Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass, Part 2 · Chapter 7
Of the diuiſion of the office of the Maſſe, and firſt of that parte which is called the Preparation, and of the comming of the prieſt to the Aultar. And of the confeſſion which he maketh before it. CHAPTER VII.
ACcording to the expoſition of the doctours of the Maſſe,Nico. de Plou. de expo. Miſ. we may deuide the office thereof into ſix partes. The firſt is called the Preparatiō, & that laſteth from the beginning vntill he come to the Epiſtle. The ſecond, is called the Inſtructiō, and that dureth vntounto the Offertorie. The third, is called the Oblation, and continueth vntounto the Preface. The fourth, is called the Conſecration, and laſteth vntounto the Lordes prayers. The fifth, is called the perception of the Sacrament, & dureth vntounto the communion. The ſixt is called the Actiō of thankeſgeuing, and continueth vntounto the ende. Now we will ſhew you the reaſons why they are ſo named, when as we ſhall enter into the particular interpretation of eueryevery of them. The beginning thē of the Maſſe is called the Preparatiō, becauſe it is put in for the prayers which the aunciēt Church made, that thereby, the miniſters thereof might be aſwell prepared to the preaching of the word of God, as the hearers to heare and receaue it with frute and edifying. And there is a forme of publike confeſſion. There are alſo prayers, & ſinging of Pſalmes. But let vsus ſee how the forme and maner of the auncient Church is here turned vpſide down, & what blaſphemies are vſed amōgeſt this ſtuffe. And to the ende that eueryevery man might the better remember the names of the authours, to whom the peeces, that are eeked to the Maſſe, are attributed, according to that diſcourſe which hath bene made of it, we will ſet them downe in the margine, in the behalfe of eueryevery of them, and ſhalbe marked with the lettres of the alphabet. And wherſoeuer any one ordenance ſhalbe attributed to many, I will ſet downe one lettre for all.
a The prieſt being thus, prepared, Miſſ. G. & R▪let him approch the Aultar, ſaying the 43. Pſalme.
bDamaſcen.Iudge me ô God, &c.
VntoUnto the ende, with.
Glory be to the Father.
Then muſt he repeat the verſicle
cDamaſcen.And I will goe, d vntounto the Aultar of God, vntounto that God which gladdeth my youth.
The verſicle.
e Confeſſe your ſelues vntounto the Lord becauſe he is good.
The aunſwere.
For his mercy endureth for euer.Pontien.
f And I ſinnefull and vnworthy prieſt confeſſe my ſelfe vntounto almightie God, and to the bleſſed virgine Marie, & to all the Saintes, and to you my brethren: becauſe that I miſerable ſinner, hauehave greatly ſinned againſt the lawe of my God, in thought, word, deede, and by negligence, and that through mine owne default, my fault, my greeuous default, g and therefore I beſeech Marie, the moſt bleſſed mother of God, and all the men and women Saintes of God and you my brethren, to pray for me wretched ſinner vntounto the almightie Lord our God, to hauehave merciemercy vponupon me.
h VVhen he hath thus made his confeſſion, with a lowly bending downe of himſelfe, let him ſo ſtand ſtill, vntill ſuch time as the reſt hauehave aunſwered.
The Clarkes ſhall ſay, Amen.
i Miſereatur, &c.
Paratus ſacerdos accedat ad altare, dicendo Pſalmum 43.
aCeleſtine.Iudica me Deus, &c.
Totum cum
bDamaſcen.Gloria patri.
Et poſtmodum repetat verſum
Et introibo ad altare Dei: ad Deū qui laetificat inuentutem meam.
Verſus.
Confiteminī domine quoniam bonus.
Reſponſ.
Quoniam in ſeculum miſericordia eius.
cDamaſcen.Et ego reus & indignus ſacerdos cōfiteor Deo on… nipotēti, & beatae Marie virgini & omnibus ſanctis eius, & vobis fratres: quia ego miſer peccator peccaui nimis cōtra legē Dei mei, cogitatione, locutione, opere & omiſſione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea grauiſſima culpa. I. deo deprecor beatiſſimam Dei genetricē Mariā & omnes ſanctos & ſanctas Dei, & vos fratres orare pro me peccatore apud dominum Deum noſtrum omnipotentem, vt ipſe miſereatur mei.
Et ſic facit cōfeſſionē inclinatus profunde, & ſic ſtet, donec reſpōſum fuerit ab alijs.
Clerici reſpondent Amē.
Miſereatur, &c.