A14460:102
The cautels, canon, and ceremonies, of the most blasphemous, abominable, and monstrous popish Mass…The cauteles, canon, and ceremonies, of the most blasphemous, abhominable, and monstrous popish Masse…
The cautels, canon, and ceremonies, of the most blasphemous, abominable, and monstrous popish Mass Together, the Mass entitled of the body of Jesus Christ. Fully and wholly set down, both in Latin, and English, the Latin faithfully taken out of the Mass book after the romish use. Imprinted at Lyons by John Cambray, in the year a thousand five hu[n]dread and twenty, the title whereof hereafter ensueth on the next page. With certain annotations for the understanding of the text, set forth by that godly and learned minister in the Church of God Peter Viret, and translated out of French into English by Tho. Sto. Gent.The cauteles, canon, and ceremonies, of the most blasphemous, abhominable, and monstrous popish Masse Togither, the Masse intituled of the body of Iesus Christ. Fully and wholy set downe, both in Latine, and Englishe, the Latine faithfully taken out of the Masse booke after the romishe vse. Imprinted at Lyons by Iohn Cambray, in the yeare a thowsand fiue hu[n]dred and twenty, the title whereof hereafter ensueth on the next page. With certaine annotations for the vnderstanding of the text, set forth by that godly and learned minister in the Church of God Peter Viret, and translated out of French into English by Tho. Sto. Gent.
London: printed by Thomas Vautrollier for Andrew Maunsell, 1584London: printed by Thomas Vautrollier for Andrewe Maunsell, 1584
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
c Now, if they which forget to put in water be punished, what shall become of those who forget to put in wine.
c Now, if they which forget to put in wate• be punished, what shall become of those who forget to put in wine.
d If this should be so, Then were the sacramental words pronounced in vain: and tha• which is worse, if there doctrine be true, then are those words untrue. For, those words do verify, that what soever is by them declared, is blood, and yet there is nothing but water. Wherefore, what shall we say of those men, who have worshipped the chalice and water, as if there had been blood. Now, should all they be Idolaters, according to the opinion of person Pole Jawbone, who not only forgot to put water into his wine, bu• forgot also to put wine into his chalice? Howbeit, I suppose that this seldom or never falleth ou• so, and that these jolly brewing drawers, rather forget the pouring in of water, then wine. But because there should be no lack herein, the most o• them begin at that end, with their mass, catching the chalice in their hand, so soon as they are confessed, before they be either revested, or yet put on either biggin, surplice, or alb. Some of them do it about the middest of the Mass, when as they come towards the secrets thereof: or, if they have already done it, they consider whether they have committed any offence therein yea or no. Now, these dangers fall out the rather, when as ⟨p. 35⟩these jolly Sir Shornes are troubled in mind, as hath many times happened in this country, whenas at the beginning, the Gospel began here to be first preached. For, so soon as any Minister or Preacher of the Gospel, were once entered into any city or town, and that the Priests understood that he was come thither to Preach, they were oftentimes without either sense or memory: which is a most necessary thing to be had in such a case. For, if either toe tripper or land leper, should want his memory, how should he think him self of so many passes and repasses, pitches, turns, and gallant tricks, for the beautifying of his dancing and tumbling toys? howbeit these poor wretched priests being sore troubled in mind, is the cause that one of them forgetteth the putting in of water, an other the putting in of wine, an other the washing of his fingers, an other the lifting up of his God, and some, one thing, and some an other. And when any man that is with them at Mass perceiveth it, and telleth them of it, they make this answer, These Devils so trouble us, as that we know not where we are.