Form must be used 5 These secrets are so called because the Priest mumbles them to himself In many of them are horrible Blasphemies this inserted here is not much amiss if it had been applyed to a better end the term signified used in this secret is wholly inconsistent with their Mass in which they affirm the thing not the thing signifyed to be exhibited CHAP. X. The Preface and Sanctus Here lifting â—p his hands asundâ—r he saith For ever and ever Answer So be it The Priest The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit The Priest Lift up your hearts Answer We lift them up to the Lord. The Priest Let us give Thanks unto the Lord our God Answer It is just and meet so to do The Priest Verily it is meet and right equal and healthful that we should give Thanks unto thee Holy Lord Father Almighty everlasting God Because the New light of thy brightness hath enlightned the understanding of our eyes through the Mystical Incarnation of thy word That whilst we know God visibly we might by it be ravished by the love of invisible things Wherefore with Angels and with Archaâ—gels Thrones and Dominions and with the whole Troops of the Heavenly Militia we sing the Hymn of thy Glory Here he must join his hands together Saying incessantly and somewhat bowing himself over the Altar say Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Hosts Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory Hosanna in the Highest Here he signeth himself with the sign of the Cross saying Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord Hosanna in Excelsis Notes You are to understand that the Priest mumbles many Secrets to himself for fear he should be heard and then bauls out to no purpose per omnia Secula Seculorum for ever and ever that the People who knew not a word of his Secret Prayers may say Amen This Word is Hebrew and declares the Consent of the Hearers and their concurrent Wish with him that prays therefore is it a strange and most gross Absurdity for them to say Amen to they know not what as if a man should sign and Seal such Writings as he never read nor ever heard read If this be not folly I know not what is see 1. Cor. 14. 16. c. 2 Here the Priest Salutes the People with his Backside to 'em the rest of this which they call the Sanctus was used though not in this manner nor to this end in some Ancient Churches and had it not been misapply'd might pass without Controul but when attributed to the Idol of the Mass t is horrible Blasphemy Note that besides the Barbarous Latine they intermix many strange words in their Mass Here they have Sabaoth and Osanna from the Hebrews which very few of the Mass-Priests can pronounce or understand Are not these Hodge-podge Prayers Now we are â—ome to it Afterwards Bowing himself profoundly before the Altar with hands Joined together he saith CHAP. XI The Canon of the Mass VVE therefore humbly beseech thee most merciful Father through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Here the Priest standing upright must kisse the Altar on the 1 Right hand of the Sacrifice saying That thou accept and bless Here let the Priest make three Crosses upon the Chalice and the Bread saying 1 These ✚ Gifts these ✚ Presents these ✚ Holy and Unspotted Sacrifices When the Signes are made upon the Chalice let him lift up his hands saying thus Which first of all we offer unto thee for thy holy Catholick Church that thou vouchsafe to pacify keep unite and govern it throughout the whole World with thy Servant our Pope N. and our Bishop N. that is his own Bishop only Charity would have prayed for others also and our King 2 N. And they are Expressed by name then let there follow And all true Believers and such as have the Catholick and Apostolick Faith in due Estimation Here let him pray for the living Remember Lord thy Servants and Handmaids N. and N. In the which Prayer a Rule must be observed for the Order of Charity five times let the Priest pray First for himself Secondly for Father and Mother carnal and Spiritual and for other Parents Thirdly for special Friends Parishioners and others Fourthly for all that stand by Fifthly for all Christian People And here may the Priest commend all his Friends 3 to God But my Councel is That none make overlong tarrying there partly for Distraction of mind partly because of Immissions which may chance through Evil Angels And all that stand thereby round about whose Faith and Devotion unto thee is known and manifest for whom we offer unto thee or which themselves offer unto thee their Sacrifice of Praise for them and theirs 4 for the Redemption of their Souls for the hope of their Salvation and health and render their Vows unto thee the Eternal Living and true God Communicating and Worshipping the Memorial first of the Glorious and ever Virgin Bowing down a little let him say 5 Mary the Mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ and also of his Blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter Paul Andrew James John Thomas Phillip Bartholomew Mathew Simon and Thaddâ—us Timis Cletus Clemens Sextus Cornelius Cyprianus Laurence Chrysogomus John and Paul Cosme and Daman and of all thy Saints by whose merits and Prayers grant thou that in all things we may be defended with the help of thy Protection through the same Christ our Lord Amen Here let the Priest behold the Host with great Veneration saying Therefore Lord we beseech thee that thou being pacified wilt receive this Oblation of our bounden Service and of all thy houshold and order our days in thy peace and command us to be delivered from Eternal Damnation and to be numbred in the Flock of thine Elect through Christ our Lord Amen Here again let him behold the Host saying Which Oblation we beseech thee O Almighty God in all things to make Here let him make three Crosses upon both when he saith 8 ✚ Blessed ✚ Appointed ✚ Ratifyed Reasonable and acceptable that unto us it may be Here let him make a Cross upon the Bread saying ✚ The Body Here upon the Chalice And ✚ Blood Note that the Rubrick here says thus The three former Crosses are commonly made over the Host and Chalice the fourth only over the Host and the fifth over the Chalice Here with hands joined together let him say Of thy most dearly beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ Here let the Priest lift up his hands and join them together and afterward wipe his Fingers and lift up the Host saying 7 Who the next day afore he suffered took bread in his Holy and Reverend Hands and his Eyes being lift up unto Heaven Here let him lift up his Eyes unto the God Almighty his Father Here let him bow down and afterward Erect himself up a little saying Rendring thanks unto thee he ✚ blessed he brake Here let him
the habitual and vertual Intent remaineth still in him For the Chief Priest Christ Jesus supplyeth his defect But if through over great distraction he lose both the habitual and actual Intent which seldom or never come to pass it seems he ought to reassume the words of Consecration with the Actual Intent And yet in such sort as that he would not Consecrate if he had already Consecrated Note Mark still what weight is put upon the Priests intent the whole validity of the figment of Transubstantiation depends upon it Therefore as we noted already there is no avoiding the Idolatry which the people must commit if they worship a Cake for a God their own Doctrine being this that without a right Intent the Consecration's of no effect Now I would seriously appeal to any moderate Papist if there be any such what Devotion or Pious Intent can that Priest have that goes from a VVhore or a Drunken Debauch to make his God as many do if not most of them O! that the VVorld should be so besotted as to believe that such pittiful sinful VVretches shall do more than the Almighty God himself does He made the Creatures out of nothing by his word but these Nonsensical most horrid and most monstrous Blasphemers make their Creator of a Creature by their words yea many thousands in one day and many Millions in one Age. Oh! the amazing patience of Heaven that will endure such affronts of Hell which the very Earth hath greatest Reason to tremble at the hearing of CHAP. XVI ITem if the Consecrated Host fall from the Priests hands into the 1 Chalice either by reason of Cold or some other Cause before he hath divided the Host or after he shall in no wise take it out nor begin again any of the Consecration nor yet alter any thing about the Celebration of the Sacrament But proceed with his Crossings and the rest of his business as if he had had it between his hands But if the Eucharist falls to the Ground then let the Earth whereon it fell be scraped up and burnt to Ashes and the Ashes be bestowed or kept near the Altar Notes 1 Here you have the poor Bran-Idol in danger of Drowning in his own Blood yet the Priest must not once dare to give him a lift till he has said all his Tricks over him and then soups off Flesh Blood and Bones at one go-down This God iâ— in as unlucky a PlungeÌ„ as the Flies and Spiderâ— lately mentioned and if he been't drown'd he 's aâ— least well sous'd and sok't yet 't is pretty sport to see how the Priests Fingers frisk and Caper without their God whilst he poor thing stirs not a bit but looks to be swallowed Dead or alive every Minute 2 Mark that the Earth is not fit to bear this Idol and therefore because it had the honour to touch it 't is scraped into Reliques O horrible Blasphemy CHAP. XVII ITem If through neglect any of the Blood drop down upon the Table that sticketh fast to the ground let the Priest lick up the Blood with his Tongue and let the place where it fell be scraped and the scraping burnt and the Ashes kept about the Altar with the Reliques And according to the Canons let the Priest do Pennance forty days or otherwise let him make due satisfaction at the discretion of a wise Confessor But if the Chalice drop down upon the Altar let him suck up the drop and do Pennance three days but if the drop fall upon the Table cloth and run through unto the second Cloth let him do Pennance four days If unto the third Cloth let him do Pennance nine days if unto the fourth Cloth let him do Pennance twenty days and let the Priest or the Deacons wash the Cloaths which the Drop touched in three several waters over the Chalice and let the washings be laid * up and kept with the rest of the Reliques Note * Here again we have new Reliques but in my epinion if the Priest had been made to Drink these washings it had been a more cleanly Draught then the washings of the Flies Spiders and other Vermine whereof a dranght was before made if the Patient would have soupt it off CHAP. XVIII ITem if any man through chance or surfeit vomit up the * Eucharist the same vomit shall be burnt to Ashes and the Ashes thereof to be bestowed and kept about the Altar And if any Clark Monk Fryer Priest or Deacon do it let him do Pennance forty days a Bishop seventy days and a Lay-man thirty But if any man cast it up by reason of sickness let him do Pennance five days or else let him as aforesaid make due satisfaction at the discretion of his Confessor Note * The Eucharist is taken for the Priests God But the word Eucharistia signifies giving of Thanks Gratiarum Actio or bona gratia good grace Eph. 5. 4. And since it would be too gross to say to vomit up God or Gods Body or the Host they say the Eâ—charist that is in plain English they vomit up Thanksgiving and inshrine the stinking vomit as a dâ—â—estable Relique CHAP. IX ANd whatsoever Priest shall not safely keep the Sacrament from being EATEN up either by Mice or any other Vermine shall do Pennance forty days But if any lose it or if any one piece thereof fall to the ground and the same not possibly to be found again let him do Pennance thirty days And it is also thought good that that Priest through whose negligence the Consecrated Hosts shall putrifie is worthy the like Pennance and such a Penitent ought to fast and abstain from the Communion and saying of Mass during all those days Nevertheless in weighing the Circumstances of the offence and person the aforesaid Pennance ought according to the will of the Discreet Confessor to be either augmented or diminished Nevertheless this is to be holden for a sure Rule that wheresoever all the whole Species of the Sacrament are to be found they are reverently to be reverenced but if it cannot be done without Peril then they are to be reserved for Reliques Note Here they take the name Sacrament as they did before the name Eucharist for it would be too gross to say that the Body of God should be eaten with Mice c. Surely it cannot be said of this God as it is said of Jesus Psal 16. 10. Thou wilt not suffer thine Holy One to see Corruption Act. 2. 31. 13. 35. CHAP. XX. ITem If the Host or but a piece thereof be found under the 1 Patten or Corporas Cloath and be doubted whether the same be Consecrated or not he ought reverently to receive it after he hath taken the Blood as thou shalt find more at large set out in the Title of the Celebration of the Mass Item if the Lords Body given to 2 a sick man or woman be by him or her cast up through Infirmity or by reason of any other Cause Yet let it
Censeth the Altar Chalice and Mass-Boâ—k then he gives it back to the Deacon who Censeth the Priest himself And when he hath so done he goeth on to the reading of the Gospel saying The Lord be with you Answer And with thy Spirit The Priest Sâ—quentia Sancti Evangelii c. The things which follow are according to the Gospel of Saint John Answer Glory be to thee O Lord. When this is said every one must make the Sign of the Cross both on his Forehead and also upon his Breast then must the Priest make a sign of the Cross upon his Book ✚ and kiss it After that he goeâ—h on and saith In those Days Jesus said unto his Disciples and unto the Multitude of the Jews My Flesh is Meat indeed and my Blood is Drink indeed Whosoever eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood dwellâ—th in me and I in him As the Living Father sent â—he and I live by the Father even so he that eateth me shall live by the means of me This is that Bâ—ead which came down from Heaven Not as your Fathers eat Manna in the Wilderness and are dead but he that eateth this Bread shall live for ever And after he addeth By these Evangelical sayings let our Sins be blotted out Amen These are holy words and I believe and confess it Notes These â—ensings are said to be invented by Leo the First but it seems that unless the Mass be solemn the Gods made at Petty Masses are not perfumed so that you have a Distinction of Masses Grand-Masses and Petty-Masses according to the quality of the Saint or Magnificence of the Audience O Antichrist that sittest in the Temple of God Exalting thy self above all that is called God that mak'st this Pontificial Gaudery to be the Alpha and Omega of thy Devilish Religion that makest these Ceremonies of besotted Bâ—ains to thrust out the Naked Purity and Simplicity of the Gospel The Unâ—rring Word of God assures us that thou shalt be tumbled with a vâ—ngeance from thy lofty Pinacle of Pride to the Bottomless Pit with all thy Rotten Rags fit onely for so shameless and overgrown a Hee-Whore as thou art Reader You must note that this Perfuming supposes they stunk before else it were needless to sweeten them Note also that the Incense it self is not worth a straw unless the Spiritual Conjurer blesses it Mark further what a ridiculous Prosopopeia is here the Priest speaks to the Incense Ab illo benedicaris in cujus honore Cremaberis In Nomine c. That is Be THOV blest by him in whose honour thou shalt be burnt In the Name c. Now if this Mass be not of Gods making for so all Divine Worship must be it is certainly of the Devils making and the Incense is Consecrated by him and burnt to his honour There 's Devilish Consecration with a Witness This Fragment of the Gospel mentioned no way favours the Carnal Presence of these Papists as is fully prov'd by our Reverend Protestant Divines by unanswerable Arguments to which we refer You see the words of the Gospel are made a kind of a Charm of as if by the bare uttering of them Sins were blâ—tted out which is no otherwise done but by the Blood of Christ Then with several Antick Cringes and Postures the Niceâ—â— Creed is Repeated by the Priest which Creed confounds this Mass if rightly expounded Take but one instance instead of many viz. If the Bodily Presence of Christ in the Wafer be true then this Article of his Ascension into Heaven is false or else the Body of Jesus Christ is no true or real but a Phantastical Body But the Article by their own grant is true Ergo their Transubstantiation the grand Id â— and life of the Mass is a horrible Figment Next follows the Offertory or Oblation as they call it full of like Tricks and Blasphemies and then comes the washing of hands c. as follows CHAP. IX AFterwards let him go and wash his hands at the right end of the Altar saying 1 I will wash my hands among the Innocents unto the end of the Psalm viz. Psalm 25. with Glory be to the Father c. As it was c. Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Our Father which art in Heaven c. After he hath washt his hands let him make a sign of the Cross standing at the middle of the Altar and say In the Name of the Father c. Come Holy Ghost replenish the hearts of thy Faithful and kindle the fire of thy love in them Then let him bow himself down before the Altar and say Let us be received by thee O Lord in the Spirit of Humility and a Contrite mind and let our Sacrifice be so made as that it may at this day be received by thee and please O Lord my God In the Name of the Father and Son c. Amen Making 2 a Cross upon the Aâ—tar and kissing it let him lay his hands a cross over the Sacrifice saying 3 Come O invisible Sacrificer and Keeper bless and sanctifie thy Sacrifice prepared for thy Holy Name In the Name of the Father c. Making a Cross over the whole Sacrifice and kissing the Altar Then let him hold his hands together and turning himself unto the People say Pray for me Brethren and Sisters and I for you that both mine and your Sacrifice together may be acceptable unto the Lord our God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Lord hear my Prayer And let my Cry come unto thee The Lord be with you Ansmer And with thy Spirit Let us pray 4 Then turning himself about on the left side he saith the 5 Secret or Secrets The Secrets We beseech thee O Merciful Lord grant unto thy Church the Gifts of Unity and Peace which are spiritually signified under the Gifts offered Notes 1 This washing of hands may be properly compared to Pilates for they both if Transubstantiation be true Sacrifice the same Jesus Flesh Blood and Bones If this be washing of hands in Innocence as the verse in the Psalm is prophanely and Impiously applyed there is no guilt in the World Here are plenty of Crosses for you But these Cross-makers are not over forward to bear the Cross of Christ 3 'T is worth inquiry who this invisible Sacrificer and Keeper is For it cannot be Christ because it would be absurd to invoke him to sanctifie himself nor tâ—e Holy Spirit for Christ is as holy as the Holy Ghost Therefore it must be some Unclean Spirit which guides the Blasphemous Priest 4 To omit the ridiculous Postures reacted by the Priest his Orate pro me Fratres Sorores Pray for me Brethren and Sisters with a Promise of his Prayers for them is doubly foolish for first the people do not understand a word of it secondly 't is absurd to say Brethren and Sisters when in thousands of Masses there is but one besides the Priest and yet this
touch the Host saying And gave unto his Disciples saying Take ye and eat of thiâ— ye all FOR THIS IS MY BODY And these words must be pronounced with one breath and under one Prolation without making of any pawse between After these words let him 8 bow himself to the Host and afterward lift it up above his forehead that it may be seen of the People and let him reverently lay it again before the Chalice in manner of a Crosse made with the same and then let him uncover the Chalice and hold it between his hands not putting his Thumb and Fore-finger asunder save only when he blesseth sâ—ying thus Likewise after they had supped he taking this excellent cup into his holy and reverend hands rendring thanks also unto thee Here let him bow himself saying Bles ✚ sed and gave unto his Disciples saying Take and Drink ye all of this Here let him lift up the Chalice a little saying thus For this is the Cup of my Blood of the New and Everlasting Testament the mystery of Faith which for you and for many shall be shed to the Remission of Sins Here let him lift the Chalice to his breast or further then his head saying As oft as ye do these things ye shall do them in Remembrance of me Here let him set down the Chalice again and rub his Fingers over the Chalice Then let him lift up his Arms and cover the Chalice then let him lift up his Arms Cross-wise his Fingers being joined together until these words de tuis Donis that is to say of thine own Rewards Wherefore O Lord we also thy Servants and thy holy people being mindful as well of the blessed Passion and Resurection as of the Glorious Ascension of the same Christ thy Son our Lord God do offer unto thy Excellent Majesty of thine own Rewards and Gifts Here let there be made five Crosses namely the three first upon the Host and Cup saying ✚ A Pure Host ✚ an Holy Host ✚ an undefiled Host The Fourth upon the Bread onely saying The Holy ✚ Bread of Eternal Life The Fifth upon thâ— Cup saying And ✚ Cup of Eternal Salvation Vouchsafe thou also with a merciful and pleasant Countenance to have respect hereunto and to 9 accept the same as thou didst vouchsafe to accept the Gifts of thy Righteous Servant Abel and the Sacrifice of our Patriarch Abraham And the Holy Sacrifice the Undefiled Host that the High-Prist Melchisideck did offer unto thee Here let the Priest with his Body bowed down and his hands holden a cross say Supplices te Rogamus We humbly beseech thee until these words Ex hac Altaris participatione of this partaking of the Altar And then let him stand up blessing the Altar on the right side of the Sacrifice and let him make a sign of the Cross upon the Host and in his own face when he saith Oâ—ni ✚ Benedictione Caelesti With all Heavenly Benediction We humbly beseech thee O Almighty God command thou these to be carried by the 10 hands of thy Holy Angel unto the High Altar in the Presence of thy Divine Majesty that as many of us as Here Erecting up himself let him kiss the Altar on the right side of the Sacrifice saying Of this Participation of the Altar shall receive thy Sons Holy Here let him make a sign of the Cross upon the Host saying ✚ Body Then upon the Cup saying And ✚ Blood may be replenished Then let him make a sign in his own Face saying With all Heavenly Benediction and Grace through the same Christ our Lord Amen Here let him pray for the Dead Remember Lord also the Souls of thy Servants and Handmaidens N. and N. which are gone before us with the mark of Faith and rest in the sleep of Peace ✚ We beseech thee O Lord that unto them and unto all such as rest in Christ thou wilt grant a place of refreshing of Light and of Peace through the same Christ our Lord Amen Here let him soundly thump his Breast saying Nobis quoque peccatoribus c. Unto us Sinners also thy Servants hoping of the multitude of thy Mercies vouchsafe to give some Portion and Fellowship with thy Holy Apostles and Martyrs with John Stephen Matthias Barnabas Ignatius Alexander Marcellinus Peter Felicitas Perpetua Agatha Lucia Agnes Cecilia Anastasia and with all thy Saints within whose Fellowship we beseech thee admit us not weighing our merit but granting us forgiveness through Christ our Lord. 13 Here is not said Amen By whom O Lord all these good things thou dost ever Create Here let him make a sign over the Chalice three times saying Thou ✚ sanctifiest Thou ✚ quicknest Thou ✚ blessest and givest unto us 14 Here let him uncover the Chalice and make a sign of the Cross with the Host five times first beyond the Chalice on every side Secondly even with the Chalice Thirdly within the Chalâ—câ— Fourthly like as at the first Fifthly before the Chalice Through ✚ him and with ✚ him and in him is unto thee God Father ✚ Almighty in the Unity of the ✚ Holy Ghost all Honour and Gloâ—y Here let the Priest cover the Chalice and hold his hands still upon the Altar till the Pater Noster be spoken saying thus World without end Amen Let us pray Being advertised by wholesome Precepts and taught by Gods Institution we are bold to say Here let the Deacon take up the Patten and hold it uncovered on the right side of the Priest his Arms being stretched out on high until da Propitius Here let the Priest lift up his hands saying Pater Noster c. The Quire must say Sed Libera nos c. Deliver us we beseech thee O Lord from all Evil past present and to come and that by the Intercession of the Blessed Glorious and ever Virgin Mary the Mother of God and thy Blessed Apostles Pâ—ter and Paul and Andrew with all Saints Here let the Deacon commit the Patten to the Priest kissing his hand and let the Priest kiss the Patten afterwards let him it to his 15 left Eye and then to his right after that let him make a Cross with the Patten above upon his head and so lay it down again into his place saying Give peace graciously in our days that we being helped through the succour os thy Mercy may both be alwayes free from Sin and safe from all trouble Here let him uncover the Chalice and take the Body doing 16 Reverence shifting it over in the hollow Room of the Chalice holding it between his Thumbs and Fore-fingers and let him break it into three Parts The first breaking while there is said Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son The Second breaking Who with thee in the Unity of the Holy Ghost liveth and Râ—â—â—neth God Here let him hold two pieces in his left hand and the third piece in the Right hand upon the brink of the Chalice saying this with open voice World without end