A53737:476
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
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.
Now in these it is represented as a sacred action, wherein a proper Priest or Sacrificer, arrayed with various consecrated attire, standing at the Altar, taketh bread and wine, about which he useth great variety of postures and gestures, inclinations, bowings, kneelings, stretching out and gathering in his arms, with a multitude of ⟨p. 462⟩Crossings, at the end and in the midst of his pronunciation of certain words of Scripture, turns them into the real natural body and blood of Christ the Son of God, worshipping them so converted with religious adoration, showing them to the people for the same purpose, and then offering that body and blood unto God, praying for his acceptance of them so offered, and that it may be available for the living and the dead, for the pardoning of their sins, and saving of their souls; after which he takes that body of Christ so made, worshipped and offered, and eats and devours it, by all which Christ is truly and properly Sacrificed.
Now in these it is represented as a sacred action, wherein a proper Priest or Sacrificer, arrayed with various consecrated attire, standing at the Altar, taketh bread and wine, about which he useth great variety of •ostures and gestures, inclinations, bowings, kneelings, stretching out and gathering in his arms, with a multitude of ⟨p. 462⟩Crossings, at the end and in the midst of his pronunciation of certain words of Scripture, turns them into the real natural body and blood of Christ the Son of God, worshiping them so converted with religious adoration, shewing them to the people for the same purpose, and then offering that body and blood unto God, praying for his acceptance of them so offered, and that it may be available for the living and the dead, for the pardoning of their sins, and saving of their souls; after which he takes that body of Christ so made, worshipped and offered, and eats and deavours it, by all which Christ is truly and properly Sacrificed.