that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promise that hee should bee heire of the world happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the Law but through the righteousuesse of faith For if they which are of the Law be heires then is faith but vaâ—e and the promise of none effect The Gospel ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone away from the shepherds into heauen Luk. 2.15 they saide one to another Let vs goe euen now vnto Bethlehem and see this thing that we heare say is happened which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and found Marie Ioseph and the babe laide in a maâ—ger And when they had seene it they published abroad the saying that was tolbe them of that child And all they that heard it Wondered at those things which were told them of the shepheards But Marie kept all these sayings and pondred them in her heart And the shepheards returned praising and lauding God for all the things that they had heard and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eight day was come that the child should bee circumcised his name was called Iesus which was named of the Angell before hee was conceiued in the wombe If there be a Sunday between the Epiphanie and the Circumcision then shall bee vsed the same Collect Epistle and Gospel at the Communion which was vsed vpon the day of Circumcision The epiphanie The Collect. O God which by the leading of a starre diddest mamfest thy onely begotten sonne to the Gentiles mercifully grant that we which know thee now by faith may after this life haue the fruition of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christ for you heathen Eph. 3.1 if yee haue heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is giuen mee to youward For by reuelation shewed he the mysterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe words wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstand my knowledge in the mysterie of Christ which mysterie in times past was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is now declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit that the Gentiles should bee inheriters also and of the same bodie and partakers of his promise of Christ by the meanes of the Gospel where of I am made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which is giuen vnto me after the working of his power Vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen that I should preath among the Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mysterie is which from the beginning of the world hath beene hid in God which made all things through Iesus Christ to the intent that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly things might bee knowen by the congregation the manifold wisedome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrance with the confidence which is by the faith of him The Gospel WHen Iesus was borne in Bethlehem acitie of Iurie Man 2.1 in the time of Herode the King behold there came wife men from the East to Hierusalem saying Where is he that is borne King of the Iewes for we haue feeue his starre in the East and are come to worshippe him When Herod the King had heard these things he wastroubled and all the Citie of Hierusalem with him And when hee had gathered all the chiefe Prists and Scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ should be borne And they said vnto him At Bethlehem in Iurie for thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iurie art not the least among the princes of Iude For out of thee shall come vnto mee the captaine that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herode when he had priuily called the wife men hee enquired of them diligently what time the starre appeared And he bad them goe to Bethlehem and sayde Goe your way thither and search diligently for the childe and when yee haue found him bringe mee worde againe that I may come and worship him also When they had heard the king they departed and loe the starre which they saw in the East went before them til it came and stood ouer the place wherein the childe was when they saw the starre they wereexteeding glad and went into the house and found the childe with Mary his mother and felldowne flat and worshipped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto him gifts gold frankencense myrrhe And after they were warued of God in a sleepe that they should not go againe to Herode they returned into their owne Country another way The first Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. LOrd wee beseech thee mercifully to receiue the prayers of thy people which call vpon thee and graunt that they may both perceiue and knowe what things they ought to doe also haue grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle I Beseech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnesse of God Rom. 12.1 that ye make your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God which is your reasoÌ„able seruing of GOd And fashion not your selus like vnto this word but be ye changed in your shape by the renuing of your mind that ye may prooue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me giuen is to euery man among you that no man stand high in his owne conceite more then it becommeth him to esteeme of himselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sober according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith For as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office So we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers members The Gospel THE father and mother of Iesus went to Hierusalem Luke 2.43 after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the childe Iesus abode still at Hierusalem and his father anb mother knew not of it but they supposing him to haue beene in the companie came a days Iourney and sought him among their kinsefolke and acquaintance and when they found him not they went backe againe to Hierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the doctors hearing them and posing them And all that heard him were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres And when they saw him they marueiled And his mother sayd vnto him sonne why hast thou thus dealt with vs behold thy father and I haue sought thee sorowing And he
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
well done and according vnto due order concerning the baptizing of this childe which being borne in original sinne and in the wrath of God is now by the lauer of regeneration in baptisme receiued into the number of the children of God and heires of euerlasting life For our Lord Iesus Christ doeth not deny his grace and merey vnto such Infants but most louingly doeth call them vnto him as the holy Gospel doeth witnesse to our comfort on this wise AT a certaine time they brought children vnto Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Iesus saw it Marke 10.13 he was displeased said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto me and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes he put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this exhortation vpon the wordes of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that the commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that would haue kept them from him how hee exhorted all men to follow their innocencie Yee perceiue how by his outward gesture and deede he declared his good will towarde them For hee embraced them in his armes he laide his hands vpon them and blessed them Doubt yee not therefore but earnestly beleeue that hee hath like wise fauourably receiued this present infant that hee hath imbraced him with the armes of his mercie that hee hath giuen vnto him the blessing of eternall life and made him partaker of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father declared by his sonne Iesus Christ towards this infant let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thanks vnto him say the prayer which the Lord himselfe thaught and in declaration of our faith let vs recite the Articles conteined in our Creede Here the Minister with the Godfathers and Godmothers shall say ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest demaund the name of the childe which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall say Doest thou in the name of this child forsake the Deuil and all his workes the baine pompe and glory of the world with all the couetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the 〈◊〉 and not to follow and be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou in the name of this childe professe this faith to beleeue in God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten sonne our Lord And that he was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Marie that he suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went downe into hel and also did rise againe the third day that hee ascended into heauen and fitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty and from thence he shal come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doe you in his name beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the remission of sinnes reserrection and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God heauently father wee giue thee humble thankes for that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increase this knowledge confirme this faith in vs euermore giue thy holy spirite to this infant that hee being borne againe and being made heire ot euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ may continue thy seruant attaine thy promise through the same our Lord Iesus Christ thy sonne who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of the same holy spirit euerlastingly Amen Then shall the Minister make this exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOrasmuch as this childe hath promised by you to forsake the deuill and all his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your part and duetie to see that this infant be taught so soone as he shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession he hath made by you And that he may know these things the better ye shall call vpon him to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that hee may learne the Creede the Lords Prayer and the ten commandements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that this childe may bee vertuously brought vp to lead a godly and a Christian life remembring alway that Baptisme doeth represent dnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Saniour Christ and bee made like vnto him that as hee died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnesse continually mortifying all our euill and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all vertue and godlinesse of liuing And so foorth as in Publique Baptisme But if they which bring the Infants to the Church doe make such vncertaine answeres to the Priests questions as that it cannot appeare that the childe was baptized with water In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost which are Essential parts of Baptisme then let the Priest baptize it in forme aboue written concerning Publique Baptisme sauing that at the dipping of the childe in the Font hec shall vse this forme of wordes IF thou be not already baptized N. I baptized thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen ⧠The Order of Confirmation or laying on of hands vpon children baptized and able to render an account of their faith according to the Catechisme following TO the end that Confirmation may be ministred to the more edifying of such as shall receiue it according to Saint Pauls doctrine who teacheth that all things should be done in the Church to the edificatiō of the same it is thought good that none hereafter shall be Confirmed but such as can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords Prayer and the tenne Commandements and can also answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as he shall appoint shall by his discretion appose him in And this order is most conuenient to be obserued for diuers considerations First bccause that when children come to the yeeres of discretion and haue learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptisme they may then themselues with their owne mouth and with their owne consent openly before the Church ratifie and confirme the same and also promise
that should be written Innocents day The Collect. ALmightie God whole prayse this day the young Innocents thy write haue confessed shewed forth not in speaking but in dying mortifie and kil al vices in vs that in our conuersation our life may expresse thy faith which with our tongues we doe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Looked and loe a lambe stood on the mount sion Apo. 14.1 with him an hundreth and xliiii thousand hauing his name and his fathers name written in their foreheads And I heard a voice froÌ„ heauenas the sound of many waters as the voice of a great thunder And I heard the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes And they sung as it were a new song before the seate and before the foure beasts and the elders and no man could learne the soug but the hundred and xliiii thousand which were redeemed from the earth These are they which were not defiled with woman for they are birgins These follow the lambe whether soeuer he goeth These were redeemed from men being the first fruits vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes were sound no guile forthey are without spot before the throne of God The Gospel THe Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a sleepe Mar. 2.13 saying Arise and take the childe and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there till I bring thee word For it will come to passe that Herode will seeke the childe to destroy him So when hee awoke hee tooke the childe and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there vnto the death of Herod that it might be fufilled which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet saying Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he saw that he was mocked of the wife men was erreeding worth and sent forth men of warre and â—lew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coastes as many as were two yere old or vnder according to the time which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemâ—eÌ„ Then was fullfilled that which was spoken by the Prophat Ieremie where as hee sayd In Rama was there a voyce heard lamentanon weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not bee comforted because they were not The Sunday after Christmas day The collect Almightie God As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say 〈◊〉 that the heire as long as he is a childe differeth not from a sernant though he be Lord of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so we also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinances of the world But when the time was full come God sent his sonne made of a woman made bound vnto the Law to redeeme them which were bond vnto to the Law that we through election might receiue the inheritance that belongeth vnto the natural sonnes Because yeare sonnes God hath sent the spirit of his sonne into your hearts which cryeth Abba Father Werefore now thou art not a seurant but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heire of God through Christ The Gospel THis is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid Mat. 1.1 the sonne of Abraham Abraham begate Isahar Isahar begate Iacob Iacob begate Iudas this brethren Iudas begate Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram Aram begate Aminabad Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begate Salmon Salmon begate Boose of Rahab Boos begate Obed of Ruth Obed begate Iesse Iesse begate Dauid the King Dauid the King begat Solomon of her that was the wife of Vrie Solomon begat Roboam Roboam begate Abia Abia begate Asa Asa begate Iosaphat Iosaphat begate Ioram Ioram begate Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begate Ezekias Ezekias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begate Iosias Iosias begate Iechonias and his brethren about the time that they were caried away to Babylon And after they were brought to Babylon Iechomas begat Salathiel Salathiel begat Zorobabel Zorobabel bel begat Abiud Abiud begate Ehachim Ehachim begat Azor Azor begate Sador Sador begate Achin Achin begate Eliud Eliud begate Eleazar Eleazar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioleph the husband of Marie of whom was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christ And so all the generations from Abraham to Dauid are xiiii generations And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babylon are xiiii generations And from the captiuity of Babylon vnto Christ are xiiii generations The birth of Iesus Christ was on this wife when his mother Marie was married to Ioseph before they came to dwell together she was founds with child by the holy Ghost Then Ioseph her husband beacause he was arighteous man and would not put her to shame was minded pruulie to depart from her But while he thus thought beholde the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him in sleepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceiued in her commeth of tlIe holy Ghost Shee shall bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus for he shall saue his people from their sinnes All this was done that it might bee fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet sying Behold a mayde shall be with childe and shall bring foorth a sonne and they shall call his name Emmanuel which if a man interpret is as much to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assoone as hee awoke out of sleepe did as the Angel of the Lorde had bidden him and he cooke his wife vnto him and knewe her not till she had brought forth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus The Circumcision of Christ The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to bee circumcised and obedient to the law for man grant vs the true circumcision of the spirit that our hearts all our members being mortified from all worldly and carnallusts may in all things obey thy blessed wil through the same thy Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BLessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sinne Rom 4.8 Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also for wesay that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousnesse Now was it then reckoned when he wasin circumcision or when hee was in the vncircumcision not in time of circumcision but when hee was yet vncircumciseb And he receiued the sgne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which hee had yet being vncircumcision that he should bee the father of all them that beleeue though they be not circumcised that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also and that hee might be the father of circumcision not vnto them onely which came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steps of the faith
sayd vnto them How hapned it that yee sought me wist ye not that I must go about my fathers businesse And they vnder stood not that saying which hee spake vnto them And he went downe with them came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them But his mother kept all these sayings together in her heart And Iesus prospred in wisedome and age and in fauour with God and men The second Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almightie and euerlasting God which doest gouerne all things in heauen and earth mercifully heare the supplications of thy people and grant vs thy grace all the dayes of our life The Epistle SEeing that we haue diuers giftes according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs Rom. 12.6 if a man haue the gift of prophesie let him haue it that it bee agreeing to the faith Let him that hath an office waite on his office Let him that teacheth take heed to his doctrine Let him that exhorteth giue attendance to his exhortation If any man giue let him doe it with singlenesse Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shewe mercie let him doe it with cheerefulnesse Let loue be without dissimulation Hate that which is euill and cleaue vnto which is good Be kind one to another with brotherly loue In giuing honour goe one before another Be not slothfull in the businesse which ye haue in hand Be feruent in spirit Apply your selues to the time Reioice in hope Be patient in tribulation Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessitie of the Saints Be ready to harbour Blesse them which persente you Blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery weepe with them that weepe Bee of like affection one towards another Bee not high minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort The Gospel ANd the third day was there amariage in Cana a city of Galilee Iohn 2.1 and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine failed the mother of Iesus said vnto him They haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother sayde vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he saieth vnto you do it And there were standing there fixe water pots of stone after the maner of purifying of the Iewes containing two or three firkins apiece Iesus said vnto them Fill the water pots with water And they filled them to the brim And he said vnto them Draw out now and beare vnto the gouernor of the feast And they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water turned into wine knew not whence it was but the ministers which drew the water knew he called the bridegrome and said vnto him Euery man at the beginning doeth fet foorth good wine and when men be drunk thē that which is worse but thou hast kept the good wine now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galilee and shewed his glorie and his disciples beleeued on him The third Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almighty and euerlasting God mercifully looke vpō our infirmities in al our dangers and uecessties stretch forth thy right hand to helpe and defend vs through Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Rom. 12.16 Recompense to no man euil for euil Prouide aforehād things honest not onely before God but also in the sight of all men If it be possible as much as in you is liue peaceably with all men Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather give place vnto wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will reward sayeth the Lord. Therefore if thine enemie hunger feed him is he thirst giue him drink For inso doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head Be not ouercome of euil but ouercome euil with goodnesse The Gospel WHen hee was come downe from the mountaine Matt. 8.1 much people followed him And beholde there came a leper and worshipped him saying Master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put foorth his hand and touched him saying I will bee thou cleane And immediatly his leprosie was cleansed And Iesus sayd vnto him Tell no man but goe and shewe thy selfe to the Priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded to bee offered for a witnesie vnto them And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto him a Centuriō and besought him saying Master my seruant lyeth at home sicke of the palsie and is grieuoussly pained And Iesus sayd when I come vnto him I will heale him The Centuriom answered and sayd Sir I am not woorthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the word onely and my seruant shal be healed For I also my self am a man subiect to the auyhority of another and haue souldiers vnder me I say to this man Go he goeth to another man Come he commeth to my seruant Do this he doth it When Iesus heard these words he maruciled said to them that followed him Verily I say vnto you I haue not foūd so great faith in Israel I say vnto you that many shal come from the East West shal rest with Abraham Isahar Iacob in the kingdome of heauen But the children of the kingdome shal be cast out into vtter darkenes there shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth And Iesus said vnto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou beleeuest so be it vnto thee And his seruant was healed the selfe same hour The fourth Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. GOd which knowest vs to be set in the mids of so many and great dangers that for mans frailnesse we cannot alwayes stand vprightly grant to vs the health of body and soule that all those things which we suffer for sinne by thy helpe we may wel passe and ouercome through Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt euery soule submit himself e vnto the authority of the higher power for there is nopower but of God Rom. 13.1 The powers that be are ordeined of god Whoesoeuer therefore resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of God but they that resist shall receiue to themselves damnation For rulers are not fearefull to them that doe good but to them that doe euil Wilt thou be without feare of the power do well then and so shalt thou be praised of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But if thou doe that which is euill then feare for hee beareth not the sword of nought for hee is the minister of God to take vengeance on them that doe euill Wherefore yee must needes obey not onely for feare of vengeance but also because of conscience and euen for this cause pay yee tribute For they are Gods ministers seruing for the same purpose Giue to euery man therefore his dutie tribute to whom tribute belongeth longeth custome
dead To him giue al the Prophets witnesss that through his Name whosoeuer beleeueth in him shal receiue remission of sinnes The Gospel BEholde Luk. 24.13 two of his Disciples went that same day to a towne called Emmaus which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlongs and they talked together of all the things that had happened And it chanced while they communed together and reasoned Iesus himselfe drew neere went with them but their eies were holden that they should not know him And he said vnto them What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke are sad And one of them whose name was Cleophas answered said vnto him Art thou only a stranger in Hierusalem hast not knowen the things which haue chanted there in these daies He said vnto them What things and they sayde vnto him of Iesus Of Nazareth which was a Prophet mightie in deed and word before God all the people and how the high Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified him But we trusted that it had bene hee which should haue redeemed Israel And as touching all these things to day is euen the third day that they were done Yea certaine women also of our companie made vs astonied which came earely vnto the sepulchre and found not his body and came saying that they had seene a vision of Angels which sayd that hee was aliue And certaine of them which were with vs went to the sepulchre found it euen so as the women had sayd but him they saw not And he sayd vnto them O fooles slow of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken Ought not Christ to haue suffered these things and to enter into his glory And he began at Moses and all the Prophets interpreted vnto them in al Scriptures which were written of him And they drew nigh vnto the towne which they went vnto he made as though he would haue gone further and they constrained him saying Abide with vs for it draweth towards night the day is farre passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he fate at meat with them he tooke bread and blessed it and brake gaue to them And their â—ies were opened they knew him and he vanished out of their sight And they said between themselues Did not our hearts burn within vs while he talked with vs by the way and opened to vs the Scriptures And they rose vp the same houre and returned to Hierusalem and found the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying The Lord is risen in deed and hath appeared vnto Simon And they told what things were done in the way and how they knew him in breaking of bread Tuesday in Easter weeke The Collect. ALmightie Father which hast giuen thine onely Sonne to die for our sinnes and to rise againe for our iustification graunt vs so to put away the leauen of malice and wickednesse that wee may alway serue thee in purenesse of liuing and trueth through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle YE men and brethren Act. 13.26 children of the generation of Abraham and whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this word of saluation sent For the inhabiters of Hierusalem and their rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voyces of the Prophets which are read euery Sabboth day they haue fulfilled them in condemning him And when they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilat to kill him And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him they tooke him downe from the tree and put him in a sepulchre But God raised him againe from death the third day and he was seene many dayes of them which went with him from Galilee to Hierusalem which are witnesses vnto the people And wee declare vnto you how that the promise which was made vnto the Fathers God hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus againe euen as it is written in the second Psalme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raised him vp from death now no more to returne to corruption hee sayd on this wife The holy promises made to Dauid will I giue faithfully vnto you Wherefore hee sayeth also in another place Thou shall not suffer thine holy One to see corruption For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfilled the will of God fell on sleepe and was laid vnto his fathers and saw corruption But hee whom God raised againe saw no corruption Be it knowen vnto you therefore yee men and brethren that through this man is preached vnto you forgiuenesse of sinnes and that by him all that beleeue are iustified from all things from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses Beware therefore lest that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophets Behold yee despisers and wonder and perish ye For I doe a worke in your dayes which yee shall not beleeue though a man declare it vnto you The Gospel IEsus stood in the mids of his Disciples Luke 24.36 and said vnto them Peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed afraid and supposed that they had seene a Spirit And hee said vnto them Why are yee troubled and why doe thoughts arise in your hearts Behold my hands my feete that it is euen I my selfe handle me and see for a spirit hath no flesh and bones as ye se me haue And when hee had thus spoken he shewed them his hands and his feete And while they yet beleeued not for ioy and wondred he said vnto them Haue yee here any meate And they offered him a piece of a broyled fish and of an hony combe And hee tooke it and did eat before them And he said vnto them These are the words which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you that all must bee fulfilled which were written of mee in the Lawe of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalmes Then opened hee their wits that they might vnderstand the Scriptures and said vnto them Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christ to suffer and to rise againe from death the third day and that repentance and remission of sinnes should bee preached in his Name among all nations and must begin at Hierusalem And ye are witnesses of these things The first Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which c. As at the Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of God 1. Ioh. 5.4 ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the world euen our faith Who is hee that ouercommeth the world but hee that beleeueth that Iesus is the Sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the
were all vnder the cloud and al passed through the sea and were all baptized vnder Moses in the cloud and in the Sea and did all eate of one spiritual meat and did all drinke of one spiritual drinke and they dranke of the spiritual rocke that folowed them which rock was Christ But in many of them had God no delight for they were ouerthrowen in the wildernes These are ensamples to vs that we should not lust after euil things as they lusted and that yee should not be worshippers of images as were some of them according as it is written The people sate downe to eate drinke and rose vp to play Neither let vs bee defiled with fornication as some of them were defiled with fornication and fell in one day three and twentie thousand Neither let vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of servents Neither murmure yee as some of them murmured and were destroyed of the destroyer All these things happened vnto them for ensamples but are written to put vs in remembrance whom the endes of the world are come vpon Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall There hath none other tentation taken you but such as followeth the nature of man But God is faithfull which shall not suffer you to bee tempted aboue your strength but shall in the midst of temptation make a way that ye may bee able to beare it The Gospel Iesus saide vnto his disciples Luke 16.1 There was a certaine rich man which had a steward and the same was accused vnto him that hee had wasted his goods And he called him and sayd vnto him How is it that I heare this of thee Giue accompts of thy steward ship for thou mayest be no longer Steward The Steward said within himselfe What shall I doe For my master taketh away from me the Stewardship I cannot dig to beg I am ashamed I wote what to doe that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receiue me into their houses So when he had called all his masters debters together he sayd vnto the first How much owest thou vnto my master And he sayd An hundred tunnes of oile And he sayd vnto him Take thy bill and sit downe quickely and write fiftie Then said he to anothers How much owest thou And he sayd An hundred quarters of wheate Hee sayd vnto him Take thy bill and write foure score And the Lord commended the vniust Steward because he had done wisely For the children of this worlde are in their nation wiser then the children of light And I say vnto you make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammon that when yee shall haue neede they may receiue you into euerlasting habitations The x. Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. Let thy mercifull eares O Lorde bee open to the prayers of thy humble seruants And that they may obtaine their petitions make them to aske such thing as shall please thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle COncerning spirituall things 1. Cor. 12.1 brethren I would not haue you ignorant Ye know that yee were Gentiles and went your wayes vnto dumbe images even as yee were led Wherefore I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirite of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost There are diversities of gifts yet but one spirit And three are differences of administrations and yet but one Lord. And there are differences of administrations and yet but one Lord. And there are diuers manners of operations and yet but one God which worketh all in all The gift of the spirit is giuen to euery man to edifie withall For to one is giuen through the spirite the vtterance of wisedome to another is giuen the vtterance of knowledge by the same spirite to another is giuen faith by the same spirite to another the gift of healing by the same spirite to another power to doe miracles to another to prophesie to another iudgement to discerne spirits to another diuers tongues to another the interpretation of tongues And these all worketh the selfe same spirit diuiding to euery man a seuerall gift euen as he will The Gospel AND when hee was come neere to Hierusalem Luke 19.41 hee behelde the citie wept on it saying If thou haddest knowen those thinges which belong vnto thy peace euen in this thy day thou wouldest take heed but nowe are they hid from thine eyes For the dayes shal come vnto thee that thine enemies shall cast a banke about thee compasse thee round and keepe thee in on euery side and make thee euen with the ground and thy children which are in thee And they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon another because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation And he went into the Temple began to cast them out that sold therein and them that bought saying vnto them It is written My house is the house of prayer but yee haue made it a denne of theeues And hee taught dayly in the Temple The xj Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOD which declarest thy almightie power most chiefly in she wing mercie and pitie giue vnto vs abundantly thy grace that wee running to thy promises may be made partakers of thy heauenly treasure through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethern 1. Cor. 15.1 as pertaining to the Gospel which I preached vnto you which ye haue also accepted and in the which ye continue by the which yee are also saued I doe you to wit after what maner I preached vnto you if yee keepe it except yee haue beleeued in baine For first of all I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued howe that Christ died for our sinnes agreeing to the Scriptures and that hee was buried and that he arose againe the third day according to the Scriptures and that he was seene of Cephas then of the twelue after that hee was seene of moe then fiue hundreth brethren at once of which many remaine vnto this day and niany are fallen a sleepe After that appeared hee to Iames then to all the Apostles last of all he was seene of me as of one that was borne out of due time For I am the least of the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I haue persecuted the Congregation of God But by the grace of God I am that I am his grace which is in me was not in vaine But I laboured more abundantly then they all yet not I but the grace of God which is with me Therefore whether it were I or they so we preached so ye haue beleeued The Gospel CHrist tolde this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were perfect Luke 18.9 and despised other Two men went vp into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other a Publicane The Pharisee stoode and prayed thus with himselfe GOD
call his name Emmanuel Butter and houie shall hee eate that he may know to resuse the euill and chuse the good The Gospel ANd in the sixt moneth Luk. 1.26 the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a Citie of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins went in vnto her and said Haile full of grace the Lorde is with thee blessed art thou among women When she saw him she was abashed at his saying and cast in her minde what maner of salutation that should be And the Angell sayde vnto her Feare not Marie for thou hast found grace with God Behold thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shall call his name Iesus he shal be great and shall bee called the sonne of the Highest And the Lord God shall giue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdom there shall be none ende Then said Mary to the Angel How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angel answered and said vnto her The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee the power of the highest shall ouer shadow thee Therefore also that holy thing wich shall be borne shal be called the sonne of God And behold thy cousin Elizabeth shee hath also conceiued a sonne in her age and this is the sixt moneth which was called barren for with God nothing shal be vnpossible And Mary said Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it vnto me according to thy word And the Angel departed from her Saint Markes day The Collect. ALmightie God which hast instructed thy holy Church with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Saint Marke giue vs grace that we be not like children carried away with euery blast of vaine doctrine but firmely to be established in the trueth of thy holy Gospel through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle VNto euery one of vs is giuen grace Ephe. 4.7 according to the measure of the gift of Christ wherefore he sayeth when he went vp on high he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all things And the very same made some Apostles some Prophets some Euangelistes some shepheards and teachers to the edisying of the saints to the worke and administration euen to the edisying of the body of Christ till we all come to the vnitie of the faith and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the full perfect age of Christ That we henceforth should be no more children wauering and caried about with euery wind of doctrine by the wilinesse of men through craftinesse whereby they say awaite for vs to decieue vs. But let vs follow the trueth in love and in all things growe in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if all the body be coupled and knit together throughout euery ioynt wherewith one ministreth to another according to the operation as euery part hath his measure he encreseth the body vnto the edisying of it selfe through loue The Gospel I Am the true Vine Ioh. 15.1 and my father ther is an hysbandman Euery branche that breareth not fruite in mee he will take away and euery branche that beareth fruite will hee purge that it may bring forth more fruite Now are yee cleane through the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you Bide in me and I in you As the branch cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the Vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the Vine ye are the branches He that abideth in mee and Iin him the same bringeth forth much fruit For without me can yee doe nothing If a man bide not in mee he is rast foorth as a branche and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fixe and they burne If yee abide in mee and my wordes abide in you aske what yee will and it shal be done for you Herein is my Father glorified that yee beare much fruit and become my Disciples As the Father hath loued mee euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue If yee keepe my commandments yee shall abide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commandements and abide in his loue These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy might be full S. Philip and Iames day The Collect. ALmightie God whom truely to know is euerlasting life grant vs perfectly to knowe thy Sonne Iesus Christ to be the way the Trueth and the Life as thou hast thught S. Philip and other the Apostles throught Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IAmes the seruant of God Iam. 1.1 and of the Lorde Iesus Christ sendeth greeting to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroad My brethren count it for an exceeding ioye When yee fall into diuers temptations Knowing this that the trying of your faith gendreth patience and let patience haue her perfect woorke that yee may bee perfect and sounde lacking nothing If any of you lacke wisedome let him aske of him that giueth it euen God which giueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall be giuen him But let him aske in faith and wauer not for he that doubteth is like a waue of the Sea which is tost of the windes and caried with violence neither let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thing of the Lord. A wauering minded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when hee is exalted Againe let him that is rich reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall hee passe away For as the Sunne reseth with heat and the grasse withereth and his floure falleth away and the beautie of the fashion of it perisheth euen to shall the rich man perish in his wayes Happy is the man that endureth temtation for when he is tryed hee shall receive the crowne of life which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him The Gospel ANd Iesus sayde vnto his Disciples Ioh. 14.1 Let not your hearts be troubled ye beleeue in God beleeue also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I goe yee knowe and the way yee know Thomas saith vnto him Lord we know not whither thou goest and how is it possible for vs to know the way Iesus faith vnto him I
beloued forasmuch as all men bee conceiued borne in sinne and that our Sauiour Christ faith None can enter into the kingdome of God except hee bee regenerate and borne anew of water and of thr holy Ghost I beseech you to call vpon God the Father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his vounteous mercie hee will graunt to these children that thing which by nature they cannot haue that they may bee baptized with water and the holy Ghost and reciued into Christes holy Church and be made liuely members of the same Then shall the Priest say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy great mercy diddest faue Noe and his family in the Arke from perishing by water and also diddest safly leade the children of Israel thy people through the red sea figuring thereby thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Crist diddest sanctifie the flood Iordan all other waters to the mysticall washing away of fsainne we beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully looke vpon these children sanctifie them and wash them with the holy Ghost that they being deliuered from thy wrath may be receiued into the Arke of Christs Church and being stedfast in faith ioyfull through hope and rooted in charitie may so passe the waues of this troublesome world that finally they may come to the land of eueriasting life there to raigne with thee world without ende through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmightie and immortall God the aid of all that need the helper of all that slee to thee for succour the life of them that beleeue and the resurrectiō of the dead we call Vpon thee for these insants that thay comming to thy holy Baptisme may receiue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneration Receiue them O Lord as thou hast promised by thy melbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seeke and you shall finde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you So giue now vnto vs that aske let vs that seeke finde open the gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes may enioy the euerlasting benediction of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kingdome which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say Heare the words of the Gospel written by S. Marke in the tenth Chapter AT a certaine time they brought children to Christ that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that bought them But when Iesus saw it hee was displeased and said vnto them Suffer little children to come vnto mee and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doth not receiue the kingdome of God as a little childe hee shall not enter therein And when hee had taken them vp in his armes hee put his hands vpon them and blessed them After the Gospel is read the Minister shall make this briefe exhortation vpon the words of the Gospel FRiends you heare in this Gospel the words of our Sauiour Christ that hee commanded the children to be brought vnto him how hee blamed those that woulde haue kept them from him how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocencie You perceiue howe by his outward gestuce and deede he declare his good will toward them for he imbraced them in his armes he laid his handes vpon them and blessed them Doubt ye not therefore but earnestly beleeue that he will like wise fauourably receiue these Present infants that he will imbrace them with the armes of his mercy that he will giue vnto them the blessing of eternall life and make them partakers of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenly Father toward these infants declared by his sonne Iesus Christ and nothing doubting but that he fauourably alloweth this charitable worke of ours in bringing the children to his holy baptisme let vs faithfully and deuoutly giue thankes vnto him and say ALmightie and euerlasting God heauenly Father wee giue thee humble thankes that thou hast vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Encrease this knowledge and confirme this faith in vs euermore Giue thy holy spirit to these infants that they may bee borne againe and be made heires of euerlasting saluation through our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirit now and for euer Amen Then the Priest shall speake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued friends ye haue brought these children here to be baptized ye haue prayed that our Lord Iesus Christ would vouchsafe to receiue them to lay his handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of their sinnes to giue them the kingdome of heauen and euerlasting life Ye haue hear also that our Lord Iesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his part will most sarely keepe and performe Wherefore after this promise made by Christ these infants must also faithfully for their part promise by you that be their sureties that they will forsake the deuill and all his workes and constantly be leeue Gods holy word and obediently keepe his commandements Then shall the Priest demaund of the Godfathers and Godmothers these questions following Doest thou forsake the deuill and all his works the vaine pompe and glory of the world with al eouetous desires of the same the carnall desires of the flesh so that thou wilt not folow nor be led by them Answere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten Sonne our Lord And that hee was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgin Mary that he susstreb vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried that he went downe into hell and also did rise againe the third day that he afrended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almightie and from thence shall come againe at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doest thou beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholique Church the communion of Saintes the remission of sinnes the resurrection of the flesh and euerlasting life after death Answere All this I stedfastly beleeue Minister wilt thou be baptized in this faith Answere That is my desire Then shall the Priest say O Mercifull God graunt that the old Adam in these children may be so buried that the new man may be raised vp in them Amen Graunt that all carnall affections may dye in them and that all things belonging to the spirit may liue and grow in them Amen Grant that they may haue power and strength to haue victorie and to triumph against the deuil the world and the flesh Amen Grant that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also bee indued with heauenly vertues
and euerlastingly rewarded through thy mercie O blesssed Lord God who doest liue and gouerue all things world without end Amen ALmighty euerliuing God whose most dearly beloued Sonne Iesus Christ for the forgiueness of our sinnes did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood and gaue commandement to his Disciples that they should goe teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the spplications of thy congregation and grant that all thy seruants which shall be baptized in this water may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the number of thy faithfull and elect children through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Then the Priest shall take the child in his hands and aske the name And naming the child shall dip it in the water so it bediscreetly and warily done saying N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Then the Priest shall make a Crosse vpon the childes forehead saying WE receiue this childe into the Congregation of Christ flocke and doe signe him with the signe of the Crosse in token that here after he shall not be ashamed to confesse the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight vnder his banner against sinne the world and the deuill and to continue Christs faithfull souldier and seruant vnto his liues end Amen Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearely beloued brethren that these children bee regenerate and grafted into the bodie of Christs congregation let vs giue thanks vnto God for these benefits and with one accorde make our prayers vnto Almightie God that they may leade the rest of their life according to this beginning Then shall be said Our Father Which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest say WE yeeld thee heartie thanks most merciful father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy holy spirit to receiue him for thine owne child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy congregation And humbly wee beseech thee to graunt that he being dead vnto sinne and liuing vnto righteousnes and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and vtterly abolish the whole body of sinne that as hee is made partaker of the death of thy sonne so he may be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the residâ—e of thy holy Congregation hee may be inheritout of thine euerlasting kingdome through Christ our Lord Amen At the last ende the Priest calling the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this exhortation following FOrasmuch as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and at his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your parts and dueties to see that these infants be taught so soone as they shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession they haue made by you And that they may know these things the better ye shall call vpon them to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that they may learne the Creede the Lords prayer and 〈◊〉 ten Commaundements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that these children may bee vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a Christian life remembring alwayes that Baptisme doeth represent vnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Sauiour Christ and to be made like vnto him that as he died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnes continually mortifying all our euil and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all bertue and godlinesse of liuing The Minister that command that the children be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed of him so soone as they can say in their vulgar tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer and the ten Commandements and be further instructed in the Catechisme set forth for that purpose according as it is there expressed ¶ Of them that are to be baptized in priuate houses in time of necessitie by the Minister of the Parish or any other lawfull Minister that can be procured The Pastours and Curates shall often admonish the people that they deferre not the Baptisme of Infants any longer then the Sunday or other Holy day next after the childe be borne vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate and by him approued And also they shall warne them that without great cause necessitie they procure not their children to be baptized at home in their houses And when great need shall compell them so to do then Baptisme shal be administred on this fashion First let the lawfull Minister and them that be present call vpon God for his grace and say the Lords prayer if the time wil suffer And then the child being named by some one that is present the said lawfull Minister shal dip it in water or powre water vpon it saying these words N I baptize thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And let them not doubt but that the childe so baptized is lawfully and sufficiently baptized and ought not to be baptized againe But yet neuerthelesse if the child which is after this sort baptized doe afterward liue it is expedient that it bee brought into the Church to the intent that if the Priest or Minister of the same parish did himselfe baptize that childe the Congregation may be certified of the true forme of Baptisme by him priuately before vsed Or if the childe were baptized by any other lawfull Minister that then the Minister of the Parish where the childe was borne or Christened shall examine and try whether the childe be lawfully baptized or no. In which case if those that bring any childe to the Church doe answere that the same childe is already baptized then shall the Minister examine them further saying By whom was the childe baptized Who was present when childe was baptized And because some things Essentiall to this Sacrament may happen to be omitteb through feare or haste in such times of extremitie therefore I demaund further of you With what matter was the child baptized With what words was the child baptized Whether thinke you the childe to bee lawfully and perfectly baptized And if the Minister shall finde by the answeres of such as bring the childe that all things were done as they ought to be then shall not he Christen the childe againe but shall receiue him as one of the slocke of the true Christian people saying thus I Certifie you that in this case all is
that by the grace of God they will euermore endeuour themselues faithfully to obserue and keepe such things as they by their owne mouth and confession haue assented vnto Secondly forasmuch as Confirmation is ministred to them that be baptized that by imposition of handes and Prayer they may receiue strengch and defence against all temptations to sinne and the assaults of the world and the deuill it is most meete to be ministred when children come to that age that partly by the frailtie of their owne flesh partly by the assaults of the world and the deuil they begin to be in danger to fall into sundry kinds of sinne Thirdly for that it is agreeable with the vsage of the Church in times past whereby it was ordained that Confirmation should be ministred to them that were of perfect age that they being instructed in Christes Religion should openly professe their owne faith and promise to be obedient vnto the will of God And that no man shall thinke that any detriment shall come to children by differing of their Confirmation hee shall know for trueth that it is certaine by Gods word that children being baptized haue all things necessary for their saluation and bevndoubtedly saued A Catechisme that is to say An instruction to be learned of euery childe before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop WHat is your name Answere N. or M. Question Who gaue you this name Answere My Godfather and Godmothers in my Baptisme wherein I was made a member of Christ the childe of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for your Answere They did promise and vowe three things in my name First that I should forske the deuill and all his workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked world and all the sinfull lustes of the flesh Secondly that I should beleeue all the Articles of the Christian faith And thirdly that I should keepe Gods holy will and Commandements and walke in the same all the dayes of my life Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bound to beleeue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Answere Yes verily and by Gods helpe so I will And I heartily thanke our heauenly Father that hee hath called mee to this state of saluation through Iesus Christ our Sauiour And I pray God to giue me his grace that I may continue in the same vnto my liues ende Question Rehearse the Articles of thy beliefe Answere I Beleeue in God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgine Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried hee descended into hell the thirde day hee rose againe from the dead hee ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence hee shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Amen Question What doest thou chiefly learne in these Articles of thy beliefe Answere First I learne to beleeue in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Sonne who hath redeemed me and all mankinde Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth mee and all the elect people of God Question You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keepe Gods Commandements Tell me bow many there bee Ansvvere Tenne Question Which be they Ansvvere THe same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of boundage i. Thou shalt haue none other gods but mee ii Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and bisite the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate mee and shew mercy vnto thousands in them that loue mee and keepe my Commandements iii. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord wil not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine iiii Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to do but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seunth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may bee long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee vi Thou shalt doe no murther vii Thou shalt not commit adulterie viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against neighbour x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighboures house thou shalt not couet thy neighbous wife nor his seruant nor his mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Question What doest thou chiefly learne by these commaundements Ansvvere I learne two things My duetie towards God and my duetie towards my neighbour Question What is thy duetie towards God Ansvvere My duetie towards God is to beleeue in him to feare him and to loue him with all my heart with all my minde with al my soule and with all my strength To worship him to giue him thankes to put my whole trust in him to call vpon him to honour his holy Name and his word and to serue him truely all the dayes of mhy life Question What is thy duetie to wards thy neighbour Answere My duety towards my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe and to doe to all men as I would they should doe vnto mee To loue honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the king and his ministers To submit my selfe to all my gouernours teachers spirituall Pastours and masters To order my selfe lowly and reuerently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and iust in all my dealing To beare no malice nor hatred in my heart To keepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking lying and slandering To keepe my body in temperance sobernesse and chastitic Not to couet nor desre other mens goods but to learne and labour truely to get mine owne liuing and to doe my duetie in that state of life vnto the which it shall please
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
learne And whensoeuer the Bishop shall giue knowledge for children to bee brought before him to any conuenient place for their confirmation then shal the Curate of euery Parish either bring or send in writing the names of all those children of his Parish which can say the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer and the ten Commaundements and also how many of them can answere to the other questions conteined in this Catechisme And there shall none be admitted to the holy Communion vntill such time as hee can say the Catechisme and be confirmed ⧠The forme of solemnization of Matrimonie First the Banes must be asked three seuerall Sundayes or holy dayes in the time of seruice the people being present after the accustomed maner And if the persons that should be maried dwell in diners Parishes the Banes must be asked in both Parishes and the Curate of the one Parish shall not solemnize Matrimonie betwixt them without a Certificate of the Banes being thrise asked from the Curate of the other Parish At the day appointed for solemnization of Matrimonie the persons to be maried shall come into the body of the Church with their friends and neighbours And there the Priest shall say thus DEarely beloued friends we are gathered together heere in the sight of God and in the face of his Congregation to ioyne together this man and this woman in holy Matrimonie which is an honourable estate instituted of God in Paradise in the time of mans innocencie signifying vnto vs the mystical vnion that is betwixt Christ and his Church which holy estate Christ adorned beautified with his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee and is commended of S. Paul to bee honourable among all men and therefore is not to bee enterprised nor taken in hand vnaduisedly lightly or wantonly to satisfie mens carnall lusts and appetites like brute beastes that haue no vnderstanding but reuerently discreetely aduisedly soberly and in the feare of God duely considering the causes for which Matrimonie was ordeined One was the procreation of children to be brought vp in the feare and nurture of the Lord and prayse of God Secondly it was ordeined for a remedie against sinne and to auoide fornication that such persons as haue not the gift of continencie might marrie and keepe themselues vndefiled members of Christs body Thirdly for the mutual societie hilpe and comfort that the one ought to haue of the other both in prosperitie aduersitie into the which holy estate these two persons present come now to be ioyned Therfore if any man can shew any iust cause why they may not lawfully be ioined together let him now speake or else hereafter for euer hold his peace And also speaking to the persons that shal be married he shal say I Require and charge you as you will answere at the dreadfull day of iudgement when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed that if either of you doe know any impediment why yee may not bee lawfully ioyned together in Matrimonie that ye confesse it For be ye well assured that so many as be coupled together otherwise then Gods word doth allow are not ioyned together by God neither is their Matrimonie lawfull At which day of mariage if any man do alleage and declare any impediment why they may not bee coupled together in Matrimonie by Gods law or the lawes of this Realme and wil be bound and sufficient suerties with him to the parties or els put in a caution to the full value of such charges as the persons to be married doe sustaine to prooue his allegation then the solemnization must be deferred vnto such time as the trueth be tried If no impediment be alleaged then shall the Curate say vnto the man N. Wilt thou haue this woman to thy wedded wife to liue together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimonie Wilt thou loue her comfort her honour and keepe her in sicknesse and in health and forsaking all other keepe thee onely vnto her so long as you both shall liue The man shall answere I will Then shall the Priest say vnto the woman N. Wilt thou haue this man to thy wedded husband to liue together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony wilt thou obey him and serue him loue honour and keepe him in sicknesse and in health and forsaking all other keepe thee onely vnto him so long as you both shall liue The woman shall answere I will Then shall the Minister say Who giueth this woman to be maried to this man And the Minister receiuing the woman at her fathers or friends hands shall cause the man to take the woman by the right hand and so either to giue their troth to other the man first saying IN. take thee N. to my wedded wife to haue and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sicknesse and in health to loue cherish and to obey till death vs depart according to Gods holy ordinance and thereto I giue thee my troth Then shall they loose their hands and the woman taking againe the man by the right hand shall say IN. take thee N. to my wedded husband to haue and to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sicknesse and in health to loue cherish and to obey till death vs depart according to Gods holy ordinance and thereto I giue thee my troth Then shall they againe loose their hands and the man shall giue vnto the woman a Ring laying the same vpon the booke with the accustomed duety to the Priest and Clarke And the Priest taking the Ring shall deliuer it vnto the man to put it vpon the fourth finger of the womans left hand And the man taught by the Priest shall say With this Ring I thee web with my body I thee worship and with all my worldly goods I thee endow In the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Then the man leauing the Ring vpon the fourth finger of the womans left hand the Minister shall say Let vs pray O Eternall God Creatour and preseruer of all mankinde giuer of all spirituall grace the authoue of euerlasting life send thy blessing vpon these thy seruants this man and this woman whome we blesse in thy Name that as Isahac and Rebecca liued faithfully together so these persons may surely perfourme and keepe the vowe and couenant betwixt them made whereof this Ring giuen and receiued is a token and pledge and may euer remaine in perfect loue and peace together and liue according to thy lawes through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Then shall the Priest ioyne their right hands together and say Those whome God hath ioyned together let no man put asvnder Then shall the Minister speake vnto the people FOrasmuch as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed the same before God and this company
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
Moab is my washpot ouer Edom wil I cast out my shoe Philistia be thou glad of me Who will leade me into the strong citie who will bring me into Edom Hast thou not cast vs out O God will not thou O God go out with our hostes O be thou out help in trouble for baine is the help of man Through God wil we doe great actes for it is he that shal tread downe our enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 61 HEare my crying O God giue eare vnto my prayer From the ends of the earth wil I call vnto thee when my heart is in heauinesse O set me vp vpon the rocke that is higher then I for thou hast been my hope and a strong tower for mee against the enemie I will dwell in thy Taberanacle for euer and my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wings For thou O Lord hast heard my desires and hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name Thou shall graunt the king a long life that his yeeres may endure throughout all generations He shall dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercie and faithfulnesse that they may preserue him So will I alwalyes sing prayse bnto thy Name that I may dayly performe my vowes Nonne Deo Psal 62 MY soule truely waiteth still vpon God for of him commeth my saluation Morning prayer He berely is my strength and my saluation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall How long will ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shall be slaline all the sort of you yea as a tottering wall shall ye be and like a broken hedge Their deuice is onely how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies they giue good words with their mouth but curse with their herat Neuerthelesse my soule waite thou still vpon God for my hope is in him Hee truely is my strength and my saluation hee is my defencc so that I shall not fall In GOD is my health and my glorie the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people powre out your hearts before him for God is our hope As for the children of men they are but baine the children of men are deceitfull vpon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanitie it selfe O trust not in wrong and robberie giue not your felues vnto vanitie if riches increase set not your heart vpon them God spake once and wife I haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto God And that thou Lord art mereifull for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke Deus Deus meus Psal 63 O God thou art my God earely wil I seeke thee My soule thirsteth for thee my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no matter is Thus haue I looked for thee in holinesse that I might behold thy power and glory For thy loutng kindenesse is better then the life it selfe my lips shall prayse thee As long as I liue wil I magnifie thee on this maner and lift vp my hands in thy name My soule shall bee satisfied euen as it were with marowe and fatnesse when my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lips Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought bpon thee when I was waking Beacause thou hast beene my helper therefore vnder the shadow of my wings will I reioyce My soule hangeth vpon thee thy right hand hath vpholdeli me These also that seeke the hurt of my soule they shall go vnder the earth Lat them fal vpon the edge of the sword that they may be aportion for forces But the King shal reioyce in God all they also that sweare by him shal be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shal be stopped Exaudi Deus psal 64. Heare my boyee O God in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of the wicked doers Which haue whet their tongue like a sword and shot out there arrowes euen bitter words That they may priuily shoote at him that is perfect suddenly doe they hit him and feare not They courage themselues in mischiefe and commune among themselues hom they may lay snares and fay that no man shall see them They imagine wickednesse and practise it that they keepe secret among themselues euery man in the deep of his heart But god shal snddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded Yea their owne tongues shall make them fall in so much that who so feeth them shal laugh them to srone And all men that see it shall say This hath God done for they shall perceiue that it is his worke The rightcous shall reioyce in the Lord and put hist trust in him and all they that are true of heart shal be glad Te decet hymnus Psal 65. THou Euening prayer O God art praised in Sion and vnto thee shall the vow bee performed in Hierusalem Thou that hearest the prayer vnto thee shall all flesh come My misdeeds preuaile against me oh be thou merciful vnto our sinnes Blessed is the man whom thou choosest receiued vnto thee he shal dwel in thy court shal be satisfid with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shall shewe vs wonderfull things in thy righteousnes O God of our saluation thou that art the hope of all the endes of the earth and of them that remaine in the broad sea Which in his streangth setteth fast the mountaines and is 〈◊〉 about with power Which stilleth the raging of the Sea and the noise of his waues and the madnesse of his people They also that dwell in the vettermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and euning to praise thee Thou bistest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou waterest her furrowes thou sendest raine into the little valleyes thereof thou makest it soft with the drops of raine and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeere with thy goodnesse and thy clouds drop fatnesse They shall drop vpon the dwellings of the wildernesse and the lilttle hilles shall reioice on euery side The folds shal be ful of sheepe the ballelyes also shal stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and sing Iubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be ioyfull in God all ye lands sing praises vnto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto God O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes through the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be found liars bnto thee For all the word shal worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the morks of God how wonderfull he is in his
Confitebimur tibi Psal 75. VNto thee Morning prayer O God doe We giue thanks yea vnto thee doe we giue thankes Thy Name also is so nigh and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the Congregation I shall iudge according vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabiters thereof I beare vp the pillars of it I said vnto the fooles Deale not so madly and to the vngodly Set not vp your horne Set not vp your horne on high and speake not with a stiffe necke For promotion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South And why God is the Iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp another For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixt and he powreth out of the same As for the dregs thereof all the vngodly of the earth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and praise him for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Notus in Iudea Psalm 76. IN Iurie is God knowen his Name is great in Israel At Salem is his tabernacle and his dwelling in Sion There brake he the arrowes of the bowe the shield the sword and the battaile Thou art of more honour and might then the hils of the robbers The proud are robbed they haue slept their sleepe and all the men whole hands were mightie haue found nothing At thy rebuke O God of Iacob both the charet and horse are fallen Thou euen thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy fight when thou art angry Thou diddest cause thy iudgement to be heard from heauen the earth trembled and was still When God arose to indgement and to helpe all the meeke vpon earth The fiercenesse of man shall turne to thy praise and the fiercenesse of them shalt thou refraine Promise vnto the Lord your God and keepe it all yee that be round about him bring presents vnto him that ought to be feared He shall refraine the spirit of princes and is wonderfull among the kings of the earth Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 77. I Will crie vnto God with my voice euen vnto God will I crie with my voice and he shall hearken vnto me In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord my fore ranne and ceased not in the night season my soule refused comfort When I am in heauinesse I will thinke vpon God when my heart is vexed I will complaine Thou holdest mine eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speake I haue considered the dayes of olde and the yeeres that are past I call to remembrance my song and in the night I commune with mine owne heart and search out my spirits Will the Lord absent himselfe for euer and will hee be no more intreated Is his mercy cleane gone for euer and is his promise come vtterly to an end for euermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious and wil he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure And I said It is mine owne infirmitie but I wil remember the yeeres of the right hand of the most highest I will remember the works of the Lord and call to mind thy wonders of old time I will thinke also of all thy workes and my talking shall be of thy doings Thy way O God is holy who is so great a God as our God Thou art the God that doth wonders and hast declared thy power among the people Thou hast mightily deliuered thy people euen the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph The waters saw thee O God the waters sawe thee and were afraid the depthes also were troubled The cloudes powred out water the aire thundered and thine arrowes went abroad The voice of thy thunder was heard round about the lightnings shone vpon the ground the earth was mooued and shooke withall Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy footsteps are not knowen Thou leddest thy people like sheepe by the hand of Moses and Aaron Attendite popule Psal 78. HEare my Lawe Euening prayer O my people encline your eares vnto the words of my mouth I wil open my mouth in a parable I wil declare hard sentences of olde Which we haue heard and knowen and such as our fathers haue tolde vs. That wee should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to shewe the honour of the Lorde his mightie and wonderfull workes that hee hath done He made a couenant with Iacob and gaue Israel a Law which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children That their posteritie might knowe it and the children which were yet vnborne To the intent that when they came vp they might shewe their children the same That they might put their trust in God and not to forget the workes of God but to keepe his commandements And not to bee as their forefathers a faithlesse and stubburne generation a generation that set not their heart aright and whose spirit cleaueth not stedfastly vnto God Like as the children of Ephraim which being harnessed and carying bowes turned themselues backe in the day of battaile They kept not the couenant of God and would not walke in his Law But forgate what he had done and the wonderfull worke that he had shewed for them Marueilous things did hee in the sight of our forefathers in the land of Egypt euen in the field of Zoan He dinided the sea and let them goe through he made the waters to stand on an heape In the day time also he led them with a cloud and all the night through with a light of fire Hee claue the hard rockes in the wildernesse and gaue them drinke thereof as it had bene out of the great depth He brought waters out of the stonie rocke so that it gushed out like the riuers Yet for all this they sinned more against him and prouoked the most highest in the wildernesse They tempted God in their hearts and required meat for their lust They spake against God also saying Shall God prepare a table in the wildernesse Hee smote the stonie rocke deede that the water gushed out and the streames flowed withall but can hee giue bread also or prouide flesh for his people When the Lord heard this he was wroth so the fire was kindled in Iacob and there came vp heauie displeasure against Israel Because they beleeued not in God and put not their trust in his helpe So hee commaunded the cloudes aboue and opened the doores of heauen Hee rained downe Manna also vpon them for to eate and gaue them food from heauen So man did eate Angels foode for hee sent them meate ynough Hee caused the Cast winde to blowe vnder heauen and through his power he brought in the Southwest winde He rained flesh vpon them as thicke as dust and feathered foules like as the sand of the sea He
them So they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble and he deliuered them from their distresse He led them foorth by the right way that they might go to the citie where they dwelt O that men would therfore praise the Lord for his goodnes and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men For hee satisfieth the emptie soule and filleth the hungrie soule with goodnesse Such as sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death being fast bound in miserie and yron Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsaile of the most high Hee also brought downe their heart through heauinesse they fell downe and there was none to helpe them vp So when they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble hee deliuered them out of their distresse For he brought them out of darkenesse and out of the shadow of death and brake their bonds in sunder O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse smitten the barres of yron in sunder Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickednesse Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate and they were euen hard at deaths doore So when they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble he deliuered them out of their distresse He sent his worde and healed them and they were saued from their destruction O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men That they would offer vnto him the sacrifice of thankesgiuing and tell out his workes with gladnesse They that goe downe to the sea in ships and occupie their businesse in great waters These men see the workes of the Lord and his wonders in the deepe For at his word the stormie winde ariseth which lifteth vp the waues thereof They are caried vp to the heauen and downe againe to the deepe their soule melteth away because of the trouble They reele to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits end So when they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble he deliueâ—th them out of their distresse For he maketh the storme to cease so that the waues thereof are still Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them vnto the hauen where they would be O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men Thâ—â— they would exaâ— him also in the Congregation of the people and prayse him in the seate of the elders Which turneth the floods into a wildernesse and drieth vp the water springs A fruitfull land maketh hee barren for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein Againe he maketh the wildernesse a standing water and water springs of a drie ground And there he setteth the hungry that they may build them a citie to dwell in That they may sowe their land and plant vineyardes to yeeld them fruits of increase He blesseth them so that that they multiplie exceedingly suffereth not their cattell to decrease And againe when they are minished and brought lowe through oppression through any plague or trouble Though hee suffer them to bee euill entreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wildernes Yet helpeth hee the poore out of miserie and maketh him housholds like a flocke of sheepe The righteous will consider this reioyce and the mouth of all wickednesse shal be stopped Who so is wise will ponder these things and they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord. Paratum cormeum Psal 108. O God Euening prayer my heart is ready my heart is ready I will sing giue prayse with the best member that I haue Awake thou Lute and Harpe I my 〈◊〉 will awake right early I will giue thankes vnto thee O Lord among the people I will sing prayses vnto thee among the nations For thy mercie is greater then the heaâ—â—ns and thy trueth reacheth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens and thy glory aboue all the earth That thy beloued may bee deliuered let thy right hand saue them and heare thou me God hath spoken in his holinesse I will reioyce therefore and diuide Sichem and mete out the valley of Sucoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my head Iuda is my lawgiuer Moab is my washpot ouer Edom will I cast out my shoe vpon the Philistims will I triumph Who will leade me into the strong citie and who will bring me into Edom Hast not thou forsaken vs O God and wilt not thou God goe forth with our hostes O helpe vs against the enemie for vaine is the helpe of man Through God we shall doe great actes and it is hee that shall tread downe our enemies Deus laudem psal 109. HOld not thy tongue O God of my praise for the mouth of the vngodly yea and the mouth of the deceitfull is opened vpon me And they haue spoken against me with false tongues they compassed me about also with wordes of hatred and fought against me without a cause For the loue that I had vnto them loe they take now my contrary part but I giue my selfe vnto prayer Thus haue they rewarded me euill for good and hatred for my good will Set thou an vngodly man to bee ruler ouer him and let Satan stand at his right hand When sentence is giuen vpon him let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne Let his dayes be fewe and let another take his office Let his children be fatherlesse and his wife a widow Let his children bee vagabonds and beg their bread let them seeke it also out of desolate places Let the extortioner consume all that hee hath and let the stranger spoile his labour Let there bee no man to pitie him nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children Let his posteritie be destroyed and in the next generation let his name be cleane put out Let the wickednesse of his fathers be hab in remembrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be done away Let them alway be before the Lord that he may roote out the memoriall of them from of the earth And that because his minde was not to doe good but persecuted the poore helpelesse man that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart His delight was in cursing and it shall happen vnto him he loued not blessing therefore shall it be farre from him Hee clothed himselfe with cursing like as with a rayment and it shall come into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him and as the girdle that he is alway girded withall Let it thus happen from the Lorde vnto mine
thy borders and filleth thee with the flowre of wheate He sendeth foorth his commandement vpon earth and his word runneth very swiftly He gineth snow like wooll and seattereth the hoare frost like ashes He tasteth foorth his yee like morsels who is able to abide his ashes He sendeth out his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters flowe He sheweth his word vnto Iarob his statutes and ordinaures vnto Israel He hath not dealt so with any nation neither haue the heathue knowledge of his lawes Laudate Dominum Psal 148. O Praise the Lord of heauen praise him in the height Prayse him all yee Angels of his praise him all his hoste Prayse him all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lord for he speake the word and they were he commaunded and they were cerated He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath giueb shem a lawe which shall not be broken Praise the Lord vpon earth ye Dragons and all deepes Fire and halie snow and vapours winde and storme fulfilling his word Beastes and all cattell wormes and feathered foules Kings of the earth and all people princes and all iudges of the world Young men and maidnes olde man and children prayse the name of the Lord for his Mane onely is axcellent and his prayse abour heauen and earth He shall exalt the home of his people all his Saints shall prayse him cuen the childern of Israel euen the people that serueth him Cantate Domino Psal 149. O Sing vnto the Lord a new song let the Congregation of Saints prayse him Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their king Let them praise his name in the dance let them singpraises vnto him with Tabret and harpe For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meeke hearted Let the Saints be ioyfull with glory let them reioyce in their beds Let the praises of God be in their mouth and at two edged sword in their hands To be auenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people To bind their kings in chaines their nobles with linkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written such honour haue all his Saints Laudate Dominum Psal 150. O Prayse God in his holinesse praise him in the firmament of his power Prayse him in his noble actes prayse him according to his excellent greatnesse Praise him in the fouud of the Trumpet prayse him vpon the Lute and Harpe Praise him in the Cymbals and daunces praise him vpon the stirings and pipe Praise him vpon the well tuned Cymbals praise him vpon the loub Cymbals Let euery thing that hath breath praise the Lord. FINIS Certaine godly prayers to be vsed for sundry purposes A generall consession of sinnes to be sayd euery Morning O Almightie God our heanenly Father I confesse and acknowledge that I am a miserable and a wretched sinner and haue manifolde wayes most grieuously transgressed thy most godly conunaundements through wicked thoughts vngodly lustes sinfull wordes and deeds commited all my whole life In sinne am I borne and conceiued and there is no goodnesse in me in as much as if thou shouldest enter into thy narrow iudgement with mee iudging mee according vnto the same I were neuer able to susser and abide it but must needes pertsh and be damncd for eucr So little helpe comfort or succour is there either in me or in any other creature Onely this is my comfort O heauenly Father that thon diddest not spare thy onely deare beloued sonne bnt diddest gine him vp vnto the most bitter and most vile slanderous death of the crosse for me that he might so pay the ransom for my sinnes satisfie thy indgment still and pacifie thy wrath reconcile me againe vnto thee and pnrchase me thy grace fanour cuerlasting life where fore throngh the merit of his most bitter death and passion and through his innocent bloodshedding I beseech thee O heauenly Father that thou wilt vouchsase to be gracious merciful vnto me to fergiue and pardon me all my sinnes to lighten my heart whit thy holy Spirit to renue confirme and strengthen me with a right perfect faith and to inflame me in loue toward thee and my neighbour that I may hencefoorty with a willing and glad heart walke as it becommeth me in thy most godly commaunements and so glorifie and prayse thee euerlastingly And also that I may with a free conscience quiet heart in all maner of temptations afflictions or necessities eucn in the very pangs of death cry boldly merily vnto thee say I beleeue in God the father almighty maker of heauen earth and in lesus Christ c. But O Lord God heauenly Father to comfort my selfe in affliction and temptation with these articles of the Christian faith it is not in my power for faith is thy gift and forasmuch as thou wilt be prayed vnto and called vyon for it I come vnto thee to pray and beseech thee both for that and for all other my necessities euen as thy deare beloued Sonne our Sauiour Ie-sus Christ himselfe hath taught vs And from the very bottome of my heart I crie and say Our Father which art in heauen halowed be thy Name c. ¶ A prayer to be sayd in the Morning O Merciful Lord God heauenly Father I ren dermost high laudes praise and thankes vnto thee that thou hast preserued mee both this might and all the time and dayes of my life hitherto vnder thy protection and hast suffe red me to liue vnto this present houre And I beseech thee heartily that thon wilt vouchsafe to receiue mce this day and the residue of my whole life from hence foorth into thy tuition ruling and gouerning mee with thy holy Spirite that all maner of darkenesse of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnall lustes and affections may bee betterly chased and driuen out of my heart and that I may be iustified and saued both body and soule through a right and perfect faith and so walke in the light of thy most godly trueth to thy glory and prayse and to the profite and furtherance of my neighbour through Iesus Christ our Lord and Saui-our Amen ¶ Another prayer for the morning O Almightie and most gracious God wee heartily thank thee for the sweete sleepe and comfortable rest which thou hast giuen vs this night and for asmuch as thou hast commanded by thy holy word that no man should be idle but all occupied in godly and vertuous exercises euery man according to his calling we most humbly beseech thee that thine eyes may attende vpon vs dayly defend vs cherish comfort and gouerne vs and all our counsails studies labours in such wise that we may spend and bestow this day according to thy most holy will without the hurting of our neighbors and that we may
doing to ward the children of men He turned the sea into drie land so that they went through the water on foote there did we reioice thereof He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes behold the people and such as will not beleeue shal not be able to exalt themselues O praise our God yee people and make the voice of his prayse to be heard Which holdeth our soule in life and suffereth not out feete to slippe For thou O God hast proued vs thou also hast tried vs like as siluer is tried Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layedst trouble vpon our loynes Thou sufferedest men to ride ouer our heads wee went thorow fire and water and thou broughtest vs out into a wealthy place I will go into thy house with burnt offerings and wil pay thee my bowes which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goats O come hither and bearken all ye that feare God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue himpraises with my tongue If I incline vnto wickednesse with my heart the Lorde will not heare me But God hath heared me and considered the voyce of my prayer Praised bee God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercie from me Deus misereatur Psal 67 GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blcsse vs an t shewe vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto bs That thy way may be knowen bpon earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shall iudge the folke righteoufly and gouerne the nations vpon earth Let the people prase thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall giue vs his blessing God shal blesse bs and all the ends of the world sbal feare him Exurgat Deus Psal 68. LEt God arise Morning prayer anb let his enemies bee scattered let them also that hate him slee before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shall thou briue them away and like as ware melteth at the fire so let the vngodly perith at the presence of God But let the righteous bee glad and reioyce before God let them also be ney and ioyfull O sing vnto God and sing praises vnto his Nmme magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse praise him in his Name yea and reioyce before him He is father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of the widomes euen God in his holy habitation He is the God that maketh men to bee of one minde in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captiuitie but letteth the runnagates continue in scarcenesse O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernesse The earth shooke the heauens dropped at the presence of God enen as Sinai also was mooueb at the presence of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sentest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was wearie Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of the goodnesse prepared for the poore The Lord gaue the word great was the companie of the preachers Kings with their armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the houshold diuided the spoile Though ye haue lien among the pots yet shal ye be as the wings of a Doue that is conered with siluer wings and her feathers like golde When the Almightie scattered kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon As the hill of Basan so is Gods hill euen an high hill as the hill of Basan Why hop yee so yee high hils this is Gods hill in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for euer The charets of God are twenty thousand euen thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai Thou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued gifts for men yea euen for thy enemies that the Lord might dwell among them Praised be the Lorde daily euen the God which helpeth vs and powreth his benefits vpon vs. He is our God euen the God of whom comuneth saluation God is the Lord by whom we escape death GOD shall wounde the head of his enemies and the hairie scalpe of such a one as goeth on still in his wickednesse The Lord hath said I wil bring my people againe as I did from Basan mine owne will I bring againe as I did sometime from the deepe of the sea That thy foote may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may bee red through the same It is well seene O God how thou goest howe thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuarie The singers goe before the minstrels follow after in the middest are the damosels playing with their timbrels Giue thankes O Israel vnto God the Lord in the Congregations from the ground of the heart There is litle Beniamin their ruler and the princes of Iuda their counsaile the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nephthali Thy God hath sent foorth strength for thee stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy Temples sake at Hierusalem so shal Kings bring presents vnto thee When the companie of the spearemen and multitude of the mightie are scattered abroad among the beastes of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of siluer and when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre Then shall the princes come out of Egypt the Morians land shall soone stretch out her hands vnto God Sing vnto God O yee kingdomes of the earth O sing praises vnto the Lord. Which sitteth in the heauens ouer all from the beginning loe he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mightie voyce Ascribe yee the power to God ouer Isral his worship and strength is in the cloudes O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Isral he will giue strength and power vnto his people blessed be God Saluum me Psal 69. SAue mee Euening prayer O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I am wearie of crying my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long vpon my God They that hate me without a canse are moe then the haires of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy