Question 80

THE ARGVMENT.

An opposition of the Masse, and the Supper of the Lorde, and whoe ought & may come vnto the supper, & whome Christ woulde haue to bee kept from the Supper.

What difference is there betwen the Supper of the Lord, and the Popish Masse?

The supper of the Lorde, doth witnes vnto vs, that we haue perfect forgiuenes of all our sinnes, for that onely sacrifice of Christ, which himselfe once offered vppon the Crosse: and then, that wee are by the holy Ghost ingraffed into^a Christ, who nowe according to his humanitie, is onely in Heauen at the right hand of his^b Father, and will there be^c worshipped of vs. But in the Masse it is denyed, that the quick and dead haue forgiuenes of sinnes, for the onelie suffering of Christ, vnlesse Christ be still euery day offered for them by the Priests: and then it is taught, that Christ is bodily vnder the appearance of bread and wine, and therefore ought to be worshipped in them. And so the very foundation of the Masse is nothing els, but a denying of that onely sacrifice, & suffering of Iesus Christ, and a most cursed Idolatrie.^d