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A Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament
A defence of the true and catholic doctrine of the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Christ with a confutation of sundry errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's holy word, [and] approved by the consent of the most ancient doctors of the Church. Made by the most reverend father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitan.A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane.
Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the sign of the Brazen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the signe of the Brasen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550
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.
All men desire to have God's favour, and when they know the contrary, that they be in his indignation, and caste out of his favour, what thing can comfort them? Now be their minds vexed? What trouble is in their consciences? All God's creatures seem to be against them, and do make them afraid, as things being ministers of God's wrath and indignation towards them. And rest and comfort can they find none, neither within them, not without them. And in this case they do hate as well God as the devil: God as an unmerciful and extreme judge, and the devil as a most malicious and •ruel tormentor.
All men desyre to haue goddes fauoure, and when they knowe the contrary, that they be in his indignacion, and caste out of his fauoure, what thinge can comforte them? Nowe be theyr myndes vexed? What trouble is in their consciences? All goddes creatures seme to be against them, and do make theym afraide, as thinges being ministers of goddes wrath and indignacion towards them. And rest and comfort cā they finde none, neither within them, not withoute them. And in this case thei do hate as well God as the diuel: God as an vnmerciful and extreme iudge, and the dyuell as a moste malicious and •ruel tormentour.
And in this sorrowful heaviness, holy scripture teacheth them, that our heavenly father can by no means be pleased with them again, but by the sacrifice and death of his only begotten son, whereby God hath made a perpetual amity and peace with us, doth pardon the sins of them that believe in him, maketh them his children, & giveth them to his first begotten son Christ, to be incorporate into him, to be saved by him, and to be made heirs of heaven with him. And in the receiving of the holy supper of our Lord, we be put in remembrance of ⟨p. 14⟩this his death, and of the whole mystery of our redemption. In the which supper is made mention of his testament, and of the aforesaid Communion of us with Christ, and of the remission of our sins by his sacrifice upon the cross.