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A19658 A deliberat answere made to a rash offer, which a popish Antichristian catholique, made to a learned protestant (as he saieth) and caused to be publyshed in printe: Anno. Do[mini] 1575 Wherein the Protestant hath plainly [and] substantially prooued, that the papists that doo nowe call themselues Catholiques are in deed antichristian schismatiks; and that the religious protestants, are in deed the right Catholiques: VVriten by Robert Crowley: in the yeere, 1587. Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588. 1588 (1588) STC 6084; ESTC S110998 131,595 191

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5._o ephe._n 5._o as_o dear_o belove_a child_n and_o walk_v in_o love_n even_o as_o christ_n love_v we_o and_o give_v himself_o for_o we_o a_o sacrifice_n and_o oblation_n of_o a_o sweet_a savour_n unto_o god_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v too_o long_o to_o set_v down_o here_o all_o the_o word_n of_o chrysostome_n in_o this_o place_n the_o offerer_n 1._o tom._n 1._o or_o some_o of_o his_o fellow_n may_v read_v they_o as_o they_o stand_v write_v in_o the_o homily_n afore_o mention_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o chrysostom_n meaning_n be_v not_o to_o maintain_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o popish_a catholic_n which_o hold_v that_o in_o their_o bless_a mass_n be_v offer_v a_o sacrifice_n propitiatory_a for_o the_o sin_n both_o of_o the_o quick_a and_o the_o dead_a the_o same_o chrysostome_n in_o his_o 17._o 17._o tom._n 4._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la heb._n hom_n 17._o homily_n upon_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n write_v thus_o nun_n per_fw-la singulos_fw-la dies_fw-la offerrimus_fw-la offerrimus_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la recordationem_fw-la facientes_fw-la mortis_fw-la eius_fw-la et_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la hostia_fw-la non_fw-la multae_fw-la quomodo_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la multae_fw-la quia_fw-la semel_fw-la oblata_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n do_v not_o we_o offer_v every_o day_n in_o deed_n we_o do_v offer_v but_o we_o do_v it_o for_o a_o remembrance_n of_o his_o death_n and_o this_o sacrifice_n be_v but_o one_o and_o not_o many_o and_o how_o be_v it_o but_o one_o and_o not_o many_o because_o it_o be_v offer_v but_o once_o it_o be_v offer_v in_o the_o holy_a place_n of_o all_o and_o this_o sacrifice_n which_o we_o offer_v be_v the_o pattern_n or_o example_n thereof_o we_o do_v always_o offer_v one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o thing_n and_o after_o many_o word_n to_o the_o same_o end_n he_o say_v thus_o non_fw-la aliud_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la sicut_fw-la pontifex_fw-la sed_fw-la idipsum_fw-la semper_fw-la facimus_fw-la 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