A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit

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A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit
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Molina, Antonio de, d. 1619?
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[Saint-Omer :: English College Press]Permissu Superiorum,
M.DC.XXIII [1623]
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"A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07609.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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Of being present, and hearing the Holy Office of Masse, which hath alwayes byn in most high esteeme, & publickly celebra∣ted euery where, both among the Syrians, the Grecians, and the Latines, euer since the tyme of the Apostles. CHAP. XVI.

A Prayer before Masse.

LORD Iesu-Christ, the pure light of harts, and the Eternall truth, stay I be∣seech thee, and collect mine euer-wandring & distracted mind, that I, may be atten∣tiue,

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& with reuerence pre∣sent in the sight of thy infi∣nite Maiesty, whiles this ho∣ly office of Masse is celebra∣ted, and reape thence true fruit, healthfull to my soule and others, and especially that I may with thankes-gi∣uing call to mind thine vn∣speakeable charity, wher∣with thou offered'st thy self to a most cruell death for my Redemption. To thee be al praise & thans-giuing, thou being the Priest & the Host, and our Bishop according to the Order of Melchisedech, who hast taught Priests to

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offer a cleane oblation, and euery where to sacrifice vn∣to the Eternall God, vnder the likenes of bread and wine.

Then blessing thy selfe, begin with the Priest thus.

IN the name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghost. Amen.

I will enter vnto the Al∣tare of God; to God, who maketh my youth ioyfull.

The 42. Psalme

IVdge me, O God, & dis∣cerne my cause from the nation not holy: from the wicked, and deceitfull man

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deliuer me.

Because thou art God my strength: why hast thou re∣pelled me? and why goe I sorrowfull, whiles the en∣nemy afflicteth me?

Send forth thy light, & thy truth: they haue condu∣cted me, and brought me in∣to thy holy hill, & into thy tabernacles.

And I will enter vnto the Altar of God: to God, who maketh my youth ioyfull.

I will confesse to thee on the harpe, O God, my God, why art thou sorrowfull, O my soule: And why doest

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thou trouble me?

Hope in God, because yet will I confesse to him: the saluation of my counte∣nance, and my God.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne &c. Euen as it was in the beginning, and now, and euer, and world without end. Amen.

I will enter vnto the Al∣tare of God: to God, who maketh my youth ioyfull.

Our help is in the name of our Lord: who hath made Heauen and Earth·

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The Generall Confession.

I Confesse vnto Almighty God, vnto the B. Virgin Mary, to B. Michael the Ar∣changell, to B. Iohn Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter, and Paul, to all the Saintes, and to you, O Father, be∣cause I haue grieuously sin∣ned in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, my fault, my most grieuous fault. Therefore I beseech the B. Virgin Mary, the B. Michael the Archangell, the B. Iohn Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter & Paul, all the Saints,

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& you, O Father, to pray to our Lord God for me. Amē.

Almighty God haue mer∣cy vpon vs, forgiue vs all our sinnes, and bring vs to life euerlasting Amen.

Thou, O God, conuerted wilt giue life vnto vs▪ and thy people shall reioyce in thee.

Lord shew vnto vs thy mercy: and giue vs thy sal∣uation.

Lord, heare my prayer: and let my crye come vnto thee.

The Prayer.

TAke from vs, O Lord, we beseech thee, all our

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iniquities, that hauing hart and mind pure and vndefi∣led, we may deserue to enter into the Holies of Holies. Though Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord haue mercy vpō vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs.

Adde heere three tymes, Pater Noster &c. for thy sinnes com∣mitted in thought, word, & deed,

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that the holy Trinity, in whose Name thou art baptized, may pardon thee thy offences; & that being dead to sinne, thou mayest for the tyme to come liue to iu∣stice.

The Angels Hymne, Gloria in excelsis.

GLory in the highest to God, & in earth peace to men of good will: we prayse thee, we blesse thee, we adore thee, we glorify thee. We giue thee thankes for thy great glory. Lord God, King of Heauen. God the Father Almighty. Lord the only begottē Sonne Ie∣sus-Christ,

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Lord God, Lābe of God, Sonne of the Father. Who takest away the Sinnes of the world, haue mercy vpon vs. Who takest away the sins of the world receiue our prayers. Who sittest on the right hand of the Father, haue mercy vpon vs. Be∣cause thou art alone holy, thou alone our Lord, thou alone most high, O Iesus-Christ, with the holy Ghost in the glory of God the Fa∣ther. Amen.

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S. Augustines briefe Confession, touching the holy Trinity.

WE do with our whole hart & mouth cōfesse, prayse & blesse thee God the Father vnbegotten, thee the only begottē Sonne, thee the holy Ghost the Paraclete, the holy & vndeuided Trinity. Glory be to the Father, who hath created vs. Glory to the Sonne, who hath redeemed vs. Glory to the holy Ghost, who hath sanctified vs. Glo∣ry to the most soueraigne & vndeuided Trinity, one God world without end Amen.

After the Epistle is read, which

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commonly cōprehēdeth the admo∣nitiō of the Apostle, whē the Priest cōmeth to read the Gospell, stand vp, and be attentiue vnto it, & in the beginning make the signe of the Crosse vpō thy forehead, mouth & breast, and say from thy hart these wordes: Glory be to thee O Lord. And when the Gospell is ended, Prayse be to thee, O Christ, who by thy selfe, & by thy Apostles, hast vouch∣safed to preach the gospell to the world, & to giue the in∣credulous and vnbelieuing, the true light of faith.

Say the Creed with the Priest.

I Belieue in God the Father Almighty &c.

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When the Priest hath made the oblation, say thus.

LEt vs giue thākes to our Lord God, for that it is truely a worthy thing, and iust, & meete, and healthfull that we alwayes and euery where yield thee thanks, ho∣ly Lord, Father omnipotēt, eternall God, by Christ our Lord. By whom the Angels prayse thy Maiesty, the Do∣minatiōs adore it, the Pow∣ers trēble before it, the hea∣uens and the Vertues of the heauens, & the blessed Sera∣phims doe with ioynt exul∣tation celebrate it. With

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whom we also beseech thee to commaund that our voy∣ces maybe admitted & heard, with humble confessiō say∣ing: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth. The hea∣uens and the earth be full of thy glory, Osanna in the highest. Blessed is he who cōmeth in the Name of our Lord. Osāna in the highest.

Heere, in honour of the fiue Wounds of our Redeemer (which cannot be honoured inough) say, Pater Noster fiue tymes, that both liuing and dying thou mayest receiue the aboundant vertue of them, and of all our Sauiours pas∣sion,

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and therby obtayne the re∣mission of sinnes, and all manner of grace, both for your selues and others.

A Prayer to Christ.

BLessed be thou, o Lord Iesu-Christ, Sonne of the liuing God, who hauing compassion vpon vs, camest downe from heauen, & be∣ing a true Sacrifice for our sinnes, liberally offredst vpō the altar of the Crosse thine innocent body and bloud, which thou tookst of the B. Virgin. Prayse and glory be to thee, because of the same body and bloud of thyne,

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thou hast instituted not only the bread of life, which we are to receiue in the Sacra∣ment, but also a sacrifice to be offered vpon the altare by the Priests: and hast left it to be celebrated till the worlds end, that thy Church might haue a perpetuall and pure sacrifice to celebrate all the world ouer. Iesu of Na∣zareth crucified for vs, be mercifull to me, and to all sinners, and graunt that we may receiue the effectuall fruit and vertue of the Sacra∣ment, and of this Sacrifice, to the profit of both body &

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soule, and to all prosperity and consolation of the faith∣full.

At the Eleuation of the holy Host, and Chalice.

WE adore thee, o Lord Iesu-Christ, our King & high Priest, and we blesse thee, who by thy holy Cros∣se, and bloudy oblation of this thy sacred body & bloud hast redeemed vs, and recō∣ciled vs, being lost creatures, to God the Father. By thine infinite goodnes I beseech thee, make me, and all thy Church, participant of all thy redemption, and to re∣ceyue

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in vs the fruit of thy death, resurrection, and as∣cension to life euerlasting. Amen.

Hayle the worlds salua∣tion, the eternall word of the Father, the true host, li∣uing flesh, perfect Deity, & life euerlasting. Thou art my Lord, and my God, whome I humbly adore, and fayth∣fully inuocate, being present vpon this Altare in body & bloud, that I may haue thee my Redeemer, propitious and fauourable vnto me in prosperity and aduersity, in life and in death; and finally

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may behold thee face to face, raygning in Heauen. Who with the Father, & the holy Ghost, liuest and raygnest world without end Amen.

The soule of Christ san∣ctify me, the body of Christ saue me, the bloud of Christ inebriate me, the water of Christs side wash me, the passion of Christ strengthē me. O good Iesu vouchsafe to heare me, and permit me not to be separated frō thee. From the malignant Angell defend me. In the houre of my death call me, and will me to come vnto thee, that

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together with thine Angels I may prayse thee for euer & euer. Amen.

For whome we ought most of all to pray in Masse-tyme.

MOst soueraygne Bi∣shop, and Redeemer of the world, Iesu-Christ, who discouerest thy self vn∣to vs not only on the Crosse, but also in this venerable Sa∣crament, togeather with thy body and bloud, in so much as thou sufferest thy selfe to be touched, offered, & eaten by sinners: haue mercy vpō vs, who without thy grace are not able to do anything,

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& giue thine assistāce to thy Catholike Church, spread ouer the whole world, that by thee the true Catholikes may haue peace, and by thy conduct may be safe & de∣fended against their enemies whersoeuer. Establish suffi∣ciēt Pastours ouer thy flock, and contayne all Magistrats in their office, that they may rule, and profit the Christiā Common-wealth, confor∣mably to thy will & plea∣sure. Conuert, O Lord, all miserable sinners, who are strayed from their faith, that by thine inspiratiō they may

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returne to the way of truth: giue the light of fayth to In∣fidels, comfort the afflicted, restore the sicke to their health, help the miserable▪ succour the needy & poore: protect also our parēts, kins∣folks, benefactours & friēds, conserue thē that they may carefully imbrace and loue those things that appertayne to fayth and Catholicke o∣bedience. And through thy goodnes & clemency, take away from vs whatsoeuer is displeasing vnto thee, and giue vs strength and vertue to auoyd all sinne, and im∣brace

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all good, that we may fulfill thy will and our own vocation. Admit this health∣full Sacrament offered by the Catholicke Priest, in full sa∣tisfaction of our sinnes, for an aboundant supply of our negligences, and for a par∣ticuler thankes-giuing for all thy benefits whatsoeuer be∣stowed vpon vs: & graunt pardon & euerlasting rest, not only to the liuing, but also to the faithfull depar∣ted.

For the obtayning of peace.

LAmbe of God, who ta∣kest away the sinnes of

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the world, haue mercy v∣pon vs.

Lambe of God who ta∣kest away the sinnes of the world, haue mercy vpon vs.

Lambe of God, who ta∣kest away the sinnes of the world, giue peace of tyme, of hart, and of eternity: to wit, that we may haue a perfect vniō with our Nigh∣bours, enioy a peacefull cō∣science, and come to that eternall repose in heauen, whereunto all the elect doe aspire.

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For the publicke peace of the Church.

GRaunt peace, O Lord, in our dayes, because there is not any other who fighteth for vs, but thou, O Lord. Vers. Peace be made in thy vertue. Resp. And a∣boundance in thy towers.

The Prayer.

O God, frō whome flow all holy desires, right counsayles and iust workes; giue vnto thy seruantes that peace, which the world is not able to giue: and that our harts being bent to the obseruance of thy comman∣demēts,

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& the feare of our enemies being taken away, the tymes may be through thy protection profitable.

O God the author & lo∣uer of peace, whose know∣ledge is life, and whose ser∣uice is a kingdome, protect thy seruants from all oppres∣sions and assaults, that we, relying vpon thy defence, may not feare the force of any hostility, and may be deliuered from all tentati∣ons that trouble vs. By Iesu-Christ thy Sonne our Lord. Amen.

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At the end of the Masse, when the Priest blesseth the people, re∣uerently kneele downe, and as one who expecteth an Heauenly benediction & blessing from God, with an ardent faith, say.

OMnipotent & most mer∣ciful God, the Father, the Son, & the holy Ghost, blesse vs and keep vs. Iesus of Na∣zareth, King of the Iewes, the tytle of triumph, blesse and defend vs from al euill. Amen.

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This done, blesse thy selfe, and say with the Priest, S. Iohns Gospel, in these words.

IN the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and God was the word. This was in the be∣ginning with GOD. All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men; & the light shined in darck∣nes, and the darcknes did not comprehend it. There

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was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn. This man came for testimony, to giue testimony of the light, that all men might belieue through him. He was not the light, but to giue testi∣mony of the light. It was the true light, which light∣neth euery man that com∣meth into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came into his owne and his owne receyued him not. But as many as recey∣ued him, he gaue thē power

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be made the Sonnes of God, to those that belieue in his name. Who not of bloud▪ nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God are borne. AND THE WORD VVAS MADE FLESH, and dwelt in vs (and we saw the glory as it were, of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and verity. Resp. Prayse be to thee, O Christ.

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