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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01765	The xliiij. sermon of M. Giulio of Milane, touchyng the Lordes supper	[Giulio, da Milano].	1559 (1559)	STC 11901; ESTC S118377	16,547	66

place I vnderstande that it is all one not to iudge the bodye of the Lorde and to eate it vnworthelye Wherefore they which lacke faith be voyde of charitie without all religion and lyke hogges caste in them selues to this Supper such as these make no difference of the Lordes Supper Therefore seyng they beleue not that that body is theyr lyfe whensoeuer they do present them selues in the Church to receaue this Sacrament they do blaspheme do greate iniurye to the body of Christ they spoyle it of all dignitie and receauyng it after this sorte they be false betrayers of theyr Lord. Euen so these that be in discorde with theyr neyghbours the whiche do so hate them that they can not abyde the syght of them whan they do come together in company to celebrate the holy supper and to shewe that they be knytte together with theyr brother in the bande of charitie such do blaspheme God deuide the mistical bodi of Iesu Christ and teare in sunder the holye Churche by peece and peece Therefore worthely are they to be blamed be betrayers of the body of Chryst I say not onely that they bee betrayers of the Churche whiche is the mistical bodye of Chryste But I saye they be betraiers of theyr Lord no lesse then Iudas and the Iewes whiche crucified hym Eatyng after thys sort vnworthely thei do receaue their own damynation for vsynge thys Sacrament without fayth as the hypocrites do they do confesse that with theyr mouth whiche they beleue not in their harte And to be present at thys table is no other thinge but an abiuration whiche is done in euery false religion It is a confession that we beleue to bee saued onely by the death of Iesu Chryste The hypocrite then doth condemne hym selfe doth pronounce sentence in hys owne condemnation and prouoketh the anger of GOD vppon hys owne head When a man doth not putte hys whole confydence in Christ he can not loue hys neyghbour with that Christian loue wherewith thys Sacrament doth bynde hym Then a wycked person is cutte of from his neyghbours and so he hath no parte at all in the Churche nor yet maye vse thys Sacrament but faynedly For when he outwardelye sheweth hym selfe at this holy Table he confesseth to be transfourmed into hys neyghbour neuerthelesse in hys harte he is replenyshed with hatred For this cause Paule willed that a man should make triall of himself before he dyd eate of thys bread drynke of this cuppe The whiche wordes I do vnderstande after thys sorte that euerye one ought it theyr proper conscience and with stedfast fayth beleue that Iesus Christ onely is theyr redemer and the satisfier for all theyr sinnes Also they ought to declare the death of Christ that is with tong openly to confesse that the whiche he beleueth in hys hart Thys is to confesse Christ alone to be our Sauiour in daungers troubles and all persecutiōs of Antichrist When a Christian hath tasted of thys fayth and confession it is necessary before he receaue thys Sacrament that he consider in his owne conscience whether he be redy to geue hym selfe wholy to the seruyce and benefyt of hys neighbour as Christ hath done who is made the seruaunt of the whole Churche whether he be also desyrous to helpe to defende and to gouerne his neighbour because he is of the fleshe of his owne body Thys is that preparation the which he ought to haue that myndeth to eate the supper of the Lorde This is that examination wherof Paul speaketh that he ought to make that wyll eate of thys breade and drinke of this cuppe He that hath not this fayth and this charitie lette him not goo to this supper of the Lorde because yf that anye suche who is voyde of faith and charitie doth present hym selfe to thys table he is worthi of more blame and becometh a betrayer of the body of Chryst Let vs nowe consider what difference there is bet wixt this fyrst and common fayth of the hypocrites and of thys seconde Christian faith This first fayth wylleth that we shoulde eate this supper because it is so ordayned and because the body of Chryste is receaued But because the wicked and reprobate and the Dyuell may haue thys fayth therefore the hipocrite doth not eate worthely the supper of the Lorde Let vs then leaue of thys ●●●●…on hipocrisie and beynge ●rmed with fayth and charitie ▪ ●…et vs eate thys bread and drynke thys cup together with the other faythful chaunginge our selues into our neyghbours by charitie beinge replenished with all humilitie of whiche we haue at this present a rare example of oure master Christ which is written by S. Iohn after this sort Before the feast dai of the passouer Iesus vnderstandynge that his houre was come that he muste depart out of this life to hys father hauynge loued hys that were in the world for euer and euer he loued thē When supper was done and the deuil had moued y e hart of Iudas of Symon Iscarioth which betraied hym Iesus knowing that his father had geuen into hys handes all thinges and that he came from GOD and that he must go to God he ryse from supper put of his garmentes tooke a towell girde himselfe after that put water into a basen and beganne to washe the feete of hys Disciples and to wype them with the to well where with he was gyrt The Euangelyst dott describe the cause wherfore the father sent Iesu Christ into the worlde that by the meanes o● the crosse he muste retourne to hys father Our merites then nor our good workes bee not o● suche pleasauntnesse that the● haue caused the sonne of god to descende into the earth But th● great earnest loue that he bar●… hath moued the heauenlye father to geue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hys benifites in hys beloued C●●●d In this is made manyfest th● loue of God toward vs In tha● he sen● 〈◊〉 only begotten sonne i● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●●rlde that we should ly●●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him In this doth ap●●…●ys loue not that we lo●● 〈◊〉 but that he loued vs ▪ and sent his sonne a propiciation for our synnes The sonne hath folowed the loue of the father therefore such as were at the first beloued they were dere and fauoured for euer and euer Our Lorde fayleth not in his loue albeit his Disciples ran away denyed hym For al this he departed not frō one iote of his good wyl y e all men myght knowe that God is true man is but a lyer It is a small mencion that Iohn maketh of this supper because it was already throughli described of the other Euangelistes Now had the deuyll moued the harte of Iudas Iscarioth that betrayed hym And Iesus vnderstandyng y e his father had layd this burden vppon his shoulders te l●ue al beleuers by the meanes of the crosse he therfore gaue into his handes the euerlastynge good thinges that is lyfe righteousnesse remissiō of

that end that the christians may vnderstande to geue accompt to the Church of theyr sayth But ypocrisie hath nowe suche power and force that the Christians be onely geuen to ceremonyes the whiche be more supersticious then godly They vse this sacrament only because it is so ordayned because they thynke to receaue the bodye of Iesu Christ there thei stay And leauyng the true vse of thys sacrament they haue framed of their owne heades many other commodities without the warantise of the worde of god The fyrste commoditie is thys yf a man heare masse all day he can haue no harme If thou haste loste any thynge or yf thou bee robbed cause masse to be sayde and thou shalte fynde thy thinges and that shalbe restored that was robbed If thou wyll fynde grace in maryage or bee healed of any dysease or yf thou wouldeste haue a prosperous iourney or delyuered from any peryll cause masse to be sayd of suche or suche a Sainct vnto whom the wysedome of man hath grauen theyr peculyer office These be not the commodities of this supper For it is not intituled that a manne shoulde therby obtayne prosperitie honour ryches and other worldly goodes but it is principally ordayned for a remembraunce of the lordes death that we should be vnited to him neuer to be seperated There is also an other cause wherfore this sacrament is ordayned and that is that it should be in stede of an erhortation to stirre vs vp to loue and vnitie with our neighbour For this cause doth the Lord participate his bodye to vs that he may be wholy vnited to vs and we ioyned together with hym And being al ioyned in one misticall bodye we shoulde be the members one of another This societe which we ought to haue together is figured bi the bread and wine whiche be offered in this supper The bread is made of many cornes the whiche be after a sorte made one and mingled together so that the one can not be seperated from the other Euen so we Chrystians ought to be vnited together w t ●●ch charite that one could not be seperated frō another This vnitie was described of Saint Paule as I haue sayde before who sayde that all those which were partakers of this holye breade be one body The Christian than shall reape a greate profite by this Sacrament yf he shall be transfourmed into his neyghbour and doth preferre the wealth honour and profite of his neyghbour before his owne Out of this greate charitie spryngeth these good thoughtes in vs which can not offende which can not despyse nor by any meanes tormēt our neyghbour And by that meanes is not Iesu Christ offended neither torne nor yet rente in peeces Therfore we can not be seperated from our neyghbour but we be also seperated from Iesu Christe we can not loue our brother if we loue him not in Iesu Christe We ought to haue the selfe same care of our neyghbour as we haue of our selues We be one the membre of another and we be altogether the bodye of Iesu Christe who is the head Lyke as there is no one part in our carnal body that is hurt but that all the rest of the members feele smart by the same Euen so ought we to haue compassion one vpon another when he is in trouble and suffereth any sorowe and our neyghbours busines ought no lesse to be oures then our owne This is to be mery with them that be mery to sorowe with them that sorowe and to be disposed with the selfe same mynde one towardes another These two frutes be at large set forth of S. Augustin who said The faithfull do nowe knowe this to be the bodi of Christ not to despise to be y e body of Christ They become the body of Christ yf they wyll lyue by the spirite of Christ of the spirite of Christ lyueth nothyng but the body of Christ Vnderstande this brethren that I haue spokē Thou art a man and hast a spirit and a body thy spirite is inuisible thy body visible Tell me what lyueth liueth the spirite by the bodye or the bodye through the spirite The bodye to conclude lyueth by the spirite Wylt thou ti 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the spirit of Christ become Christes body Tell me liueth my body by the vertue of thy spirite my body liueth by his owne spirite and thy body by the vertue of thy owne spirite The bodye of Chryste can not lyue but by the spirite of Christ Therfore Saint Paule makynge manifest this breade sayde we be one bread and one bodye O Sacrament of Godlynesse O signe of vnitie O knot of charitie What oration either of Demosthenes or yet of Marcus Cicero or of any other famous wryter coulde stirre vp or moue more vehementlye to the loue of our neighbour than this sacrament moueth What prouocation can be more lyuely and sensible then this Let all the Oratoures of the worlde come forth and perswade vs to the loue of oure neyghboure with theyr polyshed Orations Let them vse all the coloures of Khethoricke and all theyr connyng they shall neuer brynge suche a perswasion as this sacrament doth preache The wyse men of the worlde perswade vs to loue our neighbour because we be of the selfe same substaunc● tha● we shuld lyue together ciuilly and without disorder But this Sacrament doth erhorte vs vnto charitie because that Iesu Christe is transfourmed in vs that we should lyue by his spirite and beyng thus ioyned together to our headde Iesu Chryste one shoulde be the members of another Out of this fountayne spryngeth all these erhortations of Paule which do erhort that we shoulde loue together in suche sorte as Christ hath loued vs who hath geuen his lyfe in a swete sacrifice for our saluation This is to bee clothed with Chryste to be inflamed with the loue of thy neighbour to be continually charged with charitie euer desierous to serue thi brother O how much hath the Christian profyted in this sacrament yf he be moued stirred with a wyl to serue his neyghbour Not without cause than dyd S. Augustine name this Supper a Sacrament of Godlynesse a signe of vnitie and the bonde of charitie For as this Sacrament is a spirituall meate and swete to those that be incorporate with Iesu Christe and with their neyghbour Euen so of the contrary it is a mortal poysō to thē whiche put not their whole trust in Iesu Christe be seperated frō their neighbour The naturall meat whē in findeth a body full of naughtye humours turneth to poison corrupteth hurteth Euen so doeth the spirituall meate yf it fynde the soule vnfaythfull it dryueth it to vtter ouerthrowes because that to an vnfaythfull manne euery-thyng is vnfaythfull and damnable Therfore sayth Paule he that eateth and drynketh vnworthelye is worthy blame and is also a betrayer of the Lorde such one as this doth eate and drynk his owne iudgment not iudgeyng the body of the Lorde By which