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 June 12, 2024.
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THe fyrste vertue is / that god doth neuer suffre suche a per∣sone to fall so farre in synne / but that he shall ryse sooner out of the same by true penaū¦ce / than another that doth not helpe ne ser∣ue at the masse.
¶ The seconde vertue or fruyte is / that su∣che a persone is not onely preserued & kepte as another man of his propre aungell / but also there be many other aungelles nyghe vnto hym: and alwayes redy to helpe hym and prayenge for hym.
¶ The thyrde vertue is / that the good wor¦kes whiche he doth / be more acceptable vn∣to god and more profytable to men / as wel lyuynge as beynge deed / than of other whi¦che do not helpe and serue at the masse.
¶ The fourth vertue is: that he which doth helpe and serue at the masse / shall be in all his busynes and causes more dyscryte and wyse than other men.
¶ The fyfth vertue is / that the mercye of god shall neuer forsake that man ī his great necessyte / but shall alwayes be redy at his most nede.
¶ The syxte vertue is / that god shall gy∣ue hym / whiche deuoutly and dylygently
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helpeth and serueth at the masse: a synguler grace here in erthe / and a great rewarde in heuen / as he sayth ī the gospell / he that doth serue and mynystre vnto me in the erth / he shall be honoured of my father ī heuen. For to helpe and serue at the masse / is a seruyce appertaynynge vnto aungelles. Yet neuer∣thelesse god wyll be serued of man in erth. Therfore euery man ought gladly helpe & serue at the masse / for it is no shame / but great honoure to serue god. The fathers ou¦ghte to cause theyr chyldren to lerne to helpe masse / for that person shall not serue god in heuen: whiche hath not serued hym in erth.