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A reply unto M. Hardinges answerA replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare
A reply unto M. Hardinges answer by perusing whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weak, and unstable grounds of the Romaine religion, which of late hath been accounted Catholic. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Black Oliphant, by Henry Wykes, Anno. 1565Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, Anno. 1565
Article 17 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 17 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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And therefore hanging upon the Cross, and yielding up the Ghost, he saide, Consummatum est, It is finished: This Sacrifice is perfectly wrought for ever. This only Sacrifice of Christ the Son of God the Scriptures acknowledge, and none other.
And therefore hanginge vpon the Crosse, and yeldinge vp the Ghoste, he saide, Consummatum est, It is finished: This Sacrifice is perfitely wrought for euer. This onely Sacrifice of Christe the Sonne of God the Scriptures acknowledge, and none other.
How be it, like as the Prayers, that Christ once made, and the Doctrine, that he once taught, remain still full, and effectual, as at the first: even so the Sacrifice, that Christ once made upon the Cross, remaineth still in full force, effectual, and perfect, and endureth for ever. Therefore S. Paul saith,1 Christ hath an everlasting Priesthood, and liveth still, that he may still pray for us. And therefore God the Father saith unto him, and to none other, either Man, or Angel, or Archangel, Tu es Sacerdos in aeternum: Thou art a Priest for ever. 2And therefore S. Chrysostom compareth this Sacrifice to a most sovereign salve, that being once laid to the wound, healeth it clean, and needeth no more laying on. Likewise S. Cyprian saithe, Nec Sacerdotij eius paenituit Deum: quoniam Sacrificium,3 quod in Cruce obtulit, sic in beneplacito Dei constat acceptabile, & perpetua virture confistit, ut non minùs hodiè in conspectu Patris Oblatio illa sit efficax, quàm ea die, qua de saucio latere Sanguis, & Aqua exivit: & semper reseruatae in Corpore plagae Salutis Humanae exigant pretium: It never repented God of Christs Priesthood: For the Sacrifice, that he offered upon the Cross, is so acceptable in the good will of God, and so standeth in continual strength and Virtue, that the same Oblation is no less acceptable this day in the sight of God the Father, then it was that day, when Blood, and Water ran out of his Wounded side.