A53737:485
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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I. For your Faith, if it be grounded on the Scripture as every true Protestants is, your Sacrifice if admitted, will unquestionably evert it; To accept of a worship pretended to be of such huge importance, as to be available for the impetration of Grace, Mercy, Pardon of sins, removal of punishment, life eternal, for the living and the dead, destitute of all foundation in, or countenance from the Scripture, absolutely inconsistent with their faith.
2. It is no less to have a Sacrament which is given unto us of God as a pledge and token of his Love and Grace, turned into a Sacrifice, which is a thing ⟨p. 470⟩by us offered unto God and accepted by him, so that they differ as in other things, so in their terms, à quo and ad quem, from what they proceed, and by whom they are accepted.
3. Besides they will quickly discover your pretensions to be contrary unto what the Scripture teacheth them, both concerning the Sacrifice of Christ and also his institution of his last supper, which is your Rule and compriseth the whole of your Duty in the administration of it. They do not find that therein Christ offered himself unto his Father, but to his Disciples; not to him to be accepted of him, but to them to be by faith received.
3. Besides they will quickly discover your pretensions to be contrary unto what the Scripture teacheth them, both concerning the Sacrifice of Christ and also his institution of his last supper, which is your Rule and comprizeth the whole of your Duty in the administration of it. They do not find that therein Christ offered himself unto his Father, but to his Disciples; not to him to be accepted of him, but to them to be by faith received.