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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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Vestment THe Vestment represents that Purple Garment wherewith the Jews did cloath our Lord and Saviour after that his most tender Body was all in gory Blood with those cruel stripes and in scornful mockery expos'd him to the Peoples view with a Reed in his hand and a Crown of Thorns on his Head saying John 19. Ecce Homo Behold the Man This Vestment consists of two parts which signifie the two-fold Charity the one towards God which is the larger the other towards our Neighbour Deut. 6. we being commanded to love God above all things and our Neighbour as our selves The great Cross upon the back of the Vestment is to put us in mind of our Divine Redeemer as he went forth of Jerusalem carrying his heavy Cross upon his wounded Shoulders Finally the Priest when he puts on the Vestment saith Lord who assurest us that thy Yoke is sweet and thy Burthen light vouchsafe that I may so wear it that thereby I may obtain thy boly Grace Amen What the Priest thus attired doth represent to us THe Priest coming forth to the Sacrifice thus attir'd with these holy Ornaments doth represent our blessed Saviour led forth thro the streets of Jerusalem to his bitter Death and Passion And by the Altar is signified Mount Calvary upon which he was Crucified for our Redemption And it is worthy to be here noted that who mock and scorn both at these holy Ornaments as likewise at the Priest for wearing them do rightly resemble the spiteful Jews who most blasphemously mock'd and scorn'd our Saviour Jesus Christ himself in the Purple Robe and Thorny Crown which they had put upon him for that end What is represented by the Clerk carrying the Book before the Priest THe Clark carrying the Book before the Priest doth represent the Angel Gabriel who brought the good tidings of our Saviour becoming incarnate for our Salvation which is a high Office and ought to be used by the Clark with all devout Piety and Reverence And would Christians but consider the ●onour and infinite great spiritual gains which are to be got by those who have the happiness to serve their Sovereign Lord with due Re●erence and Devotion in that near approaching Office they would not permit nor make it as they do their Lackeys imployment nor would they suffer their Servant to deprive them of that honour whereof the greatest Mortal Prince is far unworthy Wherefore the Missal is laid first on the right side of the Altar THe Clark carrieth the Book to the right end of the Altar where he layeth it down shut to be opened afterwards by the Priest himself Hereby to signifie to us how the holy Gospel was first manifest to the Jews as is testified Acts 13. To you it behoved us first to to speak the Word of God Wherefore the Book is shut when it is laid upon the Altar THe Book is shut to shew that all things were closed under dark shadows and figures until the coming of Jesus Christ who revealed the Mys●eries of our holy Faith to the Apostles And so ought the Priest to Preach to Teach and to lay open the Word of God and the holy Scripture to the People as his there laying open the Book doth signifie THe Priest in this sort adorned and accompanied with the Clark to assist him having placed the Chalice upon the Altar and opened the Book descends to the lowest step where in imitation of the humble Publican he profoundly boweth himself to the Crucifix saying Luke 18. at least in his heart God be merciful to me a Sinner And then with all fervent Devotion and true Reverence he beginneth the most holy Sacrifice of the Mass in which ●esus Christ true God and Man ●s really offered the memory of his Death and Passion is renew'd his Sacred Merits are thereby apply'd in remission of our Sins our Souls are replenished with many heavenly Benedictions and therein is given unto us the happy pledge of Future and Eternal Glory And the faithful Christian assisting devoutly at this Holy Sacrifice doth offer together with the Priest the self-same Victim in expiation for his Sins which was offered upon the Cross for the Redemption of all the World it being the self-same Price and Satisfaction of Application upon the Altar as it was of Redemption upon the Cross And it is that clean and pure Sacrifice foretold and promis'd also b the Prophet Malacky to be continually Mal. c. 1. and in all places offered in his Name All which seriously considered Oh! with what Affection Reverence Purity and Devotion ought we to assist at this Divine Sacrifice so venerable unto Angels as may greatly confound our Impiety and little true respect we bear to those dreadful Mysteries at which Oh! how usually do careless Christians to their great reproach assist with less respect and Reverence than they durst appear in a Princes Chamber ADVERTISEMENTS The Succession of the Church and Sacraments from Christ and his Apostles to the end of the World cleared and stated according to the Antient Doctrine of the Greek and Latine Fathers Price 6 d. A short Catechism by way of Question and Answer The Answers of which are taken from express words of Scripture With some plain Inferences arising from the said Texts concerning Succession and the Blessed Sacrament A brief Discourse of Confession to a Lawful Priest Wherein is treated of the Last Judgement Price bound 1 s. THE METHOD Of saying the ROSARY Of Our BLESSED LADY As it was Ordered by Pope ●IUS the Fifth of the Holy Order of Preachers And as it is said in Her Majesties Chappel at St. JAMES's The Sixteenth Edition MRA At London In the Year 1686. An ADVERTISEMENT Concerning the following Method of saying the ROSARY THE Devotion of the Rosary so called because it is as it were a Chaplet of Spiritual Roses that is of most sweet and devout Prayers was first revealed by the B. Virgin to St. Dominick the Father and Founder of the Holy Order of Preachers as a Devotion most efficacious for the obtaining all favours from God and averting all evils from our selves It consists of Fifteen Pater Noster's and a Hundred and fifty Ave Mary's and is divided into three Parts whereof each contains in it Five Decads that is Five Pater Noster's and Fifty Ave Mary's To each of these Decads in the following Method is assigned one of the principal Mysteries of the Life of our Saviour or his B. Mother as matter of Meditation wherein the Mind is to exercise it self while it prays and therefore is prefixed before the beginning of each Decad The Mysteries also in number Fifteen are divided into three Parts answerable to the three Parts of the Rosary that is into Five joyful Mysteries for the first part of the Rosary Five Sorrowful for the Second and five Glorious for the Third Now the use of the following Method or manner of saying the Rosary consisteth in a devout Application or Attention of the