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Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · Pierre Viret

Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass, Part 2 · Chapter 28

Of the Offring, and of the preſentation of the chalice or cuppe, and bread. CHAPTER XXVIII.

a AFter that, let him turne towardes the people, Alph. G.and with his hand ioyned together, ſay,

The Lord be with you.

Aunſwere.

And with thy Spirite.

Towardes the the Aultar, ſay,Miſſ. R. Leuit. 21. Celeſtin.

b Let vsus pray.

Offertorie.

The prieſts of ye Lord, offer vntounto God, incenſe & loaues of bread: & therfore they ſhalbe holy vntounto their God, and not polute his name. Praiſe him that is eternal.

After the Offertorie, let him ioine his hands together before the Aultar, and ſay,

c What ſhall I giuegive vntounto the Lord for all his benefites beſtowed vponupon me.Pſal. 116. I will take the cup of Saluation, and call vponupon the name of the Lord.

thē let him raiſe the chalice, & ſay

We offer vp vntounto thee ô Lord, the cup of Saluation, & beſeech thee, that I may aſcend, with an acceptable ſweet ſmelling ſauour before thy diuine maieſty. Let this ſacrifice be ſigned, ordeined, bleſſed, & ſanctified, in ye name of our Lord Ieſu Chriſt: & be acceptable vntounto God, the Father almighty, for my ſelf, for thoſe that are here, and for all Chriſtiā people, that they may, in this preſent world, receaue remiſſion of all their ſinnes, & in the world to come, obtaine life euerlaſting. And for the ſoule of thy ſeruant, and for the ſoules of thy men and women ſeruauntes, to the ende thou maieſt graunt them euerlaſting life, & make them partakers of the felicitie of all the Saintes. In the name of the Father, &c.

e Holy Trinitie, receaue this oblation which we offer vntounto thee, in remembrāce of the incarnatiō, natioitie, circonciſion, paſſion, refurrection, and aſcenſion of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt: and in the honour of the bleſſed alwayes virgine Mary, and of all the Saintes whach hauehave pleaſed thee ſithēce the beginning of the world, to the ende it may be auarlable for their honour, and our ſoluation, both of body and ſoule. In the name of the Father, † &c.

f Then let him make a croſſe vponupon the vaale that couereth the chalice, ſetting the chalice iuſte in the mideſt. Then, let him take the patine and hoſte, and ſay,

In the name of the holy & inſeparable Trinity, let this bread deſcend here: and the bleſſing of God the father Almightie, the Sonne, and the holy Ghoſt, deſcēd vponupon vsus, & remaine with vsus euermore. So be it. In ye name of the Father, of the Sonne &c.

g Let him here, couer the Chalice with the vaale, and make a croſſe ouer the chalice and hoſte, ſaying,

In the name of the Father, &c.

POſteà vertat ſe erga populum, & dicat manibus iunctis.

Dominus vobiſcum.

Reſp.

Et cum ſpiritu tuo.

Verſus altare dicat.

Oremus.

aGelaſ. Greg. Thomas. Vrbain.Offerrorium.

Sacerdotes Domini incē ſam & panes offerunt Deo: & ideo ſancti erūt Deo ſuo, & non polluent nomen eius. Alleluya.

Poſt offertorium iungat manus ante altare, dicendo,

Quid retribuam Domino pro omnibus quae retribuit nihi? Calicem, ſalutaris accipiam, & nomen Domini …ocabo.

Surgat calicem dicendo,

Offerimus tibi Domine calicem ſalutaris, & deprecamor clementiam tuam vt in conſpectu diuinae maieſtatis tuae cum odore ſuauitatis aſcendat. In nomine Domini noſtri Ieſu Chriſti, ſignatum ordinatum, benedictum & ſanctificatum iſtud ſacrificium: & acceptabile ſi Deo Patri omnipotenti, pro meipſo, pro iſtis & omni populo Chriſtiano: vt in pr…ſenti ſeculo remiſſionem cunctorum peccatorum recipiant, & in futuro vitam cō ſequantur aeternam. Et pro anima famuli …ui, & pro animabus famulorum, famul…rum que tuarum, & eis vitam aternam tribuas & omnium ſanctorū iubeas eſſe conſor…es. In nomine Patris, &c.

Suſcipe ſancta Trinit…s han… oblationem, quam ubi off…r…mus ob memoriam incarnationis, natiuitatis, … c…ncaſionis, paſſionis, reſurrectionis & aſcenſionis Domini noſtri Ieſu Chriſti: & in honore beatae Mariae ſen… per virginis, & omnium ſanctorum qui tibi plac…er… ab origine mundi: vt illis proficiat ad honorem, nobis autem ad ſalutem animae & corporis. In nomine † Patris, &c,

Faciat crucem cum calice ſuper corporalia, ponendo calicem in medio poſtea capiat patenā cum hoſtia, dicendo,

In nomine ſanctae & indiuiduae Trinitatis deſcē … hîc panis iſte & benedictio Dei Patris omnipotentis & Filij & ſpiritus Sancti deſcendat ſuper nos & man… ſemper, Amen. In nom… Patris, & Filij, &c.

Hic cooperiat calicē cū corporalibus faciēdo crucem ſuper calicem & hoſtiam, dicendo,

In nomine Patris, &c.