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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
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In what sort the Psalms are to be recited, how he must be barbed and trimmed, & how he must first wash, in preparing him self to go to Mass. CHAPTER III.
In what sort the Psalmes are to be recited, howe he must be barbed and trimmed, & how he must first wash, in preparing him selfe to go to Masse. CHAPTER III.
After that Sir Swibbersale is thus confessed & absolved, then is he as pure and clean of all his sins, as is a filthy and stinking conduct pipe through which runneth water that cometh from ⟨p. 78⟩a most stinking and unsavoury puddle.1 And that he may be hereunto the better prepared, he must needs (according to the Romish guise) ruffle up a long time together, immediately at the beginning, five Psalms, to wit, the LXXXIII. LXXXIIII. LXXXV. CV. CXXVIII. after the numbers of their common translation. But here is the best of it,2 that these liars make Linus the Author of this Romish order, whom they put in to be Peters first successor. Whereupon may be judged, by that which hath been heretofore said, what the workmen were, which have put to their hand to the forging of the Mass, and what likelihood there is that Linus was he who set down this apish manner which hereafter we shall see, by the fashion of the Mass, which shall be set down, after the Popish manner: & chiefly when as there was not a Mass at that time in use. Other some of them make Damasen and Jerome the Authors thereof, as hath bin already said. But what reason have they to say, that these men should be the Authors more then any of the rest. For the barking and jolly guests which are in this office, manifestly declare of what antiquity it may be judged to be. Howbeit let us go on with the rest, and never trouble our selves to think who were the authors of it,3