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The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop…The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop…
The true copies of the letters between the reverend father in God John Bishop of Sarum and D. Cole upon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Queens Majesty, and her most honourable Counsel. 1560. Set forth and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.The true copies of the letters betwene the reuerend father in God Iohn Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole vpon occasion of a sermon that the said Bishop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and hir most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per septennium.
London: printed by John Day, 1560
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Moreover the, priest, by the Mass book, is taught to say. Accipite, edit. Take ye, eat ye. And, habete vinculum charitatis, v• apti ⟨image 160⟩sitis sacrosanctis misters. That is, have ye the bond of charity, that ye may be mete for the holy mysteries. And to whom shall we think the priest speaketh these words? It were to vain a thing for him in the open congregation, to speak to him self, and specially in the plural number. Yet were it a great deal more vain for him, to speak the same words to the bread and wine, and to say v•to them: Take ye, eat ye, or have ye the band of charity, that ye may be meet for the holy mysteries. Therefore it is evident, that these words should be spoken to the people. And that in such sort, as they might well understand them, and prepare them self to the communion.
Moreouer the, priest, by the Masse boke, is taught to saye. Accipite, edite. Take ye, eate ye. And, habete vinculum charitatis, v• apti ⟨image 160⟩sitis sacrosanctis myster•s. That is, haue ye the bond of charity, that ye may be mete for ye holy misteries. And to whom shall we thynke the priest speaketh these wordes? It were to vaine a thyng for him in the open congregation, to speake to him self, and specially in the plural nūber. Yet were it a great deale more vayne for hym, to speake the same wordes to the breade and wyne, and to say v•to them: Take ye, eate ye, or haue ye the bande of charitie, that ye may be meete for the holye misteryes. Therfore it is euident, that these words shuld be spoken to the people. And that in suche sort, as they might well vnderstand them, and prepare thē selfe to the cōmunion.
And to conclude, the priest by his own Mass book, is bidden to