An account of a disputation at Oxford, anno dom. 1554 with A treatise of…

It alloweth ⟨p. 7⟩no Church which is not the Spouse of Christ, and hearkeneth to his Voice only: It alloweth no Doctor that speaketh against it: It alloweth no General Council that followeth not it in all things:—It alloweth no Angel, much less then Man, that should teach any other thing than Moses, the Prophets, Christ Jesus and his Apostles have taught and left us to look upon in the written Word of God, the Holy Books of the Bible; but curseth all that teach not only contrary, but also any other Doctrine. It saith they are Fools, unwise, proud, that will not consent to the sound Word and Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles; and it biddeth and commandeth us to flee from such. Therefore obey his commandment, company not with them, specially in their Church-Service, but flee from them. For in what thing consent they to Christs Doctrine? He biddeth us pray in a Tongue to edify; they command contrary: He biddeth us call upon his Father in his Name when we pray; they bid us run to Mary, Peter, &c. He biddeth us use his Supper in the Remembrance of his Death and Passion, preaching it out till he come, whereby he doth us to wit that Corporally he is not there in the form of Bread; therefore, saith Paul, Till he come. He willeth us to eat of that Bread, calling it Bread after Consecration; and drink of that Cup, All, making no exception, so that we do it worthily, that is, as the Sacrament of his Body and Blood broken and shed for our Sins, and not as the Body it self, and Blood it self without Bread and Wine, but as the Sacrament of his Body and Blood, whereby he doth represent, and unto our Faith give and obsign unto us himself wholly, with all the Merits and Glory of his Body and Blood. But they forbid utterly the use of the Supper to all but to their Shavelings, except it be once in ⟨p. 8⟩the year, and then also the Cup they take from us; They never preach forth the Lords Death but in Mocks and Modes. They take away all the Sacrament by their Transubstantiation, for they take away the Element, and so the Sacrament. To be short, they most horribly abuse this holy Ordinance of the Lord by Adoration, Reservation, Oblation, Ostentation, to drive away Spirits, to drive away Tempests, &c. in nothing they are contented with the simplicity of Gods Word. They add to, and take from at their pleasure;

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