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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Moreover he desireth God so to accept the body of his Son Jesus ⟨image 139⟩Christ, as he once accepted the sacrifice of Abel, or the oblation of Melchizedek. It is known that Abel offered up of the fruit of his flock a lamb or a sheep: and that Melchizedek offered unto Abraham, and his company, returning from the battle, bread and wine. And think we that Christ the son of God standeth so far in his fathers displeasure, that he needeth a mortal, and a miserable man to be his spokesman to procure him favour, or think we that God receiveth the body of his only begotten son non otherwise, then he once received a sheep or a lamb at the hands of Abel? or than Abraham received bred and win of Melch•sedech? If no? why then maketh the Priest this prayer, in the canon immediately after the con•ecration, supra quae ⟨p. 137⟩propitio ac sereno vultu respicere digneris, & accepta habere, sicuti accepta habere dignatus es munera pueri tui justi Abel, & sacrificiū patriarchae nostri Abraham, & quod tibi obtulit summus sacerdos tuus Melchizedek. That is to say, look down with merciful countenance, upon these sacrifices, (that is the body of Christ thy son, and the cup his blood) and vouchsafe to receive them as thou sometime vouchsafedst to receive the oblations of thy child Abel the just, and y• sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham, and that thing that was offered unto the by thy high priest Melchizedek. Besides this he desireth God y• an angel may come & carry Christs body away into heaven. This is y• prayer that he maketh. •ube hec perferri per manus sancti ⟨image 140⟩angeli tui in sublime altar tuum▪ what a fable is this that Christ should be borne upon an angel, & so carried up away into heaven? I would not stand so long upon these follies, if force drave me not thereunto.
Moreouer he desyreth God so to accept the body of his sonne Iesus