Transubstantiation examined and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preached in…Transusbstantiation examin'd and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preach'd in…

He had no goods, nor lands, nor money to give by his Testament. A rich man when he dieth, bestoweth the money which he hath gathered, and forgiveth many debts which are owing him: but Christ hath nothing to give, nor any thing to forgive. The Lord of all had least of all, and he might say like his servant Peter, Gold and Silver I have none, no not a Grave to bury ¹his body in, but the grave that Joseph made for himself, served to bury Christ. His Father was a Carpenter, but never made ²any House for himself: his Mother lay in a Stable for want of a Chamber: his Disciple was fain to borrow Twenty-pence for him of a Fish: therefore when one offered, Master I will follow ⟨p. 28⟩³thee, thinking to gain by his service, like retainers to Noblemen; he replied unto him, The Foxes have holes, and the Fowls ⁴have nests, but the Son of Man hath not a house to hide his head: showing that the beasts and fowls were richer than he, therefore when he had nothing to give, he gave himself, and when he had no debtors to forgive, he forgave his enemies. What then, this is a poor and weak Testament, which gave nothing? Oh the goodliest Testament that ever was made, for it bringeth to us the ⁵remissions of sins: it is such a matter to forgive sins? Yea, the greatest benefit in all the world, nay, a greater benefit than all ⁶the world: For thus it stood, Thou hadst committed High Treason against the Queens Person, thou art detected, apprehended, accused, convicted, and condemned upon it to be hanged, and drawn, quartered, and thy Quarters to be set up for a spectacle, like a Carcass which thou hast seen hanging upon a Gibbet, and the Crows pecking upon it. What a horror and shaking to thy mind, to think of that day, when all these torments, and shame and fear shall surprise thee at once, which would make thee quake and tremble if thou shouldst see but another so dismembered before thy face? Thou hast no comfort now but this, when I have suffered I shall be free, before to morrow at this time all my pain will be past, though my shame continue, and my Children be beggars. What grace, what favour, what mercy, now to pardon thee all this, and save thy life, and set thee at liberty, as though thou hadst never offended?