Of the institution of the sacrament of the blessed bodie and blood of Christ, (by some called) the masse of Christ eight bookes; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abominations of the Romish masse. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By the R. Father in God Thomas L. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

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Title: Of the institution of the sacrament of the blessed bodie and blood of Christ, (by some called) the masse of Christ eight bookes; discovering the superstitious, sacrilegious, and idolatrous abominations of the Romish masse. Together with the consequent obstinacies, overtures of perjuries, and the heresies discernable in the defenders thereof. By the R. Father in God Thomas L. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Author: Morton, Thomas, 1564-1659.
Publication: London :: Printed by W. Stansby, for Robert Mylbourne in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Grey-hound,; MDCXXXI. [1631]
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The contrarie Canon in your (now) Romane Masse.

Concerning this, It is to be noted (say g you) that the Church of Rome hath iudged it la••dable, that Lay-people abstaine from taking the Sa∣crament with their owne hands: but that it be put into their mouthes by the Priest; which is so ordained for a singular reverence. So you.

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Notan∣dum est quòd laudabiliter Ecclesia prospexit, ut ab isto modo olim licito, nempè accipiendi proprijs manibus Sacramentum, pro reverentia Eucharistiae, abstineant. Et rursus; Olim ex patina suis quis{que} manibus sumpfit suam particulam, ut moris fuit ad Sextam us{que} Synodum, nempè, Caesar-augustanam: verùm ob sacram huius Mysterii singularem reverentiam Ecclesia instituit, nè Laici nudâ manu Eucharistiam attingerent, sed à Sacer∣do••e in os sumentis mitteretur. Salmeron. quo sup. Tract. 12. pag. 78, 79.

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