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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

not the earth whan he ascended to heauen ☞ I haue alleged these two aūciēt doctours not for to gyue authoritie or by thē to approue the trueth of the Gospell for the vertue and power of the worde of God dependeth not of any creature neyther in heauen nor in earthe if al the worlde were againste it it remaineth true euerlastingly But I haue onely broghte them to shew the that whych is sayde before is no newe thynge as these false Antichrystes gyue to witte that alledge theyr lyes dreames and fantasyes settynge asyde asmuche as in them is possible the holy word of God by theyr gloses and traditions by theyr distinctions lunatike inuētions After the which worde of God notwythstandynge wyll they or not all the Popishe ordre shal be iudged afore God Wherby entyerly to the same I do holde and stey me castynge of all that is sayde by men in that whyche concerneth diuine thynges wythout euident and true authoritie of scripture after the whyche all Christen men oughte to be readye to gyue answere Duid h●c dicent facrifici● i. Pe. iti and to satisfie to all men that aske them a reasone of the hope whyche is in them Than sythe it is certayne that Iesus Christe as touchynge the bodye is in heauen liuinge and reignynge as saynt Peter witnessethe saiynge It behoueth certaynly that heauen receyue him vnto the tyme of restoringe of all thynges that God hathe spoken by the mouthe of all hys Prophetes in the times past Acta iii. We ought not to seeke him bodily in anye other place vnto the tyme that he shewe hym selfe openly Who that wyll not forsake all veritie of scripture oughte to lifte vp his herte vnto heauen with all his vnderstandynge and mynde abidynge in humble desire the houre that it shall please him to transfer vs in his reste Not worshippinge here belowe any visible thynge for the scripture sheweth vs otherwise ☞ Also Iesus Christ in ordeynynge his holy supper and the Sacramentall breade to his disciples sayde simply Accipite et manducate that is to saye take and eate and sayde not Respicite adorate that is beholde worshyp Nor neuer any of the Apostles inticed or prouoked any to suche wroshyppynge as the priestes of idolles haue done From whose tiranny it may please the Lord God in his strong hand to deliuer his pore people So he it Math. xv ☞ And if againe notwithstanding the thinges afore sayde stubbornly they do reply these wordes of Iesus Christ Hoc est corpus meum that is to say this is my body to be true to that I answere that there is nothinge more true so that it be wel vnderstādē of vs for it suffiseth not to allege textes of holy scripture but if thei be wel applied to the true knoledge of the holy goste wel expoūded and tried Or els Satan against Christ shoulde triumph Math. iiii yea false prophetes heritikes such folke as be agaynst the churche of God woulde beare him awaye ☞ In cōclusion of this mater it reiteth that euery one be wel aduertised that al that which we haue sayed in thys party is onely for to gainsaye their ignoraunces that do maynteine so fat grosse an assistence bodily presence of Iesus Christe in the Sacrament with suche a multiplication as they saye For it is not to be doubted that Iesus Christ assisteth not vs at hys holy supper but certaynly by a maner vnspeakeable vnable to be told and vnto vs for the tyme incōprehēsible Of the which assistēce he by his grace make vs partakers Amē ¶ The fourth declaration to vnderstande what the Masse is THinke ye not my deare brethren that in speaking against the Masse I do speake against the ordinaūce of Iesus Chriist or the institutiō of his holy supper But to the contrary it is for to yelde restore it into the puritie whiche Iesus Christe by his goodnes hath ordeyned and instituted it For truely there is nothyng sayd nor done in the masse but it is contrary to Iesus Christe hys worde the which lightly is to be knowen by this declaration ☞ Fyrst this worde masse is a new terme to speake of the which holy scriptures neuer made mētion The whyche terme signifieth all that which is said done in the same frō the beginnynge vnto the ende comprysynge cerimonies inclinations songes ryngynges melodies sensynges lyghtes washynges the introyte the confiteor the kyrye the gloria the oration one or many the epistle the gradual the prose alleluya the gospel the crede great and lytel the per omnia the canon the sanctus the paternoster the agnus the post communion the requicscāt or ita missa est Yea a masse is solēpnal or hye or els low or drye one vniuersall foral folke another perticuler and for the fraternites of patronage onely one for the ryche wherin is mooste ryngynge another for the poore wherein is least ryngynge one of the daye an other at pleasure of the trinitie of the holye goste of the .v. woūdes of the croune of thornes of S Fraunces of saynt Austine of S. William of S. George of S Roberte and a million of suche sortes One for the tyme an other for the goodes One to go a viage an other to come againe one for beastes of s Hubbert for dogs of saynte Antony for swine and hogges of saynte Loy for horses c. One for the lyuynge another for the dead one for mariage another for other fortunes One of Gaudeamus another of Requiem one De ventre another de teribilibꝰ c. Not forgettynge the huntynge masse And after as the masse is such vestimentes is assigned As louers and plaieres deuise by coloures That is to wytte yelowe for the apostles Reade for the martirs Grene for the confessors whit for the virgins Blacke for the dead or the soules and so consequently of other It is a dreame to thynke thereof ☞ Now it is so manifeste that the very blind folkes maye se that of these thynges a foresayde Iesus Christe neuer spake and of it all ordeyned nothynge Wherfore to caste awaye these fantasyes of men is not castyng awaye of that whyche Iesus Christe hath instituted And if any make obieccion that ther be good thynges in the masse at the leaste as is the epistle the Gospell the Crede the Pater noster and other lyke and oughte not thus to be dispised To that I answer that it suffiseth not to haue good thinges but they oughte to be well vsed and they must be applyed as they ought to be Also enchaūtours nicromancers and wytches that in their noughtines vseth some good wordes shal they be excused of crime which awyse man would not saye And like wise bi the same purpose maie be said to excuse the masse because of the good wordes saide therin which greatly is abused and done otherwyse thā the word of God supporteth And that it is so it appeareth clerely whan Iesus

charytable dilection for the which he gaue his onely sonne to say wherefore taried he so long why came he no soner I haue spoken this for to touche and abate the ingratitude and arrogaunce of many poore blynde persones the which at this present tyme to whom it hath pleased God by his infinite bounty many festing him selfe by his holy worde and gospell of saluacion the whych a certayn of tyme by the permission of tyme was dispised contemned caste vnder fote corrupt put in forgetfulnes sai these wordes of plasphemy or other like and wherfore hath he taried so longe wherfore shewed he thys no soner Haue not our predecessors lyued well It suffiseth vs to lyue as they ded so many great clerkes wise folkes folowing the counsailes and determinacions of the vniuersities the Cerimonies and ordynaunces of the Pope may they fayle which be wordes of ignoraūt folkes or mockers hard hertedand obstynate By the which wordes their ignoraūce so clerely doeth shew that it is noyesome as touchinge the misteries of God They vnderstand nothing but by infidelite beinge put in reproued sences wtout teare or reuerence preferring horible blasphemes whiche is a signe of the yre and furor of God decla ryng vpon suche folkes ineuitable ruyne and most dredfull damnacyon Also all suche wordes and allegacions vene inutile vaine without any efficace for the Turkes and Sarasins wyl say asmuch of their lawe Than we muste mekely tak and receiue the gift grate of God at suche tyme as hys good pleasure is to gyue it vs without disputing wherfore he hath taried tyll now wyth out allegyng multitude or puralite of persones nor also speke of the life or ende of them that haue leued here to fore For God is mighti to dispose his creatures at his wil and no mā may say wherfore dost thou so More ouer it were better to folowe the onely Myche hauyng the spirite of God ●o● ii than all the sacrifiers Prophetes of Baall hauing the spirite of errour ii Reg. 28. Howe be it I beuele stedfastly that if in the time past the euangelike truth had ben thus'shewed as it is now that many of our predecessours would rather haue indeuored them mekdly and faithfully to haue receiued it beter thā we do now the world is so peruerted and corrupt by the doctrine of mē which is a leuin of the Pharises Ma. xxvi the which Iesus Christ admonisheth vs to e●chue flee Mark viii Neuertheles we must not for the hardnes and malice of some aduersaries and enimies of the truth Actes iii. leaue to declare and manifest asmuch as shal be possible the pure true worde of God In the which without any doubt al they shall beleue that be ordeyned to the life eternal and none other all to the honor glory and prayse of god To the which thynge as true and obedient childrē to him we ought to procur wtout sparing anye thinge or in aniwise to dissimule This is for an aduertisment that in this presēt mater it behoueth eche one to stay wholy to the holy word of god as to that wherby al creatures shal be iudged All thing ought to be examined and proued and none maye contrary it Now for to touch the purpose wherof presētly we treate It is nedefull by holy scriptures to declare and euidently to shewe how the masse ordeined of the Pope and Bishops and other parsones whiche in greate pride againste right and reason named them selfe of the church is directly against verite manifestly against the holy worde of God And therfore it is an abhominoble thyng that ought not to be permitted to endure by cause the by the same the Lord god is greatly offended And the most parte of the world vnhappily seduced and begiled The whiche masse vnder shadow colour of holynes the more easily to seduse and deceyue the world hath ben brought and thus cautelously compassed not by holy scripture Wherin cannot onely be founde the name of masse But by sondri Popes and Bishops with other lyke it hath ben founde and put in the stead of the holy supper of Iesus Christ of the holy table of the precious holy bread of thākesgeuinge the which ought to be taken of the cōgregation of al faythful Christē people in minde recordation of the death and passion of Iesus Christ in remembraūce also of the charite dilection wherwith he loued vs so muche that he gaue his lyfe for vs Lykewise in significatiō of the charite and loue fraternall wherby we ought to loue eche other as members of the bodye of Iesus Christe In the stead of the whyche so salutary and cōsolable instituciō in pōpious Ceremony for theyr pleasure they haue caused vs for to worship a lytell bread as if it were the very God wherin all idolatry al iniquite and wickednes is reised And this haue they done the better to authorise theyr reygne and lordeshipe the better to exercise theyr tiranny the more easily to make marchādises of our soules deuour the substaunce of the people finally to cause thē selfes to be worshipped For as people effronted without shame hauing harlots foreheades they durst well say publy shed that they were more worthy than angels or the virgin Marye Because that if one of thē albeit that he is infect a harlot full of filthines helde a morcell of breade in his hande he hath the power if he wil furth with wythout declaration at his onely worde there to cause the sonne of god to come and descende in body and in soule all a lyue as byg and as hole as he hanged on the crosse to beare him here there to kepe him in a boxe or an almery to eate hym swalow him whan he list To be short and let him do what he wil it is an horrible thinge to thinke on it And if they be demaūded from whēs they haue cometh to thē this merueilous power more thā the other that be not disguised anointed shorne or cliped They answere better thā they wene For they say it is bycause of the caracter that is to say the tokē meruelous marke wher which they be sygned but if they thoughte well on that that they do say truly shame and feare would styll them For it is wrytten that none maye cheapen sell nor bye but he haue the marke of the beaste Apoc. viii How be it because that our mater may be wel builded clerely vnderstād proued It is necesary to touche declare and shewe in perticuler some pointes of abhominacion that be fosid in this masse For to shew all it is almost impossyble and I beleue that no mā can do it if any hade power gyuen for to do it it behoueth hym to haue a very great boke so much maledictiō is enclosed therin detestable perdition Not withstāding the to many it semeth precious and fayre But as it is writen in S. Luke

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

A declaration of the Masse the fruite therof the cause and the meane wherfore and howe it ought to be maynteyned ❧ Newly perused and augmented by the first author therof ¶ Maister Anthony Marcort at Geneue Iohn .vi. ☞ I am the breade of lyfe who so cometh to me shall haue no hunger And who that beleueth in me shall neuer haue thurste ❧ Trāslated newly out of French into Englishe Anno M.DXLvii ☞ Reade me firste from toppe to too And afterward iudge me a friende or a foe If you do iudge me or I be tryed You shal be blamed when you are spied ¶ Cephas Geranius to the reader AFter that I had cōsidered the great horrible blasphemy presently committed agaynst the holy institution of the supper of Iesus Christ In the steade wherof to vs is proposed a thynge that is feined and found to the great dishonor of Iesus Chryste and of his churche we haue obteyned thys present boke of the author for to declare the ignoraunce and simplicitie of many And to put away the abuse presūpcious assertion of other But for as much as the said treaty is submitted to the iudgement of all persones amonge whom is great varyaunce in gyuynge sentence at a blusshe as wyllynge to esteme of the porcion as of the hole boke But fyrste to reade it al through vnderstande it and examin it and that by the holy scripture by the which al thyng ought to be ruled estemed and weied and than to iudge Or els as sayeth the Iurisconsulte in the treaty De segibus It is a thing inciuile wythout to haue seen all the lawe to iudge or answere to a parte therof Also saynt Hilary in the boke of the Trinitie desired that it shoulde not be condempned before that they had read that whiche he had wrytten and also not to haue regard to the fautors of the errours whyche are here vanquished For as sayth the Cann suspect .iii. quest The foes and aduerse parties ought not to be iudges by meane wher of it is necessary they learne to iudge them selues and as before god estemyng that the same is veritie after the which we shal be al iudged by Iesus Christe from the hygh estates to the lowe The preface of the authour WE haue the words of the prophetes stedfastly in the scripture the which ye ought to regarde as to the cādle shinynge in a darke place vnto the tyme that the daye begynne to gyue light and that the day sterre arise in your hertes And fyrste vnderstande thys that the holy scripture is not knowen by our owne exposition For the prophecy was not gyuen in one tyme by the wyll of man ii Peter .i. But the holy men of God inspired of the holy gooste haue spoken it And therefore as saynte Paule sayeth all scripture diuinely inspired is behouefull to be taughte for to reproue to correcte ii Tim● iii and to be shewed in iustice bycause that the man of god may be enti●rly instructed to al good workes by the which so many euident textes vnto vs is apparently shewed that the rule of oure fayth is the onely and holy word of God After the whiche onely we ought al to beleue and keepe in all that concerneth God and oure saluation Whereunto by greate fidelitie exhorteth vs the holy Apostle of Iesu Christe saying in thys maner Phillip iii. Procede we in one self rule whereunto we be comen bycause that we may be all one Nowe it is certeyne that in folowinge the opinions and fantasies of men the which are so variable and contrary eche vnto other that neuer we may be of one accorde but it is behouefull for vs to take one soole scripture for our lyght and bryghtnes for oure direction and leadynge The whyche alone to be oure perfite and entier rule whych can not nor ought to be any other than the onely worde of God For asmuche as therein is conteyned the diuine thynges Psa cxvi Roma iii. Gala. vi Euery man is a lyer and the only god is true Werfore ryght wel cōcludeth the sayde holy apostle that whosoeuer foloweth this rule peace shal be ouer them and mercy Ouer them sayth he and not ouer the other for there is but one only waye of saluacion It is than right euident that the holy scripture is the onely stone and foundation of oure sayth by such wise that we ought not for to be leue Math. nor hold any thing whatsoeuer it be touching the diuine thinges but as it is cōteined in the holy scripture without chaūging any thing adding or minishing Otherwise it shoulde bee no more fayth but folish opinion imaginacion dreme error desceit knaueri Therfor it is not behoueful for any creature to vndertake for to adde inuent chaunge or diminish whatsoeuer thing of the sayd holi immaculate worde but in al and ouer all it ought to be taken lefte in the right purety and clere simplicite wythout pluckinge as thy fantasi is to other sens thā the holy spirite hath reueiled it and that vpon payne of eternall malediction yea if it were an angel of heauen And here against must not be alleged tyme nor custome to the cōtrary Ga●a i. how long soeuer they be Apoca. or may be for as much as the Lorde God is immutable wherby the right diuinitie can neuer be abrogated nether by lōg antiquite of tyme nor moued or chaunged by tradicions or constitutions of man For the worde of God remayneth stedfast euerlasting Esaie xl permanent true no power maye to the contrary And if any that by some space of tyme haue liued haue preched writē diffined beleued and taught otherwise thā the said holy worde bereth or conteyneth it is nothing worthy of allegacion for be the tyme neuer so longe it is nothinge estemed or reputed in the presence of God as it is writen Psal xi.ii. Pet. iii. A. M. yeres in the presence of God is as a daye passed that is to say as no thing or a veri smal thinge ¶ Moreouer God hath ordeyned tyme behouefull at hys owne good pleasure Roma i. wherin he hath determined reueled and manifested his verite The which time can nether be forthered nor hyndred For the purpose of God is vnmouable whyche he hath openly shewed and declared in the temporal and holy natiuite of his sonne the which came not incontinent after the transgression of Adam but taried longe tyme and by the space of thre M. yeres dyd leaue the worlde in idolatry Thys notwithstanding whan the plenitude of tyme ordeined of God was occōplished than he sent his sonne made of a woman made vnder the law to th end that he should agayne Gala. iiii bye them that were vnder the lawe Nowe after that he hath done to vs this great mercy shoulde it not be a greate pride and cursed vnkindnes in stead to giue him graces and thankes for such a benigne and