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MADAM,
I 'T H Il foffible
- RejþeEl, and jòm
. " Hopes it 1Pill not
prove abfoluteb unwelcom,I Humbly
lay at Tour Majefty' s .Feet a very
good 73oo
, hùt a very ill-fuited
Prefent: For 'Devout Ink. and
Paper to %ur Majejly,iÞhoJe Lift
is it [elf a 'Boot of 'De1.'Jtion) is
11 3 \ but
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The
piftle Dedicåtory.
hut a Link. of Silver to a Chain of
eold. And then' a Tranflation Íi
fueh a Ii nd of Prejènt to Tour
Majefly, as a bad CoPy to one
'Who has dn excellent Original. 'Tù
true, you are an abfòlute Miftrefs
our Langutt...p;e, as 'Well al Hearts;
but yöu )'Þould never Pray in an
Vnk,no}}J}J Tongue, though there
'Were neither Eng1iili nor I ta.lian
in the Tf/orld; and Tral1jlating ù
but telling you a S tmy for NeJÞs,
'Which you k,'nOTÞ already, and hear
TPhen you plcalè Niueh better told.
'lßut fince 11Jhat ù ujè/eß to Your
Maj eJ&) may be beneficial to your-
Subje'Els; and a 0f:een is netther
-the Greateft. nor the mofl Glorioui
of your Titles, I promíje my fllf
tbat JOt r Cbarity will condefcend
tQ
The Epiftle Dedicatory
to mal
an !llms of your Name
4 nd P {ttronage; and fry your coun.-
tenance to V
otion, allure a Peo-
ple fond of making their Court to
you, to ma
it in the
)Jay mojl
pleajîng to Your Majejly, flraining
to jollfmJ afar off, and be as 'De-
vout as they can,jînce feJÞ can hope
to be as 'Devout as you.
''Tis to be hoped this will be the
Courtfhip in fafhion, now the crimes
are r.eturned in. 'fPhich the Q!jeens of
Englapd are Saints again; and
the Fruit infinitelY great, 'rphen
People find the Wt!Y to Hearven, is
the way to be 'fPell at Court. I was
.Ambitious to ma
my Court this
way, hut to my flame, jò poor
Courtier, that I 'fPas firc"'d to bor-
r:())J) a Pr efent, and to makf it mine,
reß d
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The Epiftle Dedicatory.
dreft'd in a new Language, as;U?e
alter the property of Plate ,by 'a
e'W Fa/hivn. I k.norÞ I have. ex':"
po/d my unsf\!Jftlneß in thiso'Fr de
to the ßye in all England; 'Which
1Þill the foonejl difcern jt. through the Merits of J E S US
C H R 1ST" (if we our íèlves are n
ttþ
obftacle)
the grace of true repentance for our fins
and a
guard from the aífaulcs of the Devil.) that fo we
nlay preíèrve Our íèlves in that flate of innocence
we received by BapciGn.
By the Wacerthe Church tells us)ne prays to God.J
and chat we are therein to èoncur with her
to be-
íèech hin1 to purifie our Souls by his Grace.) as the
Water cleanfèth our Bodies. Arid by the Salt /he re..
preíènts her Prayer to God" wherein we ought alfo
to joyn for obtaining his Grace"co preferve our Souls
from fpirituaI corruption,) as Salt prefurves the Body
from corporal. And as Sale givesan:agreeable taft to
our Meat" [0 his Grace renders our aétions accep-
table to his Majefty"prefèrving us frbm falling into
thofè fins wherewith che Devil might otherwilè
infett us" whereby we may more worthily be al1ì..
fianr at the Holy Sacrificeof the
ody and Blood
of C H R 1ST" and reap the benefit thereof:
Every Sun
ay W dter and. Salt is pr
par
d in the Sacri!ty,
which the PrIen bleffeth, beIng vefied In hIS Albe or SurplIce,
and with a SroaIe.
7JJe ExoTcljm and BenediBion of the Salt.
Ur help is in the Name of the Lord.
R. \Vho made Heaven and Earth.
f7. Our Lord be with you.,
R. And \vith thy Spirit.
\VÌ1ereas, by the Fall of Adam, the Devil has ufurpt
n Em
pire over creatur
5, fo a? to ßlake ufe of .them to the
1(advan..
rage of men, he, J5 deprJved of them agaIn by the Merits of our
Redeemer) who fanétifies them for our benefit.
I Exor-
Of Holy Wåter.
3
) I Exorcife thee, 0 creature Salt, by the living
I God, the true God, by the holy God, by
that God \vho commanded thee to be carr into
the Water by the J?ropbet ßlizæus, to cure its
barrennefs, that by this Exorcifin thou mayeft
be made beneficial to the Faithfui, healthful
both to the Bodies and Souls of all that iball
ufe thee, and where. ever thou art fprinkled
thou mayeO: chafe away all Illufions, Malice,
Cr- fts and Surprifes of the Devil, and that all
llncl
an Spirits be call out of him, who \vill
come' to judge the living and the dead, and the
Warld by fire. Amen.
The P R. AYE R..
Let us Pray.
The Prieí1: by íigning with the Crofs, Ínfiruéts us that the
fanltifying of creatures, and the graces which we receive there-
by, are only derived untrefents Incenfe to the Priefi to bIds, fa)'ing, ·
Reverend Father, blefs t11is Tncenfe.
The
t 4 The BenediElion of the l' almr.
The PrieR takes the Incenfe, and, putting into the ThurjbJ
,
bleiTeth it, :avowing, by this B:nediftion, that the Sac.rifice of
the Maß is offered to God alQne, humb!y befeeching his Grace,
thac his Prayers may afclnd, as this Incenfe, towards hUn.
Be thou bleis'd by him, to whofe honour
thou {halt be burnt.
Then th
Deacon upon his knees, at the foot of the AItar,
prepares himfelf co receive commiffion from the Priea to publilb
the Gofpel by this Prayer.
C . Leanfe, 0 AI
ighty God, my heart, and
lips. who didft purifie with a fiery coal
the lips of the Prophet Ifaiah, and vouchfafe
fo to purifie me, for thy mercies fake, that I
may worthily declare thy holy Gofpel.Through
our Lord Jefus Chrift, &c. Amen.
Then taking the Book Cram the Altar, he asks the Priefi's
Bleffing.
I
Reverend Father, blefs me.
The Priefi bleffeth him.'
O Ur Lord be in thy heart and lips, that I
thou mayeft worthily publifh his Go-I
fpel, in the Name of the Father, and of the
SOD, and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen.
The Deacon kiffeth the Priefi's hand, to refiifie, that 'as in
the Old Law, a Seraphin did purifie the lips of the Prophet
IfiLillh with a coal of fir
, fo in the New Law it is Tefus Chrift
reprefented by the Priefi, who purifies his mouth. He goes
to the place appointed for reading the Gofpel with the Sub-
deacon, Thurifer.. and twO AcoJyts, who carry two Tapers
lighted before him, to fignifie the Joy which the Faithful
ought to have for this Great Bleffing of the Light of Faith.
He turns towards the ì>eople.. that they n1ay
hear the Go-
fpel, the Subdeacon holding the Book before him, to tefiifie
thac
Tile Benediélion of tile P alms. I 5
that wbat he rtads to the People is only what, J:he Prietl ordered
h . . -. 1
1m.
Before he re'ads the Gofpel he befeeches God's bIeffing MpoD
the Affembly, to hear h}s W
rd worthily, fayiniJ
Our Lord be \vith you.
r .
The Affembly reciprocaUy befceching God to affifi him
''lith his Grace, and that the Deacon faying, Stquentia fanéti
Evangtlii, &c. 1he [equencf of the G()fPel, &c. makes the fign
of tbe Crofs u.eon his Forehead,
1is Mouth and Breafi, to
íìgnifie he publifhes the Word of God with a good heare, and
wiH not be afbamed to confefs it before men, and taking the
Thurible, he incenfeth the Bool\ thrice in honour of the
RIefled Trinity, in whom w(; '1fe tcwçht to believe by the
Gofpel. .
Whilefi the Deacon reads the Gofpel wIth an audible Voic
,
the Prien fiands on the Epifile fide, which reprefc:nts the Jewif!!
People, to tell us that Chrift preached the Gofpel amongfi
them,and that from Jutie4 it fbouJd be carried to other Nations;
I He fiands upright uncovered, as
o the refi of t!le People, to
I teach us, that the Word of GOd JS to be feared wJth reverence.
r .and to tefiifie our Faith in the llefurreBion.
The fèfjuence of the Holy Gofpel acco;Jjng to
St. Matthew, Chap. 2 I.
In this GofpeJ the Church minds us of Chrifi's rriumphànt
entry into ltrufalem, foretold by the Prophet Zacbariai, Chap.9.
where we are to obferve, that Eve and the Synagogue ílrc
figured by the She...Aß. And by the AfS-Colt, never yet ufed
the Gtntils are reprefeRted, for before the con.tìng of Chritl.
none had ever called the Gentils to the tr
Faith. The ViJlage
where thefe creatures were tied, is a figure of the fervitude of
tbis WorId,and the CODlmand which Chrifi gave to his Difciples ;
to untye them, is a prefentation of thac power whieh God hath
given his Minirters to abfolve men from their fins.
A T that timè \\'hen Jefus drew nigh to
Jerufalem, and \\7as come to Bethphage,
at the foot of Mount Olivet, then he fent t\VO
of'
16 The BenediélionoftlJe Palms.
of his Difciples, faying to them, Go ye intó
. the Town that is againft you, and immediate-
ly you filalI find an A1S tied, and a Colt with
her, Ioofe them, and bring them to me: and if
any man {hall fay ought unto you, fay ye, that
our Lord bath need of them ; . and forth\vitI1
he will let them go. And this \\las done that
it might be fulfilled which was fpoken by. thë
Prophet faying, Say ye to the Daughter of
Sion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek,
and fitting upon an AfS, and a Colt,
the Foal
of her that is ufed to the Yoke. And the
Difciples going, did as Jefus commanded them;
And they brought the Afs and the Colt, and
laid their Garments upon them, and mad
him to fit thereon; and a very great multitude
fpread their Garments in the way: and others
did cut. their Boughs fro
the Trees, and
ftrewed them in the \ray; and the multitudes
that went before, and that followed, cried, fay-
ing, Hofanna to the Son of David ; Blel1èd is
he that cometh in the Name of our Lord. Ho-
jânna in the highcft.
After the Deacontarh read tbe GofpeJ, he prefents the Book
to the Priel1: to kilS, to fignifie thereby the Union and Cha--
rity which the Faithful ought to have in the obfervance of God,
that fo they may obtain pardon for their fins, and thereupon he
fays. _
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May our Sins be forgiven by the vertue of
the Holy Gofpel.
The
TIle Benediélion of tlJe Palms. J ..
I The Deacon incenfcth the Prieft thrice, 'thereby expreffing
lour honour to Chrifi, who hath freect us from our fins by our
Ifaith in the Gofpel, acknowledging him to be God and the
: Second Perfon of the Trinity.
I Then the falms a
e. ble
, by which
eremony the Church,
: commemorating ChrIfi s trIumph,
pphes h
r P
a}ers fa! us,
to obtain of God, through the MerIts of thIS DIVIne SaVIour,
I (unleß we render our felves uncapable) the grace to reap the
I fruit of that Vidory, which he has obtained over the World and
the Devil.
Our Lord be with you
R. . And with thy Spirit.
Let us Pray.
O God increafe the Faith of thefe t11at hope
.in thee, and clemently heùr the Prayers
of thy Supplicants: Let thy manifold Mercies
come upon us: blefs thefe Boughs of Palms,
J or Olives,and,as iri the figure of the Church,thou
didO: multiply Noah going forth of the Ark,and
Mofes going out óf Egypt \\yith the Children
of /frael} fo grant that \ve, carrying there
Branches of Palm and Olive, may, with the
Fruitsof our Good Works, appear before Jefus
Chrift, and,by his Merits, enjoy the Delights of
Eternal Happinefs, \vho, one God, liveth and
ieigneth \vith thee, in the Unity of the Holy
Ghoft, for ever and ever. Amen.
The PRE F ACE.
The Prien prepares the FaÌthfuI,m;nding them to lift up their
hearts to God, to difengage their atteétions fr031 worldl} Gn::a-
tures) to ackqowledge. the exceíS of tt1e divine benefits
C p: Our
,
I 8 TIJe Bel1ediél.on of tbe P al,i t.
OUf Lord be with you.
And \\;"irh thy Spirit. ,. .
Lift up your hearts.
R. \Ve raife thelll up to our Lord.
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Then the Priefi admonHheth the Faithful to r(fiea, tb
t 'tÍ$1
God who puts their hearts into that flate, and therefore that I
they give hilTI publick thanks.
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Let us give thanks to our Lord God.
The Faithful anfiver, that it is jufi and reafonabIe, and ac-
cording do concur, in pubIick, with the Priet1: giving thanks,
and fo, in particular, each man, by his particular private refent-
ments, accompanies the Priefi, fdying, .
It is J uft, and becoming our 1?uty.
The Church, reprefenting unto us the Obedience which all
created nature oweth unto God, the leal wbei ewith the
Saints, and particularly the Martyrs, have offered themfelves
to his !\1ajefiy, as a HoIocaufi, (or the faith of ]efus Cbrift h13
SOH, the Homage which the Angels render him In Heaven, and
the Canticle of Praife, which the Children fung, in honour of
our Sttviour, when he "Dade his triumphant entry into JerlJ[a-
lem, exhorts us, in inJitation of them, to give God thaaks forfo
many benefits received of his bounty, through the Merits of his
Son, acknowledging, that, in duty, we are bound to endeavour
the. Zeal of Martyrs, the Purity of Angels, and Innocence of
ChIldren. '
_ 1 T is truly meet and jufi,- fight and necefiå-
r,Y' that we always, and in all places, give
thanks to thee, Holy Lord, Omnipotent Fa-
ther, and Eternal God, who art glorified in
the Council of thy Saints. For thy Creatures
ferve
The Benedjéfiol1ifthg Palm.r. 19
1erve thee, acknowJedging
h.ee t]1eir fole Au..
har and God,
nd all thy handy-wor I\:s joynt-
i 1y praife, and thy holy . ones blef
thee, freely
confeffing the Sacred Name of thy Son, before
the Kings and Princes of this \Vor Id. The Angels
Archangels, Thrones, and Domi
tiqns,ob{erve
thee with a Profound Rçverence, and, \\t'irh the
I whole Ceieftial Haft, fiqga Hymn of thy GIoIA
I ry for ever, faying, Holy,Holy,ljoly is t]}ß Lord
I God of Hafts, the Heavens and Earth are
filled \virlî thy Glory, Hofal!na in the Highefi.
I ßleí1èd is he that comes . n the Name of our
Lord, HoJànna r in the Highefi.
1.0
r. Our Lord be with you.
R. And with.thy Spirit.
Let us pray.
The Faithful giving God thanks, that, befides the interiour
and exceri:mr Graces wherewith he prevents and affifis us, and
befides what he confers by his Sacraments upon us, he
yet further fortifies us by the Vertue of Sacred Thing
they
joyn in Prayers with th
Church, which are applied unto
them by this Benediltion, to the end they may obtain par-
ticular Benefits from God, for [he good both of Soul and
Body.
..
E befeech thee, 0 Lord, Holy Father.
Almighty aod Everlafiing God, to b1els
and fanétifie this Olive, thy creature, \\'hich thou
haft commanded to fpring from \V ood, and
which the Dove brought in his mouth, re-
turning to the Ark, that \vhoever {haIl take
of it, ma receive proteétion toth for So }] 2nd
C 2, BJdy,
o The Btn;diéli
nofìhe PalJÎt.r.
Bod}T, thou, 0 Lord, making it a Remedy for
Health,and a Sacrament of thy Grace.
Through
our Lord, &c.. Amen. ·
Let us Pray.
The Faithful confidering, that thofe blefi Palms reprefent'
our Uni God, and uke it again.
though no man híld power to bereave hilU of it? Thefe \Vo
ds
D 2 then
3.6 The Mafs for Palm-Sunday.
then, of this 21ft Praim, are a figure of fuch Prayers as tha1l be"
ddrefl to God, by men in their affiilUons, begging to be freed
of thenl.
!
G Od my God, have refpeét unto me, why
J haft thou forfaken me?- far from my
ralvátion are words of my fins.
o Lord, prolong not thy help from
me, &c.
I Gloria P atri, &c. is not' now faid
becauie it is a pùbJick
Confeffi!)n of Faith, which the Chürch omits at this time, when
the reprefenrs the extreme impiety and infidelity of the Jews-'
And Gloria in excelfts is for the fame reafon forborn. I
The Priefl, in the name of the Faithful, acknowledges the
need we all have of the Grace of our Redeemer, and re-
pears thrice the following words, addrefi to each Perron
f I
the Holy. Trinity, to exprefs the great neceffity we have Of his
áffifiance.
Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Lord, have mercy on US
Lord, have mercy on ns.
R. Chrift, ha"e mercy on us.-
Chrifi, have mercy on us.
R. Chrifi, have mercy on US
Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have merc)T on us:
The Priefi turns towards the Faithful, and befeeches God,
that he will be pleafed to make them wOrthy of his prefence and I
n1ercy. :
iT. Our Lord be \\7ith you.
\
The:
The Map for Palm-Sunday. 37
The Faithful, jeyning Frayer with the Priefi,
g the like
rrace for him. '
.
J!.. And with thy Spirit.
The C ol/eEl.
The Faithful beg of God Grace,
o !mita.te. the Hu
iIitX' Ob
...
ience and Patience of Jefils Ch.rlfi 1
all. hJS SufferJng
In thIS
ife, that fo they may partake WIth hIm In gtory ot ]U5 Refur.
eRion.
" Lhnighty, EverL1fiing God, \vho
la(1:
cau{ed our Saviour to take flef]l, and to
.e crl:1cineq for Mankind, as an exalnple of
,Hu.mility to be imitated; Grant propit
ouí1}T,
.\:hat \ve may deferve to have both the Infiry..
aion of his Patience, and FeUO\vßlip of his Re...
ifurreétion. Through the fame our Lord J & c.
...
the LefJòn Ollt of the Epiflle of St. Paul th
Apoflle t
the Philippians, çhap.
.
. . Tilt Church reprefents the' Croß unto us
s the Ladder by
which the Son of God defcended from Hea\"en to the Iowefi
I degree of abatement on Earth, and by
which he aCcenclcd to
the highefi pitch of Glory; and the Church teaches us, by
t
e exa
ple of J
fus Chrifi, [h
t we ought to be in the fitn1e
dJfpofiuon, both In regard of hIm and of aU man, which he
had in the work of our Redemption; that is, that we are
to be ready and prepated
to divefi our felves of Honour, Life
and Goods, for the love of Him and our Neighbours, that as
Çhrifi was elevated above aU Powers of Heaven, Earth and Hell,
we may
?P
and expcft a proportionable reCQil1penCe after
9u
humIl1
tlOn
.
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3
Brethren i
, .
3 8 Thç Mals for Palm-Sunday
B Rethren, fur this think iri your (elves,
which alfo in Chrift Jefus, \\-'ho, when
he \\'as in the form of God, thought it not
robbery,. himfelf to be equal to God: but he
cxinanited himfelf, taking the form of a fer-
vant, made into the fimilitude of men, nnd
in fhape found as man; he humbled him{elt
made obedient unto death, even the death of
the CrolS. For the which God alfo hath ex-
aIred him, and hath given him a Name which
is above all Names; That in the Name 0
Jefus every knee bo\v of the celefiiaIs, terce.
fl:riaIs, and infernals; and every tongue con-
fefs, that our Lord Iefus Chrift is in the glory
,of God the Father.
1he G R A D U A L, taken out of 7' f1 pfalm:
__ Th
Gradual is a Song whtrein the Faitl1fuJ, being infiru8.
ed by hearing the Epifile read at Mars, caife themfeives
towards God in théir holy dcfires, as by certain fpiritual de-
grees, and prepare themf
lves to an. attentive hearing of the
Gofpel and to profit by ItS Infirulhons. Thus by the Gra-
dual in the Maß, the Fairhful being ta
ght .by the EpifUe
preceding, that by Affiì8iohS and Sufferings in this Life rh9'
rnufi gain Heaven acc('rding to our bJeffed Saviour't s exan1pJe,
they prepare themfelves, by raifing their fpirits, to compre-
hend the Pamon of our Saviou.r, and to meditate, that, fince
the Grace of the Nèw Tel1a.uent appertains to Life Ever-
Jailing, and not to t his temporary one, Chrifi, as man, being
to declare it to the World, ought not to draw a recommenda-
tion of it from terretlrial happinefs. And hence came hIs Hu-
rniliatiors is.1comprehenfibJe, hence his Famon, his Sufferings,
his Scourgings Whfre\
ith he was (0 inhumanely torn, the SpIt-
rings by which his Divine Face was fo outragioufly abufed,
\virh aU the other Injuries and Affronts. he futfered: 'Twas, in
fin
The Mafr for Palm-Sunday. 39
fin
, this br
ught him to the Crofs; this covered, with Wounds,
1Ìs Sacred Body, and at laft delivered him to Death.
AII thofe Marvels teach the F airhfuI, wh;{t their Piety .
ought to hope, and what r<;compence to beg of him \Vhof
children they are, to the end they deceive not their felves
in propofing terrefiriaI happineß as a reward for thc:ir Ser-
vice to God. And certainly'tis a fignal providence of Grace
and Bounty, that God gives worldly happineß to the wick-
ed, to the end, that good men may not place their conteni:
in the poffeffion of it, whereupon the 72d Pialm, whence the
Gradual of this
1ars is extra8ed, perfonates a man, who re-
pents that he bad rerved God oue of interefi, that not a
-right heart and expetted temporal rewards, and who, feeing
the wicked live in abundance and pleaty, was fo far perplext,
as almofi to think that God had no providence of humane
affairs; }let, calling afide this finful fancy, by the authority of
Saints, who truly belong to God., he Is enforced to penetrate
into fo profound a fecrer, which yet he could not difcover I
with aU his labour, until he entred tnto the Sanétuary of God,
and knew their la1Ì end, that is, till having received the Holy
Ghofi, and obtained the conduit of his Grace, he confidere
the glory J?repared by God for his faithful (ervants, and learnt
to defire It; and underfiood what fball be the torment of the
wicked, after there contemptible and fading pleafures which
they have enjoyed. .
T HOU haft held thy right hand, and in
thy will thou haft condulted me,
nd
\virh glory thou haft received me.
r. How good is God to Ifrael, to them
that are of a fight heart: but my feet were
almoft moved; IllY feet alnlofi flipped, becaufe
I have had zeal upon the \\Ticked, feeing the
peace oÍ finners.
.
The T R. ACT, taken out of tbe 2. I f1 PfaIm.
This word exprefIeth it (elf, the words being pronounc
d
and rung .in a low and Ia!1guifhing manner). drawing the voice
as groanIng and
Iamc:ntlng) whereby to Inette us to bewail
D 4 ' . our
40 The Mafs for
aIm-Sunday.
our fins, and ask forgivene
of God. Likcwife in tl1
Tria
of this Mars, the Church reprefents the rearon why we ought
to have an extrean1 regret for our fins, fince they obliged
Our Saviour to fuffcr death, to free and reconcile us by his
humility to God his Father, from whom we fo unhappily
f1ranged our felves by our pride. Then the Church teaches
us our obligation tç giv
God thanks by there following Verfes
()f the 21 fi FraIm, difpofing us to hear. attentively. tl1e Paf..
jj('n of our Saviour, whereof this P [aim prophetically maKes
mention, wherein we ought to obferve how our Saviour' fome-
times fpeJks in his own, fometÍmes in the perfon of his
mem
ers:; that which fpeaks of 'fins, only relating to us, that
which fpeaks of fufferings, only to him as our head, who fuf-
fered for us. Yet In futtering thus for us, himfeIf 'Being blame-
Jefs, he put himfelf in our fie
d, and took u
him our Obli-
gations, he made our Debts his own, making fatisfattion for our
Tranfgreffion. I , I
G Od my God, h
ve r7fp
a unto me : why
J haft thou forfaken me f
, V. Far fròm n1Y falvation are the words of
my fins. · .
P. My God, I {ball cry by day, and thou
wilt not hear, and by. night, and not for folly
unto mea ,
, 17. But thou d\vellefi in the Holy Place, the
praife of IfraeJ... . .. '
V. In thee' our Fathers have hoped, they
hoped, and thou didO: deliver "them. .
P. They cryed unto thee, and \\7ere fave
;
they hoped in thee, and were not con-
founded.
r. But I am a \vorm, and no man; a re-
proach of fi1en, and outran of th'e people.
.
Y. All that faw me have fcorned me, they
l1ave fpoken with the lips and
vaggcd the head.
He
The Mafs for Palm-Sunday. 41
T7. He hoped in the Lord, Jet him deJisa
ver him; let him favéhim, þecaufe he affliéts
him. - . . .
: P. But themfelves have confidered and be-
held me, they 'have divided my garments
amongfi them, and upon my vefiure they have
cafi Ióts.
.
J7. Save me from the Lions mouth, and
my humility fro
t
e
or
s of
?e l!
i.
corns. .
· v. Ye that fear our L9rd praife him, all the
feed of '] aco/; glorifie ye him.
· V. - The generation to come iliall be 111ewed
o our Lord, and the heavens iliall fuew forth
his jufiice to the people that ilia I I be þorn,whol11
our Lord hath made.
r. And the jufiice by \vhich he {ball render .
them jufi, nlal
be 1bçwe
to thé people.' " ,
J At PalÙ, the Tralt being ended, the Deacon begs God's
race [0 read the Paffion of his Son, fo etfeétuall y to the
Faithful, -that they may receive wholefome effeå thereby.
C Leanfe my heart and lips, 0 Ahnighty
. J God, who didft cleanfe t1è.e lips of the
Prophet /faiah \vith a burning coal, and voucH":
fafe) through thy gracious mercy, to pur
.
fie. IDe, that I may worthily pronounce
hy
Holy Gorpet Through our Lord Jefus
Chrift, &c.
'.
Then
2 The Mafrfor Palm-Sunday.
Th
n he asks bIeffing of tbe Priefi.
]/. Reverend Father blefs me.
The Priell bldreth him, faying,
Ur Lor
be in thy heart and in thy lips
that thou mayel1: worthily and compe-
tently publit11 his GofpeI. Amen.
He incenfeth the Book in acknowledgment that Chrifi is the
true Son of God, who voluntarily put on humane nature, that by
bis death he might expiat
our fiRs. ,
The Acolyts carry the lighted Tapers before the .Deacon, to
iignifie the light of Grace and Glory which Chrift by his deatl
had merired for the Fa.ithful. .
According to the Rnman Direltory,. the Deacon asks not the
Priefi bleffing before his reading of the Paffion of our Lord
T
fus ChrHt, nor fa)'s, Munda tor meum, &t: nor doth he in..
èenfe the Book, bu t perforn1s aU thofe Ceremonies afterwards.
Nor doth the Prieí1: (alute the lJeopIe with Dominus 'lJobif
CrJ"', &c. Our Lord be with you, to obferve unto us a dete..
fiarion of perfidious Judas, who berrayed our Saviour with a
Salute.
_ Nor do the People anfwer, Gloria tibi Domin
, &c. Glory be
to thee, 0 lord, to e
preß that th
y do not glontie Jefus Chrifi:
;n his Pamon. & I
Neither are the IigJ--:ed Tapers carried to fignlfie, that as
well upon Earth, through the Eclipfe of thc= Sun and Moon,
the Hght of the World \Vas extinguifhed as in Heaven by the
Death of our Saviour. ·
l
HIV., Tbe B
k is not incenfed to tt1índ \15, d1at [he fervour
of Chrifi's Difcipfes Prayers \Vas then abated.
The
-
43
The P affion of our Lord Je!M Chriff
f according to St. Matthew, Chap.
26, 27- -,
T that tÏ1ne Jefus faid to his Difciples,
You know that after two days ilial!
be Pafche: and the Son of man ilial]
be delivered to be crucified. Then
were gathered together the Chief Priefis and -
Ancients of the" People into the ..Court of the
High Priefi, who was called CaiaphllJ: And
they confulted how they might by forne guile
lapprehend Jefus, and kill him; But they faid
·
Not on the Feí\ival-day, left perhaps there
Inight be a tu
ult among the people. And
\vhcn Jefus \vas in BetlJania, in the houfe of
.Simon the leper, there came to him a \Voman,
having an Alabafier Box of Precious OJ''nt-
ment, and poured it out upon his Head, as
pe fat at the Table. And the Difciples feeing
it, had indignation, faying, Whereto is this
w
fie? for this might have been foJd for
much, and given to the roor. And Jefus
knowing it, faid to them, Why do you mCg
left this Won1an ? for fhe hath wrought a good
work upon me ; for the poor you have always
with you, but me you bave not always, for
1he, in pouring this Oyntlnent upon my Body,
hath done it to bury me. Amen, I fay to you;
\tv here-
J
44 TIJe P affion according to S. Mat
h.
wherefoever this GofpeJ ilia1l be preached in
the whole \Vor)d, that alfo fhe hath dorie,
thall be reported for a n1emory of her. Then
went one of the twelve, which was called
Juda; /fcariot, to the Chief Priefis, and faid to
them, \vhat will you give me, and I will de.
liver him unto yOU? But they appointed unto
bilTI Thirty Pieces of Silver. And from thence...
forth he' fought opportunity to betray him.
And
he fir{r- d
y of the Azymes the Difciples
carnes to Jefus, faying, Where \vilt thòu that
\\Te prepare the Pafche ? ' But Jefus [aid, Go
into the City to a certain man, and fay to him,
the Mailer faith, My time is at hand, with
thee do I rnake the Pafche with my Difciples.
-And the Difciples did as Jefus appointed them,
and they prepared the Pafche. But
7hen it
\vas even, he fate down with his twelve Dit:
ciples; And while they were eating, he faid,
J.
menJ I fay unto you, That one of you ilial}
betray me. And they being very fad, began
vcry one to fay Is it I, Lord? but he an-
fwering, faid, He that dippeth his hand with
me in the Diih, he thall betray me. The Son
of man indeed goeth as it 'is written of him;
but \\70 be to that man by whom the Son of
man {haIl be betrayed; it were good for him I
if that man had not been born. And JudaJ,
that betrayed him, (aid, Is it I, Rabbi? he faith
to him
Thou haft faid. And whìles they
were at Supper; }efus tbok Bread, and blel1èd,
and
. . .' I
The P affion according to S. Matth. 45'
.
and brake; and he gave to his DifcipIes,. and
faid, Tåke ye, and éat; this is mý Body.
And taking the Chalice, he gave thaqks, and
gave to the
, faying, drink ye all of this; for
this is my Bloqd of the New Tefiament, which
aIl be fued for many unto remiíIìon óf fins.
And I fay unto you, I will not drink- from
henceforth of this fruit òf the Wine-, until
that day when I fuall drink it with you new in
he Kingdo
of my Father. And an Hymn
being faid, they went, forth unto "Mount Oli-
'Vet. Then Jefus faid to them, All you {hall
be fcandalized in me this night: För it i
\\'rit-
I ten, I will firike the Paftor" and the {beep of
I the flock {hall be difpcrfed; but after I fhal.l be
I
fen again, I will g,' before you into Galilee.
I And Peter, anf\\Tering, faid to him, Although
all filall be fcandalized in thee, I will ne-
ver be fcandalized. Jefus faid to him, A-
men, I fay to thee, that in this night, before
the Cock cro\v, thou fualr deny nle thrice.
Peter faid to him, Yea, though I {houJd die
with thee, I will not deny thee. Like\vife
alfo faid all the Difciples. Then Jefus cometh,
'..\lith them into a Village called Gethfèmani ;
and he faid to his DitcÎp]es, Sit you here,
while I go yonder, and pray. And taking
to him Peter," and the t\VO Sons of Zebe-
dee, he began to wax forrowful, even unto
death; flay here and watch \vith me. And._
being gone for\\'ard a little J be fell upon his
face,
4 6 The P affion according to S. Matth.
face, praying, and faying, My Father, if it be
pomble, let this Chalice pafs from me; ne- ,
verthelefs, not as I will, but as thou. . And
he cometh to his Difciples, and findeth them
l1eeping ; and he faith to Peter, Even fo?
could you not watch one hour with me?
Watth ye, and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation. The fpirit indeed is prompt, but
the flelh weak. Again, the fecond time he
went, and prayed, faying, My Father, if this
Chalice may not pafs, but I muft drink it, thy
,viII be done. And he cometh again, a'nd
lindeth them fleeping; for their eyes were be.
come heaV}T. And leaving them, he went
again, and he prayed the third time, raying,
the felf-fame word. Then he cometh to his
Difciples, and faith to them, Sleep ye now,
and take refi:; behold, the hour approacheth,
and the Son of man {hall be betrayed into the
hands of finners. Rife, let us go; behold,
he approacheth, that iball betray me. As
he yet fpake, behold Judaí, one of the twelve,
came, and with him a great multitude with
Swords and Clubs, fent from the Chief
Priefis and the Ancients of the People. And
he that betrayed him, gave them a fign, fay-
íng. \Vhomfoever I 1hall kifs, that is he, hold
him. And forth\vith, coming to Jefus, he
faid, Hail, Rabbi, and he kil1èd him. . And
Jefus faid to him, Friend, \vhereto art thou
come? Then they drew neer, and laid hands
on
Tile P a lJion tlccOIding to S.Matth. 4 7
on Jefus, and held him, and behold, one of
them that \vere \vith Jefils
firetching forth
bis hand, drew out his
\\7ord, and firiIthe refur.
recrion of the dead, and life in the world to
rom
Am
. '
The Priefl, turning towards the Faithful, prays to God for his
grace, that they may perform his Conlmandments)and offer them-
(elves worthily to his Majdly.
IT. Our Lord be with you.
The Faithfu
ask the fame grace of God for him.
jl. And with thy, Spirit.
The 0 FFER. TOR Y, taken out of th
68th Pfalm.
The
hurch reprefents unto us, that the mofi piercIng griç[
our SavIour endured, and whereof he could not have the
Ieafl: e.tfc J was his forefighc of fo great number of men, as by
.E 4 thei
;6 The Offertory.
their impiety would render them[eIves unworthy the fruit
of his Pamon, which is Eternal Life, and that infiead of their
acknowledgment for their falvation, which he had purchafed
for them> he fhould receive outrages more íharp and bitter than
the Gall and Vinegar prefented him upon the Crofs.
1\ .y hëart hath looked for reproach and
1 \ 1 mifery, and I expeaed fomebody that
,\
ot1
d be forro\vful with file, and there was
I
none. I fought for a comforter, and I found It
hinl not, and they gave gall for my meat, and
in my t 1 1irft they gave me vinegar to drink.
rt
(
ü:
,
-
After the Offertory, the Prieil: takes the Patten, and offers I
dIC Brcad, which is to be confccrated, faying, I
Eceive, 0 HoJy Father Almighty and
_ Eternal God, this immaculate Hofi, which
I,thy un\vorthy f
rvant, offer to thee my living
aod true God, for my innumerable fins" offen-
ces and negligences;. for all here preCent, and
for all faithful Chrifiians, living and dead, that
it Inay avail Ine and them to life evcrlafiing.
Amen.
,!hen the Prien puts the Wine and Water into the Chalice,
(ayu'tg,
O God, who, as a wonderful effèét of thy
p \ver, haft created humane nature, and
refiofcd it by a greater Miraclc; Grant llS, by
tht rvi.rfiery of this 'Vine and Water, to par-
take of his Divinity, who did vouchfafe upon
}Úrn our humanity; namely, J
[us Chriíl: our
Lord thy Son, \vho, being God, liveth .and.
relgn-
The Offertory-
7
reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy
Ghoft, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Priefi, offering the! Chalice in the rnidfi of the Altar,
fays,
W E offer unto thee, 0 Lord, this Chalice
of [alvation, befeeching thy clemency,
that it may afcend before thy Divine Majefiy
as a [weet perfume for our fouls health, and for
the \vhole worlds. Amen.
W E prefent our felves before thee with
an humble and contrite fpìrit; 0 Lord,
accept of us, and grant that this facrifice
may- be made agreeable this day unto the
)
o Lord God.
Bleffing the Bread and Wine he offers, then fays,
Orne, Omnipotent Sant"tifier and Eternal
Goq, and blelS this facrifice prepared for
the glory of thy Holy Name.
Wafhing his hands, and by that Ceremony tefiifying his care
to deanfe his foul, he fays thefe following Verfides out of the
22th Pralm.
I \VilI wafh my hands amongfi Innocents.
And I
ill compaíS thy Altar, 0 Lord.
That I may hear the voice of praife, and 1hew
forth all thy marvellous works.
Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy
haufe, and the place of the håbitation of thy
glory..
Defiroy,
5 8 _ The Offirtoryo
Deftroy not, 0 God, my foul WiU1 the iml!
pious, and my life with bloody men.
In w hofe hands are iniquities, their right
hand is r
plen1Íhed with gifts.
But I have walked in my innocency, redeem
me al1d have mercy on me.
My foot hath fiood in the direa way. In the
Churches I will bIers thee, a Lord.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
The Priefi, having wallit his hands, bowing at the rnidf\
of the Altar, filently makes an oblation of the Sacrifice which
IJe is now about to prefent to the Holy Trinity, in menlory of
the principal myfieries of Chrifi, and in the honour of the chief
SlÍnts.
R Eceive, a Holy Trinity, this Oblation
which \ve nla!{e unto thee, in memory
of the Paffion, Refurreétion, and Afcenfion of
our Lord Jefus Chrifi; And in the honour of
_ the ever ble11èd Virgin flfary, St.1oJJH Baptin,
the holy Apofiles Peter and Paul, and of all
Saints, to their honour and our benefit, that
hey, whom we commemorate on earth, wilt
yotlchfafe to make interceiliQo for us in Hea.
ven. Through the fame Chrifi: our Lord.
Amen.
The Prien, turning tõwards the Faithful t admonifbeth them.
to jO)'D in Prayer with him, that this' their conlmon Sacrifice,
which he is now about, Dlay be acceptable to God.
Pray, Brethren, that mine and your Sacrifice
ay be acceptable to God the Father Almighty.
The
TIle Secret.
S9
The People anfwer
o Lord ,receive this Sacrifice from thy hands,
to the honour and glory of his Name, to our
particular benefit,and for the good of the whole
Church.
The Prien f2JS in a low voice, Amen.
The SEe R. E T.
The Faithful beg of God a folid piety and true fence or the
Pains and Sufferings of his Son Jefus Chrif1:, whereby to be
made capable of the benefic therecy obtained for us of life ever-
lafting.
G Rant, we befeech thee, 0 Lord, that this
Oblation,rnade before thy Divine Majefiy,
may obtain us the Grace of Piety, and procure
us Eternal HappineLS. .Through our Lord, &c.
I
THE
"
6ò
. ' '.
r
.
THE
P R. E F ACE.
. "
That is to fay,
, .
TIJe Begin1ling of the Canon of the MaJr,
- and the General Preparation for the
Sacrifice.
.
The Prietl: diCpofes the Faithful,' advifing them tQ elevate
their hearts to God, to difengage them from all the folici-
tudes of Creatures; to begin the Sacrifice with their hearts,
acknowledging the greatnefs of God's benefits, and in particular
thofe of his Incarnation and PaßÏon of his Son, our Lord Jefus
Chrifi.
r. Our Lord be with you.
R. And \vith thy Spirit.
· V. Lift up your - hearts.
R. \Ve ha ve them lifted up to our Lord.
ihe Prien bids them confider, that 'tis God alone who puts
their hearts into that condition, and that therefore they ought
. give 'him .pubIick thanks.
Let us give thanks to our Lord God.
The:
the PI.efttt. e .
6
. .. ...
The Faithful anfwer, that 'tis'" jufi and r
afonabJe, and ac-
cording, that they do give publick thanks by the Priefi, and
particularly by their inward refentmentS j heartily concurrinl:
in ,,,hat the Priefi fays. w ·
It is meet and jufi.
· f r
The Priefi, in the name of t
e Faithful, acknowledges the
obligation of giving God thanks-.always and every where,
for his goodneß, in vouchfafing, that his Son lliould by the
WOO
of the Crofs Cave. Mankind and defiroy the Devil. As
this enemy :of Mankind had made ufe of the Fruit of a Tree,
to efiabIifh his tyranny and rcine man, and be
aufe we art
not capable to make worthy\acknowledgme
for fo inefti..
mable a benefit, the Priefi joyns <<: with this our Saviou'r J
through whom he gives prai[e to God" as al(o with the An-
g
ls, Cherubins, and Seraphins, who pra.ife and ad.?r
od
WIth an awful regard, through ]efus ChrlÍÌ, and unItes hIm-
[elf to them in Chrifi, as the common Father and Head of
Men and Angels, finging that Hymn which the bleffed Spirits
n[e in Heaven, in honour of God, Sanflus, Sanflxu, Sanélur.,
Holy, Holy, Holy, and the Canticle which the Children fung
at Chrifi's trwmphant entry into ]erJtfalem, Benediflrt-5 qui.
'Venit, &t. BIeffed is he that comes, &c. to tefiifie the [piri.
tual unity between Angds and Men, in praifing the Divine
Majefiy, and to exprefs, that we ought to be as pure as An-
gels and i
noccnt as Children to give God Almighty worthy
and due pralfes.
T is truly meet and jufi, right afJd health-
ful, that we al \va ys, and in all places,
give thanks to thee, 0 holy Lord, Father Al-
mighty ,
Everlafiing God, who didft ordain
the Sal vatian of Mankind in the Wood of the
Crofs, that Life might be there refiored,
whence Death arore, and tþat he might be
conquered by a Tree, \vho-bad been conquered
thereby, through Chrifi .our Lord By whom'
the
2 T e Prtfatt
the Angels . praife thy Majefty; tbe Domi";
nations adore thee, the Powers tremble, tbe
Heavens and the Heavenly Vertues, and the
bleflèd Seraphins, in one common joy, cele-
brate thy Name; amongft whom, we be-
feech thee J that our humble Addrel1ès may
be admitted, faying, Holy, Holy. Holy
Lord God of Sabaoth. The Heavens and
Earth .are full of thy glory J HofanHa in
the higheft. Bleflèd is he that con1es in the
Name of our Lord, Hojånna in the higheft.
.
T H E,
63
THE
'AND
OF THE
1\ A.S S:
o R,
IT eRuLEandOItDER which
I the C H U R C f-I obferves in cele-
brating the Sacrifice.
The Priefi, in the name of the FaIthful, makes hi5 addre(?
to God the Father, and prefenrs this Sacrifice by' Tefus Chrifi
hi!' Son, as by our Mediator for the whole Church. for the
ope., for our Bifhop, for our King, and far all faithful Ca-
"holicks.
E therefore, moil: merciful Fa-
ther, humbly befeech thee,
through thy Son Jefus Chrift
our Lord, to accept and blefs
lhefe + G
frsJ thefe + Prefents, thefe + Im-
acutate Sacrifices, \vhich in the firfi we oñèr
unto
I.
64 The Canon of the Maft.
unto thee for thy Holy Catholick Church, to
which thou \vilt pleafe to grant peace and
preferve and maintain in unity through the
whole \Vorld with the Pope N. thy fervanr,
and our Prelate N. and our I(ing N. with all
Orthodox Believers of the Catholick Apofio-
lick Faith.
Then the Priefi makes a particular Commemoration of the
living, for whom he intends to
offer his Sacrifice.
Emember, 0 Lord, all thy fervants, Men
and Women.
Here he makes mention of thore, for whom he prays in par-
ticular.
. And all fuch efpeciaI1y as are here prefent,
whofe Faith and Devotion is. kno\vn unto thee,
for \vhom we offèr, and who offer to thee, for
themfel ves or friends, this Sacrifice of Praife, for
the Benefit of their Souls, in hope of health
and L,lvatÎon, :Ånd pay their vows unto thee,
the Eternal, Living and True God.
The PrieR, by thé vertue of the union of the Church militant.
\vÌth the triumphant in jefus Chrìft, be[eeches God, tlUt ,,(
will pleafe to fupply the defelt of his prefent Prayers, implorjn
proteB:ion by the Merits and Suffrages of the mofi bleffed Vir.
gin, of the ApofiIes, Martyrs, and all Saints.
P Articipating in the fame Communion nnc
_ Commemorating chiefly the ever glorÎou
Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord JefusChrifi
the blefièd Apofiles and Martyrs, Peter anc
Pai l
The Canon of the ^,1afs. 65
'attl, Andrew, James, John, TbomtM, James,
'hilip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Thù-
lew, Linw, Cletus, Clement, Xiflw, Cor-
elius, Cyprian", Laurence, Chryfoganur, J.obn
nd Paul, Cofmt1J and DamianUl, and ot all
aints, by whofe Merits and Prayers be plca-
ed to grant, that in an things we may be pro...
eéted by thee. Through the fame Chrifi our
Lord.' Amell. ·
The Prien (preads his hands over the Hofi and Chalice, in
efiimony, that h
offers up himfelf to God, together with
his Sacrifice, begging four things
I. That Þe \ViII pJeafe to
accept of
hìs Offering. 2. TNa
he \ViII grant ns Peace. .3- That
he will dehver us from Everlafhr.g Death. 4, That he will place
us amongfi the bIeffed. ..
,
\ x 7E befeech thee, 0 Lord, therefore gra-
'V ciouOy to accept this oblation of our
tfervitude, . as likewife of thy \vhole Family,
granting us Peace in Ç)ur days, and preferving
us from Eternal Death, place among thy
Eleét. Through Chrifi our Lord. Amen.
..
The Prien befeecherh God to receive and bIds this Offering,
Co as that he \vill pleafe to accept of it, and that it may become
the Body and Blood of his Son, our Lord Te{us Chrifi, to ek-
piate our fins)and reconcile us to his Majefiy.
't
TE befeech thee, 0 God, that thou \viJt
V, \J be pleafed to maI{e this Oblation bIef-
fed, approved, effeél:ual, reafonable and accep
table, that it Inay be made unto us the Body
and Blood of thy moft beloved Son, our Lord
Jefus Chrifi.
F
Tl1e
66 Tile Canolz of tbe Ma 1.
"
A. þ
The conftcratiol1.
t
After this Prayer the Pri
fl comes to the principal alìion
of the Sacrifice, and commemorates all that Chrifi did or raid,
when he infiiruted this Holy Sacrament, and therefore, aft
r
bis example, he bleffeth and confccratetb the Bread in the fame
manner. .
W Ho. the day
efore his .Paffion, took
the Bread into his holy and venerable
hands, and, lifting his eyes to\\7ard
he.aven, to
thee his God and omnipotent Father, to thee
giving thanks, he bleífed, broke, and gave to
his Difciples, faying, Take and eat ye aU, of this
FOil THIS IS MY BODY. 01 11J'
"
The Elevation tf tIle Hoff.
'\ I>
.
H
re the I'rieß:, after he hath upon his knees adored tlte
Body of Jefus Chrifi, he lifts it up to be feen and adored by
the Faithful, and to 11-1ind them, that Chrifi's Eady was
levated
upon the Crofs.
The Conftcration of the Blood of 1efm chrift.
He bleffeth and confecrateth the Wine, as Chrift confecra-
ted it, turning the Wine into his Blood, whereby he efiablilhei
and rarified his New Tefiament, and figned the New Alliance
he contralted with us to continue for ever.
] N like manner, 3:fter. he ha
fupt, taking thi!
excellent ChalIce into hiS holy and vene..
rable hands, giving thee alfo thanks, he bleí1è2
it and gave it to his Difciples, faying, Tak{
anddrinkyeallof this, FOR THIS IS THE
CHA-
The Canon of the Maf.r; 6
tHALICE OF My'BLOOD OF THE NEW
ND EVERLASTING TESTAMENT, (a
yfiery of Faith) WHICH
HALL BE
SHED FOR. YOU AND FOR MANY, FOR.
'THE REMISSION OF SINS. This as of ten
s you {ball do, you fhall do in memory
iof me.
I The Elevation of the Chalice.
I ·
I And then, adoring the Blood of our Saviou;, he elevates it
for the fame reafon as be did the Body.
I And, as he offers this Holy Sacrifice in the Perfon of Chrifi, ,
;in whofe fJe
d he hath celebrated this myfierious Confecra- -
I tion, fo is it done in the Name of the Ch\uch in honour of
,the three Myfieries of the Son of God, vi.Z. Of his Paffion, which
! we account from the Hour of his Conception, till his Death,
i of his Refurredion, and Afcenfion. The Signs of the Crofs,
which the Prieft makes over the Hoft after Confecradon, de....
I fign unto us the particular manner of his immolation.
I W Herefore, 0 I.:ord, we thy fervants,
and the fanEtlfied people al[o being
I mindful both of the bleíIèd Paffion of the fame
Chrift thy Son our Lord, and of his Refur-
rea-ion, as alfo of his glorious Afccnfion into
Heaven, we oifer unto thy moft exceJIent l\1a-
jelly, of thy Gifts befio\\'ed upon us, _A. pure
Hoft, a holy Haft, an immaculate Haft, the
Holy Bread of Eternal Life and Chalice of Þ'er-
petual Sal vatioI!. .,
'"
The Prien befecches God to accept of this J3crifice, in roe-
mory of Abefs Sacrifice, of Abraballls and Mflct,i{edec
s) whkh
were only Figures of this.
F 2.,
'Vhich
.
68 TIJe Canon of the Mafr.
W Hich we be(eech thee propitiouí1y to
regard and to receive this Holy Sacri-
fice and Immaculate Haft. as thou wert pfeafed
to receive the Gifts of thy juft Child A/;el, áod
the Sacrifice of our Patriarch A/;rabam, as like..
\vife that which thy High Prien: Melchiftdect
offered unto thee.
.
SUfp/ices te rog,amur.
.
Jefus Cl1ritl: communicates his Subfiance to t1le bJeITed in
Heaven, without Veil or Sacraments, though he communicates
l1ir:nfelf facramentally to men on earth; and as the wicked
are indifferently mlxt with the jutl upon Earth, it happens
that the \Vicked
receive the Communion in difiinRly with the I
jufi, but it is othcrwife in Heaven, where the Son of God
communicates himfeIf only to the Saints. And hereupon tile
Priefi, on the behalf of the Faithful, asks God's grace, that
}efils Chrift, who in the Holy Scriptures is called the Angel of
the Great Council and of the New Tefiament, will give hinl-
Idf unto them, under the fhadow of this Holy Sacramen t. a
h
gives himfelf to the bleffed \
jthout veil on the fublimc:
and celefiial Altar in the borom of his Divinity; that is tC
fay, that,as aU thore are worthy, whò receive Chrin: in Hea,
ven, as being Saints, fo he would
Ieare to furnifh an thefe wit
fuch his bleffinRs and ceIe11iar gifts, as may enable them to reo
ceive him worthily.
7E therefore, Almighty God, moil
hUlnbly befeech thee to commanc
the!e things to be reprefented to thy Higt
Altar, in prefence of thy Divine Majefiy
by t11e 1.1nds of thy Holy Angel, that a)J
'W ho partIcipating of this Altar, íhall re
ceive the Body and Blood of Chrifi, ma)
be replenifhed with thy Heavenly GracI
an,
TJJe Canon of tIle Mafs. 69
,1d Bleiling. Through the fame Chrift our
lord. Amen.
The Commemoration for the Dead.
Memento, &c.
, As our Redeemer, by his defcent into Hell, after his death, by
:te Merits of his Sacrifice, freed the Faithful from Lin1bus and
urgatory, Wll0 t
ere ex pefted his coming, and were in a
)ndition of relief, the Prietl: begs of God, by the
terits of
lis Sacrific
, which he offers in memory of his Son't s death and
efcent into Hell, that he will pleafe to grant relief and reft
b the Souls of the Faithful, which they expelt in Purgatory,
ing there 85 in a dream of Peace, either for that they are to
r me one day thence:, as out of a dream, to enjoy a pea-
leable and happy life, no longer fubje8ed to the neceffity of
le(p, or becdufe the anguifh of their pains troubles not the
)
ace Qf ,their confcience,. in obedience aød conformity to
bur Saviour't s win, being full of hope and confidence, info-
uch thu w,e may fay thefe tranfitory pains are but as a
(eam, in comparifon of thore which are damned fuffer in Hell
(r ever.
Emember afro, 0 Lord, thy fervants, Men
and Women, N. and N. who have gone
Jefore us \vith the fign of Faith,.'
nd no\v reft
n Peace. .
Here remember fuch particular perfons as you hen pleafe,
I
W E humbly befeech, 0 Lord, to grant to
there, and to all thofe who reí1: iß
Chrifi, a Place of Refrefhment, Ligþt and
Peace. Through the fame Chrift our Lord.
'Arne ..
F4
The
7 0 TlJe Canol1oftbe Mafs.
The Pric:fi, firiking his bre
f1:, fays,
No/;ü lJuolJue peccatorilJus.
(
The Priefi, after he ha
h prayed to God for Ithe Faithful,
both living and dead, prals for himfdf, and all otber Priefis
that it may pleafe his DIvine Majefiy, by his mercy, to fupply
their dcfeRs, and grant him the grace to partake of the com.
ranyof the Saints, through the Merits of Jefus Chrifi.
V Ouchfafe alfo to grant unto us finncrs,
thy fervants, hoping, from the multi-
tude of thy mercies, a part and fociety with
thy Apofiles and Martyrs, JOh11 , Stephen, Mat
tbiaí, Batnaliy, Ignatius) Alexander, Marcel- I
linw, Peler, Felicita.r, Perfettla, Agatha, Lucy,
.LlgtJes, Cecily, AnaflaJ'ia, and with all Saints;
among \vhom we humbly befeech thee to ad-
mit us, not efieeming our merit, bur mercifully
granting thy pardon. Through Chrifi our Lord"
Amen.
Per quem hæc omni4, &c.
The Pi-ief! protefis before God the Father, that the Sacra-)
roenrs now upon the Altar, with all the Benefits it coiuains,
proceeds from him, through ]efus Chrifi, by whom, as by the'
Chief Priefi, he daily produces it by a kind of Creation and
ConfecratÏon, and life - givi f1g SatÏsfaltion, repIenifited with II
all forrs of BldIings, befiowing it upon us as a nourifbment
fit for our Souls; that being enlivened by his Spirit, we
may render him all due Honc
r and Glory, canfelling, that
God the Father receives nothing by us, but by, with, and ir
Jefus Chrift. By ]elÎ1s Chrifi, as Mediator and Fountain O
all good works, wich Jefus Chrifi, for being but one anc
the faale Divinity and Nature he communk
tcs his Glory wid
hhn and the Holy Ghofi in the bottom of his Divinity. II
]efu
The Canon of tbe Mafs.' 7 1
jefus Chrift, in the Unit}' of his Body and Members, who make
Jne perCon with him; and it is in his PerCon incarnate that God
s pclfeltly adored.
B y whom. 0 Lord, thou doft always create
aU there goods, thou daft fanaïfie,quicken
bIers. and beftow them on us, by him. and
with him. and in him. 0 God 1;he Father AI.
mighty. aU Honour and Glory is due to thee
in the Unity of the Holy Ghoft.
Per omniafæcula, &c.
.
The Prieft, in a loud voice, concludes his protefiation, That
be comes to praire and adore God eternally, and invites the
I Fa!thfu! to a conCent, faying,
\Vorld without end.
The Faithful confenting, anfwer, Amen.
. Let us Pray.
J
Præcepti&, &c.
I /
After the Prieíì has dec1ared, that the Glory which we
give to God, the celefiial nouriiliment of this Sacrament, and
all other Benefits, are perived unto us from God the Father,
through Jefus Chrift, we befeech him in the ftme words
which Chrift commanded us to ufe, wherein he encourageth
US to call him our Father, as he was
leafed to become our Bra",
ther, to make us worthy to,acknowledge, that we can want No-
thing, finee wè have a Father fo omnipotent.
II'
B Eing taught by our Saviour's Commands.
and lead by Divine In(litution, \y;; are
bold to fay J
F 4 Our
1[1
{I
:1 The Callon of the Maþ.
Our Father, which art in Heaven, (wheT
thy glory appears ill more [plendour, and whe.
ther thou wo Idfl have tu raife up our thoughts.)
Hallowed be thy Name. (Acknowledged and
adored.) \
r-rhy Kingdom come. (The Empire of thy
Grace in this world, and of thy Blifi in thè
{jlher. )
Thy 'ViII be done in Earth, as it is in Hea
ven.
Give us this day our daily bread. (The pre.
cioUJ Body alld Blood of thy SOlt, wbich ß to day
confecrtJlerl, thy holy Grace and a/I things llccef-
far} unto us for tbc fujlentation of this life.)
And forglve us our 1: refpaffes, as \ve forgive
them that treípaíS againfi us.. _
And lead us not into Temptation.
The Faithful, tefiifying that they pray with the rriefi, an-
fwe
·
R. But deliver us from Evil.
The Priefi, to thew that he faid this Prayer in
) our
Names, fays, '
Amen.
Libera, &c.
The Priefi
confidering th(re can be nothing mor
prr;u-
· dicial to us, nor which is more contrary to the communion
of this Holy Sacrifice, than that which diCorders and troubles
the Chrjfiian Peace and Union, he befeeches God to delivrr
us frr-;n it.. by the :Merits of
Chrifi, by the Inrerceffion of the
Ekfí
.d Virgin, the Apofiles and aU Saints, a
ld to give us
that Pea.ce and linion which we ought to have with OUf. Sa-
vIour
The Canon of the Mafs. 73
'viour and the Thre
Members of his Church, which he
g..
nifies by dividing
Hoft into three 'parts: That pact Wh1Ch
I he puts on the Patine, fignifies the Faithful living ; that which
'1e holds in his hands, thore in Purgatory; that whicÞ. he brçaks
loff them from that, the blefied in Heaven.
. Eliver US from all Evil pafi, prefent and to
come, and by the Interceffion of the
bleßèd and ever glorious Virgin blaTY, Mother
'9f God, of thy holy Apofiles J Peter and Paul,
· St Andrew, and aU Saints: Grant propitioufly
unto us Peace in our days, that, through the
,affifiance ofrhy mercy, \\le may both be freed
. j from íinJand fecured from all trouble. Through
the fame our Lord Jefus Chrifi thy Son, who
· liveth and reigneth \vith thee, in the Unity of
the Holy Ghofi, world \vithout end.
,
\Vhereunto the Faithfu1 joyn their Prayers, and anfwec J
Ame
.
. .
Pax Domini, &c.
ì
e Pri
fi makes tnric
the úgn of the Crofs" over the
ChalIce, wlt.h that part of the Hoft which rfpr
[enrs the BIer-
I ffd, to teß1fie, that Chrifi, riting again and afcending into
Heaven, hath left the I egacy of Peace to his Church. And
th
t this. Peace is a reflttticn of tbil: which he pofièfies in..
ñn1.reIY.1n the Glory a
d BoCorn of the Holy Trinity, and
WhICh lS fully communicated to the bleífcd. The Priell
gs
th.is Pe
ce for the Faithful) and prays God, that they may never
faIl of It.
, T :rI e . Peace of o
r Lord abide aI\vays
\\llth you.
Th
.
4- The Canon of tile Mafr
Th
People crave the fame or him.
.
And with thy Spirit.
Hæc Commixtio, &c.
Then th
Prieí1: puts this part of the Hofl into the ChaIic
,
to fignifie the happy flate of the Church in our Saviour's Re.
furreltion, and glory after the union of his Body with his Blood,
and befeech
s ,God to make us partakers of that happineß by
venue of tlus Sacrament.
Et this Commixtion and Confecration of
.-..J the Body and Blood of our Lord Jefus
Chrift be unto me, and to all that receive, eflè.
ltuaI to life everlafiing. Amen.
Agnus Dei, f$c.
As Sin is the onely Obfiacle of this Divine Peace, and our
Jifs, the' Prieí1: confelling, in the name of the Faithful, thu
we .n
ver are without fins in this Jife, and that it is ondy
Chrtíi who blots theJT\ out', having been pleafed to be fa..
crificed as an innocent lamb, for our attonement with GoJ
his Father, and ro ferde this Peace between Heaven and Earth
which fiit had divided, he implores mercy, by this aft ,of A-
dorJtion, t.1ught us by Saint John, the Core.runner of our Sa..
viour: BeIJold, the Lamb of God tatttb 4W4Y tbe fìns of the
'World. ·
i\mb of God, who takefi: away the fins of
the World, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takeft away the fins of
the WorJd, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takeft a\vay the fins of
the World, grant us peacc.
In l
I
The Canon of the Mals. S
In Maffes for the Dfad, inftead of raying,
Have Mercy on us. Or, Grant us Peace.
We fay,
Grant them Reft.. Grant them Eternal Reft.
Beeaufe the dead being no longer in this World amongfi
us, we have no occafion to beg peace with them t and they
being in a flare of Grace, where they are in peace and affu-
ranee of thdr Calvarion t it would be in vaIn to ask God's
grace, to free them from fin, and give them peace, affuring
them of their Calvarion; we befeech God to delivfr them from
the pains they fndure at prefenr, and grant them eternal refit
which theyexpeB.
Domine Jefu Chriße qui Jixifli, &c.
'eaee being the chief difpofition of this Sacrament, it being
the Sacrament of Union and Charity, the Pricí1: begs it for the
Faithful, who are to receive this Holy CommuDion, and ac-
knowledging, that he, being a finner, deferv(S not thar his
Prayers lhouId be heard, he humbly befeeches his Majefiy
to have regard unto his own goodneiS, who has vouchfafed to
offer this Peace) and to the Faith of the Church, which de.
mands it of him.
O Lord Jefus Chriíl: J who didft fay unto
thy Apoftles, Peace I leave unto YOl
t
regard not my Sins, but look upon the Faith
o
thy Church, and, according to thy pJea(ure,
gl\t"e ijS Peace and Union: Who liveft and
reignefi God for ever and ever. AtlJen.
At Solemt.t MaCS, the Priefi, having kiíTed the Alca'- t
o ñgnlfÏe
that h
receIves pea
. fron1 Jefu5 Chi'ifl:, gives it to the DeacoD
by a klfs, to tranfnlJt It to the F aithfuI.
Peace be \vith you.
Tbe
7 6 Tbe CanolZ of tbe Maft.
The Deacon, receiving this Peac
, tefiifics his .concurrence by
Dis words.
And with thy Spirit.
At Ma[es for the Dead the Pax is not given to the Faith.
Cui, nor is the foregoing Prayer raid, becaur
the Faithful do not
receive the Communion at thofe Maffes, and for other reafons
before Inentioned.
The Priefi, after he has prayed for the Faithful, he prays for
- himCelf, to obtain all requifice difpofirions to receive the Holy
Eucharifi worrhil}'.
O Lord, .J cfus Chrift, Son of the Ii ving God,
,,,ho, according to thy Father's will, the
Holy Ghofi co-operating, by thy death, clidfi:
give life to the World, deliver me, by this thy
moil holy Body and Blood, from nIl Iny fins,
and from all evil. and making me al\vays obe-
dient to thy comrnands, grant that I be never
feparated from thee.. Who,with the Father and
tjlc Holy GhofiJliveft J (ge.
,
G R
t,
Lord Jefus Chrifi J th.at this par-
ticipatlon' of thy Body, which I now
however unworthy prefume to receive, be
not to Iny Judgment and Condemnation, but.
through thy mercy, may avail to the fafe-
guard of my Soul and Body, and Jike\vife as a
wholfome remedy. Who liveft and reigneft
with God the Father, (ge.
.
Then with bending knee,having adored the bleffed Sa
rament,
taking the Hoft in his hands, ana c
nfidering that. he IS to re-
ceive his Creator, he puts his trufi: in his mercy, faYIng,
I \vill
The Canon oft
eMafr. 77
I ' Will take this Heavenly Bread, and caIl upon
the Name of our Lord.
And reprefenting how acceptable the CtllturianJ humilitY
was to the Son of God, where he was plea(ed to honour hIS
houCe, in imitation of him, he profdfeth himfeIf unworthy of fo
great a favourf and, firiking his breaft, he repeats the fame words
thrice.
L Ord, I aOm not worthy, that thou fhotiIdft
enter into my houfe ; fay but the word,
and my foul1ball be healed.
Lord, I am not \vorthy, that thou 1houldft
enter into my hqufe; fay but the word, and my
foul {ball be healed.
Lord, I am not worthy, that thou íhouldí1:
enter into my houfe ; fay but the w
rd, and my
foul fhall be healed.
In receiving the Body of our Saviour, he makes the fign of
the Crofs with the Hoft, to mind us, that "tis the Body of
JeCus Chrifi, which hath been expoCed to death for our Calva-
rion.
T He Body of our Lord Jefus Chrift pre-
ferve my foul to lif
everlafiing. Amen.
In taking the Chalice, he gives God thanks for tbe Benefits
he receives þy the Communion of the Blood of Chrifi, ufing
thefe fonowIng words, out of the I sth and 17th P [aim.
W Hat fhall I render to our Lord, for all
things that he hath given to me? I will
take the Chahce of Salvation, and \vill Invocate
th
Name of our Lord. Praifing, I will Invo-
cate
TheC4non of tbe Mafr.
caW
ur Lord, and I fhall be faved from my
enemies.
In receiving the Biood of onr Saviour, he makes the fign of
the Crofs with the Ch
lice,repflefentin2 thereby,that it is Chrifrs
Blood which he fbed to fave us, and fays,
T He Blood of our Lord Jefus Chrift pre-
ferve my foul to life everlafting.; A-
n.
Then, taking Wine into the Chaiice, to walb his mouth and
fingers, tð the end that the Ieaf1: particle of the Sacrament m;ty
not remain thereon, and to infirua us of the care \ve ought to
bave to preferve our felves in purity, he fays,
.
G Rant, 0 Lord 1 what we have taken with
our mouth, we may receive with a pure
mind, and that of a temporal gift it may be-
come to us an everlafting remedy.
In taking the fecond Lotion he fays,
L Et thy Body which I have received, 0 Lord,
and thy Blood which I have drank, cleave
unto my bowels, and grant that no fiain of
fin may remain in me, whom thy pure and
...hoIy Sacrament hath fatiated. Who livefi and
reignefi fùr ever and ever. Atr/en.
. Then the Prien/gives God thanks for the benefi
he has re-I
.. ceived by this Com,munion, in this Antiphon, which is called
Communion.
The
The Canon oftbe Maft. 7
The COMMUNION, talen olltof the 26thChap-:
·
\ '/er of St. Matthew.
Wherein the Church teaches ,'us, that Jefus Chrifi, for the
'love of us, would take upon l1imfelf our infirmities and fraU.
ties, and fulfil aU things requifite for OUf falvation, according
Ito the will of his Father, with excellent, order, conduft, and
wifdom; to teach us, t hat we ought I'atiently to fuffer for his
fake, renouncing our own wills, atJd refigning our felvts entirely
llnto God.
' F Ather, if this Cup cannot pafs, but that I
muft drink it, thy will be done.
. -
,
The POST-COMMliNION.
,
I The Faithful befeech God 9 s grace, tbat being healed of their
fins and having our Lord }efus Çhrift in their, hearts, by virtue
I of this Holy Sacrifice, the reprefencation of his l')affion and
Death, they may have no ether will but his, that fo doing aU
things agreeable, they may thereby work theh- falvation.
G Rant, 0 Lord, by the operation of this
J Myfiery, that \\7e may be cleanfed from
our fins, and obtmn an accomplifhment of our
jufi defires. Through our Lord, & c.
MatS being ended, the Priell turns towards the F aÏthful, and
. exhorting them Dot to make themfelves unworthy of God't s am.
fiance, fays, ..
Our Lord be \vith you.
Tbey anfi\'cr J
And \vith thy Spirit.
Mafs
80 Tbe Cllnon of the Maft.
Mars being ended, Ita miffa eIf, that is, Tou mil' depart, is
not. raid, but, Benedicamttr Domi7fo, that is, Let us bilfs our
Lord, as in all Maffes where Gloria in exceljis is not [aid; where-
by to' admonirh the Faithful, that there are days of pennance,
on which 'twas the cufiom former! y [0 continue in the Church
at Prayers fome time after Mars.
Let us blefs our Lord.
.
The Faithful anf wet,
Thanks be to God.
The Prien, bowing in the midß:of the Altar, fays,
A Ccept, 0 Holy Trinity, this Oblation 0
my fervitude, and grant, that th,ough
this Sacrifice be prefented thy Divine Majefi:r,
by my unworthy hands, yet that, through th
'
mercy, it may. e acceptable to thee, and
propitiatory for me and all other, for whom ]
have offered it. Through Chri1l: our Lord.
Then, kiffing the Altar, to receh'e God's bJeffing, he gives i
to the People) faying,
Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft
blefs you. Amen.
Mats being ended. the Priel1: admoniíhe$ the Faithful to kef)
the Union they have with Jcfus Chrifi. I
Our Lord be with you.
. And \vith thy Spirit.
The'
)
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.
Then the Prieí1: reads S1Ínt John"s GofpeJ, which relates of the
= irth of the Word and the highefi Myfieries of Diviniry ;
o teach us, that the end of this Holy l\lyfiery is to make us
appy for all Eternity, by a vifi!Jle participation of the Divin
ty
ich Chrifi communicates under Veils unto us in this life, na-
jog taken upon him our humanity in his Inr.arnation, and co-
ering himfelf under the Species of Bread ànd Wine in this
ldorable Sacrament, to accommodate himfelf to the weaknefs of
· ur
1ortality.
he heginning of the Holy Gofpel a cording, to
St. John.
The People ;Infw
r,
Glory te to thee, 0 Lord.
: 1 N the Beginning ,vas the \V ord, and the Word
. '& \vas with God, and God was the Word ;
This v.,yas in the beginning \vith God. All
,
things were made by him, and \virhout him
\vas made nothing, \vhich was n1ade. In him
"'as life; and the life \vas the light of n1en ;
and the light fuined in darknefs, and the dark-
nefs did not comprehend it. There was a mln
. fent from God, whore name \vas Jol)>>; This
man came for teí1:imony', to give teHimony of
the light. It was the true light, \vhich light.
neth every man that cometh into this \vorld.
He \vas in the \vorld, and the \vorld \vas made
by him, and the world knew him not. He
came into his own, and his o\vn received him
not ; bccaufe as many as received him, he ga \ye
them power to be made the fans of God, to
thofe that believe in his Namê; who, not of
G blood,
82 The Cal 01 uf the MafJ':
blood, nor of the will of the flefh, nor of the
will of man, but of God are born. And the
,V ord was 
