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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.
i Here it were dangerous pouring in of blood.
i Here it were dangerous powring in of blood.
g Forasmuch as wine is better, and because also that the bottle and soup of wine therein are likewise better: and in like sort the blood, and so consequently the soul. For, if we shall give credit to our ancient gossips pint pots, who love well tippling, and are well seen in the judging of good wines: They say, that good wine maketh good blood, & good blood maketh a good soul: and a good soul is in the hie way of salvation: Whereupon, they like lively gossips conclude with a jolly Logical Sorites or Syllogism that he which will be saved must drink well. And I verily believe that those venerable men our masters the Sorbonists, who love a cup of wine aswell as our gossips, ought not so greatly have opposed them selves against the Lutherans, and annotations of Robert Stephanus his Bible as they have done, if they had done well.
g Forasmuch as wine is better, and because also that the bottell and soupe of wine therein are likewise better: and in like sorte the blood, and so consequently the soule. For, if we shall giue credit to our auncient gossips pinte pottes, who loue well typling, and are well seene in the iudging of good wines: They say, that good wine maketh good blood, & good blood maketh a good soule: and a good soule is in the hie waye of saluation: Whervpon, they like liuely gossips cōclude with a iolly Logicall Sorites or Sollogisme that he which wilbe saued must drinke wel. And I verely beleue that those venerable men our maisters the Sorbonistes, who loue a cup of wine aswell as our gossips, ought not so greatly haue opposed thē selues against the Lutherans, and annotations of Robert Stephanus his Bible as they haue done, if they had done well.
h Save that in the Adoration of the host and chalice, which he must worship, with an, If, for fear of committing idolatry: because that idolaters cannot be certain and sure of the mind and faith of the priest which sayeth Mass. Wherefore, according to their divinity, the host which the priest showeth must be worshipped, with this condition, saying in his heart, If thou be there ô God, I worship thee: but if thou be not there, I worship thee not, that is to say, I will withdraw my pin from the stake and play no more.