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The begynninge of the seconde parte of the diuision and particion with contraryes of the Lordes supper.

Som there be whiche despise the popysshe sacramente
(As worthye it is for it doeth god dysshonor)


But to seke for the trueth, was neuer theyr entent
And som agayne/do the abuse so moche abhor
That by the most ryght vse, they set at al no store
Wherefore, the minister to teache sholde not be dome
That the text sayethe, do thus alwaye and euer more
That ye maye styll remember my death/til I come
Somwhat of the circumstances here showed shold be
As, why it is called a supper and no dinner
Bycause/after supper most comenly we see
How men from there greate labor vse, to rest euer
The syttinge, the same sygnifies/and to perseuer
In rest of conscience, through Christes death most holsom
And when to Iudgement, he shal him selfe endeuer
To haue an heuenly rest, after that he is come.
To constrayne, vnder payne, to knele stand or sytte
Is not mete nor yet fit, though sitting be most sure
For the strayght and strong wayght, consystith not in it
For standing, partaking, one may be good and pure
Be wyttinge that sytting is nerer the scrypture
To auoyd knelinge lewed of thancient costome
To a thing, yl seminge, in blindnes to endure
A false god, and forbod, in mynding Christ to come.
Here the minister may make a ronning out
Into the causes, partes effectes and contraries
Bycause, he wolde bring the hearers from euery dought
And that nothing may be left hyd, vnto there eyes
Saing Christ is the causer as the act it tries
Breade wine and the worde, be the hole matter in som
The formes he feding, which causeth our fayth to ryse
We are the end, to remember the lordes death, tyl he com
Chrystes last supper is not deuided into partes
But the matter thereof in partes we may deuyde


Namely bred which mistically to vs aduertes
His owne body wich was persed on the right syde
And the wyne his blode/which rāne out of that wonde wyde
The ioyninge of these partes this error haue begon
That from the lay men Christes misticall blod is hid
And should be except god mend it vntill Christ com.
The formall cause also may be parted in twayne
Euen into a spirituall eatyng and corporall
The corporall makes vs vse Christes supper in vaine
That is to eate without christen memoriall
And he yt so vnworthly eateth or drincketh sayth Poule
He surely eateth and drynketh his damnacyon
Bycause he perceyues not the Lordes body at all
Nor therby remembreth the Lordes deth tyll he come.
Let not him that so eateth thynk that his partaking
Of Christes supper clensyth or taketh away his synne
Nay suerly it must be fayth that must do that thyng
The which fayth to confirme, Christe this signe dyd begyn
Euen as the signe wher Steuin sawe Christ ye cloudes wtin
Not saued hym but strength his fayth toward gods kingdō
So the vse of this signe, to strength our faith doth not blind
Fyrmely to remembre the Lordes death, tyll he come.
Som perchaunce against this wyll make an argument
No outward thyng confyrmed fayth, but the holy goost
The vse herof/is an outward experyment
Therfore, it confyrmes no faytth, nother lest nor most
The mater is trewe, of it/I dare bouldly bost
Yet as wt instrumētes/by signes/he moues out spretes dom
Being to the weake a felt worde/lest fayth shulde be lost
To make them remember the Lordes death, tyll he com.
The spiritual eatyng is done by fayth chefly
After with, a goostly refection doth flowe


That is, he conceuyth in hym the profyt heuenly
And by worthy examinacyon, does know
The differens of this supper, from his owne, I trow
That it is not a fleshly supper, of crust or crom
But suche a supper, as shall hym the ryght way showe
How he shall remember the Lordes death, tyll he com.
Oftentymes christen persons, with outwarde signe
Use dayly, the spiritual etyng of Chrystes body
When spiritually as true gyftes in Christ they inclyne
To abide in Christ, and in them Christ most holy
Of this etyng Iohn the sixt hath a puer story
Wher Christ, long before his last supper tought in some
Whoche of his membres shuld haue in memory
That al his benyfittes be owers, vntyl he come.
Notwithstanding, both of eting must be kept
Namely with the mouthe, but with faythe in specyal
None of bothe, amonge Christes flocke may be oure sheperd
For of these bothe, the lordes supper is made formal
And by the sensyble tast of thinges corporall
Wecklinges shal fele the profit of Christes body in som
Howe he came to fyde and fyl our hongry soules al
Remembering the ioye we shal haue when he doth come
The effectes of the sygnes of the new testament
Be remission of synnes and her ryghtuosnes
And in this, euerlasting life and permanent
And that god is plesyd with vs, to be wytnes
And that he with Chryst, dwellyth with vs, of his goodnes
To styre fayth and make charyte worke thinges holsome
And there in to bringe Ioy of consciens wt gladnes
And to make vs, not departe from Christ tyl he come.
Of Chrystes supper here was the diffinicion
The causes partes and the effectes be now here declaryd


Of the most true sowen a true descripcion
Nowe restyth by hym to be showed and not be sparde
Errous or contraries, so thys sygne of safgard
Before that the ende of this songe we do come
That we maye lerne to auoyd such perylles ieberd
In remembring the lordes death vntyl he come.
Of this voyce/hot, very many haue desputyd
Some, it atributinge to his body onely
And some to the blood onely/it attributyd
The fyrst/concludes Chrst lest no sygne of memorie
The seconde sayth, Chryst made him selfe a new body
But I attrybutyd to nother, onely in some
But gether to the hole acte don openly
And to his congregat members, tyl he doth come.
Also/some tyme Paul callyd it the body and blood
And sometyme agayne, he calleth it but bread and wyne
This textes of many haue ben falsly vnderstode
Thorowe ygnorans of fygurs in scrypture dyuyne
The fyrst is netho nemya/where as the sygne
Hath the name of the thing sygnifyed in my dome
By reason wherof, I may it this waye inclyne
This is my body, or sygne therof tyl I come.
These .ii. is senechdoche some part wher in
Is takē for the hole, as here for Chrystes supper brede
Or els where so euer any tyme, breade hath bin
There hath ben chrystes supper, whiche is not trew in dede
And yf it were the very body, which dyd blede
To be called breade it wer but an yll costome
And a doutful fayth, at lenght in vs it wyll brede
And cause vs, take an Idol for Chryst tyll he come.
Errors agaynst the supper, there be full many
As to saye, the popysshe masse is ther which equall


Callyng it the lordes supper which is a greate lye
For in no porcion trulye they great al
But in comparyson hereof, is beastiall
Both of quicke and deade for the faultes that they haue don
And oblacion or sacrifice, they it calle
Forgettynge Chryst, offring ons for al, tyll he come.
Contrary to the supper it is to deny
That vnder breade and wyne to vs is mynistred
The pure body and blode, of Iesu which dyd dye
That our soules, by his body and blod myght be fed
For in this his supper, he gaue to vs in dede
His selfe same bodye that he ment syn to consume
The sure trust whereof truly is our soules brede
Wherefore, we ought to giue thankes to him tyl he come.
Here is to be marked that geuen vnder breade and wyne
Is not as muche to saye, as breade is Chrystes body
Or wyne chrystes blod, nay we do it not so defyne
But geuen vnder, is as muche to saye verely
As when so euer you do thus which belefe truely
You fele in your conscience, chrystes promyssion
That as wel for you, as for them that were him by
He gaue him selfe to be remembryd tyl he come.
That breade is the body, or the body is in breade
Shal men haue resoned, with wordes supersticius
Of the presence of chrystes body and bloud so redde
And of what facion, or howe bigge to dyscus
They haue, not bin a shamed lyke foles pernicius
To the fayth of christ for vs a stay most holsome
Forgettinge christes ascenssion, so maruelos
Into the ryght hande of the father/tyl he com.
For suche cause, the Cataphrigians dyd wring out
Childrens blod of a yere ol, through many smale pricke


Which they dyd mix wt flower to bringe there mynde about
Trustynge that in that breade, there was a bodye quicke
Thus they made the lordes supper with theyr folyshe tricke
And they did set vp a false body, in Christes tome
Wast any meruel then though in soule they were sycke
Whyche vtterly forget chrystes death before he come
Theyr acte, is lyke the wychecraft of one Pope Gregory
Which bounde the fynde in the host lyke a man to pere
Al to illude the good Emperour the .iiii. Henry
But when of his pupose, he was neuer the nere
He began to vex and chafe, fret, stompe, stare, and swere
And axed the fynd, whi? to hym he was not buxum
To whome he sayd, where fayth is: I cannot be there
Happy be the myndful of Chrystes death tyl he com.
To put or take from the lordes supper is errore
To approche to the supper, with out al reuerence
(By outwarde preparacions, god settes no store)
To deny that suche as lyue in incontinence
Are to be put from the Lorde, and banishid from thence
To saye this supper without fayth in hart holsom
Iustifieth be errors, ful of maleuolence
In wyllyng vs, to forget Chrystes death, tyl he come
Here, ye knowe the occasion of Chrystes supper
And the names of the same, to you be explicate
The dyfinition, to you we dyd vtter
The appostolical order, to you we delate
The dew proffe, in scrypture you maye inuestygate
Of Chryste geuyng his body, the intencion
With the agrement of Paules text, with Christes alterate
We showid/and a thankes geuing for it, til he com.
For the seconde part of our songe, we haue nombryd
The office of the minister, Chrystes flocke teachinge


The causes also, together we haue gathered
And why Chrystes flocke, this supper, oft, shuld be eating
Bycause Chrystes churche is lyke a fysher repletyng
His shyppe, with al kinde of fyshe: where of bad be som
That the weake maye taste ioye, and the stoborne thretening
To be cast out into fyer, wen the lorde doth come.
Of the effectes of this supper, also ye haue harde
How comfortyng they be to worthy receyuers
And to other/howe greuos and full of iubarde
Ye maye knowe by Iudas, and suche lyke deceuers
Which receue the deuel, by there yl endeuers
Of contrarys also, you haue harde a great som
Where in you spye the yl workes of vnbeleuers
Fouly defoyling Christes supper/before he come.
Knowing that hereby Chrystes loue towarde vs is showid
I admonysh, that yf thou eate it but as bread
It shal helpe no more then brede, bycause thou art lewed
But shal hurt the, forgettinge Christes loue and death in ded
Therfore receyue chryst with thy mynd, thy soule to fede
Before thou take with the mouth as a thyng yt is done
So shalt thou perseue, yt chryste is thy frynde at nede
Yf thou loue thy bretherne for his loue tyl he come
Why it shal hurt eaten but as brede I wyl tel
One ought not to eate the lordes supper as his owne
With out consydering the vse, whiche is not well
Christ scorged from the temple, as it is wel knowen
The marchauntes, for the blasphemy that they had blowne
In cauling it gods house, whiche with thinges vnholsom
They had stufte: and goddes ordinance ouer throne
So wyl he do those that forget him: when he doth com
A meruelos thing it is, that any bouldly dorst
Presume to take awaye or turne this supper pure


Knowinge that those mynisters behelde a corst
Yf a master commaunde thinges thus to be in vre
And the seruaunt torne them: you wolde thinke I am sure
He stode in his conceite, to haue a better wysdome
Then his master: and could wyssyer do the cure
But such wysdom shal be naught, when the lord dothe come.
Suche godly ordinaunce perteyning to conscience
No christen magistrate ought torne: but rather shold
With al his power of swerde, be thereto a defence
And it abused, redust to the pristine state ould
Although the styffe neckes take neuer so stronge a houlde
Then wyl god giue him this answer for his wysdom
A pesable day shalt thou haue, o kinge, be bould
For that thou defendest my memory, tyl I come.
O most worthi supper, what grace woldest yu encreace
Among vs forgetful men, in mynding Chrystes loue
Yea what Charyte concord vnite and peace
Yf thy trewe institucion we hadde, our hartes to moue
It wold teache vs, one an others proffet to approue
So it wold not be plesant, by his gracis houlsom
Only for the soule, but also to oure behoue
Proffytable for our bodies? tyl Chryst com.
O dificile hardnes, to bring this matter to pas
Through the obdurate blindnes of the owld papistri
No doute, it is beyonde the strength of mannes compas
But, O god, helpe our magistrates to destroy
That pestelent cage of fowle birdes, and wycked fry
Let them (o God) wyth michaells strength them consume
That euen ouer fowle sprites, they maye haue victory
To deffend the lordes memory, tyl he come.
O heuenly supper of the to speke I wold end
But I can not, whyle that thy worthines is met


With my feruentnes, though al my brethe I shold spend
Considering thy facillyte very great
Most easly woldest thou bring, and in our myndes set
That corps of Chryst, of whome al faythful are become
The mother, with Mary a virgen most mel
And so in most godly workes beare chryst, tyl he com.
Euen al that do the wyl of my father, sayth chryste
Be vnto me, bothe bryther, sister, and mother
Here by we may se that christes body doth consyst
In trewe godlines of good men and here no other
The which to increse and leue betwene brother and brother
Chryst gaue vs this signe of his body most holsom
And grace also to receaue (I dare say forther)
His mystical body remembring him to come.
Seing this vse tornith men into Chrystes nature
Euen as some meates alters mannes dysposition
We maye calle it Chrystes body and therof be sure
Which makes vs Chrystes, by faythful inquisition
Of our oulde synnes, to make mortificacion
Therfore, o God for thi most fatherly wysdome
Now send it, for thy flockes glorificacion
That they may remember thy kindnes tyl christe come.
Now that our kinge Edward maye rule godly we pray
And for quene Caterine, in here good state so vertuos
Which my lorde protector to deffend night and daye
King Edward the sixt from al enimise traytors
God make the hole councell in scrypture prosperos
That they may suppres antechristes faynid kingdome
As god helping they wyl sprede the wyll of Iesus
To stablishe, ye remembrance of Chrystes deth, tyl he comes
quot. E. T.
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