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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.
For concerning the last matter, that I promised to touch, it cannot be denied, by any man, be he never so wilful, but Christ in his last supper ordained a communion, & showed no manner token of a private Mass, as may plainly appear, both by the words that he spake, and also by the order of his doings. For he toke the bread, brake it, divided it, and gave it to his disciples: and said. Drink ye all hereof, not unto one alone, but unto the whole. He said farther, by way of charge do this: That is to say: Practise this that I have here ⟨image 154⟩done, and that in such form and sort, as ye have seen me do it.
For concerninge the last matter, that I promised to touche, it cannot be denyed, by any man, be he neuer so wilfull, but Christe in his last supper ordeyned a cōmunion, & shewed no maner token of a priuate Masse, as may plainlye appeare, both by the wordes yt he spake, and also by the order of his doings. For he toke the breade, brake it, deuided it, and gaue it to his disciples: and sayd. Drinke ye all hereof, not vnto one alone, but vnto the whole. He said farther, by way of charge do this: That is to say: Practise this that I haue here ⟨image 154⟩done, aud that in such fourme and sort, as ye haue sene me do it.
S. Paul likewise, when he saw▪ that the use of the sacrament was grown to disorder, that every man toke his own supper privately to himself, & that thereby, both the holy communion, and also brotherly love, and unity was despised, as it hath ben, in the west part of the church, now a great many of years, in this latter time: he called them back again, to the beginning thereof, & to the institution of Christ: as giving them thereby to understand, that the sacrament cannot be better used, then Christ himself used it. This he saith. Cum conueneritis in unum locum, non potestis dominicam caenam manducare: unusquisque enim praesumit caenam suam: when ye resort ⟨p. 152⟩