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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 manner of reconciliation of them that were excommunicate.
When any man that is accursed or excommunicate,1 is penitent & sorry for his sin, & desireth forgiveness, & promiseth to amend: the Bishop that did excommunicate him, shall come before the church door, and xii. priests with him, shall stand round about him on every side. And if the person that is excommunicate, fall flat down on the ground, and asketh forgiveness, promising amendment: then shall the Bishop take him by the right hand, and lead him into the Church and restore him to the christen congregation, Afterward they shall sing the seven penitential Psalms, with ⟨p. 224⟩these prayers, Kirie eleyson and Pater noster, & Saluum fa• seruum. &c. With this collect: Praesta quesumus domine huic famulo tuo dignum paenitentiae fructum: ut ecclesiae tuae sanctae, a cuius integritate deni• •erat peccando: admissorum veniam consequendo, reddatur innoxius. Per Christum dominum nostrum. Amen.
WHen any man yt is accursed or excōmunicate,1 is penitēt & sory for his sinne, & desireth forgeuenesse, & promiseth to amende: the Bishop yt did excōmunicate him, shall come before the church dore, and xii. priestes with him, shall stande round about him on euery side. And if the person yt is excommunicate, fal flat downe on the grounde, and asketh forgeuenesse, promising amendement: thē shall the Byshoppe take hym by the ryght hande, and leade hym into the Church and restore him to the christen congregation, Afterward they shal sing the seuen penitentiall Psalmes, with