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[The principal points which are at this day in controversy, concerning the holly supper…[The principal points which are at this daye in controuersie, concerning the holly supper…
[The principal points which are at this day in controversy, concerning the holly supper and of the mass.][The principal points which are at this daye in controuersie, concerning the holly supper and of the masse.]
London: printed by C. Barker, 1579
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Chapter vii.
Of the inequality which is between the supper of the priests, and that of the people, in the Romaine Church in respect of the breads, and of the gods of the same, & of their adoration and of their sacrifice.
Of the inequality which is betweene the supper of the priestes, and that of the people, in the Romaine Church in respect of the breads, and of the gods of the same, & of their adoration and of their sacrifice.
And then whereas the nature of the Supper requireth an equality in all men, they on the contrary do put there great inequalities.1 For as they do separate the table of the people from theirs, even so do they make it far unequal to theirs: chiefly in two points. The first, in that that they do not give unto them of the same wine that they do drink, the which they cut from ⟨image 70⟩them in the banquet. The other is, that also they put a difference in the bread. For those which are for the priests, are greater and larger than those which are for other men, the which are much less in quantity. And by that mean they have great and little Gods, as they have great and little hosties, the great ones are for the priests, & the little ones for the people.2 And as the dignity of the priests is great above all other men, even so is there great difference between their Gods, and those of the common people, not only touching their greatness and form, but also touching their dignities and honours. For even as theirs are more great and larger, and of fairer show, even so are they lifted up on high and showed to all men, and worshipped solemnly of all men. But the other little gods which are prepared for the common people, are not lifted up at all in such honour and dignity, but do remain there quietly upon the table, until the time that they be distributed to be eaten, without any other show or so great handling, or so much turning and returning by the hands of the priests, as those, which are made for them,