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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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1The ninth virtue is, that it is better to hear one mass in our life time, than to cause an hundred to be said or heard for us after our death. And ye it is better that a man cause a mass to be said for him in his life, than an hundred after his death: the reason is this. For a man may now deserve and merit much with a Mass, but not after his death. For then he doth only find ye, which he hath deserved in his life. And hundred thousand masses now done, can not augment one moment of glory & joy after this time. But by a mass, which I do hear, I may obtain that I shall not come in Purgatory. But after our death, the mass delivereth only from Purgatory. Is it not better then, not to come in purgatory, than when a man is there, to tarry and look for aid and help to be delivered.
1The ninth vertue is, that it is better to heare one masse in our life time, thā to cause an hundred to be sayd or heard for vs after our death. And ye it is better that a man cause a masse to be sayd for him in his lyfe, than an hundred after his death: the reason is this. For a mā may now deserue and merite much with a Masse, but not after his death. For then he doth only finde ye, whiche he hath deserued in his life. And hundred thousand masses now done, cā not augment one moment of glory & ioye after this time. But by a masse, whiche I doe heare, I may obtayne that I shal not come in Purgatory. But after our death, the masse deliuereth onely from Purgatorye. Is it not better then, not to come in purgatory, than when a mā is there, to tary and looke for ayde and helpe to be deliuered.
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The tenth virtue is, ye a woman hearing mass devoutly, if it chance, that she do labour of child the same day, she shall be delivered without fault the more easily and with less pain.1 For the holy Angels be very busy and diligent about her. Therefore all women being with child (if it be possible) shall hear mass every day. For by the virtue of the mass, the fruit or child is preserved. And they shall put their trust in the sacrament, and in our blessed Lady the Mother of God, and in none other thing.