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A Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament
A defence of the true and catholic doctrine of the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Christ with a confutation of sundry errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's holy word, [and] approved by the consent of the most ancient doctors of the Church. Made by the most reverend father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitan.A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane.
Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the sign of the Brazen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the signe of the Brasen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550
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And that those sacrifices, which were made by the priests in the old law, could not be able to purchase our pardon, and deserve the remission of our since, S. Paul doeth clearly affirm in his said epistle to the Hebrews,1 where he saith: It is impossible that our since should be taken away by the blood of oxen and goats.
And that those sacrifices, whyche were made by the priestes in the olde lawe, coulde not be able to purchase our pardon, and deserue the remission of oure synnes, S. Paule doeth clerely affirme in his said epistle to the Hebrues,1 where he sayth: It is impossible that our synnes shuld be taken awai by the bloud of oxen and goates.
- 1Heb. 9.
Wherefore all godly men, although they did use those sacrifices ordained of God, yet they did not take them as things of that value and estimation, that thereby they should be able to obtain remission of their since before God.
Wherfore all godly men, althoughe they dyd vse those sacrifices ordeined of God, yet they did not take them as thynges of that value and estimation, that therby they shulde be able to obteyn remission of their synnes before God.
But they toke them partly for figures and tokens ordained of God, by the which he declared, that he would send that seed, which he promised to be the very true sacrifice for sin, and that he would receive them that trusted in that