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A68080	The interpretacyon, and sygnyfycacyon of the Masse Here begynneth a good deuoute boke to the honoure of god, of our lady his mother, [and] of all sayntes, and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones, to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here masse. And how salutaryly they shal confesse them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy sacrament or table of our sauyour Ihesu chryste, with dyuerse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned, composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde, frere mynoure, of the ordre of the Obseruauntes.	Gherit, van der Goude, fl. 1507.	1532 (1532)	STC 11549; ESTC S110806	95,539	244

saynt Gabryell most faythfull swete messenger of our helth O saynt Raphaell reuerende and amyable medycyne and phesycyen of god O thre soueraygne messengers of the holy trynyte I do call vnto you for helpe / with my good aungell / whiche hath me in kepynge / and all holy sayntes / whiche be afore god with incōparable ioye laudynge god and with one voyce sayeng Sanctus / Sanctus / Sanctus / that is to say holy lorde god of the heuenly company I praye you all togyther by the incomparable ardaunt loue / whiche abundauntly ye vse and enioye afore the face of god that ye wyll come to helpe me a poore synner and all my frendes and enemyes / in all maner of necessytie and at al tymes in all places to defende kepe and conserue vs And illumynate our hertꝭ with the same dyuyne dyleccyon loue / wherwith ye be illumynate And helpe vs in all temptacyons and trybulacyons / and strēgthen vs in all vertue and specyally socoure vs in extreme necessytie / and delyuer vs from the temptacyon and snare of our enemye / to the entent that throughe your helpe we maye at that tyme obteyne a holy and good lyfe / and may procede in all vertue / so boldly fyght / pacyently suffre / and well happely to dye / that after this lyfe we maye come to the euerlastynge lyfe / where with you and all sayntꝭ we maye laude and prayse oure creatoure euerlastyngly Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer to the Patryarches and Prophetes / on the Tuesdaye O Holy gloryous reuerende fathers / Adam / Abraham / Isaac / and Iacob / Moyses / Aaron / Iosue / Samuel / Dauid / Helye / and Helyzeus / Isaie Hieremye / and Danyell / with all other holy Prophetes and Patriarches / messengers of the perpetuall trueth of god oure lorde Ihesu chryste / which for our helth was borne of a vyrgyne and suffred deth / as ye holy patryarches haue fygured in the olde testament / and ye true prophetes haue prophecyed by the myght of the holy ghost / I pray you holy fathers that ye wyll praye for me a poore synner to our lorde Ihesu chryste / that he wyll illumynate my herte by the holy ghost / to the entent that alwayes I may haue afore myne iyes / those extreme thyngꝭ that be to come / as the iugement / deth / the paynes of hell / and the euerlastynge ioye of heuen And so by his grace specyally at the houre of deth I maye be founde redy therto and at the daye of iugement I maye onely trust in hym by his grace escape the payne of hell / and that I may be foūde amonges the nombre of those whiche from the Eest west shall come to rest in the skyrte or lappe of Abraham Isaac / and Iacob / in the euerlastynge lyfe the whiche graunt vs he that without ende lyueth reygneth ī the worlde of worldes Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer on the wednesdaye / to all the Apostelles / and to the Apostell that ye do honoure O Heuenly senatures and clere lyghtes iuges of the world holy Apostelles and Euāgelystes / saynt Peter / saynt Paule / saint Andrewe and saynt Iames / saynt Iohan / and saynt Phylyppe / saynt Iames / saynt Mathie / saynt Symon / and Iude Thadee / saynt Thomas / saynt Barthylmewe / saynt Mathewe / saynt Luke / saint Marke / saint Barnabe / with all other dyscyples of our lord Ihesu chryst And specyally saynt N. whom I serue and haue chosen to be myne aduocate and to pray for me I beseche you all humbly with my very herte / to praye to your mayster our lorde Ihesu chryste for me / that he do graūt me perfyte / ryght / and stedfaste fayth hope towardes hym / and true charyte and loue towardes god and al persones And as that he hath drawen you from this worlde to dyspyse it / so drawe me also from all carnall ioyes and worldly loue / and from all transytorye thynges And that he do graunt his dyuyne grace / to folowe his doctryne showed vnto vs by you to the entent that at the day of iugemēt I may appere and come afore the consystorye / as a good chylde of the holy churche / to lyue with you in euerlastynge lyfe Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer the Thursday to all Martyres / and to hym that ye do serue O Noble knyghtes of god and gloryous Martyres of oure lorde Ihesu chryste / saynt Stephen / saynt Laurence / saynt Xp̄ofore / saynt George / saynt Cornelys / saynt Adryan / saynt Sebastyan / saynt Lambert / with all other Martyres / whiche haue suffred deth for the name and loue of god / with whom ye do reygne and reioyse in heuen euerlastyngly / and specyally saynt N. whom I do serue and haue chosen to praye and speke for me I pray you all for the loue of hym whiche hath chosen you / and for the confessynge of whose name / ye haue receyued gloryous martyrdome / that ye praye for me a poore synner / that as he hath gyuen you strength and pacyence agaynst his enemyes in all the great and intollerable tourmentes that they dyde you / that he wyl graūt me also by his great mercy and your prayers / strength / myght / and pacyence in all temptacyons and persucyons of the enemye / of the worlde / and of my flesshe / that I maye vaynquysshe ouercome them and that he do graunt me to dyspyse all transytorye thynges / and to inclose in my herte / onely heuenly thynges O shynynge rubyes O reed roses heuenly baners / obteyne vs of the holy trynyte to folowe you stedfastly and feruently / in the holy catholyke fayth / to the entent that of the kynge of heuen Ihū chryste / we may be crowned with the crowne of spyrytuall martyres in the euerlastynge lyfe Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer the Frydaye to all Cōfessours and to hym whom ye do serue O Holy blyssed Confessours of oure lord / saynt Gregorye / saynt Ierom saynt Ambrose / saynt Augustyne / saynt Martyne / saynt Frauncys / saynt Alexe / saynt Bernarde / with all Confessours your dere heuenly company / whiche haue confessed / knowleged / and annunced god in erth and specyally saynt N. whom I serue and haue chosen to praye and speke for me / I praye you all / O heuenly trompettes by the whiche god hath ben herde / that as ye haue showed annūced in erth with the herte / with the mouth / and with the dedes that by your prayers I may obteyne to byleue with herte / to speke with the mouth / and with dedes to accomplysshe that that ye haue showed and taught / to the entent that by your holy doctryne and predycacyon I may receyue the blyssed name Ihesus with his grace / wherby I maye be saued O happy and noble louers and frendes of god and possessours of the euerlastynge lyfe / praye for me to almyghty god / that by your merytes he wyll graunt me to do penaunce for my synnes afore my deth / and to pardon and forgyue all that I haue mysdone in all my lyfe / agaynst hym and my neyghboure And do not dyspyse me poore synner for the multytude of my synnes but cōuerte me at al tymes to god / to the entent that he maye sende you to be present at my passyng of the bytter deth And delyuer my poore soule from the fere / drede / and payne of hell / and to brynge it in to euerlastynge ioye Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer on the Saturdaye to our blyssed lady to al Vyrgynes and to that Vyrgyne that ye specyally serue O Noble and honourable mother of god / I worshyppe praye to the this daye aboue all vyrgynes / for thou arte quene of al vyrgynes / whiche hath ben worthy aboue all women / to bere hym in thy vyrgynall wombe whom I vnworthy syn̄er coueyteth and desyreth to receyue in the holy sacrament / afore my deth Therfore I pray the most blissed lady with all holy vyrgynes chosen espouses of god / saynt Katheryne / saynt Babara / saynt Agnes / saynt Lucye / saynt Cycyle / saynt Agatha / saynt Dorothe / saynt Margarete / saynt Clare / saynt Gertrude saynt Vrsula / with all other vyrgynes and wydowꝭ / saynt Anne / saynt Elyzabeth specyally the chosen vyrgyne saynt N. whom specyally I do serue I praye you all togyther with a profounde herte / that ye wyll faythfully pray for me to your espouse and husbande / that he wyll take awaye from me all euyll and carnall concupyscences / all pryde and vanytie of the worlde And that he wyll graunt me true humylyte and pacyence in aduersytie / payne / tourment / helth and holynes in my soule / true contrycyon / perfyte confessyon / and penaunce for all my synnes / in all vertue a feruent begynnynge and a ferme and stedfast perseueraūce vnto my deth the which almyghty god / the father / the sone / and the holy ghost graunt me Amen ¶ Here endeth the ryght deuoute Boke / of the sygnyfycacyon of the Masse / to the honour of god of our lady his mother of all sayntes ¶ Imprynted by me Robert Wyer / dwellynge at the sygne of saynt Iohn̄ Euāgelyste / in saynt Martyns parysshe in the felde / in the Bysshop of Norwytche rentes / besyde Charynge crosse ¶ In the yere of our Lorde God a M. CCCCC.xxxii The .xiiii. daye of the moneth of Octobre ¶ Cum priuilegio Regali pro spatio septem annorum ROBERT WYER

be a longe season in the paynes of purgatorye / for it is red of a deuoute preest / whiche in one masse delyuered a hondreth soules / whiche were seen of another deuoute man / flyeng out of purgatorye as thycke as sparkes of fyre ¶ The .vii. Chapytre / howe a man shall saye the seuen masses FYrste the fyrste masse shal be sayd on the Mondaye in the honoure and gratytude / that our lorde Ihesu chryste was taken in the gardayne / prayenge that he wyll delyuer the poore and myserable soules out of the pryson of purgatorye ¶ Secondaryly / the Tuesdaye the masse shall be sayd in the honoure / that our lorde pyteously and cruelly was bounde to the pyller / prayenge hym that he wyll vnbynde the soules out of the bandes of dette and paynes ¶ Thyrdly / the wednesdaye masse shal be sayd in the honoure of the iniuste iugement and sentence that Pylate gaue of our lorde the innocent lambe / prayenge that he wyll delyuer the soule from the iust sentence that shall be gyuen vpon the soules ¶ Fourthly / the Thursday in the honoure of the incōparable paynes that god suffred hangyng on the crosse nayled with great nayles of yron / prayenge that he wyll delyuer the soule lyenge bounde in purgatorye ¶ Fyftly / the Frydaye the masse shall be sayd in the honoure of al the woundes that our lorde had in his blyssed body / whiche were .v. M.iiii C.lxv. prayenge our lorde that he wyl delyuer the soule from the woūdes of conscyence / wherwith it is maculate and spotted ¶ Syxtly / the Saterdaye in the honoure that our lorde was taken downe from the crosse buryed which neuertheles was kynge of heuen / prayenge that he wyll delyuer the soule out of the sepulchre of purgatorye ¶ Seuenthly / the .vii. masse shall be sayd in the honoure that god dyd ryse gloryously from deth the .iii. daye / prayeng hertely that by the same resurreccyon / he wyll graunt the soule to ryse from the payne of purgatorye / so that it maye raygne with hym / and to fyue euerlastyngly ¶ The .viii. Chapytre Yf euery catholyke persone be bounde to here masse the Sondaye EVery good catholyke ꝑson whiche is come to lawfull age / is boūde cōmaūded by the lawe / to here a hole masse on the Sondaye / that he do not departe out of the churche / vnto the laste benedyccyon be gyuen of the preest / excepte that he haue so great and lawfull necessyte / that he can not here masse The necessyties be declared by deuoute doctours in dyuerse maners ¶ Fyrste syckenes of the body / so that with out peryll he can not go out of his house ¶ Secondaryly / those whiche haue many yonge or sycke chyldren / the whiche in the meane tyme they can not leue alone nor with none other person / nor they can not brynge them with them for fere that they do not come in to a worse case therby ¶ Thyrdly / in suche wyse that in some coūtree is the custome whan the next frendes is deed / they abyde a certayne tyme in the house without cōmynge forth Yet alwayes by lycence they maye haue masse sayd in theyr house And so it is to vnderstāde that may dens that marye / where it is so acustomed ¶ Fourthly / when a towne or a castell is beseyged and in peryll and daunger of enemyes And yf certayne persons be not there p̄sent / the sayd towne or castell shuld be in daunger to be taken / or myghte haue some other euyll chaunce ¶ Fyftly / all that which acordyng to good conscyence / is a iuste and a lawfull cause / dothe excuse man afore god and holy churche / of not herynge masse / yet neuerthelesse suche a persone shall do some other good dede that daye or some other daye for it / wherfore whan the man can not go to the churche / he shall rede in this lytell boke ¶ The .ix. Chapytre yf it be cōmaunded to here Masse as well of all other feestes and holydayes / as of the Sondayes WE haue it wryten in the law Canon / that where there is lyke and egall reason / there is also lyke and egall lawe The reason wherfore it is cōmaunded to here masse the Sondayes is bycause the man than shulde occupye hym selfe with god / whiche thynge can not be better done than by herynge of masse / and shulde not occupye hym selfe with other bodely worke / the which also for the same reason is defended forbyde in other feestes holy dayes Yet neuertheles as the doctours do wytnesse wryte there be some lytel feestes ordeyned by the bysshop / wherin after the masse is herde a mā may worke a lytel for another / but not for hym selfe And this he may do by foure maners without synne ¶ Fyrste / whan it is a lytell worke so that by the same he dothe not ouercome his herte with laboure / and be not euyll dysposed in his body therby ¶ Secondaryly / whan it is great necessyte that the busynes can not be dyfferred to another day / for the peryl daūger that may come therof As whan the corne is in the feldes that it is lyke to be great rayn other tempestes / or for fere of enemyes ī the tyme of warre Than a man maye gather togyther his corne and brynge it in to the barne without synne Also bochers / bakers and other vytellers maye sell theyr vytaylles / without the which the people can not passe or abyde vnto the next daye folowynge ¶ Thyrdely / whan it is for the cōmon profyte of any towne or vyllage / as to make cōmon wayes / brygges / or churches / or suche other ¶ Fourthly / whan suche a worke is done for the loue of god / as for poore folkes / whiche can not helpe them selfe / that is to saye to serue them / to laboure for them / to cary wode or any other maner of thynge for the loue of god / this maye a man do withoute synne yet neuerthelesse he muste alwayes here masse ¶ The .x. Chapytre / Yf a man maye go on pylgrymage the Sondayes and other feestes And yf seruauntes be bounde to here masse the Sondayes SAynt Hierome saythe / that that thynge which man doth is not acceptable to god whā he leueth that thyng vndon whiche he is bounde to do to go in pylgrymage the Sondaye / excepte that it be great nede / and cheyfly afore that a man here masse / can not be done without synne Thā moche more do they synne whiche do go for theyr marchaūdyse on the sondaye without herynge masse / and without necessyte Yf the mayster cōmaunde his seruaunt to ryde or go / or to worke on the sondaye / and yf necessyte requyre it / than the mayster nor the seruaunte do not offende / but yf it were not for necessyte thā the mayster doth offende Yf the seruaunt do it with out

fyfth vertue or fruyte is that the man herynge masse deuoutly / receyueth spūally the holy sacramēt so that he desyre it deuoutly And so it maye chaunce that the man herynge masse deuoutly / shall obteyne more grace than the preest whiche doth it / for the preest is not alwayes egally well disposed And so maye the man euery daye / receyue the holy sacrament spyrytually ¶ The syxte vertue is / that the man herynge masse and beynge in the state of grace / is parte taker of all the masses done throughout all the worlde / and that is more or lesse after as the man is in the loue and fauoure of god For it is one of the artycles of the holy catholyke fayth / as in the cōmunyon of the holy churche ¶ The seuenth vertue is / that the prayer of them whiche do here the masse / is sooner herde and exalted of god in the masse tyme / than at any other tyme / for than the preest the holy aūgelles which be about the aulter do helpe you to praye ¶ The eyght vertue is / that the soules beynge in purgatorye / whyles that the man doth here the masse and doth praye for them haue a synguler absolucyon durynge the same masse / for there is nothynge that dothe brynge them so shortly out of the paynes of purgatorye / as to cause to saye or to here deuoutly masse for them ¶ The nynth vertue is / that it is better to here one masse in our lyfe tyme than to cause an hondreth to be sayd or herde for vs after our dethe And also that it is better that the man cause a masse to be sayd for hym in his lyfe thā an hondreth after his deth The reason is / for the man maye nowe deserue meryte moche with a masse / but not after his deth but onely that he dothe fynde that thynge / whiche he hath deserued in his lyfe An hondreth thousāde masses nowe done can not augment one moment of glory ioye after this tyme but by a masse whiche I do here / I maye obteyne that I shall not come in purgatorye / but after our deth / the masse delyuereth onely from purgatorye Is it not better than not to come in to purgatorye / than whan a man is there to tary and loke for ayde helpe to be delyuered ¶ The tenth vertue is / that a woman heryng masse deuoutly / yf it chaunce that she do labour of chylde that same daye / she shal be delyuered without faulte the more easely with lesse payne / for the holy aūgelles be veray busye and dylygent aboute her Therfore all women beynge with chylde / yf it be possyble shall here masse euery daye for by the vertue of the same / the fruyte or chylde is preserued And thā shall put theyr trust in the holy sacrament in our blyssed Lady the mother of god / and in none other thynge ¶ The eleuenth vertue is / that all thynge that man doth enterpryse after that he hath herde masse / doth prospere and com to good ende And that whiche the man doth eate drynke after he hath herde masse / dothe profyte more to the necessyte of nature ¶ The twelfth vertue is / that yf the man dye the same daye that he hathe herde masse / god shall gyue hym a synguler grace which otherwyse he shulde not haue had That is say to that god hym self or his aungelles at the laste houre of his deth shall helpe conforte hym as the man hath serued god at the masse For it is wryten in the holy gospell / with the same measure that ye haue measured / with the same also I wyll measure you euerlastyngly Amen ¶ Thus endeth the fyrst boke of the masse And here foloweth the seconde ¶ Prologue HEre begynneth the seconde boke of the masse whiche is dyuyded in thre as the lyfe of our lorde is dyuyded in thre dyuerse tymes / these thre tymes be cōprehende in .xxxiii. yeres Also the masse is dyuyded in thre partyes / the thre partyes in .xxxiii. artycles ¶ The fyrste tyme is / from his humanyte vnto his passyon / and that doth sygnyfye the begynnynge of the masse vnto the Canon or Sanctus ¶ The seconde tyme / from his passyon vnto his resurreccyon / and that doth sygnyfye from Sanctus vnto that the preest haue receyued the sacrament ¶ The thyrde tyme / from that vnto the fynysshynge of the masse / that doth sygnyfye after his resurreccyon / vnto that tyme that our lorde dyd ascende ī to heuen Vpon euery tyme is a prayer / by the which a man maye deserue veray pardon As of our Lady .xi. M. yeres / in the honoure of his humanyte of saynt Gregorye .xlvi. M. yeres / in the honour of his passyon and resurreccyon .lxxx. M. yeres Som̄e C.xxxvii M. yeres at euery artycle is a deuoute prayer as to pray to almyghty god to obteyn some vertue or to eschewe synne ¶ The holy father pope Syxtus the .iiii. of that name / hath gyuen .xi. M. yeres of pardon so ofte as in the state of grace / with deuocyon a mā doth say this prayer folowynge afore the Image of our Lady in the whiche prayer a man may clerely vnderstande and perceyue / that Mary the holy mother of our lorde Ihesu chryste / is a pure and a clene vyrgyne / and was conceyued without any spotte of orygynall synne / the whiche is clerely declared in this prayer / where it is sayde / thou arte conceyued without synne And of this indulgēce or pardon / is a fayre Bull in the cytie of Coleyne BLyssed be thou Mary holy mother of god / quene of heuen / gate of paradyse / lady of the worlde / thou arte a synguler pure vyrgyne cōceyued without syn̄e Thou haste borne and ben delyuered of the creatoure / redemoure / and sauyoure of this worlde / wherin I do not doubte but stedfastly do byleue Praye for my synnes delyuer and kepe me from all euyll Amen ¶ The fyrste Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth make hym redy in the vestry to saye masse / and the deacon and subdeacon do helpe hym / but the preest alone doth take caste vpon hym the chesuble which doth sygnyfie how chryste hath taken vpon hym the nature of man / and was cōceyued in the vestry of the blyssed body of our lady / wherin the father and the holy ghost haue gyuen ayde helpe The mynystrer or he that doth helpe to serue at the masse / doth sygnyfye the aungell Gabryell ¶ Orayson Pater nr̄ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that by the wyl of thy father celestyall / thou hast ben conceyued by the operacyon of the holy ghoost / in the blyssed body of the vyrgyne mary in al clennes and without any spotte of synne / I beseche the good lord by the meryte of thy dere mother / that I whiche haue

conscyence afore / nor remembre not theyr euyll and peruers lyuynge / nor also haue not contrycyon in theyr hertes / nor do not make theyr confessyon And suche folkes albeit that they haue not knowlege of any deedly synne by them cōmytte / yet neuertheles they goynge to the holy sacrament cōmytte a deedly synne / for they do put them selfe ī peryll Saynt Paule sayth / that the man shall examyne his cōscyence afore that he go therunto O what nombre of people there is which bere many and great synnes vpon them / and careth no thynge at all therfore They do chose a confessoure whiche is very symple whiche doth lede both the synner hym selfe to hell ¶ The .xxviii. Chapytre / howe greatly he synneth / whiche receyueth the sacrament vnworthely THe greatnesse of the synnes of those / whiche receyue the holy sacrament vnworthely and in deedly syn̄e to theyr euerlastynge dampnacyon / maye be consydered by foure reasons ¶ Fyrste / for suche folkes be reputed afore god for murderers of Ihesu chryste the sone of god And as saynt Gregorye sayth they do cōmyt greater synne whiche do dyspyse god reygnynge in heuen / than those whiche dyd crucyfye hym in erth O what penaunce wolde a good catholyke man do / whiche shulde haue crucyfyed our lorde / what penaunce is he than bounde to do / which hath vnworthely receyued the body of oure lorde god ¶ Secondaryly / suche folkes be oft tymes punysshed in theyr bodyes by syckenes / or by sodayne deth And therfore cōmonly after easter cōmeth syckenes / pestylence / and other inconuenyence / And that is bycause the man so vnworthely and in deedly syn̄e receyueth the holy sacrament ¶ Thyrdly / for they synne more enormely than the Iewes / for the Iewes dyd synne by ygnoraunce And as saynt Paule sayth yf they had knowen it / they wold not haue crucyfyed the lorde of glorye But the synners chrysten men knowlege god / knowe well that they be in great synne The Iewes haue crucyfyed our lorde but ones / but the chrysten men do crucyfye hym very ofte / in so moche that wyttyngly they do go to the holy sacrament in deedly synne ¶ Fourthly / suche folkes receyue vpō them the iugement of god / whiche he shall gyue vpon the dampned soules at the daye of iugement / where he shall say go ye cursed people to euerlastynge fyre ¶ Fyfthly / those that vnworthely receyue the holy sacrament / be lyke to Iudas the traytoure / whiche dyd betraye and delyuer our lorde Ihesu to the Iewes And it shall chaunce vnto them in hell / as it dyd to Iudas for after that he had vnworthely receyued the holy sacrament the deuyll dyd entre in to hym / so that he dyde betraye our lorde Ihesu chryste / wherfore afterwarde he fell in dyspayre and dyde hange hym selfe So they become more obstynate in synne / those whiche receyue the holy sacrament dayly in deedly syn̄e / they dare boldly do that thynge whiche other dare not thynke / ye and moreouer do that thynge whiche the deuyll dare not do And as Iudas delyuered our lorde to the Iewes so in lyke case men delyuer our lorde Ihesu chryste / in as moche as they can / to the deuylles of hell For they receyue our lorde Ihesu chryste in the place / whiche the deuyll doth possesse / and apperteyneth vnto hym ¶ Syxtly / this is an vnkynde man / for he dyspyseth god his creatoure / which for hym hathe suffred bytter dethe vpon the crosse This is yet a greater vnkyndnes ī the mā that the diuynyte power of god is redy for to come to vysyte hym with his dyuyne grace inclosed in the holy sacrament / the man maketh him self vnworthy to receyue hym ¶ Seuenthly / suche persones be more vnhappy than other / for the soueraygne goodnes whiche is god is hurtfull and dampnable vnto them / the medycyne of the soule is infyrmytie and deth vnto them For as the holy sacrament is an euerlastynge lyfe vnto them whiche do receyue vse it well so it is deth vnto those / whiche euyll vnworthely receyue it ¶ The .xxix. Chapytre / of those whiche receyue the holy Sacrament spyrytually and not bodely THere be yet foure maner of folkes / whiche receyue the holy sacrament spyrytually or ghostly and not bodely / that is to saye / they receyue the grace of the holy sacrament secretly ī theyr soules / albeit that they receyue it not vysybly in theyr bodyes / and shall be rewarded afore god / as yf they had receyued it bodely ¶ The fyrste sorte whiche receyue it spyrytually / be those whiche by feblenes of infyrmytie and syckenes can not holde meate in theyr bodyes / or whiche do coughe moche / or do cast and voyde fleume very sore suche other These persones shall coueyte and desyre hertely to receyue it / in beholdynge it with great deuocyon sayenge O good lorde I do thanke the that I maye paye / satysfye / and content the by a good wyll mynde O good lorde I thanke the / that in all places I maye fynde the. O good lorde I thanke the / that no persone maye hurte or hynder me towardes the. And I do thanke the good lord that whan I haue the / no persone maye take me ¶ The seconde sorte whiche receyue the holy sacrament spyrytually / be those whiche sodaynely be taken with sodayne deth / as maryners on the see / men of warre ī the felde / women trauaylyng of chylde and other lyke / whiche can not haue a confessoure to confesse them / and to receyue the holy sacrament Suche persones hauyng contrycyon and repentaunce for theyr synnes and desyre to receyue the holy sacrament / haue afore god receyued the holy sacrament ī theyr soules Yet neuertheles they shall confesse them selfe afore yf it be possyble / shall not trust to moche in that / to the entent that god do not withdrawe his grace ¶ The thyrde sorte be those / whiche serue god in purenes of cōscyence / yet neuertheles they refrayne somtyme through humylyte / to go to the holy sacrament / but they here masse with deuocyon reuerently beholdynge the holy sacrament / and by desyre to receyue it Suche persones yf so and in suche maner they here masse / they shall be rewarded afore god as yf they had receyued the holy sacrament ¶ The fourth sorte whiche spyrytually receyueth the holy sacrament / be those whiche be prepayred therto and humbly desyreth to receyue it / but theyr confessours wyll not agre therto Also relygeous persones whiche after the rule of theyr ordre / maye not go to the holy sacrament / but on dayes ordeyned by theyr heedes Yet notwithstandyng they desyre to receyue it somtymes / the whiche must be content for afore god they haue receyued it spyrytually And it is somtymes more acceptable to god that the man do absteyne deuoutly with Centurio / than to