A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit

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A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit

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Molina, Antonio de, d. 1619?

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[Saint-Omer :: English College Press]Permissu Superiorum,

M.DC.XXIII [1623]

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Mass -- Celebration -- Early works to 1800.

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"A treatise of the holy sacrifice of the masse, and excellencies therof. Written in Spanish by the R. F. Ant. de Molina, a Carthusian monke, & translated into English by I.R. of the Society of Iesus. VVith order, hovv to be present at the said Holy Mystery, vvith deuotion & profit." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07609.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HO∣NOVRABLE AND MOST VERTVOVS Gentlewoman, Mrs. MARY PETRE &c.
• THE TABLE Of the Contents of the En∣suing Booke.
• Approbatio.
• A TREATISE OF THE Holy Sacrifice of the Masse, and the excellencyes thereof.
  • That in the Catholicke Church, where is a true & proper Sacrifice, which is that of the Holy Masse. CHAP. I.
  • That the Masse was giuen vnto this Sacrifice by the Apostles, euer vsed in the Church: And the signification thereof. CHAP. II.
  • That the Masse is an Embassage vnto the most holy Trinity, in the behalfe of humane kind, about the most important af∣faires in the World. CHAP. III.
  • That the Masse is a liuely repre∣sentation of the Mysteries of our Sauiour, which are re∣newed and mystically perfor∣med againe therin. CHAP. IIII.
  • That the Masse is a true and pro∣per Sacrifice, the same, and of the same value, as that which Christ offered on the Crosse. CHAP. V.
  • That the sacrifice of the Masse, hath all the titles and reasons for which sacrifices are offe∣red vnto God. CHAP. VI.
  • That the Masse is a most perfect Holocauste. CHAP. VII.
  • That the Masse is a most perfect Sacrifice of Thankes-giuing. CHAP. VIII.
  • That the Masse is a most perfect Sacrifice of Propitiation for sinne. CHAP. IX.
  • That the Masse is a most efficaci∣ous Sacrifice to obtayne what∣soeuer we demand. CHAP. X.
  • The Masse is the thing most Ve∣nerable, that is in the Church. CHAP. XI.
  • That the Masse, is a thing of greatest honour vnto God. CHAP. XII.
  • That the Masse, is a present most gratefull vnto our Saui∣ours Humanity, and vnto the most Blessed Virgin. CHAP. XIII.
  • The externall Reuerence and Worship, to be vsed in the holy Masse. CHAP. XIIII.
  • Of the Reuerence, due vnto Churches and holy Places. CHAP. XV.
  • Of being present, and hearing the Holy Office of Masse, which hath alwayes byn in most high esteeme, & publickly celebra∣ted euery where, both among the Syrians, the Grecians, and the Latines, euer since the tyme of the Apostles. CHAP. XVI.
    • A Prayer before Masse.
    • Then blessing thy selfe, begin with the Priest thus.
    • The 42. Psalme
    • The Generall Confession.
    • The Prayer.
    • The Angels Hymne, Gloria in excelsis.
    • S. Augustines briefe Confession, touching the holy Trinity.
    • Say the Creed with the Priest.
    • When the Priest hath made the oblation, say thus.
    • A Prayer to Christ.
    • At the Eleuation of the holy Host, and Chalice.
    • For whome we ought most of all to pray in Masse-tyme.
    • For the obtayning of peace.
    • For the publicke peace of the Church.
    • The Prayer.
    • At the end of the Masse, when the Priest blesseth the people, re∣uerently kneele downe, and as one who expecteth an Heauenly benediction & blessing from God, with an ardent faith, say.
    • This done, blesse thy selfe, and say with the Priest, S. Iohns Gospel, in these words.