtifull thou didst grow vp into a kingdome And thy name was spred among the Heathen for thy bewtie for it was perfect through my bewty which I had set vpon thee saith the Lord God c. Item Zach. 1 chap 14 Isay 62.1 Ier. 2.1 2 3 32 Can a maide forgett her ornament or a bride her attire yet my people haue forgotten mee daies without number Item Salomons songe 2. cap. 5 verse Stay me with flagons comfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue His left hand is vnder mine head and his right hand doth embrace mee Ibid. verse 15.16 Take vs the foxes the little foxes which destroy the vines for our vines haue smale grapes My welbeloued is mine I am his he feedeth among the Lillies Item Cant 5 cap 1 2 3 4 5 6. And Cant 7 cap 10 12 verses I am my welbeloueds his desire is towards mee Item Iohn