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I say first, that it was spoken to al the faithfull, aswell as to [ 1] the apostles. For Paul exhorted the whole church at Corinth, to vse both the kinds, saying, that God had so appointed. As if he had said; not I, but the Lord cōmandeth you thus to do, for he reuealed to me, euen as I haue deliuered vnto you. There∣fore if ye do it not, you transgresse his holy commaundement. Yea S. Paul declared expressely in the very beginning of his
epistle, that commandement of receiuing the holy Eucharist in both kindes concerned all the faithfull in the world, as well to come, as thē liuing. For these words (Ye shal shew the Lords death till he come,* 1.1) doe euidently prooue, that the forme pre∣scribed by the apostle must continue after the death of the Co∣rinthians, [ 2] euen till the day of doome. I say secondly, that since Christ himselfe instituted both kinds; since the apostle deliuered both kinds euen to the lay people; since the church communi∣cated to the faithful laycall people in both kinds euerie where, for many hundred yeres together, as the papists themselues cannot denie; since they confesse that both kinds may lawfully be vsed; since no scripture teacheth vs, that one kind is suffici∣ent; since no father did euer exhort to vse one only kind; since no councell till the late synode of Constance, did euer commaund one only kind; in fine, since the church for more then a thousand yeeres together did euer vse both kinds: how impudent, howe vnchristian, nay, how tyrannicall and bloud-thirstie is the Pope of Rome, and his Iesuits that incense and excite him thereun∣to; who labor this day with fire and fagot, to enforce the faith∣ful [ 3] to the contrary. I say thirdly, that this obiection maketh a∣gainst the papists: for in that they al dranke therof, it cannot fo∣low that none else may drinke thereof; (otherwise the practise of the church hitherto should haue beene wicked, and the apo∣stles themselues haue sinned grieuously) but that all present ought to drinke thereof.* 1.2 For which cause their owne canon-law commaundeth all to bee putte out of the church, that will not communicate when the consecration is ended. Yea, their own Pope Iulius doth condemne their grosse illation, as who vnderstoode Christes wordes of all the faithfull. Thus doth he write;* 1.3 Illud vero quod pro complemento communionis intinctam tradunt eucharistiam populis, nec hoc prolatum ex e∣uangelio testimonium receperunt, vbi apostolis corpus suum com∣mendauit & sanguinem: seorsum enim panis, & seorsum calicit cōmendatio memoratur. Nam intinctum panem alijs Christū prae∣buisse non legimus, excepto illo discipulo tantū quē intincta buc∣cella magistri proditorem ostenderet.* 1.4 But where they giue ye dip∣ped eucharist to the people for the complement of the communi∣on, they found not this witnessed in the gospel, where Christ cō∣mended
his bodie and blood to his disciples. For the bread is commended apart, and the cuppe also apart. For we reade not that Christ gaue dipped bread to any others, saue onelie to the disciple, whom the dipped morsell declared to be the betrayer of his maister.
1. Cor. 11.26.
De consecr. dist. 2 cap. peracta.
De consecr. dist. 2 cap. cum omne.
Loe, to receiue the one onely kinde is against the gospel.