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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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Of the virtues of the Mass.
Of the vertues of the Masse.
The mass hath xii. virtues,1 as it is specified in a certain book called The signification of the Mass, imprinted in the English tongue by Robert Wire, Cum privilegio regali ad imprimendum solum.
THe masse hath xii. vertues,1 as it is specified in a certaine booke called The signification of the Masse, imprinted in the Englishe tounge by Robert Wier, Cum priuilegio regali ad imprimendum solum.
- 1The .xii. virtues of the mass.The .xii. vertues of the masse.
The first virtue or fruit of the mass is, as some doctors do write, that a man doth merit more whiles that he doth bear mass devoutly, than if he should give for gods sake as much ground and land, as he could pass & go over the space of the same mass, O what may be then deserve, which doth hear every day .iii. or .iiii. masses? And what doth he lose, and what compte shall he make afore God at the day of judgement, which hath not so great business, but that he may hear one mass at the least every day? O what shall it grieve you, that ye have lost so much? This ye shall understand according to the dignity and excellentnesse of the mass.
The first vertue or frute of the masse is, as some doctours do write, yt a man doth merite more whiles that he doth beare masse deuoutly, than if he should geue for gods sake as muche grounde and lande, as he coulde passe & go ouer ye space of ye same masse, O what may be then deserue, which doth heare euery daye .iii. or .iiii. masses? And what doth he lese, and what compte shall he make afore God at the daye of iudgement, whiche hath not so greate businesse, but that he may heare one masse at the least euery daye? O what shall it greue you, that ye haue lost so muche? This ye shal vnderstād according to ye dignitie and excellētnesse of the masse.