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The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…
The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.
London: printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man, 1593
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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.
And surely, as he which defaceth the Queens seal is convicted of contempt and treason to her own person: so he which profaneth these seals of Christ, doth not worship Christ, but despise him, and that contempt shall be required of him, as if he had contemned Christ himself. This is the reason why Christ calleth the signs of his body his body, to make us take this Sacrament reverently, because we are apt to contemn it, as the Jews did their Manna.
And surely, as hee which defaceth the Queenes seale is conuicted of contempt and treason to her owne person: so he which prophaneth these seales of Christ, doth not worship Christ, but despise him, and that contempt shall be required of him, as if hee had contemned Christ himselfe. This is the reason why Christ calleth the signes of his bodie his bodie, to make vs take this Sacrament reuerently, because we are apt to contemne it, as the Iewes did their Manna.
It followeth:1 Do this in remembrance of me: that is, these signs shall be a remembrance of my death: when you break the bread, you shall remember the wounding of my body: and when you drink the wine, you shall remember the shedding of my blood. If we do this is remembrance of Christs body, which was broken like the bread, it is▪ an argument that his body is not there, because remembrance is not of things present, but of things absent: we remember not. but we see that which is before us. This might put the Papists in remembrance that Christ is not sacrificed now, when we do but remember his sacrifice: this is not Christs sacrifice, but a remembrance of his sacrifice: ⟨p. 109⟩he was sacrificed before, and now it is applied, lest his sacrifice should be in vain. This was done once really, when he offered himself upon the cross, therefore that offering was called a sacrifice, because he was sacrificed indeed; but this offering is called a Sacrament, because it is but a sign of his sacrifice.