A53737:473
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux wherein the principles of the Roman church, as to moderation, unity and truth are examined and sundry important controversies concerning the rule of faith, papal supremacy, the mass, images, &c. discussed / by John Owen.
London: printed for Ph. Stephens, 1664
A Vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat Lux. › Chapter 19
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2. The Sacrifices of old were of two sorts, 1. Eucharistical, or Oblations of the fruits of the earth or other things, whereby the Sacrificers acknowledged God as the Lord and Author of all good things and mercies, with thanksgiving. 2. Propitiatory for the atoning of God, the reconciling him unto sinners; for the turning away of his wrath and the impetration of the pardon of sin. This was done typically and Sacramentally by virtue of their respect unto the oblation of Christ, by the old bloody Sacrifices of the Law; really and effectually by that bloody ⟨p. 459⟩Sacrifice which the Lord Jesus Christ once offered for all. Now because in the Sacrament of the Eucharist it is our Duty to offer up unto God our thankful prayers for his unspeakable love in sending his only Son to dye for us, we do not contend with any, who on that account, and with respect unto that peculiar act of our duty in it, shall call it an Eucharistical Sacrifice, yea affirm it so to be. But you will have it a propitiatory Sacrifice, a Sacrifice of Atonement like that made by Christ himself; a Sacrifice for the sins of the living and the dead, making reconciliation with God, obtaining Pardon of sin, and eternal life, things peculiar to the one Sacrifice of Christ in his death and passion.
2. The Secrifices of old were of two sorts, 1. Eucharistical, or Oblations of the fruits of the earth or other things, whereby the Sacrificers acknowledged God as the Lord and Author of all good things and mercies, with thanksgiving. 2. Propitiatory for the atoning of God, the reconciling him unto sinners; for the turning away of his wrath and the impetration of the pardon of sin. This was done typically and Sacramentally by virtue of their respect unto the oblation of Christ, by the old bloody Sacrifices of the Law; really and effectually by that bloody ⟨p. 459⟩Sacrifice which the Lord Jesus Christ once offered for all. Now because in the Sacrament of the Eucharist it is our Duty to offer up unto God our thankeful prayers for his unspeakable love in sending his only Son to dye for us, we do not contend with any, who on that accont, and with respect unto that peculiar act of our duty in it, shall call it an Eucharistical Sacrifice, yea affirm it so to be. But you will have it a propitiatory Sacrifice, a Sacrifice of Atonement like that made by Christ himself; a Sacrifice for the sins of the living and the dead, making reconciliation with God, obtaining Pardon of sin, and eternal life, things peculiar to the one Sacrifice of Christ in his death and passion.