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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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defileth not a Christian 8 Eightlye It is the errore of the Anabaptistes as it was of the donatistes and other olde heretikes to absteyne frō the ministere because of the wyckednes of others But Paul wold haue men to proue them selues and not to iudge of other whiche stande or fall to the lorde euen so in this case of goinge to masse let vs know the prest and peoples ylnes do not hurte vs if we in harte consente not to theyr euell 9 Neinthyle In Danuel we rede that god bade hym not loke on the outwarde shewe for I haue reiected that saieth he For man looketh on that whiche is outwarde but god beholdeth the harte So here if the harte be pure it maketh no matter of the outwarde gesture of the bodye 10 Tenthlye All the bewtie and glorye of the kynges doughter that is of the churche and of euery Christian is with in sayth the Psalme .45 and not wythout so that if the hart be pure it forceth not though the bodye be in company at the masse with them that come to masse as to an holye thynge These and suche lyke are the reasons that men make to proue it lawfull for a man or woman to be presente at masse yf in spirite and harte they be absente alowe it not But how weake and vain all these be yea how farre they make agaynste that they wolde proue by gods grace I trust a none to showe after that I haue brefely touched the masse what it is and how greate aneuell it is For a lytle therof wyll I speke and that not so muche that menne myghte knowe that it is euell for I truste in GOD that verye manye knowe that yf so be they wyll knowe it but rather that men maye better consyder howe horryble and monstruouse an euell it is the whiche thinge I fere me fewe doo how be it because yet theyr ar some whiche thinke reueretlie of the masse and erre of semplecitye and ignoraunce therein to whose handes this my wrytinge maye come parchaunce do them good I doubt not but that my laboure in breflye bringynge in here what the masse is how greate an euel it is wyl not be thought vtterlye out of the waye Consernynge the Masse what it is a man wold thinke that of the name of it easely it myght be lerned but certeinly theyr is here in no certeyntie For some call it an oblacion of meale of Mincha Leui. 6. Malach. 1. Psal 141. Some call it a voluntary gifte of Missath Deute 16. Some saye it hathe the name of sendynge awaye such as was called Cathe chumeni bycause they were sente oute of the congregacion when the Lordes supper was to be celebrated Some saye it cometh of sending gyftes almes for y e relese of y e pore which were accustomed to be sent geuing always to fore y e receipt of y e cōmuniō at y e time of y e offitory which therof hath his nam Sō saye otherwyse sōe saye otherwyse against thē so y t theyr is as I sayd no certeyntye at all to learne what the Masse is of the name of it And therfore I thinke it best to looke on the partes of the Masse to lerne ther out that which we can not out of the name How be it by the waye note this that this name Missa is no where redde a mongest the Grecians wyth whome the prymitiue churche dyd floryshe and therfore is no suche aunciente a relyke as y e papystes make it For y e Tripartite Ecclesiastical stori whiche was wrytten in Greke hathe not thys worde Masse in it though the translatore therof into Latyne nowe then vse that worde Neither Ignatius epistel if in Greke they could shewe it wolde helpe any forther thē this ecclesiasticall hystorye And Dionysius in his Ierarchie not wythstandyng the lattē translacions be otherwyse As for the feaninge of some whiche wolde gladlye haue men perswaded of the ancience of the masse and of the name of it therefore saye this worde messa is a worde of the Syrians spech a man wyth halfe an eye can not but see that therin they halte For in that Grece is so nere to Syria and betwene vs and it surely it coulde not but haue bene knowen and wrytten amongest the greke aucthors but to come theyther frome whence I wente thys shall suffyce to note by the waye that thee Maasse whereof wherof no certeintie can be gathered out of the name of it was neuer knowē euen but in name to y e primatiue churche prate the papystes as please them I trust shortlye by the partes to demonstrate the same Yf in speakinge of the partes of the masse I obserue not such an order as I shulde but speke of one peece before whiche shulde be spoken of after I must desyer pardone as wel for that god be prased therfore I neuer saide masse as also for that I haue for gotten the order the prestes were wonte to kepe so longe it is sithens I dyd see any The Introite for heare I wene I shulde begynne one Celestinus bishope of Rome ordeyned aboute the yeare of our lorde .430 so longe this peace of the masse was not catholike nor the grayle also For some saye he brought it in how be it others do saye that Gelasius ordeyned the grayle to be had in y e masse aboute the yeare of oure Lorde .490 And others do wryte that pope Gregorye aboute the yeare of oure lorde .600 dyd institute it as manye other thinges so that of manye daye the grayle was Catholyke The Confiteor pope Damasus brought brought into the masse as it is wrytten aboute the yeare of our lorde .370 So longe the Chatholyke churche wanted it and styll shulde wante it in that it cōteyneth in it Idolatrye Inuocation to sayntes whiche is agaynst gods worde The Kerieelieson .9 tymes to he spoken in suche a tongue as fewe prestes can or do pronounce otherwyse then kyreleson that is Sowe haue mercye or Pigge shewe mercye this pope Gregorie though some saye it was Syluester Instetuted aboute .600 yeares after Chryst as he dyd also the Antiphenys Hallaluia the offertorye and a peace of the canon How be it some saye that pelagyus the seconde hys predecessore dyd so fyrste appoynte kyreeleyson the glorya in excelsis pope Simmachus ordeyned to be song on y e sondais other holy daies about y e yere of our Lord .510 To for this time was the masse out of order for they wryte y t he fyrste broughte the masse into an order but surely the order thē as it was fer frō that in y e premitiue churche was vsed so was it further from the order nowe vsyd for sythen y e tyme manye thynges were founde oute and put to as partelye yf youe note the yeres I wryte you nowe see but more shal se a none by goddes grace I
more then apon thursdaye c. then vsed they ● rightlye Now lett vs see their .viii. reason It is Anabaptisticall saye they to absteyne from the ministerie and temple because of others mennis faultes rather men shulde proue and trye them selues then others The preists ilnes or the papistes errour can not hurte vs it wee in hart consēt not to their euil or alowe it This reason is lyk the rest For the mynisterie of goddes worde and the mans at two thinges the one meor repugnāt to the other and destroyers the one of y e other he doth wickedlye whiche with y e Anabaptistes or Donatisses thynke y t the faulte of y e minister or people shulde empaire christes ministerie or sacramētes and y e vertue and efficacie therof to him wardes In vsyng goddes ordinaūces let vs trie our selfes and not others But syr what ordinaūce of god c●l yea the masse who taught to praye publikelye in an vnknowen tonge who caught christes supper to be a priuate supper but of this looke more before Now will I dispatch their .ix. and .x. reasons 9.10 Bicause god beholdeth the harte and not y t outwarde apperaūce .1 re 12 because the eyes of god looke for faith Heremi .v. Bicause the bewtie of godds churche is with in psal xiv Therfore y e outward dede of going to masse forceith not if so be inwardlie it be not aproued To theis I aunswer y e indede it is true god looketh on the harte but yet so that he beholdeth the words and workes also Malach. His eyes looke on faithe But so that he casteth his eyes on mennys factes also psal And therfore the scrypture sayeth that godd wyll iudge after our workes and sayings rede Mat. 25 and .12 of the wordes thou shalt be iustefyed c. Theis therfore conclude not as theye gather but rather teach vs godds priuiledge which wee must not meddle with all ●nelie we must know the tra● by the tru●es the which frutes if at anie tyme they deceyue vs yet god can they neuer deceyue for he knoweth y e harte be knoweth y e fath and whether y e fruts springe therof or noe yea this sentence well wayed doch gyue vs occasion to set the popishe churche to be no churche in goddes sight as doith the sentence they alledge for theyr tenthe reasons of the bewtie of the Kyngges daughter that is the churche withe in For if we be holde the face of the popishe churche in respect of christes true churche whose bewtie in dede is al inward being replenished with the spirite of christ and the frutes of y e same outwardlie being but symple for she wyll adde nothinge to christes commandementes in goddes seruice and religion otherwise then for orders sake it I saye we beholde the face of the popishe church lord how it glistereth gorgiouse it is in cōparisō or christes true churche which is deformed in theis dayes but by the word of god trulye preachyd the sacramentes purelye minestred and sume discipline nothing so much as hath bene might be shuld be where as the popishe church wantes nothing to set hir selfe forth to the shew as he that considereth y e persones Pope Cardinalles Legates Archbisshoppes bissheppes suffraganes Abbores Priores Deanes Prebendarres archedeacons Canons Monkes Friers Persones Vicares Paryshprystes Masse prystes Nonnes susters nonices Deacones subdecones c. and a thousande moe the pore ryches honors promotions landes houses fare seruice as singing sayeng ringing playeng sensing c Impelmentes Crosses Chalices relykes Iewels Basens copes cruettes Vestimētes Bookes Belles candelles c. He I saye that considereth theis thinges he cannot but with Samuel thinking Eliab had bene he whom god had chosen Thynke this to be the catholike church and spouse of christ But this sētence sayeth the bewtie of goddes paramor is within and therfore this maye be suspected to be the rose colored whore S. Ihon speketh of in the Apocalipse For whome her ministers watch nyght daye how to mantaine theyr mystres whore madame with indowinge her w t the riches power and pleasures of y e earth where as the ministers of christs true churche watche and labour howe to enryche and bewtifie goddes people wyth Heauenlye ryches euen wythe the knowledge of god and hys chryste and ther fore they vse daylye preaching and publike prayeing and vsing the sacrament so as maye edifie They vrge men to repentaūces to begī a new life they wold haue men to horde by theyr treasures in heauen c. And this gayre they worlde lyketh not But murmureth at the ministers contemptneth thē pilleth them that for pouertye and lyuinges sake thee myght speake to please as experience hath taught hearin Englād But to make an ende of this matter I wold wyshe that they whiche vse suche sentences as theys be to hyde theyr manyfest ydolatrie and fornicatiō at y e masse wold know that theyr spouse is gelyouse and wyll aswell be angrye with them whoring so in their bodyes as they wold be yf ther wiues were taken in bodelye acte withe others wolde they take this excuse yf the wyfe shulde saye forsouth husbande this is no matter for I promise you no bodye but you alone hath myne harte c. God for hys mercies sake in chryste open our eyes hartes to se know loue his wyl y t wee maye serue hym there after God power into our harts the sence of chrystes sweete sacrifyce made for our sinnes in hys owne persone and by his owne selfe Thē suerlye we cānot but earnestlye detest thys masse wyiche is moste enemy● there ageinste and that not onnelye in spirite inwardelie but also in bodie outwardlye euen as all honest women can not but be sore greued in harte or bodelye acte to departe frome there husbandes The gretter loue in harte the wyfe hard to her husband the more pure wyl her bodie be kepte from the fellowship● of others And so it goeth with vs herein le●t vs therfore praye god to engraft his loue in our hartes and then vndoubtidlie we wyll neither do nor saye enyething that shall displease hym Let his worde be the lanterne vnto our feet none other waye to go then we shal see it giue lyght before vs. Let his word so lye and remayne in our hartes that it maye be as a leuen in vs to chaung y t fauor of all our wordes and workes to be therafter Let vs hyde goddes words in our hartes that we synne not Let vs kepe our feete from all enyiwayes that we maye kepe goddes lawes testimonies And here I wyll write an historye not vntill for this purpose as I thinke Ther was in y e time of Sapores king of Persia which cruellie persecuted the Christians a certayne Archebysshoppe Selenchya Etesiphon called Symon which was called before y e king diuerse tymes but at the last bound like a thefe for christes gospelles sake howbeit all preuailed nothyng constant he was