THE MASS FOR MUNDAY IN Holy Week.

The INTROIT, taken out of the 34th Psalm.

JUdge, O Lord, them that hurt me, over­throw them that impugn me, take Ar­mour and Shield, and rise up to help me, O Lord, who art the strength of my salvation.

PSALM XXXIV.

BRing forth the sword and shut up against them that persecute me; Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

Judge, O Lord, &c.

COLLECT.

ALmighty God, who knowest us unable to subsist through our own infirmity among so many evils, grant that we may respire by the Merits of thy Son's Passion. Who liveth and reigneth one God in the unity of the Holy Ghost, for ever and ever. Amen.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, admit, being appeased, the Prayers of thy Church, that all Adversities and Errors being destroyed, it may serve thee in secure liberty. Through our Lord, &c.

For the Pope.

O God, the Pastor and Governour of all Faithful, thou being merciful, favou­rably respect thy Servant, N. whom thou hast raised to the dignity of Chief Pastor of thy Church; Grant him, we beseech thee, in Word and Example to profit those whom he hath charge over, to the end that, together with the Flock committed to him, he may come unto life everlasting. Through our Lord, &c.

The Lesson taken out of the Prophet Isay, Chap. 50.

IN those days said Isaias, The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not gainsay: I am not gone backward. I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to the pluckers. I have not turned away my face from the re­bukers and spitters. The Lord God is my [Page 86]helper, therefore am I not confounded. There­fore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded. He is near that justifies me, who shall gainsay me? Let us stand together, who is my adversary? let him come to me. Behold, the Lord God, my helper, who is he that shall contemn me? lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment; the moth shall eat them. Which of you fears our Lord, hears the voice of his servant. Who hath walked in darkness and hath no light, let him hope in the Name of our Lord, and lean upon his God.

The GRADUAL, taken out of 34th Psalm.

ARise, O Lord, and attend to my judg­ment: my God my Lord, unto my cause.

Bring forth the Word, and shut up against them that persecute me.

The TRACT out of the 102 and 78 Psalm.

O Lord, do not unto us, according to our sins, nor according to our iniquities re­ward us.

V. Remember not, O Lord, our old iniqui­ties, let thy mercies quickly prevent us, be­cause we are become exceeding poor.

V. Help us, O God, our Saviour, and for the glory of thy Name, O Lord, deliver us, and be propitious to our sins, for thy Name­sake.

The sequence of the Holy Gospel according to St. John, Chap. 12.

JEsus, six days before the Pasche, came to Be­thania, where Lazarus was, that had been dead whom Jesus raised, and they made him a supper there, and Martha ministred, but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with him, Mary therefore took a pound of precious Oyntment, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was fill'd with the odour of the Oyntment. One therefore of his Disciples, Judas Isca­riot, he that was to betray him, said, Why was not this Oyntment sold for three hun­dred pence, and given to the poor? And he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, having the purse, carried the things that were put in. Je­sus therefore said, Let her alone, that she may keep it for the day of my burial; for the poor you have always with you, but me you shall not have always. A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there, and they came not for Jesus onely, but to see Lazarus, whom he rais'd from the dead.

The OFFERTORY out of the 142 Psalm.

DEliver me from my enemies, to thee I have fled: teach me to do thy will, because thou art my God.

The SECRET.

GRant, omnipotent God, that, being puri­fied by the vertue of these Sacrifices, we may arrive with the greater purity to their fountain. Through our Lord, &c.

The SECRET.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

PRotect, O Lord, those that assist at these Mysteries, that, intending holy things, they may serve thee both in soul and body. Through our Lord.

Or for the Pope.

REceive, O Lord, graciously these our offer­ings, and guide, by thy continual grace, thy Servant N. whom thou hast advanced to be Chief Pastor of thy Church. Through our.

The COMMUNION, taken out of the 34th Psalm.

LEt them blush and be ashamed together, that rejoyce at my evils; let them be [Page 91]clothed with confusion and shame, that speak malicious things against me.

The POST-COMMUNION.

GRant, O Lord, that thy holy Mysteries may inspire us with a divine fervour, that, in celebrating them, we may also be de­lighted with the fruit of them. Through our Lord, &c.

POST-COMMUNION.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

O Lord our God, we beseech thee to pre­serve those from falling, through humane frailties, whom thou hast vouchsafed to a par­ticipation in this Holy Communion. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.

Or for the Pope.

PRotect us, O Lord, we beseech thee by the participation of this Divine Sacrament, and strengthen thy Servant N. whom thou hast advanced to be Chief Pastor of thy Church, that he, and the Flock committed to his charge, [Page 92]may attain Eternal Life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.

A Prayer over the People.

Humble your selves, and bow down your heads to God.

O God, who art our salvation, afford us thy succour, and grant that we may solem­nize the approaching Feasts in memory of those Benefits wherewith thou hast been pleased to refresh us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, &c.

THE MASS FOR TUESDAY IN Holy Week.
The station at St. Priscas-Church.

The INTROIT, taken out of the 6th Chapter of the Apostle St. Paul to the Galathians, and out of the 66th Psalm.

BUT it behoveth us to glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our sal­vation, life, and resurrection, by whom we are saved and delivered.

PSALM LXVI.

GOD have mercy on us, and bless us, illuminate his countenance upon us, and have mercy on us.

Nos autem, &c.

The COLLECT.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, grant us thy grace so to celebrate the Mysteries of the Passion of our Saviour, that, through thy mercies, we may reap the benefit. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

Or for the Pope.

The Lesson out of the Prophet Jeremy, Chap. 11.

IN those days saith Jeremias, O Lord, thou hast shewed me, and I have known; thou hast shewed me their studies. And I, as a mild lamb, that is carried to a victim: And I knew not that they devised councels against me; saying, Let us cast wood on his bread, and rase him out of the land of the living, and let his name be mentioned no more. But thou, O Lord of Sa­baoth, which judgest justly, and provest the reins and the hearts, let me see thy revenge of them: for to thee I have revealed my cause, O Lord my God.

The GRADUAL, taken out of the 34th Psalm.

BUT I, when they were troublesome unto me, did put on haircloth, and humbled my soul in fasting, and my prayer shall be turned into my bosome.

V. Judge, O Lord, them that hurt me, over­throw them that impugn me, take arms and shield and rise up to help me.

The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ ac­cording to St. Mark, Chap. 14, 15.

AT that time the Pasche was, and Azymes after two days, and the Chief Priests and the Scribes sought how they might by some guile lay hands on Jesus, and kill him. But they said, Not on the festival-day, lest there might be a tumult of the people. And when he was at Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and sate at meat, there came a woman, having an alabaster box of Oyntment of pre­cious Spiknard, and breaking the alabaster box, she poured it upon his head. But there were certain that had indignation within themselves, and said, Whereto is this waste of Oyntment made? for this Oyntment might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and gi­ven to the poor. And they murmured against her. But Jesus said, Let her alone, why do you molest her? she hath wrought a good work upon me; for the poor you have always with you; and when you will you may do them good: but me you have not always. That which she had she hath done: she hath pre­vented to anoint my body to the burial. A­men, I say to you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for the me­mory of her. And Judas Iscariot, one of the [Page 98]twelve, went his way to the Chief Priests, for to betray him to them. Who hearing it, were glad: and they promised him, that they would give him money. And he sought how he might betray him conveniently. And the first day of the Azymes, when they sacrificed the Pasche, the Disciples say to him, Whi­ther wilt thou that we go, and prepare for thee to eat the Pasche? And he sendeth two of his Disciples, and saith to them, Go ye into the City, and there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him: and whithersoever he entreth, say to the master of the house, the master saith, Where is my Refectory, where I may eat the Pasche with my Disciples? And he will shew you a great cham­ber adorned: and there prepare for us. And his Disciples went their ways, and came into the city: and they found as he had told them, and they prepared the Pasche. And when evening was come, he cometh with the twelve And when they were sitting at the table, and eating, Jesus said, Amen, I say to you, that one of you shall betray me, he that eateth with me. But they began to be sad, and to say to him severally, Is it I? Who said to them, One of the twelve, he dippeth with me his hand in the dish. And the Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him; but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man shall be be­trayed; it were good for him, if that man had [Page 99]not been born. And while they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, brake, and gave to them, and said, Take, this is my body. And taking the chalice, giving thanks, he gave to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, This is my blood of the New Testament, that shall be shed for many. Amen, I say to you, that now I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it new in the kingdom of God. And, an hymn being said, they went forth into Mount Olivet. And Jesus said to them, You shall all be scandali­zed in me this night: for it is written, I will strike the Pastor, and the sheep shall be dispersed. But after that I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. And Peter said to him, Although all shall be scandalized, yet not I. And Jesus said to him, Amen, I say to thee, That thou this day, in this night, before the cock crow twice, shalt thrice deny me. But he spake more vehemently, Although I should die to­gether with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner also said they all. And they came into a farm-place, called Gethsemani. And he said to his Disciples, Sit you here, until I pray. And he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and he began to fear, and to be heavy. And he said to them, My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay here, and watch. And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat upon the ground: and he prayed, that, if it might be, the hour [Page 100]might pass from him. And he said, Abba. Fa­ther, all things are possible to thee, transfer this Chalice from me: but not that which I will, but that which thou. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldst thou not watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, that you enter not into tentation. The spirit indeed is prompt, but the flesh infirm. And going away again, he prayed, saying the self-same word. And returning again, he found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy: and they wist not what they should answer him. And he co­meth the third time, and saith to them, Sleep ye now, and take rest; it sufficeth, the hour is come, behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. Arise, let us go; be­hold, he that shall betray me, is at hand. And, as he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, and with him a great multi­tude, with swords and clubs, from the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, and the Ancients. And the betrayer of him had given them a sign, say­ing, Whomsoever I shall kiss, it is he, lay hold on him, and lead him warily. And when he was come, immediately going to him, he saith, Rabbi, and he kissed him: but they laid hands upon him, and held him. And one certain man of the standers about, drawing out a sword, smote the servant of the Chief Priests, and cut off his ear. And Jesus answering, said to them, As to a thief, [Page 101]are you come out with swords and clubs, to apprehend me? I was daily with you in the Temple teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But that the Scriptures may be ful­filled. Then his Disciples leaving him, all fled. And a certain young man followed him, cloathed with a sindon upon the bare; and they took him. But he, casting off the sindon, fled from them naked. And they brought Jesus to the Chief Priest, and all the Priests, and the Scribes, and the Ancients assembled together. And Peter followed him afar off, even in unto the Court of the High Priest, and he sate with the servants at the fire, and warmed himself. And the Chief Priests and all the Councel sought testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death; neither found they, for many spake false witness against him, and the testimonies were not convenient. And certain rising up, bare false witness against him, saying, That we heard him say, I will dissolve this Temple made with hand, and in three days will I build another not made with hand. And their testimony was not conve­nient. And the High Priest rising up into the mids, asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou no­thing to these things that are objected against thee by these? But he held his peace, and an­swered nothing. Again the High Priest asked him, and said to him, Art thou Christ, the Son of the blessed God? And Jesus saith to him, I [Page 102]am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. And the High Priest, renting his garment, saith, What need we wit­nesses any further? You have heard blasphemy, how think you? Who all condemned him to be guilty of death. And certain began to spit upon him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with buffets, and to say unto him, Pro­phesie. And the servants gave him blows. And when Peter was in the Court beneath, there cometh one of the woman-servants of the High Priest; And when she had seen Peter warming himself, beholding him, she saith, And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he de­nied, saying. Neither know I, neither wot I what thou sayest. And he went forth before the Court, and the Cock crew. And again, a wench seeing him, began to say to the stan­ders about, that this fellow is of them. But he denied again. And, after a while again, they that stood by, said to Peter, Verily thou art of them, for thou art a Galilean. But he began to curse and to swear, that I know not this man whom you speak of. And immediately the Cock crew again. And Peter remembred the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the Cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me; and he began to weep. And forthwith, in the morning, the Chief Priests, with the Ancients and the Scribes, and the whole Councel, consulting to­gether, [Page 103]binding Jesus, led him and delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? But he answering, said to him, Thou sayest. And the Chief Priests accu­sed him in many things. And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? See in how many things they accuse thee. But Jesus answered nothing more; so that Pilate mar­velled. And upon the festival-day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whom­soever they had demanded. And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with seditious persons, who in a sedition had com­mitted murther. And when the multitude was come up, they began to require according as always he did unto them. And Pilate answe­red them, and said, Will you, that I release to you the King of the Jews? for he knew that the Chief Priests for envy had delivered him. But the Chief Priests moved the people, that he should release Barabbas rather to them. And Pilate again answering, said to them, What will you then that I do to the King of the Jews? But they again cryed, Crucifie him. And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cryed the more, Crucifie him. And Pilate, willing to satisfie the people, released to them Barabbas, and having whipped Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. And the souldiers led him into the court of the Palace, and they call toge­ther the whole band: and they cloath him in [Page 104]purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him. And they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews. And they smote his head with a reed; and they did spit on him, and bowing the knees, they adored him. And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and put on him his own gar­ments, and they led him forth to crucifie him. And they forced a certain man that passed by, Simon a Cyrenean coming from the countrey, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross. And they bring him into the place Golgotha, which, being interpreted, is, The place of Calvari. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; and he took it not. And, crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, who should take which. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. And the title of his cause was super­scribed, King of the Jews. And with him they crucified two thieves, one on the right hand, another on the lest. And the Scripture was fulfilled that saith, And with the wicked he was reputed. And they that passed by, blasphe­med him, wagging their heads, and saying, Vah, he that destroyeth the Temple, and in three days buildeth it, save thy self, coming down from the cross. In like manner also the Chief Priests mocking, said with the Scribes one to another. He saved others, himself he cannot save. Let Christ, the King of Israel, come [Page 105]now down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him, railed at him. And when it was the sixth hour, there was made darkness upon the whole earth until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a mighty voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lamasabacthani? Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And certain of the standers about hearing, said, Behold he calleth Elias. And one running and filling a spunge with vinegar, and putting it about a reed, gave him drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elias come to take him down. And Jesus, putting forth a mighty voice, gave up the ghost.

And the veil of the Temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. And the Cen­turion, that stood over against him, seeing that so, crying he had given up the Ghost, said, In­deed this Man was the Son of God. And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mo­ther of James the less, and of Joseph, and Salome: and when he was in Galilee, they followed him, and ministred to him, and many other women, that came up together with him to Jeru­salem.

ANd when evening was come, (because it was the Parasceve, which is the Sabboth-eve) came Joseph of Arimathea, a noble Senator, who him­self also was expecting the Kingdom of God: And he went in boldly to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. But Pilate marvelled if he were now dead. And sending for the Centurion, asked him, If he were now dead? And when he understood by the Centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. And Joseph buying sindon, and taking him down, wrapped him in the sindon, and laid him in a monument that was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the monument.

The OFFERTORY, taken out of the 139th Psalm.

KEep me, O Lord, from the hand of a sinner, and from unjust men deli­ver me.

The SECRET.

GRant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that these Sacrifices, which we celebrate with wholsome Fasting, by an holy Institution, may repair our nature. Through our Lord, &c.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

Or for the Pope.

The COMMUNION, taken out of the 68th Psalm.

THey spake against me, that sate in the gate, and they made songs against me who drank wine; but I made my Prayer to thee, O Lord, it is a time of thy good plea­sure; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy.

The POST-COMMUNION.

SAnctifie us, Almighty God, by thy Sacra­ments, that we may receive a cure for our sins, and life everlasting. Through our Lord, &c.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

O Lord, our God, we beseech thee, to pre­serve those from falling, through hu­mane frailties, whom thou hast vouchsafed to [Page 109]a participation in this Holy Communion. Through our Lord, &c.

Or for the Pope.

PRotect, O Lord, we beseech thee, by the participation of this Divine Sacrament, and strengthen thy Servant N. whom thou hast ad­vanced to be Chief Pastor of thy Church, that he and the flock committed to his charge may attain Eternal Life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.

A Prayer over the People.

Let us Pray.

Humble your selves, and bow down your heads to God.

LEt thy Mercy, O Lord, cleanse us from the corruption of the old man, and give us a new spirit. Through our Lord, &c.

THE MASS FOR WEDNESDAY IN Holy Week.
The Station to St. Mary Major.

The INROITT, taken out of the 2d Chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians, and out of the 101st Psalm.

IN the Name of Jesus let every knee bow, of things in Heaven, of things in earth, and of things under the earth, because our Lord became obedient unto death; even the death of the cross. Therefore our Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

PSALM CI.

O Lord, hear my Prayer; and let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray.

V. Let us bend our knees.

R. Raise up your selves.

COLLECT.

GRant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we, who are incessantly afflicted, through our excesses, may be delivered by the Passion of thy only begotten Son, who liveth and reigneth one God with thee, in the uni­ty [Page 112]of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

The Lesson out of the 62d and 63d Chapter of the Prophet Isay.

THis saith our Lord: Tell ye the Daugh­ters of Sion, Behold thy Saviour cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. Who is this that cometh from Edom with died garments, from Bosra, this beautiful one in his Robe, going in the multi­tude of his strength? I that speak justice, and am a desender to save. Why then is thy clo­thing red? and thy garments as theirs that tread in the Wine-press? I have trodden the Press alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me. I have trodden them in my fu­ry, and have trodden them down in my wrath; [Page 113]and their bloud is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my raiment: For the day of revenge is in my heart; the year of my re­demption is come. I looked about, and there was no helper: I sought, and there was none to aid: and my arm hath saved, and my indig­nation it self hath helped me. And I have trod­den down the people in my fury, and have ine­briated them in my indignation, and have drawn their strength down to ground. I will remember the mercies of our Lord, the praise of our Lord for all things that our Lord hath rendred to us.

The GRADUAL, out of the 68th Psalm.

TUrn not away thy face from thy Servant: Because I am in tribulation, hear me speedily.

V. Save me, O God, because waters of affli­ction are entred into my Soul, I stuck fast in the mire of the depth, and there is no sure standing.

Our Lord be with you.

R. And with thy Spirit.

Let us pray.

O God, who wert pleased that thy Son should suffer death for us upon the Cross, that so the power of the enemy of mankind might be abated; grant unto us thy servants, that we may partake of his glorious Resurre­ction. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

Or for the Pope.

The Lesson out of the Prophet Isay, ch. 63.

IN those days said Isaias, Who hath believed our hearing? and the arm of our Lord, to whom is it revealed? And he shall come up as a young Spring before him, and as a Root from a thirsty ground. There is no beauty in him, nor comliness; and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, and we were desirous of him. Despised and most abject of men; a man of sorrows, and knowing infirmity: and his look as it were hid and despised, whereup­on neither have we esteemed him. He surely hath born our infirmities, and our sorrows he hath carried: and we thought him as it were a Leper and strucken of God, and humbled. But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bro­ken for our sins, the discipline of our peace was upon him, and with the wait of his stripes we are healed. All we have strayed as Sheep; e­very one hath declined into his own way: and our Lord hath put upon him the iniquity of all us. He was offered, because himself would, and opened not his mouth: As a Sheep to [Page 116]slaughter was he led, and as a Lamb before his Shearer, he shall be dumb, and shall not open his mouth. From distress and from judgment, he was taken up: Who shall declare his Gene­ration? because he is cut out of the Land of the living. For the wickedness of my people have I strucken him. And he shall give the impious for his burial, and the rich for his death: Be­cause he hath not done iniquity, neither was their guile in his mouth. And our Lord would break him in infirmity. If he shall put away his Soul for sin, he shall see seed of long age; and the will of our Lord shall be directed in his hand: for that his Soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled. In his knowledge the same my just servant shall justifie many, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I distribute unto him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong: for that he hath delivered his Soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked; and he hath born the sin of many, and hath prayed for the transgressiors.

The TRACT, taken out of the 101st Psalm.

O Lord, hear my Prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.

V. Turn not away thy face from me, in what day soever I am in tribulation, incline thy ear unto me.

V. In what day soever I shall invocate thee, hear me speedily.

V. Because my days have vanished as smoke, and my bones are withered as a dry burnt fire­brand.

V. I am stricked as grass, and my heart is withered, because I have forgotten to eat my bread.

V. Thou rising up shalt have mercy on Si­on, because it is time to have mercy on it.

The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to St. Luke, chap. 22, & 23.

AT that time the festival day of the A­zymes approached, which is called Pasche: and the chief Priests and the Scribes sought how they might kill Jesus, but they feared the people. And Satan entred into [Page 118] Judas that was sirnamed Iscariot, one of the twelve: And he went and talked with the chief Priests and the Magistrates, how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and bargained to give him money. And he promised. And he sought opportunity to betray him apart from the multitudes. And the day of the Azymes came, wherein it was necessary that the Pasche should be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the Pasche, that we may eat. But they said, Where wilt thou that we prepare it? And he said to them, Behold, as you enter into the Ci­ty, there shall meet you a man carrying a Pit­cher of water, follow him into the house into which he entereth; and you shall say to the good man of the house, The Master saith to thee, Where is the Inn where I may eat the Pasche with my Disciples? And he will shew you a great Refectory adorned, and there prepare. And they going, found as he said to them, and prepared the Pasche. And when the hour was come, he sate down, and the twelve Apostles with him, and he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this Pasche with you, before I suffer. For I say to you, That from this time I will not eat it, till it be fulfilled in the King­dom of God. And taking the Chalice, he gave thanks, and said, Take and divide among you; for I say to you, That I will not drink of the generation of the Vine, till the Kingdom of God [Page 119]do come. And taking Bread, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave to them, saying, This is my Body which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me. In like manner the Chalice also, after he had supped, saying, This is the Chalice of the New Testament in my Bloud, which shall be shed for you. But yet behold the hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me on the Table. And the Son of man indeed goeth according to that which is determined: but yet wo to that man by whom he shall be betrayed. And they began to question among themselves, which of them it should be that should do this. And there fell also a conten­tion between them, which of them seemed to be greater. And he said unto them, The Kings of the Gentiles over-rule them; and they that have power upon them, are called beneficial. But you not so, but he that is the greater a­mong you, let him become as the younger; and he that is the leader, as the waiter. For which is greater, he that sitteth at Table, or he that ministreth? Is not he that sitteth? But I am in the midst of you, as he that ministreth, and you are they that have remained with me in my temptation. And I dispose to you, as my Father disposed to me, a Kingdom; that you may eat and drink upon my Table in my Kingdom, and may sit upon Thrones judging the twelve Tribes of Israel. And our Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold Satan required to have you [Page 120]for to sift as Wheat: but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou once conver­ted, confirm thy Brethren. Who said to him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both into pri­son, and unto death. And he said, I say unto thee, Peter, the Cock shall not crow to day, till thou deny thrice thou knowest me. And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, and skrip, and shoes, did you lack any thing? But said, Nothing. He said therefore unto them, But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, likewise also a skrip; and he that hath not, let him sell his coat and buy a sword. For I say to you, That yet this that is written, must be ful­filled in me. And with the wicked was he re­puted: For those things that are concerning me, have an end. But they said, Lord, lo two swords here. But he said to them, It is enough. And going forth, he went according to his cu­stom into Mount Olivet; and his Disciples also followed him. And when he was come to the place, he said to them, Pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And he was pulled away from them a stones cast; and kneeling, he prayed, saying, Father, if thou wilt, transfer this Cha­lice from me. But yet not my will, but thine be done. And there appeared to him an An­gel from Heaven strengthening him, and being in an agony, he prayed the longer. And his sweat became as drops of bloud trickling down upon the Earth. And when he was risen up [Page 121]from prayer, and was come to his Disciples, he found them sleeping for pensiveness. And he said to them, Why sleep you? Arise, pray, lest you enter into temptation. As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and approached to Jesus, for to kiss him. And Jesus said to him, Judas, with a kiss, dost thou betray the Son of man? And they that were about him, seeing what would be, said to him, Lord, shall we strike with the sword? And one of them smote the servant of the High Priest, and cut off his right ear. But Jesus an­swering, said, Suffer ye thus far. And when he had touched his ear, he healed him. And Jesus said to them, that were come unto him, the Chief Priests and Magistrates of the Tem­ple, and Ancients, As it were to a thief, are you come forth with swords and clubs? when I was daily with you in the Temple, you did not lay hands upon me, but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. And, apprehending him, they led him to the High Priests house; but Peter followed afar off. And, a fire being kin­dled in the mids of the court, and they sitting about it, Peter was in the mids of them. Whom, when a certain wench saw, sitting at the light, and had beheld him, she said, This fellow was also with him. But he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. And, after a while, another man seeing him, said, And thou [Page 122]art of them. But Peter said, O man I am not. And after the space as it were of one hour, a certain other man affirmed, saying, Verily, this fellow also was with him, for he is also a Galilean. And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou say­est. And incontinent as he was yet speaking, the Cock crew. And our Lord turning, look­ed on Peter. And Peter remembred the word of our Lord, as he had said, That before the Cock crow, thou shalt thrice deny me. And Peter, going forth adoors, wept bitterly. And the men that held him, mocked him, beating him. And they did blindfold him, and smote his face. And they asked him, saying, Prophe­sie, who is he that smote thee? And, blasphe­ming, many other things they said against him. And when it was day, there assembled the Anci­ents of the people, and Chief Priests, and Scribes, and they brought him into their council, say­ing, If thou be Christ, tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe me: If also I ask, you will not answer me. But from henceforth the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God. And they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? Who saith, You say that I am. But they said, What need we testimony any further? for your selves have heard of his own mouth. And all the multitude of them rising up, led him to Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man subverting our nation, [Page 123]and prohibiting to give tributes to Cesar, and saying, That he is Christ the King. And Pi­late asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? But he answering, said, Thou sayest. And Pilate said to the Chief Priests and Mul­titudes, I find no cause in this man. But they were the more earnest, saying, He stirreth the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, begin­ning from Galilee, even hither. But Pilate hearing Galilee, Asked if the man were of Ga­lilee? And when he understood, that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him back to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days. And Herod, seeing Jesus, was very glad, for he was desirous a long time to see him, for because he heard many things of him, and he hoped to see some sign wrought by him. And he asked him in many words; but he an­swered him nothing. And there stood the Chief Priests and the Scribes constantly accu­sing him. And Herod, with his army, set him at nought; and he mocked him, putting on him a white garment, and sent him back to Pilate. And Herod and Pilate were made friends that day, for before they were enemies one to ano­ther. And Pilate, calling together the Chief Priests and Magistrates and the People, said to them, you have presented to me this man, as averting the people, and behold, I, examining before you, have found no cause in this man, of those things wherein you accuse him; no, [Page 124]nor Herod neither, for I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him. I will chasten him therefore and dismiss him. And of necessity had to release unto them, up­on the feast-day, one. But the whole multi­tude together cryed out, saying, Dispatch him, and release to us Barabbas; who was, for a cer­tain sedition, made in the city, and murder, cast in prison. And Pilate again spake to them, desirous to release Jesus. But they cryed again, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him. And he the third time said to them, Why, what evil hath he done? I find no cause of death in him; I will correct him therefore, and let him go. But they were instant with loud voices, requiring, that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. And Pilate adjudged their petition to be done. And he released unto them, him that for murther and sedition had been cast into prison, whom they demanded; but Jesus he delivered to their pleasure. And when they led him, they took one Simon of Cyrene, co­ming from the countrey, and they laid the cross upon him to carry after Jesus. And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, which bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not upon me, but weep upon your selves, and upon your children; For be­hold the days shall come, wherein they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that [Page 125]have not born, and the paps that have not gi­ven suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us, and to the hills, Co­ver us. For if in the green wood they do these things, in the dry what shall be done? And there were led also other two malefactors with him to be executed. And after they came to the place, which is called Calvari, there they crucified him; and the thieves, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, did cast lots. And the people stood expecting, and the Princes with them derided him, saying, Others he hath saved, let him him save him­self, if this be Christ, the Elect of God. And the souldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thy self. And there was also a superscription written over him in Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew Letters, This is the King of the Jews. And one of those thieves that were hanged, blasphemed him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thy self, and us. But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, Neither dost thou fear God, whereas thou art in the same damnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive worthy of our doings; but this Man hath done no evil. And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy Kingdom. And Jesus said to him, Amen I say [Page 126]to thee; This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise. And it was almost the sixth hour; and there was made darkness upon the whole earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkned, and the veil of the Temple was rent in the midst. And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the Ghost.

And the Centurion seeing that which was done, glorified God, saying, Indeed this man was just. And all the multitude of them, that were pre­sent together at that sight, and saw the things that were done, returned knocking their breasts. And all his acquaintance stood afar off; and the women that had followed him from Galilee, see­ing these things.

ANd behold, a man named Joseph, (who was a Senator, a good man and a just, he had not consented to their council and doings) of Arimathea, a city of Jewry, who also him­self expected the Kingdom of God. This man came to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. And, taking it down, wrapped it in sindon, and laid him in a monument hewed of stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid.

The OFFERTORY, taken out of the 101st Psalm.

O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee: turn not thy face from me, &c.

The SECRET.

ACcept, O Lord, we beseech thee this Of­fering: and grant, that we may receive, with pious affections and resentments, that which we celebrate in memory of the Passion of our Lord thy Son. Through the same Je­sus Christ, &c.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

Or for the Pope.

The COMMUNION, out of the 101st Psalm.

I Mingled my drink with tears, because, lift­ing me up, thou hast thrown me down, and I withered away, like grass; but thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: Thou, rising up, shalt have mercy on Sion, because it is time to have mercy on it.

The POST-COMMUNION.

GRant, O Almighty God, we beseech thee, that we may, with a holy confidence, believe, that thou hast opened a passage for us to Eternal Life, by the Temporal Death of thy Son, represented in these Adorable Mysteries. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ.

Against the Persecutors of the Church.

Or for the Pope.

Let us Pray.

Humble your selves, and bow down your heads to God.

LOok down, O Lord, we beseech thee, upon this thy Family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ doubted not to be betrayed into the hands of the wicked, and so undergo the torments of the Cross. Who liveth and reign­eth with thee, &c.

UPON THURSDAY IN Holy Week.

THE MASS FOR THURSDAY IN Holy Week.
The station in the Church of St. John of Lateran.

The INTROIT.

BUt we ought to glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our Salvation, Life, and Resurrection, and by whom we are redeemed and saved.

PSALM LXVI.

GOd have mercy upon us, and bless us: illu­minate his countenance upon us, and have mercy upon us.

But we ought to glory, &c.

KYRIE ELEISON.

LOrd, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

GLory be to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace to men of good will: We praise thee; we bless thee; we adore thee; we glorifie thee; we give thanks to thee for thy great glory. O Lord God, Heavenly King; God, the Father Almighty; O Lord, the one­ly begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God; Son of the Father, who takest away the Sins of the World, have mercy on us: Thou that takest away the Sins of the World, receive our Prayers; Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us: For thou onely art Holy; Thou onely art the Lord; Thou onely, O Jesus Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the Glory of God the Father. Amen.

The COLLECT

O God, who hast punished the sin of Judas, and rewarded the confession of the re­penting thief, grant unto us the effect of thy mercy, to the end, that as our Lord Jesus Christ hath dispensed to each of them at his Passion, according to their merit, so, having destroyed the old man in us, he will grant us grace, to have part with him in his glorious Resurre­ction: Who liveth and reigneth one God, world without end.

The Lesson out of the first Epistle of the Apostle St. Paul to the Corinthians, Chap. 11.

BRethren, when you come therefore toge­ther in one, it is not now to eat our [Page 169]Lord's Supper. For every one taketh his own Supper before to eat. And one certes is an hungred, and another is drunk. Why have you not houses to eat and drink in? or con­temn ye the Church of God, and confound them that have not? What shall I say to you? Praise I you in this? I do not praise you. For I received of the Lord that which also I have delivered unto you, that our Lord Jesus, in the night he was betrayed, took bread, and, giving thanks, brake, and said, Take ye, and eat, this is my body which shall be delivered for you: This do ye for the commemoration of me. In like manner the chalice also, after he had sup­ped, saying, This chalice is the New Testa­ment in my blood: This do ye as often as ye shall drink, for the commemoration of me. For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink this chalice, you shall shew the death of our Lord until he come. Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink this chalice of our Lord unworthily, he shall be guilty of the body and blood of our Lord. But let a man prove himself; and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice; For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judg­ment to himself, not discerning the body of our Lord: Therefore are there among you many weak and feeble, and many sleep. But if we did judge our selves, we should not be judged. But whiles we are judged of our [Page 170]Lord, we are chastised; that with this world we be not damned.

The GRADUAL, taken out of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians, Chap. 2.

CHrist was made for us obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

V. For which thing God also hath exalted him, and given him a name, which is above all names.

The sequence of the Holy Gospel according to St. John, Chap. 13.

ANd before the festival-day of Pasche, Jesus knowing that his hour was come, that he [Page 171]should pass out of this world to his Father: whereas he had loved his that were in the world, unto the end he loved them. And when supper was done, whereas the devil now had put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Si­mon to betray him, knowing that his Father gave him all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and goeth to God, he riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and, having taken a towel, girded himself. After that, he put water into a bason, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel, wherewith he was girded. He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter faith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered, and said to him, That which I do, thou knowest not now, hereafter thou shalt know. Peter saith to him, Thou shalt not wash my feet for ever. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou shalt not have part with me. Si­mon Peter saith to him, Lord, not onely my feet, but also hands and head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly: And you are clean, but not all. For he knew who he was that would betray him, therefore he said, You are not clean all. Therefore, after he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, being set down again, he said to them, Know you what I have done to you? You call me Master, and Lord; and you say well, for I am so; if then I [Page 172]have washed your feet: Lord and Master, you also ought to wash one anothers feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also. Laus tibi Christe.

The OFFERTORY, taken out of the 117th Psalm.

THe right hand of the Lord hath done va­liantly; the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me: I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

The SECRET.

GRant, we beseech thee, O Lord, Holy Fa­ther, Almighty, Everlasting God, that he may make this Sacrifice acceptable unto thee, who commanded his disciples at this day to ce­lebrate it in memory of him: Who liveth and reigneth, &c.

COMMƲNICANTES.

PArticipating in the same Communion, and Celebrating the Solemnity of this Blessed Day, wherein our Saviour Jesus Christ was be­trayed for us; and in the first place honouring the memory of the ever glorious Virgin, Mo­ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Apostles and Martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Mat­thew, [Page 174]Simon and Thaddaeus, Linus, Cletus, Cle­ment, Xistus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Laurence, Chry­sogonus, John and Paul, Cosme and Damian, and all the other Saints; Through whose Prayers and Merits, vouchsafe to grant us, in all things, the help of thy protection, by the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

WE beseech thee therefore graciously to accept this Oblation of our, and of thy whole families, Duty, which we present unto thee, in solemnizing this present day, whereon our Lord Jesus Christ ordained his Disciples to celebrate the Mysteries of his Body and Blood: beseeching thee to grant us Peace in these our days, and, preserving us from Eternal Damna­tion, to seat us among thy Elect: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

WHich Oblation, O God, we beseech thee to make in all things, blessed, allowed, approved, reasonable, and acceptable, that it may be made to us the Body and Blood of thy beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

The CONSECRATION.

WHo the day before his Passion for us, and for the whole world, that is, this day took bread into his holy and venerable hands, and, lifting up his eyes towards heaven, to the God his Father Almighty, giving thee thanks, he blessed, brake, and gave it unto his dis­ciples, saying, Take, eat ye all of this: FOR THIS IS MY BODY.

The COMMUNION, taken out of the 13th Chapter of St. John.

OUr Lord Jesus, after he had supped with his Disciples, washt their feet, and said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you, bring your Lord and Master? I have given you an example, That you should do as I have done unto you.

The POST-COMMUNION.

GRant, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that, being refresht with thee life-giving food, we may receive by thy grace in Ever­lasting Bliss, that which we celebrate in this mortal life: Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ON THURSDAY IN Holy Week, At EVEN-SONG.
Pater noster, &c. Ave Maria, &c.

PSALM CXV.

Ant. I will drink the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.

I Believed, for which I spake: but I was hum­bled exceedingly.

I said in my excess: every man is a lier.

What shall I render to our Lord, for all things that he hath rendred to me?

I will take the chalice of salvation: and will invocate the Name of our Lord.

I will render my vows to our Lord before all people: precious in the fight of our Lord is the death of his saints.

O Lord, because I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid.

Thou hast broken my bonds: I will sacrifice to thee the host of praise, and I will invocate the Name of our Lord.

I will render my vows to our Lord in the sight of all his people: in the courts of the house of our Lord, in the midst of thee, O Je­rusalem.

Ant. I will drink the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of our Lord.

PSALM CXIX.

Ant. With those who did hate peace, I was peaceable: when I speak to them, they impugn­ed me without cause.

WHen I was in tribulation, I cried to our Lord: and he heard me.

Our Lord deliver my soul from unjust lips: and from a deceitful tongue.

What may be given thee: or what may be added unto thee to a deceitful tongue?

The sharp arrows of the mighty: with coals of desolation.

Wo is to me, that my sojourning is pro­longed: I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: My soul hath been long a so­journer.

With them that hated peace, I was peaceable: when I spake to them, they impugned me with­out cause.

Ant. With those who did hate peace, I was peaceable: when I spake to them, they im­pugned me without cause.

PSALM CXXXIX.

Ant. Deliver me, our Lord, from evil men.

DEliver me, our Lord, from the evil man: from the unjust man rescue me.

Which have devised iniquity in their heart: all the day they did appoint battles.

They have whet their tongues, as that of a serpent: the venome of asps is under their lips.

Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sin­ner: and from unjust men deliver me.

Who have devised to supplant my steps: the proud have had a snare for me.

And they have stretched out ropes for a snare: they have laid a stumbling block for me near the way.

Our Lord, Lord, the strength of my salva­tion: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

Yield me not, our Lord, from my desire, to the sinner: they have devised against me; forsake me not, lest they perhaps be proud.

The head of their compass: the labour of their lips shall cover them.

Coals shall fall upon them; thou shalt cast them down into fire: the miseries they shall not stand up.

A man full of tongue shall not be directed in the earth: evils shall take the unjust man into destruction.

I have known, that the Lord will do the judgments of the needy: and the revenge of the poor.

But as for the just, they shall confess unto thy Name: and the righteous shall dwell with thy countenance.

Ant. Deliver me, our Lord, from evil men.

PSALM CXL.

Ant. Keep me from the snare, which they have set for me; and from the scandals of those that work iniquity.

LOrd, I have cried to thee, hear me: at­tend to my voice, when I shall cry to thee.

Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight: the elevation of my hands as evening sacrifice.

Set, our Lord, a watch to my mouth: and a door round about my lips.

Decline not my heart into words of malice: to make excuse in sins.

With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the chief of them.

The just shall rebuke me in mercy, and shall reprehend me: but let not the oyl of a sinner fat my head.

Because yet also my prayer is in their good pleasures: their judges are swallowed up, joyned to the rock.

They shall hear my words, because they have prevailed: as the grosness of the earth is bro­ken out upon the earth.

Our bones are dissipated near to hell, for to thee, our Lord, Lord, are mine eyes, in thee have I hoped, take not away my soul.

Keep me from the snare which they have set for me: and from the scandals of them that work iniquity.

Sinners fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.

Ant. Keep me from the snare which they have set for me: and from the scandals of them than work iniquity.

PSALM CXLI.

Ant. I looked towards the right hand, and saw; and there was none that knew me.

WIth my voice I have cried to our Lord: with my voice I have prayed to our Lord.

I pour out my prayer in his sight: and I pro­nounce my tribulation before him.

When my spirit faileth of my self: and thou hast known my paths.

In this way which I walked: they hid a snare for me.

I looked towards the right hand, and saw: and there was none that would know me.

Flight hath failed me: and there is none to require my soul.

I have cried to thee, O Lord: I have said thou art my hope; my portion in the land of the living.

Attend to my petition: because I am hum­bled exceedingly.

Deliver me from them that persecute me: because they are made strong over me.

Bring forth my soul out of prison, to con­fess [Page 186]unto thy Name: the just expect me, till thou rewardest me.

Ant. I looked toward the right hand, and saw; and there was none that would know me.

The Antiphon before Magnificat.

Ant. And Jesus, after he had supt with his Disciples, took bread and blessed it, and break­ing it, gave it to his Disciples.

The Song of the blessed Virgin.

MY soul doth magnifie our Lord.

And my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour.

Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all ge­nerations shall call me blessed.

Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is his Name.

And his mercy from generation unto gene­rations: to them that fear him.

He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath dispersed the proud in the conceit of their heart.

He hath deposed the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble.

The hungry he hath filled with good things: and the rich he hath sent away empty.

He hath received Israel his child: being mind­ful of his mercy.

As he spake to our fathers: to Abraham and his seed for ever.

Ant. And Jesus, after he had supt with his Disciples, took bread and blessed it: and, break­ing it, gave it to his Disciples.

V. Christ was made for us obedient, even unto death.

The PRAYER.

At the Ʋncloathing of the Altars.

Ant. And they divided my garments a­mong them: and upon my vesture they have cast lots.

PSALM XXI.

O God, my God, have respect unto me: why hast thou forsaken me? far from my salvation are the words of my sins.

My God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and not for folly unto me.

But thou dwellest in the holy place: the praise of Israel.

In thee our fathers have hoped: they hoped, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried to thee, and were saved: they hoped in thee, and were not confounded.

But I am a worm, and no man: a reproach of men, and outcast of the people.

All that see me, have scorned me: they have spoken with lips, and wagged the head.

He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: save him, because he willeth him.

Because thou art he, that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.

Upon thee I have been cast from the ma­trice: from my mothers womb thou art my God, depart not from me.

Because tribulation is very nigh: because there is not that will help.

Many calves have compassed me: fat bulls have besieged me.

They have opened their mouths upon me: as a lyon, ravening and roaring.

As water I am poured out: and my bones are dispersed.

My heart is made as wax melting in the midst of my body.

My strength is withered as a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.

Because many dogs have compassed me: the counsel of the maglignant hath besieged me.

They have digged my hands and my feet: they have numbred all my bones.

But themselves have considered, and beheld me: they have divided my garments among [Page 191]them, and upon my vesture they have cast lots.

But thou, Lord, prolong not thy help from me: look toward my defence.

Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: and mine onely one from the hand of the dog.

Save me out of the lyon's mouth: and my humility from the horns of unicorns.

I will declare thy Name to my brethren: in the midst of the Church I will praise thee.

Ye, that fear our Lord, praise him: all the seed of Jacob glorifie ye him.

Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not contemned nor despised the peti­tion of the poor.

Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

With thee is my praise in the great Church: I will render my vows in the sight of them that fear him.

The poor shall eat, and shall be filled; and they shall praise our Lord, that seek after him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.

All the ends of the earth shall remember: and be converted to our Lord.

And all the families of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.

Because the kingdom is our Lords: and he shall have dominion over the Gentiles.

All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and adored: in his sight shall all fall, that descend­ed into the earth.

And my soul shall live to him: and my seed shall serve him.

The generation to come shall be shewed to our Lord: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to the people that shall be born, whom our Lord hath made.

Ant. They have divided my garments a­mong them: and upon my vesture they have cast lots.

ON Good Friday.

• At Prime, As before, Page 131.

• At the Third Hour, As before, Page 136.

• At the Sixth Hour, As before, Page 142.

• At the Ninth Hour, As before, Page 147.

MASS FOR Good Friday.
The station in the Church of the Holy Cross of Hierusalem.

The LESSON taken out of the sixth Chapter of the Prophet Osee.

THus said our Lord; In their tribulation early they will rise up to me: come, and let us return to our Lord, because he hath wounded, and he will heal us: he will strike, and will cure us. He will revive us after two days: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know and we shall follow, that we may know our Lord. As the morning light, is his coming forth pre­pared; and he will come to us as a shower time­ly and late to the earth. What shall I do to thee, Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, Juda? Your mercy as a morning cloud, and as the dew, passing away in the morning. For this have I hewed in the Prophets. I have killed them in the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall come forth as the light. Be­cause I would mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than Holocausts.

The TRACT taken out of the third Chapter of the Prophet Abacuc.

O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: I considered thy works, and trembled.

V. Thou wilt appear between two beasts: and when thy years shall be accomplished, thou wilt make thy self known: when the time shall come, thou wilt be manifested.

V. And when my soul shall be troubled, thou wilt remember thy mercy, even in thy wrath.

V. God will come from Libanus, and the Holy One from the shady and dark moun­tain.

V. His glory overspread the heavens: and the earth was filled with his praise.

Let us Pray.

Let us bow our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

The PRAYER.

O God, who hast punished the sin of Judas, and rewarded the confession of the re­penting thief, grant unto us the effect of thy mercy, to the end, that as our Lord Jesus Christ hath dispensed to each of them at his Passion, according to their merit; so having destroyed the old man in us, the grace to have part with him in his glorious resurrection. Who liveth and reigneth one God world with­out end.

The LESSON taken out of the twelfth Chap­ter of Exodus.

IN those days our Lord said to Moses and Aa­ron in the land of Egypt; This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first in the months of the year. Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them, The tenth day of this month let every man eat a lamb by their fa­milies and houses: But if their number be less, then may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbour, that joyneth to his house, according to the number of souls which may suffice to the eating of the lamb. And it shall be a lamb without spot, a male of a year old; according also unto which rite you shall take a kid. And you shall keep him until the fourteenth day of this month: and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice him at even. And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put upon both the [Page 200]posts, and on the upper door-posts of the houses wherein they shall eat him. And they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire, and unleavened bread with wild lettice. You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but onely roasted at the fire: the head, with the feet and entrails thereof, you shall devour. Neither shall there remain any of him till morning: if there be any thing left, you shall burn it with fire: And thus you shall eat him: You shall gird your reins, and you shall have shooes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall eat speedily; for it is the phase (that is, the passage) of our Lord.

The TRACT, taken out of the 139th Psalm.

DEliver me, our Lord, from the evil man: from the unjust man rescue me.

V. Which have devised iniquity in their heart: all the day they did appoint battels.

V. They have whet their tongues, as that of a serpent: the venome of asps is under their lips.

V. Keep me, our Lord, from the hand of the sinner: and from unjust men deli­ver me.

V. Who have devised to supplant my steps: the proud have hid a snare for me.

V. And they have stretched out ropes for a snare: they have laid a stumbling-block for me near the way.

V. I say to our Lord, thou art my God: hear, our Lord, the voice of my petition.

V. Our Lord, Lord, the strength of my sal­vation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battel.

V. Yield me not, our Lord, from my de­sire to the sinner: they have devised against me: forsake me not, lest they perhaps be proud.

V. The head of their compass: the labour of their lips shall cover them.

V. Coals shall fall upon them; thou shalt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not stand up.

V. A man full of tongue shall not be di­rected in the earth: evils shall take the unjust man into destruction.

V. I have known, that the Lord will do the [Page 202]judgements of the needy: and the revenge of the poor.

V. But as for the just, they shall confess unto thy Name: and the righteous shall dwell with thy countenance.

The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to St. John, Chap. 18.

AT that time Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the torrent Cedron, where was a garden, into which he entred and his disciples. And Judas also, that betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often resorted thither, together with his disciples. Judas therefore having received the band of men, and of the chief priests and the pharisees, ministers cometh thither with lanthorns, and torches, and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said to them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas also, that betrayed him, stood with them. As soon therefore as he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Again there­fore [Page 203]he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you, that I am he: if therefore you seek me, let these go their ways, that the word might be fulfilled which he said, That of them, whom thou hast given me, I have not lost any. Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it out, and smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of the servant was Malchus. Jesus therefore said to Peter, put up thy sword into thy scabbard: The chalice which my father hath given me, shall not I drink it? The band therefore, and the tribune, and the ministers of the Jews, apprehended Jesus, and bound him: and they brought him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest of that year. And Caiaphas was he that had given counsel to the Jews, that it is expe­dient that one man die for the people. Simon Peter followed Jesus, and another disciple. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door without. The other disciple therefore, that was known to the high priest, went forth, and spake to the porters, and brought in Peter. The wench therefore, that was portress, said to Peter, Art not thou also of this mans disciples? He said to her, I am not. And the servants and mini­sters stood at a fire of coals, because it was [Page 204]cold, and warmed themselves. And with them was Peter also standing, and warming himself. The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I have openly spoken to the world: I have always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither all the Jews resort toge­ther: and in secret I have spoken nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them that have heard me, when I have spoken unto them: Be­hold, they know what things I have said. When he had said these words, one of the ministers, standing by, gave Jesus a blow, saying, An­swerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken ill, give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikes thou me? And Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest. And Simon Peter was standing, and warming himself, they said therefore to him, Art not thou also of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not. One of the servants of the high priest, (cosin to him whose ear Peter did cut off) saith to him, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? Again therefore Peter denied. And forthwith the cock crew. They therefore bring Jesus from Caiaphas, into the pa­lace. And it was morning, and they went not into the palace, that they might not be conta­minated, but that they might eat the Pasche. Pilate therefore went forth to them without, and said, What accusation bring you against [Page 205]this man? They answered and said to him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. Pilate therefore said to them, take him you, and, according to your law, judge him. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to kill any man. That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying what death he should die. Pilate therefore went into the palace again, and called Jesus, and said to him, Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus answered, Sayest thou this of thy self, or have others told it thee of me. Pilate answered, Why, Am I not a Jew? Thy nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: What hast thou done? Jesus an­swered, My Kingdom is not of this world: if my Kingdom were of this world, my mini­sters verily would strive, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my Kingdom is not from hence. Pilate therefore said to him, Art thou a King then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest, that I am a King. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world, that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice. Pilate saith to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went forth again to the Jews, and said to them, I find no cause in him. But you have a custom, that I should release one to you in the Pasche: Will you therefore, that I release unto you the King of the Jews? They [Page 206]all therefore cryed again, saying, Not him, but Barabbas. And Barabbas was a thief. Then therefore Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him. And the souldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head: And they put about him a purple garment. And they came to him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews; and they gave him blows. Pilate went forth again, and said to them, Behold, I bring him forth unto you, that you may know, that I find no cause in him. Jesus therefore went forth, carrying the crown of thorns, and the purple vestment. And he said to them, Lo the man. When the chief priests therefore and the ministers had seen him, they cryed, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him. Pilate said to them, Take him you, and cru­cifie him, for I find no cause in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and, according to that law, he ought to die, because he hath made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore had heard this saying, he feared more. And he entred into the palace again: and he saith to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Pilate therefore saith to him, Speakest thou not to me? Knowest thou not, that I have power to crucifie thee, and I have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou shouldest not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. There­fore he that hath betrayed me to thee, hath the greater sin. From thenceforth Pilate sought [Page 207]to release him. But the Jews cryed, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Cesar's friend. Every one that maketh himself a King, speaketh against Cesar. But Pilate, when he had heard these words, brought forth Jesus, and he sate in the judgment-seat, in the place that is called Lithostrotos, and in the Hebrew Gabba­tha. And it was the Parasceve of the Pasche, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, Lo your King. But they cryed, Away with him, away with him; Crucifie him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucifie your King? The chief priests answered, We have no King, but Cesar. Then therefore he delivered him unto them for to be crucified., And they took Jesus, and led him forth. And, bearing his own cross, he went forth into that which is called the place of Calvari, in Hebrew Golgotha; where they crucified him, and with him two others, on the one side, and on the other, and in the midst Jesus. And Pilate wrote a title also, and he put it upon the cross. And it was written, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. This title therefore many of the Jews did read, because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was writ­ten in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin. The chief priests therefore of the Jews said to Pilate, Write not the King of the Jews, but that he said, I am the King of the Jews. Pilate an­swered, That which I have written, I have [Page 208]written. The souldiers therefore, when they had crucified him, took his garments (and they made four parts, to every souldier a part) and his coat. And his coat was without seam, wrought from the top throughout. They said therefore one to another, Let us not cut it, but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be. That the Scripture might be fulfilled, saying, They have parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they have cast lots. And the souldiers did these things. And there stood beside the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing, whom he lo­ved, he saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own. Afterward Jesus knowing that all things were now consummate, that the scripture might be fulfilled, he saith, I thirst. A vessel therefore stood there full of vinegar, and they putting a spunge full of vine­gar about hysop, offered it to his mouth. Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar, said, It is consummate, and, bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.

THe Jews therefore (because it was the Parasceve) that the bodies might not re­main [Page 209]upon the cross on the sabboth, (for that was a great sabboth-day) they desired Pilate, that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away. The souldiers there­fore came: and of the first indeed they brake the legs, and of the other that was crucified with him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was dead, they did not break his legs, but one of the souldiers, with a spear, opened his side, and incontinent there came forth blood and water. And he that saw it, hath given testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth, that he saith true, that you also may believe. For these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled; You shall not break any bone of him. And again, another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

ANd, after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but secret for fear of the the Jews) desired Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted; He came therefore, and [Page 210]took away the body of Jesus. Nicodemus also came, he that at the first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pounds. They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linnen clothes, with spices, as the manner is with the Jews to bury. And there was in the place, where he was crucified, a garden, and in the garden a new monument, wherein no man yet had been laid. There therefore, because of the Parasceve of the Jews, they laid Jesus, because the monu­ment was hard by.

For the whole Church.

LEt us pray, my beloved Brethren, for the whole Church of God, that our Lord God will vouchsafe to give it Peace, maintain it in Union, and preserve it through the whole Earth, subjecting the Princes and Powers of this World unto it; and that, granting us the grace to lead this life in peace and tranquillity, we may glorisie God the Father Almighty.

Let us Pray.

Let us bow our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, who hast revealed thy glory in Jesus Christ to all Nations, preserve the works of thy mercy, that thy Church, spred through the whole world, may firmly persevere in the confession of thy Name. Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or for the Pope.

LEt us pray also for our Holy Father, the Pope; that our Lord God, who hath ele­cted and seated him in the Order of Episcopa­cy, will give him health, for the good of his Church and the benefit of his People.

Let us Pray.

Let us bow our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, upon whose judgment all things are founded, hear graciously our Prayers; and, in thy good­ness, preserve our Bishop, whom thou hast ap­pointed to guide us, that the Christian people [Page 212]be governed by thy Authority, may more and more encrease in faith, under so great a Pre­late: Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For the Orders of the Church.

LEt us pray also for Bishops, Priests, Dea­cons, Subdeacons, Acolyts, Exorcists, Readers, Porters, Confessors, Virgins, Widows, and for all God's holy people.

Let us Pray.

Let us bow our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, whose Spi­rit sanctifies and governs the whole Church, hear the Prayers we address unto thee for all Orders; that, by the assistance of thy grace, they may all serve thee faithfully. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For the King.

LEt us pray also for our King, Defender of the Faith, that God will please to reduce all barbarous Nations to his command, and grant us perpetual peace.

Let us Pray.

Let us bend our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, in whose hands all Powers and Rights of King­doms are, graciously look upon this Kingdom, that those Nations, who put confidence in their brutish fierceness, may be supprest by the power of thy right hand. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For the Catechumens.

LEt us pray also for the Catechumens; that our Lord God will open the ears of their hearts, and the gate of his mercy, that having received remission of all their sins, and be­ing regenerated by Baptism, they may be incorporated with us in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us Pray.

Let us bend our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, who daily encreasest thy Church with new children, encrease in our Catechumens faith and under­standing, that, being regenerated in the waters [Page 214]of Baptism, they may be entred into the society of thy adopted children. Through, &c. Amen.

For all sorts of Necessities.

LEt us pray, my beloved, unto God the Fa­ther Almighty, that he will please to cleanse the world from all sorts of Errors, cure our Diseases, divert Famine, open Prisons, dis­solve the bonds of Captives, grant a safe return to Pilgrims, restore health to the sick, and to sea-faring men a secure arrival to their haven.

Let us Pray.

Let us bend our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, who art a comfort to the afflicted, and a strength to those that labour, grant, that the Prayers of all those, who shall call upon thee in affli­ction, may be heard by thee, that they may be sensible, with gladness, of the assistance of thy mercy, in their necessities. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For Hereticks and Schismaticks.

LEt us pray also for Hereticks and Schisma­ticks, that our Lord God will deliver them from all error, and vouchsafe to recall them into the bosom of our Holy Mother, the Catho­lick Apostolick Church.

Let us pray.

Let us bend our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, who savest the whole world, and desirest not the death of a sinner, regard those souls in mercy, seduced by the deceit of the devil, that all He­reticks, and others going astray, quitting all malice, may rectifie their hearts, and return to the unity of the truth. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Jews.

LEt us pray also for the perfidious Jews, that our Lord God will withdraw the vail from their hearts, that they also may ac­knowledge our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us Pray.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, who refu­sest not thy mercy, even to the perfi­dious Jews, hear the Prayers we pour forth for the blindness of this people, that they, arriving to the light of thy truth, which is Jesus Christ, may be cleared from their dark­ness: Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For the Pagans.

LEt us pray also for the Pagans; that Al­mighty God will take away all wicked­ness from their hearts, that, quitting their Ido­latry, they may convert themselves to the true living God, and to his only Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Let us Pray.

Let us bend our knees.

R. Lift up your selves.

ALmighty and Everlasting God, who wil­lest not the death of sinners, but ra­ther that they should be converted and live, graciously hear our Prayers, and, freeing them from their Idolatry, admit them into thy holy [Page 217]Church, for the honour and glory of thy Name: Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Adoration of the Cross.

BEhold the Wood of the Cross.

R. Come let us adore.

Behold the Wood of the Cross:

R. Come let us adore.

Behold the Wood of the Cross, whereon the Saviour of the World is fastened.

R. Come let us adore.

MY people, what have I done to thee? or in what have I molested thee? An­swer me.

V. Because I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Saviour.

V. Agios O Theos: Sanctus Deus: O Holy God.

V. Agios Ischyros: Sanctus fortis: Holy and strong God.

V. Agios Athanatos Eleison imas: Sanctus & immortalis, miserere nobis: Holy and immortal God, have mercy on us.

V. Because I led thee through the desart forty years, and fed thee there with Manna, and brought thee into a good soil, thou hast prepa­red a Cross for thy Saviour.

Agios O Theos, &c. as before.

V. What ought I to do more, and have not done? I have planted thee, my most beautiful vine, and thou art become very bitter unto me in my thirst; thou gavest me vinegar to drink, and with a launcet thou hast pierced thy Sa­viour's side.

Agios O Theos, as before.

V. My people, what have I done to thee? or in what have I molested thee? Answer me.

V. For thy sake I struck Egypt in their first-born, and thou hast delivered me to be scourged.

My people, &c.

I brought thee forth of Egypt, having drowned Pharaoh in the Red Sea: and thou hast delivered me over to the princes of the priests.

My people, &c.

V. For thee I opened the sea; and with a launce thou hast pierced my side.

My people, &c.

V. I went before thee in a pillar of the cloud, [Page 220]and thou hast brought me to the palace of Pilate.

My people, &c.

V. I nourished thee with Manna in the de­sart; and thou hast struck me with bussets and whips.

My people, &c.

V. I gave thee wholsom water to drink from the rock: and thou hast given me to drink vinegar and gall.

My people, &c.

V. For thy sake I have struck the kings of the Chananites; and thou hast struck my head with a reed.

My people, &c.

V. I gave thee a royal scepter; and thou hast set upon my head a crown of thorns.

My people, &c.

V. I have raised thee with great strength, and thou fastened me on the cross.

The ANTIPHON.

O Lord, we adore thy Cross; we praise and glorifie thy Holy Resurrection: for by the Wood of the Crofs the whole World is fil­led with joy.

PSALM LXVI.

GOd, have mercy upon us, and bless us: Il­luminate his countenance upon us, and have mercy on us.

Ant. O Lord, we adore thy Cross, &c.

LEt this Incense, O Lord, blest by thee, ascend unto thee; and let thy mercy de­scend upon us.

LEt my Prayer, O Lord, be directed as In­cense in thy sight; the elevation of my hands as Evening Sacrifice. Set, O Lord, a watch to my mouth, and a door round about my lips, that my heart decline not into the words of malice, to make excuses for sins.

MAy our Lord kindle in us the fire of his love, and the flame of his eternal cha­rity. Amen.

WE present our selves, O Lord, before thee, in the spirit of humility and re­pentance: and therefore we beseech thee, that this Sacrifice may be agreeably accomplisht by us this day.

PRay, Brethren, that this, my Sacrifice, (which is also yours) may be acceptable to God the Father Almighty.

Let us Pray.

PRAECEPTIS, &c.

BEing taught by our Saviour's Commands, and led by Divine Institution, we are bold to say,

Our Father, which art in Heaven, (where you shine in greater glory, and whereunto thou art pleased, that we should raise our thoughts.)

Hallowed be thy Name. (Acknowledged and Adored.)

Thy Kingdom come. (The Empire of thy Grace in this World, and of the next.)

Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Hea­ven.

Give us this day our daily bread: (The pre­cious Body and Blood of thy Son, which is daily consecrated; thy Grace and all things necessary for us in the course of this life.)

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation:

But deliver us from evil. (From sin, from the snares of this world, the flesh, and the devil.

Amen.

LIBERA, &c.

DEliver us, O Lord, we beseech thee, from all evils, past, present, and to come; and grant us peace in these our Duties, by the in­tercession of the ever-glorious Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of thy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, of St. Andrew, and all the Saints: that, being assisted by thy gracious mercy, we may be free from all sin, and secure from all dangers: Through the same, our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth God with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, for ever and ever.

Amen.

GRant, O Lord Jesus Christ, that this parti­cipation of thy body, which now, though unworthy, I intend to receive, may not turn to my judgment and condemnation; but, through thy mercy, may be a protection, and and a wholsom medicine to my soul and body: Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

I Will take the Celestial Bread, and will call upon the Name of our Lord.

LOrd, I am not worthy, that thou shouldest enter under my roof; only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.

Lord, I am not worthy, that thou shouldest enter under my roof; only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.

Lord, I am not worthy, that thou shouldest enter under my roof; only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.

THe Body of our Lord Jesus Christ pre­serve my Soul to Life Everlasting. Amen.

GRant, O Lord, that what we have taken with our mouth, we may receive with a clean heart; and that, of a Temporal Gift, it may become unto us an Eternal Remedy.

ON FRIDAY IN Holy Week.
The same Even-song is said as before, till you come to Magnificat.

At MAGNIFICAT.

Antiphon.

WHen Jesus had taken vinegar, he said, It is finished; and, bowing down his head, he gave up his ghost.

V. Christ was made obedient for us unto death; even the death of the Cross.

The PRAYER.

FOR SATURDAY IN Holy Week.

• At Prime, As before, Page 131.

• At the Third Hour, As before, Page 136.

• At the Sixth Hour, As before, Page 142.

• At the Ninth Hour, As before, Page 147.

AT MASS.
The station in the Church of St. John Lateran.

V. Our Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

Let us Pray.

O God, who by thy Son, the corner-stone of thy Church, hath bestowed upon thy faithful the fire of thy splendour, sanctifie, for [Page] [Page] [Page 235]our use, this new fire, drawn out of the flint stone; and grant us thy grace, during this Pas­chal Feast, to be so inflamed with celestial de­sires, that we may arrive with pure hearts to the solemnity of thy Eternal Glory: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us Pray.

O Almighty Father, never-failing Light, Creator of all light, bless this light which is sanctified and blest by thee, who en­lightenest the whole World, that we may be thereby enlightened and inflamed. And as thou didst carry a light before Moses, going out of Egypt, so also be pleased to illuminate our hearts and senses, that we may at length arrive to Life and Light Everlasting: Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Let us Pray.

O Lord, Holy Father, Omnipotent Eternal God, vouchsafe to co-operate with us, who bless this fire in thy Name, and in the Name of thy Son our Lord, and of the Holy [Page 236]Ghost, and assist us against the fiery darts of the enemy, enlightening us with thy heavenly grace. Who livest and reignest with the same, thy only begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

O God Almighty, pour forth we beseech thee, thy abundant blessings upon this Incense, and renewing the world by an invi­sible regeneration, enlighten this night, that not onely the Sacrifice, which is offered this night, may shine by a secret mixture of thy splendour, but also, that, in whatever place any part of the Mystery of this sanctification shall be brought, all surprise and malice of the Devil being chased away, the vertue of thy Majesty may be assisted. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

BE thou blest by him, in whose honour thou shalt be burnt.

THou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

Behold the light of Christ.

R. Thanks be to God.

Vouchsafe, Father, to bless.

OUr Lord be in thy lips, that thou mayest worthily and competently declare the [Page 238]praises of his Pasch. In the Name of the Fa­ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

MAy the angelical troops now rejoyce; may the divine mysteries be celebra­ted with a holy joy; may the sound of a comfortable trumpet publish the victory of so great a King; and may the whole earth be sensible of the blessing it had, by the splendour of the the Eternal King, who freed it from that darkness which overspread the whole World. May our Mother, the Church, rejoyce also at the glympse of so resplendent light; and may this place resound with the voices of this Congregation: And therefore I beseech ye, my beloved Brethren, here present, who, enlightened with the admirable splendour of this holy light, joyn with me, and call upon our Merciful and Almighty God, to the end, that as he hath been pleased, not through my [Page 239]merits, to advance me to the number of his Levites, so shedding the beams of his light upon me, he will give me grace to perfect the praise of this Paschal Candle. Through, &c. Amen.

Our Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

R. Lift up your hearts.

We have raised them towards our Lord.

Let us give thanks to our Lord.

R. It is meet and just.

IT is truly meet and just, that with all affe­ctions of our heart and soul, and with the ministry of our voice, we glorifie the invisible God, Father Almighty, and his onely Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath paid Adam's death for us to his Eternal Father; and, by shed­ding his innocent blood, hath blotted out the hand-writing of our old sins, whereby we are subjected to death: For these are the Paschal Feasts wherein the true Lamb is immolated, and the gates of the Faithful consecrated by his blood. This is that night wherein first thou madest our forefathers, the Children of Israel, to pass the Red Sea dry-foot. This is that night which dissipated the darkness of sins, by the light of a pillar of fire. This is that night, which separating through the whole World those that believe in Jesus Christ, from the vices of this age, and from the darkness, where­in sinners are ingaged, restores them to grace, and associates them to sanctity. This is that night, wherein the chains of death being bro­ken, Christ ascended Conquerour from Hell. For it would not have availed us to have been born, unless Christ had been pleased to redeem us. O God, how admirable is thy bounty [Page 241]towards us! how inestimable thy charity! who didst deliver up thy Son to redeem thy slave. O certain necessary sin of Adam, to make us sensible of the excess of God's love to­wards us! since it hath been effaced by the death of Jesus Christ. O happy fault, that merited to have such and so great a Re­deemer! O truly happy night, which alone deserved'st to observe the time and moment of Christ his rising from the dead! This is that night of which it is written in the 178th Psalm, The night shall shine as the day, and the night is my illumination in my delights, therefore the sanctification of this night banisheth all crimes, washeth away all offences, restores to innocence those that had been lost, makes glad the afflicted, reconciles hatred and enmi­ties, restores peace and union, and humbles em­pires.

REceive then, O Holy Father, from us, on this happy night, the Evening-Sacrifice of this Incense, which thy Holy Church, by [Page 242]its Ministers, renders unto thee in the Solemn Oblation of this Wax Candle, made of the work of Bees. And now we acknowledge the praise-worthy Benefits of this Pillar, lighted from the sparkling fire, to the honour of God.

WHich (fire) though it be divided, yet loseth it not any thing in the commu­nication of its light, feeding it self from the melted Wax, which the Bee hath produced, to make the substance of this precious touch.

O Night, truly blessed, wherein the Egyp­tians were pillaged, the Hebrews enricht with their spoils. The night wherein celestial and terrestial, divine and humane things were conjoyned. We beseech thee therefore, O Lord, [Page 243]that this Candle, consecrated to the honour of thy Name, may, without ceasing, dissipate the darkness of this night, and that its light, ascending as an acceptable perfume, may mix with the celestial lights. Let the morning-star receive its flames; that star, I say, which ne­ver sets, and who, being risen again, and re­turned from Hell, shined afresh upon man­kind. We beseech thee therefore, O Lord, that, granting us peace in our days, thou wilt vouchsafe, amidst these Paschal-Feasts, to lead us as thy servants, to govern and protect us continually, with thy whole Clergy, and all thy Faithful, our Holy Father, the Pope, and our Bishop. Regard likewise our King, N. and, knowing the desires of his heart, grant, O God, by the ineffable grace of thy bounty and mer­cy, that he may enjoy a tranquillity of perpe­tual peace, and, together with his people, a heavenly victory: By the same our Lord Je­sus Christ thy Son, who livest and reignest with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

UPON THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR Lord Jesus Christ.