M. Harding. The .3. Division.M. Hardinge. The .3. Diuision.

M. Harding. The .3. Division.

M. Hardinge. The .3. Diuision.

That the oblation of the Mass is profitably made for others, S. Gregory witnesseth very plainly, Homilia. 37. expounding the place of S. Luke, cap. 14. Alioqui legationem mittens, ea quae pacis sunt postulat. Elles he sendeth forth an Ambassade, and sueth for peace. Hereupon he saith thus: Mittamus ad Dominum legationem nostram, flendo, Sacras Hostias offerendo. Singulariter namque ad absolutionem nostram, obla•a cum lachrimis, & benignitate mentis, Sacri Altaris Hostia suffragatur: Let us send to our Lord our Ambassade, with weeping, giving Alms, and offering of holy Hosts. For the Host of the holy Altar (that is, the Blessed Sacrament) offered with tears, and with the merciful bounty of our mind, helpeth us singularly to be assoiled. In that homily he showeth, that the oblation of Christs Body in this Sacrament Present, which is done in the Mass, is help, and comfort not only to them that be Present, but also to them that be Absent, both quick, and dead, which he proveth by examples of his own knowledge.

That the oblation of the Masse is profitably made for others, S. Gregorie witnesseth very plainely, Homilia. 37. expounding the place of S. Luke, cap. 14. Alioqui legationem mittens, ea quae pacis sunt postulat. Elles he sendeth foorth an Ambassade, and sueth for peace. Hereupon he saithe thus: Mittamus ad Dominum legationem nostram, flendo, Sacras Hostias offerendo. Singulariter namque ad absolutionem nostram, obla•a cum lachrimis, & benignitate mentis, Sacri Altaris Hostia suffragatur: Let vs sende to our Lorde our Ambassade, with weeping, geuing Almose, and offering of holy Hostes. For the Hoste of the holy Aultar (that is, the Blessed Sacrament) offered with teares, and with the merciful bountie of our minde, helpeth vs singularely to be assoiled. In that homilie he sheweth, that the oblation of Christes Bodie in this Sacrament Present, whiche is done in the Masse, is helpe, and comfort not onely to them that be Present, but also to them that be Absent, bothe quicke, and deade, whiche he proueth by examples of his owne knowledge.