in the rowme of godd they sett them furthe to be adored
and worshipped of the poeple: now how farr this differrith from
the vse of christes supper eich man may se. Yea what can be more
vile and filthie Idolatrie / then to adore and worshipp a peace
of brede and cupp of wyne / as godd? Be not offended that I do
vse theise bare names. I do confes / that whosoeuer acording to
the Lordes Institucion doth communicate with the congregacion and
dothe eate the breade and drinke of the cupp of the Lorde /
beholding the deathe of christe with Lyuely faithe / the same
man is in sprete and after his manier / made partaker of the body
and bludd of the lorde. Contrari wise if thow do not vse the
breade and wyne acordinge to the ordinaunce of christe / but
gase vppon them / then ar they nothinge els to the / but breade
and wyne: But if in a popishe Masse / or in the popishe hanging /
heauing / carying / or handelinge of them / thow do worshipp
them / then ar they vnto the a false Idoll / and thow indeede a
filthie Idolatror. If therfor thow wilt be partaker of the body
and bludd of christe in the holy supper / then eate the breade
and drincke the cupp as the lorde hathe instituted. Godd wold
haue the poeple in the vse of the holy Supper to ascend vppwarde
into heauen in mynde and affection / that they might ther cleaue
fast vnto christe. And therfor the true ministers of the churche
do labour to the vttermost of their poure / thus to lifte vpp
the poeples mynde into heauen / that they shuld not seeke
christe in the worlde / that they shuld not thinck ony fleshly
or earthely thinge of hym: Theise men clean contrarie in the
order of their Sacrament and Masse do miserably detayn the
poeple in the earthe / bynding and holding them to the visible
signes.
[[1. Cor. 14]]
The apostle commaundith that thinges shuld not be doone in the
congregacion in a straunge tongue / except ther wer an
Interpretour / that the thing being vnderstonded of all / the
hearers might saye / Amen / and that the edifyinge of them shuld
be sought. Now theise men in their masse do all in the Laten
tongue / which is to the common poeple vnknown / and they do
defend this theyr doing euen against the worde of godd. But it
is most certayn that christe our sauiour in his administration /
and after him all his apostles and disciples which wer hebrues /
vsed theyr vulgare hebrue tongue / the Grecians also their greke
tonge. And euen vnto this daye the Sclauonians
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