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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.
And therefore if we will worship him, as he is to be worshipped, we must lift our hearts up unto heaven, where Jesus Christ, as S. Paul telleth us,1 sitteth at the right hand of God his father: & not seek to worship him here below on earth in a piece of bread, a round cake, a goblet, in the hands of my young M. in a pyx, amongst vermin & mice, who are always at war with this poor white God. Wherefore, we are throughly to consider of those words which the Priest speaketh, when he nameth heaven, in the beginning of his prayer. Where he admonisheth us to lift up our hearts, & after when he cometh to say, Panē nostrum, &c. our daily bread, he in many places lifteth up his round cake above his shoulders, as if he would say, let him alone in heaven, & worship him here in this round cake. Or, it may be, he doth it for this purpose, to declare that this round cake, is the daily bread of these young masters. For they may boldly vaunt, that he feedeth them, and that he hath many of these praesta quaesumus young masters, who would have very hungry ⟨p. 220⟩bellies and lean chaps, if this jolly little round shorne God, like a Priests round shorne crown, got them not two or three, two pences a day, through out the year.
And therfore if we will worship him, as he is to be worshipped, we must lift our hartes vp vnto heauen, where Iesus Christ, as S. Paule telleth vs,1 sitteth at the right hande of God his father: & not seeke to worshippe him here below on earth in a peece of bread, a round cake, a goblet, in the handes of my yong M. in a pyxe, amongst vermine & myse, who are alwaies at warre with this poore white God. Wherefore, we are throughly to consider of those words which the Priest speaketh, whē he nameth heauē, in the beginning of his praier. Where he admoniseth vs to lift vp our hartes, & after when he cōmeth to say, Panē nostrū, &c. our daily bread, he in many places lifteth vp his round cake aboue his shoulders, as if he would say, let him alone in heauen, & worship him here in this round cake. Or, it may be, he doth it for this purpose, to declare that this round cake, is the daily bread of these young masters. For they may boldly vaūt, that he feedeth them, and that he hath many of these praesta quaesumus young masters, who would haue very hungry