And on the other side,1 I ask them, What need have they to Sacrifice, or to communicate for the Saints which are already in paradise? for, what need have they so to do? Now if they say that they do it in their praise and for their remembrance, I answer, that Jesus Christ hath not ordained his supper,2 either in the remembrance, or in the praise of any other then of him self, & for to yield thanks unto God for his benefits. And therefore he hath not ordained any supper either of S. Peter, 3or S. Paul or S. John, nor of any of the Angels, nor of any men saints, or women saints, be they either dead or living, but did ordain only one which is the supper of Jesus Christ: Wherefore men may not say the like of the Romaine masses, of the which the one is of S. James, the other of S. Philip, & others for this or that Saint, in sort as they have their names divers, according to the Saints to the which they are dedicated, and the persons and the things whereunto the are applied. For they do make a Recipe ad omnia, & a medicine for all diseases. I ask them also wherein the sacrifice & communion may serve for the dead, the which they do receive for them in their mass? For, for the first, what sure foundation have they for their fire of purgatory in all the holy scriptures, wherein they do lodge in manner all the souls of those that are departed, to make them after ward to pay ransom? And what foundation may it have, more then the sacrifice of the mass hath, ⟨image 81⟩forsomuch as it far exceedeth the true purgatory, the which the scripture placeth in the only blood of Jesus Christ, and in the washing & in the purgation made by the same?4 For it is he that hath made it by him self, & by the which we are washed & made clean by the mean of the word of God, & of faith which purifieth the harts. For it is the price of our ransom by the which we are bought, and neither by gold nor silver, as they do after the use of the Romaine church. And albeit it were so, that they could very well prove by good testimonies of the scripture, that there were such a purgatory by fire, yet must they for all that prove that they are able to redeem & to deliver the souls from thence, by the sacrifices, & communions which they have in their masses, & such other means which they have invented to the same effect:
ANd on ye other side,1 I aske thē, What need haue they to Sacrifice, or to communicate for ye Saints which are already in paradise? for, what need haue they so to doe? Nowe if they say yt they do it in their praise and for their remembrance, I answere, yt Iesus Christe hath not ordained his supper,2 either in the remembrance, or in the praise of any other then of him selfe, & for to yeeld thankes vnto God for his benefits. And therfore he hath not ordained any supper either of S. Peter, 3or S. Paul or S. Iohn, nor of any of ye Angels, nor of any mē saints, or womē saints, be they either dead or liuing, but did ordaine onely one which is ye supper of Iesus Christ: Wherefore men may not say the like of the Romaine masses, of the which ye one is of S. Iames, ye other of S. Philip, & others for this or yt Saint, in sort as they haue their names diuers, according to ye Saints to the which they are dedicated, and the persons and the things whereunto the are applied. For they doe make a Recipe ad omnia, & a medicine for all diseases. I aske them also wherein the sacrifice & cōmunion may serue for ye dead, the which they do receiue for thē in their masse? For, for ye first, what sure foundatiō haue they for their fire of purgatory in all the holy scriptures, wherin they do lodge in maner all ye soules of those yt are departed, to make thē after ward to pay ransome? And what foundatiō may it haue, more then the sacrifice of ye masse hath, ⟨image 81⟩forsomuch as it far exceedeth ye true purgatorie, the which the scripture placeth in ye onely bloud of Iesus Christ, and in the washing & in the purgacion made by the same?4 For it is he that hath made it by him selfe, & by the which we are washed & made cleane by ye meane of the worde of God, & of faith which purifieth the harts. For it is the price of our raunsome by the which wee are bought, and neither by golde nor siluer, as they do after the vse of ye Romaine church. And albeit it were so, yt they could very well proue by good testimonies of the scripture, that there were such a purgatory by fire, yet must they for al that proue that they are able to redeeme & to deliuer the soules from thence, by the sacrifices, & communions which they haue in their masses, & such other meanes which they haue inuented to the same effect:
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