A14460:231
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.
a Seeing the priest is thus in his own person prepared, to go to the Altar, I will first of all demand of him, whether he used this Altar, which is here spoken of,1 after the manner of the Jewish or Heathnish altars. For, Christians, have no material altars, but only this spiritual Altar, whereon, it is not lawful for them that serve in the Tabernacle, or that be still Jewish, to eat, and therefore much less for them that follow the heathen: as they herein do, which are of the Romish church declaring them selves thereby, to be either very Jews, or very Heathen, or else both: onelesse haply they mean not to take the name of Altar, for such an Altar as they sacrifice upon for the redemption of souls, as they say they do, when they are at Mass: but for the Table whereon the supper is celebrated, and whereon they give thanks to God (which are the very true sacrifices of praise) in that sense which the ancient Fathers took the name of Altar, when as they speak of the Sacrament of the Supper, which upon that occasion was called, the Sacrament of the Altar.
a Seeing the priest is thus in his owne person prepared, to go to the Aultar, I will first of all demaund of him, whether he vsed this Aultar, which is here spoken of,1 after the maner of the Ieweish or Heathnish aultars. For, Christians, haue no materiall aultars, but onely this spirituall Aultar, wheron, it is not lawfull for thē that serue in the Tabernacle, or that be still Ieweish, to eate, and therfore much lesse for thē that follow the heathen: as they herein do, which are of the Romish church declaring them selues thereby, to be either very Iewes, or very Heathen, or else both: onelesse happely they meane not to take the name of Aultar, for such an Aultar as they sacrifice vpon for the redemption of soules, as they say they do, whē they are at Masse: but for the Table wheron the supper is celebrated, and whereon they giue thankes to God (which are the very true sacrifices of prayse) in that sence which the aunciēt Fathers tooke the name of Aultar, when as they speake of the Sacrament of the Supper, which vpon that occasiō was called, the Sacrament of the Aultar.
- 1Hebr. 13.