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.

The Mass of the Body of Jesus Christ.

The Preparation, and Requisites of the Priest that is to say Mass—And first of his Confession and Absolution.

CHAP. I.

NOw to your Work Priest, make Room there! Well, when they are to play their Part, and remedy the mischances that might happen in the in∣te••lude—the Priest prepares himself by saying hi•• Confiteor, by the appointment of Pope Innocent the third, then he must be Combed, Trimmed, and must wash his hands—and so put on his holy Garments-Look ye sirs! here's the first Scene.

The Preparation to the Mass.

Here is to be noted that he which will make Confes¦sion of his Sins, must first say unto the Priest,

Bless me O Father. (••)

The Priest.

The Lord be i•• thy Heart and in thy Lips, for the Confessing of all thy Sins, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. So be it.

Them let him make Confession of his (2) Sins, and when he hath so do••••, let the Priest say,

The God Almighty have mercy upon thee, &c. Indulgence and Absolution, &c.

Let thy Sins be forgiven thee the through MERIT of our Lord Jesus Christ the SUFFRAGES of our Holy Mother the Church, & the GOOD DEEDS which thou shalt do hereafter by the Grace of God.

Then let him injoyn him his (3) Pennance saying,

And for an Especial Pennance, thou shalt say this, a••d this, or do this and this.

Then let him absolve him, saying,

Our Lord Jesus Christ the high Bishop, of his most Pious Mercy absolve and forgive thee; And I by the (4) Authority granted to me, do first absolve thee from the sentence of the less Excommunication if thou hast need thereof. And besides I absolve thee from ALL thy Sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

Notes.

(1) First note that the Priest Blasphemes God and Christ at first dash, by applying himself for a Blessing to his (per antiphrasin) Holy Father, here's like to be Holy Service indeed! mark also that in the Absolu∣tion wha•• stuff is joyned with the Merits of Jesus the sole and onely Mediator, viz. Mother Church, and his own good works, making them joynt Saviours with Christ, that is, Mother Church one third, viz. out of the store of works of Supererogation, viz. good works, which they are not commanded to do, which in∣deed is that very Ethelothrekeia, will worship, co••∣demned Col. 2. 23. This is done by the Rabble of Shavelings, Priests, Monks, Fryars, &c. Another third is to be fetcht out of the Shop of his own good Deeds, so that one third onely is allowed to Christ, and therefore these Blasphemers make him onely a third part Saviour.

(2) David prays to be purged from secret Sins, be∣cause it is impossible to know all, but the Priest it seems can do more than David who said, Psal. 19. 12. Who can understand his errors, Cleanse thou me from secret faults.

(3) This Pennance they injoyn for sa••isfaction, and by THIS, and THIS, is meant what the Confessor thinks fit to order him, as three or four Pater Noster••, Ave Marys, or some such dreadful punish∣ment, and when he has fumbled them over, he is like

••ur late Treason-plotters, AS INNOCENT AS THE CHILD ƲNBORN—Is not this fine satis∣faction? Certainly the Merits of Christ are Excom∣municated, by these fellows: Yet the Scripture tells us, that by the Travel of his Soul, God saw and was satisfied, that he made an end of sin and Trans∣gression, and by one sacrifice perfected for ever them that were sanctified, made Peace by the Blood of his Cross, on Earth, and lives in Heaven to keep it, and obtained Eternal Redemption for his Peo∣ple▪ Believers are Pardoned and Justified by him, &c. Mourning for Sin, Prayer for Pardon against the power thereof, and Mortification of it, are for quite other things then satisfaction for it. But what ever the Scripture says, must it seems truckle to the Infallible Dictates of the Romish Chair.

'Twas very pretty, when a Popish Archbishop of Canterbury injoyned ten of his Tennants to do Pen∣nance because they carried litter for his Horses very clownishly, a dreadful sin! 'Twas thus (de Carian∣do Litteram, of carrying Litter, monstrous Latine, in the very Language of the Beast) the Sunday following they were to go bare headed and bare footed leasurely before the Procession, carrying eve∣ry man hi•• Sack full of Straw and Hay upon his Shoulder, the mouth thereof so open that the look∣ers on may see it—Good sport was it not! More of these Pennances you•• ••••ay see in that excellent Book Intituled, The Man of Sin, Printed for Mr. Boulter in Cornhil 1677. p. 110. &c. To which I refer you, heartily wishing every Family in England had one of them.

(4) The Priest speaks▪ like a Prince, he has ab∣solute Authority to absolve for sooth, as if it could not be▪ done by Christ, without him, O▪ Blasphemous Abso∣lution!

Before we proceed it may not be amiss to give a

brief account of the Priests Massing Habit, which differs from a Bishops when his Lordship gives him∣self the trouble of saying Mass. The Bishop puts on nine several Vestments and a Meer Priest but six.

The Priest must be shod, though he hath vowed to go bare footed, for, say they, he is like a Warrier that fights with the Devil, in Defence of Christians; Er∣go he must be Armed to Duel that Dreadful Ene∣my. Therefore he puts on his Shoes first, which signi∣fy (in their sense) the Humility of Christ.

Then the Bishop attires his head with an Horned Mitre, whereas the Priest wears onely a Coiff and Kerchief (as they call it) this Mitre is a kind of Spiritual H••lmet to keep his Lordships Patesafe and sound from Satans Attaque; The Priests Coif de∣notes the Robe or Veil that Christs Face was cove∣red with, when the Souldier smote him, Matth. 27. Mark 15. Luk. 23. Crying, Who smote thee?

The Alb, is a kind of shirt of Mail, in their sense representing the Gown which Herod gave to Christ, in mockery. The Girdle with which he binds this Smock of the Whore of Babylon, signifies the Bow, with which these Archers kill Devils in this Holy War. The little Cord wherewith the Stole is tyed, denotes the Quiver wherein the Arrows are put. The Stole is the Breast-plate, which goes about the Neck▪ and Crosses the Priests Belly like a Saint Andrew's Cross, signifying the Cord with which Christ was bound when they scourged him.

The Manipule (that is the Childs swadling Band) is put about his Arms as a Bracelet, & is instead of a Mace or Courtleax, denoting with all the Cord with which Christs Hands were bound.

The Chasuble is a loose Garment with a hole in the middle, through which the Priest like a Monkey puts his head, and so one part hangs before, the o∣ther behind, in which undermost part is always a

Cross; this signifies the Garment without Sean wherewith in mockery they attired Christ.

They have abundance of other Fooleries, and some mystical signification (ridiculous enough to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sure) is attributed to each of them—These m〈…〉〈…〉 suffice to shew what difference there is between these Sacrament-makers, and Christs Institution, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 which no such Habiliments were used; but Christ without any super addition of Pontifical Robes, wash his Disciples Feet, O unspeakable Humility! But these Fellows array themselves with a mock pagean¦try of Habit, and happy is he that kisses then Tails. Besides they have a kind of a Consecratione (call it Conjuring if you will) for all these Garments to keep all sawcy Devils away, that dare to inter∣rupt the sacred Comedy.

Every piece of the Priests spiritual Armor is at∣tended with a Prayer, which he must whisper to him∣self forsooth, denoting the Magical Spell, for which it was ordained, which take from their own Book as follows.

Here follow the words which the Priest must say, when he Apparelleth him∣self to say Mass, first, when he hath Cros∣sed himself, and taken his Amict, let him say,

Lord put the Helmet of Salvation upon my head that I may vanquish and overcome all the Deceits of the Devil, in the Name of the Father, of the Son, &c.

In girding himself with the strings of the Amict.

Lord make me clean both in Soul and Body, to the end I may worthily perform thy holy Work through our Lord Jesus Christ.

In putting on of his Alb let him say,

Lord put on me the Vestment of Salvation, and

the Robe of Righteousness; or, Environ me evermore with the Robe of Gladness, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

When he puts on his Girdle let him say,

Lord Gird the Reins of my Heart and Body with the Girdle of Faith, and quench in me all humours of Lechery, and let the love of Chastity remain in me, through Jesus Christ, &c.

In taking the Manipule let him say,

O Almighty God, I beseech thee, that I may so de serve to bear my Manipule both going and weepig with patience, and putting it off with Joy, that I may with these have part through Jesus Christ, &c.

When he putteth on his Stole let him say,

Environ my Neck with the Stole, which is the Robe of Righteousness.

When he putteth on his Chasuble, let him say,

Thy Yoke and Burden, O Lord, are sweet & light, and therefore make me able to bear them, that I may obtain Mercy at thy hands, O Saviour ef the World, who Livest and Reignest one God in perfect Trinity World without End.

Notes.

O the Repeated Blasphemies of these Wretches! what the Apostle ascribes to the true Spiritual Armor which defends us in and through Christ, from the Assaults of the Devil, is by this Mass Priest attri∣buted to his Cursed Head-geer, and the other appur∣tenances of his more Devilish Mass. But for the ex∣position of that passage of Scripture Eph. 6. I refer my Reader to Mr. William Gurnal of Lavenham in Suffolk, who upon that Subject Writ Largely and Learnedly.

CHAP. III.

THe Priest being thus prepared, let him approach the Altar saying the 43. Psalm,

Judge me O God, &c. Ʋnto the end, with Glory be to the Father.

Then must he repeat the Versicle—Introibc, &c.

And I will go in to the (1) Altar of God, to that God which makes glad my mouth:

The Verse.

Confess your selves unto the Lord because he is good.

The Answer.

For his Mercy endureth for ever.

And I guilty and unworthy Priest confess my self unto Almighty God, (2) and to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to all the Saints, and to you my Bre∣thren: Because that I miserable Sinner, have great∣ly sinned against the Law of my God, in Thought, Word, Deed, and by negligence, and through my own fault, my fault, my most grievous fault; And therefore I BESEECH MARY, the most Blessed Mother of God, and all the he-and-she-Saints of God (omnes Sanctos & Sanstas Dei) and you my Bre∣thren, to pray for me wretched Sinner, unto the Al∣mighty Lord our God to have mercy upon me

When he hath thus made his Confession with •• profound bending of his Body, let him so stand still till the rest have Answered.

The Clerks shall answer, Amen, (2) Misereatur tu〈…〉〈…〉 Omnipotens Deus, &c. The Almighty God have mercy upon thee, &c.

Notes.

How the places of Scripture here alleaged and misapplyed, and God is mocked and Blasphemed, any body may see that is not wilfully blind.

(1) The Table on which the Supper was Celebra∣ted. and whereon thanks were given to God, which thanks indeed are Sacrifices of Praise by a Meta∣phorical or Allusive Phrase called an Altar by some

of the Antients, but Christians have no Material Altar, but onely this Spiritual Altar, whereon it is not lawful for them to eat that serve the Taberna∣cle, viz. the Jews or Heathens, who also had Altars and Sacrifices for their Idols. So that the Pedigree of this Popish Altar must needs be derived from the Jews, or Pagan Idolaters, for it has no Sanction in the Gospel.

'Tis worth observing, how these Mass-Mongers Massacre the Psalms: picking ont here and there some Verses that have no coherence together—ex∣presly contradicting the second Councel of LAO∣DICEA.

'Twas a pretty mistake of a Priest, who neither understood nor could pronounce this Introibo, to say constantly & Introibo ad Tartara Dei, that is, I will go unto the Hell of God—I am sure if he spoke not Truth, yet he was in the right way to Hell, when he forsook Christ, and followed such strange and Devilish Paths, &c. his Posture denotes that he neglects Heaven, for he looks Downwards ve∣ry demurely—The Roman Poet the Heathen could tell him, that God formed man with an Erected face on purpose that he might behold and adore Heaven.

Os homini Sublime De•• it Caelumque tueri Jussit & Erectos, ad Sydera tollere Vultus. Ovid Metam. lib. 1.

(2) The Blasphemy of the Priests Confession is a∣bominable tis not only to God; No no, that would not do; tis to all the hee and shee Saints; sure these Masculine and Feminine Saints have large Ears, and must be Omniscient if they hear every Priests Confession, Now the Vassals of the infalloblo Pope, Re∣solve this Dialemma, thus:

Eieher your hee and shee Saints hear your Con∣fessions, Prayers, and Applications; or they do not:

If they do hear them, then they are certainly Omni∣scient, that is, they know all things, for it would b•• impossible for them or any of them, at one and th•• same time to hear the Prayers of many Thousand•• if not Millions, in several Nations and several Languages, and of many hundreds if not thousand•• of several kinds of Suits, and answer them all at so vast a Distance, unlesse they were Omniscient, and if so, by unavoidable Consequence, (that being on•• of the Divine Majesties Incommunicable Attributes) you make them Absolute Gods, which is Superlative Blasphemy to assert:

But if they do not, nor cannot hear, as aforesaid, then all your Prayers, Confessions, &c. to them are not only idle, and ridiculous, but most horrid Blas∣phemy in the very Abstract; Avoid this, ye Saint-Worshippers, if ye can, and Vindicate your Mass-Priest, who makes no mention of Christ to be his Advocate, but the Virgin Mary, and the other Saints of both Sexes, &c. O horrible!

(2) Here's another Trick for you, when the Priest Confesses, the Clerk, (as the Representative of the People) absolves him, (mark that) Ay, and the Priest to quit scores, absolves them; kaw me, kaw thee; like scabby Colts, they nab one another, (Reader pray bear with me, tis difficult to be serious at so ridi∣a past-time) this is the only difference of these Absolu∣tions, the Clerk says in the Singular, Misereatur tui, and the Priest in the Plural, Misereatur vestri, &c,

CHAP. IV.

ANd after the standers by have confessed, let the Priest say, Amen. Brethren and Sisters, that by the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ by the Aid and sign of the holy Cross, ✚ THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THE ALWAYS BLES∣SED AND GLORIOUS VIRGIN MARY,

and by the MERITS of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of St. Michael the Arch Angel, and of the most Holy Saint Julian, and of all the Holy men and Women; the God Almighty have mer∣cy upon you, and forgive you all your Sins; And I do further beseech the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God to bring you to everlasting Life, Amen. I do also beseech our Good Father, and Merciful Lord, to pardon and forgive you all your Sins, Amen. And the Grace of the Holy Ghost the Com∣forter, enlighten our Minds, Hearts, and Bodies, and cleanse us from all our Sins and Iniquities, Amen.

Our help is in the Name of the Lord, who hath made both Heaven and Earth. Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from this time forth and for evermore. Most Holy Mother of God▪ pray for us, that we may be made worthy the Promises of Christ, Lord hear my Prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. The Lord be with you—Answer, and with your Spirit—Let us pray.

Let the Priest in bowing himself before the Altar say whisperingly,

Lord take from us all our Iniquities, that our Spirits being Purifyed, we may deserve to enter into the Holy of Holy ones, through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Then stooping let him secretly say,

We beseech thee O Lord, through the Merits of the Saints, whose Reliques we have here, and through the Merits of the rest of the Saints, to for∣give me all my Sins, Amen.

Which done, let him lift up himself, and laying his hands on the Altar, kiss it, and if it be a So∣lemn Mass by reason of the Double Feast, let him take the Censor (viz. the Frankincense Box) out of the Deacons hand, and perfume the Altar therewith,

and Returning the Censor to the Dea••on, let him kiss the Paten and say,

We adore thee O Christ, and bless thee, because through thy Holy Cross thou hast Redeemed the World. Thou O Lord which hast suffered for us, have mercy upon us.

The Prayer.

We beseech thee, O Lord, to look upon this Fa∣mily, for the which our Lord Jesus Christ Refused not to be betrayed into the hands of the Wicked and abide the Torment of the Cross, who liveth, and Reigneth with thee, &c.

Notes.

Here are almost as many Blasphemies as Pray∣ers, all the men and Women Saints, yea the Cross, being joyned with Jesus the Blessed Redeemer, and made joint Saviours with him,—In which no cer∣tain Number nor Order is observed, only the Priests invoke such as they have a particular kindness for, viz. their Choice Patrons.

The Priest must whisper or buzz two Prayers here which is against the Decree of the Counsel of Basil, which damns those secret Prayers of Massing Priests, This Mumbling looks like Conjuring for all the World.—

This Sancta Sanctorum, Holy of Holies, is not that which God Ordained by Moses, Exod. 30. for that's Abolished, Heb. 8. by the coming of the Mes∣siah, prefigured by it, nor can it be that which Christ went into at his Ascension, which is in Heaven; Now there being no more but these two, the Sancta Sanctorum, must be of their own or the Devils making, and may be well called SATANS SAN∣CTUARY.

As for the Reliques so often mentioned, the plain Case is this, when Superstition began to creep into

the Church, where good men and Martyrs were bu∣ryed, they built Sepulchres, and Feigned, that Re∣mission of Sin, and many other Heavenly Blessings might be had by visiting them, and making offerings there, so gulling the simple people of their Money—But these growing too numerous, the Priests judged it profitable to make a kind of Monopoly of them, and therefore procured a Decree at the first Councel of Carthage, about the time of Pope Anastasius, that the Bishops should pull down those scattered Monu∣ments, resorted to, and build them in more profitable Market-places, with a Prohihition that no Christi∣ans should haunt the forsaken places—And in the time of Pope Gelasius the First, it was Decreed, that no Altar should be Consecrated unless it were of Stone, and had some Reliques of Saints in it, which they counterfeited as they pleased.

The unmber of these is infinite, as Saint Popes, Saint Cardinals, Saint Bishops, Saint Abbots, Saint Priests, Monks, Fryars, with a world of hees and shees besides—Saint Bell, Saint Image, Saint Ves∣sel, Saint Garment, Saint Temple, Saint Altar, &c.

Of Bells, Stocks, Stones, Rome maketh her best Saints, And with fine Varnish her foul Idols paints:

Fit Saints indeed for such a Church as she!

Mock-Saints and Mock-Religion well agree.

In thirty four Churches at Rome onely (and what's that to the total there?) near 200 years a∣go were Reckon'd up by name 200 Reliques, but yet in 13 of those Churches specified, the Author concludes with besides others, or and divers others, or many others, or, others innumerable—or an in∣finite Number—Ex Libro a Stephano Planco de Pa∣tavia Romae Excúso Anno 1489.

Now by Proportion what a numbe••rless Arma∣do of these Reliques may be found in the other Churches at Rome, and the rest of the Popifyed World.

The Monk of Charrovium—Saint Laterane at Rome, and Hildshein, pretend to have the fore-skin of Christ cut off at his Circumcision; This is a modest-Multiplication into three, in comparison of the whisk∣ers following; yet Christ had but one, & ascended with his whole Body into Heaven.

The Chalice which Christ used when he said Mass (forsooth) & the Platter in which the Paschal Lamb was eaten, are to be seen in several places with these Papists; sure they had good luck to scape the plunder of Jerusalem by Vespasian, and the Priests must have notable skill to know them from other Plate, for I never heard that Christ employed any Herald at Arms to Blazen his Coat, or ingrave it on his Plate. Besides it must be very durable, to last so long as 1600 years. Well suppose all these Doubts could be answered, how comes it to pass that this Chalice is seen at Saint Mary's in the Isle of Lyons, and in the Monastery of Austin-Fryars with the Helvians. And the Platter to be at Rome, Ge∣noa, and Orleance, at the same time. Here's an in∣crease of Multiplications! In like manner they Multiply the Towel wherewith Christ washed his Disciples Feet, the Pots in which he turned water into Wine to be seen at five places in three several Nations—The Cross is multiplied to a whole Ship load, no Town being so little but hath a piece of it—The number of the Nails is also increased won∣derfully at Millain, Carpentras, Rome, Saint Helens, Saint Crosses Churches, at Sienna and Venice. One at Colen in Germany, one at Tryers, at Paris in France; with the Carmelites there another; ano∣ther at Saint Denis's, and another at B••urges, ano∣ther at the Abbey called the Sheeres, and another a•• Dragminian: more than a Bakers Dozen!

T••••y pretend to have the Garments of the Vir∣gin Mar••, as her Hair, Kerchief, Combs, even he••

very Shift, Girdle, Shoes, Slippers, and I know not what; her very Milk beyond the quantity of what a∣••y Dayry-House can shew in a year—And all these multiply'd, as far as Popish Arithmetick will go.

It would be over tedious to number the rest, re∣specting Saint John Baptists Head, his Face, Brains, the tip of his Ear, his Hair, his Arm, &c. to be had at several places. Yet the whole Head is at Saint Sil∣vester's [at Rome all the while: VVhat a Cer∣berus do they make of the holy man? yea more than a Cerberus; for three times three heads won't do, if this Romish Fantastical Figment were true.

At Rome they have Paul and Peters Bodies, both their heads at Saint Lateranes, and one of Saint Pe∣ters Teeth—Yet Poictiers hath got Peters Jawbone and his Beard to boot. Argenton in Berry has got Pauls Shoulder, and in a word, all Churches Dedi∣cated to them, have one p'ece or other of them—A∣mongst them (if you have▪ Faith enough to believe them) you may find Saint Peters Chair, his Massing Garments, his Altar, the Sword with which he cut off Malchus his Ear, his Crosier, and sheep Crook, and his Cudgel that he walkt with; About which several places quarrel most fiercely, each challeng∣ing his to be the right, and makes all the rest Impo∣stors. Fine Catholick Doings!

It would require a Volume to particularize all, and what a havock they make of the Saints Bodies, who were to be single hearted in their lives, yet these Wretches won't let 'm be single-Bodyed in their Deaths; but multiply 'em, and snarl about 'em, as hungry Dogs do, about a parcel of Bones. &c.

If thou hast a Curiosity to peruse more, se ee•• ••ook before mentioned, viz. The Man of Sin, Print∣••d for Mr. Boulter in Cornhill, 1677. A very ingeni∣••ous and Excellent Book, p. 1••2, &c.

CHAP. V.

In the Entrance to the Mass, let the Priest say,

OUr help is in the Name of the Lord, who hath made both Heaven and Earth. Blessed be the Name of the Lord, from henceforth for evermore. In the Name of the Father ✚ of the Son ✚ and of the Holy Ghost ✚ Amen.

Afterwards let him read the Introit of the Mass with his hands asunder, and lifted up a little.

Here followeth the Mass of Corpus Christi, Feast.

The Introit, or Entrance.

(1) He fed them with the finest of the wheat, Al∣leluja, (that is praised be God) and filled them with the Hony of the Rock, Alleluja, Alleluja, Allelu∣ja, Praise God, Praise God, Praise God.

The Psalm.

Rejoyce in God our Aid, be glad in the God of Jacob.

The Versicle.

Glory be to the Father, &c. Then let him begin and say again; He fed them, &c.—Then he must say, Lord have mercy, three times, Christ have mer∣cy, three times, and Lord have mercy three times—

Then let him go to the midst of the Altar, and bowing himself a little, and if it be to be said, let him say,

Gloria in Excelsis Deo, &c. Glory be to God on High, &c.

And here is to be be noted, that at every to Mor∣row-Mass, (or Morrow-Mass) he must always say,

Te Deum Laudamus, Te Dominum, &c. We Praise thee O God, we Confess thee O God, &c.

Ʋnless it be said upon the Vigil (or even) of a Saints day, or else in Lent, or the Ember-days; ye•• upon Easter and Whitson-eve, there must be said al∣ways, what is set down in the Black Letter.

Glory be to God on high, and in the Earth Peace to men of good will—[Et in terra pax hominibus bona voluntas.] We praise thee, we bless thee, we adore thee. We give thee thanks for thy great glo∣ry, Lord God, Heavenly King, God the Father Al∣mighty, Lord Jesus Christ, the onely Son.

The Holy Ghost the Comforter of the Fatherless.

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.

The First Begotten of Mary the Virgin Mother.

Thou which takest away the Sins of the World, have mercy upon us. Thou which takest away the Sins of the World, receive our Prayers.

To the Glory of Mary.

Thou which sittest at the Right Hand of the Father have mercy upon us, for thou onely art holy.

Sanctifying Mary.

Thou onely art the Lord.

Which governest Mary.

Thou only art the most high.

Which Crownest Mary.

Jesus Christ with the Holy Ghost, in the Glory of the Father, Amen

Notes.

Now comes the Priest in his Massing-Garb out of the Vestry to Act his part, which you must know denotes the coming of Christ out of the Virgin's Womb, or a Bridegroom to his Bride; here's like to be Jolly Work.

(1) He hath sed them with the finest of the Wheat]—Ay, to be sure, the Priests won't eat brown Georges, when they can get White-bread; they are all furnisht with the best Belly-Stuff; their belly, as well as the Wafer, is a God to them. This Cake God is a notable Caterer; It furnishes 'em with the best bits, and most delicate Wines.

The first Councel of Africa, about the time o

Pope Boniface the first, and the third Councel of Toledo, in the days of Pelagius the second, and the Councel of Basil, did prohibite these kind of In∣terludes, Spiritual Dances, and other Antique Freaks upon Festival Days, especially in Churches.

Wee'll pass by the Mystical sence of their repea∣led Kyrie Eleisons, and Christe Eleisons, which are Odd Numbers too, viz. 3. & 9. as Magical Fool∣leries, and vain babling, &c.

Note that the Fragments, which relate to the Holy Ghost, and to the Virgin Mary, have been added to this hymn by others, and not by the makers of the rest, however you have them as they are, for we cannot find the Authors of them. They are only said on the Virgin Maries days, that is, on the days Dedicated to her.

CHAP. VI.

VVHen he hath done this, he kisseth the Al∣tar in the midst, and afterwards turns himself to the People, saying.

The Lord be with you—Answer And with thy Spirit—

Priest—Let us pray.

O God, who under a Marvelous Sacrament, hast left us a Remembrance of thy Passion, we beseech thee to grant us so to honour the holy Mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may always find the Fruit of thy Redemption in us: who livest and Reignest with God, the Father, in the Unity of the Holy Spirit, God World without end, Amen.

Here is to be Noted that when either the Collect¦or the Epistle is said, his hands are not joined toge∣ther; but the Tops of his Fingers.

Through our Lord.

Here as well in the End of his Prayer, as of th•• Mass, hi•• ••ands ••••e to be joined together.

Notes.

This Priest is terribly in Love with the Table, for he kisses it often, a piece of Complaisance, he is well skill'd in, &c.—his backside is towards the People, because the Situation of their Churches, are Eastwards, but when he Complements them, he Vouchsafes to turn about, with his Dominus vo∣biscum; but his main Business is to talk with the Altar-trash before him.

Here his Lordship the Bishop, when he says Mass, instead of Dominus Vobiscum, the Lord be with you, is to say, Pax Domini sit semper Vobis∣••um, let the Peace of God be always with you; in spight of the Bracarean Councel about the time of Pope Honorius the first, who Enacted that both Bishop and Priest should salute the People after one and the same Fashion.

This Oremus of the Priest, which signifies Let us Pray, should denote that the People which are at Mass should understand what is said, else how can they Pray with him, when he uses a strange Lan∣guage? see 1 Cor. 14. 2. to the 28 Verse.

The Epistle in Corpus Christi day, is taken from the 1 Cor. 11. from verse 24. to 29. which of it self Confutes this Abominable Mass. And if the words are to be understood without a Trope, then the Cup must needs be the New Testament, and not blood. See 1 Cor. 11. 25. and the other Evange∣lical Texts that treat of the Lords Supper. Note al∣so by the way, that that Piece of the Epistle to the Corinthians, mentioned just now, is ill Tran∣slated in this Mass-Book, and worse applyed; For if we compare the Mass with the Lords Supper here described, we shall find it to have no face nor form of the same; which Paul expresly saith, he received of the Lord, not daring to add or dimi∣nish

from the Institution; But alas! what a Mass indeed of Blasphemy and Superstition, is this Popish Mass! and what a rabble of Nensensical and Wretch∣ed Ceremonies, out-doing the silly Heathens, attend it? In a word, it is no more a kin to the Evan∣gelical Sacrament, then the Bottomless Pit (from whence it came) is to Heaven.

Then follows their Gradual, Sequence, and Prose, as Foppish, and Ridiculous as the rest, and therefore Omitted, that we may hasten to the Canon it self, or very body of their Mass.

CHAP. VII

AFterwards let him carry his Mass-Book unto the (1) other side and say,

O Lord open thou my lips, and then my mouth shall shew forth thy Praise.

When he hath so done, let him look to the (2) Sacrifice, and lift up the Patten, upon which the Host must lye, looking into the Chalice, whether there be Wine and Water in it or no; If there be none, then let him take some, blessing the Wine and the Water, and putting them out into the Chalice, let him say,

Out of the side of our Lord Jesus Christ issued. Blood, ✚ and likewise the Water of Baptism, for the Remission of Sins, ✚ let the Wine and the Water be mingled together: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of t••e Holy Ghost ✚

After that let him say,

Lord Comman•• to bless, The Lord be in my Heart, and in my Lips, that I may worthily pro∣nounce the Holy Gospel of Peace, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen.

✚ And then let him make a Sign of the Cross. When the Deacon readeth the Gospel, let him kneel

down before the Altar, and desire the Priest to bless him, saying,

(3) Lord command to bless,——Then let the Priest say, The Lord be in thy Heart, and in thy Lips, that thou mayest worthily utter his Gospel, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, ✚

Notes.

(1) What Ridiculous Tricks are these? Now at one end, then at the middle, next at the end of the Table, passes, and Repasses, short and long turns, as the nature of the Jig requires. Ye blind Stupid Wretches, where did Christ or his Ministers command or practice such Diabolical Fopperies? the very Nature of Gods Worship is so Diametri∣cally Opposite to these Monstrous Fooleries, that it were folly to confute them, any more, then by meer naming of them.

(2) The Bread and Wine not yet Consecrated are here called a Sacrifice, and I am willing to be∣lieve that these Innocent Creatures have then no harm in them, but when the Priests unsanctified breath Pollutes them, they become an Idol, if not a pair of Idols.

(3) Here you have the Priest commanding him∣self to bless himself, and after doth that which he commandeth himself. Fine Apish Popish Nonsence!

CHAP. VIII.

IN all Solemn Feasts let the Deacon kneeling be∣fore the Altar, desire to have the Incense blessed, saying,

Bless ye.

Then let the Priest Answer,

The Lord; Be thou blessed by him, in whose ho∣nour thou shalt be burnt, In the Name of the Fa∣ther, &c. ✚

After that the Priest Censeth the Altar, Chalice and Mass-Bo••k, then he gives it back to the Dea∣con, who Censeth the Priest himself. And when he hath so done, he goeth on to the reading of the Go∣spel, saying,

The Lord be with you.

Answer

And with thy Spirit.

The Priest

S••quentia Sancti Evangelii, &c. The things which follow are according to the Gospel of Saint John.

Answer.

Glory be to thee O Lord.

When this is said, every one must make the Sign of the Cross both on his Forehead, and also up∣on his Breast▪ then must the Priest make a sign of the Cross upon his Book ✚ and kiss it. After that he go∣e••h on, and saith,

In those Days Jesus said unto his Disciples, and unto the Multitude of the Jews, My Flesh is Meat indeed, and my Blood is Drink indeed. Whosoe∣ver eateth my Flesh, and drinketh my Blood, dwel∣l••th in me, and I in him. As the Living Father sent ••he, and I live▪ by the Father, even so he that eat∣eth me, shall live by the means of me. This is that B••ead which came down from Heaven: Not as your Fathers eat Manna in the Wilderness, and are dead, but he that eateth this Bread shall live for e∣ver▪

And after he addeth,

By these Evangelical sayings, let our Sins be blot∣ted out. Amen.—These are holy words, and I believe and confess it.

Notes.

▪These ••ensings are said to be invented by Leo the First, but it seems that unless the Mass be so∣lemn,

the Gods made at Petty Masses are not per∣fumed; so that you have a Distinction of Masses, Grand-Masses and Petty-Masses, according to the quality of the Saint, or Magnificence of the Audi∣ence—O Antichrist! that sittest in the Temple of God, Exalting thy self above all that is called God, that mak'st this Pontificial Gaudery to be the Al∣pha and Omega of thy Devilish Religion; that ma∣kest these Ceremonies of besotted B••ains, to thrust out the Naked Purity and Simplicity of the Gospel—The Un••rring Word of God assures us, that thou shalt be tumbled with a v••ngeance from thy lofty Pinacle of Pride to the Bottomless Pit—with all thy Rotten Rags, fit onely for so shameless and over∣grown a Hee-Whore as thou art.

Reader, You must note that this Perfuming sup∣poses they stunk before, else it were needless to sweeten them—Note also that the Incense it self is not worth a straw, unless the Spiritual Conjurer blesses it. Mark further what a ridiculous Prosopo∣peia is here, the Priest speaks to the Incense—Ab illo benedicaris, in cujus honore Cremaberis. In No∣mine, &c. That is Be THOƲ blest by him in whose honour thou shalt be burnt. In the Name, &c. Now if this Mass be not of Gods making, (for so all Di∣vine Worship must be) it is certainly of the Devils making, and the Incense is Consecrated by him, and burnt to his honour—There's Devilish Conse∣cration with a Witness!

This Fragment of the Gospel mentioned, no way favours the Carnal Presence of these Papists, as is fully prov'd by our Reverend Protestant Divines by unanswerable Arguments, to which we refer▪ You see the words of the Gospel are made a kind of a Charm of, as if by the bare uttering of them Sins were bl••tted out—which is no otherwise done but by the Blood of Christ.

[Then with several Antick Cringes and Postures the Nice•••• Creed is Repeated by the Priest, which Creed confounds this Mass, if rightly expounded: Take but one instance instead of many, viz. If the Bodily Presence of Christ in the Wafer be true, then this Article of his Ascension into Heaven is false, or else the Body of Jesus Christ, is no true (or real,) but a Phantastical Body. But the Article by their own grant is true: Ergo, their Transubstantia∣tion, the grand Id •• and life of the Mass, is a horrible Figment]

Next follows the Offertory or Oblation, as they call it, full of like. Tricks and Blasphemies, and then comes the washing of hands, &c. as follows.

CHAP. IX.

AFterwards let him go and wash his hands at the right end of the Altar, saying,

(1) I will wash my hands among the Innocents, unto the end of the Psalm. (viz. Psalm 25.) with, Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was, &c. Lord have mercy upon us, Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us—Our Father which art in Heaven, &c.

After he hath washt his hands, let him make a sign of the Cross, standing at the middle of the▪ Al∣tar, and say,

In the Name of the Father, &c. Come Holy Ghost replenish the hearts of thy Faithful, and kindle the fire of thy love in them.

Then let him bow himself down before the Altar, and say,

Let us be received by thee O Lord in the Spirit of Humility and a Contrite mind, and let our Sa∣crifice be so made, as that it may at this day be re∣ceived by thee, and please, O Lord my God. In the Name of the Father, and Son, &c. Amen.

Making (2) a Cross upon the A••tar, and kissing it, let him lay his hands a cross over the Sacrifice, saying,

(3) Come O invisible Sacrificer and Keeper, bless and sanctifie thy Sacrifice, prepared for thy Holy Name, In the Name of the Father, &c.

Making a Cross over the whole Sacrifice, and kissing the Altar—Then let him hold his hands to∣gether, and turning himself unto the People, say,

Pray▪ for me Brethren and Sisters, and I for you, that both mine and your Sacrifice together, may be acceptable unto the Lord our God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Lord hear my Prayer. And let my Cry come unto thee. The Lord be with you, Ansmer, And with thy Spirit.

Let us pray.

(4) Then turning himself about on the left side, he saith the (5) Secret or Secrets—The Secrets.

We beseech thee, O Merciful Lord, grant unto thy Church the Gifts of Unity and Peace, which are spiritually signified under the Gifts offered.

Notes.

(1) This washing of hands may be properly com∣pared to Pilates, for they both (if Transubstantiati∣on be true) Sacrifice the same Jesus, Flesh, Blood, and Bones—If this be washing of hands in Inno∣cence (as the verse in the Psalm is prophanely and Impiously applyed) there is no guilt in the World.

Here are plenty of Crosses for you—But these Cross-makers are not over forward to bear the Cross of Christ.

(3) 'Tis worth inquiry who this invisible Sacri∣ficer and Keeper is? For it cannot be Christ, be∣cause it would be absurd to invoke him to sanctifie himself▪ nor t••e Holy Spirit, for Christ is as holy as the Holy Ghost. Therefore it must be some Unclean Spirit which guides the Blasphemous Priest:

(4) To omit the ridiculous Postures reacted by the Priest, his Orate pro me, Fratres & Sorores—Pray for me Brethren and Sisters, with a Promise of his Prayers for them, is doubly foolish, for first the people do not understand a word of it, & secondly, 'tis absurd to say Brethren and Sisters, when in thousands of Masses, there is but one besides the Priest, and yet this Form must be used.

(5) These secrets are so called because the Priest mumbles them to himself. In many of them are hor∣rible Blasphemies; this inserted here, is not much a∣miss, if it had been applyed to a better end—the term [signified] used in this secret, is wholly incon∣sistent with their Mass, in which they affirm the thing, not the thing signifyed, to be exhibited.

CHAP. X.

The Preface and Sanctus.

Here lifting ••p his hands asund••r, he saith,

For ever and ever—Answer—So be it.

The Priest—The Lord be with you—Answer—And with thy Spirit.

The Priest—Lift up your hearts—Answer—We lift them up to the Lord.

The Priest—Let us give Thanks unto the Lord our God.

Answer—It is just and meet so to do.

The Priest.

Verily it is meet, and right, equal and healthful, that we should give Thanks unto thee, Holy Lord, Father Almighty, everlasting God: Because the New light of thy brightness hath enlightned the understan∣ding of our eyes, through the Mystical Incarnation of thy word: That whilst we know God visibly, we might by it be ravished by the love of invisible things. Wherefore with Angels and with Archa••gels, Thrones and Dominions, and with the whole

Troops of the Heavenly Militia, we sing the Hymn of thy Glory.

Here he must join his hands together.

Saying incessantly—and somewhat bowing him∣self over the Altar, say,

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God, of Hosts, Heaven and Earth, are full of the Majesty of thy Glory, Hosanna in the Highest.

Here he signeth himself with the sign of the Cross, saying,

Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord: Hosanna in Excelsis.

Notes.

You are to understand that the Priest mumbles many Secrets to himself, for fear he should be heard. and then bauls out to no purpose, per om∣nia Secula Seculorum, for ever and ever; that the People, who knew not a word of his Secret Pray∣ers may say, Amen. This Word is Hebrew, and de∣clares the Consent of the Hearers, and their concur∣rent Wish with him that prays, therefore is it a strange and most gross Absurdity for them, to say Amen, to they know not what; as if a man should sign and Seal such Writings as he never read, nor ever heard read; If this be not folly, I know not what is: see 1. Cor. 14. 16. &c.

(2) Here the Priest Salutes the People with his Backside to'em: the rest of this, which they call the Sanctus, was used (though not in this manner, nor to this end) in some Ancient Churches, and had it not been misapply'd, might pass without Controul, but when attributed to the Idol of the Mass, tis horri∣ble Blasphemy.

Note, that besides the Barbarous Latine, they in∣termix many strange words in their Mass. Here they have Sabaoth, and Osanna from the Hebrews,

which very few of the Mass-Priests, can pronounce or understand. Are not these Hodge-podge Pray∣ers? Now we are ••ome to it.

Afterwards Bowing himself profoundly before the Altar with hands Joined together, he saith.

CHAP. XI.

The Canon of the Mass.

VVE therefore humbly beseech thee most merciful Father through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord.

Here the Priest standing upright must kisse the Altar on the (1) Right hand of the Sacrifice, say∣ing, That thou accept and bless

Here let the Priest make three Crosses upon the Chalice and the Bread, saying,

(1) These ✚ Gifts, these ✚ Presents, these ✚ Holy and Unspotted Sacrifices.

When the Signes are made upon the Chalice, let him lift up his hands, saying thus,

Which first of all we offer unto thee for thy ho∣ly Catholick Church, that thou vouchsafe to pacify, keep, unite, and govern it, throughout the whole World, with thy Servant our Pope N. and our Bi∣shop N. that is his own Bishop only, [Charity would have prayed for others also] and our King (2) N.

And they are Expressed by name; then let there follow, And all true Believers, and such as have the Catholick and Apostolick Faith in due Estima∣tion.

Here let him pray for the living;

Remember Lord thy Servants and Handmaids, N. and N.

In the which Prayer, a Rule must be observed, for the Order of Charity; five times let the Priest

pray, First for himself, Secondly, for Father and Mother, carnal and Spiritual, and for other Pa∣rents. Thirdly, for special Friends, Parishioners and others. Fourthly, for all that stand by. Fifthly, for all Christian People. And here may the Priest commend all his Friends (3) to God: But my Councel is, That none make overlong tarrying there, partly for Distraction of mind, partly because of Immissi∣ons which may chance through Evil Angels. And all that stand thereby, round about, whose Faith and Devotion unto thee is known and manifest, for whom we offer unto thee, or which themselves offer unto thee, their Sacrifice of Praise, for them and theirs, (4) for the Redemption of their Souls, for the hope of their Salvation and health; and ren∣der their Vows unto thee, the Eternal Living and true God.

Communicating and Worshipping the Memorial first, of the Glorious and ever Virgin, Bowing down a little let him say,

(5) Mary the Mother of our God, and Lord Je∣sus Christ, and also of his Blessed Apostles and Martyrs. Peter, Paul, Andrew, James, John. Tho∣mas, Phillip, Bartholomew, Mathew, Simon and Thadd••us, Timis, Cletus, Clemens, Sextus, Corneli∣us, Cyprianus, Laurence, Chrysogomus, John and Paul, Cosme and Daman, and of all thy Saints, by whose merits and Prayers grant thou that in all things we may be defended with the help of thy Protection, through the same Christ, our Lord, Amen.

Here let the Priest behold the Host with great Veneration, saying,

Therefore Lord we beseech thee, that thou be∣ing pacified, wilt receive this Oblation of our bound¦en Service, and of all thy houshold, and order our days in thy peace, and command us to be delivered

from Eternal Damnation, and▪ to be numbred in the Flock of thine Elect, through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Here again let him behold the Host saying,

Which Oblation we beseech thee, O Almighty God, in all things to make

Here let him make three Crosses, upon both, when he saith▪

(8) ✚ Blessed, ✚ Appointed, ✚ Ratifyed, Rea∣sonable, and acceptable, that unto us it may be

Here let him make a Cross upon the Bread, say∣ing,

✚ The Body

Here, upon the Chalice.

And ✚ Blood

Note that the Rubrick here says thus▪ The three former Crosses are commonly made over the Host and Chalice, the fourth only over the Host, and the fifth over the Chalice.

Here with hands joined together let him say, Of thy most dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here let the Priest lift up his hands and join them together, and afterward wipe his Fingers, and lift up the Host saying,

(7) Who the next day afore he suffered, took bread in his Holy and Reverend Hands, and his Eyes being lift up unto Heaven,

Here let him lift up his Eyes, unto the God Al∣mighty his Father. Here let him bow down, and af∣terward Erect himself up a little, saying,

Rendring thanks unto thee, he ✚ blessed, he brake.

Here let him touch the Host, saying,

And gave unto his Disciples saying▪ Take ye, and eat of thi•• ye all, FOR THIS IS MY BODY.

And these words must be pronounced with one

breath, and under one Prolation: without making of any pawse between: After these words, let him (8) bow himself to the Host, and afterward lift it up above his forehead that it may be seen of the People, and let him reverently lay it again before the Chalice, in manner of a Crosse made with the same, and then let him uncover the Chalice, and hold it between his hands, not putting his Thumb and Fore-finger asunder, save only when he blesseth, s••ying thus:

Likewise after they had supped, he taking this ex∣cellent cup into his holy and reverend hands, rendring thanks also unto thee.

Here let him bow himself, saying:

Bles ✚ sed, and gave unto his Disciples, saying, Take and Drink ye all of this.

Here let him lift up the Chalice a little, saying thus:

For this is the Cup of my Blood of the New and Everlasting Testament, the mystery of Faith, which for you and for many shall be shed to the Remissi∣on of Sins.

Here let him lift the Chalice to his breast, or fur∣ther then his head, saying,

As oft as ye do these things, ye shall do them in Remembrance of me.

Here let him set down the Chalice again, and rub his Fingers over the Chalice: Then let him lift up his Arms and cover the Chalice; then let him lift up his Arms Cross-wise, his▪ Fingers being joined together, until these words, de tuis Donis; that is to say, of thine own Rewards.

Wherefore O Lord, we also thy Servants, and thy holy people, being mindful as well of the blessed Passion and Resurection, as of the Glorious Ascen∣sion of the same Christ, thy Son our Lord God, do offer unto thy Excellent Majesty of thine own Rewards and Gifts.

Here let there be made five Crosses, namely the three first upon the Host and Cup, saying,

✚ A Pure Host, ✚ an Holy Host, ✚ an unde∣filed Host.

The Fourth upon the Bread onely, saying,

The Holy ✚ Bread of Eternal Life.

The Fifth upon th•• Cup, saying,

And ✚ Cup of Eternal Salvation. Vouchsafe thou also with a merciful and pleasant Countenance to have respect hereunto, and to (9) accept the same; as thou didst vouchsafe to accept the Gifts of thy Righteous Servant Abel, and the Sacrifice of our Patriarch Abraham, And the Holy Sacrifice▪ the Undefiled Host, that the High-Prist Melchisi∣deck did offer unto▪ thee:

Here let the Priest with his Body bowed down, and his hands holden a cross say, Supplices te Rogamus, We humbly beseech thee; until these words, Ex hac Altaris participatione, of this partaking of the Altar.

And then let him stand up, blessing the Altar on the right side of the Sacrifice, and let him make a sign of the Cross upon the Host and in his own face when he saith O••ni ✚ Benedictione Caelesti, With all Heavenly Benediction.

We humbly beseech thee O Almighty God com∣mand thou these to be carried by the (10) hands of thy Holy Angel unto the High Altar in the Presence of thy Divine Majesty that as many of us as

Here Erecting up himself, let him kiss the Altar on the right side of the Sacrifice, saying, Of this Par∣ticipation of the Altar shall receive thy Sons Holy

Here let him make a sign of the Cross upon the Host saying, ✚ Body

Then upon the Cup; saying,

And ✚ Blood, may be replenished.

Then let him make a sign in his own Face, saying, With all Heavenly Benediction and Grace through the same Christ▪ our▪ Lord Amen.

Here let him pray for the Dead.

Remember Lord also the Souls of thy Servants and Handmaidens N. and N. which are gone before us with the mark of Faith, and rest in the sleep of Peace. ✚ We beseech thee O Lord that unto them, and unto all such as rest in Christ, thou wilt grant a place of refreshing of Light and of Peace, through the same Christ our Lord, Amen.

Here let him soundly thump his Breast, saying. Nobis quoque peccatoribus &c.

Unto us Sinners also thy Servants hoping of the multitude of thy Mercies, vouchsafe to give some Portion and Fellowship with thy Holy Apostles and Martyrs, with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucia, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and with all thy Saints, within whose Fellowship, we beseech thee admit us, not weighing our merit, but granting us forgiveness through Christ our Lord.

(13) Here is not said Amen.

By whom, O Lord, all these good things thou dost ever Create.

Here let him make a sign over the Chalice three times saying,

Thou ✚ sanctifiest, Thou ✚ quicknest, Thou ✚ blessest and givest unto us.

(14) Here let him uncover the Chalice and make a sign of the Cross with the Host five times first, be∣yond the Chalice on every side.

• Secondly even with the Chalice.
• Thirdly within the Chal••c••▪
• Fourthly like as at the first.
• Fifthly before the Chalice.

Through ✚ him, and with ✚ him, and in him is unto thee God Father ✚ Almighty, in the Unity of the ✚ Holy Ghost, all Honour and Glo••y:

Here let the Priest cover the Chalice, and hold his hands still upon the Altar till the Pater Noster be spoken, saying thus:

World without end, Amen. Let us pray.

Being advertised by wholesome Precepts, and, taught by Gods Institution, we are bold to say,

Here let the Deacon take up the Patten and hold it uncovered on the right side of the Priest, his Arms being stretched out on high until▪ da Propitius; Here let the Priest lift up his hands saying, Pater Noster, &c. The Quire must say, Sed Libera nos, &c.

Deliver us we beseech thee, O Lord, from all Evil past, present, and to come, and that by the In∣tercession of the Blessed Glorious, and ever Virgin Mary the Mother of God, and thy Blessed Apostles P••ter and Paul, and Andrew, with all Saints.

Here let the Deacon commit the Patten to the Priest kissing his hand, and let the Priest kiss the Patten, afterwards let him it to his ()15) left Eye and then to his right, after that let him make a Cross with the Patten above upon his head, and so lay it down again into his place, saying,

Give peace, graciously in our days, that we be∣ing helped through the succour os thy Mercy, may both be alwayes free from Sin, and safe from all trouble.

Here let him uncover the Chalice, and take the Body, doing (16) Reverence, shifting it over in the hollow Room of the Chalice, holding it between his Thumbs, and Fore-fingers, and let him break it in∣to three Parts; The first breaking while there is said,

Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son.

The Second breaking.

Who with thee in the Unity of the Holy Ghost liveth and R••••••neth God.

Here let him hold two pieces in his left hand, and the third piece in the Right hand upon the brink of the Chalice, saying this with open voice, World without end.

Let the Quire Answer, Amen.

Here let him make three▪ Crosses, witbin the Chalice, with the third part of the Host, saying,

The peace of the Lord ✚ be alwaies ✚ with ✚ you.

Let the Quire Answer,

And with thy Spirit.

To say AGNUS DEI, let the Deacon and Sub-Deacon approach near unto the Priest being both ••n the right hand, the Deacon nearer, the Sub-Deacon further off, and let them say privately,

(17) O Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World, have mercy upon us.

O Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World, have mercy upon us: O Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World, grant us peace.

In the Masse for t••e Dead, it is said thus:

O Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World, give them rest.

With this addition in the third Repitition, Ever∣lasting.

Here making a Cross, let him put down the said third part of the Host into the Sacrament of the Blood saying;

This Holy mingling together of the Body, and Blood of ou•• Lord Jesus Christ, be unto me, and all that receive it, Salvation of Mind and Body, an wholesome Preparation both to deserve and re∣ceive Eternal Life, through the same Christ our Lo••d.

Afore the Pax be given let the Priest say,

O, Lord, Holy Father, Almighty Eternal God, gra••t me so worthily to take this hol••▪ Body and

Blood of thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, that by this I may merit to receive forgiveness of all my Sins, and be Replenished with thy holy Spirit, and to have thy peace, for thou art God alone, neither is there any other without thee, whose Glorious Kingdom and Empire endureth continually World without End, Amen.

Here let the Priest kiss the Corporas on▪ t••e right∣side, and the Brink of the Chalice▪ and afterward•• let him say to the Deacon, Peace be unto thee, and to the Church of God.

Answer.

And with thy Spirit.

On the right hand of the Priest let the Deacon receive the Pax of him, and reach it to the Sub-Deacon, Then to the Step of the Quire, let the Dea∣con himself bear the Pax u••to the Rectors of the Quire, and let them bring it to the Qiure either of them to his own▪ side, beginning at the Eldest, But in Feasts and Ferial days when the Quire is not Go∣verned, the Pax is born from the Deacon to the Quire by two of the lowest of the second Form like as afore.

After the Pax given, let the Priest say the Pray∣ers following, privately before he communicate, hold∣ing the Host with b••th his hands: O God Father thou Fountain and Original of all Goodness, who being moved with mercy, hast willed thine onely begotten Son for our sake to descend into the low∣er parts of the whole VVorld, and to be incarnate, whom I unworthily hold in my hands:

Here let the Priest bow himself to the Host saying,

I worship thee, I glorify thee, I praise thee, with whole intention of mind, and heart, And I beseech thee that thou fail not us, thy Servants but forgive our Sins so as with pure Heart and chaste Body we may be able to serve thee, the only living and

true * God through the same Christ our Lord Amen:

[* Note that the Priest speaks all this to the Host▪ O horrible Blasphemy!]

O Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God▪ who according to the Will of the Father, the Holy Ghost working withal, hast quickened the world through thy Death, deliver me I beseech thee through this thy holy Body, and through thy Blood from all my Iniquities, and from all Evils. And make me al∣ways obey thy Commandments, and never suffer me to be separated from thee for Evermore, thou Saviour of the World who with God the Father, and the same Holy Ghost Liveth and Reigneth God World without End, Amen▪

O Lord Jesus Christ let not the Sacrament of thy Body and Blood which I receive (though unworthi∣ly) be to my (18) Judgment and Damnation, but through thy goodness let it profit to the Salvation of my Body and Soul Amen.

To the Body let him say with Humiliation, afore he receive, Hail for evermore thou most holy Flesh of Christ, unto me afore all things and above all things, the highest sweetness. The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ be unto me Sinner the way and life in the ✚ name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

Here le•• him take the Blood, a cross being first made, with the same Body afore his mouth, saying,

Hail for evermore thou Heavenly Drink, unto me before all things and above all things the highest sweetness. The Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ profit me Sinner for a remedy Everlasting unto Life Eternal, Amen. In the ✚ name of the Fa∣ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost A∣men.

Here let him take the Blood, which when it is re∣ceived let him bow himself down, and say,

The Prayer.

IRender Thanks to thee O Lord Heavenly Fa∣ther, Almighty Eternal God, which hast refreshed me out of the most holy Body and Blood of thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ. And I beseech thee that this Sacrament of our Salvation, which I unworthy Sinner have received, come not to my Judgment, nor Condemnation after my merits, but to the profit of my Body, and to the Salvation of my Soul into Life Everlasting Amen.

Which Prayer being said, let the Priest go to the right side of the Altar with the Chalice between his hands, his Fingers being yet joyned together as afore: And let the Subdeacon approach near, and pour out Wine and Water into the Chalice, and let the P••iest rince his hands least any parcels [A dan∣gerous marter, Sirs! Magno Conatu Magnas Nugas a∣gunt▪] of the Body or Blood be left behind him in his Fingers, or in the Chalice. But when any Priest must Celebrate twice in one day, then at the first Mass, ••e must not-receive any Ablution, but put it in the Sacristi, or in a clean Vessel till the ••end of the other Mass, and then let both the Absolutions be received: After the first Absolution is said this Prnyer.

That we have received with mouth O Lord, let us take with a pure mind, and out of a (19) Tem∣poral Gift, let it be to, us a remedy Everlasting.

Here let him wash his Fingers in the hollow Room of the Chalice, with Wine being powred in by the Subdeacon, which when it is drunk up, let the Prayer follow:

Lord let this Communion purge us from Sin, and make us to be Partakers of the Heavenly remedy.

After the receiving of the Absolutions, let the Priest lay the Chalice upon the Patten, that if ought 〈◊〉〈◊〉 behind it may drop. And afterwards bowing 〈◊〉〈◊〉 let him say,

Let us worship the sign of the Cross, whereby we have received the Sacrament of Salvation.

Afterward let him wash his hand in the mean Season let the Deacon fold up the •• poras: When his hands are washen and the Priest returneth to the right end of the Altar, let the Deacon reach the Cha∣lice to the Priests mouth, that if ought of that which was powred in, do remain behind, he may receive it.

After that let him say the Communion with his Ministers. Then making a Sign of the Cross in his own face, let the Priest turn himself to the people, and with his Arms s••mewhat lifted up, and his hands joyned together, let him say, Dominus vobiscum, The Lord be with you, and turning him again to the Altar let him say, Oremus, Let us pray:

Then let him say the Post Common, according to the number and order of the afore said Prayers: Before the Epistle, when the last Post Common is ended, and the Priest hath made a sign of the Cross in his Forehead, let him turn him again to the people, and say, Dominus vobiscum, Then let the Deacon say, Benedicamus Domino. At another time is said, (20) Ita missa est: as oft as it a missa est is said, it is always said in turning to the people, and when Benedicamus Domino, or Reqniescant in Pace must be said, let it be said in turning to the Altar: When these things are spoken, let the Priest with his body bowed down, and his hands joyned together in the midst before the Altar, say with a still voice this prayer;

O Holy Trinity, let the Office of my Bond Ser∣vice please thee, and grant, that this Sacrifice which I unworthily have offered in the Eyes of thy Maje∣sty, may be acceptable unto thee, and that unto me and all them for whom I have offered, it may avail to obtain Remission, thou being merciful who livest and Reigneth God, &c.

Which Prayer being ended, let the Priest stand upright, Crossing himself in his face saying, In nomi∣ne Paetris, &c. And so when obeysance is made, after the same order wherein they came afore to the Al∣tar at the beginning to the Mass, so having on their Apparel with the Censer-bearer and other Ministers, l••t them go their way again.

The End of the Canon.