A14135:26
A brief declaration of the sacraments expressing the first original how they came up,…A briefe declaration of the sacraments expressing the fyrst oryginall how they came vp,…
A brief declaration of the sacraments expressing the first original how they came up, a[n]d were institute with the true and most sincere meaning and understanding of the same very necessary for all men, that will not err in the true use and receiving thereof. Compiled by the godly learned man William Tyndall.A briefe declaration of the sacraments expressing the fyrst oryginall how they came vp, a[n]d were institute with the true and mooste syncere meaning and vnderstandyng of the same very necessarye for all men, that wyl not erre in the true vse and receauing therof. Compyled by the godly learned man Wyllyam Tyndall.
London: printed by Robert Stoughton. Dwelling within Ludgate, 1548London: printed by Robert Stoughton. Dwellynge within Ludgate, 1548
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The same I say came thereto to their greater damnation: I pass over with silence the wicked and damnable ⟨image 15⟩Doctrine of these Servants of Mammon, which for lucre, pervert the true use of the sacrament and hid it from the people for neante, teaching it to be a sacrifice instituted of God to help the souls of the dead in purgatory, and that it will make men rich and bring them to such promotion as Christ never promised his disciples but forbade it them.
The same I saye came therto to theyr greatter dampnatyon: I passe ouer wyth sylence the wycked and dampnable ⟨image 15⟩Doctryne of these Seruauntes of Mammon, whych for lucre, peruerte the true vse of the sacramente and hyd it from the people for neante, teachyng it to be a sacryfyce instituted of God to helpe the soules of the deade in purgagatory, and that it wyll make men ryche and brynge them to such promocyon as Chryst neuer promysed hys discyples but forbadde it them.
Some will say. This sacrament needed not Baptism is Enough, Baptism as a receiving into religion / & there is the covenants made what we shall do and what we shall have: And Baptism as a sign whereby god hath right to us and we to god and to christ and whereby every man hath right to call other to do there duties, and to rebuke them that will not, Nether our salvation so greatly standeth in there or any other sacrament / that we could not be saved with out them / By preaching the word only, Never the later god as right is will have his benefits kept in memory to his glory & our benefit ⟨image 16⟩and namely this benefit of all benefits / wherein only the pith of our salvation resteth: therefore though the affect of it be signified by baptism. And though we be Baptised to believe in the death of Christ, and to dye with him by mortifying of the flesh / yet doth this sacrament through the rehearsing of the covenant and breaking of the bread & pouring out of wine, much more lively express the whole story, and keep it better in memory by daily repeating thereof, and hath more might and vehemency to heal the conscience stung with fresh sin.