67& Againft Bellarmine, C A P.7. his people, that is, touchingthe Iewes,as theAngel fpeaks in thefirft verfeof the fame Chapter ; Notfo, fay you, but than daily racriface of the Altar,Which hashfueceededin the room ofthat in the old laW. Out upon this hlafphemous dotage,and facrilegious facrifice, which nei- therChrift ordained,nor the Apoftles acknawledgéd,nor they of the purer Churchever dreamt on,neither did they ever make.queftion, whether there wereany other daily facrifice left in the Church to be offered up to God , betides that of. thanksgiving , anda contrite heart; now lime Chrift hath abolilhed all the Sacrifices and meat of- ferings in the.midil oftheir Week, as the. Angel fpeaketh, Dan.9.27. &c. What, Should not the Sacrifice of Chrift alone be that only and perfect one, as the Apoftle witneffeth fo often ?, Heb.7.2.7. But your blafphemiesabout this point,be more then one,and now is no time to have a faying to them.It fufficeth for us,tohave ¡hewed in this place,, that the ceafìng of this facrifice is without the compaflè of thole aago. dayes, and therefore that it is perverfelyand fenfelefly given to Antichri?t. But this Scripture is muchmadeon by.you,as if it were a very fruifullfoilto bring forth.arguments for your purpofe for from henceyougather three rare points for our learning ; Firi't,that Antichrift is not yet came,fceing the daily Sacrifice isRill in force. I an fwer, that you might afwell and certainly conclude, that he is not come, becaufe the,Temple ofIerufalem remaineth Rill entire,andnot demolifhed. Secondly, you .fay,that the Pope of Rome is nut eArnti_ chrifi, but molt contrary unto him,,reeing thefacrifice Which he/ball take aWay,is no* let out inallfiately & pompous manner, fu allomoll migh- tily defendedby the Tope. Ianfwer; *That Antichrift will never finde in his heart,, to take away your facrilegious Sacrifice of the Maflë, . then which nothing in the world is more repraachfull and blafphe- mous againft c, hrilL For if Chriftprofit them nethirq, Whobring in circnmcii on,they then that do bring in the dailyfacrifìcearefallenfrom grace, Gala.e But youwill fay ,yoursis not the Legallfacrifce; I an fwer, thatit is the more deteftable, the more it is meerly frommen, from the Pope fpecially that moniler ofmen. Thirdly ( fay you) the heretickec of this time,are.theforirtamers dfAntichrift above alothers, reeiátj there isnothing that they slefre With more ardent af feçtion, then $0-fee the fitcrifice of theEuelaarifiutterly abolifhed. Ianfwer, that un- kfle the Devil himfelf had blinded youreyes, you might fee, andat- kntawledge,.that thofe very fame men, whom it pleafeth you to call Heretiekes &Antichrifls forerunners, are the forerunnersof Gftr1f eforehe come,to jud.gement,as whom.hecloth-forhis endlefl^e Mer- cies ..
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