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A treatise tending unto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of…A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of…
A treatise tending unto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he may discern it, and persevere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set down in the page following.A treatise tending vnto a declaration whether a man be in the estate of damnation or in the estate of grace and if he be in the first, how he may in time come out of it: if in the second, how he maie discerne it, and perseuere in the same to the end. The points that are handled are set downe in the page following.
London: printed by R. Robinson for T. Gubbin, 1590
The Assertion. › Argument 4 › The proof.The Assertion. › Argument 4 › The proofe.
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10 It holdeth, that in the Mass, the Priest •ffereth up Christ to his Father an unbloody sacrifice. This is a thing impossible: for if Christ in the Mass be sacrificed for sin, then •e must die & his blood must be shed Heb. 9 […] 2. And in the Scriptures these two sayings […] Christ is dead, Christ is offered up in sacrifice) are all one. So then, the Papist when he supposeth that there may be an unbloody ⟨p. 234⟩sacrifice, in effect he saith thus much, ther• is a sacrifice, which is no Sacrifice.
10 It holdeth, that in the Masse, the Priest •ffereth vp Christ to his Father an vnbloudie •acrifice. This is a thing impossible: for if Christ in the Masse be sacrificed for sin, thē •e must die & his bloud must be shed Heb. 9 〈…〉 2. And in the Scriptures these two sayings 〈…〉 Christ is dead, Christ is offered vp in sacri•ice) are all one. So then, the Papist when he •upposeth that there maie be an vnbloudie ⟨p. 234⟩sacrifice, in effect he saith thus much, ther• is a sacrifice, which is no Sacrifice.
8 In the Canon of the Mass the church of Rome prayeth on this wise. We humbly beseech thee most merciful father, by Jesus Christ, thy son & our Lord, that thou wouldest accept these gifts and oblations & these holy Sacrifices, which we thy Church offe to thee, &c. where first they offer up Christ to God the Father in the name of Christ, & so they make Christ to be his own mediator. Again, they desire God to bless & to accept his own Son: for they offer up Christ. If they say he needeth now the blessing of his Father, they make Christ a weak and imperfect Christ: if he need not the blessing of his Father, their prayer is needless. Also they desire GOD to accept not one gift or one sacrifice, but in the plural number, these gifts and sacrifices: whereas they hold that Christs body is one only body, and therefore but one sacrifice. And thus they are at variance with themselves.