Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass, Part 2 · Chapter 41
Of the ſeauenth parte of the Canon, conteyning the conſecration of the Chalice. CHAPTER XLI.
DEinde coopertum calicem accipit duabus manibus, & parum eleuat, dicens,
Accipiens & hunc praeclarum, &c.
Deponit itetum ſuper altare, dicens,
Item tibi gratias agens.
Deinde ſignat dicens,
Benedixit.
Et iterato eleuans, dicit,
Accipite.
&c. vſque,
Memoriam facietis.
Simili modo poſtquam caenatum eſt, accipiens & hunc praeclarum calicem in ſanctas ac venerabiles mānus ſuas, item tibi gratias agens, bene † dixit, dedit que diſcipulis ſuis, dicens, Accipite & bibite ex eo omnes.
Hic eſt enim calix ſanguinis mei, noui & aeterni teſtamenti, mysterium fidei, qui pro vobis & pro multis effundetur in remiſſionem peccatorum. Haec quotieſcunque feceritis, in mei memoriam facietis.
Hic eleuat, & poſteà in loco ſuo reponit Calicem.
AFter that, he taketh the Chalice in both his handes, being couered with the vaale, and lifting it vp a litle, ſayeth,
Taking alſo this moſt excellent Chalice.
Then he ſetteth it downe againe vponupon the Aultar, ſaying,
Giuing thankes alſo vntounto thee.
b After that, he maketh a croſſe, ſaying,
He bleſſed it.
And againe lifting vp the Chalice, he ſayeth,
Take ye
&c. vntounto
Ye ſhall do it in remembrance.
In like maner when ſupper was done, taking alſo this excellent Chalice into his holy and reuerend handes, and againe giuing thankes, bleſ † ſed it, and gaue it vntounto his Diſciples, ſaying, c Take and drinke ye all of this.
For, this is the d Cuppe of my blood of the new & euerlaſting Teſtamēt, the e myſtery of faith, which ſhall be ſhed for you and for many, for the remiſſion of ſinnes, As often as ye ſhall doe this, ye ſhall doe it in the remē braunce of me.
f Here he lifteth vp the chalice, and ſetteth it downe againe in his place.
a Some of them lift vp the chalice being couered, & ſome vncouered. And although the ceremonies be contrary one to another, yet are there alwayes great myſteries in them. For, the couered chalice, ſignifieth the hidden ſecrete of the Sacrament: and the vncouered Chalice, the ſeparation of the body and bloud in his paſſion. And therfore they conſecrate them apart.
b Nycholas de Ploue manifeſtly ſayeth,Gorrain Mat. Ca. 26. Nico. de Ploue, de Expo, Miſſ. 2. par. Cā. That Ieſus Chriſt made no croſſe, whenas he bleſſed & conſecrated aſwell the bread as the wine in the ſupper, becauſe there was no vertue in the croſſe before ſuch time as he had ſuffred his paſſiō theron. And therefore he expoundeth it thus. He bleſſed it (ſayth he) that is to ſay, he gaue the power of bleſſing vntounto his wordes, to the ende the bread & wine might be tranſubſtantiated into the body & blood. Here we ſee an expoſition greatly agreing with the wordes of our Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt, if we wil giuegive credite to this dreaming fooliſh doctor. And againe, the power which theſe Magiciās attribute vntounto the croſſe after the paſſion, greatly ſauoureth of their Magicall arte. For is not this power in Chriſt Ieſus crucified, in whome conſiſteth all power & vertue, & not in the croſſe, nor yet in the ſignes thereof which they make with their hands, as if a man ſhould beate flyes away, or els play the fencer?
c The Counſel of Conſtance oppoſeth it ſelf vntounto theſe wordes of our Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt.
d Although theſe our venerable maiſters doe both ſtrongly and cōſtantly vphold & mainteine that the Sacramental words muſt be taken according to the letter, without anie figuratiue kind of expoſition: yet are they enforced to expound this place figuratiuely: ſaying, This cup, that is to ſay, that which is contained in this Cup. For, they dare not at any hand ſay, that the Cup is changed into blood, as the wordes according to the letter, doe ſignifie, and according to their doctrine of tranſubſtantiation, & the expoſition which they make vponupon the wordes appertaining to the conſecratiō of the bread. And beſides this I do verily beleeue, that they would be perillouſlie angry, to ſee their golden and ſiluer Chalices turned into blood. For I tell you that that were much againſt their profit. And therfore it is no maruell that they receaue & allow this gloſe here in this place.Nicol. de Plo. de expoſ. Miſſ 2. part. Can. Nicholas de Ploue, mightelie findeth fault, with all thoſe Prieſtes which gaſpe & breath ſo much ouer the bread, and ouer the Chalice, and accompteth thē to be monſtrous offenſiue puppies.
e This, & many other wordes moe hauehave bin put into the conſecration both of the breade and wine, which are not to be found, in ſuch forme & maner, as they are here ſet down, either in S. Paul, or yet in anie of the Euangeliſts.
f The Chalice is to be worſhipped of it ſelfe,De celeb. Miſſ Ca. Sane Nicolas. de Plo. de expoſ. Miſſ as well as his round cake. And therefore it is ordained that the people, at the time of the eleuatiō aſwel of the ſinging cake, as of the chalice, ſhal deuoutly kneele on their knees, & worſhip thē both.