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FOR so muche as wee are created of God af¦ter his owne Image, for the entente to ho∣noure and serue hym▪ and so finally too en∣ioye the eternal enhe∣ritaunce of heauen,* 1.1 whiche we muste attain to by praier acknowledgyng
oure owne infirmitie, and referryng vs to the mercie of our moste louyng father. It shall bee conuenient ther∣fore to declare ye institucion of praier.
* 1.2PRAIER therefore was frō the beginnyng, as Abel praied, Noha, A∣brahā, Isaac, Iacob, with other Pa∣triarkes praied to GOD in all their doubtfull affaires, & gaue thankes for the good acheuyng of theim Mo∣ses & Aaron with other as Anna the wife of Helcana shewed vs example of praier:* 1.3 But Christ is the first that did shewe to vs any speciall fourme of praier, as appeareth in the Gospel of Matthew. Afterward, when men began to coumpte & reken their prai∣ers, as though God were in our debt for often beggyng of hym, there wer diuised by one Petrus Heremita a Frenchman of the citee of Amias be∣des to saie lady psalters on,* 1.4 the yere of our Lorde a thousande .xc. that is foure hundred .lvi. yeres ago. The maner of turnyng our faces into the Easte when wee praie,* 1.5 is taken of the old Ethnikes, whiche as Apuleius re¦mēbreth, vsed to loke Eastwarde and salute ye sonne: we take it in a custom
to put vs in remembraunce yt Christe is the sonne of righteousnes, that di∣scloseth all secretes. But that was not lawfull for the Hebrues as maie seme to vs by the settyng of ye taber∣nacle, & thei muste euer looke toward the temple as the story of Daniell de∣clareth. Moses whē he had receiued the ten cōmaundementes, assembling the people together shewed them the will of God, and that was the firste sermon or preachyng:* 1.6 and the prophe¦tes had without doubt open collaci∣ons:* 1.7 And afterwarde Ihon Baptiste in the wildernesse of Iury preached, and so did Christe hymself and gaue autoritie to ye Apostles & disciples by special cōmaundemēt to do thesame.
THE blessed sacramēt of the alter was instituted by our sauiour Iesus Christ,* 1.8 a litle before his passiō in Hie¦rusalē at his supper, whē he had en∣ded ye Paschal lābe, in this wise: He toke bread, & after he had giuen than¦kes, he brake it, & gaue it to his disci∣ples saiyng, take and eate, this is my body yt shalbe giuen for you: And ta∣kyng the cup gaue likewise thākes, & toke it to theim saiyng, drynke all of
this, for this is my bloudde of the newe testamente, whiche is shed for the remission of synnes. This vnder the fourme of breade & wyne he gaue to theim particularely his body and bloud sanctified in and by the word? And gaue commaundement that like sacrifice should bee made in remem∣braūce of hym.* 1.9 Alexander the bishop of Rome did ordain that this oblaciō should be made of swete bread, wher afore it was leuened breade. And he commaunded that water should bee mixte with wyne in the cuppe.
Praier.
Prayer was at the begin∣nyng.
Christ prescri¦bed a praier.
Beades.
Turning our faces Easte∣warde.
Preachyng.
Ihō Baptist.
The institu∣ciō of the sa∣crament.
Alexander de∣creed that the Sacramente should be con¦secrated of swete breade.