A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux

7. They are at a stand at the whole matter; to see you turning bread and Wine into that very body and blood of Christ which suffered on the Cross, and then to worship them, and then to pray to God to accept at your hands that Christ which you have made, and then to eat him. But when they consider that by so doing, you suppose your selves to effect that which they believe to be wrought only by the blood of the Cross of Christ once offered for all, and therein fancy a Sacrifice of Christ, wherein he dyeth not, contrary to so many express Testimonies of Scripture, they are utterly averse from it. For whereas they look for Redemption, Forgiveness of sins, and Reconciliation with God by the one Sacrifice of Christ upon the Cross, wherein consists the foundation of their hope and consolation, because it being absolutely perfect was every way able and sufficient without any repetition, as the Apostle teacheth them, to take away sin, and for ever to consummate them that are Sanctified, you teach them now to look for the same things from this Sacrifice of yours, which would make them question the validity and perfection of that of Christ.

8. And when they have so done, yet they would still be forced to question the validity of yours, because it is a pretended Sacrifice of Christ without his death, which they know to have been indispensably required to render his Sacrifice valid and effectual.

9. And they cannot but think that this repeated Sacrifice being pretended to be for the very same ends and purposes with that of Christ himself, is very apt to take off the minds and confidence of men from that one Sacrifice performed so long ago, which they have not seen, and to fix them on that which their eyes daily look upon, as the praesens numen that they can immediately apply themselves unto▪ Thus they fear that insensibly all faith of the true Propitiation wrought by Christ is obliterated, and that which they think an Idol set up in the room of it.