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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
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.
Of the third part of the Mass, called Oblation. CHAPTER XXVII.
Of the third parte of the Masse, called Oblation. CHAPTER XXVII.
From the singing and rehearsing of the Creed, even unto the Canon, there is almost no speech had of the Oblation. This part also of the Mass, is so named, which in old time was the beginning of the Mass of the Catechumeni. Now a man may in it, see, many goodly things, for the building up of his faith, and believing of that which heretofore we have treated of, touching the offerings of the faithful in the ancient Church, & the presentation of them unto the Lord, lifting up on hie, and recommending unto him, the things, which they offered. All this gear, is now at this present referred to the bread and wine, which are prepared in the sacrifice, with prayers, that the offering of them is for the salvation, of quick and dead, of bodies and souls, and not by the merit of Jesus Christ alone, but also through the merit ⟨p. 157⟩of men and women Saints. As concerning the principal part of this point of the interlude, after that this scraping Squibb, hath gotten the money into his mangy fists, he then maketh his Sermon. Howbeit we will here cease to speak any farther of this matter.1 For it shall suffice that we speak only of the offerings, amongest which, there are some of them, which Christians, in some feasts are bound, unto, according to the ordinary custom, as is contained in the Decrees: Because forsooth it is written, Thou shalt not come before me empty fisted. And again, there are other Canons amongest the ancient Councils, which are not at this day very well observed. For, first, it was decreed in the Elibertine Council, celebrated in Spain about the time of the Nicene Council,2 & of Sylvester the first: that the Bishop might not receive either gifts, or offerings, of those who communicated not at the Lords Supper. But at this day it is clean contrary. For every man bringeth gifts and offerings to the churches, and no man communicateth there, save only the priest, which sayeth the Mass, except it be some days in the year.