No Peace with Rome. Htb.9.2.8. f.U«.~<;J:L,f.U/1. ~~~op<L. and how can, orwhylbould thatwhichismolt abfolute!y perfeft, be reiterated? A To conclude; What con either be fpoken or conceiv_ed moreplaine, than thofe words ofGod, OnceOffered, One Sacnfice, OneOb!atton ?. And ye.' thefe Pop· (b Shavelings(devommen) take upon them to cructfie, and facnfice Chnlt againe· and whiles they folemnly otter theSon ofGod up umo his Father, they humbly befeech him(in a religiousbJafphemy)that hewould be pleafed to bleffe,and accept that Obbtion. It is notfor us, Iconfdfe, to be fo devour: We Will remember thisholy SacrificeofChrilt (as cajfander wel!advifes) and celebrate it with a thankful! heart we will not repeate it; we will gladly receive ourSaviour, offered by himfe!fetohis'Father,and offered eo usby his Father, wewill not offer him ro his Father: which one point whiles we ltick at ("'we needs mult) we are firaight firicken with che Thunderbot cofthe Anathema ofT rent: Here can be therefore hopoflibi!icy of Peace, H,b lO.U, ~oiJiottiiJ· umtuDtwin !}m!tlbli4.qu4•· 111/llbtntdill.vn afmpum,r.Jt;., ac rationo~b1ltm [.J.ctrtdi!,ntris: !t!untral]ll.t{llmu,, Domillt, MI!Jtaf.mllifita,&c. Cif.''Jon.. Miff: Q.!j'lr411ti{- cusvat,j.untihichriflui triz. Jam Frantifou t rit ,quim«<tJ cbnftmtr.u. Htn Supb..1p41Hmxl. Ft~XinMartyr. SEcT. XX. Oft/" Numbe>· r,f Mediators, andthe Invocatio11 ofSainll. IT doth not more belong to the Priefihood ofChrifi,thlt he offered himfelfeonce for us (a fpotleffeSacrifice) upon the AltarofhisCroffe, than chat he daily offers tohts Father the incenfe of our Prayers, on che Altar ofHeaven. As therefore many SJcrifices, fo many Mediawrsplainly feem eo put Chrifi out ofoffice. Neither indeed hach che numberoflncercefiors more increafed in ehisold Age oftheWorld, thon che impiety of imploring them: For the modefier judgement ofthe former Schooles fo fr>med to it fe!fe adif.hnlhon ofMediation, that it challengedone kinde c thereofas properonely to Chrifi, chinking themhermightbe imparred to Saints: Bu cour lace Doctors (wilfully breaking the barsbothofLagick and Oivinity)have ralbly incroched upon all the Offices of a Mediator; and wbacfoever might by any right belong to an Agent for peace, all that(ifnot more)have they amibuued to the Sain!S. Hereupon one fayesco che bleffedVirgin, 0 Savioreffe, Caveme: Another, Obtaine thou pardon, apply grace, prepareglory for me: Others(ifwemay beleeve cajfawder )famous Divines have [aid,That Godha~h tranflated on~ halfe ofhis Kingdome, which conftfisofmercy,to che b!effed V ~tgm tM •TJ; refervmg che other ha!fe of)ullice, to himfdfe: Others, that we may appea!efrom the Bar ofGods Jufiice, to Maries Come ofMercy: Othershave fo compared their Fr4ntil with Chnft, that (I tremble to fpeake it) whether ofchefe was the typical! Jef•s, might feeme quefiionable to the i:t<>der: Heare the holyMufe ofT•rfeUine; FR.ANC 1 s thatrr>IH ,jha/1 nowhe CH R.I ST t•thee, And foone afrer, And CH R.l ST that was, S.Unt FR.ANC IS nowjh4Ube. 0 Tonguewotthy to be cut out ofthat blafphemommouth(as Hierome [aid ofhis VigilantirH, and made into !(Obbecs! Neicherhach this impious Parafite,or hisseduli- "' done more for theirScigmacicall Fr411cil, than the holy ArchbiChop Anto»iw bath done fat his Dominhk._, in on emulationofblafphemy: There wants nothing (chat I can fee) but that everlafiingGofpell ofthe Friers: and it wanted not much(ifHiltories fay true) ofprevailing; Oh, what madGownes h•vefrr>afd the ll.omane $14/e! as their Poets faid ofold. 0 · Others have facrilegiouOy turned Lecanies, Creeds, Pfalters, and what everOod E meant to honour himfelfe by, unto che nameoftheholy Virgin: And I wOIJ!d to God thiswere onely the private miC-devotion of fame fuperfiiousold wife, or fomeidle and filly Cloyfieter : Faine would our charity conceive [o , which is frill credulous, and (as the Apofile commands) thinks notevil!; ifcajfo"der did not directly cell us, . that they publikely flng in their very Churches chis devout Am ham, ~.!~~:,~~~;[!:;; ohh•PP1 mother oft hilt Sonne fi•ln•, J~• Which haft all our jit~nu fordone; ;~;;~a O~t of 4 MotherJ right, we pt11J thte I Brdo•r Redumer I• oh<) thee. If all thefe were not openly approved by the holy Cenfors of the Romane Church_
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