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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63356	A true and exact account of all the ceremonies observed by the Church of Rome at the opening, during the progress, and at the conclusion of the next approaching Jubilee in the year 1700 / taken and translated into English from the Latin original.	Catholic Church.	1699 (1699)	Wing T2428; ESTC R25679	8,804	1

first year of his Pontificate in which he declares that the Jubilee had actually commenced with the next preceding Feast of the Nativity of our Saviour But having entertained you sufficiently with the Holy Gates and the Ceremonies belonging to them we must also take a short view of those Transactions which are performed in the City of Rome to obtain the happy end of the Jubilee As those who hope to reap the fruits of a plenary Indulgence must qualify themselves for it by many acts of Charity a true penitence and other Good Works so I must needs tire the Readers Patience if I should pretend to give an exact account of those who flock from all Parts to Rome to make their Confessions and appear before the highest Tribunal of Penitence It will suffice to say that both day and night all the Churches of that great City are filled up with Innumerable Multitude of People who offer up their Prayers in the presence of God Almighty I may say it without Vanity that there is no Street no not as much as a By-Lane in this vast City which being formerly the Capital Empire of the World is now the Capital of Gods Kingdom upon Earth where you may not see most evident Marks of an unfeigned Piety Here you meet those who make it their whole business to give Alms to the Poor with so much Profession that you cannot imagine otherwise but that they are giving away all they have the better to follow Christ Others you may observe to bestow most of their time and substance in giving a good reception to those Pilgrims who come from all the Corners of Christendom to partake of the happy Effects of the Jubilee You will meet as well in the Streets as in the Churches vast numbers of both Sexes who touched with remorse for their past Crimes appear in miserable Dress and a most abjected Posture Some are clad in long course Gowns others covered only with Sack-Cloth some cover their Hands and Faces with Ashes others knock their Breasts with their Fists Many there are who tear the Flesh all over their Bodies by the violence of the Discipline and to be short there is scarce any kind of Mortification invented to give Satisfaction to and appease Gods Anger which you see not put in Practice at that time Neither must you Imagine that those Exercises are performed by private Persons only No you will see whole Fraternities and Congregations composed of a considerable Number who all animated by the same Spirit strive to excite one another to the Performance of them by their mutual Examples Thus you may behold entire Chapters and Colleges of Canons and other Societies enter in procession the City of Rome nay whose Parishes with their Curates at the Head of them who leave their Habitations to pay their Adoration to the Lord and His Son Jesus Christ in that Church where as it may be said God has erected his Tabernacle and honoured it with his particular protection and which claims a prerogative before others by the death of the Chief of the Apostles and his Fellow Sufferer With this kind of People you see all the Streets and other publick Places of this vast City crowded going in Procession from one Church to the other some singing others fighting and shedding Tears For whilst some are busie in singing the Litanies and Psalms appointed for that purpose others offer their Prayers with their Eyes fastned to the Ground and when they Approach the Churches especially that of St. Peter you may see many of them crawling upon the Ground to the foot of the Altar where they continue for a considerable time in saying their Prayers These and such like Devotions are practised at Rome throughout the course of the whole Jubilee when a few days before Christmas-Eve the last day of the Holy Year Proclamation is made that upon the next Eve of the Nativity of Christ His Holiness intends to shut up the Holy Gate of the Church of the Vatican which day being come a Procession is made from the Apostolick Pallace to St. Peter's Church in the same manner as has been mentioned before and after some time spent in Prayers before the Holy Sacrament the Vespers are Sung and three Cardinals deputed to shut up the Holy Gates of the three other Churches No sooner have these three Prelates and their Company received the Benediction from His Holiness and are Marching in a most splendid Cavalcade to perform this Function but the Pope and Cardinals who assist at the Ceremony being Presented with lighted Wax Candles they March in good Order with the Cross before them towards the Holy Gate which is to be shut up the Pope being carried after them in a Chair under a Canopy and as they pass by their Chappel where the Holy Sacrament of the Altar is deposited he offers up his Thanks to God for the happy Conclusion of the Holy Year Which done the Holy Pontife begins the Anthem cum Jucunditate Whilst the Chorus is singing this Anthem or Psalm nisi Dominus edisicaverit domum the Procession moves from and towards the Holy Gate where after some Prayers the Pope standing under his Canopy turns his face to the Holy Gate without his Mitre and a Wax Candle in his Hand and thus imparts his Benediction to the Materials which are ready at hand to close up the Holy Gate in the following Words V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini V. Our help is in the Lord. R. Qui fecit calum terram R. Who has made Heaven and Earth V. Sit nomen Domini benedictum V. The name of the Lord be praised R. Ex hoc nunc usque in seculum R. Now and for ever V. Lapidem quem reprobaverunt artifices V. The stone which was refused by the artificers R. Hic factus est in caput anguli R. Is now become the Corner Stone V. Domine exaudi orationem meum V. O Lord hear my Prayer R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat R. And let my Cries reach thy Ear. V. Dominus vobiscum V. The Lord be with you R. Et cum spiritu tuo R. And with thy Spirit Let us Pray Great God who protects the highest that is in the middle and the lowest who Sanctifiest thy Creatures bless those thy Creatures the Stones the Mortar and Sand Thro' our Lord Jesus Christ Amen After which the High Pontife the Clergy and all the rest that assist at the Ceremony come out through the Holy Gate just before it is going to be closed up and the Holy Father besprinckles the Materials with Holy Water and some Incense and putting again his Mitre upon his Head with Linnen Cloth round his middle he gives thereby to understand that he professes himself to be the Servant of the true Servants of God and that after the Example of our Lord Jesus Christ he is not exalted to the Papal Dignity and put in St. Peter's Chair to be served but to serve others