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master_n	abraham_n	pray_v	wife_n	257	4	6.6651	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10442	A confutation of a sermon, pronou[n]ced by M. Iuell, at Paules crosse, the second Sondaie before Easter (which Catholikes doe call Passion Sondaie) Anno D[omi]ni .M.D.LX. By Iohn Rastell M. of Art, and studient in diuinitie	Rastell, John, 1532-1577.	1564 (1564)	STC 20726; ESTC S102930	140,275	370

to be cast owt of the church which was instituted by S. Alexander Bishop of Rome and Martir of Christ fowrtene hundred yeares agoe Then also in the matters of weight if that Ecce duo glagij hic● ▪ behold here are two swordes Doth not proue the Bishopp of Rome his both spirituall and temporall power yet must yow not make hym an Antichrist or the temporal princes page and seruant And if owr Sauyour would not vse in his humilitye the temporall sword and iurisdiction yow will not therfore I trust denie that he was Lord of Lordes and kyng of kynges And so likewise he makyng his Apostle S. Peter his leuetenant and ruler of all Christians both sheepe and lambes althowgh he put vpp his sword in to his sheath yet doth it not folow that he hath no such sword at all For as concernyng the spirituall sword no wyse heretike denyeth that vnto the Bishop the Scripture saying most plainely whose synnes you forgeue they are forgeuen whose synnes yow retaine they be retained But the temporall if he will not vse it alwaies yow may not therefor in all cases take it from hym Whereas for the cōmoditie of the whole church if cause so requyre he may as swell forbead concernyng the Emperors owne person that no man salute hym or regarde hym as he may excōmunicate the basest man in a whole citie for a fault which deserueth it which is true in a Christian Emperor that hath submitted hym selfe by promyse vnto God and the church For of them which are withowt what doth it apparteine vnto me to iudge doe not yow iudge of these which are within Therefore the temporall power ys so included in the spirituall as a lesse figure Mathematicall of neuer so manie corners ys compassed within a circle It ys fynche sayed of Sainct Bernard Lib. 4. de consideratione where he speaketh of the temporall sword which the Pope hath in his sheath Ys this sword sayeth he dyd perteine vnto the by no right when the Apostles sayde behold here are two swordes owr Lord would not haue answered it is inowgh but it ys to much And therefor both are the churches I meane the spirituall sword and the materiall But the one ys to be exercised for the church the other of the church the one with the priestes handes the other with the souldiars But yet trulie at the beck of the priest and bydding of the Emperor A see now master Iuel Low much Sainct Bernard made of that argument which yow think worth the lawghing at And this is that Bernard his testimonie whom yow in pulpites doe much bring furth agaynst the pompe and vyce of Rome which as he was in deed no flatterer at all of the Bisshop of Rome so much the more yow should alowe his testimonye which he hath browght furth for the supremicie But why should Behold here are two swordes more offend Christian eares when one goeth abowt by all meanes for to proue and declare a veritie then the argument of Sainct Paule doth where he vnto the Galathians in disputing of the old law and prouing it to be voyde telleth vs that Abraham had two sounes the one by his mayde seruant the other by his wyfe which sayeth he are the two testamentes Agaynst which argument if master Iuell should vse one of his deepe and wittie confutations and bydd the people marke with see I pray yow what a worshipfull argumēt this ys Abraham had two sounes and the elder plaied the boye with the younger and the good wyfe Sara awaye quod she with this old lubber he shall not be heire with my child ergo the old law must be thrust owt of dores no doubt but this would sound so vntuneablie in the rude worldlie or fyne courtlie eares of manie that sone they might be brought vnto irreligion and contempt of the Apostles writinges But let vs come nearer sayth M. Iuel see the argumēts vpō which the masse is luylded Yow say well of cummyng nearer for hytherto you haue gone verie farr of and verie farr wide Yet what bring yow against the fundation of the masse I wōder at the libertie of the man he maketh as thowgh he would ouerturne the masse he talketh of nothing but of the Latin tongue the corporall of lynen the altar of stone the roūdnes of the bread the mettle of the chalice and such like thinges which apperteine onlie to the comlynes and worship and signification of some good thing about the ministring and consecrating of the sacrament Are these the thinges which yow number emong owr high misteries and secret lernyng And which you were lothe to speake of as thowgh there had ben some shamefull dishonestie in the matter Or do yow call these thinges the fundacions of the masse vpon which it was builded Are these the poyntes by vttering of which you haue gone abowte to procure vs shame Grawnt vnto the Catholikes or papistes that which thei do bring in by their high misteries secret lernyng and strēgth of their reasons grawnt it I beseech you good master Iuell for a while to see what will folowe Trulie no dishonor vnto God no diminisshing of Christ his passion no occation of lewdnes no breach of commaundement no thing which a quiet man shold mislike But these thinges will folow which you were lothe to ripp vpp and open that in the celebration the chalice be of siluer or gold that priestes wassh their handes in the masse that the clothes be of fyne lynen that the priest lift vp the paten and loke in to the chalice as the angell did in to the graue that the priest fetch a sigth in a certaine place of the Canon of the masse and knock his breast with remembrance of the theife which repented hym selfe of his wicked lyfe with such lyke moe which may and doe bring manye meanely disposed in to the remembrance of sundrie poyntes of Christ his passion O heauen and earth what faultes be these How much ys master Iuell to be estemed for rippyng and opening of such priuie misteries which once being knowen no man woulde euer loue the masse any more I trowe It ys wonder that Sainct Pawles church and steple were not stroken with lightning from heauen when the fierst masse was sayed within it in which masse such absurdities as the preacher telleth vs of were permitted O excellent Iuell thow hast not thy name for nawght This daye thow hast confounded all papistes this daye thow hast so ripped theire copes and opened their bosomes and Englisshed vnto vs their obseruations and rubrikes that they must nedes be ashamed for euer O the lyuing Lorde will the folissh saye how haue we ben seduced of the papistes how much were they them selues heauie loden with mennes traditions and how litle vertue was in all their doinges if a man should take awaie the number of popis●h ceremonies But alas for pitie and phy for shame A lerned man and browght vp