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The displaying of the Popish mass wherein thou shalt see, what a wicked idol…The displaying of the Popish masse vvherein thou shalt see, what a wicked idoll…
The displaying of the Popish mass wherein thou shalt see, what a wicked idol the mass is, and what great difference there is between the Lords Supper and the Popes Mass: again, what Popes brought in every part of the mass, and counted it together in such monstrous sort, as it is now used in the Popes kingdom. Written by Thomas Becon; and published in the days of Queen Mary.The displaying of the Popish masse vvherein thou shalt see, what a wicked idoll the masse is, and what great difference there is between the Lords Supper and the Popes Masse: againe, what Popes brought in every part of the masse, and counted it together in such monstrous sort, as it is now used in the Popes kingdome. Written by Thomas Becon; and published in the dayes of Queene Mary.
London: printed by A. Griffin for Company of Stationers, 1637
The displaying of the Popish Mass.The displaying of the Popish Masse.
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.
Our Saviour Christ a little before his ascension,1 said to his Apostles;2 •oe and teach all nations,3 baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghost. Here is Baptism & the preaching of the word joined together. And as concerning the blessed Sacrament of Christs body and blood did not our Saviour Christ preach at ⟨p. 28⟩the institution and ministration of it? Are we not also commanded by the holy Apostle, that whensoever we come to receive the blessed Communion, the death of the Lord should be preached, declared, and set forth?4 Did not the Apostles of Christ, and all the godly Bishops of the primitive Church, observe the same order? They considered right well how little the ministration of the Sacraments availeth, without the preaching of ⟨p. 29⟩the Word: For as S. Paul saith, how shall they believe without a Preacher? Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing cometh by the Word of God. None therefore of the Lords Sacraments ought publicly to be administered without preaching of the word; yea, & that not in a strange tongue,5 but in such a speech as the people understand or else it were as good to speak the words unto a sort of sheep or geese as unto them that are gathered ⟨p. 30⟩together at the ministration of any Sacrament. And this meant Saint Augustine, when he said, Take away the Word, and what is Water but water? But let the word be added to the Element, & it is made a Sacrament. Whence hath the water such a power that it should touch body, and wash the heart? but by the virtue of working of the word, not because it is spoken, but because it is believed. The word signifieth here not only the speaking ⟨p. 31⟩