Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass, Part 2 · Chapter 9
Of the confeſſion and abſolution aſwell of the clarkes which helpe him at Maſſe, as of thoſe which are alſo at the hearing of it, and of the abſolution which the prieſt giueth them, and of the prayers which he ſayeth before he commeth to the Aultar and of the ieſtures, gapinges and gaſpinges of his mouth, and wreathinges which he muſt there make. CHAPTER IX.
ET poſt confiteor, aſſiſtentium, dicat Sacerdos.
Amē, fratres & ſorores, per miſericordiam Domini noſtri Ieſu Chriſti, per auxilium & ſignū ſanctae crucis † per interceſſionē beatae & glorioſae ſemper que virginis Mariae, & per merita beatorū Apoſtolorū Petri & Pauli, beati Michaëlis archāgeli, beatiſs. Iuliani, & omniis ſanct. & ſanctarū, miſereatur veſtri omnipotēs Deus, & dimittat vobis omnia peccata veſtra, & perducat vos Ieſus Chriſtus filius Dei ad vitā aeternam, Amen. Indulgentiam & abſolutionem & remiſſionē omnium peccatorum veſtrorum, tribuat vobis pius Pater & miſericors Dominus, Amen. Et gratia S. Spiritus paracleti illuminet ſenſus, corda & corpora noſtra, & emundet nos à vitijs & delictis omnibus, Amen.
Adiutorium noſtrū in nomine Domini, Qui fecit caelū & terram. Sit nomen Domini benedictum: Ex hoc nunc & vſus que in ſeculū. Ora pro nobis ſanctiſſima Dei genitrix. Vt digni efficiamur promiſſionibus Chriſti. Domine exaudi orationem meam: Et clamor meus ad te veniat. Dominus vobiſcum: Et cum ſpiritu tuo. Oremus.
Inclinando ſe ante altare dicat ſubmiſſa voce Sacerdos.
Auſer à nobis Domine, cū ctas iniquitates noſtras, vt ad ſancta ſanctorū puris mereamur mentibus introire, Per Chriſtum Dominum noſtrum.
Poſteà dicat ſecretò adhuc inclinatus.
Oramus te Domine, per merita ſanctorū quorū reliquiae hic ſunt, & omniū ſanctorū, vt indulgere digneris omnia peccata mea. Amen.
Quae completa erigit ſe, & manus ſuper altare deponens, oſculatur altare: accipiens que thuribulum (ſi ſit Miſſa ſolennis feſti duplicis) à Diacono, a incenſat altare, & reddito thuribulo diacono, oſculando patenam, dicat,
6 Adoramus te Chriſte & benedicimus tibi. Quia per ſanctam crucem…uam redemiſti mundum. Qui paſſus es pro nobis, Domine miſerere nobis. Oratio. Reſpice quae ſumus Domine, ſuper hanc familiam tuam, pro qua Dominus n…ſter Ieſus, Chriſtus non dubitauit manibus tradi nocentium & crucis ſubire tormentum, Qui tecum viuit & reg.
ANd a after that the aſſiſtantes hauehave ſaid their Confiteor, let the prieſt ſay.
Amen, Brethren & ſiſters, that by the mercy of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt,Miſſ. G. by the aide and ſigne of the holy croſſe † through the interceſſion of the alwaies bleſſed and glorious virgine Mary, and by the merites of the holy Apoſtles Peter and Paule, and of Saint Michael the archāgell, & of the moſt holy Saint Iulian, and of all the holy men & women, the God almighty hauehave mercy vpō you and forgiue you all your ſinnes: and I do further beſeech the Lord Ieſus Chriſt the ſonne of God to bring you to euerlaſting life. Amē. I do alſo moreouer beſeech our good Father & Mercyful Lord to pardō & forgiue you al your ſinnes. Amē. And the grace of the holy Ghoſt the comforter, enlighten our mindes, heartes, & bodyes, and cleanſe vsus of all our ſinnes and iniquities. Amen.
Our aide is in the name of the Lord, who hath made both heauen & earth. Bleſſed be the name of the Lord our God, frō henceforth for euermore. Moſt holy mother of God pray for vsus: That we may be made worthy of the promiſes of Chriſt. Lord, heare my prayer, & let my crye come vntounto thee. The Lord be with you, And with thy ſpirite. Let vsus pray.
c Let the prieſt in bowing him ſelfe before the Aultar, ſay whiſperingly.
Lord take from vsus all our iniquities, that our ſpirites being purified, we may deſerue to enter into the holy of holy ones, through Chriſt Ieſus our Lord. Then ſtowping, let him ſecretly ſay,
We beſeech thee, ô Lorde, through the merites of the Saintes, whoſe reliques we here hauehave, & through the merites of the reſt of the Saintes, to forgiue me all my ſinnes. Amen.
And when he hath done all theſe thinges, let him lift vp him ſelfe, & laying his handes vpō the Aultar, kiſſe it, and if it be a ſolemne maſſe by reaſon of the double feaſt, let him take the cenſour out of the deacons hand,a Leo 3. & cenſe the aultar therwith, & giuing the deacon the cēſor againe, kiſſe the paten & ſay,
We f worſhip and bleſſe thee, ô Chriſt, becauſe that through thy holy croſſe thou haſt redemed the world. Thou ô Lord which haſt ſuffred for vsus hauehave mercy vponupon vsus. The prayer. We beſech thee, ô Lord, to looke vpō this thy familie, for ye which our Lord Ieſus Chriſt refuſed not to be betrayed into yt hands of the wicked, & abide the torment of the croſſe, Who liueth and reigneth with thee, &c.