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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.
S Gregory, in his dialogues, showed the manner of the Communion in his time, to the like purpose. Diaconus clamat, si quis non communicat, exeat, & locum cedat alteri. The deacon, saith S. Gregory, ⟨p. 160⟩speaketh out a loud. Who so will not communicate, let him depart away and give place to others. This was the order of the old time. The Deacon gave warning to the people. Exeunto catechumeni: Exeunto paenitentes. Let such, as be young novices in y• saith, go forth, let such as are in their penance go forth. That they that might not communicate with the rest, should depart from the church, & not be present at the communion. And this order continued still, until the time of S. Gregory. which was six hundred years after Christ. Who was there then that consecrated the bread & wine, and received altogether, to himself alone? where then was the private mass? where then was the single Communion all this while?
S Gregorye, in his dialogues, shewed the maner of the Cōmunion in his tyme, to the like purpose. Diaconus clamat, si quis non communicat, exeat, & locum cedat alteri. The deacon, saith S. Gregory, ⟨p. 160⟩speaketh out a loud. Who so will not communicate, let him departe awaye and geue place to others. This was the order of the olde tyme. The Deacō gaue warning to the people. Exeunto catechumeni: Exeunto paenitentes. Let such, as be yong nouices in y• saith, go forth, let such as are in theyr pe naunce go forth. That they that might not communicat with the reast, shoulde departe from the church, & not be present at the cō munion. And this order continued still, vntill the tyme of S. Gregory. which was sixe hundred yeares after Christ. Who was there thē that consecrated the bread & wine, and receyued altogether, to hymselfe alone? where then was the priuate masse? where thē was the single Communion al this while?
Yet are there sum, that whisper in corners, that the mass is a blessed, & a catholic thing, and y the holy Communion, which now god of his great mercy hath restored to us, is wicked, and schismatical, & therefore they murmur against it, therefore they refrain it, & will not, come to it.