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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…
The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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The Relics of Rome. › Of Purgatory.The Reliques of Rome. › Of Purgatorye.
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The like doctrine doth the author of the festival teach on this manner.1 Ye shall understand, that there been four things, that greatly holpen souls that been in Purgatory and that been these. Fidelium amicorum oratio eleemosynarum largitio: salutaris hostia, & jeiuniorum obseruatio. That is: prayers of friends devoutly said, & alms deed doing, and masses singing, and abstinence in fasting. That prayers help much a soul that is in Purgatory: the author proveth for lack of the testimonies of holy scripture, with this narration or tale that followeth. We find written saith he,2 in Legenda aureae, how there was a man, that had his house fast by a churchyard side & that his door opened to the Church. And he used by custom as oft as he went or came, to say every time, De profundis, for all christen souls. Then it happened so on a time, that he was pursued with enemies as he went homewards. But when he came into the churchyard, he knelled down and thought to saye,3 De profundis. But his enemies came after. Anon the dead bodies rose every chone with ⟨image 231⟩instruments as they wrought with by their lives and anon they drove away his enemies.4 But when they saw that, they cried God mercy and this man, & ever after prayed and did alms deeds for them that were in pain. Thus I may well prove, saith he, that devout prayers helpen many a soul that been in Purgatory.
The like doctrine doth the author of the festiuall teache on thys manner.1 Ye shall vnderstande, that there bene foure thinges, that greatly holpen soules that bene in Purgatorye and that bene these. Fidelium amicorum oratio eleemosynarum largitio: salutaris hostia, & ieiuniorum obseruatio. That is: prayers of frendes deuoutly sayd, & almosse deede doying, and masses singing, and abstinence in fasting. That prayers helpe much a soule that is in Purgatory: the authour proueth for lacke of the testimonies of holye scripture, with thys narracion or tale that followeth. We find written sayth he,