Exodus — Chapter 1

The 30. read in AEgyptand in Chanaan, for explication, as S.Auguttin no- teth 4, 16.¢, 10, cimit, Chrifts a@ion: ‘heweth thac. the Pafchal lambe was afi- gure of the Eu- charift, Some things in the Pafchali lambe pre- figured Chriti oethon the ‘ Croife & at hi: qualitics laft fupper, Some more xpreflyfigni- 4 fied his Paf- fion, Ochers imme- diately the Eu- cherift, Ancient wri- ters expound _ this foure of the Eucharift, Tertullian proveth by this figure, ful- filled in the Excharift, that Chrift hath a true and nota phantaftical tbodre. § r The fame Sa- crifice orfered by Priefts, s2keth away the finnes of the werld, More particularly she killsny & bereauing the Pat- EX ODVS. qualities of the Lambe, withow: /por ,« ma'e , of the firft yeare , forefhewed in general the puritie , fortitude, mecknes , andal perfection of the true Lambe of God , that 173 chal Lambe of natural life , she /prinkling of das blond onshe dove poftes , she rafting at the fire , & not breking anie bone sheref ,moft {pecially exprefied; Chrifts death on the Crofle, But she fourteenth day , & the enening agree only with the Eucharift, infticuted the night betore our Lords Paflio which he fuffered the fifteenth ‘being the ful moone) and at midday,as ancient S. Dionyfe of Ariopagite(in two Epitt- les , to Policarpus,& to Appollophanes ) teftifieth , admiring the miracle of the funnes eclypfe, that hapned the fametime, Neither did the easng of the Lav-be di- realy prefourate the oblation on the Croffe , for Chrift was not crucified tobe eaten: but the Sacrament in formes of bread and wine was cxprefly figured by eating the lambe with unbeswened bread,& drinking the emp shirto adioymed ( Luc.22.v,17.)ln like fort the Lambe immolated in commemoration of the dcliueric of Ifrael from death, & from feruitude , when the firft-borne of Acgypt were flaine , moft apily prefgured the Eucharift, which is a perpetual commemoration of mans redemprion &, deliuerie from eternal death, and from bondage of ‘the diuch& fime, by Chrittes death onthe Croffe, which death indeed-was the very redemptioi: & deliuerie of inankind,& not a cémemoration therof, Finally ,the immolating of the Lambe wishin the houfe with precife commaridmet to carie nothing theref for:h, perteined par- ticularly to the Eucharift ,whiclour Lord celebrated within the boxfe , wherby S, Cyprian ( lib, denis, Ecelef: ) proucth, that the B. Sacrament inuft mot be giuen to -amic out of the Cosholike charch , though Chrifts Paflion be extended re al the world, as wel to bring fuch as are without into the Church , as to faue thofe that are alrcady entredin, In this fort the moft ancient and beft cxpcditours of holie Scripture,explicate this fpecial figure of the Pafchal Lambe.As we fhal here pro- duce fome witneffes 1n confirmation of thistruth. Tertulian lib. 4, contra Marcionem,cxpounding our Sauiours words:With defire I Sane defived s0 eate this Pafch with you Lefore L fuffer fayth,Chrift coveted not vermeci- nam Indeore the mutton of the Lewes, bur profefling that with defire he defired to eate the Pafch, as his owne’ for it was vnmect that Ged fhould couer anie thing nat his owne ) the bread which he took ,& gauc to his difciples,he made his owne bodie faying:T ais is my bodie, that is,a hyure of my bodic. Figura auscm non fwifies, nifi verigatis effer corpus: Bus it had net been a figure ‘faith he ; unicffe is were a bedie of ve- ritie,or,aucrie bodie,to Wit, not phantaftical asthe heretike Marcion imagincd;be- caufe the fyures in the old Teftament were not figures , except a truc budie anf- wered ynto them. So the Sacramemtaries fenfe, that Tertullian fhould ca] the Eu- charift a figure , is quite againft his meaning , and maketh him conclude nothing againf{ Marcion ; wheras his whole drift is , by the figures of the old Teftament to prouc,that in the Eucharift isthe true & real bodice of Chrift, & that confequently Chrift hath a true and real bodie.Origen ( m 26. Afas, ) teacheth that in the great parlar (where Chrift did eare the Pafchal Lambe) he alfo made his new Patch. S.Cyprian (de Gana Dom.) fayth:In the fupper of facramental banquets,old & new Initirutions met together. The lambe being confumed, which oJd traditié pro- pofed ,the Matter ferteth incenfumpribie meate to his difciples.S. Gregorie Nazian- Zen{ Vrat,2.de Paftha) fayth God commanded the Pafchal Lambe fhould be eaten inthe eucning , becaufe Chrift in the evening gaue the Sacramét of his ownc bo- die to his difciples. S.Hierom (in 26. Mat. ) After thar the feuratiue Fafch was complete, & Chrifthad cares the ficth of the lambe with his Apoftles,he taketh bread , which confirmeth the hart of man, and paffeth over to the true Sacranicnt of Patch, Likewife S, Chrifoftom Ho. de prods. Inde ) fayth: Inthe fame table both the Pafchs, of the figure, & of the veritie were celebrated, S. Ambrofe {in Luce.1,) exprefly applicth this figuratiue lambe to the Eucharift , as it is celebrated in the Church, by himfelf & other Priefts faying : When we facrifice,Chrift is prefent, Chrift is facrified : for Chrif ony Pafch is smmelated, The like afimeth S. Auguftin loan 1, Toa, x9, Lue.ze. Hiere. I],v.1$. F [.103. 1.Cer, f. (i. 2. P afch. ExXODVS. 17 (li, 2.cons,lis, Penl.c, 27.) [tis an other Pafch that the Lewes celebrated of a fhecp, : an other which we receiue in the bodie & bloud of our Lord, S.Leo/fer.7.de Paff.) To theend shadowes might gine placeto the bodie,& figures might ceafc.in pre- fence of the veritic ,the old obferuacien is taken away by the new Sacrament, hofte paficth inte hofte , bleud excludeth bloud, and when the legal feftiuitie is changed, itis tulflled. S.Gregorie(ho,z2,in Eusng.)proueth by thefe wordes, Yow shal nos cate theref anie thing raw that befides the lerter there isa fpiritual fenfc. Behold ( faith he ) the verte wordes of the hiltorie driue vs trom the hiftorical ynderftading. For did the Ifraclitical people in AEzypsvfeto eatea lamb raw,that the law fhould reed ro {ay : owsral not eate it raw ¢ And fo in that homilie this great Do@our explicatetn how we ought to celebrare & receiue the Sacrament of the Eucharift,by the foure of this Pafchal lambe, This blowd (faith he) is fprinkted on both peftes, when the Sa- cramentof his Paflionis receised with mont , to redemption , and meditated with inventiue mind to imitation, & in the tranfome ouer the dore, when pure intention di- recteth the exteriour act,alfo when we cariesbe Creffe of his Pa-tion in our forbead, The flesh of the Lambe is caren as night ,becaufe we now receiue our Lords bodie in the Sacrament , when yer we fee wo: each esherscon(ciences: rofted at che fire, when we ioyne to our belicfe geod workes of ferssemt chavisie: with valeawened bread & with lessice. that is,in finceritie,wishous corruption of waine glorie,and with bisser pennance for snnes: not raw, nor fod in water,to wit, neither eftecming Chrift 4 mere man, nor confide- ring of him, with bumane wifdeme or private {pirit of heretikes,called felen water (Prou.s ) Te desomr she head with she feet andentrails , is by faith ro belicue she Dini- nitie of Chrift,and to imitate by loue the feps of his hwmanis'e , & greedily to learme al Chriftsan myfteries, Nothing is left sil mermng, when we endeauour in this life before the veurreftion to know euerie point of Chriftian doctrine, fo farre as to vs pertei- neth But if anie thing be eft, it muff be burned inthe fire,becaufe thofe hard & higheft ] myfteries , which we cannot underfland, we mult remit ro she HeiyGhoff , leit anic proudly prefume either to contemnc, or to proclaime that he vnderttandeth not, He further defcribeth alfo what mazner of perfons are to eate this new Pafch, Their dommes mutt deg yrded,that is,al carnsi pleafures tamed, They muft haue shoes on their feet, by the good examples of fermer Saints dead bcfore,muft Arengthen their fleps , to fite from vice, and follow vertuc: holding #ames in their handes,to rule and ftay themfelues and others from fliting, by the ftaffe of authoritic, They mufteate the Pafch foeedily , that is without delay or procraftination muft learne the my- ftcries of inans redemption, and heaucnlie life , and fo performe Gods wil & pre- cepts, in this life with ‘peed. Tothis effet S. Gregorie difcourfeth at largein the moral fenfe, which we haue abridged, and otherwifc (though holy Scripture be ful hereof ) feldome touch. Returning therfore to our particular purpofe, in al thefe teftimonies we fpe- cially vrge , that the pafchal lambe was a figure , not only of Chrifts Paffion,but alfo of the Eucharift, Whereupon , befides the often expreffe mention of our B, } Sauiours bodie and blond in the fame,which Proteftants would wreft(as they doe alfo the fame termes in holie Scripture) to figuratiue fenfe , it neceffarily follo- weth,that trere be farre more excellent contents in the Satrament of the Eucha~ rift,then natural bread and wine, For S, Paul reacheth ( collcf, 2. ) thatas the bo- dre excelleth the shadow, fo the veritie, or thing fivured excelleth the figure, Wheras the fubftance of bread and wine doth notrexcel, much leffe fo farre excel tke Paf- chal Lambe,as by S.Pauls dogtrine is required, Againe,feeing the Pafchal lambe Was a Sacrifice, as appeareth in this Chap. v, 6. & 27. alfo Num.9.v.7. & 13.and Mar.14.v, 1, and as it was immolated was a figure of the Eucharift,as before ap- peareth by conference of the one with the other, inrefpe@ of thetime , place, manner of offering,and eating it, and by teftimonie of the Do&ours aboue cited, itfolloweth alfu that the Holie Eucharift isa Sacrifice farre excelling the figure, CHAT. iS. Gregories jmoralization iaf this figure, japplied to the ‘Kb. Sacrament, What perfons are to receiue the B, Sacra. ment, The thing f- fured farre ex- ‘eelleth the §. “gure, ‘The Eucharift 'isalie a Sacri- hee, The fir leffon at Matrins on Candlemafe iday, a) The old Te ftamét propo- fed commonly temporal re- wards, S. nie- vom. p.ad Dar- danum, 6) Inthe He- brew , when Ubarao had in- durased bimfelfe. 174 EXODVS. —— Pafch-