M. Hardinge. The .12. Diuision.
Nowe if either the Prieste, or euery other Christen man or woman, mighte at no time receiue this blessed Sacrament, but with moe togeather in one place: then for the inioyeinge of this greate and necessarie benefite,* 1.1 we were bounde to condition of a place. And so the Churche deliuered from al bondage by Christe, and sette at libertie, shoulde yet for al that be in seruitude, and subiection vnder those out warde thinges,* 1.2 whiche S. Paule calleth, Infirma & egena elementa, weake, and beggerly ceremonies, after the Englishe Bibles translation. Then when S. Paule blaminge the Gala∣thians saithe, ye obserue dayes, and monethes, and times, for this bondage he might likewise blame vs, and saye, ye obserue places. But S. Paule woulde not we shoulde returne againe vnto these whiche he calleth Elementes, for that were ••ewis ••e. And to the Colossians he saithe, we be deade with Christe from the elementes of this worlde. Nowe if we excepte those thinges whiche be necessa∣rily required to this Sacramente by Christes institution, either declared by written Scriptures, or taught by the holy ghost (23)* 1.3 as breade and wine mingled with water for the mater, the due woordes of consecration for the forme▪ and the Prieste rightly ordered hauinge intention to doo as the Churche doothe, for the ministerie: al these elementes and al outwarde thinges be subiect vnto vs, and serue