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A56741
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A discourse of the sacrifice of the Mass
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Payne, William, 1650-1696.
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Wing P901; ESTC R19214
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from_o the_o follow_a consideration_n 1._o then_o these_o oblation_n be_v make_v for_o depart_a soul_n who_o be_v not_o suppose_v to_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o pain_n as_o they_o now_o believe_v purgatory_n to_o be_v but_o in_o a_o state_n of_o ease_n and_o happiness_n as_o st._n austin_n believe_v his_o mother_n to_o be_v when_o he_o offer_v for_o she_o and_o when_o he_o pray_v for_o she_o 12._o she_o &_o credo_fw-la quod_fw-la jam_fw-la seceris_fw-la quod_fw-la te_fw-la rogo_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la or_o be_v mei_fw-la approba_fw-la domine_fw-la august_n confess_v l._n 9_o c._n 12._o he_o do_v believe_v that_o god_n have_v already_o grant_v she_o what_o he_o pray_v for_o but_o he_o beg_v he_o to_o accept_v these_o free_a will_n offering_n of_o his_o mouth_n it_o be_v not_o then_o a_o doubt_n of_o her_o state_n but_o only_o the_o voluntary_a expression_n of_o his_o love_n and_o duty_n which_o he_o design_v by_o his_o prayer_n and_o oblation_n for_o she_o and_o those_o olation_n be_v make_v even_o for_o saint_n and_o martyr_n and_o the_o most_o holy_a christian_n of_o who_o future_a happiness_n there_o be_v no_o manner_n of_o question_n and_o for_o all_o indeed_o who_o die_v in_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o 2._o they_o be_v a_o honorary_a testimony_n give_v to_o they_o of_o their_o good_a state_n and_o of_o their_o die_v in_o the_o peace_n and_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n to_o have_v their_o name_n recite_v at_o the_o altar_n service_n out_o of_o the_o diptych_n or_o fold_a table_n be_v a_o honorary_a memorial_n and_o mention_n of_o they_o as_o member_n of_o the_o church_n and_o it_o be_v a_o disow_v they_o as_o such_o to_o expunge_v or_o blot_v their_o name_n out_o of_o those_o diptych_n and_o so_o the_o make_n or_o receive_v oblation_n for_o they_o at_o the_o altar_n be_v a_o acknowledgement_n of_o their_o right_n to_o the_o altar_n &_o to_o the_o christian_a communion_n and_o therefore_o no_o oblation_n be_v receive_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o those_o who_o be_v not_o communicants_a or_o have_v not_o a_o right_a to_o communion_n of_o those_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o scandalous_a sin_n or_o of_o those_o who_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o penance_n for_o they_o as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o apostolic_a constitution_n 8._o constitution_n l._n 4._o c._n 5._o l._n 3._o c._n 8._o and_o in_o one_o of_o the_o most_o ancient_a council_n 28._o council_n episcopum_fw-la placuit_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la communicate_v murera_fw-fr accipere_fw-la non_fw-la dibere_fw-la council_n eliber_n c._n 28._o which_o forbid_v the_o bishop_n to_o take_v oblation_n from_o he_o who_o do_v not_o communicate_v petavius_n have_v large_o make_v this_o out_o in_o his_o note_n on_o epiphanius_n fid_fw-we epiphanius_n animadvers_fw-la in_o epiphan_n exposit_n fid_fw-we and_o produce_v a_o council_n which_o provide_v ib._n provide_v council_n vasense_n ib._n that_o the_o oblation_n of_o those_o penitent_n shall_v be_v receive_v who_o be_v surprise_v by_o a_o sudden_a death_n in_o a_o journey_n which_o be_v a_o receive_v they_o into_o the_o church_n communion_n quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la postliminio_fw-la 3._o by_o have_v these_o oblation_n receive_v and_o offer_v for_o they_o they_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o prayer_n that_o be_v make_v for_o they_o at_o the_o altar_n what_o ever_o benefit_n these_o prayer_n be_v believe_v to_o be_v of_o to_o depart_v soul_n which_o i_o be_o not_o here_o to_o examine_v that_o do_v accrue_v to_o they_o by_o have_v these_o oblation_n make_v and_o receive_v for_o they_o for_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o be_v particular_o mention_v and_o recommend_v in_o the_o prayer_n at_o the_o altar_n and_o thus_o both_o tertullian_n st._n cyprian_n and_o st._n austin_n explain_v the_o sacrifice_n and_o oblation_n which_o they_o mention_v as_o make_v for_o the_o dead_a monogam_n dead_a vxor_fw-la pro_fw-la animâ_fw-la defuncti_fw-la mariti_fw-la or_o at_o &_o offer_v annuis_fw-la diebus_fw-la dormitionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr monogam_n the_o wife_n pray_v for_o her_o hushand_n soul_n and_o offer_n on_o his_o anniversary_n and_o again_o 1._o again_o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n meretur_fw-la nominari_fw-la in_o jacerdotum_fw-la prece_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la altari_fw-la jacerdote_n &_o ministros_fw-la suos_fw-la avocari_fw-la voluit_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 1._o he_o deserve_v not_o to_o be_v name_v in_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o priest_n at_o the_o altar_n of_o god_n who_o take_v off_o god_n minister_n from_o the_o altar_n in_o the_o forementioned_a case_n of_o make_v a_o clergyman_n executor_n morâ—uis_fw-la executor_n vbi_fw-la in_o precibus_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la quae_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la altar_n funduntur_fw-la locum_fw-la suum_fw-la habet_fw-la etiam_fw-la commendatio_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la august_n cura_fw-la pro_fw-la morâ—uis_fw-la and_o in_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o priest_n which_o be_v pour_v out_o to_o god_n at_o his_o altar_n the_o commendation_n of_o the_o dead_a have_v place_n so_o that_o the_o good_a they_o have_v by_o these_o oblation_n be_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o these_o prayer_n and_o not_o by_o any_o virtue_n in_o these_o oblation_n as_o they_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n distinct_a from_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o prayer_n as_o they_o be_v alm_n indeed_o together_o with_o prayer_n they_o think_v the_o dead_a benefit_v by_o they_o together_o with_o the_o prayer_n and_o so_o st._n austin_n in_o the_o forequote_v place_n mention_n the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o altar_n which_o he_o explain_v by_o prayer_n and_o alm_n both_o which_o he_o call_v sacrifice_n supra_fw-la sacrifice_n sive_fw-la altaris_fw-la sive_fw-la orationum_fw-la sive_fw-la eleemosynarum_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la supplicamus_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la but_o not_o in_o a_o proper_a and_o strict_a sense_n as_o our_o adversary_n must_v acknowledge_v for_o these_o sacrifice_n i_o hope_v be_v not_o true_a and_o proper_a one_o such_o as_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v nor_o be_v they_o proper_o propitiatory_a for_o their_o sin_n nor_o do_v the_o ancient_n who_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a at_o the_o altar_n and_o make_v oblation_n for_o they_o think_v that_o these_o oblation_n be_v proper_o propitiatory_a or_o satisfactory_a for_o their_o sin_n as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n believe_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o mass_n now_o to_o be_v there_o be_v nothing_o that_o amount_v to_o this_o in_o any_o of_o those_o place_n where_o they_o speak_v of_o offering_n for_o the_o dead_a nor_o will_v st._n cyprian_n or_o the_o bishop_n who_o ordain_v in_o council_n that_o no_o offering_n shall_v be_v make_v for_o he_o who_o appoint_v a_o clergyman_n executor_n to_o his_o will_n have_v inflict_v so_o severe_a a_o punishment_n upon_o so_o small_a a_o fault_n have_v they_o think_v this_o will_v have_v deprive_v his_o soul_n of_o a_o true_a and_o real_a propitiation_n for_o his_o sin_n nor_o will_v blot_n out_o of_o the_o diptych_n have_v be_v so_o common_o put_v in_o use_n have_v this_o be_v consign_v the_o soul_n to_o the_o punishment_n of_o another_o world._n there_o be_v therefore_o no_o such_o thing_n mean_v as_o our_o adversary_n will_v now_o draw_v from_o that_o ancient_a custom_n of_o oblation_n for_o the_o dead_a and_o yet_o that_o this_o quick_o degenerate_v into_o superstition_n and_o have_v be_v far_o improve_v in_o aftertime_n and_o be_v now_o come_v to_o very_o great_a perfection_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n we_o willing_o own_o &_o that_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o this_o be_v lay_v in_o this_o unscriptural_a custom_n as_o the_o worship_n of_o saint_n be_v from_o the_o anniversary_n memory_n of_o the_o martyr_n be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v but_o corruption_n in_o religion_n like_o disease_n in_o the_o body_n may_v proceed_v at_o first_o from_o very_o small_a cause_n but_o by_o neglect_n and_o carelessness_n grow_v oftentimes_o very_o great_a and_o dangerous_a especial_o when_o the_o physician_n that_o shall_v have_v cure_v they_o think_v it_o for_o their_o purpose_n and_o interest_n rather_o to_o heighten_v and_o increase_v they_o 10._o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n must_v either_o be_v unnecessary_a or_o else_o must_v reflect_v on_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o cross_n if_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a for_o obtain_v the_o pardon_n and_o remission_n of_o any_o sin_n or_o for_o the_o relief_n of_o any_o spiritual_a want_n and_o necessity_n for_o which_o there_o have_v be_v no_o provision_n make_v by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o cross_n than_o it_o be_v whole_o useless_a &_o unprofitable_a if_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o any_o such_o purpose_n then_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v not_o perfect_a and_o sufficient_a for_o all_o those_o end_n but_o require_v this_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n to_o make_v up_o what_o be_v lack_v and_o behind_o of_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n upon_o the_o
if_o not_o the_o whole_a of_o it_o or_o if_o as_o some_o think_v the_o consumption_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v the_o great_a thing_n that_o make_v it_o perfect_a and_o consummate_v i_o ask_v whether_o christ_n do_v then_o eat_v his_o own_o body_n every_o mass_n when_o it_o be_v eat_v by_o the_o priest_n if_o as_o bellarmine_n own_v the_o consumption_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o make_v a_o sacrificial_a oblation_n and_o the_o true_a offerer_n be_v christ_n himself_o as_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n say_v than_o christ_n himself_o must_v consume_v the_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v he_o must_v eat_v his_o own_o body_n bellarmine_n be_v real_o pinch_v with_o this_o difficulty_n and_o he_o have_v so_o wise_o manage_v the_o matter_n that_o as_o he_o bring_v himself_o into_o this_o straight_a so_o he_o know_v not_o how_o to_o get_v out_o of_o it_o but_o he_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v 27._o confess_v tamen_fw-la ipse_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la consumere_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr miss_n l._n 1._o c._n 27._o that_o christ_n may_v in_o some_o sense_n be_v say_v to_o consume_v the_o sacrament_n i._n e._n himself_o for_o it_o be_v christ_n body_n and_o blood_n be_v the_o sacrament_n and_o not_o the_o species_n at_o least_o not_o without_o those_o we_o always_o think_v it_o a_o prodigious_a if_o not_o a_o horrid_a thing_n for_o another_o to_o consume_v christ_n real_a body_n but_o now_o for_o christ_n himself_o to_o be_v make_v to_o do_v this_o be_v to_o expose_v christ_n shall_v i_o say_v or_o themselves_o or_o that_o cause_n which_o be_v drive_v to_o these_o absurdity_n and_o which_o can_v never_o avoid_v they_o while_o it_o make_v the_o mass_n a_o true_a sacrifice_n and_o christ_n himself_o the_o offerer_n of_o it_o 9_o the_o offer_v this_o sacrifice_n to_o redeem_v soul_n out_o of_o purgatory_n as_o it_o be_v make_v one_o of_o the_o great_a end_n and_o use_n of_o this_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n so_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a error_n and_o abuse_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o for_o beside_o that_o it_o contain_v in_o it_o all_o the_o forego_n error_n and_o absurdity_n of_o its_o be_v a_o proper_a sacrifice_n and_o so_o benefit_v those_o who_o do_v not_o at_o all_o receive_v it_o as_o a_o sacrament_n and_o be_v proper_o propitiatory_a at_o least_o for_o lesser_a sin_n and_o for_o the_o temporal_a pain_n that_o they_o suppose_v due_a to_o great_a sin_n after_o they_o be_v forgive_v which_o be_v another_o cluster_n of_o error_n that_o grow_v likewise_o to_o this_o doctrine_n though_o it_o belong_v to_o another_o place_n to_o consider_v they_o i_o say_v beside_o all_o those_o error_n it_o take_v in_o also_o the_o groundless_a and_o uncomfortable_a and_o erroniou_n opinion_n of_o purgatory_n whereby_o a_o great_a many_o depart_a soul_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v in_o a_o sad_a state_n of_o extreme_a pain_n and_o torment_v till_o they_o be_v deliver_v from_o it_o by_o these_o mass_n and_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v offer_v for_o they_o to_o that_o purpose_n and_o this_o be_v indeed_o the_o great_a advantage_n of_o they_o i_o mean_v to_o the_o priest_n that_o offer_v they_o who_o hereby_o make_v merchandise_n not_o only_o of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n but_o of_o christ_n body_n and_o blood_n and_o be_v make_v by_o this_o sacrifice_n a_o sort_n of_o money-changer_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o instead_o of_o dove_n sell_v christ_n himself_o and_o the_o soul_n in_o purgatory_n be_v redeem_v out_o of_o it_o by_o such_o corruptible_a thing_n as_o silver_n and_o gold_n which_o be_v to_o purchase_v mass_n that_o be_v christ_n body_n and_o blood_n at_o a_o certain_a price_n this_o be_v a_o most_o horrible_a abuse_n of_o christianity_n which_o expose_v it_o to_o infinite_a scandal_n and_o reproach_n the_o sell_v of_o mass_n and_o indulgence_n be_v so_o visible_a a_o blot_n in_o popery_n that_o though_o nothing_o have_v more_o enrich_v yet_o nothing_o have_v more_o shame_v it_o then_o these_o have_v do_v both_o those_o have_v relation_n to_o purgatory_n which_o be_v a_o unknown_a country_n in_o the_o other_o world_n that_o have_v give_v rise_n to_o those_o two_o profitable_a trade_n and_o to_o all_o that_o spiritual_a traffic_n that_o be_v carry_v on_o by_o it_o a_o late_a excellent_a discourse_n have_v so_o full_o consider_v that_o subject_n that_o i_o be_o no_o further_o to_o meddle_v with_o it_o here_o then_o as_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n be_v concern_v in_o it_o our_o adversary_n most_o plausible_a and_o specious_a pretence_n for_o both_o those_o doctrine_n be_v take_v from_o the_o ancient_a custom_n of_o oblation_n for_o the_o dead_a which_o can_v be_v deny_v to_o be_v of_o great_a antiquity_n and_o general_a use_n even_o very_a near_o the_o beginning_n of_o christianity_n and_o to_o have_v have_v a_o long_a continuance_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n tertullian_n mention_n they_o as_o make_v on_o every_o anniversary_n of_o their_o birth_n 3._o birth_n oblationes_fw-la pro_fw-la defunctis_fw-la pro_fw-la natalitiis_fw-la annuâ_fw-la die_fw-la facimus_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr corona_n militis_fw-la c._n 3._o i._n e._n on_o the_o day_n wherein_o they_o die_v to_o this_o world_n and_o be_v bear_v into_o immortality_n st._n cyprian_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o so_o general_o use_v for_o all_o person_n that_o it_o be_v make_v the_o punishment_n of_o he_o who_o shall_v leave_v a_o clergyman_n his_o executor_n and_o so_o take_v he_o off_o from_o his_o sacred_a employment_n to_o secular_a trouble_n and_o affair_n that_o ox._n that_o ac_fw-la siquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la fecisset_fw-la non_fw-la offerretur_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la nec_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la pro_fw-la dormitione_n ejus_fw-la celebraretur_fw-la cyprian_n epist_n l._n 1._o edit_fw-la ox._n no_o offering_n shall_v be_v make_v for_o he_o neither_o shall_v any_o sacrifice_n be_v celebrate_v for_o his_o departure_n ib._n departure_n episcopi_fw-la antecessores_fw-la nostri_fw-la religiose_fw-la considerantes_fw-la &_o salubriter_fw-la providentes_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la nequis_fw-la frater_fw-la excedens_fw-la ad_fw-la tutelam_fw-la vel_fw-la curam_fw-la clericum_fw-la nominaret_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n and_o this_o be_v a_o order_n he_o say_v make_v by_o former_a bishop_n in_o council_n and_o therefore_o he_o command_v that_o geminius_n victor_n who_o have_v make_v geminius_n fanstinus_n tutor_n to_o his_o will_n or_o his_o executor_n ib._n executor_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr quod_fw-la pro_fw-la dormitione_n ejus_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la fiat_fw-la oblatio_fw-la aut_fw-la deprecatio_fw-la aliqua_fw-la nomine_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la frequentetur_fw-la ib._n shall_v have_v no_o oblation_n make_v for_o his_o departure_n nor_o any_o prayer_n use_v in_o his_o name_n in_o the_o church_n st._n austin_n give_v it_o in_o as_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n in_o his_o time_n that_o a_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v for_o the_o dead_a mortuis_fw-la dead_a non_fw-la parva_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vniversae_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hâc_fw-la consuetudineclaret_n authoritas_fw-la si_fw-la nunquam_fw-la in_o scripture_n veteribus_fw-la scriptum_fw-la legeretur_fw-la sc_fw-la oblatum_n pro_fw-la mortuis_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la august_n cura_fw-la pro_fw-la mortuis_fw-la and_o this_o he_o say_v be_v sufficient_a authority_n for_o it_o though_o there_o be_v nothing_o of_o it_o in_o scripture_n and_o have_v show_v that_o what_o happen_v to_o the_o dead_a body_n be_v of_o no_o concern_n to_o the_o depart_a soul_n finem_fw-la soul_n non_fw-la existimemus_fw-la ad_fw-la mortuos_fw-la pro._n quibus_fw-la curam_fw-la gerimus_fw-la pervenire_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la eye_n sive_fw-la altaris_fw-la sive_fw-la orationum_fw-la sive_fw-la eleâ—â—osyn_n arum_fw-la sacrificiis_fw-la solenniter_fw-la supplicamus_fw-la ib._n versus_fw-la finem_fw-la none_o of_o our_o care_n say_v he_o can_v reach_v the_o dead_a but_o only_o that_o we_o supplicate_v for_o they_o by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o altar_n of_o prayer_n or_o of_o alm_n and_o the_o same_o thing_n he_o mention_n in_o several_a other_o place_n of_o his_o work_n and_o in_o his_o own_o oblation_n at_o the_o altar_n for_o his_o mother_n monica_n after_o she_o be_v dead_a now_o what_o can_v we_o think_v of_o these_o oblation_n unless_o with_o the_o papist_n we_o allow_v such_o a_o state_n of_o depart_a soul_n as_o they_o call_v purgatory_n that_o be_v neither_o heaven_n nor_o hell_n for_o if_o they_o be_v either_o in_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o of_o those_o these_o oblation_n will_v signify_v nothing_o to_o they_o and_o how_o plain_a be_v it_o that_o they_o think_v they_o to_o be_v some_o way_n benefit_v or_o relieve_v by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n or_o altar_n i_o answer_v that_o neither_o of_o those_o opinion_n as_o they_o be_v now_o hold_v and_o receive_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v follow_v from_o the_o primitive_a custom_n of_o offer_v for_o the_o dead_a but_o that_o they_o be_v of_o another_o nature_n then_o what_o they_o account_v they_o and_o this_o i_o shall_v evince_v