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Thus the people of God is deceived ⟨image 173⟩and mocked, and in stead of precious stones, driven to take counterfeits. For I assure you brethren, in the time of Peter & James, nether was there any man that ever heard the name of mass, (for Missa was never named, until iiii. hundred years after Christ▪ And yet then was it no Private mass nether, but a Communion) nor yet were the pieces and parts of y• mass, as we in our time have seen them, set together. And what mass could that be, that as yet, had neither her own name, nor her parts. But, for as much as they affirm so constantly, that Saint James said mass at Jerusalem: and what soever it were that he said, will needs have it called, by the name of a mass: let us compare their mass, and S. James mass, ⟨p. 171⟩both together. S. James said his mass in the common tongue, as y• people might understand him: They, say, their mass in a strange latin tongue, that the people should not know what they mean. S. James spake out the words of consecration distinctly and plainly: They in their mass, suppress the same words and keep them close. Saint James in his mass ministered the communion unto y• people: They, in their mass, receive them self all alone. S. James, in his Mass, ministered the sacrament unto the people under both kinds: They in their mass, minister the sacrament unto y• people in one kind only. Saint James in his mass, preached and set forth the death of Christ: They, in their mass, have only a number of dumb ⟨image 174⟩gestures, and ceremonies, which they themselves understand not, & make no manner mention of Christs death. Saint James Mass was full of knowledge: Their Mass is full of ignorance.

Thus the people of God is deceiued ⟨image 173⟩and mocked, and in steade of precious stones, dryuen to take counterfeites. For I assure you brethern, in the tyme of Peter & Iames, nether was there any mā that euer heard the name of masse, (for Missa was neuer named, vntill iiii. hūdred yeres after Christ And yet then was it no Priuate masse nether, but a Communion) nor yet were the peces and partes of y masse, as we in our tyme haue sene them, set together. And what masse could that be, yt as yet, had neyther her owne name, nor her partes. But, for as muche as they affirme so constantly, that Saint Iames said masse at Hierusalem: and what soeuer it were that he sayd, will nedes haue it called, by the name of a masse: let vs cōpare theyr masse, and S. Iames masse,