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Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the adversaries of the sameQuestions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the aduersaries of the same
Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the adversaries of the same: and answered by M. H. Bullinger of Zurick: reduced into .17. common places. Translated into English by John Cox. 1572Questions of religion cast abroad in Helvetia by the aduersaries of the same: and aunswered by M. H. Bullinger of Zurick: reduced into .17. common places. Translated into Englishe by Iohn Coxe. 1572
London: printed by Henry Bynneman for George Byshop, 1572London: printed by Henrie Bynneman for George Byshop, 1572
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The Answer.
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IT may very easily appear1 by this question, that those wicked men which were the authors of these questions, did never rightly understand this holy Prayer common unto all men, and commonly called the Lords prayer. For they speak thereof, as though we dyd•e pray the same of ourselves without Christ, when as much rather it is the prayer of Christ, and is so named, not only for that he made the same, but also for that we now pray the same as even by his mouth. For when we say the Lords prayer, we then with those words pray even as it were with Christs own mouth: ⟨p. 62⟩therefore the father, who loveth his son, acknowledgeth his words and prayer, and those are most acceptable unto him, & therefore even for his sons sake he heareth us. And therefore in the Lords prayer Christ is made the only intercessor, and although we pray the same with the Apostles, yet are we not herd for their sakes, but for Christs: for even their prayers are made effectual & acceptable unto god through Christ. In the Acts they require the gift of the holy ghost, of whom the Lord before had spoken in the gospel, saying that his father would send him in his name: and therefore it every where appeareth, that Christ is the true advocate and intercessor of all the faithful. And it were not a little to be wondered at, why these men sho••• more set by and regard the intercession of sa••c•s, than of Christ, on less they did manifestly declare them selves to be of that number of whom Paul speaketh in the ste Chapter to the Romans, saying. which worship and serve the creatures more than the creator, &c.