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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07609	A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit	Molina, Antonio de, d. 1619?; Floyd, John, 1572-1649, attributed name.; Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645?	1623 (1623)	STC 18001; ESTC S112780	50,509	307

inwardly as meate is conioyned with the person that feedes theron So that we may now well conclude that the Masse is a most perfect holocaust and that therein in highest māner we acknowledge our Creatours most soueraigne infinite Maiesty with the rest of his Diuine excellencyes and yield him the honour and worship that is his due That the Masse is a most perfect Sacrifice of Thankes-giuing CHAP. VIII AS touching the second reason of sacrificing to wit thereby to giue thankes vnto God for his benefits done vs it is apparant with what eminency thankes are giuen vnto God by this our most holy Sacrifice aboue all other that haue been at any tyme offered in the world For in other sacrifices howsoeuer great and precious the oblatiōs were yet mē did not offer all that they had but only a small portion reseruing the farre greater part for themselues as Iacob sayd in his Vow vnto God I will offer thee the tithes or the tēth part of all the things that thou shalt giue me What great thing is it that a man vnto him that giues all returne backe agayne the tenth part therof by way of gratitude retayning nyne partes for himselfe wherfore this kind of gratitude is more esteemed by the inward affection of thākesgiuing in tokē wherof the Sacrifice is offered thē by the value and sufficiency of the gift But in our most Diuine Sacrifice we offer a thing of farre greater price thē is all that which he hath giuen vs because we offer him his very Son whome also he gaue vs that we might offer him and by this oblation repay whatsoeuer we owe him seing he doth no lesse discharge the debt that payeth it by that which is freely giuen him then he who payeth it out of his owne stocke And if respect be had vnto the inward affection it is certayne that the gratitude of all creatures put togeather is lesse then the benefits they receaued of God to supply which defect we offer the affection the gratitude of our Lord Iesus Christ. For he knowing our insufficiēcy in this behalfe himselfe gaue thankes vnto his Father for all the benefits done vs particularly for the gracious gift of this most soueragne Sacrament when he tooke the bread into his handes to consecrate the same he did as the Euangelists write lift vp his eyes vnto heauen gaue thankes vnto his Father hereby preuenting and by anticipation making recompense for the want and default of our gratitude And as often as we celebrate we repeate this action of our Sauiour when we take the bread into our handes we say of him He tooke the bread lifting vp his eyes vnto Heauen and giuing thankes as if we sayd vnto the Eternall Father that if we be not sufficient to giue him worthy thankes for this soueragne mystery that he remēber his Sonne our Lord who rendred vnto him most perfect thākes in the name of vs all that he receaue these thankes of his Sonne to supply the defect of ours who for this reason offer him this sacrifice because it contaynes all that is due to him and for this cause it is called Eucharist or Sacrifice of the Eucharist that is to say of thankesgiuing That the Masse is a most perfect Sacrifice of Propitiation for sinne CHAP. IX AS concerning the third Title of Satisfaction for sinne the difference is perspicuous betwixt the auncient Sacrifices and this because they were not sufficient to satisfy for one only sinne as the Apostle Saint Paul many tymes affirmeth specially in his Epistle to the Hebrews where he sayth that it is impossible that by the bloud of bulls or goates sinne should be abolished And in the same Chapter he writes to the same effect Euery Priest is occupied in offering againe againe the same Victimes or Sacrifices but this Priest Christ Iesus hauing offered one Sacrifice sits for euer at the right-hād of God For this respect the same Apostle calleth them many tymes weake sacrifices impotent and defectuous Infirma egena elementa And not only this is so but also all creatures put togeather are not able of themselues to satisfy for one only sinne whereas our great High-Priest Christ Iesus by one only Sacrifice satisfyed for all the sinnes of the world and of a thousand worldes were there so many this satisfaction is not only sufficient but also abundant not only equiualent and equall but also obtaying pardon euen in rigour of iustice as is the most common true Doctrine of the Theologers for as S. Paul sayth Vna oblatione consummauit in aeternum sanctificatos by one Oblation he consummated for euer the sanctification of men which most sufficient superabundant satisfaction he applyes efficaciously vnto vs as often as we do offer the most holy Sacrifice of the Masse This is the reason that the most holy Councel of Trent defines that this sacrifice is truly propitiatory because God by this Oblatiō appeased by granting the grace and gift of Pennance pardons mayne and heynous crimes Hence it is that a most graue Deuout Authour affirmes that a man hauing committed many most grieuous sinnes by one only Masse which he should say with the conuenient disposition if there be no default on his part might be as perfectly freed frō them all by vertue of the sacrifice as he was before he sinned so that he might strayght enter into Heauen without any impediment And herein he vtters a most certayne Truth because the vertue and efficacy of the Sacrifice as for within it selfe hath no limitation nor any measure but that which the meannesse of mans disposition giues vnto it Wherfore the holy Coūcell of Trent sayth absolutly and without restraint that by the vertue of this Diuine Sacrifice all our sinnes are pardoned how heynous soeuer In the forme of consecration Christ lykewise sayth and we repeate the same dayly in his name That this is the Bloud of the new Testamēt which was shed and offered for the remission pardon of sins and Pope Iulius as Gratian relates sayth Omne crimen atque peccatum oblatis Deo sacrificijs deletur that euery sinne and crime is cancelled by the oblation of Sacrifice vnto God S. Gregory in his Dialogues writes in this manner This Victime doth singularly saue the soule frō eternall destruction which mystically represents vnto vs the death of Gods only begotten Sonne And in another place the same holy Doctour reportes of a man that was captiue in the handes of his enemies lodē with fetters yrons whose wife hearing no newes of him and therefore belieuing him to be departed this life caused euery weeke vpon a certayne day Masse to be sayd for him And as often as the Sacrifice of the Masse was offered on that day the fetters and yrons fell off from him and he remayned free for them to his great admiration he not knowing the cause of so great a wonder vntill retourning into his Countrey and relating

mayest for the tyme to come liue to iustice The Angels Hymne Gloria in excelsis GLory in the highest to God in earth peace to men of good will we prayse thee we blesse thee we adore thee we glorify thee We giue thee thankes for thy great glory Lord God King of Heauen God the Father Almighty Lord the only begottē Sonne Iesus-Christ Lord God Lābe of God Sonne of the Father Who takest away the Sinnes of the world haue mercy vpon vs. Who takest away the sins of the world receiue our prayers Who sittest on the right hand of the Father haue mercy vpon vs. Because thou art alone holy thou alone our Lord thou alone most high O Iesus-Christ with the holy Ghost in the glory of God the Father Amen S. Augustines briefe Confession touching the holy Trinity WE do with our whole hart mouth cōfesse prayse blesse thee God the Father vnbegotten thee the only begottē Sonne thee the holy Ghost the Paraclete the holy vndeuided Trinity Glory be to the Father who hath created vs. Glory to the Sonne who hath redeemed vs. Glory to the holy Ghost who hath sanctified vs. Glory to the most soueraigne vndeuided Trinity one God world without end Amen After the Epistle is read which commonly cōprehēdeth the admonitiō of the Apostle whē the Priest cōmeth to read the Gospell stand vp and be attentiue vnto it in the beginning make the signe of the Crosse vpō thy forehead mouth breast and say from thy hart these wordes Glory be to thee O Lord. And when the Gospell is ended Prayse be to thee O Christ who by thy selfe by thy Apostles hast vouchsafed to preach the gospell to the world to giue the incredulous and vnbelieuing the true light of faith Say the Creed with the Priest I Belieue in God the Father Almighty c. When the Priest hath made the oblation say thus LEt vs giue thākes to our Lord God for that it is truely a worthy thing and iust meete and healthfull that we alwayes and euery where yield thee thanks holy Lord Father omnipotēt eternall God by Christ our Lord. By whom the Angels prayse thy Maiesty the Dominatiōs adore it the Powers trēble before it the heauens and the Vertues of the heauens the blessed Seraphims doe with ioynt exultation celebrate it With whom we also beseech thee to commaund that our voyces maybe admitted heard with humble confessiō saying Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth The heauens and the earth be full of thy glory Osanna in the highest Blessed is he who cōmeth in the Name of our Lord. Osāna in the highest Heere in honour of the fiue Wounds of our Redeemer which cannot be honoured inough say Pater Noster fiue tymes that both liuing and dying thou mayest receiue the aboundant vertue of them and of all our Sauiours passion and therby obtayne the remission of sinnes and all manner of grace both for your selues and others A Prayer to Christ. BLessed be thou o Lord Iesu-Christ Sonne of the liuing God who hauing compassion vpon vs camest downe from heauen being a true Sacrifice for our sinnes liberally offredst vpō the altar of the Crosse thine innocent body and bloud which thou tookst of the B. Virgin Prayse and glory be to thee because of the same body and bloud of thyne thou hast instituted not only the bread of life which we are to receiue in the Sacrament but also a sacrifice to be offered vpon the altare by the Priests and hast left it to be celebrated till the worlds end that thy Church might haue a perpetuall and pure sacrifice to celebrate all the world ouer Iesu of Nazareth crucified for vs be mercifull to me and to all sinners and graunt that we may receiue the effectuall fruit and vertue of the Sacrament and of this Sacrifice to the profit of both body soule and to all prosperity and consolation of the faithfull At the Eleuation of the holy Host and Chalice WE adore thee o Lord Iesu-Christ our King high Priest and we blesse thee who by thy holy Crosse and bloudy oblation of this thy sacred body bloud hast redeemed vs and recōciled vs being lost creatures to God the Father By thine infinite goodnes I beseech thee make me and all thy Church participant of all thy redemption and to receyue in vs the fruit of thy death resurrection and ascension to life euerlasting Amen Hayle the worlds saluation the eternall word of the Father the true host liuing flesh perfect Deity life euerlasting Thou art my Lord and my God whome I humbly adore and faythfully inuocate being present vpon this Altare in body bloud that I may haue thee my Redeemer propitious and fauourable vnto me in prosperity and aduersity in life and in death and finally may behold thee face to face raygning in Heauen Who with the Father the holy Ghost liuest and raygnest world without end Amen The soule of Christ sanctify me the body of Christ saue me the bloud of Christ inebriate me the water of Christs side wash me the passion of Christ strengthē me O good Iesu vouchsafe to heare me and permit me not to be separated frō thee From the malignant Angell defend me In the houre of my death call me and will me to come vnto thee that together with thine Angels I may prayse thee for euer euer Amen For whome we ought most of all to pray in Masse-tyme MOst soueraygne Bishop and Redeemer of the world Iesu-Christ who discouerest thy self vnto vs not only on the Crosse but also in this venerable Sacrament togeather with thy body and bloud in so much as thou sufferest thy selfe to be touched offered eaten by sinners haue mercy vpō vs who without thy grace are not able to do anything giue thine assistāce to thy Catholike Church spread ouer the whole world that by thee the true Catholikes may haue peace and by thy conduct may be safe defended against their enemies whersoeuer Establish sufficiēt Pastours ouer thy flock and contayne all Magistrats in their office that they may rule and profit the Christiā Common-wealth conformably to thy will pleasure Conuert O Lord all miserable sinners who are strayed from their faith that by thine inspiratiō they may returne to the way of truth giue the light of fayth to Infidels comfort the afflicted restore the sicke to their health help the miserable succour the needy poore protect also our parēts kinsfolks benefactours friēds conserue thē that they may carefully imbrace and loue those things that appertayne to fayth and Catholicke obedience And through thy goodnes clemency take away from vs whatsoeuer is displeasing vnto thee and giue vs strength and vertue to auoyd all sinne and imbrace all good that we may fulfill thy will and our own vocation Admit this healthfull Sacrament offered by the Catholicke Priest in full satisfaction of our sinnes for an aboundant supply of