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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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f Let us see now what it is that they say is here done over & beyond all order of nature. It is forsooth, that accidents of bread & wine do here remain, and yet without substance either of bread or wine: and contrariwise, that the body & blood of Jesus Christ is here, without the accidents and qualities of bread and wine. Wherefore, by these kinds & signs, they understand the accidents and qualities of bread & wine: & by the things, under which these excellent things are hidden, they understand, the substance of them: & by these hidden things, the body and blood of Jesus Christ, which are in very substance, under the show of bread & wine, and not under the bread & wine it self, but under a false show of them: so that the bread and wine with they see there, are not there: but the body and blood which is not seen there, and whereof is no show in the whole world.
f Let vs see now what it is that they say is here done ouer & beyond all order of nature. It is forsooth, that accidents of bread & wine do here remaine, and yet without substance either of bread or wine: and contrarywise, that the body & blood of Iesus Christ is here, without the accidentes and qualities of bread and wine. Wherefore, by these kindes & signes, they vnderstād the accidēts and qualities of bread & wine: & by the thinges, vnder which these excellēt thinges are hidden, they vnderstād, the substance of them: & by these hidden thinges, the body and blod of Iesus Christ, which are in very substance, vnder the shew of bread & wine, and not vnder the bread & wine it selfe, but vnder a false shew of them: so that the bread and wine wich they see there, are not there: but the body and blood which is not seene there, and wherof is no shew in the whole world.
g Although the body, according to their doctrine is under the kinds of bread: and the blood under the kinds of wine: yet we must not believe forsooth, that they are separated one from the other: but that the body is aswell under the kind of wine as the blood: and the blood under the kind ⟨p. 136⟩of bread, as the body. Thus we see the body and blood separated, and yet for all that they are not separated. And no more is it in deed, if this presence, be spiritually taken, as it is convenient it should be. But to take it corporally & naturally as they take it, it serveth to no purpose, except they deal with brute beasts, who are contented, that my masters the Sophisters, sorcerers, & conjurers have said that it is so, although they have no natural ground for it, nor yet any ground out of the word of God.