wyth Itemissa est Well thys maye ye easly perceyue howe greatly the Popysh masse differeth from the true institutiō of the Lords supper and that they agre togyther as Christe and Beliall lyghte and darcknesse trueth and falsehode ce Christo. It shall therfore be conuenient for all true christian hertes no more to repose the trust of theyr saluation in the Sacrifice of theyr Popeyshe masse nor in anye thynge apperteynynge to the same but onely in the blessed passion in the precyouse bloude gloryouse death of oure Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christ which by the alone Sacrifice of hys mooste holye body hath euen vn to the vttermoste and at the full payed our raunsome broughte vs euerlastynge healthe Theo. Thys is a confortable hea rynge for all fayethfull penitent synners But I praye you neighboure Philemon remayne there no mo causes of reioysyng in the Lorde oure God Philemon Yesse verilye For thys oure Lorde and Sauioure Iesus Christe dyd not onelye boeth wyllyngely and frelye gyue him selfe vnto the deathe of the crosse for oure synnes and wyckednes and by thys meanes paye oure raunsome to God the father for oure offēses that Satan might haue no power ouer vs but he al so thorowe the might of his godhead rose agayne gloriously and triumphantlye on the thyrd day accordynge to the scriptures for oure iustification as the Apostle sayeth He was betraied vnto the death for our synnes and rose agayne for oure iustification For as by the death of Christe oure raunsome is payed the diuine wrath is pacified oure synnes are washed away in Christes bloude a reconciliacion perfect atonemēt is made betwene God the father and vs the obligation of oure dette is rased oute the law is fulfilled the curse of goddes wrath is takē away al thynges both in heauen and in earth are pacified so in lyke maner by the Resurrection of Christe wee are made ryghtuousse accepted into Goddes fauoure recounted for iuste holye and vertuousse sette at libertye from the tyrannye of Sathan admitted into the celestiall courte of the newe Hierusalem and become felowe cityzyns of the houshold of God wyth the Saynctes and blessed spirites Euse. O inestimable treasures broughte to vs by the gloryouse resurrection of our moste blessed sauiour Iesu Christ. Phile. Yea lette vs marke thys also by the waye that as oure moste valeaunt Lorde and Emperoure Iesus Christe by his resurrection gatte the vyctory ouer Sathan Synne Deathe Hell Desperation and all that is enemye to Mannes healthe so in lyke condicion haue we in hym and thorowe hym goten a glorious victorye ouer Sathan and all hys kyngdome that we maye wyth a ioyeful voyce saye death is swalowed vp into victo rye O death where is thy vyctorye O death where is thy styng The stynge of death is sinne the power of synne is the lawe But thanckes be to God whiche hath geuen vs the victorye thorowe oure Lorde Iesu Christe Christo. O what a ioye and comforte is this to a Christen mans herte to se hys enimies whiche before so greately soughte hys distruccion thus vanquished subdued and troden vnder his fote This haue we gotten as ye very truly haue sayde by Christes resurrection as Christe hym selfe testifieth sayeinge nowe is the iudgemente of the worlde nowe shall the prince of thys worlde be caste oute Agayne be of good comfort I haue ouercome the world By the Prophet Ose he also sayeth I wyl deliuer them from the power of death yea from deathe it selfe wyll I redeme them O death I wyll be thy death O hel I wyll be thy destruccion Phile. Moreouer by Christes resurrection haue we obtayned not only Iustification victory ouer our enemies but also resurrection of bodye and euerlastynge immortalitie For as oure Lorde and sa uioure Iesus Christe dyd put of the mortalitie of hys bodye and became immortall at hys resurrection so by the power of that hys moste glorious resurrection shall we also at the greate day of iudgemente in oure resurrection receyue immortall and incorruptible bodyes euen lyke vnto the glorious body of oure moste myghtye and valeaunt captayne Iesu Christe The. Oh who cā expres the worthines excellency of these heauenly gyftes whiche we obtaine by the mooste victorious and triumphante Resurrection of Iesus Christe oure Lorde and sauioure Philemon Lette these thynges therefore dearelye beloued brethren make you to reioyce in the Lorde Lette these thyngs prouoke you to wythdrawe your mynde from transitory thynges and stedfastly to fyxe it on thynges cōstaunt and euerlastinge Lette these thynges sequester youre Ioye and pleasure frome the swete entisynge moremaydes of thys worlde and allure to the alone delectation in celestiall treasures Christ. O blessed is that man to whōme it is geuen frome aboue truely to sauoure these thynges fayethfullye to beleue theim and earnestly to reioyce in that Lord whyche is the alone geuer of thē Sure m◅◅at man be that hys name is written in the booke of lyfe Philemon But lette vs go forthe to declare moe benifites of God towarde man that oure ioye in the Lorde maye be vnfayned cōsummate and perfecte After this mooste noble conqueste and victorious triumphe whyche oure moste mighty Emperour Christ Iesus hadde ouer Sathan and hys infernall ministers he taried here in thys worlde certayne dayes wyth hys Disciples eatynge drynkeynge and talkyng wyth thē of the kyngdome of his heauenly father and confirming them in the waye of trueth And thys dyd he not only to make thē stronge in the article of his resur rection but also by the instruction of them to corroborat fortifye and strength vs in the same seekynge no les oure health then the saluacion of them For as the Apostle sayeth if thou doste confesse wyth thy mouth the Lorde Iesus beleue wyth thyne herte that God raysed hym vp frome the dead thou shalt be saued Cer tayne dayes paste from his resur rection Christe our Lorde by the power of hys godhede in y e sight of his Apostles ascēded into heauen God and man Haue we no cause to reioyce in this behaulfe Hath this his marueylouse ascēsion brought no commoditie and profite to vs Haue we a iuste cause to reioyce in hys natiuitye preachynge miracles good workes crosse passion bloude death resurrection whych al are ours not in hys ascention also We reade that the Apostles were very sadde when Christe told theim that he shoulde ascende vnto his father But Christe sayed vnto them I tel you trueth it is expedient and profitable for you that I go ascende vnto my father Christe tolde the Apostles that it was expediente profitable for theim that he shoulde go vp into heauen If it were expedient for them it is euē so like wyse for vs. For we are saued by y e very same waye whereby they receyued saluation Let vs therfore consider what commodities and profites the Apostles had by Christes ascention and let vs w t
the Romains and wold serue none but Christe alone the sonne of almighty God y e blessed martyre with a lusty courage and me ry hert braste out into these wordes sayinge I thanke almyghty God whyche voucheth safe to losen me from the baÌ„des of this body And so died When Maximianus that moste cruell Empe roure commaunded hys souldiours to worshyppe false Goddes and to slea so manye as professed Christ hys blessed word Mauricius w t his felowes answered that eyther in worshypping false Goddes or in sleaynge the true Christians they by no meanes would obeye the Emperour We are sayd they thy souldidurâ—… O Emperour but yet we frely confesse that wee are the seruauntes of God which gaue vs thys our life We can not folowe the Emperour so that we shoulde denye God our maker yea and thy ma ker also whether thou wylte or wylte not We are christian men therefore maye wee not persecute such as professe Christe We are readye rather to dye then to kyll suche And wee are more desierousse to dye innocentes then to lyue wycked and synfull Know thou that the mindes of thys army by no meanes can be ouercome These wordly weapons we caste awaye Oure breaste is enarmed wyth the fayeth of Christ which is oure shylde bucler and defeÌ„ce agaynste the fyrye dartes of the deuil of al his souldiours Therfore slee thou kil thou mur ther thou minister what kynd of payne thou wylte we w t a bolde courage offer our selues to suffer for the glory of God And shortly after y e holy man of God wyth a greate nuÌ„bre of blessed martyrs mo were slaine w t the swerd Eus. These be notable exeÌ„ples worthy to be practised of al faythfull christiaÌ„s if God at any time calleth theÌ„ vnto this conflicte w t the worldely tyrauÌ„tes fained holy hypocrites for the coÌ„fessioÌ„ of hys blessed trueth Philem I could rehearse many mo godly hystories to declare w t what a readye wyll wyth howe reioysing an hert the blessed martyrs of Christ suffred all maner of bitter tormentes for the Lords sake but these at this presente shall suffice For hereof maye ye learne to practise thys word of the Apostle Alway I mean to reioyce in the Lorde our God not onely in prosperitie but also in aduersitie be it in sycknes losse of goodes pouertie persecution or anye other crosse y t god our father laieth vpoÌ„ vs. For this the duty of a true christen maÌ„ to coÌ„ceyue that same fayeth hope and ioye in God when he is assayled in tribulation that he had before when all thynges were moste prosperouse to him So meaneth the Apostle when he sayeth Reioyce in the Lorde alwaye And bycause he woulde haue vs earnestlye to reioyce in the Lorde at al tymes be it in prosperitie or aduersitie he doubleth this word Reioyce saiyng Reioyce in the Lord alway yea once agayne I saye reioyce Piththye and full of efficacye is thys sentence of the Apostle and comprehendeth in it many Godly misteries as ye haue hytherto partely hearde S. Paule desiereth nothyng more then that we shoulde reioyce in the Lord. His ioye is altogyther in God therefore would he that yours should be so lykewyse And vnto thys doeth that princelyke prophet ex hort you also saying Be ye glad reioyce in the Lord O ye rightuous and al ye that are true her ted be mery in the Lord. Agayne Let so mani as trust in y e O lord be meri yea thei shal be ioyful for euer and thou shalt dwel among them And al that loue thy name shall reioyce in the. Therefore if we loue the name of God if wee truste to be saued by hys mercye if we loke for good thynges at y e hand of our heauenly father thorowe Iesus Christ let vs sequester our ioye frome all worldelye thynges whyche are but vanitie as ye haue hearde before and repose it only in the Lord our God Chr. That Lorde whyche is the father of mercies and the God of all consolation mought grauÌ„t vnto vs hys most holy spirite to worcke in vs suche a swetenes delectation in spiritual thynges that what so euer is of the world may waxe vile vnpleasaunt and bitter vnto vs and that wee by thys meanes maye vnfaynedlye and euen from the very bottome of the herte reioyce in the Lorde our god alone alone Theo. The Lorde myght brynge thys thinge to passe in vs. Philemon Well neyghbours Nowe accordynge to my promisse haue I geuen you this Iewell of Ioye not so conningelye and worckemanlyke I confesse handeled as some other of better knowledge and more rype iudgmeÌ„t in y e misteries of God coulde haue done it notwythstandynge truely and fayethfully wroughte accordynge to the pure vayne of the holye scriptures But what so euer thys youre gyfte is I praye you take it to good worthe and accepte my louynge herte towarde you Thoughe possibilitte fayleth yet good wyll shall neuer wante in me but what so euer the Lord shall geue at all tymes I wyll bestowe it vpon you and vpon hys holye congregation and by no meanes suffer the talente geuen vnto me of my Lorde God to lye Idle by me but for my power I wyll so employe 〈◊〉 that it maye turne to the glorye of God and to the profite of hys blessed churche For the hystorye of the vnprofitable seruaunte whyche hydde vp the money of hys Lord in the ground therefore was coÌ„deÌ„ned caste into vtter darckenes where wepyng gnashyng of teth shal be ought to make al meÌ„ afrayed that haue receyued any gyfte at al of God and to prouoke theim not to be sluggyshe and idle but to vse theyr talentes accordynge to the commauÌ„demente of God whyche sayeth Occupye youre selues tyl I come Euse. Blessed is that man whych so occupieth hys talent that God therwith is glorified and hys neyghbouredifted Sure maye he be at that great and dreadful day of iudge mente to heare of hys Lord God thys most swete and ioyfull senteÌ„ce O myne own good seruauÌ„te and fayethfull Thou haste bene faythful in little I wyl make the ruler ouer muche Enter in into thy Lordes ioy Philem. Neyghbours I wyll disease you no lenger but as I haue geuen you a spirituall Iewell ioyful and coÌ„fortable for the soule so wyll I in like maner at this my coÌ„ming home and returne into mi natiue contrye bestowe somewhat vpon you that shall not be vnprofitable for y e body For I wysh good boeth to your soule body And woulde God it laye in my power to gratifie you in both alyke But that whych shall wante in worldely thinges shall if I lyue be recompensed in spiritual thin ges But as I maye at the laste make an ende remember brethreÌ„ remembre what ye haue hearde of me at thys present Remembre that all thynges in thys worlde be subiect vnto vanitie yea they them selues are mere vanitie as the preacher sayeth Al
w t y e deuil vseth to catch y e folish peo ple. A faire womā wtout discrete mauers saith Solomō is like a ring of gold in a swines snowte And y t we mai be wel ascertened y t it was hir beauty y t moued thē wtoute shame to prouoke hir to vnclēnes these words of y e history declare it manifestli Susāna was a tēder persō merueylous fair of face Therfore the wicked mē cōmaūded to take y e cloth frō hir face y t at y e lest they might so be satisfied in hir beuty Phi God sēd vs mo Susās Beauti reigneth in mani would god it were accōpaned w t y e fear of god y t the beutiful persōs might not abuse their beutye but chuse rather to be stoned w t Susā then once to defile theyr h◅sbandes bedde Euse. God sende vs the beautye of the minde whyche consisteth in Godlye vertues and honeste qualites for y t is the true beauti y e other is but fraile vayne traū sitory doth not longe endure But what sai you vnto galaunt apparell where of so many brag and boaste nowe adayes Is it not a thynge where in we maye worthely reioice Phile. Nothing lesse for the wyse manne sayeth Glory not in thyne apparaile at any tyme. Uestures were geuen vs of God to couer oure filthye nakednes not that we shoulde glorye in them make them instrumentes of pride We ought rather when we put on our garments to lament our mischaūce our mortalitie and vncleannes then to reioyce in theym For so longe as our grādfather Adam continued in the state of innocēcy he neded no kynde of apparel to couer his body for he was altogither cleane beautiful good holye innocent and perfect but after he had brokē the commaūdement of God by geuinge eare to Satans subtile perswasions perceyuynge his miserie wretchednes wherinto he was fallen thorow his disobedience he was ashamed of hym selfe and boeth he his wyfe perceiuinge y t they were naked sowed fig leaues togither and made them selues apr◅ns to couer their fylthye and shamfull nakednes wythall Afterward when God droue theim out of Paradise bicause their feble and mortali bodies whyche now were subiecte to all kind of diseases tempestes and blastes shoulde not perishe for colde agayne that they myghte haue where with to couer theyr filthye nakednes y e they myghte walke the more honestly he made them lethern garinentes and clothed them therwyth Here euen from the beginning do we learn both what garments were geuen vnto manne of God and for what purpose Neyther wyth fyne clothe nor wyth Saten Dam◅ske veluet nor wyth cloth of gold did God apparayll Adam neyther dyd he trime and set forth oure grandmother Eue wyth sumptuouse apparayle of cloth of syluer or clothe of golde neyther dyd he set vpon hyr head a french hode wyth an edge of golde besydes pearles and precious stons and suche other trime trames I can not tell what but he clothed thē boeth wyth symple garmentes of leather not that they shoulde reioyce and be proude of theym but to vse theim as thynges necessarye to couer theyr wretched nakednes and to defende theim from the cruell stormes fearce tempestes of wynde raine snow hayle c. Euse. As in other thynges so lykewise in apparel is the world at thys presente wonderfullye fallen frome the first institution of thynges For if wee shoulde compare the chyldrene wyth the father I meane if wee shoulde consider what apparell God appoynted vnto Adam and what is vsed nowe a dayes a manne shoulde fynde as greate differ◅nce betwene theym as is betwene the Sunne and the leaste starre in lyghte and bryghtenes to beholde the vayne and folish light fashyons of apparayle vsed amōg vs it is to much wōderful I thinke no realme in y e worlde no not among the Turkes and Sarazyns dote so muche in the vanitie of theyr apparell as the Englyshe men do at thys presēt Theyr cote muste be made after the Italian fashion theyr cloke after the vse of the spanyardes their gowne after the maner of the Turckes their cappe muste be of the frenche fashion and at the laste theyr dagarde muste be Scottish wyth a venecian tassel of sylke I speake nothynge of theyr dublets and hoses which for the moste parte are so minsed cutte and iagged that shortlye after they become boeth torne ragged I leaue of also to speke of the vanitie of certayne lighte braynes which bicause nothing should want to the settyngforth of theyr fondenesse wyll rather weare a Martē chaine the price of viii d thē they would be vnchayned O what a monster and a beaste of manye heades is the Englyshe manne nowe become To whom maie he be compared worthely but to Esoppes crow For as the crow decked hyr selfe wyth the fethers of all kynde of byrdes to make hyr selfe beautifull euen so doeth the vaine Englyshe man for the fonde apparelynge of hym selfe borow of euery nation to set forth hym self galaunt in the face of the world He is an Englishe mā he is also a Italiā a Spaniard a Turke a Frencheman a Scot a Uenecian and at the laste what not He is not much vnlyke a mōster called Chimera which hath thre heades one like a Lyō an other like a Gote the thyrd lyke a dragon I passe ouer the lighte and wanton apparel of women now a dayes partlye bycause it is so monstrous and partlye bicause I haue not bene nor yet am veri muche acquaynted wyth theim wherby I myght be the more able to discribe theyr proude Pecockes tayles if not at the full whiche were an infinite laboure yet at the leste somewhat to set it forth as a painter doth y◅r he do lay on colours But of thys am I certaine that they obserue not in theyr apparell the rule of the holye scriptures For. S. Peter sayeth that the apparayll of honest and vertuous women shold not be outewarde wyth broyded hear and hangyng on of golde eyther in puttynge on of gorgeous apparel but lette the hydde man which is the herte be without al corruption so that the spirite is before god a thyng much sette by For after this maner in the olde tyme did the holy women which trusted in God tyre them selues and were obediente to theyr husbandes euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him Lord whose doughters ye are as long as ye do well Hereto agreeth the sayinge of S. Paul to Timothe Lette the womē aray them selues in comely apparell wyth shamefastenes and discrete behauour not wyth broyded hear eyther Golde or pearles or costelye araye but as it becometh women y t professe godlines thorow good works A game to Titus he saith Speke to the womē that they be in such rayment as becometh holines Solomon in the description of an vnhonest woman amonge other proprieties rehearseth sumptuouse and galaunte apparel callynge it
to helpe The cōgregation of the faithful speaketh Wherefore thē is thy clothinge red thy rai mēt like his y t treadeth in the win presse Christe answereth I haue troden the presse alone of al peo ple ther is not one w t me Neither Abrahā nor Isac neither zachary nor Iohn Baptist neither Mary nor Elizabeth neyther Peter nor Paulle neyther man nor Angell hath payde our raunsome by his bloude shedynge but Christe alone alone that moste pure and vndefiled lambe whyche taketh a waye the synnes of the worlde In hym alone and in none other is all oure health and saluacton Neyther is ther any other name giuen vnto mē wherin thei must be saued but onelye the name of our most blessed lord and bounte ous sauioure Christe Iesu that Kynge of glorye He onelye hath taken on hym oure infirmities borne our paynes He was woūded for oure offences smittē for our wyckednes The chastisment of our peace was laide vpō him and w t his stripes we are healed As for vs we haue gone al astray like shepe euery one hath turned his own way But the Lord hath heaped together vpō him the iniquitie of vs all He suffered violence and was euyll entreated and dyd not yet open his mouth He was led as a shepe to be slain yet was he as styl as a lambe before the shearer and did not open hys mouth He was had a waye frō presonne hys cause not heard and wythout any iudgement Al thys suffered he for our sake to put awaie our iniquities Yea he was cut of frō the groūd of the li uing which punishment dyd go vpō him sayth God for the transgression of my people whych in dede had deserued y t punishment It pleased the lord thus to burst hym wyth plages and to smite hym wyth infirmities that when he had made hys soule an offerynge for synne he might se long lastynge seede He hath iustified the multitude and borne awaye their synnes These wordes are spoken by the Prophete whyche teache vs manifestly that ther is no sacrifice that deserueth remission of synnes to vs or pacifieth the wrath of God styred vp agaynst vs thorowe synne but on ly the death of Iesus Christ. By the meanes of Iesu Christe sayeth Sayncte Paulle ye whyche sometime were farre of are made nye by the bloude of Christe By Christe we haue redempcion tho rowe his bloud euen the forgeue nes of synnes accordynge to the ryches of his grace God hath de linered vs frō the power of darck nes and hath translated vs into the Kyngedome of hys deare sonne by whom we haue redemtion thorowe hys bloude euen the forgiueues of sinnes It plea sed the father that in him should all fulnes dwel and by him to re concile al thinges vnto himselfe and to set at peace by him thorow the bloud of his crosse boeth thin ges in heauē thinges in earth This is a true sayeinge and by all meanes worthy to be reaceyued of vs that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners There is one God and one mediator betwen God and man euen the mā Christ Iesus which gaue hym selfe a raunsome for al men Ye know sayeth blessed Pe ter howe that ye were not redemed with corruptible thingse as siluer and golde from your vain conuersacion but wyth the precious bloude of Christe as of a lambe vndefiled and wythout spot The bloud of Iesus Christ gods owne sonne maketh vs per fectly cleane sayth S. Iohn frō al synne Agayne he sayth Christ loued vs and washed vs from oure synnes in hys owne bloude If these sentenses were truely knowen of the Laye people and vnfaynedly beleued they would sone geue ouer their popyshe sacrifices and onely cleaue as they oughte to the alone sacrifice of the highe and euerlasting Priest Iesus Christe which he once for all offered vpō the aultare of the crosse They woulde leaue to run madyng to y e masking Masse of the papistes and make more hast vnto godlye sermons and vnto the holye and blessed Supper of the Lord. Euse. Me thincke these Massemongers whiche make of the Lordes Supper a priuate churlish breakefaste for as much as they eate and drincke alone and make th◅ people beleue that in their Masse thei offer Sacrifice for their synnes boeth of the liuynge and of the deade and boste that their Masse is of as great vertue and strength as the passion of Christ for the satisfaction of our wickednesses besides their intollerable blasphemies a gaynste the Lorde and hys annoynted offende greatly against the dignitie and the ryght vse of the Lordes Supper For Christe whan he instituted thys blessed Supper to be celebrated wyth breade and wyne and appoynted them to be the holye misteries of hys bodye and bloude gaue no commaundemente to offer and sacrifice for the sinnes of y e quicke and the deade but to eate and drinke these holy misteries in the remembraunce of hys death as he hym selfe sayeth Do thys in the remembrance of me Hereto agreeth Sainct Paule so ofte sayeth he as ye shall eate of thys bread and drincke of thys cuppe ye shall shewe the death of the Lorde tyll he come So that the Lordes Supper was not instituted of Christe to be a sacrifice propiciatorye satisfactorie expiatory and I cā not tel you what but onelye a commemoration or remembraunce of that sacrifice which could not but once be offered and a certayne confirmacion or seale for the infirme and weak linges that they be redemed by Christ bi Christes passion bloud and death that hereby they may be assured of the fauoure of God of remission of sinnes if they sted fastly beleue that Christe hath sa tisfied for their synnes vpon the crosse and in thys fayth eate and drincke the misteries of hys bodye and bloud For whan so euer the true Christians eate drinke the bodye and bloude of Christe in fayeth and wyth a beleuinge spirite their synnes are forgeuen them no les than if Christe euen at that presente hadde died vpon the crosse not for the eatyng and drinckynge but for the fathers sake in Christes bloude so mightye in operacion is Christe and so presente is he at euerye howre vnto so manye as beleue in hym and are gathered togither in hys name For he is the eternall god therefore hath hys death an eter nal euerlastynge fruite Christ. Ye haue taught vs Neighboure Philemon many goodli and god ly thynges concernyng the sacrifice of Christ which beate downe the sacrifice of the popishe masse euen vnto the grounde yea they driue it downe euen vnto the pit of hel from whens it firste came Nowe wyll I reherse vnto you agayne what I haue redde and hearde of the papistes concernynge this matter that ye maye se what their opinion was and is of the Masse and of the sacrifice thereof Phile.