Chap. 21. That extreame vnction is no Sacrament.
THe last faigned Sacrament is the last an∣noynting (as they call it) performed by the priest in extreamety, where by they teach that a 1.1 God assureth forgiuenesse of sinnes, and promiseth ease of bodily dis∣ease, if it be so exped ent: if not, the salua∣tion of the soule in the life to come. They vse this forme of words, By this holy anoynting and his most holy mercy, God doth forgiue thee whatsoeuer that hast offended, by seeing, hearing, smel∣ling, tasting, and touching.
This vnction cannot be a sacrament for b 1.2 sundry causes. First, themselues confesse, that it hath not his institution from Christ. For the Rhem'stes in their heretical, c 1.3 Annota∣tions vpon Mar. 6 confesse, that there is onely a preparati∣on vnto it. And Peter Lumbard saith, d 1.4 It was instituted by the Apostle Iames. By this doctrine, Christ should onely be a preparer of sacraments, not an appointer: a beginner, not a finisher of them. Now, these men are all accursed by the Conuenticle of Trent, e 1.5 If any man shad say that the sacraments of the new law were not all instituted by Iesus christ, let him be accur∣sed. Again, the place of the Apostle Iames, maketh nothing for this sorged sacrament: for there is a great difference & contrariety betweene the anoynting that Iames speaketh off, and the popish anealing. Their priestes haue not the miraculous guist of healing, whereof this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was