For if the time be come, that he will not be any more worshipped, either in Jerusalem, or in the mountain, no more will he be worshipped between the hands of the Romaine priests, nor in their masses and boxes, cupboards, pyxes, and caskets. For that cause after that this exhortation, Sursum corda, was given to all the assistants, they answered, Habemus ad dominum, which is to say, we have them up to the Lord, to wit, the hearts, the which they were exhorted to lift up on high. Note. For the same was spoken in a tongue understood of all. But to what purpose serveth it now to sing in the mass, Sursum ⟨image 44⟩corda, before the poor people, and the ignorant, which know not what men say unto them, neither do they understand at all the exhortation which is given unto them, for so much as it is delivered in Latin, and not in their own language?1 And although that it were delivered unto them in their own language, saying, Lift up your hearts on high, it could not serve them, but only to make them lift them up to the hands of the priests, which hold and lift up their host and their cup, even as high as their pyxes & boxes, wherein they hold their holy host enclosed,2 & no higher at all. For seeing that they do teach them there to seek God & Jesus Christ our Lord, they need not to lift their hearts more high to worship him in spirit and trueth, but rather that they do abase them to the earth, where they show them their visible god, whereupon they think and rest. Wherefore they may very well boast them selves, that they have a god which they see, and he seeth not them.3 But as for us, we know no God created nor visible, but only he, which hath created all things, and is not him self created, and which is eternal and invisible, the which doeth very well see us, albeit that we see not him at all, for so much as his divine nature can not be seen. And albeit that he ⟨image 44⟩made him self visible in his Son Jesus Christ, in whom he hath declared him self, yet for all that, Jesus Christ would withdraw his bodily presence from this visible world,4 to the end that we should not seek him any more in this base territory, nor in corruptible things, but that we should seek him in the heavens, where he is at the right hand of the Father, to worship him there in spirit and trueth.5
For if the time be come, that he will not be any more worshipped, either in Ierusalem, or in the mountaine, no more will hee be worshipped betweene the handes of the Romaine priestes, nor in their masses and boxes, cupbordes, pixtes, and caskets. For that cause after that this exhortation, Sursum corda, was giuen to all the assistantes, they answered, Habemus ad dominum, which is to saye, we haue them vp to the Lorde, to witte, the heartes, the which they were exhorted to lift vp on high. Note. For the same was spoken in a tongue vnderstoode of al. But to what purpose serueth it now to sing in the masse, Sursum ⟨image 44⟩corda, before the poore people, and the ignorant, which knowe not what men saye vnto thē, neither do they vnderstand at al the exhortation which is giuen vnto them, for so much as it is deliuered in Latin, and not in their owne language?1 And although that it were deliuered vnto them in their owne language, saying, Lift vp your heartes on high, it coulde not serue them, but onely to make them lift them vp to the handes of the priestes, which holde and lift vp their hostie and their cuppe, euen as hye as their pixtes & boxes, wherin they holde their holy hostie inclosed,2 & no hygher at all. For seeing that they doe teache them there to seeke God & Iesus Christe our Lorde, they neede not to lift their heartes more high to worshyppe him in spirit and trueth, but rather that they doe abase them to the earth, where they shewe them their visible god, whereupon they thinke and rest. Wherefore they may very wel boaste thē selues, that they haue a god which they see, and hee seeth not them.3 But as for vs, we knowe no God created nor visible, but onely hee, which hath created all things, and is not him selfe created, and which is eternall and inuisible, the which doeth very well see vs, albeit that we see not him at all, for so much as his diuine nature can not bee seene. And albeit that hee ⟨image 44⟩made him selfe visible in his Sonne Iesus Christe, in whome hee hath declared him selfe, yet for all that, Iesus Christ would withdrawe his bodily presence from this visible worlde,4 to the ende that wee shoulde not seeke him any more in this base territorie, nor in corruptible things, but that wee shoulde seeke him in the heauens, where hee is at the right hande of the Father, to worshippe him there in spirit and trueth.
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