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A39076 An exposition of the holy ornaments and ceremonies which the Church uses at Mass Collected from several authors. And now publish'd for the common good of all Catholicks, and others. 1686 (1686) Wing E3888CA; Wing M1947C; ESTC R219775 13,409 54

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE Holy Ornaments AND Ceremonies WHICH THE CHURCH USES AT MASS Collected from several Authors And now publish'd for the common good of all Catholicks and others London Printed for N. T. 1686. HEre followeth a brief Signification of the Priestly Ornaments us'd at Mass as also a short Declaration of the Ceremonies and Holy Mysteries of that Divine Sacrifice for Comfort and Instruction of the Church thereby to renew in our minds a grateful memory of those several dolorous passages of the bitter Passion of our Divine Redeemer who did suffer so much in satisfaction of his Eternal Father's Justice for our Sins Of the Holy ORNAMENTS AND CEREMONIES Which the Church useth at MASS Of the Holy Altar and what it signifies TO begin with the holy Altar where the Victim for the Sacrifice of Redemption of all the World is offer'd It signifies Mount Calvary whereon Jesus Christ the only Son of God and second Person of the holy Trinity our only Saviour was Crucified upon a reproachful Cross Which very word of Altar we also find to have relation unto Sacrifice which must necessarily be offer'd to God in that Church where his true Faith is profess'd And therefore this name of Altar is mention'd by S. Paul Heb. 13.10 We have an Altar whereof they have not power to eat who serve the Tabernacle And 1 Cor. 9.13 and S. Mar. 5.24 All which is a warrant abundantly sufficient for us to use this Name of Altar Which also represents the Table whereon our Redeemer did Celebrate his Last Supper with his Disciples the night before his bitter Death and Passion Of the Altar-Cloaths THe Linnen for the Altar or the Altar-cloaths are to be very pure and white they representing the purity of our blessed Saviour's Humanity free from all stain of Sin or disorder'd Passion That Linnen is also to be bless'd to signifie the great Sanctity of the Life of Jesus Christ which we must endeavour the best we can to imitate Of the lighted Candles on the Altar THe lighted Candles upon he Altar admonish us according to S. Luke to be ready in imitation of the wise Virgins with the Oyl of Good works in our Lamps of True Faith and to expect at the pronouncing these sacred and operative words of Consecration the real and true substantial presence of that our Divine and Heavenly Spouse Mat. 5.16 who requires the light of our Good Works so to shine before Men as thereby they may be moved to glorifie the Father who is in Heaven The two Candles signifie the two Testaments of holy Scripture the Old and New They also signifie the light of Faith revealed to the Jew and Gentile And they advertise us of the great splendour both of Faith of Good Life and Works requir'd in the Celebrating of so high and dreadful a Mystery Of the Cross and Crucifix THe Cross or Crucifix is the principal Ornament upon the Altar which ought never to be wanting at the Celebration of the Mass It betokens our Blessed Redeemer's Victory over Death and is placed at the midst of the Altar most in view to represent to our mind the Death and Passion of Jesus Christ which is there chiefly to be confider'd and piously meditated in that holy Sacrifice Of the Chalice THe Chalice doth represent the Cup wherein our B. Saviour did Consecrate his most precious Blood Mat. 26. And it puts us in mind of his Sacred Passion our B. Saviour himself so calling it The Chalice of his Passion Of the Patten THe Patten serves for the use of the Consecrated Body of our Lord as the Chalice doth for his most precious Blood And as it covers the top of the Chalice it represents the stone which was roll'd against the door of the holy Sepulchre Mark 15. Of the Corporal THe white Linnen Corporal upon which is Consecrated the most precious Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ doth represent to us that white and pure Syndon wherein Joseph of Arimathea involved his most sacred Corps before it was bury'd The clean and bright purity whereof doth aptly admonish all such as by the holy Communion receive and harbour within their Breasts this sacred and most precious Body of Jesus Christ to be chaste and clean both of Body and Soul and endu'd with true purity of intention Of the Vail THe Vail doth cover both Patten and Chalice all round about and it represents to us the Handkerchief wherewith our Saviours most Divine Head was covered when he was laid in the Sepulchre whereof mention is made John 20. S. Peter having discover'd it in the Sepulchre And he there beheld the Linnen lying apart and the Handkerchief which had been wrapp'd about his head Of the several colours which the Church useth for Ornament and the meaning of them THe Prophet Ezekiel in his 6th chap. speaking of the splendour of the Church seems to place a great part of her glory in the various colours of her beautiful Robes Which variety of mystical colours simbolizing with the several virtues of the glorious Saints doth greatly adorn and beautify this holy Spouse and is to us a motive and great encouragement to imitate those holy virtues which by these various colours used in the Church are so fitly propos'd to our view Nor was it without great reason that God in the old Law appointed those four different colours for the Priests and Churches Ornaments which were the colour bissmus that is a yellow colour like to that of raw Silk The second was purpureus the Purple colour The third was byacinthinus that is a violet red blew or violet purple The fourth was coccineus that is a Scarlet or Crimson colour And as these different colours had their several mystical meaning for the Peoples instruction so I doubt not but the impartial Reader will confess no less to be contain'd in the meaning of these colours which the Church inspired by the Holy Ghost hath appointed to be us'd in the Law of Grace for the Ornament of Christ's Holy Church and for the Priests Vestments belonging to the same as by this brief Declaration it will appear What the White Colour used by the Church means THe white colour is used upon the Feasts of Angels Confessors and Virgins To represent to us the imitation of their holy Chastity and Saintly Purity As also upon the solemn Feasts of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour upon the Resurrection Ascension Corpus Christi and other the chiefest Feasts of the greated Mysteries of our Faith which are to be celebrated in the white colour of symbolizing Joy as testifie our Saviours glorious spendor at his Transfiguration the two Angels in white who denounced his Resurrection and the joyful white of his Saints in Heaven Apoc. 3.4 and Apoc. cap. 4. vers 4. What is signified by the Red Colour REd is the scarlet dye of our Blessed Saviour's Passion and is the proper colour for the Churches Ornaments upon the Feasts of the holy Cross