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A39076 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. 1686 (1686) Wing E3888CA; Wing M1947C; ESTC R219775 13,409 54

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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 London Printed for N. T. 1686. HEre followeth a brief Signification of the Priestly Ornaments us'd at Mass as also a short Declaration of the Ceremonies and Holy Mysteries of that Divine Sacrifice for Comfort and Instruction of the Church thereby to renew in our minds a grateful memory of those several dolorous passages of the bitter Passion of our Divine Redeemer who did suffer so much in satisfaction of his Eternal Father's Justice for our Sins Of the Holy ORNAMENTS AND CEREMONIES Which the Church useth at MASS Of the Holy Altar and what it signifies TO begin with the holy Altar where the Victim for the Sacrifice of Redemption of all the World is offer'd It signifies Mount Calvary whereon Jesus Christ the only Son of God and second Person of the holy Trinity our only Saviour was Crucified upon a reproachful Cross Which very word of Altar we also find to have relation unto Sacrifice which must necessarily be offer'd to God in that Church where his true Faith is profess'd And therefore this name of Altar is mention'd by S. Paul Heb. 13.10 We have an Altar whereof they have not power to eat who serve the Tabernacle And 1 Cor. 9.13 and S. Mar. 5.24 All which is a warrant abundantly sufficient for us to use this Name of Altar Which also represents the Table whereon our Redeemer did Celebrate his Last Supper with his Disciples the night before his bitter Death and Passion Of the Altar-Cloaths THe Linnen for the Altar or the Altar-cloaths are to be very pure and white they representing the purity of our blessed Saviour's Humanity free from all stain of Sin or disorder'd Passion That Linnen is also to be bless'd to signifie the great Sanctity of the Life of Jesus Christ which we must endeavour the best we can to imitate Of the lighted Candles on the Altar THe lighted Candles upon he Altar admonish us according to S. Luke to be ready in imitation of the wise Virgins with the Oyl of Good works in our Lamps of True Faith and to expect at the pronouncing these sacred and operative words of Consecration the real and true substantial presence of that our Divine and Heavenly Spouse Mat. 5.16 who requires the light of our Good Works so to shine before Men as thereby they may be moved to glorifie the Father who is in Heaven The two Candles signifie the two Testaments of holy Scripture the Old and New They also signifie the light of Faith revealed to the Jew and Gentile And they advertise us of the great splendour both of Faith of Good Life and Works requir'd in the Celebrating of so high and dreadful a Mystery Of the Cross and Crucifix THe Cross or Crucifix is the principal Ornament upon the Altar which ought never to be wanting at the Celebration of the Mass It betokens our Blessed Redeemer's Victory over Death and is placed at the midst of the Altar most in view to represent to our mind the Death and Passion of Jesus Christ which is there chiefly to be confider'd and piously meditated in that holy Sacrifice Of the Chalice THe Chalice doth represent the Cup wherein our B. Saviour did Consecrate his most precious Blood Mat. 26. And it puts us in mind of his Sacred Passion our B. Saviour himself so calling it The Chalice of his Passion Of the Patten THe Patten serves for the use of the Consecrated Body of our Lord as the Chalice doth for his most precious Blood And as it covers the top of the Chalice it represents the stone which was roll'd against the door of the holy Sepulchre Mark 15. Of the Corporal THe white Linnen Corporal upon which is Consecrated the most precious Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ doth represent to us that white and pure Syndon wherein Joseph of Arimathea involved his most sacred Corps before it was bury'd The clean and bright purity whereof doth aptly admonish all such as by the holy Communion receive and harbour within their Breasts this sacred and most precious Body of Jesus Christ to be chaste and clean both of Body and Soul and endu'd with true purity of intention Of the Vail THe Vail doth cover both Patten and Chalice all round about and it represents to us the Handkerchief wherewith our Saviours most Divine Head was covered when he was laid in the Sepulchre whereof mention is made John 20. S. Peter having discover'd it in the Sepulchre And he there beheld the Linnen lying apart and the Handkerchief which had been wrapp'd about his head Of the several colours which the Church useth for Ornament and the meaning of them THe Prophet Ezekiel in his 6th chap. speaking of the splendour of the Church seems to place a great part of her glory in the various colours of her beautiful Robes Which variety of mystical colours simbolizing with the several virtues of the glorious Saints doth greatly adorn and beautify this holy Spouse and is to us a motive and great encouragement to imitate those holy virtues which by these various colours used in the Church are so fitly propos'd to our view Nor was it without great reason that God in the old Law appointed those four different colours for the Priests and Churches Ornaments which were the colour bissmus that is a yellow colour like to that of raw Silk The second was purpureus the Purple colour The third was byacinthinus that is a violet red blew or violet purple The fourth was coccineus that is a Scarlet or Crimson colour And as these different colours had their several mystical meaning for the Peoples instruction so I doubt not but the impartial Reader will confess no less to be contain'd in the meaning of these colours which the Church inspired by the Holy Ghost hath appointed to be us'd in the Law of Grace for the Ornament of Christ's Holy Church and for the Priests Vestments belonging to the same as by this brief Declaration it will appear What the White Colour used by the Church means THe white colour is used upon the Feasts of Angels Confessors and Virgins To represent to us the imitation of their holy Chastity and Saintly Purity As also upon the solemn Feasts of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour upon the Resurrection Ascension Corpus Christi and other the chiefest Feasts of the greated Mysteries of our Faith which are to be celebrated in the white colour of symbolizing Joy as testifie our Saviours glorious spendor at his Transfiguration the two Angels in white who denounced his Resurrection and the joyful white of his Saints in Heaven Apoc. 3.4 and Apoc. cap. 4. vers 4. What is signified by the Red Colour REd is the scarlet dye of our Blessed Saviour's Passion and is the proper colour for the Churches Ornaments upon the Feasts of the holy Cross
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
and cut off all occasions of sinning with that Sword of grief and compassion which pierced thy most tender Soul Amen The Third Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how those cruel Ministers of Satan platted a Crown of sharp thorns and most cruelly pressed it on the Most Sacred Head of our Lord Jesus Christ The Prayer O Mother of our Eternal Prince and King of Glory by those sharp Thorns wherewith his most holy Head was pierced we beseech thee that by thy Intercession we may be deliver'd here from all motions of Pride and in the day of Judgement from that confusion which our sins deserve Amen The Fourth Mystery The Meditation LEt Us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ being sentenced to die bore with great patience the Cross which was laid upon him for his greater torment and ignominy The Prayer O Holy Virgin example of patience by the most painful carrying of the Cross in which thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ bore the heavy weight of our sins obtain for us of him by thy Intercession courage and strength to follow his steps and bear our Cross after him unto the end of our life Amen The Fifth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ being come to Mount Calvary was stript of his Cloaths and his Hands and Feet most cruelly nailed to the Cross in the presence of his most afflicted Mother The Prayer O Holy Mary Mother of God as the Body of thy beloved Son was for us extended on the Cross so may our desires be dayly more and more stretched out in his Service and our hearts wounded with compassion of his most bitter passion And Thou O most Blessed Virgin vouchsafe to negotiate for and with us the work of our Salvation by thy Powerful Intercession Amen Glory be to the Father c. Hail Holy Queen c. with the Verse and Prayer The Glorious Mysteries for Wednesdays and Saturdays through the year and Sundays after Easter until Advent The First Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ triumphing gloriously over Death rose again the third day Immortal and Impossible Our Father Hail Mary as before The Prayer O Glorious Virgin Mary by that unspeakable joy thou receiv'st in the Resurrection of thy only Son we beseech thee obtain of him for us that our hearts may never go astray after the false joys of this World but may be ever and wholly imploy'd in the Pursuit of the only true and solid joys of Heaven Amen The Second Mystery The Meditation LEt Us contemplate on this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ Forty days after his Resurrection ascended into Heaven attended by Angels in the sight of his most Holy Mother his Holy Apostles and Disciples to the great admiration of them all The Prayer O Mother of God comfort of the afflicted as thy beloved Son when he ascended into Heaven lifted up his Hands and blessed his Apostles so vouchsafe most Holy Mother to lift up thy pure hands to him for vs that we may enjoy the Benefit of his Blessing and thine here on Earth and hereafter in Heaven Amen The Third Mystery The Meditation LEt Us contemplate on this Mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ being seated on the right hand of God sent as he had promised the Holy Ghost upon his Apostles who after he was ascended returning to Jerusalem continued in Prayer and Supplication with the B. Virgin Mary expecting the performance of his Promise The Prayer O Sacred Virgin Tabernacle of the Holy Ghost we beseech thee obtain by thy Intercession that this most sweet Comforter whom thy beloved Son sent down upon his Apostles filling them thereby with spiritual joy may teach us in this World the true way of Salvation and make us walk in the pathes of Virtue and good Works The Fourth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how the Glorious Virgin twelve years after the Resurrection of her Son passed out of this World unto him and was by him assumed into Heaven accompanied by the Holy Angels The Prayer O Most prudent Virgin who entring into the Heavenly Pallace didst fill the Holy Angels with joy and Man with Hope vouchsafe to intercede for us in the hour of our Death that free from the Illusions and Temptations of the Devil we may joyfully and securely pass out of this temporal state to enjoy the happiness of Eternal Life Amen The Fifth Mystery The Meditation LEt us contemplate in this Mystery how the Glorious Virgin Mary was with great Jubily and Exultation of the whole Court of Heaven and particular Glory of all the Saints crowned by her Son with the brightest Diadem of Glory The Prayer O Glorious Queen of all the Heavenly Citizens we beseech thee accept this Rosary which as a Crown of Roses we offer at thy feet and grant most gracious Lady that by thy Intercession our Souls may be enflamed with so ardent a desire of seeing thee so gloriously crowned that it may never die in us until it shall be changed into the happy fruition of thy Blessed sight Amen Hail Holy Queen c. With the Verse and Prayer as before And the Litany of the B. Virgin as followeth The LITANIES of our Blessed Lady of Loretto So called For that they are usually sung in that Sacred Church of Loretto upon all the Saturdays in the Year and Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary Anthem WE fly to your Patronage O Sacred Mother of God! despise not our Prayers in our necessities but deliver us from all dangers O ever glorious and blessed Virgin LOrd have mercy on us Christ have mercy on us Lord have mercy on us Christ hear us Christ graciously hear us God the Father of Heaven have mercy on us God the Son Redeemer of the World have mercy on us God the Holy Ghost perfecter of the Elect have mercy on us Holy Trinity one God have mercy on us Holy Mary Pray for us Holy Mother of God Pray for us Holy Virgin of Virgins Pray for us Mother of Christ Pray for us Mother of Divine Grace Pray for us Most pure Mother Pray for us Most chaste Mother Pray for us Inviolated Mother Pray for us Entire Mother Pray for us Amiable Mother Pray for us Admirable Mother Pray for us Mother of our Creator Pray for us Mother of our Saviour Pray for us Most prudent Virgin Pray for us Virgin to be Venerated Pray for us Virgin to be praised Pray for us Powerful Virgin Pray for us Clement Virgin Pray for us Faithful Virgin Pray for us Mirour of Justice Pray for us Seat of Wisdom Pray for us Cause of our joy Pray for us Spiritual Vessel Pray for us Honourable Vessel Pray for us Rare Vessel of Devotion Pray for us Mystical Rose Pray for us Tower of David Pray for us Tower of Ivory Pray for us Golden House Pray for us Ark of the Covenant Pray for us Gate of Heaven Pray for us Morning Star Pray for us Health of the Sick Pray for us Refuge of Sinners Pray for us Comfortress of the afflicted Pray for us Help of Christians Pray for us Queen of Angels Pray for us Queen of Patriarchs Pray for us Queen of Prophets Pray for us Queen of Apostles Pray for us Queen of Martyrs Pray for us Queen of Confessors Pray for us Queen of Virgins Pray for us Queen of all Saints Pray for us Lamb of God which takest away the Sins of the World spare us O Lord. Lamb of God which takest away the Sins of the World Graciously hear us O Lord. Lamb of God which takest away the sins of the World have mercy on us Anthem We fly to your Patronage O Sacred Mother of God despise not our Prayers in our necessities but ever deliver us from all dangers O ever gracious and Blessed Virgin Vers Pray for us Holy Mother of God Resp That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ Let us Pray WE beseech Thee O Lord pour forth thy Grace into our Hearts that We who by the message of an Angel have knowledge of the Incarnation of thy Son by his Cross and Passion may be brought to the Glory of the Resurrection Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen Vers The Divine help remain always with us Resp Amen Vers And may the Souls of the faithful rest in peace â„Ÿ Amen Prayers for the King Queen and Queen Dowager PSALM XIX OUR Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation the Name of the God of Jacob protect thee Send he aid to thee from the holy place and from Sion defend he thee Be he mindful of all thy Sacrifice and be thy Holocaust made fat Give he unto thee according to thy heart and confirm he all thy Counsel We shall rejoyce in thy Salvation and in the Name of our God we shall be magnified Our Lord accomplish all thy Petitions now have I known that our Lord hath saved his Christ He shall hear him from his holy Heaven the Salvation of his right hand is in powers These in Chariots and these in Horses but we will invocate in the Name of the Lord our God They are bound and have fallen but we have risen and are set upright Lord save the King and hear us in the day that we shall invocate thee Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Vers Lord save JAMES our King â„Ÿ And hear us in the day that we shall invocate thee Let us pray WE beseech thee Almighty God that thy Servant JAMES our King who through thy mercy has undertaken the Government of the Kingdom may likewise receive the increase of all Virtues wherewith being adorned he may both avoid the Enormity of Sin vanquish his Enemies and by thy Grace attain thee who art the Way Truth and Life Through Christ our Lord. Amen To be added to the last Collect at the end of Mass AND defend thy Servants Innocent the Chief Bishop James our King Mary our Queen and Queen Katherine together with our selves and all Christian People from all adversity always and in all places Grant Peace and Welfare in our times and preserve thy Church from all wickedness Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son who lives and reigns God with thee in the Vnity of the Holy Ghost for evermore Amen FINIS
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 Pu●i●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