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A14135 A briefe declaration of the sacraments expressing the fyrst oryginall how they came vp, a[n]d were institute with the true and mooste syncere meaning and vnderstandyng of the same very necessarye for all men, that wyl not erre in the true vse and receauing therof. Compyled by the godly learned man Wyllyam Tyndall.; Fruitefull and godly treatise expressing the right institution and usage of the sacramentes Tyndale, William, d. 1536. 1548 (1548) STC 24445; ESTC S118858 29,454 82

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name as do this people Israell c. Rede the thirde booke of the kynges the .viij. Chapter Whē god delytyd only in the faythe of the offerer whyche beleued in god only for all mercy takynge the sacryfyce for a suer token and ernyste of the Mercy of god sertyfyed by that sygne that god loued them was at one with thē for chryst sake to com As we shuld be certyfyed bi the sacramnet of god is with vs for christs death that is past and chryst taught vs in owre prayers to loke vpp to heauen and to saye Owre father which art in heuē and he him self in all his praiers did lyft vp his eys to heuē to his father so did he when he Instituted the sacarmēte rehersed the wordes of the couenaūt ouere breade wyne as it is wrytē Math. 26. mark ▪ 14. luk 22. 1. Cor. xj in these wordes Iesus toke breade c Chryst though he affyrmed hym selfe to be the sōne of God hys father to be in hym yet he taught not hys dyscyples to dyrecte the prayer to the father in hym but vp to the father in heauē nether lyft he vp his eyes or prayer to hys father in the sacramēt but to hys father in heuen I know dyuers dyuers mē knewe me whych loue me as I do thē yet yf I shuld praye them when I met them in the stret openly they wold abhor me but yf I pray them wher thy be appoyntyd to mete me secretly ▪ they wyll here me and accept my request euē so though Goddes presence be euerye where yet wyll he be prayd to vppe to the place only where we shall se hym and wher he wolde haue vs to longe for to be More ouer yf I graunt you that the bloud of christis in the cuppe it wil folow that his bodi is ther also Neyther whē I graunt that hys body is in the bread or vnderforme of bread wyll it folowe that hys soule is ther to Chryste made the breade the sacrament of hys body only wherfor as the bread is no simylytude of the sacrament of hys bloud So am I not bounde or ought to affyrme that hys bloude is ther present And he dyd instytut the wyne to be the satrament of hys bloude only And happelye it was red wyne the more louely to represente yt Now as the wyne in no symylytud dothe represent the body so am I not boūd or ought to affyrme that hys bodi is ther present Ye saye that chryste is so myghty That though he stode mortall before hys dyscyples eyes yet he was able to make the same body that same tyme to be in the sacrament immortall and to be vnder euery lytell pece of the bread or of the sacraente though yt be no greatter then a mote in the sonne and that as lōg as greate and thycke as he stode before thē yf he were so myghty why is he not as myghty to make hys bloude to be alone and hys body alone hys bloud body soule were eche alone at hys deathe whyle the bodye lay in the sepulcher Fynallye Chryste sayde thys is my bloud that shal be shed Ergo. it is now trew thys is ▪ his bloud that was shede Now the bloud of hayles and the bloud that is in many other places men saye is the bloude that was shede Ergo that bloud is in the sacrament●● any be but I am not bound to beleue or ought to affyrme that the bloud that is at hayls is anymate ▪ wythe the soule of chryste or that hys body is ther present Wherfor to avoyd thys endeles bralynge whych the deuelles no dowbt hath styrred vp to turne the eyes of our soules from the euerlastynge couenaūt made vs in chrystes bloud and body and to no sell vs in ydolatry whych is trust and confydence in false woorshyppynge of god and for to quenche fyrst the fayt he to Chryst ward and then the loue dewe to owre neyboure therfor me thynketh ▪ that the Parte that hathe professed the fayth of chryste and the loue of hys neybour ought of dutye to Beare eche other as longe as the otheres opinyon is not playne wicked through false ydolatrye nor contrarye to the saluacion that is in Chryste Nor agaynste the open and manyfest doctrin of chryst his apostls Nor contrarye to the generall artycles of the faythe of the generall churche of chryste whych are cōfyrmyd wyth opē scrypture In whyche artycles Neuer a trew churche in any lande dyscentyth Ther be many textes in the scrypture And therfor dyuersly expound of holy doctores and taken in contrary sences when no texte hath contrarye sences in in dede or more then one sengle sence yet that hurteth not Nether are the holy doctores therfor herytykes as the exposytyō destroyeth not the fayth ī chrysts bloud nor is cōtary to the opē scrypture or generall artycles No more dothe yt hurte to saye that the bodye and bloude are not in the sacramēt Nether doth it helpe to say they bethere But hurte excedynglye yf ye inferre that the soule is therto and that God must be there praied to when as oure kyngdome is not on the earth Euen so we ought not to dyrect our praiers to any god in earth but vp wher our knigdom is And whether oure redemer and sauyoure is gone and there sytteth on the right hand of hys father to pray for vs to offer our praiers to his father to make thē for hys sake acceptable nether ought he that is boūd vnder payne of dampnation to Loue his brother as Chryste loued hī to hate to persecut to fle his brother for blynd zeale to any opinion that nether letteth nor hyndereth to Saluatyon that is in Chryste As they whych pray to God in the sacramēt not only do But also throw the opiniō as they haue lost loue to theyr neyghbours euen so haue they loste the trewe fayth in the couenaunte made in Chrystes bloud and body which couenaunt only is that whych saueth and which testyfyeth was the sacramente instytut only Finis
lyuely expresse the whole storye and kepe it better in memorye by dayly repetyng therof and hath more myght and vehemēcye to heale the conscyence stonge wyth fresshe synne For the nature of man is so weake so feble so frayle that he cā not but synne As there ys no man that lyueth and syneth not the thyrd to the kynges the .iiij. And when he is so fallen then the lawe loketh vpon hym wyth so terryble a cōtynaunce and so thundreth in hys eares that he dare not abyde but turneth hys backe and to god and the ennemye assayleth hym on the other syde to persuade hym that god hath cast him away saying They that be Gods haue power to kepe hys lawe thou hast not but breakest them ergo thou art cast away and dampned creature And hell gapeth and setteth open her mouthe beneth to deuoure him And the fleshe also wresteleth wyth the Spyrite to kepe hym down and to take hym prysoner and to stoppe hys mouthe that he crye no more vppon her to vnquyet her that she myghtte synne at pleasur and with out all feare The carles swyn that consent vnto sīne fele not these thinges neyther yet the hypocryts that haue put a visare on the face of the lawe and make her loke wyth suche a contenaunce as please them It is but losse of winde to talke with them but the poore folkes that haue the eyes open ād consent and fayne wolde do the lawe They fele that cā not be expressed with tounge Neyther is there lyuynge anye man that fealyth the vertue and power of the bloud of Chryste whych hath not fyrste felt the strong paynes of hell Seing then that man is so sycke so prone and ready to fal and so cruelly inuaded whē he hath sinned of the fynde the fleshe and the lawe that he is oft put to flyght and feared and made to runne away from hys father Therfore hathe the God of all mercye and of Infynyte pytye and botomlesse compassyon set vp thys sacrament as a sygne on an hygh hyll whence it may be sene on every syde farre and neare to call agayn them that be fled and ronne away And with this sacramēt he as it were clocketh to them as an henne doth for her chyckens to gether them vnder the wyngs of hys mercye And hath commaunded hys sacramente to be had in contynuall vse to put them in mynde of mercy layd vp for thē in Chrystes bloud And to wytnes and testefy it to them and to be the seal ther off For the sacrament doth much more vehemently prynt lyuely the fayth ād make it synke downe into the hart then doo bare woordes onelye As a manne is more sure of that he heareth seythe feleth smelleth and tasteth then that he heareth only Now whē the words of the testament and Promises is spoken ouer the breade Thys is my body that shal be brokē for you This is mi bloud that shal be shed for you They confirme the faythe but much more when the sacrament is sene wyth the Eyes and the breade broken the wyne powred out or loked on And yet more when I Taste it and Smell it As ye se when a mā makyth a promisse to an other wyth slyght words betwen them selues And as they be departid he to whome the promysse is made begynneth to doubt whether the other spake earnestlye or mocked And whether he wyl remembre hys promisse to byde by it or not But yf any man speake wyth aduysemente and delyberacyon the wordes are more credyble yf he swere it cōfyrmeth the thīg yet the more if he strike handes yf he geue erneste yf he call recorde ▪ yf he geue hys hand wrytyng and seale it so is the promysse more more beleuid For the harte gatheryth Lo he spake wyth aduysement and delyberacyō and wyth good saddenes he sware he clapped hands called records put to hys hand and seale the man can not be so faynt wtout the feare of god as to deny all thys Shame shall make hym byde by hys promysse Though he were suche a man that I cold not cōpel hym yf he wold deny it If a yonge mā breake a rynge betwene him a mayde doth not the facte testyfye and make a presumpcyon to all men that hys hart meant as hys wordes spake Monaha Samsons father when he had sene an angell Iudic. xiij he sayd to hys wyfe we shal suerli dye by cause we haue sene the lorde But hys wyfe gathered other comfort of the cyrcūstaunces and sayd yf the lorde wold kyll vs he wolde not haue receued such offrynges of oure handes Nor shoued vs suche thyngs as he hath nor told vs of thyngs to come Euē our harts gather of the cyrcumstances protestacyons as othes myracles ernest ceremoneys of god good argumentes And reasons to stablyshe owre weake faythe wythall suche as we colde not gather at bare wordes only And thys we dyspute God sente his sonne in owr nature and made him feale all oure infyrmytyes that mowe vs to synne And named hym Iesus that is to say Sauyour bycause He shuld saue hys peopli from ther synnes Mathew j. And after hys death sent hys apostles to preache the thynges or tydynges and to thruste it in at the ears of vs and set vp the sacramēt of it to testifie it to be a seal of it to thruste it in not at the eares only by the rehersynge the promysses and testament ouer it nether that our eyes only in be holdīg it but beate it in thorowe oure fealyng tastynge smellyng also And to be repeted dayly and mynystred to vs. He wolde not thynke we make halfe so muche a doo with vs yf he loued vs not or yf he wold not haue vs fayne come and be as marcyful to vs as he was to hys frindes in the olde tyme that fell and rose agayne God so thē vsed to the Iewes to whō a ceremonyes were fyrst geuen and from whom they came to vs euen suche facyons as they vsed amonge them selues in all hys promyses and couenauntes not for hys necessitye but for oures that suche thynges shulde be a wytnesse and testymony betwene hym and vs to confyrme the fayth of his promys that we shuld not wauer or doubt in them when we loke on the seales of hys oblygac●ōs wher with he hath bound hym selfe and to kepe the promyses and couenauntes beter in mynde and to make them the more depe synke into our harts to be more earnestlye regarded and that we shulde axe what such thyngs mente and why god commaunded them to be obserued that ignoraunce shulde not excuse yf we knowe not what we ought to do and beleue For naturall reason ought to teach vs that the outward corporall and bodylye thynge can not helpe the spyrytual soul that god hath no delectacyon in suche fantasye Now if we were dylygent to searche for the wyll of God And wolde axe what suche Ceremonyes meant It were impossyble but ther