1Pope Innocent the third (as some write) did first of all forbid in the council Lateran, that the lay people should receive the holy communion of the body and blood of Christ under both kinds: about the year. &c 1215. Other affirm (which I judge to be more true) that that wicked decree ⟨p. 104⟩of taking away the cup of the mystery of Christs blood from the lay people contrary to christs institution and commandment, was first of all gram ted confirmed and established in a coū cel holden at Constance, 2the xiii, session, where the most famous clerk John Wycliffe our country man was condemned for an heretic, & the two learned men John Hus & Hieronymus de Praga were most cruelly and most unjustly murdered and burnt also for heretics of the bloody Papists, notwithstanding the Emperors safe conduct, for denying the Popish article of Transubstantiation and maintaining the receiving of the Sacrament under both kinds.3 In the year. &c. 1415. This is worthy to be noted, that the Papists them selves in that their devilish decree confess and grant, that Christs institution is, that the lay people should receive the Sacrament under both kinds, and that in the primitive Church all the communicants did not only receive the mystery of christs body, but also the mystery of Christs blood, one several from the other, according to the institution of christ ⟨image 134⟩And notwithstanding the premisses, they straightly charge and command, that from that time forward, none of the Laity shall receive the Sacrament, but only under the kind of bread, and that they must believe certainly and by no means doubt, that the whole body and blood of Christ is truly contained as well under the kind of bread alone as under the kind of wine also: & that therefore it is sufficient for the laity to receive the Sacrament under one kind, and that whosoever from that time fourth shall presume to receive the Sacrament under both kinds (except he be an holy anointed) or think of this decree otherwise than well: he shall be taken, judged, condemned and punished like an heretic according to the appointment of the ecclesiastical laws, that is to say, burnt to ashes, as the good monk of Eye in Suffolk was in the days of king Henry the eight,4 O wolfish and bloody Antichrists.
1POpe Innocent the thyrd (as some write) did firste of all forbid in the councell Laterane, that the lay people should receiue the holy communiō of the body and bloud of Christ vnder both kindes: about the yeare. &c 1215. Other affirme (whiche I iudge to be more true) that that wicked decree ⟨p. 104⟩of taking awaye the cup of the mystery of Christes bloud from the laye people contrary to christes institution and commaundement, was first of al graū ted confirmed and established in a coū cel holden at Constance, 2the xiii, session, where ye most famous clerk Iohn Wicklief our countrey man was condemned for an heretike, & the two learned men Iohn Hus & Hieronymus de Praga were most cruelly and most vniustly murthered and brent also for heretikes of the bloudy Papists, notwithstandyng the Emperours safeconduct, for deniyng the Popish article of Transubstantiation and maynteyning the receyuing of the Sacrament vnder both kindes.3 In the yeare. &c. 1415. This is worthie to be noted, that the Papistes them selues in that theyr deuilish decree confesse and graunte, that Christes institution is, that the lay people shoulde receaue the Sacrament vnder both kinds, and that in the primatiue Churche all the communicātes did not only receiue the mystery of christs body, but also ye mystery of Christs bloud, one seuerall from the other, according to ye instituciō of christ ⟨image 134⟩And notwithstandyng the premisses, they straightly charge and commaūde, that from that time forwarde, none of the Laytye shal receaue the Sacramēt, but onely vnder the kind of bread, and that they must beleue certeinly and by no meanes doubt, that the whole body and bloude of Christ is truely contayned as well vnder the kinde of breade alone as vnder the kinde of wine also: & that therfore it is sufficient for the laytye to receaue the Sacrament vnder one kynd, and that whosoeuer frō that tyme fourth shall presume to receaue the Sacrament vnder both kindes (except he be an holy annoynted) or think of this decree otherwise than well: he shall be taken, iudged, condemned and punished like an heretike accordyng to the appointment of the ecclesiasticall lawes, that is to say, brent to ashes, as the good mōke of Eye in Suffolk was in the dayes of kynge Henry the eight,4 O woluish and bloudy Antichristes.
- 1When ye mystery of the Lords blood was taken away from the communion of the Laity.Whē ye mistery of the Lords blud was taken away from the communion of the Laytye.
- 2John Wycliffe, John Husse, Hieronimus de Praga.Iohn Wicliffe, Iohn Husse, Hieronimus de Praga.
- 3With what forehead thē dare ye, O unshamfast Papists, after the institution of Christ.With what forhead thē dare ye, O vnshamfast Papists, after the institucion of Christ.
- 4The good Monk of Eye.The good Monke of Eye.
