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 whereof in the New Testament, he hath left us heirs; wherefore, as that is no less our own, which is given us freely, than that we get with our industry; so the merits of Christ, which he hath freely bestowed upon us, are no less our own, than if we had got them with our sweat and labor.

Hence every man may offer this sacred oblation, as the first, numbering one by one, all the labors and virtues of the life of Christ, his obedience, patience, humility, charity, and his other virtues, seeing these are the most excellent of all oblations, that we can offer to God.