A compend of the controversies of religion wherin the trueth is confirmed, and errour convinced, by authoritie of Scripture, witnessing of antiquitie, and confession of partie. Most necessary for all, in this backe-slyding age. By W.G. minister of God's word.

1. Authoritie of Scripture.

HEb. 9.22. Without shedding of blood, there is no remis∣sion.

Note then: Seeing they call the Masse an vnbloodie sacrifice, that therefore the same is no-wise propitiatorie for the remission of sinne.

Verse. 25.26. Not that hee should offer him-selfe often, &c. for then must he often haue suffered.

Remarke then, That it is all one thing, in Scripture, Christ to bee offered, and Christ to suffer: and therefore to offer Christ daylie, is all one, as Christ to suf∣fer daylie, which is both absurd and blasphemous.

Verse, 26. But now in the •…•…nde of the Worlde, once hath hee

appeared, to put away sinne, by the sacrifice of him-selfe.

Note then, That once onelie hath hee suffered, and therefore once onlie was hee sacrificed; and that by that sacri∣fice once made, by him-selfe alone, our sinnes are put away: and therefore no other sacrifice, but that onlie, is alone propitiatorie.

Againe,

verse 26. Where hee sayth, That once hee hath appeared, to put away sinne, by the sacrifice of him-selfe.

We remarke, that a propiatorie sacri∣fice, should bee ever apparent and vi∣sible: and therefore seeing Christ, nor his sacrificing, is not apparent, nor vi∣sible in the Masse, therefore it followeth, that in the Masse there is no sacrifice at all, let bee, propitiatorie.

Verse, 27.28. And as it is appointed to men, once to die, but after that, the judgement; So Christ vvas once offered, to beare the sinnes of manie.

Note then, That to say, that Christ is offered daylie, is as absurd, as to say, that a dead man dieth daylie.

Heb. 7.27. Who needeth not

daylie, as those High-priests, to offer vp sacrifice, &c.

Heb. 9.12. But by his owne blood, hee entered once in-to the holie place, having obtained eternall re∣demption for vs.

Note then, That the repetition of Christ's sacrifice daylie, importeth a-like imperfection there-of; as the daylie offe∣ring vp of sacrifices vnder the Law, imported the imperfection of that legall priesthood: which is both absurd and blasphemous, to affirme of Christ's.

Againe, Remarke, that the Apostle showeth, that Christ's bloodie sacrifice, where-by hee entered in-to the holie place, is of an infinite worth, having obtained eternall redemption for vs: where-as all Papists grant, their sacri∣fice of the Masse to bee but of a finite worth, and therefore is not one, but farre inferiour to the sacrifice of Christ, and consequentlie also then priesthood to his. From whence also it followeth, that they succeede not to Christ in his priesthood, after the order of Melchi∣sedek: but haue a new one of their owne coyning, farre differing from Christ's, and millions of degrees inferiour there-to.

Heb. 10.18. Now, vvhere re∣mission of sinne is, there is no more offering for sinne.

Verse, 14. For by one offering, hee hath perfected for ever, them that are sanctified.

Note then, If that one, and once offe∣ring of Christ, availeth for ever, to the remission of sinne, and perfecting for ever of them that are sanctified; it fol∣loweth necessarilie, (as the Apostle sayeth) that there is no more offering for sinne: and consequentlie, no more needc of sacrifices propitiatorie, nor anie furder immolation of Christ, for the remission of sinne.

And therefore wee conclude, That seeing the sacrifice of the Masse is nei∣ther the reiteration of Christ's sacrifice, (for that were to accuse it of imper∣fection, as Heb. 7.27.) nor yet the conti∣nuation of it, (for so hee should daylie die, as Heb. 9.25.26.) nor that it is visible, bloodie, nor of an infinite worth, as His was: Therefore it is no-wyse Christ's sacrifice propitiatorie, but a blasphemous, idolatrous abhomination, flat derogatorie there-to.