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A11024	The ceremonies, solemnities, and prayers, vsed at the opening of the holy gates of foure churches, within the citie of Rome, in the yere of Iubile and also the great Iubile for this yeere of our Lord 1600. graunted by Pope Clement the eight, that now is; together with the bull of the said Pope Clement, made touching the Iubile, for all those that shall visite the great churches of S. Peter, S. Paul, S. Iohn de Latran, and S. Marie maior, in the citie of Rome, this present yeere of our Lord 1600. aforesaid.	Catholic Church.; Catholic Church. Pope (1592-1605 : Clement VIII). Annus Domini placabilis. English.	1600 (1600)	STC 21291; ESTC S110720	9,303	22

And being entred by the said gate into the church the Queristers sang the rest of the said Hymne vnto the end Our holy father being entered he ascended againe vnto his chaire wherein he was borne by the officers thereunto appointed to the high altar of the said church of S. Peter and there descending out of his chaire he praied before the altar which praier being ended he ascended into an other seate higher and more eleuated where for a time hauing rested himselfe he stood vp and began Euening praier rehearsing the Natiuity of our Lord Iesus Christ as the maner is Vpon the same day and at the like howre three of my Lordes the Cardinals went vnto the other three holy gates of the three churches of S. Paul S. Iohn de Latran S. Mary maior Which Cardinals at euery of the said churches vsing the same ceremonies and like praiers aforesaid opened the gates of the said three Churches Al the said gates of S. Peter S. Paul S. Iohn de Latran S. Mary maior remaine open from the same day vntill the end of the same yeere and so continew euery yeere of Iubile to the end that al faithful Christians may therein continually obtaine pardon and full remission of their sinnes to the praise and glory of God and all his holy Church Amen The Bull of our holy Father by the grace of God Clement the eight made touching the Iubile for all those that shall visit the great Churches of S. Peter S. Paul S. Iohn de Latran and Saint Mary Maior in the Citie of Rome in the yeere of our Lord 1600. CLement Bishop and seruant of the seruants of God to all faithfull Christians to whome these letters shall come greeting and spirituall Apostolicall benediction Dearely beloued children in Iesus Christ at this present by the grace of God approcheth the placable yeere of our Lorde the yeere of remission and pardon now commeth the acceptable time and the daies of eternall saluation beginne to approch for the redemption of mens sinne● and saluation of their soules Behold not farre hence the yeere of Iubile so much pleasing and wished for by all Christians which is the 1600. yeere from the most blessed child-bearing of the holy mother of God Marie the Virgin the which wee meane to celebrate according to the auncient custome with ioy and assembly of the faithfull in this our noble City of Rome and with so much the more ioy because the sayd yeere formally and with efficacie representeth the first originall of the same for as it is well known by old traditions and monuments of our auncestors agreeing and conformable to the most auncient institutions of the Church of Rome as the yeeres and times passe and come to an ende that is that euerie hundreth yeere from the birth of our Lord and Sauior Iesus Christ there were most large indulgences pronounced vnto all such as deuoutly shall visite the most holy and sacred Churches of the most blessed Apostles certainly this most ancient institution of celebrating the 100. yeere within the citie of Rome extracted not from a vaine superstition of the Gentiles but proceeding from a pure zeale deuotion with a great concurrence and assembly of the Christians hath bene confirmed by Pope Boniface the 8. of happy memory by his Apostolicall decree not onely for an assurance to all those of our age but also a perpetuall memory in time to come And although other Popes our predecessors such as succeeded him restrayned the time of celebrating the Iubile to a shorter number of yeeres because of the breuity of mans life yet this custome of the celebration of the 100. yeere is by good right of more auctority in regard of the auncient tradition and ordinance thereof And in truth it seemeth to be wrought by the secrete counsel of GOD that in the last yeere of euery age which commonly in these daies is accounted the longest time of mans life all Christians ingenerall should euen in the very fortresse and house of Christian religion reiterate so great a benefit which is that Iesus Christ the brightnesse of the iustice of God by whom all mankind hath receyued saluation was borne of a virgin and also that all Christians should likewise repaire vnto the seat of the holy Apostle S. Peter and to the stone and foundation of the faith as children to their Parents and sheep to their soueraine pastor And further herein we may euidently behold the persit vnity of a troup of sheep and their pastour and that the brightnes of one vniuersal faith doth shine and giue light into all places which faith hath neuer changed nor bin altered by any ende or alterations of times but still by an inuiolable confession hath continued whole and intire among the faithfull without any corruption and also that the world might know that the members are more straightly bounde and vnited vnto their visible head by the gluing and bandes of faith and charitie and that in the ende the same Spirit by the which the onely Catholike Church and her body is miraculously conioyned and vnited togither may be euidently manifested then when as in the said Church of Rome the mother of vnitie is celebrated as if all the Christians were assembled with all deuotion and solemne ceremonies of a whole yeere vpon certaine dayes appoynted which by good right is called the holy yeere Now this holy yeere a yeere agreeable to the Lord and such a yeere as appeaseth his wrath a yeere wherein men may doe penance and be perfectly cōuerted from the bottome of their hearts vnto the Lord the father of mercie was first denounced vnto the world by Iesus Christ the sonne of GOD the true author both of our liues and saluations whom the Father hath anoynted with the holy Ghost and hauing powred vpon him all fulnesse of grace sent him to preach vnto the poore to ayde the humble to ease the heauie hearted to preach indulgence and remission vnto those that were captiue deliuerance vnto prisoners and to open the way vnto the blinde We likewise who although abiects and vnworthy by diuine disposition doe exercise the place of Vicars to Iesus Christ vpon earth sitting in the highest sentinell of the Apostolicall watch-tower to announce declare and preach the same yere of Iubile of true repentaunce and spirituall comfort vnto all you that are faythfull Christians in Iesus Christ And for that the charitie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ for whom wee exercise the charge and embassage vnto all Nations doth entice vs the zeale of the saluation of mens soules touching our hearts we exhort and desire euery man in generall by the vertue of the bloud which Christ hath shed and by his holy comming as also by the name of the day wherein he shall sit as a terrible Iudge that euerie one of you especially in this time of Iubile withdrawe himselfe from his euill wayes and returne vnto the Lorde with a pure and sincere heart a good

to their father the sheep to their soueraigne pastor the mēbers to their head the faithful to the stone and foundation of the faith wherein al the edificy building of the Christian church is erected bring the people to the holy Church of Rome and to the glorious Princes of the earth S. Peter S. Paul which taught the law of God throughout all the world as also the faith whose dignity and authority is as yet extant and in force in their vnworthy successor Call therfore the assembly vnto these sacred Indulgences that they may receiue the salutary fruits thereof in this Citie of Rome assemble the people sanctifie the Church instruct the sheep committed to your charge because we are but strangers and pilgrims here in this life hauing no permanent place but seeke for that which is to come And because the dayes of this our troublesome and miserable pilgrimage are but short and for that we know not when the master of the family our espouse Iesus Christ will come warne them that for this cause they will be watchfull beare in their hands burning lampes filled with the oyle of loue and charity and that they make hast to enter into this rest for if euer they had cause it is now that for the loue of Iesus Christ they should abandon and leaue off al wrath riots debates contentions and inueterated enmities it is now time that the seruants ought to haue pity vpon their conseruators to the end that our most mercifull God may freely forgiue them all their sinnes it is at this time that we must specially purge and clense our selues of all the impurities of the flesh to the end that the Temple of God may be pure and cleane and that euery man may haue his earthly vessell laden with honour and sanctification so God may dwell within their bodies To conclude we must wholy exterminate and abandon all theftes robberies homicides adulteries and all other sinnes to the end that the wrath of God may be appeased and that those that attribute vnto themselues the name of Christians may by him be accounted and holden for true Christians imitators of Iesus Christ and folowers of good workes Teach them then how they ought with a contrite heart and humble spirit to prepare themselues by continuall praiers fastings and other workes of mercy to merite and obtaine these salutary indulgences and that those that are indued with the riches of this world should open their hearts and by that meanes relieuing the necessity of their poore brethren and that before all other things they extend their mercifull charity vnto such pilgrims as shall trauell to Rome renewing with spirituall ioy the holy hospitality agreeable and pleasing vnto God which by the most auncient Christians in times past euen in the middle of all stormes tempests and persecutions hath with great diligence bene obserued kept aduertise them also that they pray for all kings and Christian princes that we may liue in peace and tranquillity and that peace may perpetually be kept and obserued To cōclude teach them with what modesty with what deuotiō with what brotherly loue they are to make thēselues knowne when as they shall once haue enterprised the holy viage to the end that in all places they may yeeld the sweet sauour of Iesus Christ Shew your selues also my reuerēd brethren and all the Clergie to be the example of all good works and the formality of the troupe to the end that all others may be conserued as it were by the salt of your vertues religion and abhorre all filthines of sinne that in the end all we with full consent and agreement in one spirit of Christian charity with all holines and righteousnes may serue God We also exhort and desire in the name of God our most deare sonnes in Iesus Christ the Emperour kings all Catholike Princes that seeing they haue receiued diuers and most great benefits of him by whom all Kings do raigne with so much the more ardency as reason requireth they should be stirred vp with a great and good zeale to procure the glory of God and before al things that they comfort and ayd the carefull vigilancy of our brethren the Bishops and other superiour Prelates charging their Magistrates and Officers to further assist them to the end that the vnbridled liberty of the wicked may be restrained and the intentions of honest men by their royall ayd and fauour relieued sustained and specially that they vse their beneuolence and charity towards pilgrimes giuing order that they may safely passe along the way and by no meanes be impeached by the wicked and peruerse generation that being louingly receiued into the publike hospitals and by that meanes comforted and relieued with all things necessary for their viages they may ioyfully without interruption pursue and end their iourney taken in hand so returne into their owne countreis for by these offerings kings and Princes shall please God to the end they may liue long and in all happines vpon the earth and that at the last they may be receyued into the eternall tabernacles by the same poore and miserable people to whome they shall haue exercised their charities which are those in whose bodies Iesus Christ is nourished and fedde And to the ende that this our present Bull may with more ease fall into the hands of all the faithful wheresoeuer they be our pleasure is that to the copies hereof being imprinted signed with the hand of a publike notary and sealed with the seale of some man of Ecclesiasticall authoritie the like credite shall be giuen as vnto these being the originall Let no man therefore be so foolish-hardy to infringe or gaine-say this our Bull of Indiction promulgation confession impartition exhortation prayer and will and if any man be so bolde to attempt it let him knowe that hee shall incurre the indignation of God and of his most blessed Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul Giuen at Rome in the Church of Saint Peter in the yeere of the incarnation of our Lord Iesus Christ 1599. the nineteenth of May and in the eight yeere of our Pontificate Signed B. Dat. Marcellus Vestrius Barbianus Registred by Marcellus the Secretarie A. de Alexis