The Eucharistical Sacrifice; Or, the Question Concerning the Eucharist, in a Sacrificial View, Impartially Discuss'd. in Which the Hypothesis of the ... Made to It by the Learned Dr. Waterland, Fu

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1739. Excerpt: ... XV. P. 42, It is laid down, as "an unco'n"testable Maxim, that the Value of a Sacrifice u can never rise higher than the Value of the " Sacrificessa." As for the Words of Cornelius a Lapide, In omni sacrificio sacerdos major est fua victima, quam offers they are not true of the grand Sacrifice, for Christ offered himself a Sacrifice i but Christ was not greater than himself; and therefore I suppose they are to be understood cnly of the intrinsick Value of a Sacrifice offered by Men, of a Sacrifice offered by Men, considered barely in itself. As for Dr. Field, p. 209, Edit. 3,. disputing against the Papists, who make the Sacrifice of the Mass propitiatory in itself, for all whom the Priest offers it, &c'. He doth indeed add, For there is no Offering, that can have any Acceptance, unless it "be offered by an accepted Offerer.--Afterwards he quotes Gregory, as faying, God doth not so much weigh or consider, how much, or how goodc, that is which is presented to him in Sacrifice, as out of how great and good Affection it is presented; adding, And therefore if a Jew had offered Christ unto his Father, willing so to be offered, or not willing, this Oblation had not been so acceptable, as when he offered himself And Bellarmine faith well,--though, the 'Thing offered be acceptable of itself, yet the Oblation is.not acceptable, unless the Offerer be accepted.--So that in this supposed Sacrifice, viz. of the Mass, the Worthiness and Acceptation » See also Appendix, p. 11. b The foregoing Part of the Paragraph, if the Reader pleases to consult it, will give Light unto Dr. Field's Meaning in the following Quotations. c Gregory as quoted has only quantum, how much: Eut it is plain, by hvw good, Dr. Field meant bono good in itself. d Not, as ivhen be, the Jew, off...