A07412:76
A weighing and considering of the InterimA waying and considering of the Interim
A weighing and considering of the Interim by the honourworthy and highly learned Phillip Melanchthon. Tra[n]slated into English by John RogersA waying and considering of the Interim by the honourworthy and highly learned Phillip Melancthon. Tra[n]slated into Englyshe by Iohn Rogers
Imprinted at London : in Fletestrete at the sign of the Sun over against the conduit by Edward Whitchurche, the vi. day of August, the year of our lord. M.D.XLVIII. 1548Imprinted at London : in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne ouer against the conduite by Edwarde Whitchurche, the vi. daie of Auguste, the yere of our lorde. M.D.XLVIII. 1548
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OF THE MASS.
OF THE MASSE.
The book acknowledgeth, that the Mass deserveth not forgiveness of since. That is true. ⟨image 19⟩But that they afterward further allege sayings out of the old & new teachers as touching the oblation & offering to strengthen their privy Mass, those be sayings that contain many things in them, and it were very easy to show good sure ground out of. S. Austen and other thereagainst, that the same sayings belong not to their privy Mass and oblation or offering, for although they call it an offering, yet declare they them selves thus, that it deserveth not forgiveness of Since. And also that they them selves offer not the Son to God the father, for that is the own & only work of the only begotten Son, that he offereth himself, as the text speaketh Heb: 9, He is gone into the holy place through his own blood, he standeth before the father as a peacemaker for ever, and prayeth ⟨image 19⟩for us, in the same most privy coū cel, which is the holy place.
The booke acknoweledgeth, that the Masse deserueth not forgeuenesse of synnes. That is true. ⟨image 19⟩But that they afterward further alleage sayinges out of the olde & new teachers as touchyng the oblacion & offeryng to strēgthen theyr preuy Masse, those be sayinges that cōtain many thynges in them, and it were very easy to shew good suer groūd out of. S. Austen and other theragaynst, that the same sayinges belong not to theyr preuy Masse and oblacion or offeryng, for althoughe they call it an offeryng, yet declare they them selues thus, that it deseruethe not forgeuenes of Synnes. And also that they them selues offer not the Sonne to God the father, for that is the owne & onely worcke of the onely begotten sonne, that he offereth himselfe, as the texte speaketh Heb: 9, He is gone into the holy place throughe his owne bloude, he standeth before the father as a peacemaker for euer, and prayeth