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An answerAn aunsvvere
An answer by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, unto a crafty and sophistical cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctor of Law, late Bishop of Winchester against the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serveth, answered such places of the book of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seem any thing worthy the answering. Here is also the true copy of the book written, and in open court delivered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...An aunsvvere by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitane, vnto a craftie and sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christ Wherein is also, as occasion serueth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme any thyng worthy the aunsweryng. Here is also the true copy of the booke written, and in open court deliuered, by D. Stephen Gardiner ...
London: printed by John Daye, 1580London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1580
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And if these were sacrifices propitiatory or satisfactory, for remission of sin, what needed he then after to dye, if he had made the propitiatory sacrifice for sin already? For either the other was not available thereto, or else his death was in vain, as S. Paul reasoneth of the priests of the old law, and of Christ. And it is not red in any scripture, that Christs will declared at his supper,1 was effectuous and sufficient for our redemption, but that his most willing death and passion, was the oblation sufficient to endure for ever and ever, world without end.
And if these were sacrifices propitiatory or satisfactory, for remission of sinne, what needed he then after to dye, if he had made the propitiatory sacrifice for sinne already? For either the other was not vailable thereto, or els his death was in vaine, as S. Paule reasoneth of the priestes of the old law, and of Christ. And it is not red in any scripture, that Christs will declared at his supper,1 was effectuous and sufficient for our redemtion, but that his most willing death and passion, was the oblation sufficient to endure for euer and euer, world without end.
- 1Heb. 2.
But what sleights & shifts this writer doth use to wind the Reader into his error, it is wonder to see, by devising to make two sacrifices of one will, the one by declaration, the other by execution, a devise such as was ⟨p. 87⟩never imagined before of no man, & meet to come out of a pha•tast ••all