The Lords Supper or, A vindication of the sacrament of the blessed body and blood of Christ according to its primitive institution. In eight books; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abomination of the Romish Master. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By Thomas Morton B.D. Bp. of Duresme.

Two other Testimonies from Antiquity, for the expresse acknow∣ledgement of the Existence of Bread after Consecration, in the Sacrament; Chrysostome, and Bertram: to whom is added Ephraimius. SECT. XIIII. [ 10]

CHrysostome his words are these, thatn 1.1 Bread after Conse∣cration is freed from the name of Bread, being accounted wor∣thy of the name of the Body of Christ, albeit the nature of it re∣maineth therein still. Your Exception is, that this Epistle is not extant among the workes of Chrysostome. This your An∣swer might satisfie us, were it not that it was extant some∣time in the Libraries ofo 1.2 Florence, andp 1.3 Canterbury. To whom may bee adjoyned the Author of that Vnperfect worke, [ 20] still standing under the name of Chrysostome, and by you upon any occasion objected against us; wherein it is expresly sayd, thatq 1.4 The True Body of Christ is not contained within these san∣ctified Vessels, but the mysterie of his Body. It seemeth that your later Parisian Divines were offended with others, who would have these words utterly dashed out of their last Editions, which were published in the former; as you have beene admo∣nished by oner 1.5 most worthy and able to advertise in this kind.

Bertram is our next witnesse from Antiquity, being about 800. yeeres agoe, and never noted of Errour anciently, untill [ 30] these later times of Booke-butchery (that we may so call your Index Expurgatorius)s 1.6 denying altogether all liberty to all men of reading this Booke. But why? what saith he? He maintaineth (saith yourt 1.7 Senensis) that the Eucharist is the substance of Bread and Wine. And indeed so hee doth in hisu 1.8 Booke dedicated to the Emperour Carolus Calvus, which also hee affirmeth to bee writtenx 1.9 According to the truth of Scriptures, and judge∣ment of Ancient Fathers before him. This Author undergoeth also the Censure of the Vniversity of Doway, which, confes∣sing [ 40] him to have beene a Catholike Priest, framed divers An∣swers,

whereby they meant to prevent all Objections, which Protestants might peradventure urge, under the Authority of this Author Bertram. But how? Marke this Romi••h Profession of answering Protestan••s, as often as they shall i••i••t in the se∣stmonies of ancient Writers:y 1.10 Let us (say they) in D••sputa∣tion with our Adversaries, objecting ancient Authors, tolerate many of their Errours, extenuate and excuse them; yea and often∣times, by some devised Comment or shift, deny them, as also by feig∣ning to apply some apt sense unto them. So that Vniversi••ie. [ 10] This being the guise and professed Art of your Schooles, to use all their wits how to delude their Opposites in Disputation, what great confidence shall any have of their sincerity in answe∣ring? Let us leave Bertram under the Testification and Com∣mendation of Abbotz 1.11 Trithemius, for his Excellent Learning in Scripture, his godly life, his worthy Books, (and by name this now-mentioned, written expresly) of the Body and Blood of Christ.

{fleur-de-lys} Ephraimius Bishop of Antioch, of primitive Antiquity, whose Sentence is recorded by Photius, standeth thus,24 1.12 The [ 20] Body of Christ, which is received by the faithfull, loseth no∣thing of it's sensible substance, nor is it separable from grace; as Baptisme, which is spirituall, being intirely one in it selfe, preserveth the property of it's sensible substance, (I meane wa∣ter) and loseth not that which it was. So hee. Expresly re∣veiling unto us in what Sense Antiquity called Bread the Bo∣die of Christ; namely (as other Fathers, in good number, have already unfolded) because it is a Sacrament represent∣ing Christs Body. For hee clearly speaketh of that, which loseth nothing of it's sensible substance, no more than water [ 30] in Baptisme doth lose ought of it's sensible substance. Which Analogie of the Eucharist with Baptisme will in the last * Booke (in a full Synopsis) give an upshot to the whole Cause, concerning the generall Iudgement of the Fathers from point to point. See the like Argument of Cyrill of Ie∣rusalem [ 40] afterwards, Chap. 4. Sect. 4.

Notes

• n 1.1

  Chrysost. Ante Consecrationem Pa∣nem vocamus, Divi∣nâ verò gratiâ Sacer∣dotis ministerio san∣ctificatur, & digna appellatione Domi∣nici Corporis habe∣tur, etsi natura Panis in ipso permansit. E∣pist. ad Caesar. [See of this Doct. Vsher, ad Ann. 400. in his An∣swer to the Iesuits Challenge. pag. 64]
• o 1.2

  So our Peter Martyr.
• p 1.3

  So your Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, lib. 2. de Euch. as he is cited.
• q 1.4

  Author operis imperfecti, in Matth. Hom. 11. Si ergò haec vasa sanctificata ad privatos usus trans∣ferre sit periculosum, in quibus non est Corpus Christi, sed Mysterium Corpo∣ris ejus continetur; quantò magis vasa Corporis nostri, quae sibi Deus ad habitan∣dum praeparavit?
• r 1.5

  Dr. Iames in his Specimen Corrupte∣larum, &c. Haec ve∣ba habentur in edi∣tione Antwer•••••• â Anno 1537. Apua Ioh. Steelsium, & i•• Parisiensi An. 1543. Apud Ioh. Roydwey, ut in Parisiensi aliâ apud Andraeam Parvum, Ann. 1557.
• s 1.6

  Bertramus Gallus circa Annum Domini 810. de Corpore & Sanguine Christi. Prohibitum est omninò à Clmente octavo in postremo Indice librorum pro∣hibitorum. Possevin Apparat. Tit. Bertram.
• t 1.7

  Bertramus vult Eucharistiam esse Panis & Vini substantian••, quae figuram, similitud••nem, & appellationem Sanguinis Christi gerit. Senens. Biblioth. lib. 6. Anno 196.
• u 1.8

  Bertramus. Secundùm Creaturarum substantiam, quod fuerant ante Consecrationem, hoc & posteà con∣s••••unt: Panis & Vinum priùs extitêre, in qua etiam specie consecrata sunt, permanere videntur. de Corpore Do∣mini, pag. 38.
• x 1.9

  Animadvertat (Clarissime Princeps) sapientia vestra quod positis Scripturarum sacrarum testimonijs, & Patium dictis, &c. Idem pag. 65.
• y 1.10

  Iulicium Vni∣v••sit••t••s Du••censis, Bertr••m Catholicus Pres••yter, & Mo∣nachus Corvinensis—••a C••ho••cis vere••bas ••••••lari∣mos 〈◊〉〈◊〉 erro∣res, & extenaemus, excu••emus, excogi∣t••to Commen•••• ••ae∣pè negemus, & c••n∣modum e••s sensum assingamas, du••n••ob∣••••••acur 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Disp••••a∣••••onibus cum Ad••er∣s••••js. Index Ex••urg. juxta Conc. Tride••t. Decret. 2. Philippi 2. Reg. Hispan. Jussu Anno 1571.
• z 1.11

  Bertramus Pres∣byter. qui in divinis Scriptu••s valdè peri∣tus, non m••••ùs vitâ, quàm doctrinâ i••sig∣nis, multa scripsit praeclara Opu••cula, de quibus ad meam noti••••m pauca per∣venerunt Ad C••ro∣lum Regem, fratrem Lotharij Imperaro∣ris, scripsit Commen∣dab••le opus de Prae∣destinatione; & li∣bru•• u••u•• ••e Cor∣pore, & Sanguine D••n••i. Trithem. Abbas.
• 24 1.12

  Photius Bibli∣othec. ex Ephr••mio. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Pag. 415. Edit. August••ae Vindelic. 1601.