Whether is Christ now to bee Sacrificed, that his Sacrifice once made vpon the Crosse, might be applied vnto vs?
No, in no case.
1. For the explication of the Sacrifice, inferres the Sacrifice made before. Now it is most contrarie that the same should bee both done alreadie, and also should bee done hereafter.
2. By the like reason Christ should take our flesh againe, dye a∣gaine, and rise againe, that the fruit of his incarnation, death, and resurrection might bee applied to vs.
3. The applying of the Sacrifice is not the Sacrifice it selfe.
4. The vertue of the Sacrifice it selfe is applyed vnto vs inward∣ly by the effectuall working of the Holy Ghost; and outwardly by the Preaching of the word, and by the Sacraments ordeined of Christb 1.1. For so often as the Gospell is Preached, the Sacra∣ments be administred according to Christ his institution, so of∣ten is Christ offered, not to God, but to vs, that wee might em∣brace him, being receiued by a true faith with all our soules. But after the exhibiting of Christ, and his sacrifyce finished, there re∣maineth no more externall and reall sacrifice.
1. Because Christ dieth no more, death hath no more Dominion o∣uer him. Rom. 6.9.
2. Because by his one oblation he hath consecrated for euer those which are sanctified, and wee are sanctified by the offering vp of Iesus Christ once made. Heb. 10.14. And he hath once entred into the holy place, hauing obtained eternall Redemption. Heb. 9.12.
3. Because Christ hath saide; It is accomplished Ioh. 19.30.