The Romish mass-book with notes and observations thereupon, plainly demonstrating the idolatry and blaspheymy thereof with unanswerable arguments proving it no service of God : published at this juncture to inform mens judgments and put a stop to the designs of those that endeavor to introduce popery amongst us / faithfully translated into English.

CHAP. XIII.

ALso If a flie, Spider, or any such thing, fall into the Chalice before Conse∣cration, or if it be perceived that any Bo∣dy has poyson'd it, that Wine must be pour'd out, and when the Chalice is washt clean, there must be other Wine mixt with Water, put in to be Consecrated.

But if any of these things happen after the Consecration, then shall he (1) slily take the Fly, Spider, or any other such thing, and diligently wash it between his Fingers, over some other Chalice in Divers Wa∣ters, and so burn the Vermine, and put the Water that washed it with Ashes into the (2) Pix, or if it can be done without Abo∣mination and Horror, let the Priest take it.

But if it may probably be feared that the Nature of the▪ Wine is infected with Poyson, or that the Priest dares not re∣ceive it for fear of Vomitting it up, or over much horror, let it then be burnt, as be∣fore, for the Poyson by no means must be taken, but the blood wherein the Poyson ••s, must be kept in a clean Vessel with the Reliques. And lest the Sacrament should ••e imperfect, he must again in due order

make ready the Chalice, and Reherse the Consecration of the blood, beginning at this place, In like manner, &c. And note this, that according to the Doctors, no▪ A∣bominable thing ought to be received by Occasion of this Sacrament.

Notes.

What a deal of misfortunes this Round-Robbin of a God is subject too! Certainly if it had been a God, no corruption could touch it, therefore here is a notable confutation of the Popish Transubstan∣tiation, it being an unanswerable Truth, that what∣soever is capable to be infected with poyson or an∣noyed with vermin, cannot be the Body and Blood of Christ, which is now Glorified and Incorrupti∣ble; But this Popish Sacrament (as their own words expresly declare in this place) may be so in∣fected and annoyed—therefore it is not the Body and Blood of Christ. VVhich plain Argument I de∣fy all the Jesuits in Europe to answer.

All that are acquainted with History must need•• know how frequently the Devilish Priests have poysoned their Host, and destroyed their Commu∣nicants, thereby making that which Christ ordai••∣ed to be a Sacrament of Life to the faithful Receiver▪ •• Fatal, invennom'd murthering Dose. As it was to Pop•• Victor the Third, who was so poysoned, &c. Bu•• how long, O Lord! how long wilt thou saffer th•••• Monstrous Abomination to infect the World?

(1) Here you have the Priest turn'd Spider-Catch¦er, and Fly-washer—very good—but pray what w•••• it these vermine drunk, till they were drown'd ••¦gain? Was it VVine? Then the Consecration s••••¦nify'd

nothing: VVas it blood? if so, Spiders, Flies, &c. may drink the sacred Blood of Jesus—O horri∣ble Blasphemy!

(2) This Pix is a kind of a shrine wherein they put all the sanctified Trash, as Reliques and other such things; here these holy Spiders are reposited—Well I'll say no more, but, Like Relique, like Saint▪ like Sacrament, &c.