A09466:436
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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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.
8 In the Canon of the Masse the church of Rome praieth on this wise. We humblie beseech thee most mercifull father, by Iesus Christ, thy son & our Lord, yt thou wouldest accept these gifts and oblations & these holy Sacrifices, which we thy Church offe• to thee, &c. where first they offer vp Christ to God the Father in the name of Christ, & so they make Christ to be his owne mediator. Againe, they desire God to blesse & to accept his owne▪ Sonne: for they offer vp Christ. If they say he needeth now the blessing of his Father, they make Christ a weak and imperfect Christ: if hee neede not the blessing of his Father, their praier is needelesse. Also they desire GOD to accept not one gift or one sacrifice, but in the plurall number, these gifts and sacrifices: whereas they hold that Christs body is one only bodie, and therfore but one sacrifice. And thus they are at variance with themselues.
9 Papists, in word they say that they believe and put their trust in God: yet whereas they look to be saved by their works, they set the confidence of their hearts in truth upon their own doings.