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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.
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Mind to the Mystery assigned while the Decad is saying and raising correspondent Affection in the Will such as the Devotion and necessity of each one shall suggest For example in the first part of Joy and Thanksgiving for the coming of our Redeemer and the great work of our Redemption In the second of Compassion for the suffering of our Lord and Contrition for our sins which were the cause of them In the third of Exaltation of the Glory of our Saviour and his B. Mother and hope through the Merits of his Passion and her Intercession to be made partakers of Glory with them He that shall say the Rosary with this attention of Mind and affection of Will shall undoubtedly give much Glory to God and reap much benefit to his own Soul which was the Intention of Pope PIUS the Fifth a most pious Son of St. Dominick in ordering and is the endeavour at present of one of the meanest among the Sons of so glorious a Father in publishing the Meditations and Prayers as they are set down in the following Method The Joyful Mysteries assigned for Mundays and Thursdays through the Year and Sundays in Advent and after Epiphany till Lent The First Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate on this Mystery how the Angel Gabriel saluted our Blessed Lady with the Title of Full of grace and declared unto her the Incarnation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Then say Our Father c. once Hail Mary Ten times OVR Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen HAil Mary full of Grace our Lord is with thee Blessed art thou amongst Women and blessed is the Fruit of thy Womb Jesus Holy Mary Mother of God pray for Us Sinners now and in the hour of our Death Amen The Prayer O Holy Mary Queen of Virgins by the most High Mystery of the Incarnation of thy beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ by which our Salvation was so happily begun obtain for us by thy Intercession light to know this so great Benefit which he hath bestowed upon us vouchsafing in it to make himself our Brother and thee his own most beloved Mother our Mother also Amen The Second Mystery The Meditation LEt us Contemplate on this Mystery how the Blessed Virgin Mary understanding from the Angel that her Cousin St. Elizabeth had conceived went with hast into the Mountains of Judea to visit her and remained with her three Months The Prayer O Holy Virgin most spotless Mirrour of Humility by that exceeding Charity which moved thee to visit thy Holy Cousin St. Elizabeth obtain for us by thy Intercession that our hearts may be so visited by thy most Holy Son that free from all sin we may praise him and give him thanks for ever Amen The Third Mystery The Meditation LEt us Contemplate on this Mystery how the Blessed Virgin Mary when the time of her Delivery was come brought forth our Redeemer Christ Jesus at Midnight and laid him in a Manger because there was no room for him in the Innes in Bethlehem The Prayer O Most pure Mother of God by thy Virginal and most joyful Delivery by which thou gavest unto the World thy only Son our Saviour we beseech thee obtain for us by thy Intercession Grace to lead so pure and Holy a Life in this World that we may worthily sing without ceasing both Day and Night the Mercies of thy Son and his Benefits to us by thee Amen The Fourth Mystery The Meditation LET us Contemplate in this Mystery how the most Blessed Virgin Mary on the day of her Purification presented the Child Jesus in the Temple where Holy Simeon giving thanks to God with great Devotion received him into his arms The Prayer O Holy Virgin most admirable Mistress and Pattern of Obedience who didst present in the Temple the Lord of the Temple obtain for us by thy beloved Son that with holy Simeon and devout Anna we may praise and glorisie him for ever Amen The Fifth Mystery The Meditation LET Us Contemplate in this Mystery how the Blessed Virgin Mary having lost without any fault of hers her beloved Son in Jerusalem she sought him for the space of three days and at length found him the third day in the Temple in the midst of the Doctors disputing with them being of the age of twelve years The Prayer MOst blessed Virgin more than Martyr in thy suffering and yet the comfort of such as are afflicted by that unspeakable Joy wherewith thy Soul was ravished in finding thy beloved Son in the Temple in the midst of the Doctors disputing with them obtain of him for us so to seek him and to find him in the Holy Catholick Church that we may never be separated from him Amen Salve Regina HAil Holy Queen Mother of Mercy our Life our Sweetness and our Hope to Thee do we cry poor banished Sons of Eve to Thee do we send up our sighs mourning and weeping in this Valley of Tears turn then most gracious Advocate thy Eyes of Mercy towards Us and after this our Exile ended shew unto Us the blessed Fruit of thy Womb Jesus O most clement most pious and most sweet Virgin Mary Vers Pray for Vs Holy Mother of God â„Ÿ That we may be made worthy of the Promises of Christ Let us pray HEar O merciful God the prayer of thy Servants that we who meet together in the Society of the most Holy Rosary of the B. Virgin Mother of God by her Intercession may by Thee be deliver'd from the dangers that continually hang over us Amen The Dolorous or sorrowful Mysteries for Tuesdays and Fridays through the Year and the Sundays in Lent The First Mystery The Meditation LET us Contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus was so afflicted for Us in the Garden of Gethsemani that his Body was bathed in a Bloody Sweat which ran trickling down in great drops unto the ground Our Father Hail Mary as before The Prayer MOst Holy Virgin more than Martyr by that ardent Prayer which thy beloved Son poured forth unto his Father in the Garden vonchsafe to intercede for us that our passions reduced to the obedience of Reason we may always and in all things conform and subject our selves to the Will of God Amen The Second Mystery The Meditation LEt us Contemplate on this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ was most cruelly scourged in Pilate's House the number of the Stripes they gave him being above five thousand As it was revealed by St. Briget The Prayer O Mother of God over-flowing Fountain of Patience by those stripes thy only and most beloved Son vouchsafed to suffer for us obtain of him for us Grace that we may know how to mortifie our rebellious senses
of the Apostles and blessed Martyrs to shew that their glorious passage from this valley of misery to Eternal Joy was through the Red Sea of many Tribulations and that their Glory was purchas'd with the price of their own dear blood They dyed their Robes in the blood of the Lamb. Apoc. 7. What is signified by the Green Colour THe Green colour is used in the Church from the Octave of the Epiphanie till Septuagesima and from the Octave of Pentecost till Advent exclusively containing the greatest part of the whole year and is to be industriously imploy'd for our purchasing Heaven which is to be got by vigorous force well represented by this colour the Hieroglifick of Youth and consequently betokening this couragious and vigorous strength in virtuous Exercises whereby that Coelestial City is to be conquered What the Violet Colour means THe Violet colour is a kind of blew and resembles the colour of the Sky of Heaven which we must know to be fast shut against all sinners who by their true repentance shall not amend And therefore this colour is us'd in the Church all Lent and Advent the proper times allotted for the practise of the worthy fruits of holy Penance and satisfaction for our sins the only unhappy Bar of the Gate of Heaven against our Souls What the Black Colour means BLack is the Mourning Standard of the Church display'd upon her Altars and other Ornaments in the mournful times wherein we celebrate the Death and Passion of our Loving Lord and Divine Redeemer Jesus Christ It is used also at the Office of the Dead thereby to testify as well a civil respect from Nature for the present separation from our Friends as to stir also up and move in us thereby a true compassion of their Souls temporal great pain in Purgatory for whose speedy relief we ought most heartily to pray Having briefly here spoke of the quality and colours of the chief Ornaments belonging to the Altar I will with like brevity treat also about the Vestments and Attire belonging to the Priest for Celebration of the holy Sacrifice of the Mass that high Function and supremest Divine Homage which can be done to God by any Creature And therefore those Ornaments if not very rich at least ought to be comely and very deceat as well in regard of that great Reverence which is most due to those Sacred Mysteries as also that those Divine actions should be had in greater veneration and thereby more movingly represent to us Christs bitter Death and Passon as I shall hereby declare by the meaning of those several Ornaments observing first the great Antiquity and use of those Holy Ornaments which well appears in England by that of S. Gregory the Great who above a thousand years ago did send into our Countrey Vessels for the Altar Relicks Books and Ornaments for the Priests and Clerks as both S. Bede and most Hystorians do declare The meaning of the Sacred Ornaments which the Priest doth wear in Celebrating the Holy Mass What the Amice or first Ornament the Priest puts on when he goes to celebrate doth mean THe AMICE which the Priest puts over his head doth signifie the Humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ under which lay hid and cover'd his most Sacred Divinity 2. It signifies the Linnen Napkin wherewith this our merciful Redeemer was blind-folded and after struck upon the Face by those sacriligeous Jews then saying to him Prophesy to us Christ who is he that struck thee Mat. 26. By which outragious injury suffer'd for our sakes he purchas'd Grace enabling us to behold him face to face in Eternal Glory In putting it on he saith put on O Lord the Helmet of Salvation upon my head that I may overcome all diabolical temptations Amen Of the ALBE THe Albe or long white Garment doth signifie the Robe of Innocency given us in the Sacrament of Baptism It represents also the white Garment which Herod put upon our Saviour reputing him as an Ideot when Luke 22. with mockery and derision he sent him back to Pilate The Priest putting it on saith Make me white O Lord and cleanse my heart that being whit'ned in the Blood of the Lamb I may enjoy Eternal Gladness Amen Of the Girdle THe Girdle which the Priest puts about him doth signify the Cord wherewith our Saviour was bound to the Pillar when the cruel Souldiers scourch'd him The two ends of the Girdle turn'd up the one on the right side and the other on the left do signifie the two means to conserve our Chastity which are Fasting and Prayer whereby we subdue the Flesh and strengthen the Spirit The Priest when he putteth the Girdle about him saith Gird me O Lord with the Girdle of Puâ—iâ—y and quench in my Loyns the humour of Lust that there may remain in me the virtue of Continency and Chastity Amen Of the Maniple THe Maniple represents to us the Cords which bound our Saviour's hands and arms when he was dragg'd from place to place and from one Judge to on other It is put on the left Arm which is nearest to the heart to declare with what love and affection he endur'd all these outragious injuries to expiate our sins When the Priest putteth the Maniple upon his Arm he saith Vouchsafe me O Lord so to bear the Maniple of weeping and sorrow that I may receive the reward of my labour with Exultation Amen Which Prayer also alludes to the antient devouter times which us'd this Maniple as a Linnen cloath or Handkerchief to wipe their tears which their fervent Piety made often to run in abundance from their eyes Of the Stole THe Stole which the Priest putteth about his Neck doth signifie the Yoak of Obedience even unto death upon the Cross whereunto our Lord Jesus submitted himself for our Redemption The Priest kisseth the Cross which is upon the middle of it when he putteth it on to shew his chearful willingness to bear the sweet Yoak of Christ's Cross with all patience in tribulation He puts the two ends overthwart his Breast in form of a Cross representing saith S. Bonaventure the Passion of Jesus Christ which the Priest ought to have most seriously fixed in his heart The Stole also doth properly signifie that long Rope about our Saviours Neck whereby those Barbarous Executioners dragg'd him charg'd with the heavy Cross upon his Neck and Bloody Shoulders The two Crosses at the ends of the Stole hanging on either side of the Priest do signifie the Crosses whereon the Two Theeves were Crucified by him one on the right hand and the other on the left and the Cross in the middle represents that whereon himself was Crucified in the middle betwixt them both The Priest in putting on the Stole saith Render me O Lord the Stole of immortality which I have lost by the prevarication of my first Parents that though I approach unworthily to thy holy Mysteries yet may I desire joys everlasting Amen Of the