The interpretacyon, and sygnyfycacyon of the Masse Here begynneth a good deuoute boke to the honoure of god, of our lady his mother, [and] of all sayntes, and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones, to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here masse. And how salutaryly they shal confesse them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy sacrament or table of our sauyour Ihesu chryste, with dyuerse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned, composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde, frere mynoure, of the ordre of the Obseruauntes.
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The interpretacyon, and sygnyfycacyon of the Masse Here begynneth a good deuoute boke to the honoure of god, of our lady his mother, [and] of all sayntes, and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones, to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here masse. And how salutaryly they shal confesse them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy sacrament or table of our sauyour Ihesu chryste, with dyuerse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned, composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde, frere mynoure, of the ordre of the Obseruauntes.
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Gherit, van der Goude, fl. 1507.
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[London :: Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge at the sygne of saynt Iohn Eua[n]gelyste, in saynt Martyns parysshe in the felde, in the bysshop of Norwytche rentes, besyde Charynge crosse,
In the yere of our Lorde God a. M. CCCCC. xxxii. The .xiiii. daye of the moneth of Octobre] [1532]
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Mass -- Early works to 1800.
Lord's Supper -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800.
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"The interpretacyon, and sygnyfycacyon of the Masse Here begynneth a good deuoute boke to the honoure of god, of our lady his mother, [and] of all sayntes, and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones, to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here masse. And how salutaryly they shal confesse them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy sacrament or table of our sauyour Ihesu chryste, with dyuerse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned, composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde, frere mynoure, of the ordre of the Obseruauntes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68080.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.
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¶ The .xxviii. Chapytre / howe euery man shall gladly helpe and serue at the masse / for syxe reasons.
THe fyrste reason is / for the seruy¦ce that we do to the preest in the masse tyme / god wyll rewarde vs for it as we had done it vn¦to hym selfe: for the preest is not there before the aulter as syr Iohn̄: but he is there as the sone of god hathe hanged vpon the crosse
¶ The seconde reason is / that to serue god the man of hym is made. And therfore there is no man so myghty of power nor so no∣ble / that ought to be ashamed to serue god. For oure lorde Ihesu chryste sayth / he that is ashamed to serue me: I wyl also be asha¦med of hym afore my father celestyall. O with what loue and dylygence shulde we serue hym / whiche hath gyuen syght vnto vs beynge blynde / the whiche (we beynge pryuate of our handes & fete) hathe restored them agayne vnto vs: and we beyng deed he hathe resuscytate vs to lyfe / and moche more hath god done for vs.
¶ The thyrde reason is / for to the entent yt we serue our lorde god / he hath cōmaunded his aūgelles to serue vs and to kepe vs / to
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the entent that we may come to heuen / whe¦re the sone of god hym selfe shall serue vs. ¶ The fourth reason is / for to the entent yt we shulde be more bounde to serue hym / he hath made hym selfe man mortall / & hathe serued vs in his owne persone / by the space of .xxxiii. yeres in great pouertie and myse∣rye / wherfore by all ryght we be bounde to serue hym. And yet moche more hath he don for vs / he hathe shed his blode for vs / and suffred dethe for vs / to the entent that we maye reygne with hym in his glorye.
¶ The fyfth reason is / for god hath made all thynges to serue vs / as in heuen the aū∣gelles / the sonne / the moone / and the fyrma¦mēt / in the ayre the byrdes / in erth the beest{is} and other creatures: in the water the fysshes to the entent that by them we shulde be mo¦nysshed to serue hym.
¶ The syxte reason is / for god shall gyue hym that gladly doth helpe and serue at the masse / a synguler rewarde in heuen / more than to other herynge the masse onely / as it is wryten.
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