counsell then let him come to me or some other discreete and learned Minister of Gods word and open his griefe that hee may receiue such ghostly counsaile advice and comfort as his conscience may bee relieued and that by the ministerie of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolution to the quieting of his conscience and auoyding of all scruple and doubtfulnesse Then shall the Priest say this exhortation DEarly beloued in the Lord yee that minde to come to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Chris must conder what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trie and examine themselues before they presume to eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart liuely faith we receiue that holy Sacrament for them we spiritually eate the flesh of Christ drinke his blood then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs So is the danger great if wee receiue the same unworthily For then we bee guiltie of the body blood of Christ our Sauiour wee eate and drinke our owne damnation not considering the Lords body wee kindle Gods wrath against vs we prouoke him to plague vs with diuers disease and sundrie kinds of death Therefore it any of you bee a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his word an adulterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous crime be walie our sinnes and come not to this holy table least after the taking of that holy Sacrament the deuill enter into you as hee entred into Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that yee be not iudged of the Lord. Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuely and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour Amend your liues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall yee be meete partakers of those holy mysteries And aboue al things ye must giue most humble and heartie thanks to God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost for there demption of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ both God and man who did humble himself euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners which laye in darknesse and shadow of death hee might make vs the children of God and exalt vs to euerlasting life And to the ende that wee shoulde alway remember the exceeding great loue of our master and onely Sauiour Iesus Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood shedding he hath obtained to vs hee hath instituted and ordeined holy mysteries as pledges of his loue and continuall remembrance of his death to our great and endlesse comfort To him therefore with the Father and the holy Ghost let vs giue as we are most bounden cominuall thankes submitting our selues whloly to his holy will and pleasure studying to serue him in true holinesse and righte ouâ—nesse all the dayes of our life Amen Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your sinnes and bee in loue and charitie with your neighbours and intend to leade a new life folloing the commandements of God and walking from hencefoorth in his holy wayes Draw neere and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort make your humble confession to almightie God before this congregation heere gathered together in his holy Name meekely kneeling vpon your knees Then shal this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holy Communion either by one of them or els by one of the Ministers or by the Prist himselfe all kneeling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ maker of all things Iudge of all men we knowledge and bewaile our manifold sinnes and wickednesse which we from time to time most grieuously have committed by thought word and deede against thy diuine Maiestie prouoking mostiustly thy wrath and indignation against vs. Wee doe earnestly repent and be heartily sorie for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto vs haue mercy vpon vs most mercifull Father for thy sonne our Lord Iesus Christ sake forgiue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer here after serue please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shal the Priest the Bishop being present stand vp and turâ—ning himselfe to the people say thus ALmightie God our heauenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiuenesse of sinnes to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turne vnto him Haue mercie vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also say ¶ Heare what comfortable wordes our Saniour Christ faith vnto all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauell and be heauie laden and I will refresh you So God loued the world that hee gaue his onely begotten Sonne to the ende that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting ¶ Heare also what S. Paul sayeth This is a true saying and worthy of all men to bee receiued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners ¶ Heare also what S. Iohn sayeth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the Righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes After which the Pries shall proceede saying Lift vp your hearts Answere We lift them vp vnto the Lord. Priest Let vs giue thanks vnto our Lord God Answere It is meete and right so to doe Priest It is very meete right and our bounden duetie that wee should at all times and in all places giue thankes vnto thee O Lord holy Father almightie euerlasting God Here shall follow the proper preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall follow Therefore with Angels and Archangels c. Proper prefaces Vpon Christmas day and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest giue Iesus Christ thine onely Sonne to be borne as this day for vs who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of the virgine Mary his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therefoe with Angels and Archangels c. Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Paschall Lambe which was offered for vs and hath taken away the sinne of the worlde who by his death hath destroyed death and
by his rising to life againe hath restored to vs euerlasting life Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the Ascention day and seuen dayes after THrough thy most dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to al his Apostles and in their fight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither might we also aseend and raigne with him in glory Therefore with Angels gels and Archangels c. Vpon Whitsunday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came downe this day from heauen with a sudden great sound as it had beene a mightie winde in the likenesse of fierie tongues lighting vpon the Apostles to teach them and to leade them to all trueth giuing them both the gift of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preaech the Gospel vnto al nations wherby we are brought out of darknesse and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is is very meet right and out bounden duety that we should at all times in all places giue thankes to thee O Lord almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one Lord not one onely person but three persons in one substance For that whicht we beleeue of the glory of the father the same we beleeue of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost without any difference or inequalite Therefore c. After which prefaces shall follow immediately THerfore with angels and archangels and with al the companie of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euer more praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hostes Heauen and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shal the Priest kneeling down at Gods board say in the name of al them that shal receiue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnesse but in thy manifold great mercies Wee bee not worthy so much as to gather vp the 〈◊〉 vnder thy table But thou art the same Lord whose propertie is alwayes to haue merry graunt vs therefore gracious Lord so to eate the flesh of thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke the blood that our sinful bodies may be made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious blood and that we may euermore dwell in him and he in vs Amen Then the Priest standing vp shall say as followeth ALmightie God our heauenty Father which of thy tender mercie diddest giue thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ to suffer death vpon the Crosse for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himselfe once offered a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospell commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorie of that his precious death vntil his conuning agane Heare vs o mercifull Father wee beseech thee and graunt that wee receiuing these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christes holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may bee partakers of his most blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to his Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is giuen for you doe this in remembrance of me Like wise after supper he tooke the cup and when hee had giuen thankes hee gaue it to them saying Drinke yee all of this for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remissin of sinnes doe this as off as ye shall drinke it in remembrance of me Then shall the Minister first receiue the Communion in both kinds himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers if any bee there present that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in their hands kneeling And when hee deliuereth the bread he shall say The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was giuen for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and take and eate this in remembrance that Christ dyed for thee and feede on him in thine heart by faith with thankesgiuing And the Minister that deliuereth the cup shall say The blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which was shed for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and drinke this in remembrance that Christs blood was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shall the Priest say the Lords prayer the people repeating after him euery petition After shall be sayd as followeth O Lord heauenly Father wee thy humble feruants entirely desire thy fatherly goodnesse mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of prayse and thankesgiuing most humbly beseeching thee to graunt that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his blood wee and all thy whole Church may obtaine remission of our sinnes and all other benefites of his passion And here we offer and present vnto thee O Lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly beseeching thee that all wee which be partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy gracc and heauenly benediction And although we be vnworthy through our manifold sinnes to offer vuto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duetie and seruice not weighing our merites but pardoning our offences though Iesus Christ our Lorde by whom with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O Farther almightie world without end Amen Or this ALmighty and euerliuing God we most heartily thanke thee that thou doest bouchsafe to feede vs which haue duely receiued these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious boby and bloob of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ doest assure vs thereby of thy fauour and goodnes to ward vs and that wee be very members incorporate in thy mysticall body which is the blessed company of all faithfull people and be also heires though hope of thy euerlisting kingdome by the merites of the most precious death and passion of thy deare Sonne wee now most humbly beseech thee O heauenly Father so to assist vs with thy grace that we many continue in that holy felowship and doe all such good works as thou hast prepared for vs to walk in through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Then shall be said or sung GLorie be to God on hie in earth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie
Curates shall diligently from time to time but specially in the plague time exhort their Parishioners to the oft receiuing in the Church of the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Christ which if they doe they shal haue no cause in their sudden visitation to be vnquiet for lack of the same But if the sicke person be not able to come to the Church yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he must giue knowledge ouer night or else early in the morning to the Curate signifying also how many bee appointed to communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate may reuerently minster and a good number to receiue the Communion with the sicke person with all things necessarie for the same hee shall there minister the holy Communion The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankinde which doest corect those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou doest receiue wee beseech thee to haue mercie vpon this thy seruant visited with thine hand and to graunt that hee may take his sickenesse patiently and recouer his bodily health if it bee thy gracious will and whensoeuer his soule shall depart from the body it may bee without spot presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle MY sonne Heb. 12. despise not the correction of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth him hee correcteth Yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth The Gospel VErely verely I say vnto you Hee that heareth my word Iohn 5. and beleeueth on him that sent mee hath euerlasting life and shall not come vnto damnation but hee passeth from death vnto life ¶ At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament the Priest shall first receiue the Communion himselfe and after minister vnto them that be appointed to communicate with the sicke ¶ But if a man either by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for want of warning in due time to the Curate or for lacke of companie to receiue with him or by any other iust impediment doe not receiue the Sacrament of Christes body and blood then the Curate shall instruct him that if hce doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleeue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the Crosse for him and shed his blood for his redemption earnestly remembring the benefites he hath thereby and giuing him heartie thankes therefore he doth eate and drinke the body and blood of our Sauiour Chrift profitably to his soules health although he doe not receiue the Sacrament with his mouth ¶ When the sicke person is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one time then the Priest for more expedition shal cut off the forme of the visitation at the Psalme In thee O Lord haue I put my trust and goe straight to the Communion ¶ In the time of Plague Sweat or such other like contagious times of sicknesses or diseases when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sicke in their houses for feare of the infection vpon speciall request of the diseased the Minister may alonely communicate with him ⧠The order for the buriall of the dead The Priest meeting the corps at the Church stile shall say or else the Priest and Clarkes shall sing and so goe either into the Church or towards the graue I Am the resurrection and the life faith the Lord. He that belieueth in me Iohn 11. yea though he were dead yet shall he liue And whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall not die for euer I know that my redeemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day and shall bee couered againe with my skinne Iob. 19. and shall see God in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall behold him not with other but with these same eyes WEe brought nothing into this world 1. Tim. 6. Iob. 1. neither may we carie any thing out of this world The Lord giueth and the Lord taketh away Even as it pleaseth the Lord so commeth things to passe Blessed be the Name of the Lord. When they come to the graue while the corps is made ready to bee layed into the earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clarkes shall sing MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a short time to liue Iob. 14. and is ful of meserie He commeth by and is cut downe like a flowre hee fleeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one stay In the midst of life we be in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord which for our sinnes iustly art displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mightie O holy most mercifull Sauiour deliuer vs not into the bitter paines of eternall deatth Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers but spare vs Lord most holy O God most mightie O holy and mercifull Sauiour thou most worthie iudge eternall suffer vs not at our last houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shall be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almightie God of his great mercie to take vnto himselfe the soule of our deare brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurrection to eternall life through our Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may bee like vnto his glorious body according to the mightie working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Then shall be said or sung I heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto mee write From hencefoorth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Even so saith the spirit that they rest from their labours Then shall follow this Lesson taken out of the xv Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHrist is risen from the dead and become the first fruites of them that sleepe For by a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all die euen so by Christ shall all bee made aliue but euery man in his owne order The first is Christ then they that are Christes at his comming Then commeth the ende when hee hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the Father when he hath put downe all rule and all authoritie and power For he must reigne till he haue put al his enemies vnder his feete The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death For hee hath put all things vnder his feete But when hee saith All things are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted that hath put all things vnder him When all things are subdued vnto him then shall the Sonne
he that sitteth at meate or hee that serueth Is not hee that sitteth at meate But I am among you as hee that ministreth Yee are they which haue abidden with me in my temptations And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed to mee that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israel And the Lord sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate but I haue prayed for thee that thy faith faile not And when thou art conuerted strengthen thy brethren And he said vnto him Lord I am ready to go with thee into prison and to death And he sayd I tell thee Peter the Cocke shal not crowe this day till thou haue denied thrise that thou knowest me And he sayd vnto them When I sent you without wallet scrip and shoes lacked you any thing And they sayd No. Then sayd he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and likewise his scrip and he that hath no sword let him sell his coate and buy one For I say vnto you that yet the same which is written must be performed in me Euen among the wicked was hee reputed for those things which are written of mee haue an ende And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two swordes And hee sayd vnto them It is enough And he came out and went as hee was woont to mount Oliuet And the Disciples followed him and when hee came to the place hee sayd vnto them Pray left ye fall into temptation And hee gate himselfe from them about a stones cast and kneeled downe and prayed saying Father if thou wilt remooue this cup from mee neuerthelesse not my will but thine be fulfilled And there appeared an Angel vnto him from heauen comforting him And hee was in an agonie and prayed the longer and his sweate was like droppes of blood trickling downe to the ground And when hee arose from prayer and was come to his disciples hee found them sleeping for heauinesse and he sayd vnto them Why sleepe ye Rise and pray left yee fall into temptation While he yet spake behold there came a company and he that was called Iudas oue of the twelue went before them and preassed nigh vnto Iesus to kisse him But Iesus sayd vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse When they which were about him sawe what would follow they sayde vnto him Lorde shall we smite with the sword And one of them smote a seruant of the high Priests and strooke off his right eare Iesus answered and sayd Suffer ye thus farre foorth And when he touched his eare he healed him Then Iesus sayd vnto the high Priestes and Rulers of the Temple and the Elders which were come to him Yee be come out as vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues When I was daily with you in the Temple yee stretched foorth no hands against mee But this is euen your very houre and the power of darkenesse Then tooke they him and led him and brought him to the high Priestes house But Peter followed a farre off And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the palace and were set downe together Peter also sate downe among them But when one of the wenches beheld him as he sate by the fire and looked vpon him she said This same fellow was also with him And he denied him saying Woman I know him not And after a little while another saw him and sayd Thou art also of them And Peter sayde Man I am not And about the space of an houre after another affirmed saying Verily this fellow was with him also for he is of Galilee And Peter said Man I wot not what thou sayest And immediately while hee yet spake the Cocke crewe And the Lorde turned backe and looked vpon Peter and Peter remembred the word of the Lord how hee had sayd vnto him Before the Cocke crow thou shalt deny me thrise And Peter went out and wept bitterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him and smote him And when they had blindfolded him they strooke him on the face and asked him saying Areede who is he that smote thee And many other things despitefully said they against him And assoone as it was day the Elders of the people and the high Priestes and Scribes came together ahd led him into their councill saying Art thou very Christ Tell vs. And he sayd vnto them If I tell you yee will not beleeue me and if I aske you you will not answere nor let me goe Hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hand of the power of God Then sayd they all Art thou then the sonne of God He sayd Ye say that I am And they said What need we of any further witnesse for we our selues haue heard of his owne mouth Thursday before Easter The Epistle THis I warne you of 1. Cor. 11.17 and commend not that yee come not together after a better maner but after a woorse For first of all when yee come together in the congregation I heare that there is dissention among you I partly beleeue it For there must be sectes among you that they which are perfect among you may be knowen When yee come together therefore into one place the Lords Supper cannot bee eaten for euery man beginneth afore to cate his owne Supper and one is hungrie and another is drunken Haue yee not houses to eate and drinke in Despise ye the congregation of God and shame them that haue not What shall I say vnto you Shall I prayse you In this I prayse you not That which I deliuered vnto you I receiued of the Lord. For the Lorde Iesus the same night in which he was betrayed tooke bread when he had giuen thankes he brake it and sayd Take ye and eat this is my body which is broken for you This do ye in the remembrance of me After the same maner also hee tooke the cup when supper was done saying This cup is the new Testament in my blood This do as oft as ye drinke it in remembrance of me For as often as yee shall eate this bread and drinke of this cup yee shall shew the Lordes death till hee come Wherefore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe of the Lord vnworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of the bread and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he maketh no difference of the Lords body For this cause many are weak and sicke among you and many sleepe For if we had iudged our selues we should not haue bene iudged But when we are iudged of the Lord we are chastened that we should not be damned with the world Wherefore my brethren when ye come
God to call mee Question My good childe knowe thhis that thou art not able to doe these things of thy selfe nor to walke in the comandements of God and to serue him without his speciall grace which thou must learne at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare threfore if thou canst the Lords prayer Answere OUr Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Answere I desire my Lord God our heauenly Father who is the giuer of all goodnesse to send his grace vnto mee and to all people that wee may worship him serue him and obey him as we ought to doe And I pray vnto God that he will send vs all things that be needfull both for our soules and bodies and that hee will bee mercifull vnto vs and forgiue vs our sinnes and that it will please him to saue and defend vs in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that hee will keepe vs from all sunne and wickednesse and from our ghostly enemie and from euerlasting death And this I trust hee will doe of his mercy and goodnesse through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answere Two onely as generally necessary to saluation that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answere I meane an outward and visible signe of an inward and spirituall grace giuen vnto vs ordained by Christ himselfe as a meanes whereby wee receiue the same and a pledge to assure vs thereof Question How many parts be there in a Sacrament Answere Two the outward visible signe and the inward spirituall grace Question What is the outward visible signe or forme in Baptisme Ansvvere Water wherein the person baptized is dipped or sprinkled with it In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spirituall grace Ansvvere A death vnto sinne and a new-birth vnto righteousnesse for being by nature borne in sinne and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question What is required of persons to be baptized Ansvvere Repentance whereby they forsake sinne and faith wherby they stedfastly beleeue the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Question Why theu are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot performe them Ansvvere Yes they doe performe them by their Sureties who promise and vowe them both in their names which when they come to age themselues are bound to performe Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Suuppet ordained Ansvvere For the continuall remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we receiue thereby Question What is the outward part or signe of the Lords Supper Answere Bread and Wine which the Lorde hath commaunded to be receiued Question What is the inward part or thing signified Answere The Body and Blood of Christ which are verely and indeed taken receiued of the faithfull the Lords Supper Question What are the benefits whereof we are partakers therby Answere The strengthening and refreshing of our soules by the body and blood of Christ as our bodies are by the bread wine Question What is required of them which come to the Lordes Supper Answere To examine themselues whether they repent them truely of their former sinnes stedfastly purposing to leade a newe life haue a liuely faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankefull remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer the tenne Commandements and also can answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as hee shall appoint shall by his discretion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bishop by one that shall be his Godfather or Godmother that euery childe may haue a witnesse of his confirmation And the Bishiop shall confirme them on this wise ⧠Confirmation or laying on of hands OUr helpe is in the Name of the Lord. Answere Which hath made Heauen and Earth Minister Blessed be the Name of the Lorde Answere Henceforth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD who hast bouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruants by water and the holy Ghost and hast giuen vnto them forgiuenesse of all their sinnes strengthen them wee beseech thee O Lord with the holy Ghost the Comforter and daily encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding the spirit of counsaile and ghostly strenghth the spirit of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bishop shall lay his hand vpon euery childe seuerally saying Defend O Lord this childe with thy heauenly grace that hee may continue thine for euer and daily increase in thy holy spirit more and more vntill hee come vnto thy euerlasting kingdome Amen Then shall the Bishop say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD which makest vs both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable vnto thy Maiestie wee make our humble supplications vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of the holy Apostles wee haue layde our handes to certifie them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnesse toward them let thy fatherly hand we beseech thee euer be ouer them let thy holy Spirite euer bee with them and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy worde that in the end they may obtaine the euerlasting life through our Lord Iesus Christ who with thee and the holy Ghost liueth and reigneth one God world without end Amen Then the Bishop shall blesse the children saying thus The blessing of God Almightie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost bee vpon you and remaine with you for cuer Amen The Curate of euery Parish or some other at his appointment shall diligently vpon Sundayes and Holy dayes halfe an houre before Euensong openly in the Church instruct and examine so many children of his Parish sent vnto him as the time will serue and as he shall thinke conuenient in some part of this Catechisme And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their children seruants and prentices which haue not learned their Catechisme to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to heare and be ordered by the Curate vntill such time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to
let it fall among their tents euen round about their habitation So they did eate and were well filled for hee gaue them their owne desire they were not disappointed of their lust But while the meat was yet in their mouthes the heauie wrath of God came vpon them flue the wealthiest of them yea and smote downe the chosen men that were in Israel But for all this they sinned yet more and beleeued not his wonderous workes Therefore their dayes did he consume in vanitie and their yeeres in trouble When hee flewe them they sought him and turned them earely and enquired after God And they remembred that God was their strength and that the high God was their redeemer Neuerthelesse they did but flatter him with their mouth and dissembled with him in their tongue For their heart was not whole with him neither continued they stedfast in his couenant But he was so mercifull that forgaue their misdeedes and destroyed them not Yea many a time turned hee his wrath away and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise For hee considered that they were but flesh and that they were euen a winde that passeth away and commeth not againe Many a time did they prouoke him in the wildernesse and grieued him in the desert They turned backed and tempted God and mooued the holy one in Israel They thought not of his hande and of the day when hee deliuered them from the hand of the enemie How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan He turned their waters into blood so that they might not drinke of the riuers He sent lice among them and deuoured them vp frogs to destroy them He gaue their fruite vnto the Caterpiller and their labour vnto the Grashopper He destroyed their Vines with hailestones and their Mulberie trees with the frost He smote their cattel also with hailestones and their flocks with hot thunderbolts He cast vpon them the furiousnesse of his wrath anger displeasure and trouble and sent euill angels among them Hee made a way to his indignation and spared not their soule from dearth but gaue their life ouer to the pestilence And smote all the first borne in Egypt the most principall and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. But as for his owne people he led them foorth like sheepe and caried them in the wildernesse like a slocke He brought them out safely that they should not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the sea And brought them within the borders of his Sanctuarie euen to his mountaine which hee purchased with his right hand He cast out the heathen also before them caused their land to be diuided among them for an heritage and made the tribes of Isael to dwell in their tents So they tempted and displeased the most high God and kept not his testimonies But turned their backes and fell away like their forefathers starting aside like a broken bow For they grieued him with their hill altars and prouoked him to displeasure with their images When God heard this he was wroth and tooke fore displeasure at Israel So that he forsooke the Tabernacle in Slid euen the rent that he had pitched among them He deliuered their power into captiuitie and their beautie into the enemies hand Hee gaue his people ouer also vnto the sworde and was wroth with his inheritance The fire consumed their young men and their maydens were not giuen to mariage Their Priests were slaine with the sword and three were no widowes to make lamentation So the Lord awaked as one out of sleepe and like a Giant refreshed with wine Hee smote his enemies in the hinder parts and put them to a perpetuall shame He refused the Tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim But chose the tribe of Iuda euen the hill of Sion which he loued And there he builded his temple on high and laid the foundation of it like the ground which he hath made continually He chose Dauid also his seruant and tooke him away from the sheepe foldes As he was following the Ewes great with yong ones he tooke him that he might feede Iacob his people and Israel his inheritance So he fed them with a faithfull and true heart and ruled them prudently with all his power Deus venerunt Psal 79. O God Morning prayer the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple haue they defiled and made Hierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy feruants haue they giuen to be meate vnto the foules of the ayre and the flesh of thy saints vnto the beastes of the land Their blood haue they shed like water on euery side of Hierusalem and there was no man to burie them Wee are become an open shame to our enemies a very scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs. Lorde how long wilt thou bee angrie shal thy ielousie burne like fire for euer Power out thine indignation vpon the heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vnto thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and laid waste his dwelling place O remember not our old sinnes but haue mercie vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great miserie Helpe vs O God of our saluation for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and be mercifull vnto our sinnes for thy names sake Wherefore doe the heathen say where is now their God O let the bengeance of thy seruants blood that is shed be openly shewed vpon the heathen in our sight O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee according to the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to die And for the blasphemie where with our neighbours haue blasphemed thee reward thou them O Lord seuen fold into their bosome So we that be thy people and sheepe of thy pastare shall giue thee thankes for euer and will alway be shewing foorth thy prayse from generation to generation Qui regis Israel Psal 80. HEare O thou shepheard of Israel thou that leadest Ioseph like a sheepe shew thy selfe also thou that fittest vpon the Cherubims Before Ephraim Beniamin and Manasses stirre vp thy strength and come and helps vs. Turne vs againe O God shew the light of thy countenance and we shal be whole O Lord God of hostes how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth Thou feedest them with the brâ—au of teares and giuest them plenteousnesse of teares to orâ—ke Thou hast made vs a very â—rife vnto our neighbours and our enemies laugh vs to scorue Turne vs againe thou God of hosies shewe the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it Thou madest roomâ— for it and when it had taken roote it filled the land The hils were couered with the shadowe of it and the boughes thereof were like the goodly Cedar
his also The Sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his handes To day if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued mee and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation and said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they have not knowen my wayes Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall bee world without and Amen Then shall follow eertaine Psalmes in order as they be appointed in a table made for that purpose except there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the end of euery Psalme throughout the yeere and likewise in the end of Benedictus Benedicite Magnisicat and Nunc dimittis shal be repeated Glory be to the Father c As it was in the c. Then shall be read two Lessons distinctly with a lowd voyce that the people may heare The first of the old Testament The second of the New like as they bee appointed in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as hee may best beheard of all such as be present And before euery Lesson the Minister shall say thus The first second third or fourth Chapter of Genesis or Exodus Matthew Marke or other like as is appointed in the Kalender And in the end of euery Chapter hee shall say Here endeth such a Chapter of such booke And to the end the people may the better heare in such places where they do sing there shal the Lessons be song in a plaine tune after the maner of distinct reading and likewise the Epistle Gospel After the first Lesson shall follow Te Deum laudamus in English dayly throughout the whole yeere WE prayse thee O God we knowledge thee to be the Lord. Te Deum laudamus All the earth doeth worship thee the Father euerlasring To thee all Angelscry alowd the heauens and all the powers therein To thee Cherubin Seraphin continually do cry Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are full of the Maiestie of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophets prayse thee The noble army of Martyrs prayse thee The holy Church throughout all the world doeth knowledge thee The Father of an infinite Maiestie Thine honourable true and onely Sonne Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of glory O Christ Thou art the euerlasting Sonne of the Father When thou tookest vpon thee to deliver man thou diddest not abhorre the Virgins wombe When thou haddest overcome the sharpenesse of death thou diddest open the kingdome of heauen to all beleeuers Thou sittesst at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father We beleeve that thou shalt come to be our Iudge We therefore pray thee helpe thy seruants whom thou hast redeemed with thy prerious blood Make them to bee numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord saue thy people and blesse thine heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keepe vs this day without sinne O Lord haue mercy vponv us haue mercy vpon vs. O Lord let thy mercy lighten vpon vs as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me neuer be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite omnia opera c. O All ye works of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer Benedicite O yee Angels of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye heaueus blesse the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O ye waters that be aboue the firmament blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever O all ye powers of the Lord blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye Sunne and Moone blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye starres of heauen blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye showres and deaw blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye windes of God blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye fire and heate blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye winter and sommer blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye deawes and frosts blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye frost and colde blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye yce and snowe blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye nights and dayes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye light and darkenes blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye lightnings and cloudes blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O let the earth blesse the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye mountaines and hilles blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O all ye greene things vpon the earth blesse ye the Lord pratse him and magnifie him for euer O ye welles blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Seas and floods blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Whales and al that moue in the waters blesse ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for evur O all ye foules of the aire blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O all ye beasts and cattell blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for eur O yee children of men blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O let Israel blesse the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye Priestes of the Lord blesse yee the Lord praise him and magnifie him for euer O ye seruants of the Lord blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye spirits soules of the righteous blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for euer O Ananias Azarias and Misael blesse yee the Lord prayse him and magnifie him for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now
euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day ofiudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne holy Church vmuerfally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some of God We beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
The Epistle BE you the folowers of God as deere children Eph. 5.1 and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring and a sacrifice of a sweete sauour to God As for fornication and al vncleannes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becommeth saints or filthinesse or foolish talking or icsting which are not comely but rather giuing of thankes For this yee knowe that no whoremonger either vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ of God Let no man deceiue you with vaine words For because of such things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be ye not therfore companions of them Ye were sometimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of light for the fruit of the spirit consisteth in al goodnes and righteousnes and trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those things which are done of them in secret but all things when they are brought foorth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest the same is light Wherefore hee sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shall giue thee light The Gospel IEsus was casting out a deuill that was dumbe Lu. 11.14 And when he had cast out the deuil the dumbe spake and the people wondred But some of them sayde He casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the cheefe of the Deuiles And other tempted him and required of him a signe from heauen But hee knowing their thoughtes sayde vnto them Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe is desolate and one house doth fall vpon another If Satan also be diuided against himselfe how shall his kingdome endure Because yee say I cast out deuiles through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe doe your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee your Iudges But if I by the finger of God cast out deuiles no doubt the kingdome of God is come vpon you When a strong man armed watcheth his house the things that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger them hee commeth vpon him and ouercommeth him he taketh from him al his harnesse wherein he trusted and dimdeth his goodes He that is not with me is against mee and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man hee walketh thorowe drie places seeking rest and when he findeth none he saith I wil returne againe into my house whence I came out And when he commeth he findeth it swept and garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirits worse then himselfe and they enter in and dwell there and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as hee spake these things a certaine woman of the company lift vp her voyce and sayde vnto him Happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes which gaue thee sucke But he sayd Yea happie are they that heare the word of God and keepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent The Collect. GRaunt we beseech thee almightie God that wee which for our euill deedes are worthily punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle TEll me ye that desire to be vnder the law do ye not heare of the law for it is written Gal 4.21 that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmaide the other by a free woman Yea he which was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the flesh but he which was borne of the free woman was borne by promise Which thinges are spoken by an allegorie for these are two testaments the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar for mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordereth vpon the citie which is now called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crie thou that trauellest not for the desolate hath many moe children then shee which hath an husband Brethren we are after Isahac the children of promise But as then he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him that was borne after the spirit euen so is it now Neuerthelesse what saith the Scripture Put away the bondwoman and her sonne for the sonne of the bondwoman shall not be heire with the sonne of the freewoman So then brethren wee are not children of the bondwoman but of the freewoman The Gospel IEsus departed ouer the Sea of Galilee Ioh. 6.1 which is the sea of Tiberias and a great multitude followed him because they sawe his myracles which hee did on them that were diseased And Iesus went vp into a mountaine and there hee sate with his disciples And Easter a feast of the Iewes was nigh When Iesus then lift vp his eyes and saw a great companie come vnto him hee said vnto Philip Whence shall we buy bread that these may eate This he said to prooue him for he himselfe knew what hee would doe Philip answered him Two hundreth penywoorth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle One of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother saith vnto him There is a lad which hath fiue barley loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said Make the people sit down There was much grasse in the place So the men sate downe in number about fiue thousand And Iesus tooke the bread and when he had giuen thankes hee gaue to the Disciples and the Disciples to them that were set downe and like wise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough hee said vnto his Disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remaineth that nothing bee lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did said This is of a trueth the same Prophet that should come into the world The fifth Sunday in Lent The Collect. WE beseech thee almightie God mercifully to looke vpon thy people that by thy great goodnesse they may be gouerned and preserued euermore both in bodie and soule through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle CHrist beeing an high Priest of good things to come Heb. 9.11 came by a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not of this building neither by the blood of Goates and calues but by his owne blood he entred in once into the holy place and found eternall redemption
For if the blood of Oxen and of Goates and the ashes of a young Cowe when it is sprinckled purifieth the vncleane as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ which through the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot to God purge your conscience from dead workes for to serue the liuing God And for this cause is hee the mediatour of the new Testament that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were vnder the first Testament they which are called might receiue the promise of eternal inheritance The Gospel WHich of you can rebuke me of sinne If I say the trueth Ioh. 8.46 why doe yee not beleeue me He that is of God heareth Gods words Ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of God Then answered the Iewes and sayd vnto him Say wee not well that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuill Iesus answered I haue not the deuill but I honour my Father and yee haue dishonoured me I seeke not mine owne prayse there is one that seeketh and iudgeth Verily verily I say vnto you If a man keepe my saying he shal neuer see death Then sayd the Iewes vnto him Now we know that thou hast the deuil Abraham is dead and the Prophets and thou sayest If a man keepe my saying he shall neuer tast of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham which is dead And the Prophets are dead Whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus answered If I honour my selfe mine honour is nothing it is my father that honoureth me which ye say is your God and yet yee haue not knowen him but I know him And if I say I know him not I shall be alyar like vnto you But I know him and keepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my day and he saw it and reioyced Then said the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fiftie yeeres old half thou seene Abraham Iesus sayd vnto them Verily verily I say vnto you yer Araham was borne I am Then tooke they vp stones to cast at him but Iesus hid himselfe and went out of the temple The Sunday next before Easter The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy tender loue towards man hast sent our sauiour Iesus Christ to take vpon him our flesh and to suffer death vpon the crosse that all mankinde shoulde follow the example of his great humilitie mercifully grant that we both follow the example of his patience and be made partakers of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt the same minde be in you Phil. 2.5 that was also in Christ Iesus which when he was in the shape of God thought it no robberie to bee equall with God Neuerthelesse hee made himsselfe of no reputation taking on him the shape of a seruant and became like vnto men and was found in his apparell as a man Hee humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen the death of the crosse Wherefore God hath also exalted him on high and giuen him a name which is aboue al names that in the name of Iesus euery knee should bow both of things in heauen and things in earth and things vnder the earth and that all tongues should confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the praise of God the father The Gospel AND it came to passe Mat. 26.1 when Iesus had finished all these sayings he sayd vnto his disciples Yee know that after two dayes shall be Easter and the sonne of man shall bee deliuered ouer to bee crucified Then assembled together the thiefe Priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people vnto the palace of the high Priest which was called Caiaphas and helde a counsell that they might take Iesus by subtiltie and kill him But they sayd Not on the holy day least there be an vprore among the people When Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the Leyer there came vnto him a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious oyntment and powred it on his head as he sate at the boord But when his disciples sawe it they had indignation sayig Whereto serueth this waste This oyntment might haue bene welsolde and giuen to the poore When Iesus vnderstoode that hee sayd vnto them Why trouble ye the woman for shee hath wrought a good worke vpon me For ye haue the poore alwayes with you but me ye shall not haue alwayes And in that shee hath cast this oyntment on my body she did it to burie mee Verely I say vnto you Wheresoeuer this gospel shal be preached in al the world there shal also this be told that she hath done for a memorial of her Then one of the twelue which was called Iudas Iscariot went vnto the chiefe Priestes and sayd vnto them What will ye giue me and I will deliuer him vnto you And they appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer And from that time foorth hee sought opportunite to betray him The first day of sweet bread the disciples came to Iesus saying to him Where wilt thou that wee prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer And he said Goe into the citie to such a man and say vnto him The master saieth My time is at hand I wil keepe my Easter by thee with my disciples And the disciples did as Iesus had appointed them and they made readie the Passeouer When the euen was come he sate downe with the twelue and as they did eate he sayd Verily I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me And they were exceeding sorowfull and began euery one of them to say vnto him Lord is it I He answered and said He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray mee The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of him but wo vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed it had bene good for that man if he had not bene borne Then Iudas which betrayed him answered and sayd Master Is it I He sayd vnto him Thou hast sayd And when they were eating Iesus tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayd Take eate this is my body And hee tooke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it to them saying Drinke ye all of this for this is my blood which is of the newe Testament that is shed for many for the remission of sinnes But I say vnto you I will not drinke henceforth of this fruite of the vine tree vntil that day when I shall drinke it new with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuet Then said Iesus vnto them All yee shall be offended because of me this night For it is written I will smite the Sheepehearde and the sheepe of the flocke shal be scattered abroad but after I am risen againe I willl goe before you into Galile Peter answered
and sayd vnto him Though all men be offended because of thee yet will not I be offended Iesus sayd vnto him Verily I say vnto thee that in this same night before the Cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise Peter sayd vnto him Yea though I should die with thee yet will I not deny thee Likewise also said all the Disciples Then came Iesus with them vnto a Farme place which is called Gethsemane and sayd vnto the disciples Sit ye here while I goe and pray yonder And he tooke with him Peter and the two sonnes of Zebedee and beganne to waxe sorowfull and heauie Then saide Iesus vnto them My soule is heauie euen vnto the death tary ye here and watch with me And he went a litle further and fell flat on his face and prayed saying O my Father if it be possible let this cup passe from me neuerthelesse not as I will but as thou wilt And he came vnto the Disciples and found them asleepe and sayd vnto Peter What could yee not watch with mee one houre Watch and pray that yee enter not into temptation The spirit is willing but the flesh is weake Hee went away once againe and prayed saying O my Father if this cup may not passe away from mee except I drinke of it thy will be fulfilled And hee came and found them asleepe againe for their eyes were heauie And he left them and went againe and praied the third time saying the same words Then commeth he to his Disciples and sayd vnto them Sleepe on now and take your rest Behold the houre is at hand and the Sonne of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners Rise let vs be going behold he is at hand that doeth betray me While he yet spake loe Iudas one of the number of the twelue came and with him a great multitude with swords and staues sent from the chiefe Priests and Elders of the people But hee that betrayed him gaue them a token saying Whomsoeuer I kisse the same is hee hold him fast And foorthwith hee came to Iesus and sayd Haile Master and kissed him And Iesus sayd vnto him Friende wherefore art thou come Then came they and layd hands on Iesus and tooke him And behold one of them which were with Iesus stretched out his hand and drew his sworde and strooke a seruant of hie Priest and smote off his eare Then sayd Iesus vnto him Put vp thy sworde into the sheath for all they that take the sworde shall perish with the sworde Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to ny Father and he shall giue me euen now more then twelue legions of Angels But howe then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled For thus must it be In that same houre sayd Iesus to the multitude Ye be come out as it were to a thiefe with swords and staues for to take me I sate daily with you teaching in the Temple ye tooke me not But all this was done that the Scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfiled Then all the disciples forsooke him and fled And they tooke Iesus and led him to Caiaphas the high Priest where the Scribes the Elders were assembled But Peter followed him afarre off vnto the hie Priests palace and went in and sate with the seruantes to see the ende The chiefe Priests and Elders and all the counsaile sought false witnesse against Iesus for to put him to death but found none yea when many false witnesses came yet found they none At the last came two false witnesses and said This follow said I am able to destroy the Temple of GOD and to build it againe in three dayes And the chiefe Priest arose and sayd vnto him Answerest thou nothing Why doe these beare witnesse against thee But Iesus held his peace And the chiefe Priest answered and sayd vnto him I charge thee by the liuing God that thou tell vs whether thou bee Christ the Sonne of God Iesus sayd vnto him Thou hast sayde Neuerthelesse I say vnto you Hereafter shall yee see the Sonne of man sitting on the right hand of power and comming in the cloudes of the skie Then the high Priest rent his clothes saying He hath spoken blasphemie what need we of any more witnesses Beholde nowe yee haue heard his blasphemie what thinke ye They answered and sayd Hee is worthy to die Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him with fists And other smote him on the face with the palme of their handes saying Tell vs thou Christ who is hee that smote thee Peter sate without in the Court and a Damosell came to him saying Thou also wast with Iesus of Galilee But hee denied before them all saying I wote not what thou sayest When he was gone out into the porch another wench sawe him and sayde vnto them that were there This fellowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth And againe hee denyed with an othe saying I doe not know the man After a while came vnto him they that stoode by and sayde vnto Peter Surely thou art euen one of them for thy speech bewrayeth thee Then began hee to curse and to sweare that he knew not the man And immediatly the Cocke crewe And Peter remembred the worde of Iesu which sayd vnto him Before the Cocke crowe thou shalt deny mee thrise and hee went out and wept bitterly When the morning was come all the chiefe Priestes and Elders of the people held a counsell against Iesus to put him to death and brought him bound and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the Deputie Then Iudas which had betrayed him seeing that he was condemned repented himselfe and brought againe the xxx plates of siluer to the chiefe Priestes and Elders saying I haue sinned betraying the innocent blood And they sayd What is that to vs see thou to that And he cast downe the siluer plates in the Temple and departed and went and hanged himselfe And the chiefe Priestes tooke the siluer plates said It is not lawful for to put them into the treasurie because it is the price of blood And they tooke counsaile and bought with them a potters field to bury strangers in Wherefore the field is called Acheldama that is The field of blood vntil this day Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Ieremie the Prophet saying And they tooke xxx siluer plates the price of him that was valued whō they bought of the children of Israel gaue them for the potters field as the Lord appointed me Iesus stood before the Deputie the Deputie asked him saying Art thou the king of the Iewes Iesus said vnto him Thou sayest And when he was accused of the chiefe Priestes and Elders hee answered nothing Then sayd Pilate vnto him Hearest thou not how many witnesses they lay against thee And hee answered him to neuer a worde insomuch that the Deputie marueiled greatly At that feast the Deputie was woont to deliure vnto people a prisoner whom they would desire He had then a notable prisoner
and the breath giuen of GOD giueth him rest Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious Name withall Looke downe then from heauen and behold the dwelling place of thy Sanctuarie and thy glorie How is it that thy ielousie thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louing kindenesse will not be intreated of vs yet art thou our Father For Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquainted with vs. But thou Lord art our Father and redeemer and thy Name is euerlasting O Lord wherfore hast thou led vs out of the way wherefore hast thou hardened our hearts that we feare thee not Be at one with vs againe for thy seruants sake and for the generation of thine heritage Thy people haue had but a little of thy Sanctuarie in possession for our enemies haue troden downe thy holy place And we were thine from the beginning when thou wast not their Lord for they haue not called vpon thy name The Gospel AFter two dayes was Easter Mar. 14.1 and the dayes of sweete bread And the high Priestes and the Scribes sought howe they might take him by craft and put him to death But they sayde Not in the feast day lest any businesse arise among the people And when hee was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sate at meate there came a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of cyntment called Nard that was pure and costly and shee brake the boxe and powred it vpon his head And there were some that were not content within themselues and sayd What needed this wast of oyntment for it might haue bene solde for more then three hundred pence and haue bene giuen to the poore and they grudged against her And Iesus sayd Let her alone why trouble ye her Shee hath done a good worke on mee for yee haue poore with you alwayes and whensoeuer yee will yee may doe them good but mee haue ye not alwayes Shee hath done that she could she came aforehand to annoint my body to the burying Verily I say vnto you Wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole worlde this also that shee hath done shall be rehearsed in remembrance of her And Iudas Iscariot one of the twelue went away vnto the high Priests to betray him vnto them When they heard that they were glad and promised that they would giue him money And hee sought how he might conueniently betray him And the first day of sweete bread When they offered the Passeouer his disciples said vnto him Where wilt thou that we goe prepare that thou mayest eate the Passeouer And he sent foorth two of his disciples and sayd vnto them Goe yee into the Citie and there shall meete you a man bearing a pitcher of water folow him And whithersoeuer he goeth in say yee vnto the good man of the house The Master sayeth Where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my disciples And he will shew you a great parlour paued and prepared there make ready for vs. And his disciples went foorth and came into the Citie and found as hee had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was now euentide he came with the twelue and as they sate at boord and did eate Iesus sayd Verely I say vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betray me And they began to be sory and to say to him one by one Is it I And another said Is it I He answered and sayd vnto them It is one of the twelue euen he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of him but woe vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed good were it for that man if he had neuer bene borne And as they did eate Iesus tooke bread when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and said Take eate this is my body And he tooke the cuppe and when he had giuen thankes he gaue it to them and they all dranke of it And he sayd vnto them This is my blood of the newe Testament which is shed for many Verily I say vnto you I will drinke no more of the fruite of the Vine vntill that day that I drinke it new in the kingdome of God And when they had sayd grace they went out to the mount Oliuet And Iesus sayeth vnto them All ye shall be offended because of mee this night For it is written I will finite the sheepeheard and the sheepe shall be scattered but after that I am risen againe I will goe into Galilee before you Peter sayd vnto him And though all men be offended yet will not I. And Iesus saieth vnto him Verily I say vnto thee that this day euen in this night before the cocke crowe twise thou shalt deny me three times But hee spake more vehemently No if I should die with thee I wil not deny thee Likewise also sayd they all And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane he said to his disciples Sit ye here while I goe aside pray And he taketh with him Peter Iames and Iohn and began to ware abashed to be in an agonie and sayd vnto them My soule heauie euen vnto the death tary yee here and watch And he went foorth a little and fel downe flat on the ground and praied that if it were possible the houre might passe from him And he sayd Abba Father al things are possible vnto thee take away this cup from me neuerthelesse not as I will but that thou wilt be done And he came and found them sleeping and faieth to Peter Simon sleepest thouâ— Couldest not thou watch one houre Watch ye and pray least ye enter into temptation the spirite truely is ready but the flesh is weake And againe hee went aside and praied and spake the same words And hee returned and found them asleepe againe for their eyes were heauie neither wist they what to answere him And he came the third time and sayd to them Sleepe hencefoorth and take your ease it is ynough The houre is come behold the sonne of man is betraied into the hands of sinners Rise vp let vs goe loe he that betrayeth me is at hand And immediatly while he yet spake commeth Iudas which was one of the twelue and with him a great number of people with swords and staues from the high Priests and Scribes and Elders And he that betrayed him had giuen them a generall token saying Whomsoeuer I doe kisse the same is he take and leade him away warily And assoone as he was come hee goeth straight way to him and sayth vnto him Master Master and kissed him And they layd their hands on him and tooke him And one of them that stoode by drew out a sword and smote a seruant of the high Priestes and cut off his eare And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Yee bee come out
railed on him wagging their heads and saying A wretch thou that destroyest the Temple and buildest it againe in three dayes saue thy selfe and come down from the crosse Likewise also mocked him the high Priestes among themselues with the Scribes and sayd He saued other men himselfe he cannot saue Let Christ the king of Israel descend now from the crosse that we may see beleeue And they that were crucified with him checked him also And when the sixt houre was come darkenesse arose ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre And at the ninth houre Iesus cried with a loud voyce saying Eloi Eloi Iamasabachthani which is if one interpret it My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stood by when they heard that said Behold he calleth for Elias And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar and put it on a reede and gaue him to drinke saying Let him alone let vs see whether Elias will come and take him downe But Iesus cried with a loude voyce and gaue vp the ghost And the vaile of the Temple rent in two pieces from the top to the bottome And when the Centurion which stoode before him saw that he so cryed and gaue by the ghost hee sayd Truely this man was the Sonne of GOD. There were also women a good way off beholding him Among whom was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames the little and of Ioses and Marie Salome which also when hee was in Galilee had followed him and ministred vnto him and many other women which came vp with him to Hierusalam And now when the euen was come because it was the day of preparing that goeth before the Sabboth Ioseph of the citie of Arimathea a noble counsailour which also looked for the kingdome of God came and went in boldly vnto Pilate and begged of him the body of Iesus And Pilate marueiled that he was already dead and called vnto him the Centurion and asked of him whether hee had bene any while dead And when he knew the trueth of the Centurion hee gaue the body to Ioseph And he bought a linnen cloth and tooke him downe wrapped him in the linnen cloth and layd him in a sepulchre that was hewen out of a rocke and rolled a stone before the doore of the sepulchre And Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses beheld where he was laid VVednesday before Easter The Epistle WHere as is a Testament Heb. 9.16 there must also of necessity be the death of him that maketh the Testament For the testament taketh authority when men are dead For it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the Testament is aliue For which cause also neither the first Testament was ordeined without blood For when Moses had declared al the cōmandemēts to al the people according to the Law he took the blood of Calues of Goates with water purple wooll and hysoye sprinkled both the booke al the people saying This is the blood of the Testament which God hath appointed vnto you Moreouer he sprinkled the tabernacle with blood also and all the ministring vessels And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood and without shedding of blood is no remission It is need then that the similitudes of heauenly things bee purified with such things but that the heauenly things themselues be purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entered into the holy places that are made with handes which are similitudes of true things but is entered into very heauen for to appeare now in the sight of God for vs not to offer him selfe often as the high Priest entereth into the holy place euery yeere with strange blood for then he must haue often suffered since the world began but now in the ende of the world hath hee appeared once to put sinne to flight by the offring vp of himself And as it is appointed vnto all men that they shall once die and then commeth the iudgement euen so Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of many and vnto them that looke for him shal he appeare againe without sinne vnto saluation The Gospel THe feast of sweet bread drew nigh Luk. 22.1 which is called Easter and the hie Priestes and Scribes sought how they might kill him for they feared the people Then entred Satan into Iudas whose surname was Iscariot which was of the number of the twelue and he went his way and communed with the hie priests and officers how he might betray him vnto them And they were glad and promised to giue him money And hee consented and sought opportunitie to betray him vnto them when the people were away Then came the day of sweete bread when of necessitie the Passeouer must be offered And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Goe and prepare vs the Passeouer that we may eate They sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare And hee sayde vnto them Behold when yee enter into the Citie there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water him follow into the same house that hee entereth in and yee shall say vnto the goodman of the house The master sayeth vnto thee Where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my Disciples And hee shall shewe you a great parlour paued there make readie And they went and found as hee had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when the houre was come he fate downe and the twelue Apostles with him And hee sayde vnto them I haue inwardly desired to eate this Passeouer with you before that I suffer For I say vnto you hencefoorth will I not eate of it any more vntill it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God And hee tooke the cup and gaue thanks and sayd Take this and diuide it among you for I say vnto you I will not drinke of the fruit of the Vine vntill the kingdome of God come And hee tooke bread and when he had giuen thanks he brake it and gaue it vnto them saying This is my body which is giuen for you this doe in the remembrance of me Likewise also when he had supped hee tooke the cup saying This cup is the newe Testament in my blood which is shed for you Yet beholde the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truely the Sonne of man goeth as it is appointed but woe vnto that man by whom hee is betrayed And they began to enquire among themselues which of them it was that should doe it And there was a strife among them which of them should seeme to bee the greatest And hee sayde vnto them The kings of nations reigne ouer them and they that haue anthoritie vpon them are called gracious but ye shall not so be But hee that is greatest among you shall bee as the yonger and he that is chiefe shall be as hee that doth minister For whether is greater
one of you so loue his owne wife euen as himselfe Like wise same Saint Paul writing to the Colossians Colos 3. speaketh thus to all men that be married Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what S. Peter the Apostle of Christ 1. Pet. 3. which was himselfe a maried man sayed vnto all men that are maried Yee husbands dwell with your wiues according to knowledge giuing honor vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessel and as heires together of the grace of life so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto yee haue heard the duetie of the hunsband toword the wife Now likewife ye wiues heare and learne your dueties towards your husbands euen as it is plainely set foorth in holy Scripture Saint Paul Ephes 5. in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ye women submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as vnto the Lord. For the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the Church and hee is also the Sauiour of the whole body Therefore as the Church or Congregation is subiect vnto Christ So likewise let the wiues also be in subietion vnto their owne hubands in all things And againe hee sayth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Colossians S. Paul giueth you this short lesson Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as it is conuenient in the Lord. Saint Peter also doth instruct you very godly thus saying Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the worde they may bee wonne without the worde by the conuersation of the wiues while they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare Whole apparell let it not bee outward with broyded haire and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparell but let the hid man which is in the heart bee without all corruption so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of God For after this maner in the olde time did the holy women which trusted in God apparell themselues being subiect to their owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters yee are made doing well and not being dismayed with any feare The new married persons the same day of their marriage must receiue the holy Communion The order for the visitation of the sicke The Priest entring into the sicke persons house shall say ¶ Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall say kneeling downe REmember not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and bee not angry with vs for euer Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Ameu Minister O Lord saue thy seruant Answere Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemie haue none aduantage of him Answere Nor the wicked approch to hurt him Minister Be vnto him O Lord a strong towre Answere From the face of his enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O Lord looke downe from heauen beholde visite and relieue this thy seruant Looke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy giue him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemie and keepe him in perpetuall peace and safetie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEare vs Almightie and most mercifull God and Sauiour extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruant which is grieued with sickenesse visite him O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruant So visite and restore to this sicke pecson his former health if it bee thy will or els giue him grace so to take thy visitation that after this paineful life ended he may dwell with thee in life euerlasting Then shall the Minister exhort the sicke person after this forme or other like DEarely beloued know this that Almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all things to them perteyning as youth strength health age weakenesse sickenes Wherefore whatsoeuer your sikenesse is know you certainely that it is Gods visitation And for what cause so euer this sicknesse is sent vnto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of other and that your faith may bee found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious honourable to the increase of glory and endlesse felicitie or els it be sent vnto you to correct and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eyes of your heauenly Father know you certainly that if you truely repent you of your sinnes and beare your sicknesse patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake and render vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitation submitting your selfe wholly vnto his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foward in the right way thatleadeth vnto life euerlasting If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his ex hortation in this place Take therefore in good woorth the chastisement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth hee chastiseth yea as Saint Paul saith he scourgeth euery sonne which hee receiueth If ye endure thastisement he offreth himself vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not If ye be not vnder correction where of all true children children are partakers then are yee bastards not children Therfore seeing that when our carnall fathers do correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not now much rather be obedient to our spirituall Father so liue And they for a few dayes doe chastise vs after their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to the intent hee may make vs partakers of his holines These words good brother are Gods wordes and written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that wee should patiently and with thankesgiuing beare our heauenly Fathers correction whensoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to bee made like vnto Christ by suffering patiently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first hee suffered paine he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our way to eternall ioy is to suffer here with Christ and our doore to enter into eternall life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise againe from death and dwel with him in euerlasting life Now therefore taking your sickenesse which is thus profitable for you patiently I
exhort you in the name of God to remember the profession which you made vnto God in your baptisme And forasmuch as after this life there is a count to be giuen vnto the righteous Iudge of whom all must bee iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe and your state both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your selfe for your own faults you may finde mercy at our heauenly Fathers hand for Christes sake and not to bee accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therefore I shall shortly rehearse the Articles of our faith that you may know whether you doe beleeue as a Christian man should or no. Here the Minister shal rehearse the Articles of the faith saying thus Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie c. As it is in Baptisme Then shall the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde exhorting him to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all persons that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgiuenesse and where he hath done iniury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goods let him then make his will and also declare his debts what he oweth and what is owing vnto him for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his Executors But men must bee oft admonished that they set an order for their temporall goods and landes when they be in health These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forget nor omit to mooue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After which confession the Priest shal absolue him after this sort OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolue all sinners which truely repent and beleeue in him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to mee I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And then the Priest shall say the Collect following ¶ Let vs pray O Most mercifull God which according to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put away the sunnes of those which truely repent that thou remembrest them no more open thine eye of mercie vpon this thy seruant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiuenesse Renew in him most louing Father whatsoeuer hath beene decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnall will and frailenesse preserue continue this sicke member in the vnitie of the Church consider his contcition accept his teares asswage his paine as shall bee seene to thee most expedient for him And for as much as hee putteth his full trust onely in thy mercie impute not vnto his his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ Amen Then shall the Priest say this Psalme IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion but rid me and deliuer me in thy righteousnesse In ce Domine speraui Psal 71. encline thiue eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong hold wherevnto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castle Deliuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I beene holden vp euer since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speake against me they that lay waite for my soule take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliuer him Go not far frō me O God my God haste thee to helpe me .. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonour that seeke to doe me euill As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speake of thy righteousnesse and saluation for I know no end thereof I will goe forth to the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught mee from my youth vp vntill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous workes Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refresh me yea broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery side Therefore wil I praise thee and thy faithfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee will I sing vpon the Harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lppes will be faine when I sing vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast deliuered My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seeke to doe me euill Glorie he to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precious blood hast redeemed vs helpe vs wee beseech thee O God Then shall the Minister say THe Almightie Lord which is a most strong towre to al them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heauen in earth and vnder the earth do bow and obey be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and feele that there is none other name vnder heauen giuen to man in whom and through whome thou mayest receiue health and saluation but onely the name of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuch as all mortall men bee subiect to many sudden perils Diseases and sicknesses and euer vncertaine what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may bee alwayes in a readinesse to die whensoeuer it shall please Almightie God to call them the
Lord saue this woman thy seruant Answere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong towre Answere From the face of her enemie Priest Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Priest Let vs pray O Almightie GOD which hast deliuered this woman thy seruant from the great paine and perill of child birth graunt we beseech thee most mercifull Father that shee through thy helpe may both faithfully liue and walke in her vocatiion according to thy will in this life present and also may bee partaker of euerlasting glory in the life to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The woman that commeth to giue her thankes must offer accustomed offerings and if there bee a Communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy Communion A Commination against sinners With certaine prayers to be vsed diuers times in the yeere After Morning prayer the people being called together by the ringing of a bell and assembled in the Church the English Lâ—â—â—ie shal be sayd after the accustomed maner which ended the Priest shall goe into the pulpit and say thus BRethren in the primitue Church there was a godly discipline that at the beginning of Lent such persons as were notorious sinners were put to open penance punished in this world that their soules might bee saued in the day of the Lord and that other admonished by their example might bee the more afraid to offend In the stead whereof vntil the sayd discipline may be restored againe which thing is much to be wished it is thought good that at this time in your presence should bee read the generall sentences of Gods cursing against impenitent sinners gathered out of the xxvii Chapter of Deuteronomie and othen places of Scripture and that yee should answere to euery sentence Amen to the intent that you being admonished of the great indignation of God against sinners may thy rather be called to earnest and true repentance and may walke more warily in these dangerous dayes fleeing from such vices for the which yee affirme with your owne mouthes the curse of God to be due Cursed is the man that maketh any carued or molten image an abomination to the Lord the worke of the hands of the craftesman and putteth it in a secret place to worshipst And the people shall answere and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth away the marke of his neighbours land Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that maketh the blinde to goe out of his way Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that letteth in indgement the right of the stranger of them that be fatherlesse and of widowes Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour serretly Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wife Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that taketh reward to slay the soule of innocent blood Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that putteth his trust in man and taketh man for his defence and in his heart goeth from the Lord. Answere Amen Minister Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and adulterers and the couetous persons the worshippers of images slanderers drunkards and extortioners Answere Amen Minister NOw seeing that all they bee accursed as the Prophet Dauid beareth witnesse which doe erre and goe astray from the commaundements of God Psal 119. let vs remembring the dreadfull iudgement hanging ouer our heads and being alwaies at hand returne vnto our Lord God with al contrition and meeknesse of heart bewayling and lamenting our sinfull life knowleding and confessing our offences and seeking to bring foorth worthie fruites of penance For now is the Axe put vnto the roote of the trees Matt. 3. so that euery tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is he wen downe and cast into the fire Heb. 11 It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God he shall power downe raine vpon the sinners snares fire and brimstone storme and tempest Psal 10. this shall bee their portion to drinke For loe the Lord is commen out of his place Esai 26 to visite the wickednesse of sueh as dwell vpon the earth Mala. 3. But who may abide the day of his comming Who shall bee able to endure when he appeareth His fan is in his hand Matt. 3. and he will purge his floore and gather his wheate into the barne but he will burne the chaffe with vnquenchable fire The day of the Lord commeth as a theefe in the night and when men shall say Peace and all things are safe then shall sudden destruction come vpon them as sorrow commeth vpon a woman traueiling with childe and they shall not escape Then shall appeare the wrath of God in the day of vengeance Rom. 2. which obsrinate sinners through the stubbernnesse of their heart haue heaped vnto themselues which despised the goodnesse patience and long sufferance of God when he called them continually to repentance Then shall they call vpon me saith the Lord but I will not heare Prou. 1. they shall seeken mee early but they shall not finde mee and that because they hated knowledge and receiued not the feare of the Lord but abhorred my counsell and despised my correction Then shall it bee too late to knocke When the doore shalt bee shut and too late to crie for mercie When it is the time of iustice O terrible voyce of most iust iudgement which shalt bee pronounced vpon them Matt. 25. when it shalt be said vnto them Goe yee cursed into the fire euerlasting Which is prepared for the Deuill and his angels 2 cor 6. Therefore brethren take wee heede betime while the day of saluation lasteth for the night commeth when none can Worke Iohn 9. but let vs while we haue the light beleeue in the light and Walker as the children of the light that We be not cast into the vtter darknesse Matt. 25. Where is Weeping and gnashing of teeth Let vs not abuse the goodnes of God Which calleth vs mertifully to amendement and of the endlesse pitie promiseth vs forgiuenesse of thatt Which is past if with a Whole minde and true heart Wereturne vnto him Esai i For though our sinnes bee as red as searlet they sall be as White as snow and though they be like purple yet shal they be as White as wooll Eze. 28. Turne you cleane saith the Lord from all your wickedesse and your snne shalt not be your destruction Cast a way from yon al your vngodlines that ye haue done make you new hearts and a new spirit Wherefore will ye die O ye honse of Is rael seeing that I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God turne you then and yee shalt liue i. Iohnz Athough we haue ssinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous and
and cast away their tordes from vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shalt laugh them to scorne the Lord shalt haue them in derision Then shalt he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his fore displeasure Yet haue I set my king vpon my holy hill of Sion I will preach the lawe where of the Lorde hath sayd vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Desire of mee and I shalt giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession Thou shalt bruise them with a rodde of yron and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell Be wise now therefore Dye kings be learned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue the Lord in feare and reioyce vnto him with reuerence Kisse the Some lest he be angry and so ye penrish from the right way if his wrath be kindled yea but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him Domine quid Psal iij LOrd how are they increased that trouble mee many are they that rise against me Many one there be that say of my soule there is no help for him in his God But thou O Lord art my defender thou art my worship and the lifter vp of my head I did call vpon the Lord with my voice and hee heard me out of his holy hill I layd mee downe and slept and rose vp agaie for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid for ten thousands of people that haue set themselues against me round about Vp Lord and helpe mee O my God for thou smitest all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly Saluation belongeth vnto the Lorde and the blessing is vpon the people Cum inuocarem Psal iiij Heare me When I call O God of my righteousnesse for thou hast set me at libertie When I was in trouble haue mercie vpon me and heacken vnto my prayer O yee sonnes of men how long Will yee blaspheme mine honour and haue such pleasure in vanitie and seeke after leasing Know this also that the Lorde hath thosen to himselfe the man that is godly When I call vpon the Lorde he will heare me Stand mawe and sinne not commune with your owne heart and in your chamber and be still Offer the sacrifice righteousnesse and put your trust in the Lord. There be many that say who will shew vs any good Lord list thou vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs. Thou hast put gladenesse in my heart since the time that their corne and wine and oyle increased I will lay mee downe in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely that makest me dwell in safetie Verba mea auribus Psal 5 POnder my Words O Lord consider my meditation O hearken thou vnto the voice of my calling my king and my God for vnto thee will I make my prayer My voice shalt thou heare betimes O Lord earely in the morning wil I direct my prayer vnto thee and will looke vp For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickednesse neither shalt any euill dwell with thee Such as be foolish shal not stand in thy sight for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalt destroy them that speake leasing the Lorde will abhorxe both the blood thirstie and deceitfull man But as for me I will come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercie and in thy feare will I worship toward thy holy Temple Leade me O Lord in thy righteousinesse because of mine enemies make thy way plame before my face For there is no faithfulnesse in his mouth their inwarde parts are very wickednesse Their throate is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroy thou them O God let them perish through their owne imaginations cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesese for they haue rebelled against thee And let all them that put their trust in thee reioyce they shalt euer be giuing of thankes because thou defendest them they that loue thy Name shalt be Ioyfull in thee For thou Lorde wilt giue thy blessing vnto the righteous and with thy fauourable kindnesse wilt thou defend him as with a shield Domine ne in furore Psal vj. O Lorde rebuke mee not in thine indignation Euening prayer neither chasten mee in thy displeasure Have mercy vpon me O Lord for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexcd My soule is also fore troubled but Lord how long wilt thou punish me Turne thee O Lord and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who will giue thee thankes in the pit I am wearie of my groning euery night Wash I my ved and water my couch with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne away because of all mine enemies Away from mee all ye that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath heard the voice of my weeping The Lord hath heard my petition the Lord will receiue my prayer All mine enemies shalt be confonnded and sore vexed they shalt be turned backe and put to shame suddenly Domine Deus meus Psal vij O Lorde my God in thee haue I put my trust saue mee from all them that petsecute me and deliuer me Least he deuoure my soulce like a lion and teare it in pieces While there is none to helpe O Lorde my God if I haue done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my hands If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that dealt friendly with mee yea I haue deliuered him that Without any cause is mine enemie Then let mine enemie persecute my soule and take mee yea let him tread my life downe vpon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust Stand vp O Lord in thy wrath and lift vp thy selfe because of the indignation of mine enemies arise vp for mee in the iudgement that thou hast commanded And so shalt the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therefore lift vp thy selfe againe The Lord shalt iudge the people giue sentence with me O Lord according to my righteousuesse and according to the innocencie that is in me O let the wickednesse of the vngodly come to an end but guide thou the iust For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reines My helpe commeth of God which preseructh them that are true of heart God is a righteous iudge strong and patient and God is prouoked cuery day If a man will not turne he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it readie He hath prepared for him the instruments of death he ordeineth his arrowes against the persecuters Behold he trauaileth with inischiefe hee hath conceiued sorow and brought foorth vngodlinesse He hath grauen and digged vp a pit and is fallen himselfe into the destruction that he made for other For his trauaile shalt come vpon his owne head and
his wickednes shalt fall on his owne pate I will giue thanks vnto the Lord according to his righteousnesse and will praise the name of the Lord the most high Domine Dominus Psal viij O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy Name in all the world thou that hast set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes sucklings hast thou ordeined strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemie and the auenger For thou will consider the heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the Moone and the Starres which thou hast ordeined What is man that thou art mindfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to crowne him with glory and workship Thou makest him to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou hast put all things in subiection vnder his feete All sheepe and oxen yea and the beasts of the field The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh through the paths of the seas O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy Name in all the world Confitebor tibi Psal ix I Will giue thankes vnto thee Morning Prayer O Lorde with my whole heart I will speake of all thy marucellous workes I will bee glad and reioyce in thee yea my songs wil I make of thy Name O thou most Highest While mine enemies are driuen backe they shalt fall and perish at thy presence For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the throne that iudgest right Thou hast rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou hast put out their Name for euer and euer O thou enemie destructions are come to a perpetuall end euen as the cities which thou hast destroyed their memoriall is perished with them But the Lord shalt endure for euer he hath also prepared his seate for iudgement For hee shalt iudge the World in righteousnesse and minister true iudgement vnto the people The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed euen a refuge in due time of trouble And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast neuer failed them that seeke thee O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion shew the people of his doings For when he maketh inquisition for blood he remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore Haue mercie vpon me O Lord consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest nice vp from the gates of death That I may shew all thy praises within the portes of the daughter of Sion I will reioyce in thy saluation The heathen are sunke downe in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid priuily is their foot taken The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement the vngodly is trapped in the worke of his owne hands The wicked shalt bee turned into hell and all the people that forget God For the poore shalt not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meeke shalt not perish for euer Up Lorde and let not man haue the vpper hande let the Heathen be iudged in thy fight Put them in feare O Lord that the heathen may know themselues to be but men Vt quid Domine Psal x. Why standest thou so farre off O Lord and hidest it thy face in the needfull time of trouble The vngodly for his owne lust doeth persecute the poore let them be taken in the crafty Wilinesse that they haue imagined For the vngodly hath made boast of his owne hearts desire and speaketh good of the couetous whome GOD abhorxeth The vngodly is so proud that hee careth not for God neither is God in all his thoughts His wayes are alway grieuous thy iudgements are farre aboue out of his fight and therefore defieth hee all his enemies For hee hath said in his heart Tush I shalt ncuer bee caft downe there shalt no harme happen vnto me His mouth is full of cursing deceit and fraude vnder his tongue is vngodlinesse and vanitie He sitteth lurking in the theeuish corners of the streets and priuily in his lurking dennes doeth hee murder the innocent his eyes are set against the poore For he lieth waiting secretly euen as a Lion lurketh he in his denne that he may rauish the poore Hee doeth rauish the poore when he getteth him into his nette Hee falleth downe and humbleth himselfe that the Congregation of the poore may fall into the handes of his Captaines He hath said in his heart Tush God hath forgotten hee hideth away his face and he will neuer see it Arise O Lord God and lift vp thine hand forget not the poore Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God while hee doeth say his heart Tutsh thou God rarest not for it Surely thou hast seene it for thou beholdest vngodlinesse and wrong That thou mayest take the matter into thine hande the poore conmitteth himselfe vnto thee for thou art the helper of the friendlesse Breake tthou the power of the vngodly and malicious take away his vngodlinesse and thou shalt finde none The Lord is King for euer and euer and the heathen are perised out of the land Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poore thou preparest their heart and thine eare hearkeneth thereto To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them In domino confido Psal xj IN the Lord put I my trust how say yee then to my soule that the should flee as a bird vnto the hill For loe the vngodly bend their vow make ready their arrowes within the quwer that they may primly shoote at them which are true of heart For the foundations will be cast downe and what hath the righteous done The Lorde is in his holy Temple the Lordes seate is in heauen His eyes consider the poore and his eye lids trieth the children of men The Lord alloweth the righteous but the vngodly him that delighteth in wickednesse doeth his soule abhorâ—c Vpon the vngodly he shal raine snares fire and vrimssone storme and tempest this shal be their portion to drinke For the righteous Lord loueth righteousnesse his countenance will behold the thing that is iust Saluum me fac Psal xij HElpe me Lord Eucoing prayer for there is not one godly man left for the faithful are minished from among the children of men They talke of vanitie euery one with his neighbour they doe but flatter with their lips and dissemble with their double heart The Lord shalt root out all deceitfull lippes and the tongue that speaketh proud things Which haue said with our tongue we will preuaile wee are they that ought to speake who is Lord ouer vs Now for the comfortlesse troubles sake of the needy and because of the deepe sighing of the poore I will vp sayth the Lord and will helpe euery one from him that swelleth against him and will set
them at rest The words of the Lord are pure words euen as the siluer which from the earth is tried purified seuen times in the fire Thou shalt keepe them O Lord thou shalt preserue him from this generation for euer The vngodly walke on euery side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke Vsquequo Domine Psal xiij HOw long wilt thou forget mee O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hide thy face from me How long shalt I seeke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart howe long shalt mine enemies triumph ouer me Consider and heare mee O Lorde my God lighten mine eyes that I sleepe not in death Left mine enemie say I haue preuailed against him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wil sing of the Lord because he hath delt so louingly with me yea I wil praise the name of the Lord most highest Dixit insipiens Psal xiiij THe foole hath said in his heart there is no God They are corxupt and become abominable in their doings there is not one that doeth good no not one The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues haue they deceiued the poison of aspes is vnder their lips Their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse their feete are swift to shed blood Destruction and vnhappinesse is in their wayes the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before their eyes Haue they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread And call not vpon the Lorde there were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for God is in the generation of the righteous As for you yee haue made a mocke at the counsaile of the poore because he putteth his trust in the Lord. Who shalt giue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shalt Iacob reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit Psal xv LOrd who shalt dwell in thy tabernacle Morning prayer or who shalt rest vpon thy holy hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and both the thing which is right and speaketh the tructh from his heart Hee that hath vsed no deceit in his tongue nor done enill to his neighbour nor hath not slandered his neighbours Hee that setteth not by himselfe but is lowly in his owne eyes and maketh much of them that feare the Lord. Hee that sweareth vnto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it Were to his owne hinderance He that hath not giuen his money vpon vsurie nor taken reward against the innocent Who so doeth thrse things shalt neuer fall Conserua me Psal xvj PReserue me O God for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my God my goods are nothing vnto thee All my delight is vpon the saints that are in the earth and vpon such as excell in vertue But they that runne after another god shalt haue great trouble Their drinke offerings of blood will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips The Lord himselfe is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintaine my lot My lot is fallen vnto me in a faire ground yea I haue a goodly heritage I will thanke the Lord for giuing me warning my reines also chasten me in the night season I haue set God alwayes before me for hee is on my right hand therefore I shalt not fall Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory reioyced my flesh also shalt rest in hope For Why thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption Thou shalt she we me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for euermore Exaudi Domine iustitiam Psal xvij HEare the right O Lorde consider my complaint and hearken vnto my prayer that goeth not out of fayned lippes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes looke vpon the thing that is equall Thou hast prooded and visited mine heart in the night feason thou hast tried me and shalt finde no wickednesse in me for I am vtterly purposed that my mouth shalt not offend Because of mens workes that are done against the wordes of my lips I haue kept me from the wayes of the destroyer O holde thou vp my goings in thy pathes that my footesteps slip not I haue called vpon thee O God for thou shalt heare mee encline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my words Shew thy maruellous louing kindnesse thou that art the Sauiour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand Keepe mee as the apple of an eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wings From the vngodly that trouble mee mine enemies compasse me round about to take away my foule They are inclosed in their owne fat and their mouth speaketh proud things They lie waiting in our way on cuery side turning their eyes downe to the ground Like as a Lion that is greedie of his pray and as it were a lions whelpe lurking in secret places Vp Lord disappoint him and cast him downe dcliuer my soule from the vngodly which is a sword of thine From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the euil world which haue their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure They haue children at their desire and leaue the rest of their substance for their babes But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousnes and when I awake vp after thy likenesse I shal be satisfied with it Diligam re Psal xviij I will loue thee O LORD my strength Euening prayer the Lorde is my stonie rocke and my defence my Sauiour my God and my might in whome I will trust my buckler the horne also of my salutation and my refuge I wil call vpon the Lord which is worthy to bee praised so shalt I be safe from mine enemies The sorowes of death compassed me and the ouerflowings of vngodlines made me afratd The paines of hell came about mee the snares of death ouertooke me In my trouble I will call vpon the Lord and comylaine vnto my God So shall hee heare my voice out of his holy Temple and my complaint shalt come before him it shalt enter eueu into his eares The earth trembled quaked the very foundations also of the hilles shooke were
The voyce of the Lord maketh the hindes to bring foorth yong and discouereth the thirke vushes in his temple doeth iuery man speake of his honour The Lord sitteth aboue the water flood and the Lord remaineth a King for euer The Lord shall giue strength vnto his people the Lord shall giue his people the blessing of peace Exaltabo te Domine Psal xxx I waill magnifie thee Morning prayer O Lord for thou hast set me vp and not made my foes to triumph ouer me O Lord my God I cried vnto thee and thou hast healed me Thou Lorde hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kept my life from them that goe downe to the pit Sing praises vnto the Lord O ye faints of his and giue thankes to him for a remebrance of his holinesse For his wrath endureth but the twinckliong of an eye and in his pleasure is life heauinesse may endure for a night but ioy commeth in the morning And in my prosperitie I sayd I shall neuer be remooued thou Lod of thy goodnesse hadst made my hill so strong Thou didst turne thy fare fro me and I mas troubled Then cried I vnto thee O Lord and gate mee vnto my Lord right humbly What profit is thee in my blood whē I go downe to the pit Shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee or shall it declare thy trueth Heare O Lord and haue mercie vpon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned ny heauinesse into ioy thou hast put off my sackecloth and girded me with gladnesse Therefore sball euery good man sing of thy praise without reasing O my god I will giue thanks vnto thee for euer In te domine speraui Psal xxxj IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer bee put to confusiou deliuer me in thy righteousnesse Bow downe thine eare to me make haste to deliuer me And bee thou my strong rocke and the house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my strong rocke and my castell bee thou also my game and leade me for thy Names sake Draw me out of the net that they haue laid priuily for me for thou art my strength Into thy hands I commend my spitrit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of trueth I haue hated them that holde of superstitious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lord. I will be glad and reioyce in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowen my soule in aduersities Thou hast not shut me vp into the hand of the enemie but hast set my feete in a large roume Haue mercie vpon me O Lord for I am in trouble mine eye is consumed for very heauinesse yea my soule my body For my soule is waxen old with heauinesse and my yeres with mourning My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are consumed I became a reproofe among all mine enemies but speciaily among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me and they that did see me without conueyed themselues from me I am cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde I am become like a broken vessel For I haue heard the blasphemie of the multitude and feare is on euery side while they conspire together against me and take their counsell to take away my life But my hope hath beene in thee O Lord I haue sayde Thou art my God My time is in thy hand deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me Shew thy seruant the light of thy countenance and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O Lord for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodly be put to tonfusion and bee put to silence in the graue Let the lying lips be put to silence which cruelly disdainfully and despightfully speake against the righteous O how plentifull is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid vp for them that feare thee that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee euen before the sonnes of men Thou shall hide them priuly by thine owne presence from the prouoking of al men thou shalt keepe them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues Thankes be to the Lord for he hath shewed me marueilous great kindnesse in a strong citie And when I made haste I sayd I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes Neuerthelesse thou heardedest the voice of prayer when I cryed vnto thee O loue the Lord all ye his saints for the Lord preserueth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer Be strong and hee shall stablish your heart all ye that put your trust in the Lord. Beati quorum Psal xxxij BLessed is hee whose vnrighteousnesse is forgiuen and whose sine is couered Euening prayer Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lord imputeth no sinne and in whose spirit there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones cōsumed away through my dayly complaining For thy hand is heauy vpon me day and might and my moisture is like the drought in Summer I will knowledge my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnesse haue I not hid I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vntothee in a time when thou mayest be found but in the great mater floods they shall not come nigh him Thou art a place to hide me in thou shall preserue me from trouble thou shalt cōpasse me about with songs of deliuerance I will enforme thee and teach thee in the way wherein thou shall go and I will guide thee with mine eye Be ye not like to horie and mule which haue no vnderstanding whole mouthes must be holden with bit and bridle lest they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but who so putleth his trust in the Lord mercie imbraceth him on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lord and bee idyfull all ye that are true of heart Exultate iusti Psal xxxiij REidice in the Lord O ye righteous for it becommeth wel the iust to be thankefull Praise the Lord with harpe sing Psalmes vnto hin with the Lute and instrument of ten strings Sing vnto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily vnto him with a good courage For the word of the Lord is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement The earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the dreath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as in a treasure house Let all the earth leare the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world For he spake it was done he commanded it stood fast The Lord
when all the workers of wickednes do florish then shal they be destroyed for euer but thou Lord art the most highest for euermore For loe thine enemies O Lorde loe thine enemies shall perish and all the workers of wickednesse shal be destroyed But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an vnicorne for I am annoynted with fresh oyle Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies and mine eare shal heare his desire of the wicked that rise vp against me The righteous shall flourish like a palme tree and shall spread abroad like a Cedar in Libanus Such as bee planted in the house of the Lord shall florish in the courts of the house of our God They also shall bring foorth more fruite in their age and shal be fat and well liking That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is and that there is no vnrighteousnesse in him Dominus regnauit Psal 93. THe Lorde is king Euening prayer and hath put on glorious apparell the Lord hath put on his apparell and girded himselfe with strength He hath made the round world so sure that it cannot be mooued Euer since the world began hath thy seate beene prepared thou art from euerlasting The floods are risen O Lord the floods haue lift vp their voice the floods lift vp their waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lord that dwelleth on high is mightier Thy testimonies O Lord are very sure holinesse becommeth thine house for euer Deus vltionum Psalm 94. O Lorde God to whom vengeance belongeth thou God to whome vengeance belongeth shew thy selfe Arise thou iudge of the world and reward the proud after their deseruing Lord how long shall the vngodly how long shall the vngodly triumph How long shall all wicked doers speake so disdaincfully and make such proud boasting They smite downe thy people O Lord and trouble thine heritage They murther the widowe and the stranger and put the fatherlesse to death And yet they say Tush the Lord shall not see neither shal the God of Iacob regard it Take heede yee vnwise among the people O yee fooles when will ye vnderstand He that planted the eare shal he not heare or he that made the eye shall not see Or he that nurtureth the heathen it is hee that teacheth man knowledge shall not he punish The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are but vaine Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him in thy Law That thou mayest giue him patience in time of aduersitic vntill the pit be digged vp for the vngodly For the Lord will not faile his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Untill righteousnes turne againe vnto iudgement all such as be true in heart shall follow it Who will rise vp with me against the wicked or who will take my part against the euill doers If the Lord had not helped mee it had not failed but my soule had bene put to silence But when I said my foote hath slipped thy mercie O Lord held me vp In the multitude of the sorowes that I had in my heart thy comforts haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue any thing to doe with the stoole of wickednesse which imagineth mischiefe as a law They gather them together against the soule of the rightteous and condemne the innocent blood But the Lord is my refuge and my God is the strength of my confidence He shall recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice yea the Lord our God shall destroy them Venite exultemus Psal 95. O Come Morning prayer let vs sing vnto the Lorde let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our saluation Let vs come before his presence with thanksgiuing and shew our selues glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great king aboue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hands Today if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse When your fathers tempted me prooued me and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation â—nd said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they haue not knowen my wayes Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Cantate Domino Psal 96 O Sing vnto the Lord a new song sing vnto the Lord all the whole earth Sing vnto the Lord and praise his name be telling of his saluation from day to day Declare his honour vnto the heathen and his wonders vnto all people For the Lord is great and can not worthily be praised he is more to be feared then all gods As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles but it is the Lord that made the heauens Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in his sanctuarie Ascribe vnto the Lord O ye kinreds of the people ascribe vnto the Lord worship and power Ascribe vnto the lorde the honour due vnto his Name bring presents and come into his courts O worship the Lord in the beautie of holinesse let the whole earth stand in awe of him Tell it out among the heathen that Lord is king and that it is he which hath made the round world so fast that it can not be mooued and how that hee shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the field be ioyfull and all that is in it then shal all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lord. For he commeth for he commeth to iudge the earth and with righte ousnesse to iudge the world and the people with his trueth Dominus regnauit Psal 97. The Lord is King the earth may be glad thereof yea the multitude of the Isles may be glad thereof Cloudes and darkenesse are round about him righteousnes and iudgement are the habitation of his seat There shal go a fire before him and burne vp his enemies on euery side His lightnings gaue shine vnto the world the earth sawe it and was afraid The hilles melted like ware at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth The heauens declared his righteousnes and all the people haue seene his glore Confounded be all they that worship carued images and that delight in vaine gods worship him all ye gods Sion heard of it and reioyced and the daughters of Iuda were glad because of thy iudgements O Lord. For thou Lorde art higher
word of the Lord tryed him The king sent and deliuered him the prince of the people let him goe free Hee made him lorde also of his house and ruler of all his substance That he might informe his princes after his wil and teach his Senators wisedome Israel also came into Egypt and Iacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruely with his seruants Then sent hee Moses his seruant and Aaron whome hee had chosen And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of ham He sent darkenesse and it was darke and they were not obedient vnto his word He turned their waters into blood and slue their fish Their land brought forth frogs yea euen in their kings chambers He spake the word and there came all maner of flies and lite in all their quarters Hee gaue them hailestones for raine and flames of fire in their land He smote their vines also and figge trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts Hee spake the word and the grashoppers came and caterpillers innumerable and did eate vp all the grasse in their land and deuoured the fruite of their ground He smote all the first borne in their land euen the chiefe of all their strength Hee brought them foorth also with siluer and golde there was not one feeble person among their tribes Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraide of them He spread out a cloud to be a couering and fire to giue light in the night season At their desire he brought quailes and he filled them with the bread of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that riuers ran in dry places For why he remembred his holy promise and Abraham his seruant And hee brought forth his people with ioy and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the landes of the heathen and they tooke the labours of the people in possession That they might keepe his statutes obserue his lawes Confitemini Domino Psal 106. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Euening Prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord or shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that alway keepe iudgement and doe righteousnesse Remember me O Lord according to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite mee with thy saluation That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnes of thy people giue thankes with thine inheritance We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly Our fathers regarded not thy woonders in Egypt neither kept they thy great goodnesse in remembrance but were disobedient at the sea euen at the red sea Neuerthelesse he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowen He rebuked the red sea also and it was dryed vp so hee led them through the deepe as thorow a wildernesse And hee saued them from the aduersaries hand and deliuered them from the hand of the enemie As for those that troubled them the waters oucrwhelmed them there was not one of them left Then beleeued they his words and sang praise vnto him But within a while they forgat his works and would not abide his counsell But lust came vpon them in the wildernesse and they tempted God in the desart And he gaue them their desire and sent leanncsse withall into their soule They angred Moses also in the tentes and Aaron the Saint of the Lord. So the earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan and couered the congregation of Abiram And the fire was kindled in their companie the flame burnt vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten image Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calfâ— that eateth hay And they forgate God their Sauiour which had done so great things in Egypt Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearefull things by the red sea So he said he would haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stande before him in the gap to turne away his wrathfull indignation lest he should destroy them Yea they thought scorne of that pleasant land and gaue no credence vnto his word But murmured in their tents and hearkened not vnto the voice of the Lord. Then lift hee vp his hande against them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernesse To cast out their seede among the nations and to scatter them in the lands They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offerings of the dead Thus they prouoked him to anger with their owne inuentions and the plague was great among them Then stood vp Phinees prayed and so the plague ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnes among all posterities for euermore They angred him also at the waters of strife so that hee punished Moses for their sakes Because they prouoked his spirit so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lorde commanded them But were mingled among the heathen and learned their workes In so much that they worshipped their idols which turned to their owne decay yea they offered their sonnes and daughters vnto deuils And shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whome they offered vnto the woles of Chanaan and the land was defiled with blood Thus were they stained with their owne workes went a whoring with their owne inuentions Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people in so much that he abhorred his owne inheritance And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them were lords ouer them Their enemies oppressed them had them in subiection Many a time did he deliuer them but they rebelled against him with their owne inuentions and were brought downe in their wickednesse Neuerthelesse when hee saw their aduersitie hee heard their complaint Hee thought vpon his couenant and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea hee made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O Lord our God and gather vs from among the heathen that we may giue thanks vnto thy holy Name and make our boast of thy praise Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlasting and world without end and let all the people say Amen Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Giue thankes vnto the Lorde Morning prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Let them giue thankes whom the Lord hath redeemed deliuered from the hand of the enemie And gathered them out of the lands from the East and from the West from the North and from the South They went astray in the wildernesse out of the way and found no citie to dwell in Hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in