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A16588 The hurte of hering masse. Set forth by the faithfull seruau[n]t of god [and] constant marter of Christ. IhonĖ„ Bradforth, whe[n] he was prisoner in the Tower of London Bradford, John, 1510?-1555. 1561 (1561) STC 3494; ESTC S109668 38,185 86

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know that some do saye that Telesphorus ordyned it about the yere of our lord .140 aboute which we rede that Lente was cōmaunded to be of none other but of y e prestes clergye onely Isedor Iam. i concel Gracia distincio .6 Statuimus How be it al most al mē know that Hillarius which was about y e yere of oure Lord .340 made this himne songe it fyrst in his church therfore it can not be attributed to Telespherus The colletes who made them ther is no certeintie Some say Gelasius som say Gregorius so that y e church coulde wel spare them at lest .490 yeres The pestle and gospell who disposed them as they be there ther is certentie some attributing this to saint Ierome some to damasus some to Telespherus a foresaide But this is more certaine y e pope Anastasious the thirde ordined y e men shulde stande vp at the hearing of the gospel redde aboute the yere of oure lorde .405 The Crede pope Marcus about the yere of oure Lord .340 dyd ordeyne to be song in y e masse this pope brought in Lynen albes and Corparasses And was nothynge offended that euerye prest shuld haue hys owne wife though nowe it be other wyse taken In hys time ther was a councel called Elliber tuum conciliū kept in Spane whiche damned all kynd of Images yea pictures in the temples The offertorye wherof now remaineth nothing but y e nam is attributed to Eurichianus about y e yere of our lord .280 The prefaces are geuen to Gelasius gregorius so that for .600 yeres or ther aboute after Christ they were not vsed The Canon whiche they haue in suche admiracion and reuerence as nothynge els was made of dyuerse Pope Alexander made one peece of it aboute the yeare of oure LORDE 220. qui predie Pope Pistus made an other peece apon a tenne yeres after hym whiche he tooke oute of the prophete Esaye Pope Leo aboute the yere of oure lorde .450 made an other peece Sanctum sacrafisium c. And note that this pope alowed maryage of prestes as all hys predecessors before hym hade done pope Gregorie aboute the yere of oure Lorde .600 made an other peece of the canon a greate peece of the masse as he him selfe wytnesseth in his regyster for before his time it was no such hoch potte as he made it but now it is much worse pope gregorie the third about y e yere of our Lorde .732 put to this peace et eorum corum memoria c. And note that this pope called a counsell at Rome wherin it was decreed that Images shulde not onely be had in temples but also worshypped and that al gain esayers shoulde be counted as heretikes Innocentius the thyrde of that name affyrmeth pope Gelasius whiche was aboute .490 yeres after Christ to haue made a great peece of the Canon as he hym selfe dyd something therin A bout the yere of oure Lorde .1120 This Innocencious ordeyned that the sacramēt shulde be reseruyd in the churches he brought in Auriculer confession as a lawe He dyd constitute that no Archebushoppe shulde haue hys pale excepte he were of his relegyō and therfore we haue lesse cause to maruel at the vnytie in poperye Beatus Renanus affirmeth that one Scolasticus which was aboute Gregoris tyme dyd make Te igitur c. So that we maye see what an hotch potche and how anciente a relyke this Canon is which is the holyest naye most blasphemouse peece of the Masse The leuacion who ordeyned it I can not tell certeinlye some attrybute it to Honorius the thyrde aboute the yere of our lorde .1210 and not vnlykelye for in dede he ordeyned that the people shulde kneele downe and worshippe the sacramente so longe a tyme after Chryste was it a fore this gayre was chatholike The Agnus c. pope Sergius about the yere of our Lorde .700 brought in to the masse Innocentius ordeyned the pare to be geuen to the people Pope leo commaunded the sacramente to be censed Bonifacius put in his foote for the couerynge of the Aultars Pelagius brought out the comemoracion of the dead to be had in the masse Vigilius ordeyned that the preist shuld saye masse wyth hys face towarde the Easte Platina writeth how that y e fyrst Lattine masse was songe in the .6 coūcell of Constantinople whiche was aboute the yeare of oure lorde .750 And the same masse and order was ther and then alowed and so hitherto hathe bene wyth a vantage But to make an ende hereof authors do wryte that pope Stephanus whiche wolde be caried and was on mennes shulders Pope Adrian his successour many others after them dyd put somethynge to the masse so that by this whiche which I haue writē of y e parts of it yet I spake neuer a word of y e priuat percepciō of the preist alone in y e masse whych was not vsed in Gregoryes tyme .600 yeres after christ nor at this daye is vsed in the Greke churche nor was not Catholike as some wryte in Europe aboue .450 yeres past of the partes I saye easelye you maye see y t the masse is a hotche potch and a deuice of man yea of .28 Popes and moo not fully founde out and fynished of a M. yeres at y t lest after chryst And yet y e papistes bragge of it as though it had bene from the Apostles time as though Peter had song the furst Masse at Antioch as though it were the most hoolye thinge vpon the earth so that the churche cannot be w t out it wherin they speke trulye yf by y e churche they vnderstand y e popysh churche for else chrystes churce now shuld aswell be wythout it as it was of M. yeres vntyll the deuyll which was tyed so longe was letten loose Rede the .20 chapter in the Reuelacions Now the masse being knowen to be the deuyce muenciō of mā I wil breifely shew you that it is y e horribliest most detestable deuise y t euer y e deuil brought out by mā Furst the Masse is a most subtile and perniciouse enemye ageynst christ and that double namelye against his presthode and against his sacrifice His pristhode is an euerlasting prest hode such an one as can not go to another But y e Masse vtterlye puttes him out of place as though he were deade for euer and so god is for sworne which sayed christ shulde be a preyst for euer and Paule lyeth whiche affirmeth Christ to lyue to be on the ryght hand of the father for vs y t by him we may come to the throne of grace to fynde mercye to helpe vs in oure nede For if these be true as they be most true the masse preistes ar to be put downe For if they be of thorder of Aaron then resynne they that which
spoken in reispect of the churche or men as christ saieth he that confesseth me before men c And this confession Paull putteth as a playne demostration of faith in y e hart so that whersoeuer it be not faith is not Therfore this place vtterlie maketh agenst you For by your sylence at that horrible idol enemie vnto christe his churche you vtterlie holding your tongues declare youre faythles hartes or else cōfessiō w t the mouth could not but burst out as light in an house cānot but burst out at y e doore wyndowes of the sai●● to the sight of such as be with out Secondelye though we be not al publike ministers and preachears of y e gospell yet we are all bysshoppes one ouer an other and called to preache out and shewe the vertues of hym that hath called vs in to his light so that our duetie is to see as much as we can that no mā falle from y e grace of god except we wil follow Cain say who made me keper of my brother and whensoeuer occasiō is offered to set forth shew y e praises of y e lord reproue y t which is euel as paul saith arguite potius but after our vocatiō Inded if y e p̄chers did their duetie to disalowe reproue this masse we shuld haue lesse cause so to do It wer enough to declare that we alowe ther doctrine but seing that the preachers are lienge praters and the true spekers are put vp to preach to postes beinge companiles Bokelesse paperles and with out pen ynke so streitlye ar they looked vnto it is y e dutie of euerie christian after theyr vocatiō to disallowe all that he can not obeye and do with good conscience Last of all as concernyng the losse of lyfe c. I can noone other wise answer then with chrystes owne wordes be y t loueth father and mother better thē me is not worthye of me yea be that forsaketh not Father and mother Wife and children goodes and his owne selfe also can not be my disciple For be that will go about to saue his lyfe shal lose it but be that aduentureth yea looseth his life for my sake the same shall fynde it eternallye One daye wyll we nyll wer we must forsake all and parchaunce go to y e deuill now if willynglye for gods sake we wyll do that which of necessitee we must do we can not but be most certain to goo to god not for y e suffringes sake but for his mercie and promise sake 6. Their .vi. reasō is of charitie office ▪ knowledge maketh proud but charitie edifieth for else if wee shulde not goo to masse we shuld offend y e simple I āswer y e knowledg with out charitie is euyll such had the Corinthians which abused theyr knowledge in y e libertie of y e Gospel to y e sorewounding of manie a poore conscience for whom christ was crusified as our masse gospellers puse vp with knowledge of the libertie of the gospell in exterior thinges do thinkinge that they maye go to masse and so lackynge wherof they dragge ar takē tardie with ther owne reason for what charitie call you that which not onlye suffereth but also helpeth to hurle his blynde brother headlonge into the pitt of perdicion But s●●rlye ther reasoning as ther doinge sheweth them to want knowledge also For that which is spoken of indifference thinges they applye to thynges vtterlye vnlaufull For the Masse is not to be placed emonges thinges indiffirēt But emongest the greatesse euilles for one most horible God send them more knowledge and charitie then I doubt not but ther will kepe thē at whome rather that goo to masse For offēding but brethrē in not comīg to masse a man must put a difference betwen offences some are taken some ar gyuē The precher that preacheth gods worde trulye offendes the wicked or rather the wicked taketh therby offēce so doth the father offend the chylde if he be couetuose in geuinge lyberallie to the poore But this offence cometh of y e wickednes of y e euyl is taken not giuē The man y t goeth to the Masse gyueth an offence occasioning others to do the lyke and wo be vnto such The man y t goeth not to masse or if he goe thyther doth reproue it publiklie this mā I saie geueth no offence but the offence is taken for he that followeth goddes word to do his wyll can neuer gyue offence But he that followeth his owne wyl or reason or the wyll reason of any man in religion or goddes seruyce the same man giueth an offence and sinneth dāynablie Go to therfore and see with thye selfe in going to masse whether y u doest it to do goddes will or thyne owne yf y u looke well on it thou shalte see it is not goddes will but thyne owne or the wyl of others whom y u woldest not displease but now se what Paul saieth if I shuld please men I were not the seruaunte of christe And what saieth thy consience when thou praiest thy wyll be doone doest the contrarie Euerie man muste studie to please his brother but yet to edification But of theis offences moche were to be spoken ageynste our gospellers whiche haue gyuen great offences in not resorting to y e cōmunion to receiue it when they myght Also in co●●minge comen prayer in neglecting preachyng and sermons in abusing theyr libertie in meaies in church goodes c. 7. There .vii. reason they gather out of christes wordes that not it which goeth in to the month defyleth man but that which cometh forth of y e hart And therfore going to masse being but an externall thinge yf so be the harte allowe it not can not defile a man Our sauiours wordes do not exclude outward words and workes contrarie to his lawes but that they defyle man as Murther Theft Whordome c albeit theis in dede spring out of the hart howbeit make the mater manifest A difference as before I haue spoken ther shulde be put alwaies betwene thinges indifferent and thinges vnlaufull The masse goīg to it to serue god therby is no indifferēt thing We shulde discerne gods creatures from mānes ignoraūce in y e abuse of thē wine is gods creature Dronkenes is mānis error y e abusīge of gods creature the epistel gospel supꝑ good praiers c. are goddes ordinaūces but the masse is mānis ignoraūce and horrible abusing of those holie thinges To sacrifce calues shepe c. was godds instituciō but to sacrifice in y e groues woddes at Bethel Dan c. was mannis errour and plaine idolatrie as one masse is thei y t vse it horrible idolatrers so y t this their reasō apō this text gathered is reasonies if thei vsed it ageinst mānis prescriptiō of meates as though some were more holye then some some defiled vppon frydaye