salubriter perseveret à peccatorum suorum funibus solutus vel soluta tuis cum effectu semper obsequiis ligatum vel ligatam se esse cognoscat Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum Amen Here the Cord is to be sprinkled with Holy-water and then the party that receives it is to be girded therewith the Priest saying as followeth ACcipe cingulum istud paratus vel parata esto alligari mori pro Domino nostro Jesu Christo qui praecingat lumbos mentis tuae cingulo puritatis ut permaneat in te virtus continentiae eastitatis Deo semper in omnibus obedias Amen The Priest is to say this following prayer upon the party that hath received the Cord. Oremus DEus qui Beato Petro Apostolo tuo praedixisti in senectute sua per alium fore cingendum famulum tuum quem ve famulam tuam quam cingulo nostrae fraternitatis praecinximus tua quaesumus chorda salutari cor ejus Christiana praecinge disciplina ut tui opitulante gratia solut us liberatus vel soluta liberata à vitiis tuoque vinctus vel vincta servitio in statu devotionis usque in finem jugiter perseveret Qui vivis regnas in saecula saeculorum Amen Benediction is to be given to him or her that takes the Cord. BEnedictio Sanctissimae Trinitatis Patris Filii Spiritus sancti descendat super te ut sicut chorda corpus tuum circumdas ita animam fide Jesu Christi bonis operibus decores quatenus suam gratiam in hoc saeculo in futuro gloriam habeas aeternam Amen Litanies of the Passion of our Saviour O all ye that pass by the way stay a while and see if there be any dolour like to that of mine They pierced my hands and feet displaced and numbred all my bones from the sole of my feet to the Crown of my head there is no health in me Chap. 1. Hier. Isa Psalm 21. LOrd have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us Christ Jesu hear us God the Father which art in Heaven have mercy upon us O Jesus Christ Son of the Father Redeemer of the world and our gracious God have mercy upon us O holy Ghost which art our God have mercy upon us O holy Trinity one onely God have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest wash the feet of thy Apostles have mercy upon us Jesu who wast sold for thirty pence have mercy upon us Jesu who hast given thy precious body and blood unto us have mercy upon us Jesu who prayedst three times in the Garden have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest sweat water and blood have mercy upon us Jesu who was kist by Judas have mercy upon us Jesu who wast taken and bound by the wicked Jews have mercy upon us Jesu who wast presented to Annas and Caiphas have mercy upon us Jesu who wast buffetted by a vile servant have mercy upon us Jesu who wast falsly accused have mercy upon us Jesu who wast three times denied of thy servant Peter have mercy upon us Jesu who wast delivered up to Pilate have mercy upon us Jesu who wast examined by the Judge have mercy upon us Jesu who wast found most innocent have mercy upon us Jesu who wast led to Herod have mercy upon us Jesu who wast despised of Herod and his company have mercy upon us Jesu who wast cloathed like a fool in a white garment have mercy upon us Jesu who wast less esteemed than the murtherer Barrabas have mercy upon us Jesu who wast bound naked to the pillar have mercy upon us Jesu who wast cruelly whipt with rods and scourges have mercy upon us Jesu who wast all over goared with wounds have mercy upon us Jesu whose precious blood was spilt upon the ground have mercy upon us Jesu whose sacred face was covered with spittings have mercy upon us Jesu who wast cloathed with purple and mocked by the Jews have mercy upon us Jesu who wast crowned with thorns have mercy upon us Jesu who carriedst a Reed instead of a Scepter have mercy upon us Jesu whose sacred eyes were blind-folded have mercy upon us Jesu whose face was stroken have mercy upon us Jesu who wast by Pilate shewn to the people have mercy upon us Jesu against whom they cry out Crucifie him Crucifie him have mercy upon us Jesu who for us was condemned to death have mercy upon us Jesu who wast falsly judged have mercy upon us Jesu who was delivered unto the hands of the common people have mercy upon us Jesus who wast loaden with the heavy Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who with the weight thereof wast prest even to the ground have mercy upon us Jesu who wast stripped upon Mount Calvary have mercy upon us Jesu who wast stretcht out with cords upon the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast nailed to the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast lifted up together with the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast accompanied with two theeves upon the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who wast blasphemed by those that passed by have mercy upon us Jesu who prayedst for thine enemies have mercy upon us Jesu who gavest heaven unto the Thief have mercy upon us Jesu who gavest thy B. Mother into the custody of St. John have mercy upon us Jesu who wast forsaken of thy Father have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest drink vinegar and gall have mercy upon us Jesu who saidst All is consummated have mercy upon us Jesu who dying bowedst down thy holy head have mercy upon us Jesu whose sacred side was pierced with a Lance have mercy upon us Jesu who did dest shed water and blood from thy bleeding wound have mercy upon us Jesu who wast taken from the Cross have mercy upon us Jesu who diddest lye dead in the lappe of thy Mother have mercy upon us Jesu who hast wrapped in a winding sheet have mercy upon us Jesu who wast laid in the Sepulchre have mercy upon us Jesu who by thy death hath saved the world have mercy upon us Jesu who by thy precious blood hast redeemed us have mercy upon us Jesu be propicious unto us Jesu pardon us From all evil both corporal and spiritual sweet Jesus deliver us From thy anger and wrath Sweet Jesu deliver us From sudden death Sweet Jesu deliver us From Plague Warre and Famine Sweet Jesu deliver us From all errors and Heresies Sweet Jesu deliver us From the sleights and temptations of the Devil Sweet Jesu deliver us From evil will Sweet Jesu deliver us From all impatience Sweet Jesu deliver us From all excess and riot Sweet Jesu deliver us From eternal death Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy prayers and agony Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy bloody sweat Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy captivity Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy bands and cords Sweet Jesu deliver us By thy buffets
HEAVEN OPENED And the Pains of Purgatory AVOIDED BY THE Very great Indulgences Of the two most Illustrious Arch-Confraternities The One Of our Blessed Lady called the ROSARY And the Other Of the Seraphical Father St. FRANCIS called The Cord of the Passion Printed in the Year 1663. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND MOST REVEREND THE LORD Walter Mountague Great Almoner to the QUEEN Mother And Abbot of St. Martin and Nantheüil in France MY LORD THis little Treatise is due to your Lordship and to none else For it containeth wonderful Priviledges and easie Obligations of Two not onely the most Noble and Excellent but likewise the most Profitable Arch-Confraternities that have ever been in Gods Church viz. The Arch-Confraternity of our Blessed Lady called the Rosary and the Arch-Confraternity of our Seraphical Father Saint Francis Though the whole Church of Somerset-house and the Riches and Ornaments which raise its Splendor publish to the World the Queen Mothers great Piety Yet notwithstanding the Chappel of the holy Rosary is in some sort Yours by a special Grant from Her Majesty It seemes there was an Holy strife between Her Royal Zeal and Your excellent Fervor concerning the Decoration of that most Sacred Place And after so Vertuous a Contest the Queens Humility suffered it self to be overcome by Your Fervour condescending that Your Pious Devotion to our Blessed Lady should cause You even in your absence to adorn and enrich that August Chappel at Your proper Cost Now for us Capucins since we have the Honor to wear the holy Weed of St. Francis to profess his Rule and to be his Children and You my Lord as Her Majesties Great Almoner being our Superiour You are likewise Superiour of the Arch-Confraternity of our Seraphical Father This little Book therefore being in so many respects due to You it would be an act of Injustice to offer it to any other To avoid which I here present it to Your Lordship and with it the hearty services respects and submissions of all the Capucins and particularly of My LORD Your most humble and obedient Servant F. Cyprien Capucin Chaplaine to the Queen Mother THE PREFACE THe Queen Mothers Extraordinary Piety having once more settled the Noble Church of Somerset-House hath also given way to the re-settling of the most Illustrious Arch-Confraternity of our Blessed Lady commonly called the Rosary in which about Thirty years ago She was at her own desire Enrolled her humility being such that She vouchsafed to be called a Sister of the same But this is not sufficient it is moreover requisite that the wonderful Priviledges and easie Obligations of that holy Arch-confraternity should be made known I being resolved therefore to set them forth happily met with a Book concerning that matter written and published by a Pious and Learned Priest of the Order of St. Bennet out of which I have collected what was necessary for our purpose and disposed it as followeth HEAVEN OPENED And the Pains of Purgatory AVOIDED c. The Eminency and Holiness of our Blessed Lady THe Perfections Attributes Priviledges and Prerogatives of our Blessed Lady are such and so great that it is impossible for any one in this world I will not say to express but even to comprehend them Nevertheless that we may conceive something thereof let us consider 1. That She was Appointed Designed and Predestinated by the Holy Trinity from all Eternity to be the Worthy Mother of the Word Incarnate 2. That her Birth was not only praefigured promised and prophesied of but foretold also by an Angel appearing to her sterile Parents immediately before her Conception 3. That being born free from all sin she led a life so full of Sanctity so singular in all Purity so excellent in all Perfections that she deserved saith St. Augustine through Her Creators Mercy to be chosen the Mother of Gods Son 4. That she was a Mother yet remaining a Virgin even the Mother of God which is an Attribute alone containing whatsoever is Great Glorious and Excellent St. Gregory Neocesariensis in his second Sermon of the Anuntiation saith That the sense of this only Word Gods Mother exceeds all other Encomiums which Men or Angels can confer upon Her Being Gods Mother She is United to a term of an Infinite perfection and in a certain manner Elevated to a Divine Order saith St. Thomas par 1. qu. 25. art 6. ad 4. Saint Chrysostome in his Sermon of the Blessed Virgin calleth her the Miracle and the Miracle of Miracles And Saint John Damascen in his first Oration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin an Abysse of Miracles The Christians Devotion to our Blessed Lady THe Devotion of all faithful Christians towards the Holy Virgin Mary is as Antient as our Faith and Christianity it self She being Constituted our Mother by the bequest of her Blessed Son when on the Cross he uttered these words to St. John and in his person to all Christians Son behold thy Mother whereupon St. Bernard saith If Mary be thy Mother O Christian then is Jesus thy Brother then Christs Father is thy Father then his Heaven is thy Inheritance then Maries Grace is thy Treasure for Mothers usually lay up treasures for their Children then she is sensible of all thy sufferings solicitous to supply thy wants and careful to provide for thy necessities for a Mother is tender over her Children therefore O Christian make choice of Mary for thy Mother I well know saith the antient Father Theophylact that thou O most glorious Queen Mother art the great Protectrix of mankind and who is he that having placed his confidence in thee hath remained confounded Let us therefore to her make our humble addresses in all our necessities since she is so powerful to assist us so merciful to admit us and so ready to relieve us O Beatissima saith S. Anselm Arch-Bp of Cant. sicut omnis à te aversus à te de spectus necesse est ut intereat ita omnis ad te conversus à te respectus impossibile est ut pereat As he O most blessed Mary must needs perish who turneth his back to thee and whom thou rejectest from thy favours so it is impossible that he should perish that is zealous of thy honour and whom thou vouchsafest to behold and countenance I hold saith Origen as an assured verity that the Virgin Mary will never abandon that person that implores her assistance in the time of his necessity for she is full of goodness full of mercy and full of grace and therefore cannot refuse to compassionate him that calleth upon her The Practise of the Rosary is an excellent Devotion to our Blessed Lady IF we consider the holy Rosary Prerogatives we shall find that it far exceeds all other sorts of devotion of this nature Though every zealous Christian may so duly diligently and with such perseverance practise his devotions in his own private Oratory as to arrive at the perfection of vertue and the
all which entring into common and making one only depositum redound to each particular Members spiritual profit and advantage so that when any one of us offers up his Prayers to the Throne of Mercy he prayes as it were by as many mouths as there are Brethren and Sisters in the whole Confraternity now what an incredible force must this needs add to our Petitions How can a just demand presented by so many pious Souls sent up to Heaven by so many humble hearts pronounced by so many devout Tongues suffer a repulse Besides what an inestimable profit is it to have a share of Merits in so many Divine Sacrifices of the Masse celebrated through the whole world yearly monthly weekly daily to Gods Glory to his Mothers Honour to his Saints praises to the solace of the living to the succor of the dead Another profit of great importance is a confidence a comfort and a kind of security in the article of death Death is commonly bitter for the cessation of all pleasures dangerous for the Devils temptations dreadful for the severe Judgment immediately ensuing but to the Members of this sacred Confraternity death is not so bitter because long before expected prevented provided for the Devils temptations are not to them so dangerous because the daily use of their Spiritual weapons renders the expert in these combats able to foil their adversaries and experienced to defend themselves The apprehension of Gods Judgments is not to them so dreadful because they continually think of them and accordingly order their life and actions discharge their consciences of sin practice works of piety and endeavour to acquire the Sacred Virgins favour in hope to have Her their Friend and Advocate which is surely the best way to die with safety and security So the Devotion to our Blessed Lady in this Confraternity is a probable sign of being predestinated to eternal felicity with the holy you shall be holy saith the Psalmist and with the elect elected but what better sign of holiness what surer token of Election can one have in this life then to be associated with so many good souls aspiring zealously and unanimously to piety to perfection to salvation Another Spiritual profit that all Christians ought to look after consists in the several and very great Indulgences following Of the Indulgences conferred upon the Confraternity of the Rosary WE shall mention none but such as are expresly avouched by approved and authentical Authors and directly drawn out of the Popes Bulls and Indults omitting the multitude of less Indulgences which remit certain days years and quarantines of enjoyned penances and set down the plenary Indulgences I. At their first Admittance UPon the day that any one is first received and Enroled into the Sacred Confraternity of the Rosary having confessed and communicated and recited a third part of the Rosary and prayed for the peace and tranquility of the Church he gains a plenary Indulgence and remission of all his sins Pius quintus in his Bull consueverunt Romani pontifices 27. of Sept. 1559. II. At their own Choise ANy Member of the Rosary hath the liberty once in his life and at the Articles of his Death to make use of any Ghostly Father who is impowered to confer upon him a plenary Indulgence Innocentius octavus 15. Octob. 1484. III. At the hour of Death IN the hour Agony and Article of Death 1. Being confessed and communicated a plenary Indulgence Pius quintus Consueverunt 27. Sept. 1557. 2. Or saying with mouth or in heart Jesus Maria a plenary 3. Or calling thrice either by mouth or in heart upon the Holy Name of Jesus a plenary Pius quintus Greg. 13. Clem. 8. 4. Or having a blessed Candle of the Confraternity in their hand in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the time of their departure a plenary Adrianus Sextus Illius qui Dominicum cal Aprilis 1523. Who is cited and confirmed by Clement the seventh Ineffabilia 10. cal Aprilis 1529. To gain which indulgence the third part of the Rosary must have been at least once recited in the Chappel of the Rosary or in some place where the reciter thereof might have a view of the Rosary Altar as appears by the collations of the words of the Popes grants and by the ends for which they grant this priviledge to wit that the Rosarists may shew more reverence and respect to their Mothers Altar and often visit it with more Devotion all which is to be understood where these conveniencies may be obtained otherwise they may perform these devotions and obtain the like Indulgencies in any other Church or Oratory according to the express dispensation of the said Popes IV. Every first Sunday within the Month. 1. HAving confessed and communicated a plenary Greg. 13. Pastoris aeterni die quinta Maii 1581. 2. Or visiting the Altar of the Rosary a plenary Greg. 13. 3. Or being present at the Procession of the Rosary a plenary Greg. 13. Ad augendam 28. Octob. 1577. Paulus quintus Piorum hominum 15. April 1608. V. Vpon the seven Feasts of our Blessed Lady which are THe Purification Annunciation Visiration Assumption Nativity Presentation and Conception 1. Being confessed and communicated or being contrite with a will to confess and communicate at fit time a plenary 2. Or visiting the Altar of the Rosary a plenary 3. Or being present at the Processions of the Rosary upon these dayes a plenary Pius quartus Dum praeclara meritorum 1562. VI. For saying or hearing the Mass of the Rosary 1. THey who by vertue of their priviledges shall say the Mass of the Rosary gain a plenary Indulgence 2. Or shall cause it to be said a plenary 3. Or hear it gain all the Indulgences which are granted to them that recite once the whole Rosary which is a plenary Paulus tertius ultimo Augusti 1537. the said Mass of the Rosary thus begins Salve radix sancta c. which grant is confirmed by Sixtus quintus Dum ineffabilia 3. Jan. 1586. VII For saying the Rosary THey who shall recite the whole Rosary gain toties quoties a plenary Julius 2. and Leo 10. who granted a plenary to them who recited the Crown of our Lady consisting of sixty three Ave Maries with seven Pater noster's interposed which Paul the Third communicated and extended to all such as should recite the whole Rosary toties quoties VIII For the dayes in which the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary are celebrated THey who being truly penitent confessed and communicated shall devoutly visit the Chappel of the Rosary upon the dayes in which the fifteen Mysteries thereof are celebrated gain a plenary Indulgence Greg. 13. Pastoris aeterni 5. Maii 1581. IX For praying for the Dead 1. EVery time they recite the whole Rosary for the departed they gain the delivery of a soul out of Purgatory Paulus 3.3 Junii 1542. granted this vivae vocis oraculo to the Rosarists of the Kingdom of Spain which Pius
that any one should reprehend me At 1. Our most clement Redeemer Jesus Christ who is Goodness and Justice it self and the Soveraign Judge of all is rudely led from Annas to Caiphas a most wicked and most unjust Judge But I cannot endure with patience to be judged or condemned of my superiours of my equals of my inferiours be it right or wrong At 2. Our most wise Redeemer Jesus Christ did confess in the presence of the high Priest that he was the Son of God although he received a blow from the hand of a bloody butcher Let us never leave to do good or to serve God for the hate of men At 3. Our most amiable Redeemer Jesus Christ is denied by Saint Peter but when our Blessed Saviour beheld him he presently repented and bitterly deplored his sin O Lord God what man can presume that he will not offend thee let us bewail our sins with Saint Peter At 4. Our most meek Redeemer Jesus Christ is blind-folded spitted on beaten mocked blasphemed as a false Prophet Consider my soul that thou hast spitten upon the face of Jesus Christ that thou hast mocked and blasphemed him when thou hast done it to any one of thy neighbours who are his Brethren At 5. Our most Innocent Redeemer Jesus Christ the Holy of Holies in a full Assembly and Counsel of the Jews is condemned to death through envy O how this Passion of envy doth make us often-times to judg evil of others better than our selves At 6. Our most Gracious Redeemer Jesus Christ is presented to Pilate and falsly accused but not answering a word he is found Innocent O what silence of my Saviour so grievously accused and I sinner that I am do nothing but make excuses At 7. Our most Prudent Redeemer Jesus Christ is sent from Pilate to Herod and being demanded of vain things held his peace whereby he was mocked esteemed as a fool and as such is cloathed in a white garment O how much ought we rather desire to be contemned of men and not to condesend to their evil will than to displease God! At 8. Our most Just Redeemer Jesus Christ is sent from Herod to Pilate and Barrabas the murderer is preferred before him And thou sinner dost thou not do the same dost thou not prefer the Devil before God when thou inclinest to vice and forsakest vertue At 9. Our most Dolorous Redeemer Jesus Christ is most rudely despoyled and bound all naked to a pillar most cruelly whipped all torn with stripes and bruised with blows Behold O my soul how they handle the Virginal flesh of thy Saviour and how thou dost flatter and pamper thine which hath so much offended At 10. Our most Patient Redeemer Jesus Christ revested with purple crowned with thorns having a reed for a scepter is shewn to thee for a pattern of patience and all vertue if thou wilt be glorified by him O how much ought I to be ashamed to be so delicate a member under a head crowned with thorns for me At 11. Our most constant Redeemer Jesus Christ condemned to death by Pilate carrieth his own Cross to Mount Calvary Whosoever will follow him to Paradise he must carry the Crosse which are the afflictions of this life after him with patience At 12. Our most obedient Redeemer Jesus Christ is stretched out nailed and elevated upon the Cross between two theeves for the salvation of the world Since our sinnes have been so punished in the person of our Redeemer How shall they be punished in sinners if they do not amend At 1. Our most merciful Redeemer Jesus Christ did pray for those that crucified him and promised Paradise to the good Thief Let us also pardon those that offend against us if we will that God should pardon us At 2. Our most Devout Redeemer Jesus Christ did give Saint John to his Mother for her Son and his Mother to Saint John for a Mother O what affection did Saint John bear to the Mother of God O that my soul might burn with the like devotion to the blessed Virgin At 3. Our most Perfect Redeemer Jesus Christ did cry out My God my God Why hast thou forsaken me I thirst All is consummated and recommending his Spirit to God the Father he expired Let the earth tremble the dead arise the Sun be darkened day become night since the Creator and Saviour of the world is dead but thou O my soul awake from sin At 4. Our most victorious Redeemer Jesus Christ being dead his Soul descended to Limbo for to deliver the elect in the mean time his body transpierced with a lance doth shed forth blood and water Enter O my Soul within the side of Jesus Christ by a great considence in his mercy give heart for heart love for love to him that hath done and given all for thee At 5. The precious body of our Redeemer Jesus Christ being taken down from the Cross is put into the arms of the Virgin his Mother and afterward is most honourably buried Receive my Soul receive him in thy memory and retain this sacred Passion of Jesus Christ in all thy thoughts words and works living in such sort that thou mayest be worthy of the name of a Christian redeemed by the precious blood of the Son of God The Soul of Christ sanctifie me the body of Christ save me the precious blood of Jesus Christ inebriate me the water of the side of Jesus Christ wash me the Passion of Jesus Christ comfort me O good Jesus hear me hide me in thy holy wounds suffer me not to be separated from thee defend me from the malign enemy call me at the hour of my death and command me to come to thee for to praise bless and glorifie thee eternally with thy Saints Amen The Obligations and Rules of this Confraternity 1. ALL those that are to be admitted into this Confraternity are to be of that age that they may confess and communicate which is gathered by the express words of the Bull in that it ordains that at their entrance they are to confess and communicate 2. They shall endeavour daily morning and evening to make examine of their conscience and to say some prayers according to each ones devotion but principally for the gaining of the Indulgences five Paters and Aves adding to the end of each one the Gloria Patri c. saluring devoutly the five Wounds of our Saviour whereto they must join one Pater Ave for the Popes Holiness which after the example of the Frier-Minors if they be not hindred by Infirmity or otherwise they may say with their armes stretched out in manner of a Cross according as hereafter shall be declared 3. The end of this Confraternity is vertue Christian piety and imitation of our Saviour in his Passion and therefore the Brethren and Sisters thereof ought diligently to observe the Commandements of God and his Church and above all things not to give any scandal but good example in all
nos inducas in tentationem Sed libera nos a malo Oremus DOmine Jesu Christe qui pro salute humani generis quinque vulnera pati voluisti tribue qua sumus ut ob reverentiam illorum vulnerum tuoorum absolvi mereamur ab omnibus peccatis nostris da praesentem vitam bono fine terminari a tuae dulcissimae visionis contemplatione nunquam sepaparari Oremus DEus qui manus tuas pedes tuos totum corpus tuum pro nobis peccatoribus in ligno crucis posuisti coronam spineam a Judaeis in despectum tui sacratissimi nominis super caput tuum impositam sustinuisti quinque vulnera pro nobis peccatoribus in ligno crucis passus fuisti da nobis hodie quotidie usum poenitentiae abstinentiae patientiae humilitatis castitatis lumen sensum intellectum puram conscientiam usque in finem Per te Jesu Christe Salvator mundi Qui cum Patre Spiritu sancto vivis regnas Deus Per omnia saecula saeculorum Amen We have here added the Profession of our Faith which is often to be read to confirm our selves in the belief of the holy Church to exercise and increase our Faith and obtain the effect of our Prayers the impetration thereof being attributed to Faith A PROFESSION OF THE Catholick Faith Set out according to the Decrees of the holy Council of Trent IAB Do with a stead fast Faith Believe and Profess all and every Point contained in the Symbol of the Faith that the holy Roman Church doth use to wit I do believe in one God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth of all things both visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God and born of the Father before all Worlds God of God Light of Light true God of true God begotten and not made of the same substance with the Father by whom all things were made who for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven and was Incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man was crucisied also for us under Pontius Pilate suffered and was buried and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and ascended up to Heaven sitteth at the right hand of the Father and he shall come again with Glory to judge the quick and the dead of whose Kingdom there shall be no end And in the Holy Ghost our Lord and giver of Life who proceedeth from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is adored and conglorified who spake by the Prophets And in one holy Catholick and Apostolick Church I profess one Baptism for the remission of sins And I expect the Resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen I do steadfastly admit and embrace the Traditions of the Apostles and of the Church and all other Observations and Constitutions of the same Church I do also admit the holy Scriptures according to that sense which our holy Mother the Catholick Church hath held and doth hold to whom it appertaineth to judge of the true sense and interpretation of the holy Scriptures neither will I ever understand nor interpret the same otherwise then according to the uniform consent of the Fathers I do also profess that there be truly and properly seven Sacraments of the new Law instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord and necessary for the salvation of mankind although all be not necessary for every one to wit Baptism Confirmation Extream Vnction Order and Matrimony and these Sacraments do give Grace and that of them Baptism Confirmation and Order cannot be reiterated without Sacriledge I do also receive and admit all the received and approved Ceremonies of the Catholick Church in the solemn administration of all the aforesaid Sacraments I do receive and embrace all and every of the things which in the holy Council of Trent have been defined and declared touching Original sin and Justification I do profess also that in the Mass is offered up to God a true proper and propitiatory Sacrifice for the living and dead and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar there is truly really and substantially the body and blood together with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ And that there is made a Conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the Body and of the whole substance of the wine into the Blood which Conversion the holy Church calls Transubstantiation I do also confess that under either form only is received Christ whole and entire and the true Sacrament I do constantly hold that there is Purgatory and that the Souls which be there detained are holpen by Prayers of the Faithful Also that the Saints who raign together with Christ are to be honored and called upon and that they offer up prayers to God for us and that their Reliques are to be reverenced and honoured I do most steadfastly affirm that the Images of Christ of the Mother of God always Virgin and of all Saints are to be had and retained and that due honor and reverence is to be given them I affirm that the authority of Indulgences was left by Christ in the Church and that the use of them is very behoofeful for Christian People I do acknowledge the holy Catholick and Apostolick Roman Church to be the Mother and Mistriss of all Churches And I do promise and swear true obedience to the Bishop of Rome who is the Successor of St. Peter Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ And all other things also defined and declared by the holy Canons and Oecumenical Councils and chiefly by the holy Council of Trent I do undoubtedly receive and profess And also all contrary things and whatsoever Heresies condemned and accursed by the Church I likewise do condemn reject and accurse This true Catholick Faith without which no man can be saved now I willingly and truly hold the same A. B. do promise and swear to hold and confess most constantly by God his help entire and uncorrupted even to the last end of my life So God help me and the holy Gospels of God Amen Anglia chara Deo Felix Sancta fuisti Sis modo qualis eras sic pia vota petunt FINIS