generacyon to them that fere hym He hath made power in his arme / he hath sprede abrode the prowde herted men He hath deposed and put downe the myghty men from theyr place / hath exalted the humble persones He hath reÌ„plysshed and fyllyd the hungrye and nedy persones with goodes / hath left the ryche voyde He hathe receyued Israel his sone / remeÌ„brynge his mercy As he hath spoken showed to our fathers Abraham / and to his sede for euermore Glory be to the father / the sone / and the holy ghost / through out all the worlde for euermore Amen ¶ A man shal rede this prayer after that he hath worthely receyued the holy sacrameÌ„t O Lorde Ihesu chryste / thankes praysynges be to thy ineffable and incomparable benygnyte and goodnes whiche so louyngly hathe made me parte taker of thy blyssed body / and precyous blode / wherw t thou hast now norysshed fedde my soule O penetrable and persyng lyght O lyght reluysant and shynynge aboue all lyghtes Illumynate and clere my vnderstandyng and shyne perce my soule of all sydes So that no maner of spotte do abyde there where as thy dygnyte hath come / thankes be to our lorde god the father in his puyssaunce magestie / thankes be to oure lorde god / the sone in his sapyence and wysdom thankes be to the holy ghoste / in his amyable pytie O lorde Ihesu chryste / in these thre thyngê thou arte one O amyable lorde god Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast vouchesafe to here me / an vnworthy creature / and to reioyse coÌ„forte my pensyfe herte That that I haue desyred of the / thou hast gyuen it me And that whiche of longe tyme I haue coueyted and desyred / now I haue receyued it O lorde god / thou arte the fruytefull tree of our helthe / the whiche thou thy selfe hathe planted in oure blyssed Lady thy mother / And of that same thy mother beynge a vyrgyne thou hast receyued nature humayne / wherwith nowe I am fedde O lorde god / nowe is the same selfe tree planted in erth where there is no humydyte nor moystnes of grace Wherfore I beseche the of mercy / that in the same it may please the to sende the swete moystnes and dewe of the holy ghost / the whiche shall cause the noble rote whiche thou good Lorde hath planted in my soule to florysshe sprynge O hyghe power and mageste of the father entre in to my thoughtes O sapyence and wysdome of the sone / entre in to my vnderstandynge intellygence O pyte of the holy ghost / entre in to my wyll / so that these thre myghty vertues maye answere to thy trynyte from whens they be com And I beseche the good lorde for the great loue that thou hast to thy dere mother and to all sayntes / that froÌ„ hensforth thou gyue me grace to synÌ„e no more / and to fulfyll thy wyl in all thynges to the whiche the father / the sone / and the holy ghost helpe lede vs. Amen ¶ Another prayer that a man shall say after that he hath ben at the holy sacrameÌ„t / wherby the the pope 〈…〉 gyueth moche pardon and indulgence O Most holy soule of Ihesu chryste sanctyfye me O most pure body of Ihesu chryste saue me O most swete blode of Ihesu chryste make me entre in to thy loue O most pure and clere water of the syde of our lord Ihesu chryste wasshe me from my synnes O most bytter passyon of Ihesu chryste coÌ„forte and strengthen me O most feruent swete of the face of our lorde Ihesu chryste he le me O good lorde Ihesu chryste here and exalte my prayer / and in thy wouÌ„des hyde me / and do not suffre me to be seperate from the delyuer me from the deuyll enemye of hell at the houre of deth helpe me and let me be set nere to the / to the entent that euerlastyngly I maye reioyse with all the aungelles in heuen / in gyuyng praysynges and thankes vnto the. Amen ¶ Another prayer after that a man hath ben at the holy Sacrament O Lorde Ihesu chryste I praye the / that thy body and precyous blode / whiche I a poore synner haue receyued / maye remplysshe and satysfye my soule / and graunt that in me there do not abyde any spotte of synne / where nowe the holy sacrament is entred O good lord sauyoure of all creatures / whiche doth not desyre the deth of synners I beseche the most humbly by thy blyssed body precyous blode / that thou wylte assure me from al fere drede / and to grauÌ„t me peace with all men / and remyssyon of all my synnes / to the entent that the holy sacrament be not to my dampnacyon / but to the helth and medycyne of my soule I beseche the also graunt me grace and felycyte / helth to lyuynge persones / and euerlastyng rest to those that be deed and specyally haue mercy of the soules of my father mother / my brother or syster / and of all my frendes which haue done me good / or for the which I am bounde to praye And whan the last houre of my lyfe shall come / that the holy auÌ„gelles maye receyue me and brynge and lede me to euerlastynge ioye Amen ¶ This prayer maye a man saye / whan he hath ben at the holy sacrament whan he goth therto / or eueryday in the weke / whan a maÌ„ hath herde masse ¶ A prayer on the Sondaye to all the sayntes in heuen O Most holy aungelles of heuen / Seraphyn / Cherubyn Trones / Pryncypalytes / Potestates / Vertues / Domynacyons / Aungelles / ArchauÌ„gelles / with all Patryarches / Prophetes / Apostelles / Martyres / CoÌ„fessours Vyrgynes / and all the chosen soules frendes of god / which without ceasynge be laudynge / praysynge / and louynge god / beholdynge his amyable face / and tastynge his perdurable glory I pray you all as a poore synner vpon my knees with feruent desyre and hole herte that ye wyll faythfully pray to god for me and all good catholyke persones / in what estate soeuer they be in body in soule Also for all chrysten people that god wyll haue prayed for / and specyall for those that I am bounde to pray for / be they lyuynge or deed / that it wyll please god to forgyue vs all our synnes offences / whiche we haue done agaynst his dyuyne wyll to the entent that by your prayers and merytes / we may all obteyne grace in our soules to escape the payne of hell in possedynge euerlastynge lyfe with you / the whiche almyghty Ihesu chryste graunt vs. Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ A prayer to be sayd the Mondaye to thre archauÌ„gelles and to thy holy aungell O Holy archauÌ„gell saynt Mychaell prynce and faythfull defeÌ„soure of the holy churche stronge and myghty conqueroure of the enemyes of hell O
dayne deth yf we do receyue with all humylyte the blyssynge of the preest / at the ende of his masse / for his handes be moche more holy / thaÌ„ were the haÌ„des of the olde fathers And by the blyssynge of the preest / we be made worthy of the blyssynge of our lorde god in heuen Therfore whan the preest gyueth the blyssynge after masse / ye shall knele downe vpon your knees with your heed bare and inclyned towardes the grounde / in receyuynge the same Wherof we haue many fayre examples / the whiche shuld be to prolyxe and longe to descrybe Yet neuer theles ye shall haue twayne in shorte wordes here declared ¶ Example WE rede that there was a couereur of howses whiche beynge vpon the toppe or hyghte of a howse there workynge / sodaynly fell downe to the grounde / without hurtyng hym selfe or hauynge any maner of harme The people seynge this dyd renne vnto hym / thynkynge that he was dede / and they dyd fynde hym hole sounde and they dyd say vnto hym Thou haste ben well blyssed this daye / He answered and sayd it is true for I had this daye the blyssynge / whiche the preest gaue after the masse / whose handes had touched the body of our lord Ihesu chryste And my fayth byleue was / that after the blyssynge which I receyued huÌ„bly after the masse I shulde not dye sodaynly without confessyon / as nowe ye maye se ¶ Example WE rede moreouer of two men whiche were coÌ„paygnons felowes in marchaundyse / of the whiche the one receyued alwayes the blyssynge of the preest / and the other neuer dyd regarde nor care for it And one day as they were goynge in theyr iourney / there came a great tempest of thondre and lyghtnynge / of the whiche tempest he that was neuer wont to receyue the blyssynge of the preest nor to regarde it / was stryken to deth / and the other whiche was alwayes wonte to receyue the blyssynge / was saued and not hurte ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapytre / what thynge a man shall rede whan he coÌ„meth fyrste before the holy sacrament ¶ Orayson O Blissed and mercyfull lord Ihesu chryste / I coÌ„mende this daye in the presence of thy holy body and at all tymes my soule and my body by the vertue of thy holy natyuyte thy blyssed crosse / and sharpe and bytter passyon / thy gloryous resurreccyon O father euerlastynge god almyghty / thou arte the begynnynge and the ende of all creatures / thou art the waye and the trueth and the helth of al men O father euerlastynge / I crye and call pryncypally vnto the for my helpe ayde / by the vertue of the holy sacrament / to the entent that thou wylt defende me froÌ„ all thynge that may be hurtfull to the helth of my soule Albeit that I am a poore synner / Yet neuerthelesse I am thy vnworthy creature / redemed and delyuered by the precyous blode of thy sone And I byleue stedfastly in the wherfore good lorde defende me alwayes from all perylles and dauÌ„gers of myne enemyes vysyble and inuysyble / and from all venom and poyson in metes and drynkes / from shame and sodayne deth / by the vertue of the holy sacrament / in the whiche I put all my hope and byleue O holy and most worthy sacrameÌ„t in the which be vnyed iÌ„ godhed / the father / the sone / and the holy ghost / thou dost exalt all that do crye and call vnto the and that do byleue in the. Therfore exalte me nowe specyally in all that is necessary helthful for my soule / that from hensforth I maye accomplysshe and fulfyll thy wyll ¶ The .xxv. Chapytre / what thynge the man shall rede / whan he coÌ„meth before the holy crosse of our lorde Ihesu chryste O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I pray the by the vertue of the same orayson prayer / that thou dyddest make in great anguysshe and payne of herte / vnder the mount of Olyuete where for fere drede of deth / thou dyddest swete droppes of blode rennynge downe to the grounde Offre and show that same blode to thy father celestyall / agaynst the multytude of my synnes / and delyuer me at the houre of deth / from all fere and drede whiche I haue deserued for my synnes ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste whiche hath dyed vpon the crosse for me poore synner / I pray the that thou wylt showe offre to thy father celestyall / all the payne and bytternes of thy passyon / and specyally whan thy blyssed soule departed out of thy blyssed body / agaynst the multytude of my synnes And delyuer me at the houre of deth from all payne / whiche I haue deserued for the multytude of my synÌ„es Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I praye the by the inestymable loue that caused the to descende from heuen vnto erthe / there to suffre deth vpon the crosse most cruelly for me poore synÌ„er / to showe and offre the same vnto thy father celestyal agaynst the multytude of my synnes And after this lyfe to open me the gate of heuen Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ The .xxvi. Chapytre / what thynge the man shall rede / whan he doth come before the Image of our Lady O Moste benygne Mary doughter of the father of heuen mother of the sone of god / espouse of the holy ghost I praye the that as the father celestyall of his great myght power hath exalted the in the hyghest trone of heuen / so I pray the most benygne vyrgyne and mother mary / to socoure and helpe me and all my frendes And to defende vs from the teÌ„ptacyons of our enemye Amen ¶ Aue maria O Most humble mother of Ihesu chryste Mary thou art a paradyse of ioye the hyd treaso r of the secrete of god I pray the that as the son of god of the myght power of his incoÌ„prehensyble wysdome hath aorned the / that ouer and aboue al the sayntê thou shulde vse haue the fruycyon most perfytly / of the face preseÌ„ce of the holy trynyte so I pray the most pure virgyn mary / that thou stande by me assyste me and all my frendes at the houre of deth / in remplysshynge and in puttynge in our soules / the lyght of the holy catholyke fayth / to the entent that oure fayth / be not occupyed with erroure ¶ Aue maria O Most swete mary / beaute of the aungelles / flower of the patryarkê / maystres of the apostelles / courage of the martyres / swete fouÌ„tayne of the coÌ„fessours honoure and ioye of vyrgynes / consolacyon solace of all synners / I praye the that as the holy ghoost hathe remplysshed and fylled the of his swetnes and dyuyne grace to the entent that thou be the most benygne and mercyfull next after god / so I beseche the most holy
may so puryfye me iÌ„ the baptysme of my coÌ„fessyon declaryng of my faultes and synnes / by thyne humble baptysme all my synnes maye be pardoned euerlastyngely Amen ¶ The .x. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth go to the myddes of the aulter prayeng al those that be iÌ„ heuen to pray for hym and than he doth tourne hym towardes the people desyryng them also to praye for hym This doth sygnyfye that chryste dyd pray for vs in the deserte or wyldernes / whaÌ„ he dyd fast .xl dayes and .xl. nyghtes / and after was tempted of the euyll spyryte and enemy of hell ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou beyng ledde by the inspyracyon of the holy ghost in to the wyldernes / there dyddest fast .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes / and afterwarde hauynge hungre dyde ouercome thyne enemye / I praye the good lorde graunt me the vertue of abstynence to fast alwayes from synne / and to haue thryste or desyre / of the vertue of equyte iustyce / that I maye ouercome the temptacyon of myne enemyes Amen ¶ The .xi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest beynge in the myddes of the aulter begynneth to synge with a hygh voyce the preface / Per omnia secula seculorum This doth sygnyfye that oure lorde hath preched at his .xxx. yeres to the people the holy catholyke fayth confyrmynge the same by meruaylous myracles to the honour of his father celestyall ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thaÌ„ke the of the great loue that thou hast had for our helth / and for the holy catholyke fayth / which thou thy self hath taught and confyrmed by myracles / I beseche the good lorde graunt me to accomplyssâ—e that that thou hast taught / and to byleue stedfastly in that / whiche thou hast done to the entent that so I maye lyue in thy coÌ„maundementes / and dye in thy holy fayth Amen ¶ The .xii. Artycle of the masse HOwe after that the preest hath songe the preface they do synge SaÌ„ctus Sanctus Sanctus / benedictus qui venit in noiÌ„e domini This doth sygnyfye howe the huÌ„ble Ihesus on Palme sonday dyd humbly come iÌ„ to Ierusalem syttynge vpoÌ„ an Asse where the Iewes dyd receyue hym with great reuereÌ„ce the chyldren dyd synge bnÌ„dictus qui venit osanna in excelsis ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou haste come voluÌ„taryly in to Ierusalem to thy passyon / syttyng vpon an Asse / I beseche the humbly good lorde that thou wylt so come to me poore synner / and vysyte me by thy dyuyne grace / to the entent that iÌ„ body / soule / and in all thynge / I maye be obedyent vnto the / that thou maye gouerne me for to go / to be conuersaunt / to kepe scylence / and to speke that thynge / that maye be acceptable to thy dyuyne wyll Amen ¶ The secoÌ„de parte of the masse in the whiche is declared the passyon of oure lorde IhuÌ„ christe ye shal rede these prayers shall haue .xlvi. yeres of pardon O Lorde Ihesu chryste I do worshyppe the hangynge vpon the crosse and beryng vpon thy heed a crowne of thornes / I praye the that thy crosse maye delyuer me from the euyll aungell Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the hangynge on the crosse all wouÌ„ded / to whom gall vynegre was gyuen to drynke / I praye the that thy wordes maye be remedy to my soule Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste I do worshyppe the beynge in the sepulchre oynted with myrre and other good odours / I pray the that thy deth maye be my lyfe Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the descendynge in to hell / and delyuerynge the prysoners / I pray the do not suffre me to come there Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the rysynge from dethe / ascendynge in to heuen / syttynge on the ryght hande of god the father almyghty / I praye the that thou haue pytie of me Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / good pastoure and gouernoure / kepe and preserue the good iuste men / and make synners ryghtfull and iuste Haue mercy of all faythfull soules departed / and of me poore synner Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria O Lorde Ihesu chryste / I do worshyp the for the bytternes of thy passyon / which thou hast suffred on the crosse specyally at the houre that thy holy soule departed from thy blyssed body haue mercy on my soule / whan it shal departe from my body Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ The .xiii. Artycle of the masse HOwe after Sanctus / the preest begynneth with scylence secretly the Canon hauynge the curteynes drawen to the enteÌ„t that he be not troubled / and dothe inclyne hym selfe very lowe This doth sygnyfye howe our lorde Ihesus with the dore closed / hath eaten the pascall lambe with his dyscyples and afterwarde he hath inclyned hym selfe downe to the grounde / wasshynge the fete of his apostelles ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the for that thou haste in thy last supper ordeyned thy holy body to be meate for vs / and thy precyous blode to be drynke / to the entent that we maye haue alwayes remembraunce of the / I praye the good lorde illumynate my herte by thy dyuyne dyleccyon / to the entent that I desyre no thynge that may drawe me to synne / but that all thynge be bytter vnto me / excepte onely the remeÌ„braunce of thy blyssed passyon Amen ¶ The .xiiii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after the fyrste Memento / maketh thre crosses vpon the chalyce / sayenge secrete wordes This doth sygnyfied showe vnto vs that our lorde hath prayed to his father almyghty in the garthen / thre tymes secretly in the nyght ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou hast wylled to swete for vs poore synners / water and blode for drede and fere of deth / I pray the good lorde for the great payne and anguysshe that thy herte dyde suffre / delyuer me from al payne anguysshe of the herte and he le vs bothe in body soule / and graunte vs helpe in trybulacyon / consolacyon and conforte in persecucyon / pytie of our synnes passed / ameÌ„dement of those that be present proteccion and defence from those that be to come / to the entent that thy precyous blode be not lost in vs. Amen ¶ The .xv. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest is in his fyrste Memento / and thaÌ„ he prayeth for all his frendes lyuynge / that god
may gyue them grace and mayntayne them iÌ„ all goodnes This doth sygnyfye showe howe oure lorde Ihesus was taken in the garthen at the most secrete tyme of the nyght / prayenge the Iewes to spare his dyscyples to do them no hurte ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou hast suffred thy selfe to be taken and bouÌ„de of the cursed Iewes / and so to be led to the howse of Annas to the entent that thou myght breke the bondes of deth of our synnes / I praye the delyuer me from the bondes of myne enemyes vysyble and inuysyble / and vnbynde the bondes of my conscyence / to the entent that I so delyuered maye laude and prayse the euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xvi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest doth make fyue crosses vpon the hoste afore that he do consecrate it in sacrament This doth sygnyfye that the thre fyrste crosses do sygnyfye that there was thre pryncypall Iuges examynynge our lorde to deth / as Annas / Cayphas / and Pylate The other two crosses sygnyfye the two pryncypall effusyons of blode as whaÌ„ our lord was scourged crowned ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that at the houre of pryme thou hast suffred thy selfe to be led to the counceyll of the Iewes / before Annas / Cayphas / Pylate / where they haue mocked and dyspysed reputed the as a sole / I pray the good lorde for the passyon payne that thou dyddest suffre there / grauÌ„t me pacyeÌ„tly to bere al maner of mockyngê dyspysynges / and wronges done to me Amen ¶ The .xvii. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest maketh clene his haÌ„des vpon the aulter as puryfyenge them This doth sygnyfye how Pylate hath wasshed his handes afore the Iewes / as knowlegynge hym selfe not culpable of the deth of the innocent Ihesus / to the whiche the Iewes dyd seduce hym / for fere of leasynge of his offyce / not to be loued of the Emperoure ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou hast suffred thy selfe to be ledde as an euyll doer to the consystory of Pylate / I praye the good lorde seene me to ascende and go vp to the consystory and courte of my conscyence / to the entent that there I maye iuge my fault and not those of myne euen chrysten that also I maye haue no nede to care for the iugement of men But that I maye onely before thy face be founde innocent and not culpable Amen ¶ The .xviii. Artycle of the masse HOw the preest taketh the hoste in his handes and doth mynyster it lyftynge the chesuble vpon his sholdres / doth make hym redy to consecrate and offre the holy sacrament and body of oure lorde This sygnyfyeth howe after the sentence of Pylate / our lorde made hym redy to dye takynge the heuye crosse vpon his blyssed sholdres / and went therwith towardes the mount of Caluerye ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste I thanke the that thou after the sentence of deth which Pylate gaue of the / was charged of thy heuy crosse / preparynge thy selfe to deth wyllyngly / I praye the good lorde graunt me whan my tyme shal come to gyue me wyllyngly in to thy handes to lyue and dye / to the entent that therby and by thy bytter passyon / I may be delyuered from euerlastynge deth Amen ¶ The .xix. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest whan he hath consecrate the holy sacrament / he dothe lyfte the body of our lorde on hygh / afore all the people betwene his two handes / as a medyatoure betwene god the father man This dothe sygnyfye howe the sone of god was lyfte vp of the Iewes / nayled vpoÌ„ the crosse betwene two theues and of two sortes of people mocked / as of the Iewes and infydelles ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that after many paynes and sorowes suffred here on erth fynally thou was crucyfyed and lyfte vp iÌ„ the ayre vpoÌ„ the crosse with great sorowe payne / I praye the good lorde lyfte my herte vp to heuenly thynges tourne it from all erthly thyngê not necessary for the helth of my soule / to the entent that so I maye crucyfye my spyryte betwene the flesshe and the worlde that by desyre I maye rest in the. Amen ¶ The .xx. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after that he hathe lyfte the blyssed body of oure lorde / he doth lyfte the chalyce with the precyous blode of god This dothe sygnyfye howe oure lorde beynge lyfte vp with the crosse / the Iewes dyd lette it fall so rudely with the body in to the mortays that all his woundes and specyally the fyue woundes dyd renne downe with blode abundauntly as a fountayne vpon the erth ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I thanke the that thou hast suffred thy selfe to be drawen and nayled vpon the crosse / so that a man myght haue compted all thy membres / wherof dyd yssewe abundauntly thy precyous blode vpon the erth / I pray the good lord grauÌ„t me that I may vse all my power vertues in thy seruyce and to thy honour and not in synne / to the entent that all my membres maye laude prayse the euerlastyngly Amen ¶ The .xxi. Artycle of the masse HOwe the preest after the eleuacion doth stande vp ryght with his armes spred abrode / prayenge for the people This doth sygnyfye howe oure lorde hangynge on the crosse / was mocked of the Iewes and paynyms whiche dyd not knowe hym Yet neuertheles he dyd praye for them / whiche dyd kyll and crucyfye hym / as for symple folkes and infydelles whiche dyde not knowe what they dyd ¶ Orayson Pater nrÌ„ Aue maria O Blyssed lorde Ihesu chryste / I do thanke the that thou haste suffred to be mocked for me / to the entent that I maye be honoured and exalted in heuen / I pray the good lorde graunt me by thy dyuyne grace / that I neuer do erre nor go froÌ„ the crosse of penaunce by any temptacyon / interyoure or exteryoure / the whiche from hensforth I desyre to take for my synnes / vnto that tyme that my soule shal be departed from my body Amen ¶ The .xxii. Artycle of the masse HOw the preest after this dothe make .vii. crosses vpon the Sacrament This sygnyfyeth howe God hangynge on the crosse / dyde speke these vii wordes in great sorowe and anguysshe of his herte The fyrst worde / Father forgyue them / for they can not tell what they do The .ii. thou shall be with me this daye in paradyse The .iii. mother se here thy sone / and to his dyscyple / se here thy mother The .iiii O my god / why hast thou
coÌ„maundement and that he myght here masse yf he wolde in rysynge a lytell erlyer in the mornynge / than the mayster is excused / and the seruaunt onely shall make acoÌ„pte therof afore god ¶ The .xi. Chapytre Yf it be suffycyeÌ„t that a man here one masse the Sondaye / in leuynge the sermon and euensonge the same daye AFter the coÌ„maundement of god man is bounde to kepe sanctyfye the holy daye by good workê not onely by one good worke as to here masse / but rather by many good workes / for as Doctours do saye / that man whiche wyll accoÌ„plysshe the thyrde coÌ„mauÌ„dement of god / as to sanctyfye the sondaye he shall do that same daye after his power / syxe thynges ¶ Fyrste he shal here masse as is aforesayd ¶ SecoÌ„daryly he shal also here the sermon yf it be possyble / for yf the man dyde leue or lease it by contempte or custome / he shulde synÌ„e greatly And yf he can not here the sermon / he shall rede in the stede of the sermon some other good thynge ¶ Thyrdly / the man also shal gyue that same daye an almous for the loue of god / yf he be of power And in case that he be not of substaunce to gyue almous it is suffycyent / yf he haue a good wyll so to do ¶ Fourthly / the man shall praye that same daye for his greatest helth ¶ Fyfthly / he shall remembre that daye the goodnesse and benefytes that he hath receyued of god / princypally that god hath creat hym of nothynge / and hath called hym vnto the holy catholyke fayth And delyuered hym by his precyous blode / and this doyng the man shall loue god with all his herte ¶ Syxtly / the man is also bounde the same daye / to make a generall confessyon of all his mortall synnes / the whiche he hathe done sens his last confessyon / and therof to haue contrycion and repentaunce bytwene god and his conscyence For this coÌ„maundement of god / to sanctyfye the Sondaye / no man maye accomplysshe beynge in the state of deedly synne Yet neuertheles the man is not bounde to confesse hym but at the tyme ordeyned and instytute by the churche but in certayne causes hereafter in the fyfth Chapytre of this boke wryten Yet he is bounde that same daye to make a generall confessyon and to haue contrycyon / and to purpose neuer after to synne ¶ The .xii. Chapytre / howe the man shall behaue hym selfe in the masse tyme / after the ordynaunce of the holy churche and the lawe Canon WE fynde wrytten in Canon lawe in dyuerse places / that oure mother the holy churche hath ordeyned nyne ordinauÌ„ces or maners of the masse / the which all chrysten people ought to kepe ¶ Fyrste / the man albeit that he haue herde one masse / yet he shall here the hygh masse / yf it be not that he be lawfully excused for certayne necessyties / as is aforesayde ¶ SecoÌ„daryly / the maÌ„ shal also here masse in his parysshe churche / and he shall not go by contempte to any other ¶ Thyrdly / those that wyll deuoutly here masse / they shall leue theyr hawkes theyr dogges at the churche dore / or elles at home in theyr howses ¶ Fourthly / the laye people shall not sytte or stande by the hyghe aulter / pryncypally whyles that the masse is sayd And aboue all the women shall absent them from the aulter ¶ Fyfthly / the man shal kepe scylence / and shall make no trouble nor noyse iÌ„ the masse tyme / but shall praye with a feruent herte ¶ Syxtly / euery man whan he heryth the gospell red shal stande vpryght redy with his body to defeÌ„de the holy catholyke fayth / whiche god hath spoken in the holy gospell ¶ Seuenthly / euery person herynge the name of Ihesus shall knele or bowe with his knees / or he shall inclyne with his heed in sygne and token of reuerence / for so ofte as the person doth it / he doth meryte threscore dayes of pardon / gyuen by two popes ¶ Eyghtly / all good catholyke people shal knele downe of both theyr knees whan the preest doth lyft our lord Ihesu in the masse and shal worshyp the holy sacrament with great reuerence ¶ The .ix. euery good chrysten maÌ„ and woman shall offre some thynge at the masse / for god spekyng in the olde testament sayth Ye shall not come in my presence voyde or Idle / that is to saye / that at the leste ye shal offre vnto god a feruent prayer and orayson And there where it is the custome / the man shall gyue iÌ„ the masse tyme temporall goodes and offrynges But to this no man is bounde except in great hygh feestes after the custome of the countre or place ¶ The .xiii. Chapytre / Yf the man be bounde to here masse of his Curate / and in his owne parysshe IT is wryten iÌ„ the Canon lawe / that he whiche contempneth his owne curate churche / and goth to here masse iÌ„ another place shal be chased out of that churche where he goth vnto This coÌ„maundement hath our mother holy churche gyuen / for to coÌ„strayne them that do rebell agaynst theyr curates / in contempnynge them and also theyr mother the holy churche / and to brynge them to subieccyon and humylytye Yet neuerthelesse yf any man do go to here dyuyne seruyce in any other churche / without any contempte / but rather that he hath greater deuocyon there or better place / or that he doth here the sermon there and other seruyces / whiche he can not here in his parysshe churche or for any other iuste cause / he dothe not offende / in case that his bysshop or curate haue not forbyd hym the same ¶ The .xiiii. Chapytre / Yf masse maye be sayde in places not halowed / as within the howse WE haue it wryten iÌ„ the Canon lawe / that in as moche as is possyble / a man shall not say masse withoute places dedycate and halowed / and pryncypally in the shyppes beynge vpon the see / for the dauÌ„ger that maye come therof It is better to be sayd in the feldes vpon a stone halowed or dedycate sette in a case of wood with two fayre to welles spred vpon the same / or one to well doubled c. There can no masse be sayde in a howse or a chambre / without lyceÌ„ce of the bysshop but the freers whiche be called freers prechers / myneurs haue pryuylege and lycence to say masse in the howse / in tyme of necessytye / howe be it they maye not mynyste the sacrament to no person vnder the payne of excomynycacyon / withoute lycence of the Curate ¶ The .xv. Chapytre / yf a man the sondaye in the masse tyme may saye that thynge / whiche is coÌ„maunde hym in penaunce SOme doctours do saye / that the soÌ„dayes whaÌ„ a maÌ„ hereth but one masse that he ought not to say or
habytacyon of the holy ghost / where thou desyrest to dwell And that I maye come to the soueraygne temple of Ierusalem / there to gyue the laudes and prayses euerlastyngly with all the sayntes Amen ¶ The .xxii. Chapytre / what the man shal saye for all chrysten soules / whan he doth passe by the churcheyarde HElth and conforte be to you all christen soules whose bodyes do rest here and in euery place Ihesu chryste whiche hathe boughte you with his precyous blode / delyuer you from the innumerable paynes of purgatorye / and brynge you amonges the blyssed company of heuen And there do ye remembre vs / in prayenge humbly that we maye be in your company / and crowned in heuen with you euerlastyngly Amen ¶ Pater noster Aue maria ¶ The .xxiii. Chapytre / howe the maÌ„ shall dyspose hym selfe to here masse HE that wyll deuoutly and merytoryously here masse in the temple of god / he shall mount or asceÌ„de .vi. steppes or degrees that is to say that he shall haue in hym selfe syxe vertues / the whiche be fygured vnto vs in the temple of Salomon / whiche had syxe degrees or steppes goynge vpwarde ¶ The fyrste degre or condycyon is / to desyre to be incontynent and without any taryenge at the seruyce of god / That is to saye / that as soone as ye here that they rynge the fyrste pele to masse / ye shall cast downe all maner of thynges out of your handes / and shall go to the seruyce of god / takyng example at the thre kynges / whiche dyde leue all maner of thynge / and came from the Eest parte serchyng the lytell chylde iÌ„ Bethleem at the fyrste token warnynge of the sterre Wherfore all busynes that come and chaunce to man goynge towardes the churche / that he maye well let it passe / he shall let it be vndone vnto another tyme. And yf he can not let it passe without shame / he shall answere quyckely / as Dauid the prophete sayd Good lorde thou haste made my fete lyke to the fete of a harte Vpon this saynt Gregorye saythe / that whan a harte dothe renne vpon a hygh mountayne / he doth lepe ouer all that he dothe mete / and so shall we do in lykewyse For the enemye of god and man whiche is the deuyll of hell / doth serche somtymes many wayes for to drawe man from the seruyce of god / as from the masse / sermon / euen songe / and other dyuyne seruyce Or elles yf he can not lette hym from the hole / yet he wyll let hym from as moche as he maye so that many folkes do tary in the waye talkynge or chydynge / or otherwyse occupyed tyll that the seruyce of god is halfe done Therfore our lorde god dyd forbyd his dyscyples / to talke or reason with any person in the hygh waye Wherfore it is good that the man erely in the mornynge do go to masse afore that any person maye let hym For as Iob sayth / he that erely in the mornynge dothe serche for god / he shall fynde hym for than man hath greater deuocyon / thaÌ„ at any other tyme of the daye whan the wyttes be occupyed ¶ The seconde degre or condycion is humylyte so that the ê‘son ought not to entre in to the churche or temple of god / by great pompe and pryde as the Pharazen dyd For many folkes which god ameÌ„de go to the churche more to be seen or to se other / than for deuocyon or the helth of theyr soules / the whiche be afore god as the proude Lucyfer was in heuen and Adam in paradyse Therfore man shall come to the churche with humylyte / as dyd the Publycane knockynge on his brest sayenge O good lorde haue mercy of me poore synner And than god shall here exalte his prayer For saynt Bernarde speketh a notable worde / sayeng that man that doth humylyate meke hym selfe here in erth as lowe as he can / god wyll exalte hym as hygh as he can in heuen And he that doth exalt hym selfe here in erth as hygh as he can / god shall humylyate and caste hym as depe in hell as he can O mercyfull god / howe depe shall some folkes descende in to hell / which be ashamed through theyr great pryde to humylyate them self afore the. So that iÌ„ heryng masse / some persones do walke vp and downe in the churche other some do sytte at theyr most case / and other some do knele but of one kne / theyr bonettes fast nayled to theyr heddes / so dyd the Iewes knele of one kne / whan they mocked oure lorde and dyd spytte in his face O what lytell knowlege / loue and fere haue suche folkes of god for the holy auÌ„gelles be standynge vpryght with great reuerence and fere / afore the face of god And the proude stynkynge creature of god the man / doth swell with pryde and without any fere or drede Ye do se that whan a man shall be hedded / that he doth knele on bothe his knees / with his handes ioyned togyther afore hym that shall do the execucyon and the poore wretched synner / is ashamed to humylyate hym selfe afore god Here what our lorde Ihesu doth speke of the man / he that is ashamed to serue me afore the worlde / I wyll be ashamed of hym afore my father celestyall Wherfore the man as soone as he is entred in to the churche shal knele on both his knees with great humylyte and mekenes of herte in showynge to god his synnes / sayenge O good lorde haue mercy of me poore synner / or other lyke wordes as ye shall fynde hereafter wryten / in the .xxx. Chapytre for suche prayer god doth exalte / and doth asceÌ„de in to heuen afore the face of god / dothe not departe from thens / vnto it hath obteyned all thynge that it doth demauÌ„de for the helth of the soule ¶ The thyrde degre or condycyon / to here masse deuoutly / is contrycyon or repentauÌ„ce of al the deedly synnes that the man hath done And whan the man shall thus haue mekened humylyate hym selfe afore god / he shal haue made his peace with god afore that he wyl praye for any thynge / For god doth hate the synÌ„ers / cannot se them whiche do not repent them of theyr synÌ„es with all theyr hertes Therfore our lorde speketh by the prophete Esaye and sayth Whan ye entre in to the churche and do lyft your handes on hyghe to me / I wyll tourne myne iyes from you and whan ye crye to me / I wyll not here you / for your handes be full of blode that is to say full of synÌ„e Of this ye maye haue example / yf ye wyll desyre obteyne any thyng of a prynce or of a great lorde / the whiche is angry with you doth hate you so that he can not abyde the syght of you / ye muste fyrste fynde
And therfore the women shall not wasshe the lynnen clothes of the same afore that the preest hath wasshed them But that women maye not helpe the masse / we haue not so great coÌ„mauÌ„dement in the lawe / for the holy churche doth admyt the spyrytuall persones and maydens maye helpe and serue at the masse iÌ„ necessyte / whiche they shal not do yf there be any man present that can do it wherfore the maydens whaÌ„ they shal helpe the masse in necessytye / they shall alwayes loke deuoutly afore them / and shall not beholde the preest in the face / But they shal knele down honestly behynde the prest and shall not come to nere the aulter for the dygnyte of the holy sacrament ¶ The .xxxi. Chapytre / yf the mynyster maye helpe and serue and here the holy masse all togyther And also yf a man maye here many masses togyther at one tyme with as great meryte / as yf he herde euery masse by it selfe AS the doctours do wryte the lyfe of all good and iuste catholyke people is as a coÌ„pany of marchauÌ„tes in the whiche that that the one doth wyn the other doth lease So it is with all them that be in the loue and grace of god and of holy churche / so that they be not onely parte takers of the masse at the which they be present with theyr iyes / but also so longe as they be in the state of grace and iÌ„ the loue of god / they be parte takers of all the good dedes that be done in the holy churche through out all this worlde / of all good and iust catholyke people And the coÌ„trarye is of them whiche be in deedly synne / which do not meryte for them selfe any rewarde iÌ„ heuen / for they be deed afore god and also theyr good workes O yf the synÌ„er dyd remembre this in takynge it to the herte / what goodnesse shulde come vnto hym ¶ The .xxxii. Chapytre / what the aornementes of the preest / dothe sygnyfye FYrste the aulter where the preest sayth the masse / doth sygnyfye the crosse of oure lorde god ¶ Item the preest at the aulter / doth sygnyfye our lorde vpon the crosse ¶ Item the chalyce afore the preest / doth sygnyfye the sepulchre of our lorde ¶ Item the corporas sygnyfyeth the lynneÌ„ cloth / in the which our lorde was wrapped in the sepulchre ¶ Item the lynnen cloth of the chalyce / sygnyfyeth the lytell cloth put vpon the face of oure lorde in the sepulchre / for to wype the swete ¶ Item the patyne of the chalyce sygnyfyeth the stone that dyd couer the sepulchre ¶ Item the amys which the preest doth put on his heed / sygnyfyeth the cloth whiche the Iewes dyd bynde afore the iyes of our lord whan they dyd mocke hym ¶ Item the albe whiche is whyte and longe / sygnyfyeth the whyte and longe robe / wherwith Herode dyde cloth oure lorde in derysyon ¶ Item the longe stoyle that the preest hath aboute his necke / sygnyfyeth the corde the whiche the Iewes dyd cast about the necke of our lorde / and afterwarde about his body whan they dyd take hym in the garthen ¶ Item the short stoyle or maniple the whiche the preest hath on his left arme sygnyfyeth the corde with the whiche the handes of our lorde were bounde / for whan they dyde vnbynde hym they left the corde hangynge at the left hande ¶ Item the corde / wherwith the preest is gyrde / sygnyfyeth the corde wherwith oure lorde Ihesus was bounde to the pyller ¶ Item the chesuble whiche is the vpper vestement of the preest / closed behynde and before and withoute fasshon open of bothe sydes / sygnyfyeth the robe of purple / wherwith Pylate dyde cloth our lorde whan he dyd mocke hym ¶ Item the crosse vpon the chesuble vpon the sholdres of the preest goth to the grouÌ„de behynde / sygnyfyeth the heuye crosse of our lorde of .xv. fote of length / the whiche he bare vpon his sholdres vpon the mount of Caluarye ¶ Item the crowne of the heed of the preest doth sygnyfye the crowne of thornes / whiche our lorde ware vpon his heed ¶ Item the lytell peacê vpon the albe vpoÌ„ the handes of the preest / and also hangyng behynde and before at the fete of the preest / do sygnyfye the great nayles / whiche were stryken through the handes and fete of our lorde vpon the crosse ¶ Item the breade whiche is consecrate / is verely the blyssed body of oure lorde / And the wyne after the consecracyon / is the precyous blode of our lorde habundauÌ„tly shed vpoÌ„ the crosse This may a symple person whiche can not rede thus thynke and remeÌ„bre in the masse tyme / and to occupye hym selfe with the passyon of our lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapytre / what vertue or fruyte doth consyst and lye in deuoutly herynge masse the whiche vertues be in .xii. maners THe fyrste vertue or fruyte is / as some doctours do wryte / that the man doth meryte more whyles that he dothe here masse deuoutely / than yf he shulde gyue for godes sake / as moche grouÌ„de lande as he could passe and go ouer in the space of the same masse O what maye he than deserue whiche doth here euery daye thre or foure masses And what doth he lease / what compte shall he make afore god at the daye of iugement / whiche hath not so great busynesse / but that he maye here one masse at the left euery daye O what it shal greue you that ye haue lost so moche This ye shall vnderstande accordynge to the dygnyte and excellentnes of the masse ¶ The seconde vertue is / that the holy auÌ„gelles be glad to be nyghe vnto that person in kepynge hym whan he hath herde masse As Dauid sayth / god dyde coÌ„maunde his aungelles to kepe and preserue you / in all your wayes and busynes ¶ The thyrde vertue is that the man beholdynge with deuocyon and reuerence the holy sacrament in the masse / as saynt Austyn sayth / god doth gyue hym that same daye al thyngê necessary for his body Item vayne wordes and vnaduysed othes be forgyuen and pardoned / and he is preserued from sodayn deth A man doth lease no tyme whyles that he doth here masse All the steppes in coÌ„mynge and in goynge / be compted of the holy aungell And yf the man dyed the same daye that he hath herde masse without receyuynge the sacrameÌ„t / god shall compte it as spyrytually receyued ¶ The fourth vertue is / that the person beynge in synne ofte tymes in the masse tyme by the presence of the holy sacrament / doth receyue a good iÌ„spyracion so that from theÌ„sforth he doth conuerte hym from his synnes As the good thefe vpon the crosse / Mary Magdaleyne afore the fete of our lorde Yf they had not ben present with our lorde / perauenture they shulde not haue had pardon of theyr synnes ¶ The
wyll of god / and the greatnes of synne ¶ Fyfthly / deedly synne maketh place for the deuyll / by his temptacyons in the soule of man / but the holy sacrament doth arme the soule of man agaynst the deuyll and his dartes or temptacyons For where he seeth the blode of our lorde / he flyeth from thens and the auÌ„gelles do helpe the man to fyght agaynst the deuyll and enemye of hell ¶ Syxtly / deedly synne inclyneth the man and doth plucke hym to many other deedly synnes / yf it be not incontynent wasshed taken awaye by true penaunce / but by the blyssed sacrament man becoÌ„meth stedfaste and stronge in grace and redy to all vertue so longe as he doth not fall to synÌ„e agayne ¶ Seuenthly / by deedly synne man is beseged of the deuyll / but by the blyssed sacrament he is vnyed with god / so that he loue god wherby he doth pourchase and obteyne taste and sauoure of euerlastynge lyfe ¶ Eyghtly / the soule of man dyeth of euerlastynge deth by deedly synÌ„e / so that it knoweth not what to do that maye be acceptable to god / and to hym selfe profytable / but the holy sacrament doth preserue and kepe the soule of man from the deth of synne / so that he doth abyde in the lyfe of grace / And his workê be acceptable to god / and to hym selfe profytable ¶ Nynthlye / deedly synne maketh a man sorowfull pensyfe heuy of herte / and harde and euyll wyllynge to all vertue / but the blyssed sacrameÌ„t maketh the man worthy mete redy to all vertue / and tourneth all his inwarde myght towardes god / and spyrytuall ioye and gladnes ¶ Tenthly / man doth depryuate hym selfe by deedly synne of the passyon / payne / and tourment of our lorde Ihesu chryste / of mary the mother of god / and of all the sayntes Also of all the good workes and coÌ„munyon of the holy churche / and of all the goodnes in heuen and in erth / but by the holy sacrament man maketh hym selfe parte taker of all the goodnes that the sone of god hath done vpon the erth / and of all other good dedes ¶ Eleuenthly / man is dayly cursed of god of the holy churche for deedly synne / wherby man hath alwayes an inconstaunt and troubled conscyence / but by the holy sacrament he pourchaseth in his soule / a swete spyrytuall ioye and gladnes / and great peace and rest in his conscyence / the which doth passe all gladnes pleasure that man may haue in all his lyfe in this worlde ¶ Twelfthly / man is for deedly synne put out of the gate of Paradyse and of euerlastynge lyfe dysinheryte of the soueraygne rychesse / but by well and worthely receyuynge the holy sacrament it is forgyuen as to a chylde heyre of the precyous treasure of the glory of heuen / the whiche they onely shall possede and euerlastyngly vse and enioye / whiche worthely / bodely / and ghostly receyue here in erth the holy sacrament / As chryste hym self sayth as it is wryten in the begynnynge of the thyrde boke Hic est panis c. This is the breade descended from heuen / and all those whiche eateth of this breade shall lyue euerlastyngly / to the whiche brynge vs Ihesu chryste very god and man / inclosed and conteyned in the holy sacrament Amen ¶ This prayer shall a man saye whan he goth to the holy sacrament / or for to here masse deuoutly I Do salute the moste holy body of oure lorde Ihesu chryste / conteyned in this sacrament / I do confesse knowlege the with my lyppes / and with my hert I desyre coueyte the / I pray the that thou wylte this daye come to conforte my poore soule gracyously / the whiche desyreth and coueyteth to receyue the holy oblacyon and fountayne of all grace / to the ende that I may be with the in ioye and consolacyon of thy presence / in body in soule O benygne lorde Ihesu chryste / haue not regarde to my many folde synnes / but haue regarde to thy great mercy / for thou arte he by whom all the worlde is made delyuered Thou arte the innocent lambe which is offred vp this daye to the father of heuen / for all the worlde O most swetest heueÌ„ly breade O most ioyfull buurayge or drynke / Gyue to my mouth a swete sauoure of thy holsome presence / illumynate me with thy loue / take awaye my malyce and synne and put in me vertue and grace to the helthe of my soule O most worthy sacrament / I praye the that by thy presence all myne enemyes maye be chased awaye / all my synÌ„es forgyuen / and all euyll temptacyon withstande and put awaye / graunt me a good and holy lyfe / correcte my maners and condycyons / and all my workes and dedes / tourne them to thy wyll O good lorde open heuen come to me for to illumynate my vnderstandynge by this newe lyght / illumynate my desyres / and corroborate strengthen my truste and hope / to the entent that from hensforth my lyfe maye so amende / that fynally I maye come to good ende Amen ¶ Another deuoute prayer that a man shal saye in goynge to the holy sacrament O Lorde Ihesu chryste I desyre and coueyte this day to receyue thy blyssed body / as perfytely as mary thy most honourable mother receyued it in her vyrgynall wombe so good lorde descende and come in to my soule / not accordynge and after my deseruynges / but after thy great mercy O lorde Ihesu chryste I desyre and coueyte this daye to receyue thy blyssed blode / in wasshynge awaye all my synnes O lorde Ihesu chryste / this daye I coueyte to receyue thy blyssed spyryte / in recouerynge all my tyme loste and mysspent O benygne lorde Ihesu chryste / I desyre this daye to receyue thy blyssed soule / in infusyon of thy dyuyne charyte loue O lorde Ihesu chryste / this day I coueyte and desyre to receyue thy blyssed dyuynyte / in assuraunce and securytye / of the euerlastynge lyfe Amen ¶ Saye thre tymes this verse afore that ye go to the holy sacrameÌ„t O lorde god I am not worthy that thou entre in to my howse but speke onely and my poore soule shall be hole Than go forthe and receyue the sone of god with all mekenes and feruent desyre And whan thou shalt haue receyued hym / rede this prayer whiche our lady dyd speke / after that she had receyued the sone of god / the whiche was this psalme Magnificat anima mea dominum ¶ The Magnificat in englysshe MY soule dothe magnyfye our lorde And my spyryte hath reioysed iÌ„ god my sauyoure For he hathe beholden the humylyte of his mayde seruaunt / therfore all generacions shall blysse me For he whiche is myghtye / hathe done great thynges to me / and his name is holy And his mercy is from generacyon to
syngynge wanton and vnhonest songes I haue also abused my handes to my self or to other / in vnclennes and lechery I haue made my god of my body / in abundaunce of eatynge and drynkyng / and vnclennes I haue had many vnlawfull and vnclene thoughtes / desyres in my herte the whiche I wolde haue done in dede / yf shame of the worlde had not letted me I haue mysused my legges and fete in goynge to places / where as I haue greatly greued god / wherof I am sorye / and I crye god mercy ¶ The .xx. Chapytre / howe the man shall confesse hym selfe of the foure synnes cryenge vengeaunce afore god I Confesse me also yf I haue iÌ„ any wyse offended god / in the foure synnes cryenge to god for vengeaunce ¶ Fyrste / in the synne agaynst nature that is to saye / whan it is done in another place and in otherwyse / than nature and god haue ordeyned it ¶ Secondaryly / that I haue shed innocent blode / or haue brought any persone to deth / without a cause ¶ Thyrdly / that I haue oppressed and vnreasonably persecuted poore orphelyns wydowes / and poore folkes ¶ Fourthly / that I haue withholden and not dewely payed those / whiche haue fayth fully serued and laboured for me / as they haue deserued ¶ The .xxi. Chapytre / howe the man shall confesse hym of the foure cardynall vertues I Haue yet synned iÌ„ the foure cardynall vertues / wherby I am bounde to lede rule my lyfe ¶ Fyrste in me there is not wysdome prudence to do and accoÌ„plysshe my actes and dedes in tyme conuenyent / as I am bounde ¶ Secondaryly / I haue not in me force strength to resyste euyll and peruers inclynacyons and temptacyons to synne / but I haue ben lyghtly ouercome / and haue fallen in to synne ¶ Thyrdly / I haue not in me the vertue of temperauÌ„ce and meane / for I haue trauayled / and laboured / fasted / prayed / done penaunce / and other good dedes without dyscrecyon / so that therby I haue to moche feblysshed my body ¶ Fourthly / I haue not in me the vertue of iustyce / for I haue not tourned my selfe from synne / in not doynge the vertue whiche I was bounde to do / for myne owne profyte / I haue forsaken to do the coÌ„mon profyte ¶ The .xxii. Chapytre / howe a man shall coÌ„fesse hym of the .iii. pryncypall vertues / called Theologycall I Haue synÌ„ed iÌ„ the .iii. pryncypall vertues without the which I can not be saued ¶ Fyrste / that I haue not in me / stedfaste fayth with good workes ¶ Secondaryly / I haue not a sure hope of the heuenly goodnes for to come ¶ Thyrdly / I haue not in me a feruent loue charyte towardê god my neyghbour ¶ The .xxiii. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym of the two coÌ„maundementes / in the whiche all the other be comprehende I Haue synned / bycause I haue not loued my lorde god and creatoure with all my herte / my soule / and with all my myght and power I haue ofte tymes set my herte more in the loue of folkes / and in the honoure and ioye of this worlde / in aornemeÌ„tes voluptuousnes of my body / and in the goodes / rychesse / and other vanyties of this worlde / than towardes god almyghtye ¶ Also I haue not loued my chrysten brother neyghbour as my self / doynge otherwyse to hym / than I wold had ben done to me / wherof I am sory crye god mercy ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapytre / howe a man shal confesse hym / of the cogytacyons and thoughtes of his herte I Do accuse me also / to haue synned greatly by cogytacyons and thoughtê of my herte ¶ Fyrste / that I haue receyued of our lorde god many good inspyracions sterynge and mouyng me to amende my peruers euyll lyfe / and to tourne me to penauÌ„ce / and that I shulde do good and leue the euyll These and many other exhortacions whiche I haue receyued of god and of my holy aungell I haue resyste withstande / as an ingrate and vnkynde persone ¶ Secondaryly / I haue not resyste with stande euyll thoughtes / whiche haue come vnto me by temptacyon of the flesshe or of the deuyll / but haue perseuered of a fre wyl and haue thought of them by consent / yf I myght haue had my purpose and haue lefte it more for shame and fere of the people thaÌ„ for the loue or fere of god In these and many other synnes venyall and mortall / I knowlege me to haue ofte tymes offended my lorde god in herte ¶ The .xxv. Chapytre / howe a man shall confesse hym selfe in generall of all his venyall synnes I Haue finally synned and do accuse me of al my venyall synÌ„es / whiche be in great nombre / as of vayne thoughtes / wordes / dedes that I haue euyll and vnprofytably spent and lost my tyme and that I myght haue done moche more good thaÌ„ I haue done I haue not also said my prayers and penauÌ„ce so hertely and feruently as I ought to do / and that I haue not so deuoutly and hertely made my confessyon I haue not praysed and lauded almyghty god in all his operacyons workê I haue fylled nourysshed my body with eatynge and drynkynge more than was nede or necessarye ¶ Of these synnes and all other that I haue done in my lyfe / whether they be mortall or venyall / whiche be in my remembraunce and knowen / or forgoten not knowen by ygnorauÌ„ce / were it wakynge or slepynge / by daye or by nyght al one or with another / I confesse me and knowlege me to haue offende god / cryenge hym mercy / and desyre absolucyon of you my ghostly father Et Ideo precor c. ¶ The .xxvi. Chapytre / what thynge man receyueth / whiche worthely and in the state of grace / goth to the holy sacrament WE haue nowe herde / howe in what maner ye shall prepare your selfe by confessyon for to go to the holy sacrameÌ„t and resteth to declare what vertues and fruytes the maÌ„ receyueth in his soule / whiche hathe so prepared hym selfe ¶ Fyrste / the man receyueth in the holy sacrament / the same blyssed body and flesshe that our lady mary the mother of god hath borne in her vyrgynall wombe / the whiche hath hange vpon the crosse / by the whiche sacrament also the man is made parte taker of all the goodnes that our lorde hath done in all his lyfe / in fastynge / prayenge / prechynge / in watchynge / and in his harde and bytter passyon Also the man therby is made parte taker of all the merytes of all the sayntes in heuen and of all the good persones in erth ¶ Secondaryly / the man receyueth in the holy sacrament / the holy precyous blyssed blode of our lorde Ihesu chryste therby is pourged
of al his syn̄es cōfessed forgoten And after the greatnes of his deuocyon / the multytude of his synnes be forgyuen hym ¶ Thyrdly / the man receyueth in the holy sacrament / the noble soule of our lorde Ihesu chryste / the whiche he dyd cōmende hangynge on the crosse / to his father god almyghty / wherby man pourchaseth a gayge of euerlastynge lyfe For yf god gyue to man the greatest thynge / as his owne propre soule he wyll gyue also that whiche is lesse / as the perdurable and euerlastynge lyfe ¶ Fourthly / he receyueth also in the holy sacrament / the lyfe vnyed with the body of our lorde Ihesu chryste / wherby the man is transfourmed in god For as puyssaunce or myghte is ascrybed to god the father / to the sone sapyence or wysdome / and to the holy ghost pytie and benygnyte / so the man also by the vertue of the holy sacrament / becōmeth myghty stronge in prayer / to resyste the euyll temptacyons of the deuyll of hell He becōmeth also sage and wyse for to chose vertue and the good from the euyll He doth pourchase also in hym selfe great goodnes as loue and charite towardes god / and pacyence and humylyte ¶ Fyfthly / the mā receyueth by the holy sacrament / the dyuynyte of our lorde wherby the soule of the man is rēplysshed with the swetnes of dyuyne grace For the man whiche hathe worthely receyued the holy sacrament / albeit that the breade or hoste is consumed and vanysshed / yet hath he our lorde Ihesu chryste abydynge ī his soule with his grace / as a spyrytual meate of the soule and so he receyueth the sacrament bodyly ghostly But yf he receyue it in deedly syn̄e he receyueth it bodyly / as the very body of our lorde / but he dothe not receyue the vertues aforesayde in his soule For whan the sacrament is dygeste ī the body of man / our lorde god dothe retourne vnto heuen from whens he came by his grace / leuyng the soule voyde of all vertue and possessed of the deuyll of hell / as Iudas the traytoure was whiche receyued our lorde Ihesu chryste in the holy sacrament / in the last supper or collacyon And bycause that he was not in the state of grace but in deedly synne / therfore he receyued not the grace of god / also oure lorde dyd not tary with hym And so there be foure maner of folkes / that receyueth the holy sacrament ¶ The fyrst receyue it bodyly not ghostly ¶ The seconde / receyue it spyrytually or ghostly and not bodyly ¶ The thyrde receyue it not neyther bodely nor ghostly ¶ The fourthe / receyue it bodyly and not ghostly / as hereafter is declared to the helth of the soule ¶ The .xxvii. Chapytre / of foure maner of folkes whiche receyueth onely the holy sacrament bodely / to the dāpnacyon of theyr soules THey receyue the holy Sacrament bodyly to the dampnacyon of theyr soules ¶ Fyrste / those whiche wyllyngly and knowynge them selfe in deedly synne do go to receyue it / for suche folkes be deed in theyr soules And as saynt Austyne wryteth that as the soule of the mā is the lyfe of the body / so is also god the lyfe of the soule / taryenge and dwellynge in the soule / And god and deedly synne can not dwell togyther in one place Therfore saynt Paule saythe / that a man shall proue and examyne hym selfe afore that he receyue the holy sacrament A synner shall examyne hym selfe in thre thynges / and so he may go worthely to the holy sacrament ¶ Fyrste / yf he repent hym of all his syn̄es passed ¶ Secondaryly / yf he be purposed neuer to synne more ¶ Thyrdly / yf he haue mynde and wyll / wyll accomplysshe that same wyll / to confesse all his synnes / and after the counceyll of his confessour to make satysfaccyon for the same All those hauynge thyse thre poyntes be in the state of grace / without deedly synne And in case that they shulde dye sodeynly / god wyll haue mercy of them And may suerly receyue / vpon the mercy of god the holy sacrament ¶ The other whiche receyueth the holy sacramēt vnworthely be those whiche hauynge no knowleg of any deedly syn̄e by them cōmyt / be in a peruerse and euyll mynde wyll to do synne / as wyllyngly to hurte any man or to haunt lechery and vnclennes or to be prowde or other lyke For in al deedly synnes wherby a man may dampne his soule by the dede / so he maye also dampne it without the dede / onely by wyll consent So dyd Iudas receyue the holy sacrament beynge ī the myscheuous wyll and mynde to betraye our lorde Ihesu chryste And therfore dyde he receyue within hym the deuyll of hell / and became worse after that he had receyued the sacrament / than he was afore So also the people become worse and more obstynate in synne / whiche receyue the holy sacrament in an euyll and peruers mynde and wyll They haue all an euyll mynde and wyll / whiche do not eschewe occasyon to syn̄e wherby they shuld fall in synne ¶ The thyrde maner of folkes / whiche receyue not well the holy sacrament / be the Ypocrytes whiche resemble to be good outwardly / but within they be full of all vnclennes / lechery / and enuye They be suche whiche ones in the yere come to confessyon and do promyse to amende theyr lyuynge / but they do the contrarye They be also suche whiche without occasyon by fayned humylyte / do ofte tymes refrayne to go to the holy sacrament / sayenge that they be not worthy to receyue it / in reprehendyng other whiche ofte tymes go therunto Yf we wyll speke of the dygnyte / there is none worthy to receyue it / in heuen nor in erthe / neyther Mary the mother of god nor the apostelles Nor god doth not desyre of vs suche prepayrynge as doth apperteyne to his mageste dyuynyte / but he desyreth onely of vs suche prepayrynge as is possyble to our power / nor he dothe not demaunde that we do not synne / or that we haue not synned / but he desyreth onely that after that we haue synned / that we be penytent and sory therfore / and that we be in purpose and wyll neuer to synne more For saynt Peter in the laste supper dyd receyue worthely the holy sacrament / yet neuertheles he renounced our lorde Ihesu chryste shortely after / and all the other apostelles dyd cōmyt a deedly synne with hym Wherfore man shall do that that is in hym / goynge to the holy sacrament / cōmendynge hym to god ¶ The fourth maner of folkes / whiche receyue the sacrament vnworthely / be those whiche presūptuously go to the holy sacrament in deedly synne / to moche trustynge to the mercy of god / thynkynge it not to be synne / whiche they do make no synne / whiche do not examyne theyr