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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 twelfth virtue is, that if the man die the same day that he hath heard mass God shall give him a singular grace, which otherwise he should not have had, that is to say, that God himself or his Angels at the last hour of his death, shall help & comfort him as the ⟨image 240⟩man hath served God at the mass. For it is written in the holy Gospel: With what measure ye have measured:1 with the same also I will measure you everlastingly. AMEN.
The twelfth vertue is, yt if the man die the same day yt he hath heard masse God shal geue hym a singulare grace, which otherwyse he shoulde not haue had, that is to say, that God hymself or his Aungells at the laste houre of hys death, shal helpe & comfort hym as the ⟨image 240⟩man hath serued God at ye masse. For it is written in the holy Gospel: With what measure ye haue measured:1 with the same also I wil measure you euerlastingly. AMEN.
1In the Festival also we read thus concerning this matter. S. Austen sayeth, that it profiteth greatly all Christen people for to hear mass, and specially for nine causes, and saith in this manner of wise.
1In the Festiuall also we reade thus concerning this matter. S. Austen sayeth, yt it profiteth greatlye all Christen people for to heare masse, and specially for nyne causes, and sayth in this manner of wise.