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A17659	A faythfull and moost godlye treatyse concernyng the most sacred Sacrament of the blessed body and bloude of our sauioure Chryst, co[m]piled by Iohn Caluyne, a man of no lesse lernyng and lytterature then godly studye, and example of liuyng. And translated into Latin by Lacius a man of lyke excellencie. And nowe last of all, translated into Englyshe by a faythfull brother, no lesse desirous to profyt the weake brotheres then to exercise the talent of the Lorde to his honoure and glorye. In declaration whereof, he hath set before this lytle booke an epistle to the reader much more effectuous then in the fyrst edicion. Whereunto the order that the churche and congregation of Christ in Denmarke doth vse at the receyuying of baptisme, the Supper of ye Lorde, and wedlocke: is added. Myles Couerdale; Petit traicté de la Saincte cene. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Danske folkekirke.	1548 (1548)	STC 4411; ESTC S107182	57,569	98

remembraunce An other signe to declare thys misterye by Thys cuppe of wyne is but one body and yet is it made of many grapes and so are you but one bodye althoughe you be manye so longe as you be ioyned together by fayth It comforteth the herte and the lyuely spirites of the bodye and so doth my bloude shed on the crosse comforte the soule By thys action haue I declared vnto you the misterie of the paticipation you haue in me by fayth Use you the same that thys your delyueraunce by me may neuer slippe out of your mynde We haue eaten the lambe whyche putteth vs in remembraunce of the wonderfull delyueraūce out of the captiuitie in Egypte whyche was done more then a thousande yeares paste So shall you eat thys bread and drynke this cuppe in remembruance of your redemption and deliueraūce our of the spiritual Egipte and from the spiritual Pharao the dyuell And when you shalbe demaunded what you meane by this eatynge drynkynge you shall saye We where through the synne and transgression of the fyrst man Adā made bonde mē and captynes to the dyuel out of whyche bondage we could by no meanes be delyuered tyll it had pleased God the father to sende hys onelye begotten sonne to take oure nature vpon hym that he myght dye and be an acceptable sacryfyce to pacyfye the fathers wrathe Wherfore the night before he suffered he declared vnto vs by these visyble sygnes what cōmunyon we haue in hym of all that euer he deserued for vs. And then he cōmaūded vs to vse the same bycause we shoulde be alwayes put in remembraunce of that our redemption and delyueraunce none other wyse them Moyses dyd to the Israelytes the nighte before he dyd by the wonderfull myght of God brynge them out of the greate captiuytie wher in they were holden in Egypt The wordes of saynt Paule to the corhinthians do teach no lesse them I haue here wrytten For he sayeth so often as you eate thys breade and drynke this cup you shal declare the death of the lorde tyll he come And therfore who so euer eateth of thys bread or drynketh of thys cup vnworthely doth eate and drynke hys owne dampnation Here is a playne declaration of the ende purpose of Christ when he instituted this most sacred sacramēt Forsoth to kepe in remēbrāce hys mooste dolorouse death preciouse bloude moste plēteously shed vpō the crosse And who so euer eateth drinketh it vnworthly that is to saye for any other purpose thē for the same it was ordeined for the same eateth drinketh hys owne dāpnation I thynke not contrarie but y ● moste men wyl thynke this a straūge interpretation of this place for as moche as the moste auncient yea all y e doctours that make any mencion of this place and Caluine hym selfe in this boke whyche I haue translated do applye the vnworthynesse in receyuynge of thys Sacrament to the vnpenitent hert of the persone whiche receyueth it And in very dede such one is farre vnworthy to receyue so worthy a Sacrament for as much as he is not the membre nor seruaunt of Christ but a membre of the deuyll and seruaunt to synne And thys interpretation is no lesse godly then fruitfull For therby are the membres of Christe put in feare to presume to come to the table of the lorde vnlesse they haue fyrst examined found them selues the trewe membres of Christe indued and adorned with perfyt faith hope and charitie But yf we wyl go to the natyue sence of the text we shal perceyue that in this place Paule speaketh of the small regarde the Corhinthians had to thys mooste sacred Sacrament not vsyng it wyth so much reuerence as they ought to do For he addeth these wordes Puttynge no difference of the Lordes body As he shoulde haue sayed esteamyng it nothing better then the cōmune bread wherwyth they fedde theyr bodyes The phrase of speakyng gyueth this interpretation for yf I say This man was not worthely enterteyned I meane not that the partie whiche enterteyned him was not worthye to enterteyne so noble a man but that he was not vsed as was beseamyng for such a mā to be vsed So that to receyue the Sacramēt vnworthely is to receyue it otherwyse or for an other purpose then it oughte to be receyned for y ● is after any other forme or for any other purpose then y ● wordes of y ● first institutiō do declare For whē y e vse of good thinges is altred frō y ● purpose ende they were fyrste ordeyned for then are they vnworthely handled Al they therfore whyche do priuately receyue the Sacramēt eyther to merite them selues or other other that do make it a sacrifyce for the redemption of synne or to pacify goddes wrathe in any cōdition or after any other forme or for any other purpose thē is declared in the wordes of the fyrst institution do receyue it to theyr dampnation putting no difference of the Lordes bodye but vsynge it as a matter of marchaundyse or occupacion to get theyr lyuynge vpon They onely receyue it worthely which receiue it as a most worthy Sacrament and signe representynge vnto vs the cōmunion and partipacion we haue in all that euer Christe dyd or purchased for vs by taking our nature sufferyng therin al maner of moste miserable afflicions finally by hys mooste cruel and dolorouse death Therfore to hoyse it ouer theyr heades to daunce it ouer the cuppe to cary it in the stretes wyth a great pompe and glorye to bowe theyr knees and to knocke theyr breastes before it and to locke it vp in a pire to haue it ready to serue at al houres all suche chapmen as shall cal for it is but a polytyke caste of the marchauntes whyche displeye and set abrode to be sene suche marchaundyse as they woulde faynest sel As they do offende whiche neglecte and contemne thys moste holy mistery esteaming it no better then the comon breade wherewyth ou●e bodyes be fedde so do they also offende whiche honoure it wyth diuine honoure makynge it therby an ydol of all other moste to be abhorred both for that as they vse it it is a playne Antichriste spoylynge Christe of his victorye atchyued by the ones offeryng of hym felfe for all and al●o for that it pulleth the beleauers theron from the true adoracion of God the father and maketh them to ho●our for the inuisible immēse and eternall god that visible mensueable and corruptible breade wyne Yea as they vse it it is not the communion of Christes body and bloude at all but a fonde inuencion of theyr owne For Christe dyd not make so manye crossynges and blessinges and then eate it vp all him selfe But we must beleue that they recey●● it for vs and in all oure names We must beleue that theyr receauynge of it is the application of Christes merites to vs. We must beleue that they can therby releue y ● soules in y

are to be vnderstande wherin Christe calleth his bodye breade and hys bloude wyne Whiche wordes maye easely be opened yf we kepe in memorye those principles whyche I haue before set forth that is to saye that all the fruite we seke for in the supper is brought to noughte onlesse Christe be gyuen vnto vs therin as the foundacion and substance of all the whole matter And yf we ones graunt this thynge then no doubt we shall graūt also that there is gyuen vnto vs nought els but an vnprofitable vayne Sacramēt ▪ yf we deny that in it is gyuē vnto vs the very participacion of Christ whiche thynge were execrable shame full blasphemye Forthermore yf the maner of the communion with Christ be suche that we be partakers of all the mercies and benifites which he gate for vs by his death then are we not partakers w t the spirite onely but w t y ● māboode also wherin he perfourmed perfit obedience to God the father to the intent he mighte paye oure det es Althoughe to saye the truth the one can not be wythoute the other For whē he geueth him selfe vnto vs he doth it to the intent we shoulde possese him whole And therfore as I haue sayde that his spirite is oure life euen so doth he his owne mouth declare that hys fleshe is oure foode and his bloude oure verye drynke Yf this be not spoken in vayne no remedy oure life must neades consiste in him and oure soules be nourished wyth hys fleshe and bloude as wyth theyr proper and peculyar foode Of that thynge haue we testimony in y ● supper whē it is sayd of the breade that we should take it and eate it and that it is his bodye and of the cuppe that we drynke it and that it is hys bloude here are the bodye and bloude named to the intent we should learne to seke the substāce of our spirituall lyfe therin Now yf any man woulde demande of me whether the breade be the bodye of Christ the wyne his bloud therto woulde I answer that the breade and wy●e are visib●l signes representynge vnto vs the bodye bloude of Christe and that they be called the body and bloud bycause they be as it were instrumētes wherby the lorde Iesu Christ distributeth them vnto vs. This forme of speaking agreeth very well wyth the thynge For not wythstandynge that oureeyes 〈◊〉 nor oure wyttes can not comprehende the communion that wee haue in the bodye of Christe yet is it there openlye shewed before oure eyes We haue in a lyke thynge an example verye fytte for the purpose When the lorde woulde that his spirite should appeare in the baptisme of Christe he shewed him vnder the shape of a doue ▪ Iohn the Baptyste recytyng that hystorye sayeth that he sawe the holye Gost descen dynge But yf we marke it well we shal fynde that he sawe nought els but a Doue For the substance of the holy Gooste is muisible But for that he knewe that vision to be no vayne figure but the mooste sure token of the presēce of the holy goost he doubted nothyng at all to affirme that he sawe him because he was represented vnto him vnder soche sort as he was able to abyde Euen so must we say as concernynge the communion that we haue in the bodye and bloude of Christe It is a spirituall misterye whyche can neyther be sene wyth the eyes nother comprehended with the wytte Therfore as the weakenes of oure nature requireth it is set forth wyth visible figures and signes but yet vnder such sort that it is not a bare and simple figure but ioyned vnto his verite and substance The bread therfore is not vnworthylye called the bodye for as moch as it doth not onelye r●present it vnto vs but also brynge vnto vs the same thynge I can be ryght well contente therfore ▪ to graunt that the name of the body of Christ be transferred vnto the bread because it is the sacrament and fygure therof But thys one thynge wyll I adde That the sacrametes of the Lord oughte by no meanes to be separate frome his substance and verytye And yet is it not onely mete but also very necess●ry so to set them a sunder that they be not confoūded But to deuide them so that the one shoulde be made perfyt without the other is moste vnsemley Whē we therfore do beholde the visible signe we muste consider what it representeth and who gaue it vs. For the bread is geuen to the intent that it shoulde be y ● figure of the bodye of Christ ▪ we are cōmaunded to eate it It is geuen I say of God the certayne vnchaungeable veritie Yf so be y ● God can neyther disceyue nor lye it foloweth y ● he doth in verye dede performe and fulfyll al that he doth there signifye No remedy therfore we must neades vnfaynedlye receyue the bodye and bloude of Christe in his supper for as muche as the Lorde offereth vnto vs herin the cōmunion for them both For what shoulde this meane that we should eate bread drynke wyne to the intēt that they shoud declare vnto vs that hys fleshe is oure meate and bys bloude oure drynke yf he letteynge the spirituall veritye passe shoulde gyue vs nought elles but breade and wyne had he not then instituted thys misterye faynedlye and in vayne And as we saye in the Frenche tonge vnder disceyuable signes And therfore muste we neades graunte that yf the representation whyche the Lorde gyueth in the supper be no sayned thynge that then the inwarde substaunce of the Sacramente is annexed to the visible signes and that in lyke maner as the breade is distributed in the hande so is the body of Christ cōmunicate vnto vs to the entēt that we shoulde be partakers thereof And doubtlesse yf there were no more but thys one thynge yet oughte it to satisfye vs aboundantlye for as muche as we vnderstande that in the supper Christ gyueth vnto vs the very substaunce of hys bodye and bloude that we maye wyth full tyghte possesse hym and in possessynge hym be called into the societie of al hys good thynges For in that we possesse hym all the treasures and heauenlye goodes whyche be secretelye layed vp in hym are set out vnto vs to the intent that they shoulde be oures and that we shoulde enioye them wyth hym Brefely therfore to defyne the profyte of the supper we maye saye y ● in it Iesus Christ is offered vnto vs that we may possesse hym hym selfe and in hym aboundaunce and plentye of all the mercyes and benefytes that the mynde can desyre Whiche thynge is an exceadynge great helpe vnto vs in stablishynge our consciences in that truste whyche we ought to haue in hym An other vtilitie is that by it we are more steared and admonished to acknowledge the benefytes which we haue and do day lye receyue of the Lorde Iesu Christe that we maye

and yet wyll they at theyr pleasure place hym in the chalyce he was neuer visible to the mortall eye and yet wyll they make him appere at euerye knaues requeste that wyll do as other men do I meane paye theyr ordinarye shote and so doyinge he shall not onelye se him but also eate him vp euerye morsell I woulde the men woulde delygentlye peruse the wordes of saynt Augustine in theyr legēde on Corpus Christi daye whiche are these taken out of the. xxvi treatyse vpon Iohan. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my bloud tarieth in me and I in hym To eate that meat therefore and to drinke that drinke is to tarye in Christe and to haue Christe tariynge in vs. And by this he that taryeth not in Chryste and in whom Chryst tarieth not no doubt he doth not spiritually eate his fleshe nor drynke hys bloude al thoughe he do carnallye and visibly crushe with his teeth the sacrament of y ● body and bloude of Chryste but he dothe rather eate and drynke to his damnacion the sacrament of so noble a thyng Here is your transsubstanciacion vtterlye denyed For saynt Augustine putteth a plaine difference betwene the sacrament and the thinge it selfe Agayne the same Angustine in the same place addeth these wordes The sacrament of thys thinge that is of the vnitie of the body and bloude of Christe is in some places prepared euerie day in some other places but certayne dayes as on the sundaye and is taken of the table of the Lorde to some persons to life to some other to destruction but the thynge it selfe in to all persones to lyfe and to destruction to no man that may be pertaker therof What nedeth it to reherse anye mo wytnesses seynge these are sufflicyent eyther to proue saynte Augustine an heretyke other else to declare thys transsubstanciacion to be bothe foolyshe and abominable Both for that it trusse the together the diuinytie and inlargethe the humanytye beyonde all measure thrutchyng vp into a corner y earte whiche no place can conteyne and settynge at libertie to be in all places that whyche muste nedes be in one place onely Yf euery man wyl folowe his conscience in this matter I doubte not but they shal sone be persuaded how farre wyde thys transsubstanciacion is frome the trueth But nowe take they holde of the wordes of the Lorde at the fyrst institucion of this mooste sacred Sacrament whiche are these Thys is my bodye whiche shall be delyuered for you This is my bloude which shall be shed for you many into remission of synnes What natural essencial and real presēce they buylde vpon these wordes is abundantlye declared in the Byshoppe of Wynchester and docter Smythes bokes I shall therefore mooste humblye desyre the readare vtterlye to shake of all supersticious● perswacyous of olde v●ages geueynge hym selfe wholy to y ● teachyng of the spirite of god who teacheth inwardlye in the herte all them that geue ouer them selues to hys teachynge informacion And I for my part yelding me to y ● same spirite shal in this case wryte y ● thynge onelye whyche my conscience shall geue me to be of the spirite of the lyuynge God and my trust is that the good spirite of god is my leadare As concernynge the vnderstandynge of the wordes of Christe you shall knowe that the maner of teachyng is double that is to say by wordes and by signes By wordes we teache when we declar● vnto the hearers by wordes the th●nge that we woulde they shoulde know By signes we teache when we do some thynge whethy the beholders may gather our meaynyng 〈…〉 quiniꝰ superbꝰ dyd when he strake of the toppes of the hyghest poppyes declaringe therby that his aduise was to haue the greatest rulers beheaded We teach also both by words by sygnes when we adde vnto the wordes some action to declare as it were to expounde the wordes withall As is mencioned in the Actes of the apostles of a prophete whiche declared vnto Paule the persecution he shoulde indure at Hierusalem whyther he was goyng and to make the matter more playne he toke Paules gyrdle frō aboute hym and ●yed hys feete with all sayinge the man whose gyrdle this is shal be thus boūden at Hierusalem Euen so good christian brethren our sauioure Christe wyllynge to declare to hys apostles the wonderfull paticipation that all faythfull christians shoulde haue in hys bodye and bloude toke breade whyche is the chyefe and in scripture compted the onely foode of the bodye of man and when he had after his accustomed maner gyuen thankes he blessed not crossynge the breade wyth the thre hynder fyngers hauynge the forefynger and the thombe faste ioyned to gether No he made no synge of the crosse at all For to make the sygne of the crosse was in those daies none other then it is now to make the sygne of a galowe tree He blessed therfore after the maner that the fathers the prophetes patriarkes vsed that is he innocated called vpon y ● name of his father desyring him toac cōply she inuisibly in all hys faythfull dearlynges the thynge whych he intēded to declare vnto them by y ● vysible signe Thē sayd he to his apostles take ye eat ye this is my body which shalbe delyvered for you Not meanynge that he had chaūged the nature of bread into the nature of fleshe makynge the bread that he helde in hys hande hys naturall bodye for then had he geuen vnto them a mortall corruptible bodye to eate whych thynge is so moche vngodlye that very nature abhorreth it But he gaue them the bread to eate saynge thys is my bodye which shalbe delyuered for you I became man for none other purpose but y ● my bodye shoulde be torne rent for to satifye for youre synnes y ● your soules might be fedde and haue lyke participation therof as your bodies haue of this bread and you whych be my faythful are as this breade is one bodye made of many bodies for euery litle graine wherof this bread is made is of hym selfe a bodye and yet ioyned to gether they are but one body In like maner you that beleue in me thoughe ye be many yet ioyned together by fayth ye are but one bodye I am your head This mistery can you not vnderstande with out some visible signe whyche may represent vnto you y ● veritie therof take ye thys bread therfore and knowe for certentie that like as it is one so are ye one if ye remaine in faith And as it nourisheth the body so doth my passion nouryshe the soule whyche hath no lyfe but in me by me In lyke maner when he had supped he toke y ● cuppe saying take ye drynke ye all of this this is the cuppe of y ● new testament in my bloude whych shalbe shed for you and many into remissiō of sinnes Do this so ofte as you dryncke in my

filthynesses which haue spronge of thys name sacrifice An other errowre foloweth whych the deuyll hath sowen to the intente to corrupte thys hyghe mistcrie that is to saye in that he commented the trāssubstanciacion of the bread into the bodyeand of the wyne into the bloude of Christ after the wordes should be pronounsed wyth the intente to consecrate Fyrst that cōment hath no foundacion at al in the scripture neyther hath it any testemonie of the olde congregation and therfore can it by no meanes agree or stande with the wordes of the lorde Is not suche an interpretacion to violent and to muche wrasted To saye that when Christ shewynge bread calleth it his bodye the substance of the bread is cōs●med and that the bodye of Christe succedeth in the place thereof But it neadeth not to call the matter into question seinge that the bryght splendiferouse veritie is of it selfe able to confute so absurde a vanitie I let passe infinite testimonyes both of the scripture and of the fathers also wherin the sacramente is called breade I saye this onely that the nature of the Sacramēt requireth that the material bread remayne for the visible signe of the body For it is a generall rule amonge y ● sacramētes that the signes whiche we se in them ought to haue some similitude wyth the spirituall thinge that they represent As we are therfore in baptisme certifyed that oure soules be inwardlye washed whē the water y ● washeth the fylth of the body is powred vpō vs to declare y ● same thing euen so must there neades be in the supper materiall breade that it may be declared vnto vs that the bodye of Christe is oure foode For what declaracyon were it yf the qualitie wytnes shoulde represent vnto vs that body We knowe therfore manifestlye that vnlesse the substance of bread do there remayne al the representacion whiche the lorde wyllynge to accommodate hym selfe to oure infirmitie gaue vnto vs doth vtterly decaye and peryshe For the wordes which the lorde spake soūde no lesse then yf one woulde saye In lyke maner as mans body is nouryshed and susteyned wyth bread so is my fleshe the spiritual foode wherwyth the soules be quyckened Besydes these thynges For what purpose doth Paule propone that similitude as one lofe is made of many graynes mingled and ioyned to gether one wyth an other euen so wee for as muche as we take parte al of one bread ought to be faste ioyned togyther one with an other And yf the whytnesse onelye shoulde remayne wythout the substance were it not a thyng to be laughed at to here a man speake as Paule doth Wherfore wythout any doubtyng at al I conclude that thys transsubstanciacion is the deuylles interpretation to depraue y ● truth of the supper Many dotynge castes haue folowed of this lye woulde God they had not ben more then doting castes that they had not ben also horrible abhominaciōs For mē imagining I can not tell what maner of placelye presence haue taught y ● bothe the diuinity the humanitye of Christ are fastned vnto y ● whitenes nothinge cōsyderyng what incōueniēses folowed vpon the same Although the olde doctours of Sorbone haue reasoned very subtllly how the body bloud be ioyned with the signes yet can it not be denyed but that in the popyshe church was receyued both of high and lowe and is at this day with fyre sworde murder al kynde of tormentes cruelly defended and holden this opinion that Christe is conteyned vnder these signes and that we ought to seke hym there Whiche opinion yf they wyll maynteyne no remedy they must also graūt that the bodye of Christ as a thinge infinite is conteyned in no place other elles that it is in diuers places at once And in the affirmynge hereof they come at length to this passe that it differeth nothing at all frome a fantasticall apparicion To appoyn●e therfore suche kynde of presence inclosed in a place wherein the bodye of Christe shoulde be included in or as they saye locallye ioyned to the signe● is not onelye a thynge foly she but also an execrable errour diminishing the glory of Christ● vtterly destroying al that ought to be bel●ued as cōcerninge his humane nature For y ● scripture teacheth in euery place that lyke as in earth Christ toke our humanitie euen so he pluckynge the same out of thys mortall estate and yet nothynge chaungynge the na●ure therof caryed it vp into heauē And for thys cause oughte we when we speake of the humanitie of Christ to consider two thinges The fyrste that we diminishe nothinge of the veritie of his nature The other that we derogate nothynge of his glorious estate And to do thys thynge in his kynde we muste lefte vp our myndes into heauen that we may seke out redeamer there For yf we wyll caste hym frome vs vnder the corruptible Elementes of thys worlde we shall both destroye those thinges whiche the scriptures do wytnes as concerning his humane nature and also bringe to nought his moste glorious ascension But bycause many mē haue abundantly handled this matter I had rather let it passe then to wade further therin My mynde was to note by the waye thys thynge onely That to thynke that Christ is shutte vp vnder the bread and wine other els to ioyne thē so togither y ● our mynde cleaue fast there and is not erected into heauē is a diuelyshe dottage whyche thynge I shall also toutche in an other place And when thys peruerse opinion was once receyued it ingendred many other supersticions Fyrst that carnall adoracion which is none other thyng but mere idolatry For yf a man woulde prostrate him selfe before the breade and honour Christ there as yf he were there presente conteyned therin were not that the setting vp of an idole in steade of the Sacrament For we were not cōmaunded to honour but to eate We ought not therfore so rashely to attempt that thinge Forthermore thys was an obseruation in the olde congregacion to admonishe the people before the supper shoulde be celebrated that they lyfte vp theyr hertes to the intent they shoulde vnderstande that they oughte not to styke in the visible signe yf they would honour Christ a right But we shal not long contende as cōcernynge thys article yf the presence and coniunction of the veritie wyth the signe be well vnderstande wherof I haue all readye spoken and wyl hereafter declare at large Out of the same fountayne are sprongen the residewe of the supersticiouse ceremonies as to carye the Sacramēt thorow the stretes once in the yere ▪ as it were in a pompe an other season to set vp a taberancle for it and to kepe it al the yere longe shutte vp in a pire or case that the people maye giue hede there vnto as vnto god which shynges bycause they are all not onely inuented by mans wytie without the worde of god

thys so precious treasure is vnhalowed and wyckedlye abused Thys holy Sacrament shall for the necessarye causes nowe rehersed be to vs also a testimonye of thys presente tyme before god and the worlde that we do vtterly both in worde and dede refuse and forsake all the dis●eatfulnesse of the papistrie and that we fayth fully wyth all our hertes submitte oure selues vnder the gospel of Iesus Christe ¶ Wherfore ye dearely beloued in the Lorde for as muche as thys matter is so wayghtye euen Gods owne institution and ordinaunce yea and his cōmaūdemēt also that we shoulde do it And lykewyse seynge the necessite which shoulde cause vs to accomplishe the same is so great specially on our behalfe towardes God to whom we owe a longe Deo gratias and thankes we ought in no wyse to refrayne our selues from it neyther suffer oure selues to be kepte backe there frō but oftymes wyth repētant hertes to seke this our soules medicine cōfort of our cōsciēce beleuinge what Christ sayth to vs herin doing as ●e cōmaūdeth vs ¶ And as for those that seke no suche repentant hertes fayth and comfort herein but lyue in open blasphemy continuynge in synne and wycked lyfe They shall knowe that they are vnworthy of thys holy supper and shal be excomunicate tyll they amende ¶ But to the intent that the vnrepētant may thorow the grace of god be lightened and that we our selues may frutefully enioye this supper to the amēdmēt of our liues also that all Chrystendome generally maye be the beter and be edified Therfore let vs hertelye make our prayer to god the father of al mercye beleuyng assuredly that he wyl graciously here vs thorow our Lord Iesus Christ who cōmaunded vs to praye and promised vs saynge Aske and ye shall haue seke ye shall fynd knocke ▪ and it shalbe opened to you ¶ Wherfore in consideracion of the same conmaundement and promes lyft vp your hertes and saye thus wyth me in youre prayer O Lord god our father in heauē we thy miserable childrē vpon earth beseche the that thou wyll mercifully loke on vs lend vs thy grace ¶ That thy holy name maye be sanctifyed among vs and in all the world thorow the pure and syncere teachynge of thy worde through ernest charite in our daylye lyuynge and oure conuersacion Se●lude thou graciously al fals doctrine and euell lyuinge wherby thy worthi name myght be blasphemed and slaundred ¶ O let thy kyngdome come and be greate All synfull blynd people and suche as are holden captyue of the deuell in hys kyngdome ▪ those bryng thou to the knowledge of the true fayth in Iesus Christe thy sonne ¶ Strength vs Lorde wyth thy spiryte to do and to suffre thy wil both in life and death in well and woo that our wyll maye all waye be broken offred vp and mortified ¶ And geue vs oure dayly bread Preserue vs from couetous desire and carefulnes of the bealy that of the we may be assured to haue abundaunce of al good thynges ¶ Forgeue vs oure trespace as we forgeue them whyche offende vs that oure hert maye haue a sure and glad conscience and that wee neuer feare nor be afrayed for any synne ¶ Leade vs not into tentacyon but helpe vs through thy spirite to subdue the flesh to despise the worlde with his vanities and to ouercome the deuel wyth all hys craftie assaultes And finally delyuer thou vs frō all euell both bodely and gostly temporal eternall Amen ¶ They that ernestly desyre al thys let them say Amē beleuyng without any doubte y ● it is graūted hearde in heauē according as Christ ꝓmised vs saying whē ye pray beleue assuredly y ● ye shal haue it it shal come to passe Amē ¶ Then reherseth he the wordes of the holye supper out of thre Euāgelistes Mathewe Marke and Luke and also out of S. Paule Cor. xi saying THe lorde Iesus the same night wherin he was betrayed toke bread gyuynge thākes brake it sayed Take ye eate this is my body whiche shall be gyuen for you Thys do in the remembraunce of me In lyke maner when supper was done he toke the cuppe also saying This cup is the new testamēt in my bloud As of●e as ye drinke this do it in remembraūc● of me This done the whole churche in maner aboue sayd do syng a psalme or two of thākes gyuing for this blessed Sacramēt And in the meane saeson they y ● are appoynted thē to suppe with the Lorde and come soberly and wyth greate reuerence one after another the men fyrste and then the women to the table of the Lorde where they knelynge one I saye after another receyue at the hande of one of the priest●s the Sacramente in fourme of breade And then goeth he wyth lyke reuerence to the other ende of the table and at the hande of an other of the priestes which stādeth there ready for the same purpose he kn●leth downe and receyueth it also in the fourme of wyne and all the other folowe reuerently and do the same Yf one of the priestes or both be disposed lykewise as thē to suppe with the lorde he kneleth downe his companion ●erueth hym And euen so doth he also to his felowe in lyke maner and reuerence ¶ Yf the cōmunicantes and they that receyue then the Sacramente be many they synge the moe Psalmes of thankes gyuyng elles synge they the fewer ¶ When thys holy supper is done the partakers therof y ● were appointed therto serued one of the ministers stādeth vp exhorteth the people to gyue earnest thankes to God wyth thys or suche a lyke prayer ¶ O almyghty God moste mercifull father thou that openest thy gracious hande wherby al thinges lyuyng haue theyr foode in due season we gyue honoure prayse and thankes vnto the for all thy benefites both gostly and bodely which thou hast rychely poured vpon vs wythout any of our deseruynge but specially we thanke the for thys worthy memoriall of our redemption wherin thou haste nouryshed and fedde our soules with the body and bloud of thy deare sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ blessed for euer Amen ¶ An other O Lorde Iesu Christe oure redeme● honour and prayse be all waye geuen vnto the for feady●g our soules w t this spiritual and heauenly foode And we besech the for thy tender mertye that as thou hast geuē it vs for a sacramente of continuall thankfulnesse of daylye remembraūce and of charitable vnyte Euēso most merciful sauiour lend vs al way thy grace to be thankful vnto the for it and not onely by it to be continually myndeful of our redēption purchaced thorow thy death bludsheding but also in cōsideraciō therof to increace in loue towarde the and al mankynd for thy sake An other O Lorde God allmyghtye we thanke the wyth all oure hertes that thou hast fed our soules wyth the bodye and bloude of thy moste deare sonne And we

Iewelles the sacramentes of Christ●s body and bloude and howe he laboureth daylye in hys members the wycked papistes to wyth holde from vs the knowledge of the spiritual eating and drynkynge of Christe whiche begynneth nowe to spreade the worlde ouer all Lette vs runne therfore vnto oure present and onelye succour in thys greate daunger To Christe I saye let vs runne moste humbly besekyng him oure Sauiour and redeamer plenteouslye to poure out of his spirite of knowledge vpon vs all that we maye daylye more and more fynde out the hydde and secrete abhominacions to the vtter extirpacion and rowtyng out of the same And in the meane tyme let vs pray to gyther that it may please the Lorde to augment the nūbre of his faythful tournynge Saules in to Paules that the harde hertes may be molified by hearing the persecutours preach Christ whom they persecuted The spirite of truth be wyth you al. So be it It is the spirite that quyckeneth the fleshe profiteth nothynge at all Iohn svi FOr as moche as the most holye supper of our lorde Iesu Christ hath of longe tyme ben lapped vp in manyfold and great errours and euen of late dayes wrapped in many opinions and contentions nothynge so quiet as was besemyng no meruayle thoughe certayue weake conscienced persones can not wel determyne what thynge they ought chyflye to folowe but do wyth indeferente and suspense mynde loke whan the seruauntes of God settinge all contention a parte shall agree amonge them selues and brynge the matter to some concorde and vnitie And seynge that such kynde of doubte hath no smal incommoditye annexed and that it is a thyngee mooste dayngerouse to haue no certayne determinacion of that mistrye the knowledge wherof is so necessarye to our saluation I haue thought it a thynge moste profytable bryeflye to spake of the chiefe sume of the matter and yet playnlye to declare what thynge we oughte chyeflye to sticke vnto therin More ouer certayne honeste men perceyuynge the matter to require no lesse desyred me earnestly to take it in hande whose requeste I coulde by no meanes denye vnlesse I wolde haue bene slake in doynge my dutye And that the difficultie therof may the more easely be opened it is neadfull to declare what order we intende to folowe herein Fyrst I shall declare for what cause and to what ende the Lorde hath instituted this most holye sacramente Then what ●ruite we take therof and herein I wyll declare howe the bodye of Chryst● is geuen vs in it Thyrdlye what is the ryght vse therof Forthlye I shall reherse the erroures and superslicions wherby it hath ben defaced and so wyll I declare howe the seruauntes of God ought to differ from the papistes Finallye I wyll declare the originall of that contencion whiche hath ben so ernestlye mayntayned euen of the same men whyche in our time haue applied al theyr studye to bring the gospel to lyght agayne to replenish againe the congregatiō and to restore the syncere and pure doctryne As concernynge the Fyrste When it pleased the almyghty oure God by baptisme to chose vs into the cōgregation that is to saye into his house whyche he wyll nouryshe and defende and that he hath receyued vs not onely as houshold seruauntes but also as his chyldren it behoueth hym yf he wyl playe the parte of a good father to bringe vs vp ministrynge vnto vs all thynges necessarye to foode and clothynge But as concernynge the thinges that pertayne to the educacion of the bodye bycause they be common to all men so that as well the euyl persones as y ● good be partakers therof they are not to be taken as for thynges appertaynyng to his houshould onely No doubt in that he feadeth and defendeth our bodies and whiles we be partakers of al those good thinges which he most plēteously and liberally geueth vs is declared a great tokē of his father●y goodnes towarde vs. But in lyke maner as the lyfe wherin he hath regenerate vs is spi●ituall so is it neadfull that the meate wherwith we should be susteyned strēgthed be al●o spiritual For we muste vnderstande y ● we are not called to possesse the celestiall inheri●aunce in tyme to come onely but y ● throughe ●ope we are in maner set in possession therof ●l ready So y ● he hath not onely promised vs lyfe but delyueringe vs from death he hath al ready ledde vs into it in very dede And thys thinge opteyned we whē he begate vs a newe wyth the sede of immortalitie y ● is to saye his worde whiche through the holy goste he hath prynted fastened in our hertes That we ther fore may defende susteyne this lyfe we must not seke y ● caducal corriptible meates wherwith the bealy is fed but we must prouide for our soules much better more excellent foode And the whole scripture witnesseth y ● the selfe same wordes wherby the lorde hath begotten vs a new is y ● spiritual bread wherby our soules are susteined fedde the reasone is this by cause in it Christ our onely life is giuē ministred vnto vs. For when god would that al abundance of lyfe shoulde remayne in Christ to the intent y ● by hym he myght make vs partakars therof he ordayned the worde also wherby Christ all his mercyes myght be ministred vnto vs. Thys sentence therfore is infallibly true that our soules are fed nourished wyth none other foode then Iesu Christ. Wherfore the heauenly father being careful for our educacion gaue vs none other foode yea rather he committed thys vnto vs singularly And for as muche as it is sufficient ynoughe for the recreacion and sustenaunce of our soules he wyll●d vs to content oure selues therewith and that our soules shoulde rest t●gether therin bycause we maye by no meanes be with out that foode whyche beynge taken awaye none other can be founde Nowe do we perceyue after what sort Christe is y ● onely foode wherwyth our soules be sedd●●●ut bycause he is distributed vnto vs by the worde of y ● lorde as by the instrument appoynted for the same purpose he is named breade and wyne And that whyche is spoken of the worde appertayneth also to the sacrament of the supper wherby the Lorde leadeth vs vnto the partakyng of Christ. For because we be so weake and feble that we can not wyth vnfayned trust of mynde receyue hym when he is offred vnto vs in the bare preachyng of the doctrine the father of mercye wyllyng to accommodate hym selfe vnto our infimitie therin hath ioyned vnto the worde a signe to be sene with the eyes whereby he myght represent vnto vs the very substance of his promesses that al doubt and wauerynge taken awaye we myght be cōfyrmed and strengthened in hym Seynge therfore thys misterye is hyghe and harde to attayne to and that we can not by witte comprehende or by studye vnderstāde howe the bodye and bloude of Christe maye be