grace Q. How prove you that A. Out of 1 Cor. ch 11 v. 28. Let a man prove himselfe and so let him eat of this bread and drink of this cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himselfe not discerning the body of our Lord. Q. What are the effects of the Eucharist A. It replenisheth the soule with grace and nourisheth in spirituall life He that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever S. Ioh. 6. Q. What other benefit have we by it A. It is a most moving and effectuall commemoration of the Incarnation Nativity Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. Q. How do you prove it lawfull for the Laity to communicate under one kind onely A. Because there is no command in Scripture for the Laity to doe it under both although there be for Priests in those words Drinke ye all of this S. Math. ch 26. v. 27. which was spoken to the Apostles onely and by them fulfilled for it followeth in S. Mark ch 14. v. 24. And they all drank Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of S. Iohn ch 6. v. 58. He that eateth of this bread shall live for ever therefore one kind sufficeth Q. VVhat other yet A. Out of Acts ch 20. v. 7. where we read That the faithfull were assembled on the first of the Sabboth to break bread without any mention of the cup And the two Disciples in Emmaus knew Christ in the breaking of bread where the cup is not mentioned and S. Paul 1 Cor. ch 11. v. 27. saith Therefore whosoever shall eat this Bread or drink the Chalice of our Lord unworthily you see by the word or it might be received either in one or both kinds he shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of our Lord. Q. What is the Masse A. It is the unbloody Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Iesus Christ which himselfe instituted at his last Supper Q. For what is this Sacrifice availeable A. It is propitiatory for the Remission of our sinnes impetratory for the obtaining of all benefits a peaceable offering of Thanksgiving to our God and a sweet Holocaust of divine love Q. Why are Priests obliged to receive under both kinds A. Because they offer Sacrifice and represent the bloody Sacrifice made upon the Crosse where the Blood was actually divided from the Body Q. Is it divided so also in the Masse A. In the manner of doing or signifying it is but not by any reall separation or division of the one from the other Q. How explaine you that A. Because the species of Bread as also the words by which it is consecrated signifie and represent as if the Body of Christ only were contained under it whereas there is indeed whole Christ and the species of Wine as likewise the words by which it is consecrated signifie and represent as if there only were the Blood of Christ although there be both Body and Blood whole Christ Q. Did the Laity ever communicate under both kindes A. They did sometimes in the Primitive Church and may again if Holy Church shall so appoint it but it is now prohibited by the Church to prevent the great danger of shedding the Cup neither are the Laity in this defrauded of any thing For they receive whole Christ under one kind which is incomparably morethen the pretended Reformers have under both who receive onely a bit of Bakers bread with a poor sup of common Vintners Wine Penance Expounded Q. VVHat is the fourth Sacrament A. Penance Q. What warrant have you for doing acts of Penance A. Out of Apoc. ch 2. v. 4. Thou hast left thy first Charity therefore be mindfull from whence thou hast fallen and do Penance Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of S. Matth. ch 5. v. 13. And Iesus began to preach and say do yee penance For the Kingdome of God is at hand Q. When did Christ ordaine this Sacrament A. When hee breathed on his Disciples saying Receive yee the Holy Ghost whose sinnes ye shall forgive they are forgiven and whose sinnes ye shall retain they are retained S. Ioh. c. 20. v. 23. Q. What is the matter of this Sacrament A. The sinnes and confession of the penitent Q. What is the forme of it A. I absolve thee from thy sinnes in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost Q. What are the effects of it A. It reconcileth us to God and either restoreth or encreaseth grace Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Iohn ch 20. v. 23. above cited And out of 1. S. Iohn ch 1. v. 9. If we confesse our sins he is faithfull and just to forgive us our sinnes and cleanse us from all iniquity Q. How many parts hath the Sacrament of Penance A. It hath three parts namely contrition confession and satisfaction Q. What is contrition A. It is a hearty sorrow for our sinnes proceeding immediately from the Love of God and joyned with a firme purpose of amendment Q. What is attrition A. It is a true sorrow for our sinnes proceeding immediately from the feare of Hell and punishment from God Q. Will that suffice to the remission of finnes A. With Sacramentall Confession and Absolution it will otherwise not Q. What if a dying man be in mortall sinne and cannot have a Priest A. Then nothing but contrition will suffice Q. What is a firme purpose of amendment A. It is a resolution not only to shun sinne but also the occasion of sinne Q. How long hath confession been in use and practice A. Ever since the very Apostles time according to S. Iames ch 5. v. 16. Confesse therefore your sinnes to one another and pray for one another that you may be saved Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of Acts ch 19. v. 18. And many of them that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds Q. What is Confession A. It is a Sacramentall opening of our sins unto a Priest to obtaine absolution Q. Wherein consisteth the necessity of Confession A. Because as to a mind laden with secret griefs the best of comforts is to disclose her case unto some faithfull friend so to a soule laden with secret sinnes the best of remedies possible is to have chosen and selected Persons ordained for that end by Christ himselfe men of singular piety and learning and not questionable by any Law of what they are to heare in Confession to whom she may confesse her sinnes with an assurance both of comfort correction and direction for the amendment of her faults Q. What are the necessary conditions of a good Confession A. That it be short diligent humble confounding sincere and entire Q. How short A. By avoiding superfluous words and circumstances Q. How diligent A. By using a competent time and care in the examen of our conscience Q. How humble A. By making our Confession with humble hearts Q. How confounding A. By stirring up confusion for our sins Q.
these words Those that have been baptized must after Baptisme receive the most holy Chrisome and be made partakers of the heavenly Kingdome Q. What other proofe have you A. The Authority of S. Thomas who in the Sacrament of Confirmation affirmeth that it is a dangerous thing to die without it Adde unto this That without Confirmation according to all the Fathers we are not perfect Christians Q. What thinke you then of those who for particular and private ends sleight this Sacrament and reach the Laity not to receive it when they may have it A. Truly I think they sleight the mission of the Holy Ghost for this Sacrament is a continuance of that mission unto us and are great enemies of Christianity Q. What sin is it not to receive it when we may have it A. Mortall sinne if it be done out of contempt or any grosse neglect especially in a place of persecution as England is Q. How prove you that A. Because by so doing we expose our selves to great danger of denying our Faith against which danger it was peculiarly ordained by Christ our Lord. Q. At what age is Confirmation now commonly received A. At seven years old Q. Why no sooner A. That so we may be able to prepare our selves for it and remember that we have received it for it cannot be twice given Q. Why is a little blow given on the cheek to him that is confirmed A. To signifie that he is there made the Souldier of Christ and must be ready to suffer stripes and buflets for his sake Q. Must we have any Godfather in Confirmation A. One Godfather or one Godmother at the most Q. Must it be received fasting A. That is expedient for so the Apostles received it but not necessary The Eucharist Expounded Q. WHat is the third Sacrament A. The blessed Eucharist or the Sacrament of the Body and Bloud of Christ Q. By what was this Sacrament prefigured in the old Law A. By the Tree of Life the Burning Bush Melchisedeks Bread and Wine the Paschall Lamb the Heavenly Manna and the Arke of the League Q. How prove you that A. Because all things happened unto them in a Figure according to S. Paul Q. Doth the Blessed Eucharist excell all these in dignity A. It doth as farre as a substantiall body excells a shadow Q. What signifies the name Eucharist A. It signifieth good Grace or Thanksgiving because it containeth the Author and Fountaine of all Grace and the greatest Gift of God to man Q. When did Christ ordaine the Blessed Eucharist A. At his last Supper Q. Why so A. To leave it to his Church as the last and greatest pledge of his love Q. What is the Blessed Eucharist A. It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ true God and true Man whole Christ under the outward formes of Bread and Wine Q. In what manner is Christ present under those Forms A. By the true and reall presence of his divine and humane nature not figuratively only as some would have it Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Matth. ch 26. v. 26 27 28. where we read that Christ at his last Supper tooke bread blessed it brake it and gave it to his Disciples saying Take ye and eat this is my Body and he also blessed the cup saying This is my blood of the New Testament which shall be shed for many to the remission of sins Q. What other proof have you A. Out of S. Mark ch 14 v. 22 23 24. were we read the selfe-san words Q. VVhat besides A. Out of S. Luke ch 22. v. 19. 20. where we read This is my body which is given for you this is the Chalice the New Testament in my blood which shall be shed for you Q. VVhat other A. S. Joh. c. 6. v. 52 53 55. The bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of the world my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drinke indeed unlesse ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drinke his bloud you shall have no life in you Q. VVhat other yet A. Out of 1 Cor. ch 11. v. 23. where S. Paul tells us that he received from our Lord viz. by speciall revelation that at his last Supper he blessed bread saying Take ye and eat this is my body which shall be delivered for you this Chalice is the New â—estament in my bloud Q. By what meanes is the whole substance of the Bread and Wine transubstantiated or changed into the whole substance of the body and blood of Christ A. By the most holy and powerfull words of Consecration instituted by Christ and spoken by the Priest Q. VVhat is the White which we see remaining after Consecration A. The outward species or accidents of Bread under which the body and bloud of Christ is Q. VVhat meane you by those species or accidents A. The colour savour and quantity of bread Q. Is the Body of Christ hurt or broken when we divide or break the Sacrament A. It is not for he is now immortall and impassible he cannot die nor suffer any more Rom. ch 6. v. 9. Q. What other reason have you A. Because Christ is whole in the whole Hoast and whole in every particle thereof if you divide or break it seeing that wheresoever there would have been bread before consecration there must needs be the whole Body and Blood of Christ after consecration Q. What example have you for that A. The soule of a man which is whole in the whole body and whole in every part of the body as learned Protestants do not nor cannot deny Q. How can the same thing be in many severall places at once A. By the omnipotent power of God by which he himselfe is in all and every one of his creatures at one and the same instant Q. What example have you for that A. A word which being one yet is in many hundred of eares at once Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of Acts ch 9. v. 4. and 5. Where we read that Christ who is alwaies sitting at the right hand of his Father in heaven as we willingly admit with Protestants appeared notwithstanding and discoursed with S. Paul on earth saying Saul Saul Why doest thou persecute me and when S. Paul replied who art thou Lord he answered I am Jesus whomthou doest persecute Therefore he was then in two places at once Q. What is the necessary matter of the Eucharist A. Wheaten and unleavened Bread and Wine of the Grape Q. What is the essentiall forme of it A. This is my Body this is my Blood Q. Why is a little water mingled with the Wine in the Chalice A. To signifie the blood and water flowing from the side of Christ as also the union of the faithfull with Christ by vertue of this Sacrament Q. What disposition is required in him that will receive the Blessed Eucharist A. That he hath first confessed his sinnes and be in state of
Hebr. ch 11. v. 6. Q. What other reason have you for it A. Because as in a naturall body that part which hath not a due connection to the heart or root presently dieth for want of continuity so in the Church the mysticall body of Christ that member which hath not a due subordination and connection unto the head and Common Counsells thereof that is the Pope and Generall Counsells from whence under Christ we have our spirituall life and motion as wee are Christians must needs be dead and not a living member of that body Q. Who I beseech you are those dead members which you speak of A. All such as are not in the unity of the Church by a most firme beliefe of her Doctrine and due obedience to her Pastors Q. What if a Protestant should tell you that the differences betwixt them and us are not differences in fundamentalls or in faith but in opinion only and therefore do not exclude them out of the unitie of the Catholique Church A. I would answer That he contradicted his owne Tenets for they accuse us of Sacriledge of robbing God of his honour and committing Idolatry because we believe Priestly absolution from sinnes adore the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist and pray to Saints which are no matters of indifferency but high Fundamentalls of the Catholike Faith Q. How doe you prove all obstinate Novellists to be Heretikes A. Because they appeale from Masters to Schollers and from the Pastors and Generall Counsells of the Church unto the Layetie for the decision of points controverted which is the proper nature of Schisme and Heresie Q. What other reason have you A. Because they wilfully stand out against the definitive sentence of the Church of God and will not submit to any Judgement or Tribunall which Christ hath left on earth for the deciding of such doubts as they themselves are pleased to move but will be tried onely by their own idle braine and the dead letter of the Scripture Q. Why may not the letter of the Scripture be a decisive Judge of Controversies A. Because it never hath as yet been able from the first writing of it to decide any one as the whole world doth experience all Heretikes pretending equally unto it for the defence of their Novelties and Heresies and no one of them ever yeelding to another Q. What other reason have you A. Because resting in the dead letter onely we can have no assurance or morall certainty of any one Text or Chapter of the whole Bible that it hath come to us uncorrupted or what the meaning of it is or that it is the very word of Christ so great are the corruptions which have crept into it and so innumerable are the Languages Translations and Copies through which the Bible hath passed since the first writing of it Q. How then are we assured of these things A. By the infallible authority definition and proposition of the Catholike Church Q. What other reason have you yet for this A. Because the Scripture was never ordained for that purpose all the Books thereof being either Poeticall as the Psalmes Historicall as the Gospels Epistolarie as the Epistles or Allegoricall as the Apocalyps and Prophets and therefore as appeareth by their very names are no way fitting for the deciding of Controversies Q. For what end then was the Scripture written A. The writing or committing of it to dead letters was onely for superabundant consolations and that by a sensible and common reading of it without any criticall or controversiall libration of words we might be able to know that God is and what he is as also that there is a heaven and a hell rewards for virtue and punishments for vice with examples of both all which we find in the Letter of the Scripture by a plain and ordinary reading of it Q. How declare you the Churches visibility at all times A. Because it consisteth essentially of a visible Hierarchy which can never faile Q. How prove you that A. Out of Ephes ch 4. v. 11 12. where we read that Christ gave some Apostles some Evangelists some Doctors some Pastors to the consummation of the Saints to the edifying of the body of Christ and to the worke of the Ministerie untill we all meet in the unity of faith Q. What other proof have you A. Out of S. Mat. ch 5. v. 14. 15. where Christ saith of his Church you are the light of the world a City seated on a Mountaine cannot bee hid Q. Why then would Protestants have the Church to be invisible A. Because we have convinced them that there were no Protestants to be seen or heard of in the world before Martin Luther Q. Why is it said the holy Church A. Because she hath a holy faith a holy Law holy Sacraments and is guided by the Holy Ghost to all truth and holinesse Q. How else prove you her Sanctity A. Because Christ gave himselfe for his Church that he might sanctifie it cleansing it by the laver of water in the Word that he might present it to himselfe a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle but that it might be holy and unspotted Ephes ch 5. v. 26. 27. Q. Why are we bound to believe the Church A. Because she is the Pillar and ground of truth 1 Tim. ch 3. v. 15. Q. What other proofe have you for her Infallibility A. Out of S. Matth. ch 16. v. 18. where Christ saith upon this Rocke will I build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevaile against her Q. What other yet A. Out of S. Joh. ch 14. v. 16. But the Paraclete saith he the Holy Ghost he shall teach you all things whatsoever I shall say unto you and ch 13. v. 16. But when the Spirit of Truth cometh he shall teach you all Truth Q. How declare you that the definitions of a Councell perfectly Oecumenicall that is a Generall Councell approved by the Pope be infallible in matters of Faith A. Because such a Councell is the Church Representative and hath the same Infallibility that the Church diffused or spread over the world hath Q. What other reason have you A. Because the Definitions of such a Councell are the Dictates of the Holy Ghost according to that of the Apostles defineing in Councell it hath seemed good unto the Holy Ghost and to us c. Act. ch 15. v. 28. Q. What thinke you then of such as accuse the Church of Errours in Faith and Idolatrie A. Truly I thinke them to be Hereticks or Infidells for our Lord saith He that will not hear the Church let him be unto thee as a Heathen or a Publican S. Mat. ch 18. v. 18. Q. What understand you by the word Catholique A. I understand that the Church is Universall both for time and place Q. How for time A. Because it hath been from Christ unto this time and shall be from hence unto the end of the world Q. How prove you that A.
of Col. ch 3. v. 22. Servants saith S. Paul obey in all things your Masters according to the flesh not serving the eye as pleasing men but in simplicity of heart as pleasing God Q. How doe Servants sin against their Masters A. By neglecting their commands stealing or spoiling their goods c. The fifth Commandement Expounded Q. WHat is the fifth Commandement A. Thou shalt not kill Q. What is prohibited by this Precept A. All murther unjust shedding of bloud fighting and quarrelling Q. Is it lawfull to kill in no case A. Yes in a just Warre or when publike Justice requireth it for the Magistrate beareth not the Sword without cause Rom. ch 13. v. 4. As also in the blamelesse defence of our owne or our innocent neighbours life against an unjust Invader Q. Is it lawfull to fight Duells appointing a set time and place for private Interest or Puntilio's of honour A. No by no meanes for the Church hath forbidden it under Excommunication to be incurred Ipso facto and such as die in Duells can neither have Christian buriall nor be prayed for by the Church Q. How prove you all fighting and quarrelling to be unlawfull A. Out of S. Mat. ch 5. v. 39. You have heard saith Christ that it was said of old an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth but I say unto you not to resist evill but if any one strike thee on the right cheeke turn to him also the other Q. What else is forbidden by this Precept A. To seeke wish or desire our owne or any other mans death out of impatience or passion or to cause women with child to miscarry The sixth Commandement Expounded Q. WHat is the sixth Commandement A. Thou shalt not commit Adultery Q. What is prohibited by this Precept A. All carnall sinne with another mans wife or another womans husband and chiefly Adultery as also Fornication and Pollution Q. How prove you Fornication and Pollution to be mortalls sins A. Out of Col. ch 3. v. 5. Mortifie therefore saith S. Paul your members upon earth fornication uncleannesse and Avarice which are the service of Idolls for which the wrath of God cometh upon the Children of Infidelity Q. In what case is it lawfull for a man to dismisse his wife A. In case of evident Adultery or Fornication Q. Can he that hath so dismissed his wife marry another during her life A. He cannot for he that dismisseth his wife and marrieth another he committeth Adultery S. Mar. ch 10. v. 11. and in S. Luk. ch 16. v. 18. we read be that marrieth her that is so dismissed committeth Adultery Q. Why is Adultery a farre greater sin then Fornication A. Because it is a great injury to our innocent neighbour as also to to the Sacrament of Matrimony Q. How prove you that a Wife so dismissed from her husband cannot marrie againe during her husbands life A. Out of 1 Cor. ch 7. v. 10 11. To those that are married saith he not I give commandement but the Lord that the wife depart not from her husband and if she depart to remaine unmarried And v. 39. A woman saith he is bound to the Law so long time as her husband liveth but if her husband sleepe that is be dead she is at liberty let her marrie to whom she will Q. What else is forbidden by this Precept A. Whoredome Incest Sacriledge and sin against Nature Q. Why is lust hatefull in the sight of God A. Because it defileth in us the Image of God the Member of Christ and the Temple of the Holy Ghost Q. What more is here prohibited A. Unchast touching of our selves or others with all delight in lustfull thoughts and kisses Q. What is the hire of unlawfull lust A. Death and damnation For Neither fornicators nor adulterers nor the effeminate that is such as defile themselves with voluntary pollution shall possesse the kingdome of God 1. Cor. ch 6. v. 10. The seventh Commandement expounded Q. WHat is the seventh Commandement A. Thou shalt not steale Q. What is forbidden by this Precept A. All unjust taking away or detaining of that which is another mans Q. How many kinds of theft be there A. Three kinds simple Theft which is a secret taking away of that which is another mans Rapine which is a violent open taking away or keeping of that which is another mans and Sacriledge which is a stealing of sacred things or out of sacred places Q. When is Theft a mortall sin A. When the thing stollen is of a considerable value or causeth any notable hurt unto our neighbour Q. How prove you that A. Out of 1 Cor. ch 6. v. 10. where we read that neither Theeves nor covetous men nor Extortioners shall possesse the Kingdome of God Q. What doth a sin of Theft oblige us to A. To make restitution of the thing stollen to the right owner if we be able otherwise the sin will not be forgiven us Q. What else is here prohibited A. All Vsury Bribery Cozenage in gaming and unjust gaine by buying or selling Q. What is Vsury A. It is a studious will to receive something by a legall contract above the principall immediately out of the consideration of loan Q. How prove you Vsury and Bribery to be great sins A. Out of the 14. Psal where we read O Lord who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle or who shall rest in thy holy Mountaine he that hath not given his money to use nor taken Bribes upon the innocent man Q. How are rich men soonest brought to beggery A. By mingling other mens goods amongst their owne Q. How do men generally sinne against this Precept A. Princes by imposing unjust Taxes on their Subjects Subjects by not paying their due Taxes to their Princes Buyers and Sellers by deceitfull weights and measures or by exceeding the just price Masters by defrauding Servants of their wages and Servants by imbezelling their Masters goods The eighth Commandement Expounded Q. WHat is the eighth Commandement A. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour Q. What is prohibited by this Precept A. All false testimonies rash judgements and lies Q. Why is false witnesse so great a sinne A. Because it is against the justice of God and our neighbour Q. How prove you that corrupt judgement is a great sin A. Out of Isa ch 5. where we read Woe be to you that call evill good that justifie the impious man for bribes and rob the just man of his justice for as fire devoureth the stubble so shall the root of these men be ashes Q. Why is rash judgement a great sinne A. Because it robbeth God of his Judgement and our Neighbour of his good Name Doe not ye judge saith S. Paul and ye shall not be judged of our Lord 1 Cor. ch 11. v. 31. Q. Why is it a sin to lie A. Because the Devill is a liar and the Father of lies S. Joh. ch 8. v. 44. Q. What else is prohibited by this
garment his Scepter of a reed and shewing to the people with loe the man Q. What by the sixth houre A. His unjust condemnation to death his carrying of the Crosse his stripping and nailing to the Crosse Q. What by the ninth houre A. His drinking gall and vinegar his dying on the Crosse and the opening of his side with a speare Q. What by the Evensong A. His taking downe from the Crosse and the darknesse which was made upon the face of the earth Q. What by the Compline A. His Funerall or Buriall Briefly thus The Mattins and Lauds his Agony and binding in the Garden the Prime his scoffes and false accusations the third houre his cloathing with purple and crowning with thornes the sixth houre his condemning and nailing to the Crosse the ninth houre his yeelding up the Ghost and the opening of his side the Evensong his taking from the Crosse and the Compline his Buriall The particulars of the Office Expounded Q. WHy doth our Ladies Office alwaies begin with an AVE MARIA A. To dedicate the Office to our Lady and beg her aid for the devout performance of it to Gods honour Q. VVhy doe we begin every Houre with Incline unto mine aid O God O Lord make hast to helpe me A. To acknowledge our infirmity and misery and the great need we have of divine assistance not only in all other things but also in our very prayers according to that of the Apostle No man can say LORD JESUS but in the Holy Ghost Q. VVhy do we add to this Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the Holy Ghost A. To signifie that the intention of the Office is in the first place to give one equall glory to the most Blessed Trinity and to invite all creatures to do the like this is the principall aime of the whole Office therefore we not onely begin every Houre but also end every Psalme with the same Verse Q. VVho ordained the GLORIA PATRI A. The Apostles according to Baronius in his 3. Tome the yeare of Christ 325. Q. Why do we joyne unto the GLORIA PATRI SICUT ERAT As it was in the beginning both now and alwaies world without end A. Because that was made by the Councell of Nice against the Arrians who denied Christ to be coequall and consubstantiall to his Father or to have been before the Virgin Mary Q. Why after this for a great part of the yeare and especially betwixt Easter and Whitsontide doe we say ALLELUIA ALLELUIA A. Because that is a time of joy and ALLELUIA is an Hebrew word signifying Praise ye the Lord with all joy and exultation of heart Q. Why were it not better changed into English A. Because it is the language of the very Blessed in heaven according to Apoc. ch 8. v. 6. Therefore the Church hath forbidden it to be translated into any other language Q. Why in Lent and some other times do we say instead of ALLELUIA Praise be to thee O Lord King of eternall glory A. Because those are times of penance and therefore God must be praised rather with teares then exultation Q. VVhy do we alwaies say for the Invitatory Haile â—ary full of grace our Lord is with thee A. To congratulate and renew the memory of our Blessed Ladies joy conceived at the conception of her Sonne Jesus and to invite both men and Angells to doe the like Q. VVhat signifie the five Verses following the Invitatory which begin Come let us exult unto our Lord A. The five wounds of Christ from which all our Prayer hath its force and merit and in honour of which those Versicles are said Q. VVhat meane the Hymnes A. They are a Poeticall expression of the Prerogatives and Praises of our Lady Q. VVhy are so many Psalmes used in the Office A. Because they were dictated by the Holy Ghost and do containe in a most moving manner all the affections of piety and devotion Q. Why are there but three Psalmes in most of the houres A. In honour of the most Blessed Trinity to whom chiefly the whole Office is directed Q. Why was the Office divided into so many Houres A. I have told you the chief reason already and one other reason was that so there might be no houre either of day or night to which some Houre of the Office might not correspond Q. What doe the Mattins correspond to A. To the first second and third Watch of the night consisting of three houres apiece and therefore the Mattins consist of three Psalms and three Lessons Q. What doe the Lauds correspond to A. To the fourth Watch of the night Q. VVhat doe the Prime the third the sixth and ninth houres correspond to A. To the first the third the sixth and ninth houres of the day Q. VVhat do the Evensong and Compline correspond to A. To the Evening Q. VVhat mean the Benedictions or Blessings given before the Eessons A. They are short Aspirations to beg divine assistance and the first is in honour of the Father the second in honour of the Son the third in honour of the Holy Ghost Q. What do the Lessons contain A. The mysticall praises of our Blessed Lady taken out of the Prophets Q. Why doe we end every Lesson saying But thou O Lord have mercy on us A. To beg that the praises and vertues of our Lady which we have there read may be deeply setled in our hearts and that God would pardon our former negligence in both his and her service Q. Why is it answered Thanks be to God A. To render thankes to God for his mercy in bestowing such a Patronesse on us as the Blessed Virgin Mary Q. What mean the Responsories A. They are so called because they answer unto one another Q. VVhat are the Antiphones A. The Verticles which are begun before the Psalmes Q. VVhy doe wee rise up and stand at the MAGNIFICAT BENEDICTUS and NUNC DIMITTIS A. To signifie our reverence to the Gospell out of which those are taken Q. VVhat is the Collect A. It is the Prayer and is so called because it collecteth and gathereth together all the Petitions and supplications of the whole Office Q. VVhy is the Collect alwaies ended with those words Through our Lord Jesus Christ c. A. To signifie that he is our only Mediator of Redemption and principal Mediator of Intercession and that we cannot merit any thing by our prayers unlesse we make them in his Name Q. VVhy make we a Commemoration of the Saints A. To praise God in his Saints according to the advice of the Psalmist Psa 150. and to commend our felves to their merits and prayers Q. VVhy end we every houre with those words And let the soules of the faithfull through the mercy of God rest in peace A. That the poore soules in Purgatory may be partakers of all our Prayers and supplications Q. VVhy is the whole Office ended with some Hymne or Antiphone to our Lady A. That by her it may be presented to her Son and by him to his eternall Father FINIS A Table of the Chapters and principall Contents of this Book Chap. 1. WHat a Christian is And of the Blessed Trinity pag. 1 Chap. 2. Faith explicated 6 Chap. 3. The Creed expounded 9 1. Article 10 2. Article 17 3. Article 22 4. Article 24 5. Article 27 6. Article 30 7. Article 32 8. Article 37 9. Article 39 10. Article 62 11. Article 64 12. Article 68 Chap. 4. Hope and Prayer explicated Chap. 5. The Pater Noster expounded 84 Chap. 6. The Haile Mary or Angelicall Salutation expounded 96 Chap. 7. Charity expounded 102 Chap. 8. The X. Commandements expounded 108 1. Commandement 114 2. Commandement 130 3. Commandement 133 4. Commandement 140 5. Commandement 147 6. Commandement 149 7. Commandement 152 8. Commandement 155 9. 10. Commandements 159 Chap. 9. The Commandements of the Church expounded 162 Chap. 10. The Councells of Christ and his Church expounded 172 Chap. 11. An Exposition of the 7. Sacraments 176 1. Baptisme 184 2. Confirmation 192 3. The Eucharist 193 4. Penance 210 5. Extreme Vnction 219 6. Holy Order 222 7. Matrimony 231 Chap. 12. The cardinall Vertues expounded 239 Chap. 13. The Gifts of the Holy Ghost explicated 241 Chap. 14. The 12 Fruits of the Holy Ghost expounded 243 Chap. 15. The Works of Mercy 246 Chap. 16. The 8. Beatitudes 249 Chap. 17. Kinds of sin explicated 250 Chap. 18. The 7. Deadly Sins expounded 261 Chap. 19. The sins against the Holy Ghost 276 Chap. 20. The sins that cry to heaven for vengeance 280 Chap. 21. The foure last Things 283 Chap. 22. The Ceremonies of the Masse expounded 287 Chap. 23. The Office of our B. Lady expounded 307 VVHat faults the Printer through his ignorance in this Language hath committed the courtesie of the Reader may correct and chiefly these Errata Pag. 19. lin 6. read any thing p. 39 l. 2. dele in p. 41. l. 1. r. feed my lambâ— p. 47. l. 3. r. consolation p. 58. l. 19. â— 20. r. every false tongue shall p. 60. l. 8 r. over us p. 103. l. 3. r. is it a. p. 119. â— r. two Cherubins p. 141. l. 1. r. bound p. 145. l. 15. r. your Prelates l. 17 your soules p. 150. l. 1. r. mortall p 159. l. 10. r. wife Thou p. 162. l. 6. â— help it p. 173. l. 5. r. reward p. 183. l. 〈…〉 r. administration p. 189. l. 12. r. Godâ— child p. 217. l. 18. r. thy sinne p. 23 l. 10. r. Lia. p. 248. l. 10. dele of p. 290 〈…〉 2. r. sorrow