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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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A PREFACE, DECLARING ALL SUCH MATTERS AS ARE TO BE handled and treated of, within this present hook.
A PREFACE, DECLARING ALL SVCH MATTERS AS ARE TO BE handled and treated of, within this present hooke.
SITH we are now grown to an end of that Chronicle which we were determined to make, concerning the Acts and deeds of Popes, whereby their holiness, & the rest of their ordinances, may the better be discerned and judged: I have not thought it amiss to make some discourse of the Canons and decrees made and established in the Councils which have been solemnly held from the Apostles time, even unto this present. I mean of the Canons & decrees, which touch those matters that we now intend to treat of. Howbeit there are many causes which give me occasion, at this time not to deal with them. The first is, for that I fear the book will grow to be over great, as I see it fall out by another book of mine, which I took in hand entitled, Of the difference and conference of the Supper of the Lord, and the Mass: Albeit I did at that time cut of many things, which might very well have been set forth. The other is, That a great part of the Decrees and Canons of the Councils appertaining to that matter which we presently are to treat of, are attributed to the Romish Bishops, & especially to those who at that time enjoyed that sea, wherein, those Councils were solemnized. And therefore the greater part of them hath already been published and set abroad. Moreover I do also consider, that these Canons and decrees which are assigned unto the ancient Councils, are often allotted unto them under a false title, as many other ordinances also are attributed to many ancient Romish Bishops, who never ⟨image 4⟩once thought of them: and were falsely collected even by the very self same men which upheld the Popish sea, & all the abuses and superstitions that ever were brought into Christendom. Wherefore, it is most necessary, that when any Councils are spoken of, that they which read them call to mind that, which we have spoken of, in our other book, concerning the witnesses by us produced, for the setting down of those ordinances attributed to Popes, of whom we have made mention. For therein is likewise committed great leasings, by the reason of the knowledge and practise of a great number of false witnesses by whom Antichrist hath served his own turn, that by them he might obtain a glorious glittering show unto his false religion & tyranny, and chiefly under the title of antiquity and ancient Councils: