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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 third virtue is, that the man beholding with devotion & reverence the holy Sacrament in the mass as S. Austen •aith, god doth give him the fame day all things necessary for his body. Item vain words & unadvised oaths be for given & pardoned, and he is preserved from sudden death. A man doth lose no time, while that he doth hear mass. All the steps in coming and in going be counted of the holy Angel. And if the man dye the same day that he hath herd mass without receiving the Sacrament, God shall compt it as spiritually received.
The thirde vertue is, yt the man beholding with deuotiō & reuerēce ye holy Sacrament in the masse as S. Austen •aith, god doth geue him ye fame day al thynges necessary for hys body. Item vaine wordes & vnaduised othes be for geuen & pardoned, and he is preserued from sodayne death. A man doth lese no tyme, while that he doth heare masse. All the steps in commyng and in goyng be compted of the holy Aungell. And if the man dye the same daye that he hath herd masse without receyuyng the Sacrament, God shall compt it as spiritually receaued.
The fourth virtue is, that a person being in sin, oftentimes in the Mass time by the presence of the holy Sacrament,1 doth receive a good inspiration, so that from thenceforth he doth convert him from his sins: as the good thief upon the cross, Mary Magdalene afore the feet of our Lord. If they had not been present with our Lord peradventure they should not ⟨p. 210⟩have had pardon of their sins.
The fourth vertue is, that a person beyng in sinne, oftetimes in the Masse tyme by the presence of the holye Sacrament,1 doth receaue a good inspiration, so that from thenceforth he doth conuert hym from hys sinnes: as the good theef vpon the crosse, Mary Magedalene afore the feete of our Lord. If they had not bene present with oure Lorde peraduenture they shoulde not