A15061:483
An answer to a certain book, writtenAn answere to a certeine booke, written
An answer to a certain book, written by Master William Rainolds student of divinity in the English college at Rhemes, and entitled, A refutation of sundry reprehensions, cavils, etc. by William Whitaker ...An answere to a certeine booke, written by Maister William Rainolds student of diuinitie in the English colledge at Rhemes, and entituled, A refutation of sundrie reprehensions, cauils, etc. by William Whitaker ...
Printed at London : For Thomas Chard, 1585
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Apostle in his epistle to the Hebrews entreating at large of Christs priesthood,1 compareth Christ with Melchizedek, and by this argument proveth that Christ is a priest for ever, because he is a priest according to the order of Melchizedek: which he confirmeth by testimony of Moses and David. In all which treatise the Apostle although he fully showeth what resemblance was between Melchizedek and Christ, yet he maketh not any mention of the mass, nor of the unbloody sacrifice of Christs body and blood in bread and wine, nor of any such matter, as by the papists hath been imagined. Which because our Rhemists understood to be greatly prejudicial to ⟨p. 404⟩their sacrifice of the Mass, they have most shamefully and blasphemously behaved themselves in handling this scripture, as to any that compareth their annotations with the text it self may easily appear. For they have plainly written in their annotations, that all that the Apostle hath alleged, concerning the eternity of Christs person, and his perpetual intercession for us, and everlasting effect of his death, proveth not that in proper signification his priesthood is perpetual. 2Whereof what other thing can possibly be collected, but that the Apostle hath not by sufficient reasons proved that thing which he took in hand to prove, that Jesus Christ is a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek? For these men boldly affirm that all this proveth not that in proper signification Christs priesthood is perpetual: then the Apostle in proper signification hath proved nothing less, then that which he went about to prove, concerning Christs everlasting priesthood, wherein all our salvation consisteth, & hath but used a sleight to make men believe a thing, which either he could not prove, or at lest hath not effectually proved. Our papists will have ⟨p. 405⟩the principal respect of resemblance between Christ and Melchizedek to stand in offering bread and wine, whereof forsooth must arise a perpetual sacrifice to be continued in the Church. Now hereof the Apostle hath not spoken so much as one word, nor given the least signification of such a matter.
The Apostle in his epistle to the Hebrewes intreating at large of Christes priesthood,