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A10555 A reporte of maister doctor Redmans answeres, to questions propounded him before his death concernynge certaine poyntes of religion, now beyng with many in controuersye. Whervnto diuerse artycles be added, lately subscribed by Master Chedsey. Chedsey, Master. 1551 (1551) STC 20827; ESTC S106074 5,874 26

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vngodly man and thys he sayd was alwayes his minde though he knew that other men dyd otherwyse thinke ❧ To the .vi. Article Item he sayd he neuer lyked the cariage about of the sacrament preached agaynste it aboute a .xvi. yeares since in Cambridge ❧ To the .x. Article Item when he was demaunded of transubstantiacion he said that he had trauayled about it thinckinge that the doubtes whych he perceyued dyd ryse thereon shuld be made playne by the schole men dyd reade theyr bokes and that after that he had read them that the opinion of transubstantiaciō was euery daye magis magis languida that is weaker and weaker that there was no soch transubstantiacion as they made addinge therto that the whole schole dyd not know what was meant by consecration which he sayd was the whole action of the holy Communion ☞ To the .xiii. Article Item he sayd that he dyd repent him that he had so moch striued agaynst iustification by only fayth ☞ To the .xiiii. Article Item that worckes hadde theyr crowne and reward but that they dyd not deserue eternall lyfe the Kingdom of God no not the workes of grace Nam domini dei vita eterna For euerlastinge lyfe is the gyfte of God ¶ A Note of the Communication that I Rychard Wilkes had with M. D. Redman beyng sycke at Westmynster but of good memorie the seconde daye of Nouēber 1551. in the presence of Master Yong an other whom I dyd not know and two of M. D. Redmans seruātes the one called Ellise and the other vnknowen I Wyshed him health in soule and bodye and doubted not but more he did practise the godly counsayl in him self the whych he was wonte to geue to other beyng in his case thanckes be to god who had geuē hym stuffe of knowledge to cōforte him selfe withal Sayth he God of all comfort geue me grace to haue cōforte in him and to haue my mynd wholye fyxed in hym Mayster yonge and I sayde Amen Then I communed wyth hym of his sickenesse and the weakenesse of hys bodye though he were brought neuer so low yet he yf it were his pleasure that raysed vp Lazarus coulde restore hym too healthe agayne No no sayeth he that is paste and I desyre it not but thee wyll of God be fulfylled After thys a lyttle other lyke communicatyon I asked yf I myghte be so bolde not troublynge hym too knowe hys mynde for my learnynge in some matters and poynctes of Relygyon he sayde yea and that he was as glad to common wyth me in soche matters as wyth anye manne and then I sayde to hys seruaunces I truste I shall not trouble him no sayde Ellys his seruaunte my Lorde of London M. Nowell and other haue comuned wyth him and he was glad of it Then sayd Master Redman no you shall not trouble me I pray god euer geue me grace to speake the trueth hys trueth and that which shall redounde to hys glory and sēd vs vnitie in hys church and we sayd Amen I said he shuld do moch good in declaringe hys fayth and I wold be glad to knowe his mynde as touching thee Sacramente of thee bodye and bloude of Christ he sayde as man is made of two partes of the body and the soule so christ wold fede thee whole man but what saith he be the wordes of the text let vs take the wordes of the scripture and he rehearsed the text him self thus Accepit Iesus panem christe toke breade wherein hys wyll was to instytute a Sacramente Accipite commedite take eat here he tolde thee vse of it what didde he geue thē Hoc est corpus meum He calleth it his body Then I asked him of the presence of Christe he sayd Christ was presente wyth his sacramēt and in those that receaued it as they ought And ther was mira vnitio a wonderful vnion for that word was named betwixt Christ vs as s Paule saith Vos estis os ex ossibus eius et caro ex carne eius ye be bone of his bones fleshe of hys fleshe the whyche vnion was ineffable Then I asked him what he thought of the opinion that Christe was ther corporally naturally really he aunswered yf you meane by corporally naturally really that he is ther present Vere I graunt Thē I asked him howe he thoughte of that which was wont commenly to be spoken that christ was ther fleshe bloud and bone as I haue heard the stewardes in theyr leetes geue charge whē the sixe Articles stode in effecte and dyd geue charge too thinquest to enquyre that yf there were anye that woulde denye that Christ was present in the Sacrament of the aulter in fleshe bloud and bone they shuld present them He sayd that was to to grosse and could not wel be excused from the opiniō of the Caphernites Thē I asked him in asmoch as christ was there Vere howe doo we receaue hym in oure myndes and spirituall partes or wyth oure mouthes and into our bodies or bothe he said we receaue him in our mindes and soules by fayth Then in asmoche as he was moch in this point that there was Mira vnitio a merueylous vnion betwixt vs and Christ in that we were Caro ex carne eius et os ex ossibus bone of his bones and fleshe of hys fleshe I desyred to knowe his opiniō whether we receaued the very body of Christe wyth our mouthes into our bodyes or no. Here he paused and dyd holde his peace a lytle space shortely after he spake sayinge I wyl not saye so I can not tel it is a harde question but surely sayth he we receaue Christ in our soule by fayth when you speake of it other wayes it soundeth grossely sauoureth of thee Caphernites Then I asked him what he thought of that whych the Priest was wont to lyft vp and show the people betwixt his handes he sayd it is the sacrament then sayd I they were wont to worshyp that which was lifted vp yea saith he but we must worship christ in heuē Christ is nether lifted vp nor down I am glad sayde I Master D. to heare you saye so moche I woulde not speake of the holy sacramēt otherwyse then reuerentlye but I feare lest that sacrament and lytle white pece of breade so lyfted vp hathe robbed Chryste of a greate parte of his honour Thē sayd he loking vp and prayinge god graunte vs grace that we maye haue the true vnderstandyng of his word wherby we may come to the true vse of his Sacramentes sayd he wold neuer allowe the carying about of the sacrament other fond abuses aboute the same Then after a litle whyle pawsyng sayd I Mayster Doctoure yf I shulde not trouble you I wolde praye you to knowe your mynde in transubstantiacion Iesu Mayster Wilkes sayeth he wyll you aske me that Syr sayde I not yf I shulde trouble you no no I wyl tel you sayth he because I founde thopinion of transubstāciation receiued in the church whē I hard it spokē against I serched the auncient Doctors diligently went about to stablishe it by them because it was receaued and whē I redde manye of theym I founde lyttle for it and could not be satisfyed then I went to the scole doctours and namely to Gabriel and wayed hys reasons the whyche when I had done and perceaued they were no pithier Languescebat opinio mea de transubstantiatione my opinion of transubstantiacion waxed feble and then sayth he I retourned agayne to Tertullian Ireneus and when I hadde obserued theyr sayinges myne opinion that there shuld be transubstantiacion Prorsus erat abolita was quyte dasshed Then sayde I you knowe that the scole Doctors dyd holde that Panis nō remanebat post consecrationem that bread remayned not after consecration as they called it The scole Doctors sayth he dyd not know what consecratio doeth meane and here he paused a whyle I praye you sayd I what saye you that consecratio doth meane sayth he it is Tota actio in ministering the Sacramēt as Christ dyd institute it All the whole thinge done in the ministerie as Christ ordeyned it that is consecratio and what sayth he nede we to doubte that bread remayneth Scripture calleth it bread and certayne good Auctours that be of latter tyme be of that opinion After that I hadde communed with Mayster D. Redman takē my leaue of hym Mayster Yonge came forth into the nexte chambre with me to whom I sayde that I was glad to se Master D. Redmā so wel mynded then sayth Master Yonge to me I am sure he wyll not deny it I ensure you sayth he Master D. hath so moued me that wher as I was of that opiniō before in certayne thinges that I woulde haue burned and lost my lyfe for them now sayth Mayster yonge I doubt of them but I see sayth he a man shall knowe more and more by proces of tyme and readinge and hearinge of others and Maister D. Redmans saying shall cause me too loke more dylygently for them Item that Ellis Mayster Doctour Redmans seruaunte shewed me that he dydde knowe that hys Mayster had declared too Kynge Henrye the .viii. his Maiestie that faith onely iustifieth but that doctryne as he thought was not to be taught the people least they shuld be negligent to do good workes The sayd M. yonge hath reported the whych also I hearde that Mayster Doctour Redman shuld saye that consensus Ecclesie the cōsent of the Church was but a weake staffe to cleaue to but dyd exhorte hym to reade the scriptures for ther was that which shuld comfort him whē he shulde be in soche case as he was then FINIS ❀ Imprinted at London by Thomas Raynalde in Paules churche yeald for Wylliam Seres dwellyng at the west syde of Paules towarde Ludgate at the signe of the hedgehog ¶ Cum Priuilegio ad Imprimendum Solum
¶ A reporte of Maister Doctor Redmans answeres to questions propounded him before his death concernynge certaine poyntes of religion now beyng with many in controuersye Whervnto diuerse artycles be added lately subscribed by Master Chedsey ☞ Trye all thynges and take that whiche is good 1551. ¶ The Printer to the Reader BEcause I had harde sundrye and dysagreynge reportes of Mayster Doctor Redmans iudgemente in certaine pointes of religion at the tyme of his death perceyued one daye in Master Secreatary Cecilles Chamber at the Courte a paper briefly conteynyng the sayinges of Master Redman with the handes of dyuers learned men subscribed to testifye the truth therof I besought him to haue the coppye for the satisfaction of many men and to shewe me the truth of the testimony writtē the paper it selfe he lent me wyllyngly whyche as he told me he had in the counsel of the Duke of Northumberlāde to whō the Kynges Maiestye delyuered it And for the profe of the matter written they whose names be subscribed had affirmed the same partly to him selfe partly to others besyde the testimony of their own handes thus hauinge the thynge in my handes perceyuing dayly talke to encrease here vpon I thought it conueniēt to imprint it for the satysfactyon of the more nomber And making Master Cecil pryuye of myne intent with the reasons that moued me he gaue to me two other wrytinges the one written by Mayster Doctor Wilkes belongyng to Master Redmans matter thother of certaine artycles subscribed by Master D. Chedsey of Oxford a man of moch learning and as it semeth yeldyng his affectiō to learnyng which thing I thought not amisse to knytte togeather in one printe reseruyng the iudgement of the whole to bee measured by charyte which as Saynte Paule sayeth thynketh not euyll ioyeth not on wyckednesse but ioyeth on truth and suffereth al thyngs c. In the stock wherof god graunte al the professors of thy word to plante and grifte the growyng of theyr knowledge that it maye in the spreadyng of the bowes brynge forth good fruyte in worckes lyke the stocke At Londō the .xii. day of December M.D.L.I. ¶ A Communication betwene Doctour Redman lyinge in hys death bed and Maister Nowell scholemayster in Westminster and certayne other touching certayne poyntes of christes religion IN Primis the sayd Doctour Redman sent for M. Nowel of hys owne minde said he was willing to cōmon with hym of soche matters as he had moued the sayd D. Redman of a daye or two before And he beyng desyred of the said M. Nowel to declare his mynde concernyng certaine pointes of oure relygyon fyrste sayde aske me what ye wyll and I wyll answere you before god trulye as I thinke without any affection to the world or any worldly person Wytnesses Alex. Nowel Rych Burton Ellis Lomas Iohn Wryght 2. Itē the sayd D. Redman said that the sea of Rome in these latter dayes is sentina malorum that is a sinke of all euyl ❧ Wytnesses Iohn yonge Alexander Nowell Rychard Burton Ry. Elithorne Edward Cratford Ellis Lomas Iohn Wright 3. Item that purgatory as the schole men caught it vsed it was vngodly that there was no soch kynd of purgatory as they phantasyed ❧ Wytnesses Iohn yong Rychard Elithorn Iohn Wryght Alex. Nowel Ed. Cratford Rychard Burton Ellis Lomas 4. Item that the offering vp of the Sacramēt in Masses Trentalles for the synnes of the dead is vngodly ☞ Wytnesses Iohn yong A. Nowel E. Cratforde Rycharde Burton Ellis Lomas 5. Item that the wicked ar not partakers of the body of Christe but receaue the vtwarde sacramēt onely ☞ Wytnesses Iohn yong Alexander Nowel Rychard Elithorn Edward Cratforde Ellis Lomas Rycharde Burton Iohn Wright 6. Item that the Sacramente oughte not to be caryed aboute in procession for it is taught what is the vse of it in these wordes Accipite manducate bibite hoc facite in mei memoriam Take eate and drincke and doo this in the remembraunce of me Iohn yong Alex. Nowel Rych Burton Ioh. Wryght El. Cratforde Ellis Lomas 7. Item that nothing whych is sene in the sacrament or perceiued wyth any outwarde stuffe is to be worshypped Iohn yong Alex. Nowel E. Lomas Ry. Burton 8. Itē that we receaue not christes body corporaliter id est crasse corporally that is to say grossely lyke other meates and lyke as the Caphernites dyd vnderstand it Iohn yong A. Nowel R. Burtō El. Cratford Ellis Lomas Iohn Wright 9. Item that we receaue christes body sic spiritualiter vt tamen vere so spirituallye that neuerthelesse truely Iohn yong A. Nowel R. Burtō El. Cratford Ellis Lomas Iohn Wright 10. Item as touching transubstantiacion that ther is not in any of the olde Doctoures anye good ground or sure profe thereof or any mention of it as far as euer he could perceiue nether that he seith what can be aunswered to the obiections made agaynst it Iohn yonge Ry. Burton Ellis Lomas 11. Itē beyng asked of Master Wilkes what that was that was lyfted vp betwene the priestes handes he answered he thought that Christ could nether be lyfte vp nor downe Iohn yong Ry. Burton E. Lomas 12. Itē that Priestes may by the lawe of God marrie wyuez Alexander Nowell Ellis Lomas 13. That thys proposition Sola fides iustificat so that fides signifye veram viuā acquiescentē in Christo fidem id est amplexum Christi that is to saye Onely fayth doeth iustifye so that fayth do signifye a true lyuely and a fayth restinge in christe and embrasing Christ is a true godly swete cōfortable doctryne so that it be so taughte that the people take none occasiō of carnal lybertie thereof Iohn yong A. Nowel R. Burtō Iohn Wright Ed. Cratford Ry. Elithorn Ellis Lomas 14. Item that our workes cannot deserue the kingdom of god and lyf● euerlastinge Iohn yong Alexander Nowell Rychard Burton Ellis Lomas Edward Cratford Rychard Elithorn Iohn Wright Item that the said Doctour Redman at soche tymes as we the foresayde personnes whych haue subscrybed heard his communication concerning the foresayd pointes of religion was of quyet mynde and of perfyte remembraunce as farre as we were able to iudge Iohn yong Alexander Nowel Rychard Burton Ellis Lomas Edwarde Cratford Rychard Elithorn Iohn Wright ☞ Also Mayster yonge of hymself doth declare further touching the former Articles on this wyse ❧ To the .v. Article IN Primis that Doctor Redmā sayd more where as S. Augustine sayd Quod Iudas idem accepīt ꝙ Petrus that Iudas receiued the same that Peter dyd he sayde that he vnderstode that of the sacramente and that after thee same phrase a manne myghte saye Quod Simon magus idem Baptisma recepit quod Apostoli That Symon Magus receaued the same baptisme that the Apostles dyd when he dyd receaue only the outward sacrament to his condēpnaciō for he sayd that he thought christ wold not vouchsafe to geue his holy fleshe to an