The Relics of Rome, Part 31

The Relics of Rome · Part 31

p. 122Of the Masse, and of all the partes thereof.

The Introite. Iudica me deus.POpe Celestinus the fyrst ordained, y^t the priest should say the Psalme y^t beginneth, Iudica me deus, &c, when he putteth on hys clothes and reuesteth hymselfe to Masse: and that when he draweth nye to the altare, he shoulde saye thys verse of y^e aforesayd psalme: Et introib… ad altare dei, &c. In y^e yere, &c. 428. Plat. Poly. Fasci. Temp. Christ. Massae. D. Barns. Pant. Ioan. Functius.

Confiteor. Misereatur Absolutionem.Pope Damasus the fyrst decreed, y^t the priest standyng before the altare shuld say the confiteor and make hys confession to GOD, to oure Ladye Saints Marye, to all Saintes, et vobis, and that they that were presente shoulde saye Miseriatur vestri, &c. Agayne, that the priest after that, should pronounce the absolution and saye Absolutionem, & remissionem omnium peccatorum nostrorum, &c, before he presume to go to the altare. In the yeare, &c. 370. Plati. Polid. D. Barns. &c.

Some attribute thys inuention to Pope Pontianu: Some to Pope Vrbanus.The office of the masse

Pope Gregorye the fyrste instituted p. 123the Office of the Masse. In the yeare of oure Lorde. 590. Platina. Polydor. Pantaleon.

Pope Damasus the fyrst broughte in Gloria patri to bee sayd not onelyonly at the ende of euerye Psalme,Gloria patri. but also at the office of the Masse. In the yeare, &c. 370. Plat. Chron.

Pope Gregory the fyrst ordayned the Kyrye, The Kyrieand appoynted that it should be song nyne tymes openly of the Clergye onelyonly at Masse, whiche before at the commaundement of Pope Siluester was song of the Clergy and people together. Durand. Plat. D. Barns. Pantale. It seemeth to bee borowed oute of the Greke Church, forasmuch as the wordes be Greeke and sounde in our Englyshe tonge. Lorde hauehave mercy vponupon vsus.

Pope Telesphorus added to the Masse Gloria in excelsis. Gloria in excelsis.In the yere, &c. 130. Plat de consec. Dist. 1. Cap. Nocte sacra. Albertus. Krantzius.

Some ascribe it to Pope Symmachus Phil. Bergom

Pope Symmachus the fyrst added to Gloria in excelsis, Laudamus…te.&c. Laudamuste, and so forth vntounto the ende. In the yeare of duplicate page p. 123duplicate page our Lorde. 499. Fascic. Temp. Valentinus vannius. Chron.

Pope Anacletus put to the Masse this salutation,Dominus vobiscum, Et cum spiritu tuo Dominus vobiscum, and commaunded y^t this answer shuld be made of them y^t were present, Et cum spiritu tuo. In the yere, &c. 101. Iacobus. Manlius. Vannius. Some ascribe it to Pope Sotherus. Gratia de consec. Dist. 1. Can. Hoc quo que .

Ioannes Laziardus writeth, y^t Dominus vobiscum was taken oute of the booke of Ruth,Ruthe. 2▪ & added to the masse, I know not by whō. And for Et cum spiritu tuo, it was brought in, sayth he, by the coū cel Aurelianense.

The Collectes.Pope Gelasius the fyrst appoynted y^t Collectes wherof he himself made part, & part of thē were deuised by other. In the yere, &c. 494. I…idor. Grat. Pol.

The Epistle.Pope Damasus y^e fyrst bearing rule, the Epistle was added by y^e councel of S. Hierome, who liued in the yeare of our Lord. 387. Plat. Poly. Antonin. D. Barns.

Some saye, that Pope Alexander the fyrst dyd fyrst of al bring in the Epistle and Gospell, and commaunded them to bee read at the ministration of the p. 124Lordes Supper. In the yeare, &c.. 119. Chron. Germ. But the author of y^e booke called Fasciculus Temporum ascribeth both the Epistle and the Gospell to Pope Telesphorus.

Pope Gelasius the fyrst brought in y^e Grayle, The grailecommaunding that the people shoulde sing it, while the priest or Deacon was going vp into y^e pulpit to rede and to declare the gospel, desiring god, that it might both be spokē and heard with frute. Phil. Bergom. Antonin. Vannius. Some make Pope Celestinus the author of it. Plat. Some, Pope Gregory the fyrst, Chron. Germ.

Pope Gregorye the fyrst,The Alleluya. of whom wee spake before, added the Alleluya to the Masse, and commaunded that it shoulde bee song all the whole yeare saue only from Septuagesima vntounto Easter, Plat. Antonin. D. Barns. Nauclerus. Some ascribe it to pope Gelasius. Phil. Bergom, Some saye, it was borowed of the church of Ierusalem, and so brought into the churche of Rome in the tyme of pope Damasus. It soundeth in Englyshe. Prayse ye the Lorde.

Pope Sergius otherwyse called, pope Swines snoute bearing rule, a certain Monke Abbot of S. Gallus, The Sequences.called Notgerus or Nocerius made the Sequences: which afterward crept into the Masse rather by vse and custome, than by any constitution of the popes. Valent. Vannius. Iacobus. Vuimpheling. Pantal. Notwithstanding some write, that Pope Nicolas commaunded them to be song at masse. Chron. Germ. Durand. And forasmuch as there are many and diuerse Sequences, they are ascribed to many and diuerse authors. Iodocus. Clitoueus in Elucidario Ecclesiastico appoynteth many of them to a certayne Monke of Paris, called Adamus de, S. Victore. Other are ascribed to S. Bernarde, to Thomas Aquinas, &c.

Pope Gelasius made y^e Tractes, which on the feriall dayes are wonte to bee song or sayd in stead of the Sequences before the Gospell.The Tractes. Chronic. Angl. Bergom. Some ascribe them to Pope Celestinus. Ioan. Laziardus. Some to Pope Telesphorus. Some to pope Gregorye the fyrste, which cōmaunded thē to be song p. 125at Masse in place of the Sequences frō Septuagesima vntounto Easter. Some to S. Ambrose. Guil. Durand.

Pope Damasus the first bearing rule,The Gospell. the Gospell was added to the Masse by the councell of S. Hierome. Plat. Anto. Polid. D. Barns.

Pope Anastasius ordayned,Standyng at the Gospell. that the people should stand vp at the Gospell tyme, both to take hede to the doctrine thereof, and also to shewe themselues ready to defēd the doctrine of the Gospel euē vntounto the death. In the yeare. &c 404 Volat. Plat. Sabell. polidor. &c.

Guilielmus Durandus writeth on this manner:☜ Anastasius the Pope sayth he, ordayned, that stāding and not sitting, the Gospell should be heard: to declare the redynesse that we hauehave vntounto battell for to kepe the fayth of Christe. Agayne, to set forth our ready and bent will in that behalfe many, sayth he, when the Gospell is red, cast of their vppermost garmentes, to declare that all temporall and worldly thynges are to be forsaken for the law of Christ and of his Gospel, according to this saying Behold, we hauehave forsakē al, & followed thee

Math. 19. The crede.Matt 19Pope Marcus brought in the Crede, and commaunded, that the Clergy and the people should sing it together with a loude voyce for the confirmation of their fayth. In the yeare of our Lorde. 336. Plat. Antoni. Fasc. Temp. Durandus. Some ascribe this constitution to Pope Damasus. Iac. Philip. Bergom. The Crede that is songe at Masse, some say was made at the Councell of Nice: some affirme that it was made at a Councell holden at Constantinople. Chron. Germ.

Sensing after the Gospell.Pope Leo the thyrde ordayned sensyng. In the yeare. &c. 817. Plat. Pol. D. Barns. Pantaleon. And a councell holden at Rothomage commaundeth, that the altare should be sensed after the Gospell. Lib. Concil. Durand.

The Offertorye.Pope Gregorye the firste commaunded the Offertorye to be sayd. Polid. Pantal. Chron. Germ. Some attribute it to Pope Eutychianus. Plat. Some affirme, that the Author therof is not knowen. Guil. Durandus. Antonin.

Suscipe sancta trinitas.As for their solemne and superstitious, yea their abominable and blasphemous Orison, Suscipe sancta trinitas. &c p. 126which the Popysh Massemonger saith holdyng the chalice in his handes with the roūd cake …ayd vponupon the paten therof after the Offertorye: the Author therof is not knowen, neyther maketh it any matter, except it were better. Bernard. Abbas de officio Missae.

The Lauatorye or washynge of the priestes hands at Masse,The washinge of handes. was borowed of the heathenyshe and Idolatrous priestes, whiche vsed alwayes to wash theyr handes before they offered sacrifice to their Idolls. Poli. Vergil.

Pope Leo added these wordes to the Masse,Orate prome Fratres & Sorores. whiche the prieste sayeth after the Lauatorye, when he tourneth hym to the people. Orate pro me Fratres & Sorores. &c. In the yeare of our Lord. 444 Chron. Germ.

The Secretes were so secretly made,The Secretes. that the secret Authors of those suttle secretes are hytherto secrete and vnknowen: except ye will father them on Pope Gregory, and Pope Gelasius, as the Papistes doe all other thyngs, wherof they can finde no certayne author.

Pope Gelasius ordayned,Vere dignū & iustū est. Vere dignum & iustum est. &c. to be sayd in the Masse before the Prefaces and Sanctus. In the yeare. &c. 494. Petrus de nat. D. Barns.

The prefaces▪Pope Gelasius and Pope Gregory, of whom we spake afore, are counted the authors and makers of the Prefaces. Anto. polid. Durand. Fas. Temp.

Nine Prefaces.Pope Pelagius the firste perceauyng many and diuerse Prefaces to be made of many and diuerse men, selected and chose out of so great a multitude, nyne Prefaces, whiche Pope Gelasius tofore had made with the note or tune, and gaue them to be songe at Masse before the Canon, as autentyke and Godly. These nyne Prefaces are sōg at Christmasse, at the Epiphany of our Lord, at Lent, at the feasts of the Crosse, of the Resurrection, of the Ascētion, of Witsontide, of the Trinitie, and of the Apostles. In the yeare. &c. 552. Sigisbert. petrus de natal▪ poli. D. Barns. pant. &c.

The tenth preface.Pope Vrban the second made the tēth Preface in the honour of Mary the Uirgine. In the yeare. &c. 1086. poli. Vergil. Valent. Vannius.

The Sanctus.Pope Sixtus the first brought in the Sanctus. In the yeare. &c. 129. Anto. Durand. Fasci. Temp. polidor. &c.

p. 127The Canon of the Masse was patched,The Canō of the masse cobled and clouted together of diuerse Popes, and contayneth many notable blasphemies. The authors therof are named Pope Gelasius the first, pope Siricius, pope Clement, pope Leo the first pope Gregory the first, pope Gregory the third, pope Alexander the first, pope Sixtus the first, pope Pelagius, pope Sergius, and a certaine man called Scholasticus, with other. Chron.

Pope Gelasius made Te igitur clementilsime pater. Te igitur.&c. In the yeare. &c. 494. Durand. pos. D. Barns.

Pope Siricius added,Communicantes. Communicātes & memoriam venerantes, &c. In the yeare. &c. 389. Rat. di. off. polid,

Pope Clement put in these wordes, Vna cum famulo tuo domino nostro papa. &c. Antonius.Pro Papa.

Pope Leo the first thrust in,Hīc igitur Hanc igitur oblationem. &c. 444. Sigisbert. polid. D. Barns.

Pope Gregory the firste deuised these wordes,Die…que nostros. Diesque nostras in tua pace disponas, &c. plat. Chron. Germ.

Pope Gregorye the thyrde put these wordes also to the Canon,Quorū solemnitas. Quorum solemnitas in conspectu tuae maiestatis. &c. 740. Naucler. Sigisb. Plat.

But the Massemongers nowe leaue out these w…rds, and say them no more. For what displeasure to Pope Gregory I knowe not. Iodocus Clitoueus in the exposition of the Canon, casteth awaye these wordes as superfluous. And here see we, that al Papistes do not like and approue, whatsoeuer all Popes doe.

☞☞Qui pridie.Pope Alexander the first added these wordes: Qui pridie quam pateretur. &c. vntounto these wordes, Hoc est enim corpus meum. In the yeare, &c. 119. Durand. Anton. Volat. Polid. Pantal.

Noui & aeterni Testamenti. One of the Popes vnwritten verities.These wordes Noui & aeterni testamenti, mysterium fidei, whiche the Papistes vse in their consecration of the mistery of Christes bloud, although, sayth Antoninus, they be not founde in the Euangelistes, yet must we beleue, that Christ so did and spake. For that manner of consecrating, saith he, was deliuered to the Churche of blessed Peter and of the other Apostles, whiche were present, when Christ did consecrate, as it is specified, In decret. Extra. de celeb. Missae. Cap. Cum Marthae.

p. 128Pope Sixtus ordayned, that the Canon of the Masse should be secretly said and Sub silentio. In the yeare. &c. 264. Anselmus. Ryd. Chron.

If thou wilt knowe (good Reader) why all thinges be done with suche secretie and silence of the Massyng Papistes, when they come to the handelyng of the mysteries of Christes body and bloud, contrary to the practise of the primatiue Churche, yea, and contrary to the commaundemēt of Christ, whiche sayth:Math. 10▪Matt 10 That I saye vntounto you in darkenesse, speake ye in the lyght. And y^t ye heare secretely, tel it abrode openlye, euen vponupon the house toppes: contrarye also to thys saying of the holye Apostle,1. Cor. 11.1 Cor 11 So ofte as ye shall eate thys breade, and drinke of the cup, shewe, set forth, preache, declare the Lordes death till he come: Againe, contrary to the commaundement of the godly Emperoure Iustinian, and finally contrary to certayne auncient decrees of the Popes owne makynge: heare what a tale they tel.

It is reported, sayeth Guilielmus Durandus, that when in olde tyme the Canon was sayde openlye and with a loude voyce, al in a manner by the reason of that vse coulde it by heart, and song it in stretes and hie wayes, so that it came to passe, that whē certain shepheardes did synge it in the fielde, and layed breade vponupon a stone: at the pronouncing of those wordes of consecration, the bread was turned into fleshe. But the shepheardes by Gods iudgement were striken vntounto death for their presumption thorowe fyre that came downe from heauen. Therfore the holy fathers hauehave decreed, y^t those words should be spoken in silence, forbiddyng all men vnderunder payne of excommunication, that no man presume to speake those wordes, but priestes onelyonly when they are at the altar, yea and that at Masse: agayn, when they hauehave on their Massing garmentes.

Thys tale telleth Guil. Durandus in his booke called Rationale diuinorum officiorum, & also Ioannes Billet in his boke de, diuinis officiis, & Honorius in his treatise, de gēma animae: Marke well.wherof thou mayest learne two thinges. Firste, that in the primatiue churche and …ong after, whē p. 129Christen religion was moste pure: the wordes of the Lordes Supper, or, as the papistes terme them, of consecration, were not spoken in hocker mocker, as they be now, but playnely, openlye and distinctly, that al myght heare thē, vnderstand them, and learne them vntounto their great comforte▪ and edifying. Secondly y^t the words of consecration were at that time of so great vertue, y^t whosoeuer pronounced them ouer the bread, were he Lay or Spiritual, priest or Ploweman, Byshop or Butcher: the breade was strayghtwayes tourned into the naturall bodye of Christ, as we may see here by y^e shepeheardes, whiche were laye men and not holye annoynted, whiche were in the fielde and not in the Church, whiche had on their shepeheardes clokes and not halowed vestments, whiche had but a cō mon stone to laye their breade on and no halowed altare.☜ And here mayest thou see, y^t any laye man, if he can pronounce the words of consecration, hauing bread layed on a stone, may make Christes body as wel as y^e priest. For if y^e lay men by y^e vertue of y^e words could make Christes bodye at that tyme: be thou certayne and well assured, y^t they bee able to doe the same euen nowe also notwythstandyng the holye fathers decrees to the contrarye. For the vertue of Goddes worde abydeth alwayes one. If the Massemonger therfore can make hym, y^t made them, as theyr doctryne declareth, then can the Laye man lykewyse make theyr maker, and so maye the Laitie stryue with the spiritualtye to the vttermost in God makyng. Nowe that the popyshe priestes can make God, whiche made them, although I coulde bryng forth and alledge manye authorities euen oute of theyr owne bookes: yet will I at thys presente contente my selfe with one or two sentences, which are written in a boke called Stella Clericorum. The authors wordes ar these,Godmakers. I ste qui creauit me, dedit mihi creare se: qui creauit me sine me, creatur mediante me.

That is to say in Englyshe. He that made me, gaue me power to make hym: and he that made me withoute me, is made by the meanes of me. Agayne he sayth: Cum ergo tantae dignitatis sit sacerdos, quod creator p. 130sit sui creatoris & totius creaturae: ipsum perdere vel damnare, inconueniens est.

Which is thus Englished: Seyng then that a priest is of so great dignitie, that he is the maker of hys maker and of eueryevery creature: to destroye or to condemne hym, it is not conuenient.

Pope Alexander the fyrste,Bread of smal quantitie. ordayned, that the bread whiche the prieste hath at hys Masse, shoulde bee but of a small quantitye, saying: Thys oblation the lesser it bee, the better it is. Guilielmus. Durandus.

Pope Alexander also commaunded,Bread vnleuened. that the breade shoulde be vnleuened bread, whiche the prieste vseth at hys Masse. Platina. Sabelli. Lib. Concil. Poly. Christ. Massaeus.

Whye theyr singing cake is rather rounde than otherwyse,Roūd cake Antoninus maketh thys reason. The hoste, sayeth he, is made round after the manner of a penye, bicause Iudas solde Christ for thirtye pens. Guilielmus Durandus writeth thus:Reasons wise & substantiall The hoste is formed rounde bycause the earth is the Lordes, and al y^t is therin, y^e round world, & all y^t dwel in it, y^t the outward fashion therof may signifie him, that wanteth both beginning and ending.

Wine mingled with water.Pope Alexander likewyse appoynted, y^t the wine in y^e chalice shuld be myngled with water, to signifye the vnion & vnseparable felowship of Christ & hys church. Ioan. Laziard.… Ioan. Stella. Libro. Concil. Grat. Sabel.

Pope Honorius the third commaunded, y^t the Missall bread shoulde be heaued and lifted vp aboue the Priestes heade at the sacryng tyme,Sakering. as they call it: and y^t all the people should fal down and worship it. In the yeare of oure Lord. 1214. Extra. de celeb. Miss. Can. San… cum olim. Gabriel. Biel super Canone. Missae Lect. 14. et Lect. 50, Dec. 3. Tit. 1. Cap, 10. Pantaleon.

Here may al men see, how auncient a thing thys Pope holy sakeryng is, which notwithstanding the blynd and sely shepyshe symple soules thynke to be y^e beste part of the Masse.The sakering of the Masse is but a newe inuention. Uerely it is a little more than three hundred and fortie yeres olde. A deuilishe & an Idolatrous inuentiō is it, not altogether vnlyke to the setting vp of the golden calfe in the wildernesse.

p. 131Pope Gregorye the ninth ordayned, y^t the sacryng bel shoulde be rong,Ringing to y^e sakeryng. whē the priest lifteth vp the Missall bread & Chalice aboue hys head, to moue the people to beholde that new found God whiche is not (as the true God ought) to be worshipped in spirite and truth, but in knockyng, knelyng, and liftyng vp of handes. In the yeare, &c. 1225. Anselmus. Ryd.

Pope Leo, Pope Victor, Pope Nicolas, Pope Innocent, Pope Honorius, pope Vrban ▪ The authors of transubstā tiation and of y^e carnall presence of▪ Christ in y^e sacrament.Monke Lanckfrancke, Monk Gratian. Fryer Thomas, Fryer Bonauenture, and such lyke monstures & belly Gods, inuented fyrst of all the God of the altare, and made of the Sacramente, or holy sygne of Christes body and bloud, the true naturall, real, corporal, carnal substantiall, &c, body of Christ GOD and man, fleshe, bloude and bone, synowes, guttes and loynes, euen as he was borne of Marye the Uirgine and hanged on the Crosse: no breade nor wyne remayning, but the substance of breade tourned into the substaunce of Christes naturall bodye, and the substance of wyne chaunged into the substance of Christes naturall bloude: So that we handle hym with oure handes, put hym in our mouthe, teare hym with oure teeth, eate hym, digest hym, &c: and partely with theyr Sophistrye they persuaded, and partely with theyr tyrannye they compelled the people so to beleue, as the cruell and bloudye papistes lyke wyse doe in thys our age, where the deuill and the Pope reygne: whiche dayes was not knowen nor heard of in y^e Church of Christe, so newe is the doctryne of transubstantiation and of theyr missal God: howsoeuer the wicked and wilye papistes bewitche the simple people, and thorowe their suttle Sophistrye caste mistes before the eyes of the ignorant, and so darken theyr senses and wittes, that they can not espye y^e truth of Gods worde in thys behalfe, which is aboundauntly setforth thorowe the greate benefite of God in these oure dayes by the diligente laboure & paynfull trauayle of many Godly learned men, both in Latin and in Englyshe and in diuerse other speaches, vntounto the great cōfort of all faythfull Christians p. 132and vntounto y^e confusion of Antichrist and of hys kyngdome. Vercellen. Concil. Florent. Concil. Roman. Concil. Secund. Sinod. Lateran. Extra, de summa, & fide cathol. Cap firmiter.

Pope Pelagius the second ordayned praying for the dead in the Masse.Praieng for the dead. In y^e yeare, &c. 580. Plat. Pol. Grat. D. Barns.

Pope Gregorye the fyrst succedyng y^e aforesayd Pelagius encreased this cōstitution concerning y^e memoration and prayer for y^e dead, being hereunto allured by y^e disceatfull apparitions of deuils rather than of dead mens spirites which many times appeared vntounto him euer crauing at his hand helpe and succour for their deliuerance out of y^e most bitter paynes of purgatorye thorowe Diriges and Masses of Requiem, & such like prayers made for the dead greatly abusing his childish pity & light beliefe For he writeth y^t a certayne mā called Paschasius being deade, appeared vntounto him & desired him to pray & to say masse for him, which thyng he most diligently did, so y^t afterward y^e soule of Paschasius appeared agayne vntounto hym, & tolde him, y^t whē he had once sōg for him .xxx Masses he was streyghtwayes deliuered out of purgatorye. Gregorius in Registro. He writeth agayne y^t a certayne Monke called Iustus, was deliuered out of the fyre of purgatorye, thorowe the sacrifyce of thyrtie daies, that is to say, thorowe a trentall of Masses,Trentall Masses. whiche are thyrtye in number. Gregor. in. Lib. dialog. 4. Cap. 54.

Here mayest thou see (good Reader) vponupon what foundatiō singing of masses for the dead is builte. Uerely vponupon the delusions and disceatfull apparitions of the deuill and hys aungells. Is not thys the commaundement of God?Deut 18, Esaye. 8,Deut 18 Thou shalt not aske (the truth) of them that be dead. Agayne, if they saye vntounto you: aske councell at the Southsayers, witches, charmers and coniurers: thē make them thys aunswere, Is there a people any where, y^t asketh not councell at hys God? Shoulde men runne vntounto the dead for the liuyng? If any man wante lyghte, let hym looke vponupon the lawe and the testimonye, whether they speake not after thys meanyng. If he doe not thys, he stumbleth and suffreth hunger, & if he suffer p. 133hunger, he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth his king and his God.

It had bene Gregoryes dutye not strayghtwayes to geue credite to the wandryng spirites, but to hauehave considered by the holy scriptures, what the will of God is in this behalfe. Beleue not eueryevery spirit,1. Ioan. 4.1 John 4 saith Saint Iohn, but proue y^e spirits whether they be of god.The secōd. Memento.

Pope Innocent appoynted, that the names of the dead shuld not be rehearsed in the Masse before, but after the consecration. Durandus.

Pope Gregory the first put the Pater noster to the Masse,The Pater noster. and commaunded, that it should be sōg with a loud voice. In the yeare. &c. 590. Ioan. Laziardus.

He also commaūded, that the priest at his masse before the Lordes prayer, should sing these words Oremus praeceptis, Praeceptis salutaribus &c.salutaribus moniti. &c. Blessed Gregory saith Durandus, thought it good, that the Lordes prayer after y^e Canon should be sayd ouer the host, affirming in hys register, that it is vnsemely, that the prayer whiche Scholasticus made, should be sayde ouer the Euchariste, & y^e prayer left out, whiche the Lord himselfe had sayd, & the Apostles likewise were wōt to say. It is song, sayth he, among the Grekes of al y^e people together, but amōg vsus of the priests alone. Rat. di. off.

Ioannes Nauclerus writeth in his chronicle, y^t the holy Apostle S. Peter, when he celebrated the Lordes supper, vsed none other but y^e Lordes prayer which we commonly call the Pater noster. As for all other thinges that be now vsed in the masse they hauehave bene added and brought in since that tyme by dyuers mē of theyr owne fansy & brayne without the authoritie of gods worde.

Libera nosPope Gregory the firste added to the masse also this prayer Libera nos quesumus. &c. and commaunded, that it should be said after the Lordes prayer. Chron. Germ.

Pax domini.Pope Innocentius the first put to the masse Pax domini sit semper vobiscum: and cōmaunded that the people should aunswere. Et cū spiritu tuo. In the yere. &c. 408. Chron. Germ.

Agnus dei.Pope Sergius the first of that name inuented the Agnus dei, and commaunded that it shoulde be songe of the clergye and of the people together at the p. 134communion or masse. In the yeare. &c. 684. Plat. Durandus. D. Barns.

He ordayned also, that while the quiere sing the Agnus, The breking of the hooste, or singynge cake.the priest should breake the missal bread in three parts: one for the soules of the Sainctes, that are in Heauen: an other for them that are in purgatorye, the thirde for them that are in this world liuyng in sinne. Agayne, that the priest shoulde holde stil in his hands two peces of that broken bread ouer the chalice, and let the thyrde parte thereof fall downe into the chalice, saying these wordes: Hec commixtio corporis & sanguinis. &c.

Pope Leo the second ordayned y^e carying about & kyssing of y^e Paxe,The Paxe y^t the people might hauehave somwhat to doe (as it may seeme) while the priest eate vp & drink vp altogether alone at the altar. In the yeare. &c. 676. Grat. plat. Fasci. Temp. Durandus. D. Barns. Vannius.

Notwithstāding some attribute this idle inuētion to pope Innocent the first. De consec, dist. 2. Cap. Pax igitur. Lib. Concil. Michael. Bucchingerus. &c.

Pope Innocent the firste made a decree, that on solemne feastes the priests duplicate page p. 134duplicate page at the Agnus should kisse one an other,Priestes kissing one an other. but the commō people should kisse the Paxe. In the yere. &c. 408. De cons. dist. 2 cap, Pacem. Plat. Sabell. Pol. Pantal.

Masses of Requiem.In the masse for the dead the Paxe is not giuen, sayth Durand, bicause the faithfull soules are no more, neyther shall be in the trouble of this worlde, but they rest now in the Lorde, so that the kysse of peace is not necessary nor nedefull for them, whiche is the signe of peace and concorde, and therefore at that masse this prayer is not said,☞ Domine Iesu Christe qui dedisti Apostolis tuis pacem. &c. Hereof also commeth it to passe, that among the monkes there is no Paxe giuen, bicause they are coūted dead to the world. Rat. di. off. Polid.

The communion.Pope Calixtus the first ordained, that so many as were present at masse, after the consecration, should communicate together: if they woulde not, that they should be excommunicate. For so sayth he, did the Apostles appoint, and the holy Church of Rome kepeth that order. In the yeare of our Lorde. 217. Grat. de consec. dist. 1. cap. Paracta. Item. Can. Omnes.

p. 135This aforesaide constitution is also ascribed to Pope Anacletus. De consec. dist. 1. cap. Episcopus. Lib. concil.

In the primatiue Church, saith Durande, all that were present at the celebration of masses, that is to say, at the ministratiō of the Lordes supper, were wont eueryevery day to communicate, that is, to receaue with the minister the Sacrament of the body & bloud of Christ, bicause all the Apostles did drynke of the cup accordyng to this saying of the Lord:Math. 26.Matt 26 Drinke ye all of this. &c. Againe he sayth: Uerely the priest himselfe nowe eateth all the partes of the Host. Notwithstanding in certaine Churches, he taketh one parte, and distributeth the other two partes to the ministers, that is to saye, to the Deacon and Subdeacon, accordyng vntounto that, whereof S. Luke maketh mention,Luke. 24.Luke 24 that Iesus in Emaus tooke the bread and brake it vppon the table: and also, as some say, he did eate before the two Disciples, and what remayned he gaue it vntounto them▪ He also afterwarde did eate part of the broyled fish and of the honycombe, and the residue he gaue to hys Disciples. And therefore after that the Deacon and Subdeacon hauehave communicated; the clerkes and religious persōs come also vntounto the communion, that they also may be partakers of the holy Communion. Afterwarde the people also doth communicate, bicause Christ did not only eate with his Apostles, which were fewe in number, but also when he shoulde ascende into heauen he did eate with a multitude of hys disciples. And a little after he sayth. ☞The high Byshop (the pope) receaueth one part of the hoste, and geueth an other parte thereof to the Deacon with a kisse, & an other portion to the Subdeacon without a kisse. &c.

Of these thinges aforesayd may we euidently perceaue, that in times paste before papacye bare rule in the church of Christ, the celebration of the Lordes Supper was not a priuate repaste of one alone, but a banket of many, accordynge to thys sayinge of the Apostle: my brethren when ye come together to eate (the Lordes Supper) tary one for an other.1. Cor. 11. 1. Cor. 10.1 Cor 111 Cor 10 Agayne. All we are partakers of one breade.

p. 136Pope Gelasius the first commaūded,Cōmunion vnderunder both kindes. that the communion shoulde be ministred in both kindes to them that come vntounto the Lordes table, and that if any were otherwise affected, they shoulde be put awaye from the Lordes table. For (saith he) the diuision of one and the same mystery can not be done with out great sacrilege.Note well In the yere. &c. 494 De cons. dist. 1. cap. comperimus.

A councell holden at Constance did first of all by publique law forbid,Cōmunion vnderunder one kinde. that the lay people should receaue y^e Lordes supper vnderunder both kinds charging and commaunding that from thence forth the layty shoulde communicate onelyonly vnderunder one kind, when notwithstāding the commaundement of Christ is farre otherwise.Math. 26. Marke. 14. 1. Cor. x.xi.Matt 26Mark 141 Cor 10 Drink ye al of this saith he.

And Sainct Marke sayth: They all dranke of it. Here is no exceptiō of the laytye. The holy Apostle saint Paule, also, whensoeuer he maketh any mention of the Lordes supper, ioyneth alwayes the bread and the cup together, not diuiding the one from the other after the doctrine of the pope. In y^e yere. &c. 1417. Lib. Concil. Gabr. Biel. &c.

The PostcommuniōThe Author of the postcommunion is not knowen saith Durandus. Notwithstanding Platina maketh Gregory y^e first Author of it. So likewise writeth Ioannes Stella, and Iacobus. phillippus Bergomensis.

Ite missa est Benedicamus domino. Deo gratias.Pope Leo y^e first brought in Ite missa est, and Benedicamus domino with Deo gratias, for a final conclusion of the masse, so that now eueryevery man may go home, as wise as they came. In the yeare. &c. 444. Michael. Bucchingerus.

The masse is ended three manner wayes.It is to be noted, saith Durand, that y^e masse is ended three maner of wayes Firste of all by Ite missa est: and that is in solemne feastes, when Te deum laudamus, and Gloria in excelsis is songe, And it is so much to say, Be packing homewarde: For the wholsome sacrifice for mankynd is sent or offered vntounto God. Or it sheweth to the people, that the masse or the prayers are done.

The Massing Papistes knowe not yet what Ite missa est signifieth.Or the meaning of Ite missa est, is this Go after christ, and folow him: for we may not abide in this worlde, but by good workes we must make hast vntounto the country of heauen: whiche thynge we maye easelye do for the sacrifice is p. 137sente to appease God y^e father, by the power whereof the helles are broken, and the gate of paradyse is open. Ration. di. offi.

Secondly the Masse is ended by Benedicamus domino, and y^t is on workyng dayes, and generallye when there are no songes of gladnesse songe before, whereby the people shoulde be allured and stirred vp to geue god thankes. Agayne, the masse is concluded by Benedicamus domino on all fasting dayes and lowe feastes. Rat. di. offi.

Thirdly,Requiescāt in pace. AMEN. the masse is finished by Requiescant in pace: and y^t is when they sing masse of Requiem for the dead. And then ye maye not aunswere Deo gratias, but Amen, that is to saye, So be it. For reast is wyshed vntounto them, &c. Rat. di. off.

The councel Aurelianense ordayned, y^t the people should not depart out of y^e church after y^e masse be done,Blessing of the people after masse til they be blessed of the priest. Hereof commeth it to passe, y^t the people on the solemne feasts be blessed with an empty cuppe, after y^t the prieste hath dronke all vp. Lib. Concil. Guili. Durand.

Pope Alexander the fyrst made a decree, that the people should be sprinckled with holy water after Masse bee done,Holye water after masse. that they may, sayth he, thereby be made holy, pure and cleane. In the yeare of oure Lorde, 119. Grati. Platina. Sabellicus.

Of these things aforesayd (most gentle Reader) whiche I hauehave truly and faythfully alleged out of the popyshe Chronicle writers, mayest thou euidently see, y^t the Romishe and popyshe masse is not so auncient & of so greate antiquitye, as the Romanistes and papistes bragge: but rather that it is a late and yesterday inuention. Agayne y^t it was not instituted of Christ, nor of hys Apostles, but fyrst of all clouted together of certayne Popes, euerye man bringing in hys patch and at the laste beautifying it with straunge feathers like vntounto Esopes crowe. More than a thousand yeare was thys monstrous masse in patching, before it culd be brought vntounto any perfection,The…opish Masse is y^e foundation of all superstition. if that may receaue perfection, that is most of all imperfecte. Uppon this wicked, superstitious and Idolatrous masse are p. 138all monasteries, colleges, chauntries, free chappels, fraternities, and all the sectes of Antichrist y^t pope founded and builded, purgatorye also and y^e whole papacie is confyrmed and stablished by the Masse. So long as y^e Masse endureth, so long shall papisme continue y^e Pope with his Cardinalls, Monkes, Fryers, Chanons, Nunnes, Ankers, Ankresses, with all their superstition and Idolatrye. But if y^e masse once fal, then fal they also down to the ground. I will not say down to hel, frō whence all these their false worshipping of god fyrst of all came and had their beginning, according to y^e Prophecye, which thou redest in the Reuelation of Saint Iohn.Apo. 17.18▪ And albeit y^t the tirauntes of this worlde, and the hipocrites of the same, whose God is their bellye, striue neuer so much for y^e defence and vpholding of this their popish masse: they w^c sweard, fyre & haltar: these w^c fained holinesse, crafty persuasions, paynted eloquence, false allegatiōs of y^e holy scriptures, & aūcient writers, mony, bribes, gifts, supplicatiōs, lamētatiōs, &c. Yet shall it perishe and come to noughte with al the wicked patrons, defenders & …autors of y^e same, according to this prophecy of our sauiour Christ:Math. xv. ii. Thes. ii.Matt 152 Thess 2 EueryEvery plante y^t my heauenlye fāther hath not planted, shal be plucked vp by y^e rootes. And s. Paule sayth, y^t the Lord shal slay y^e Antichrist that sonne of perditiō with the breath of his mouth, that is to say, with hys holy worde.