any man gyue let hym do it with synglenes let hym that rewleth do it with diligēce If anye man shewe mercye let hym do it wyth cherfulnes and let loue be amonge you wythoute dyssimulation i. Cor. vii and euerye man abyde in the same state wherin he is called no nother wyse than to the edifyenge of the bodye of Chryste whyche is hys congregation Ephe. iiii And thus is this holy Supper of oure Lorde Fyrste a remembraunce of the death of our Sauiour Iesus Christe whiche he suffred for vs i. Petre. ii throw which deathe we ar al reconciled Secondarlye it is an instruction of the pure cleane vndefyled loue whych is amonge the congregation of god lyke as I haue declared afore as the breade is made of manye Cornes and is one bread and as the Wyne is made of manye Grapes and yet is one wine so are we many mēbers and but one bodye whiche is christ My dearly beloued in Christ Iesu let euery man se earnestly to and proue himselfe accordynge to saynt Paules learnynge that he come not to the table of the Lorde bicause that it hathe bene so accustomed eyther throwe fayned holynes or desyre of worldly honour or disceat but oute of a pure cleane and vndefyled hart and so eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe for he that eateth or drynkethe it vnworthylye eateth drynketh his owne damnaciō For al they that wyl come sit at the lords Table Mat. v. vi they must be founde faythful mercyful louynge kynde pytyfull and obedyente wythout diuision wythout hatred wythout pride wythout couetousnes that wicked eye muste be plucked out that flesh muste be mortyfyed that euell hearynge eare stopped that clattering tounge tamed that fleshelye harte cyrcumsiced youre blouddy handes clensed your belyes measured and your fete compelled wyth the Lords word ye must haue afrewilling batayll agaynste the Deuel Vide quales erunt qui mense erunt perticipes the world and the fleshe that ye may be able to resyste in the euyll daye and stande perfecte in all thinges that is in the wyll of God youre loynes muste be girded wyth truthe hauynge on the breaste plate of ryghteousnes hauynge shoes on your feit that ye maye be prepared for the Gospell of peace He must be well veaponed wyth the shylde of fayth wherwith he maye quence all the fyery dartes of Sathan Ephe. vi he must haue on the helmet of saluacyon and be gyrded with the swerd of the sprete which is the worde of god he must be a mēber serueable and prophetable accordīg to his power he must be mynded lyke vnto oure sauyoure Iesus Chryst as he was what time he kepe this holye supper or communyō with his derely beloued brethren He toke breade and wyne and gaue thankes gaue it to his disciples sayde this is my bodye and my bloude whiche is broken for youe herewyth declarynge his godly loue vide beneficia christi erga nos fauoure and mercy vpon his derely beloued brethren euen as though he would say my derely beloued chyldren so farre hath youre loue led me and your fauoure drawen me that I haue forsaken the dominyon of my heauenly father and hathe taken vpon me to be come youre seruaunte to serue you in all thynges Ezech. xxx iiii Hebre. ii bycause I saye that ye were all as scattered shepe goynge astraye Psa xxiii and that there was no man that sought youe but that ye were all meate to the grypinge and ryuenge wolues and that there was no man to delyuer youe Ezech xvi But that ye were wonded vnto death that there was no man to playster you Luke x. Therfore am I come out of the bosome of my father become lyke vnto my brether a straunger a seruaunt a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outcast of people wandrynge in this wylde wyldernes of this world I haue sought you in cytes countres vpō mountaynes vayelles myserable haue I founde you Dume Deafe blind Cryple Pore and naked my seruice haue I declared vpon you youre synnes haue I repreued your febelnes I haue borne yea I haue caryed you vpō my shulders into my fathers house Luke x. Re. xvii Eze. xxiiii Ioh. vvi I haue deliuered you out of the mouthes of hellyshe lyons and beares your foull stynkynge wondes I haue so softly healed the peace of my father haue I declared vnto you your nakednes haue I clothed and youre pouertye I haue healped I haue gyuē vnto you fete hartes eyes eares and mouthes to walke to vnderstande to knowe to heare and to speake the wordes of euerlastynge lyfe I haue brought you into the knowledge of al ryghteousnes I haue learned you the wyll of my heauenly father And to the intente that ye maye know that I am the true messenger of my father so haue I declared it vnto you by my great wonders and myraeles Se nowe my derely beloued childrē nowe is my houre come the longe-time is ful ended now that I can serue serue you no longer wyth my lyfe learninge nowe wyll I laste of all serue you with my fleshe and bloud and bytter death For this cause am I come amonge you and leaue you this breade and this cuppe that whensoeuer ye shal come togither ye shal vse it in the remembraūce of me say dearly beloued brethrē in christ Iesu we that are here congregated together in the lordes name Quo animo celebretur coena dominica this bread this cuppe hath our sauiour Iesu christ lefte behind him that we shuld remember him therby O how frēdely hath our sauiour Iesu chryste serued vs both with his lyfe death declaring here in eating this bread drinking this cuppe Tales erimus erga alios qualis christus erga nos that we shulde folowe his blissed example seruyng one another lyke as one mēber another with prayer with learning with instructō with compelling with reproufe with mercy with loue all nedefull necessares as we haue foūd ī our sauiour Iesu christ towerd vs. Now as we are thus cōgregated in such a Christen fayth vnyte obedient i. Cor. xi so haue we godes worde and promyse a spirytuall ioye myrth coumfort of the house of Israell Mat. xxvi so reioses the congregacion of God in that beutyfull bryde knowenge well that the broken bread is a pertakynge of the bodye of christ and the cuppe of blyssing a partakynge of the bloude of Chryst whiche is shede for manye for the remycyon of synnes Ecclesia et communio Christiano cum O what gloryous banket is this where in the hungrye soule the inwarde man recayueth that inuysible breade heauēly foode which is christ Iesus O glorious cōgregaciō wherin ar no shāful songes nor vnprofytable wordes saue al onely brotherlye instruction and geuynge thankes to our sauyour Iesu christ O gloryous
and bloude of oure sauiour Iesu Chryst and my inuiseble man that is my soule receaueth it and eateth it My dearly beloued this is the ryght table and cuppe of our lorde Iesu Chryste i. Cor. xi But the other whiche the most parte of the world vseth is the table and cuppe of the deuel Cor. x. I wold not sayeth saynte Paule that you shulde be partakers of the table of deuilles i. Cor. x. For lyke as these aboue rehersed haue the communion of the body and bloude of Chryst so hath lykewyse the other the communion of the Antichryst Idoll and the deuels table And if it be so that we vse and eate with them theyr sacryfice and breade so declare we our selues to be wyth them one body and congregacion for thorowe the eatynge of the breade and drinking of the cuppe declare we how we are with them one breade and one bodye O myserable bodye that hathe neyther God nor Chryst nor Spryte nor Lyfe nor Lyght nor Worde nor Truthe nor Prayer nor no maner of promise I spake here of the fleshlye arrogant frewyllinge synners But the symple that feares God seketh the truth and hath it not thē shall the Lorde iudge accordinge to his godly wyl and mercye O miserable body whych is euerlastyngly deade afore the eyes of the lorde for in the is founde all the innocente blod that is shede vpon earth from Abelles tyme vnto this daye Apo. xxii xviii who dare apere before the stoole of God wyth such an vngodly darke wrath full disfigured Lecherous bloodye bodye ¶ O lord kepe and defende all thy poore seruauntes and true hartes from suche a bodye But this lyes hide from the eyes of the world they are Dronken so ful with the wyne of the whore of Babilon Thei know wel that the scripture wil haue vsed and holden a supper but what supper that is not knowen vnto them It is to the fleshe to painfull strayt and narow that supper that oure sauiour Christ haue lefte learned Therfore haue they chosen made themselues a Supper whiche they receaue with a beutyfull bodye and an vncleane soul of one which hath confessed them which is more beastly and deuillysh in all hys lyfe then they them selues are Yea they haue auansed this Diner so hye bicause of greate perell that the congregacion must receaued but in one kynd namely breade and no wyne But yf it were the Supper of our Lord it must be ministred and vsed vnder both the kyndes Therfore declare they it not to be the ryghte Supper of our Lord Iesus Christ but it is and shal remayn the ryght Supper of Antichryst yea I saye they haue auansed it so hie that the selfe breade must be verye flesh and the wyne very blood yea that is the vnfaythfull peoples nature bicause they do not knowe the inuiseble god of heauen nor the poure of the scriptures Therfore must they haue a visible god with whiche they commytte fornication and vse all abomination agaynst our sauiour Iesus Chryst Out of this vncleane stynking fountayne that is this learning is flowed out all infidelyte and Idolatrye which is vsed with this bread as lockynge it vp caryeng it aboute leftyng it vp prayeng to it seaking it indyuers places sensyng it doing godly honour and reuerence to it of the whiche ther is no tytle nor letter that can be founde in all the holye scryptures Ye it is sayde vnto this breade Exo. xxxiii thou arte he whiche hathe delyuered vs vpō the Iebet of the crosse Lyke as the chyldren of Israel sayd to the golden Calfe this is he that hath delyuered vs out of the lande of Egypte Awake vp and se the well afore you ye that boost and beare the name of Chryst ye haue sytt longe ynough in muche darknes become wyse and gyue prayes glorye vnto the Lorde God of heauen to the intente that it come not vpon you as it came vpon the chyldren of Israel in the wyldernes bicause of there infidelyte Idolatrye and disobedience All though that the Lorde delyuered them out of the power of Pharo by his stronge hande and straytched out arme ii Cor. x what helped it them verely nothing lykewyse it helpes vs nothing that we are redemed wyth the rede bloude of our sauiour Iesus Chryste out of the deuels power and myght so farre forth as we make our selues boundmen againe thorowe our Infidelyte Hebre. iii. Iude. i. Idolatrye disobediēce fleshly lyuing Therdly they learne that this selfe bread or sacramēt lyke as they name it is geuē and receaued for the remissyon of synsines my derely beloued wher christ Iesus and his holy worde is not there is nothing vbi Christus non est ibi nihil sanum but blyndnes infidilytye vayne hope dystrust and an vnquyet consiens We knowe wel there must be a mediatour for our sīnes but the ryght mediatoure Chryst Iesus we wyll not knowe Therefore haue we elected and chosen out so many satisfactions for our synnes so many that no man can thinke nor wryte as Pardons holye water holy fyre holy salte holy breade holy palme holy waxe holy bones holye cottes fastinge shryuinge Massinge pylgramage with other abomynable baggage more whiche is to long to reherse ye the dyner of Antychriste and that onely mediatour Iesus christ wyll we not Truly we are lyke vnto a seyke febyll fante woūded man that goeth and gyueth his mony to one that is not expert in his science whiche can not gyue neyther holsome drink nor laye no good playster whiche destroyes more than he edifyes And notwythstandinge there is declared vnto vs one expeart doctour which wyll neyther take gyftes nor rewardes for he is of himselfe rich inough and that he doth he doth it of frendly fauoure and loue seketh them at ther houses byndes vp there wondes healeth them and that frely but we wyl not haue him we haue more delyte in destruction then in saluacion Who shal haue compassion or lamente ouer suche a seke man It is in lyke case with this vnfaythfull generacion of man they feyle many tymes greate paynes and smarte runeth here and there to them whiche destroyeth more and more wyth there false venemous medicines It coste them moche mony they suffer moch smarte and yet are they neuer made hole of ther diseaces And that only euerlastynge riche perfect doctour and medecyne our sauiour Iesus Christ which is so abundantlye declared vnto vs of all Patriarkes Prophetes Angelles Apostels ye and of the father selfe him wyll we not haue which is come out of pure loue and fauour to al them that are woūded and euel healed and offers his seruice and hath brought wyth him a costlye precious salue that is good for al sores that is his precious rede blood that he for vs and for al the synnes of the worlde hath shede vpon the crosse for our redemption we wil not haue hym we put him awaye from
Idel wordes yea that though and mocion of the harte Therefore let euery man examine him selfe flesh wel and so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe i. Cor. xi For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthylye eateth and drynketh his owne damnatyon Luke .xxii. Thus hathe our sauiour Iesus Chryst instituted and ordeyned hys holye supper both in breade and wyne to be a remembraūce of his death and passiō as I haue declared afore i. Cor. xi Ephe. v. Throwe whyche death and passyon he hath declared his greate loue towardes vs and secondlye to a renewinge of loue and cleane holding the congregaciō of god i. Cor. x. And this is the only institucion and vse of the supper of our Lorde Iesus christ how he and his Apostles haue vsed it O mercyfull God haue these vngodly shameles shauelinges altred and chaunged this holy and blessed Supper of our lord into abominable blasphemus Idolatrye as I shall declare here after vnto you It is so greuous that I shal declare vnto you whyche shal be nothynge but the trueth that euery Chrystian hatte maye tremble and quake at it Therfore seke wyth all dyligence the truth to the intent that ye maye knowe how pytyfull that we and all the worlde haue synned agaynste oure Lorde God in this matter Antechristi oblatio Fyrste they haue conuerted and chaunued thys holye and Blessed supper of our Lord wyth ther false learnynge and auctoritye out of his ryght vse and haue lerned it to be a dayly sacrifice for our sinnes This is abominable blasphemy and pitifull blyndnes that men can not imagyn such another Nota sequentes abhominationes Wyth thys same learnyng haue they driuen Chryste Iesus out of his fathers stoole out of heauen and haue set in his place an vngodlye preist wyth a peace of breade wyth the same learnyng haue they robed chryst Iesus of his euerlastyng and perpetual offyce that is the office of an aduocate and haue put it vpon a pece of breade and a deuylles seruaunt whiche knowes not one title ryght of the word of god Wyth the same learning haue they made of no value al the fygures and shyne of Moyses al the prophicies of the prophittes al the promyses of Angelles al the hole new Testament whych alonly speaketh of that only sacrifyce for sin Cur panis ille immolationis vt vocāt trangatur in tres partes which is christ Iesus with the same learnynge haue they takē vpō them al power in heauen earth hel Therfore is the brede of the Idolles table broken in thre peces with the fyrst pece pacifie the god wyth the secōde they pray for the world with the thirde they delyuer the soul that they offer it for with this same learnīg ar they risen aloft in gold syluer in pompe lordlines honour by the hole world herewith ar they climed vp aboue al princes haue gottē vnto thēselues gold syluer churches cloysters land sand the highes places name power in al lādes to the intēt that euery mā shuld giue rume to their holynes feare there name highlye prayse ther gloriouse office desiring alwayes the throwe this good worke whych is this dayly offringe that they myght be cōforted in there soule Throw this meanes is that abominable Anthichryst gotten into his seat so hie that the Empriours maiestie Medium in quo eleuatus est Antechristus the hiest potēt vpō earth whō god him self cōmaunded to obey must knele downe kysse his stynkyng fote ye this is more fredericus Barborossa that excellēt emperour bicause he wold haue letted his knaueri culd get no misericordia vntill the tyme that Alexāder Tertius the prynce of the Babilonical coniures had troden vpon this excellēt Emperour in the churche dore at Venega thus hath that deuillysh offrīg brought in bōdage the hole worlde But the Lorde be blessed whiche hath delyuered vs from this fayned sacryfyce and golden Calfe Esay l.iii. and hath declared vnto vs the onely hye prest ouer the house of god whiche remaneth a prest for euer after the order of Melchisideche whiche in the dayes of his fleshe dyd offer vp prayers and supplycacions wyth strong cryeng and teares vnto hym Hebre. v. that was able to saue hym frō deathe and was harde bycause of his godlynes he hath offered one offerynge a sacryfyce of swete sauoure to God Ephe. v. he hath saieth Saint Paule offered one sacryfyce for sinnes sat hym done for euer on the ryght hande of God Hee x. and from hence forth taryeth tyl his foes be made hys footstole for wyth one offering hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctifyed This is the onely sacryfice wyth which the fathers wrayth is pacyfied the generacyon of Adam delyuered heauen opened and hell shut Ro. iii. Christus vnica propeccatis victima For it pleased the father that in him shuld alfulnes dwel and by hym to reconcile al thynges to hym selfe and to set at peace by hym throw the blood of hys crosse both thynges in heauen and thynges in earth i. Colo i. ¶ Now come forth al power and myght and al ye that ar papistes with al ye that reken your selfe to be learned that is in Englād and is of the papistes opinion thys worde can neyther Angell nor Deuell breke Hebru x. namely that with one offring he hath made perfecte for euer them that are santcyfyed My dearly beloued in Chryst Iesu loue your soule and loke earnest lye vpon the lordes wordes Know ones vnder what learnynge sacramentes and congregacion ye are what shepards fede you what brede that ye breake in what bodiye ar boūd O ye chyldren howe longe wyll Prouer. i. you loue chyldyshnes howe longe wyl ye scorners delyte in scornynge and the vnwyse be ennemyes vnto knowledge ii Cor. vi Apo. xviii Luke ix How longe wil you remayne in your synnes howe longe wil ye be bounde wyth the chayn of Infidelite in the botomles pyt Mat. xi Come out from amonge thē auoid al false learnynge exchew all false holynes and let the deade bury the dede and folow ye after our mayster Christ enter into hys house and take vp vpon you his easye yocke and light burthen ye shal fynde rest in your soules as then maye ye bost youre selues of the grace of God the forgyuenes of synnes the deseruing of our Sauiour Iesus christ euerlastyng lyfe god giue you his grace Amen Secoundarly they haue taught that the bread is veri flesh and the wine very blood that haue they gathered out of the wordes of christ literali spoken wherin he sayeth take eate this is my bodye c not markynge what Chryst sayth in the .vi. Ioh. vi of Iohn That is to saye it is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profyteth nothyng the wordes which I spake vnto you ar spirit lif for in this place