They who have close followed the second constitutions of the Apostles know that the Lord in the New Testament appointed a new offering,1 according to that in Malachi the Prophet,2 For from the rising of the sun and unto its setting hath My Name been glorified among the Gentiles, and in every place incense is offered unto My Name and a pure offering;3 as John too saith in the Apocalypse, The incense is the prayers of the Saints,4 and Paul beseecheth us to present our bodies a sacrifice living, holy, well-pleasing to God,5 our reasonable service, and again, Let us offer the sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips. These6 offerings are not according to the Law,7 the hand-writing whereof the Lord having blotted out, took it out of the way; but in spirit, for in spirit and in truth must we worship God.8 Wherefore the oblation too of the Eucharist is not fleshly but spiritual and thereby clean. For we offer to God the bread and the cup of blessing, giving thanks to Him that He bade the earth to send forth these fruits for our nourishment, and afterward having duly performed the oblation, we call on the Holy Ghost that He would make this Sacrifice and the Bread the Body of Christ and the Cup the Blood of Christ, that they who receive these antitypes, may obtain forgiveness of sins and eternal Life. They therefore who bring these offerings for a memorial unto the Lord, approach not unto Jewish doctrines, but spiritually ministering will be called children of wisdom.