that I am And they sayd what nede we of any further witnesse For we oure selues haue heard of his own mouth ¶ Thursday before Easter ¶ The Epistle i. Cor. xl THis I warne you of commend not the ye come not together after a better maner but after a worse For first of all when ye come together in the congregacion I heare that there is discencyon among you and I partlye beeleue it For there muste bee sectes among you that thei which are perfecte among you may be knowen When ye come together therefore into one place the Lordes supper cannot bee eaten for euerye manne beginneth afore to eate his owne supper And one is hungrye and another is dronken Haue ye not houses to eate and drinke in despise ye the congregacyon of God and shame them that haue not what shall I say vnto you shall I prayse you In thys I prayse you not That whyche I deliuered vnto you I receiued of the lord For the lord Iesus thesame night in which he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and said Take ye and eate this is my body which is broken for you This doe ye in the remembraunce of me After thesame maner also he tooke the cuppe when supper was done saying this cuppe is the new Testament in my bloud This doe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread drinke of this cup ye shal shewe the Lordes death til he come Wherefore whosoeuer shal eate of this bread and drinke of this cup of the lorde vnworthely shal be giltie of the body and bloud of the lord But let a man examine himselfe so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cuppe For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthely eateth and drinketh his own damnacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes bodye For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many slepe For if we had iudged our selues we shoulde not haue been iudged But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chastened that we should not bee damned with the worlde Wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for another If any man hungre let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto condemnacyon Other thynges wyl I set ordre when I come ¶ The Gospell Luk. xxiii THe whole multitude of them arose and lead hym vnto Pilate And they began to accuse hym saying we founde this felowe peruerting the people and forbidding to pay tribute to Cesar saying that he is Christ a kyng And Pylate apposed hym saying arte thou the king of the Iewes he aunswered hym and sayed thou sayest it Then said Pilate to the hie priestes to the people I find no fault in thys man And they were the more fierce saying he moueth the people teaching throughoute al Iury began at Galile euen to this place Whē Pilate heard mencion of Galile he asked whether the man were of Galile And assone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode whiche was also at Ierusalem at that tyme. And when Herode saw Iesus he was excedyng glad for he was desyrous to see hym of a long season because he had heard many thinges of him and he trusted to haue seen some miracles done by him Then he questioned with hym many woordes But he aunswered hym nothyng The hie Priestes and Scribes stoode furth and accused him strayghtly And Herode with the men of warre despised hym And when he had mocked hym he arayed him in white clothing and sent him again to Pilate And thesame daye Pilate and Herode were made frendes together For before they were at variaunce And Pilate called together the hie priestes the rulers the people and said vnto thē ye haue brought this mā vnto me as one that peruerteth the people and behold I examine him before you and find no fault in this man of those thynges whereof ye accuse him no nor yet Herode For I sent you vnto him and loe nothyng worthy of death is doone vnto him I wyl therfore chasten him let him loce For of necessitie he must haue let one loce to them at the feaste And al the people cryed at once saying away with him deliuer vs Barrabas whiche for a certaine insurrecion made in the citie and for a murther was cast into prieson Pilate spake agayne vnto them willing to lette Iesus looce But they cryed saying Crucifie hym Crucifie hym He sayed vnto them the third tyme what euill hath he done I fynde no cause of death in hym I wyll therefore chasten hym and lette hym goe And they cryed with loude voyces requiring that he myghte be Crucified And the voyces of them and of the hye pryestes preuayled And Pilate gaue sentence that it shoulde be as they required he let looce vnto them him that for insurreccion and murther was cast into prieson whom they had desired he deliuered to them Iesus to doe with him what they would And as they led hym awaye they caught one Simon of Cyrene coming out of the field and on hym layed they the crosse that he mighte beare it after Iesus And there folowed him a great company of people of women whiche bewayled and lamented hym But Iesus turned backe vnto thē and said ye daughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selues and for youre children For behold the daies wil come in the whiche they shal say Happy are the baren and the wombes that neuer bare and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begyn to say to the mountaines fal on vs to the hilles couer vs. For if they doe this in a greene tree what shall be doone in the drye And there were two euil doers led with him to be slayn And after that they were come to the place which is called Caluarie there they crucified him the euil dooers one on the ryght hand and the other on the left Then sayd Iesus father forgeue thē for they wote not what they doe And they parted hys rayment and cast lottes And the people stode and beheld And the rulers mocked hym with thē saying he saued other men let him saue hymselfe if he bee very Chryst the chosen of God The souldiers also mocked hym and came and offred him vineger and said if thou be the king of Iewes saue thy selfe And a superscripcion was written ouer him with letters of Greke and Latin Hebrue This is the king of the Iewes And one of the euill doers which were hanged rayled on him saying If thou be Christ saue thy selfe vs. But the other aunswered and rebuked hym saying fearest thou not god seing thou art in thesame damnacyon we are righteously punyshed for we receue according to our dedes but this man hath done nothing amisse And he said vnto Iesus Lord remembre me
Sepulchre Thei ranne both together that other disciple dyd outrunne Peter and came first to the Sepulchre And whē he had stouped down he saw the linnen clothes lying yet wente he not in Then came Simon Peter folowing him wente into the Sepulchre sawe the linnen clothes lye the napkin that was about his head not lying wyth the linnē clothes but wrapped together in a place by it self Then went in also that other disciple whiche came firste to the Sepulchre he saw beleued For as yet they knewe not the Scripture that he should rise agayne from death Then the disciples went away agayne to their own home ¶ Monday in Easter weke ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god which through thy only begotten sōne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death opened vnto vs the gate of euerlasting life we humbly beseche thee that as by thy speciall grace preuenting vs thou doest put in oure mindes good desires so by thy cōtinual helpe we may bring thesame to good effect through Iesus Christ our lord who liueth and reigneth c. ¶ The Epistle Actes x. PEter opened his mouth and sayd of a truth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persons with God but in all people he that feareth him worketh righteousnes is accepted with hym Ye know the preaching that god sent vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lord ouer all thynges which preaching was publyshed throughout al Iewry began in Galile after the Baptisme which Iohn preached howe God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy gost and with power Whiche Iesus went about dooing good and healing al that were oppressed of the deuil for God was with him And we are witnesses of all thynges which he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whom they slewe and hanged on tree Him God raysed vp the thyrde daye and shewed hym openly not to al the people but to vs witnesses chosen before of god for the same intente whiche dyd eate and drinke with him after he arose frō death And he cōmaūded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordeyned of god to be the iudge of the quicke and the dead To him geue al the prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in him shal receiue remission of synnes ¶ The Gospell Lu. xxiiii BEholde two of the disciples wente that same daye to a towne called Emaus which was frō Ierusalem about .lx. furlonges and they talked together of all the thynges that had happened And it chaunced while they commoned together and reasoned Iesus himselfe drewe nere and went with thē But their eies were holden that they should not knowe him And he sayd vnto them what maner of communicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad And the one of them whose name was Cleophas aunswered and sayd vnto him art thou only a straunger in Ierusalē and haste not knowen the thinges whiche haue chaunced there in these dayes he sayd vnto them what thinges And they sayd vnto hym of Iesus of Nazareth whiche was a Prophete mightie in dede worde before God and al the people and how the hie Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified him But we trusted that it had been he which should haue redemed Israel And as touching al these thynges to daye is euen the thyrd daye that they were done Yea and certayne weomen also of our company made vs astonied whiche came earlye vnto the Sepulchre and founde not his body came saying that they had seen a vision of Aungeles which sayd that he was alyue And certayne of them whiche were with vs wente to the Sepulchre and founde it euen to as the weomen had sayed but hym they sawe not And he sayed vnto them O fooles and slowe of hearte to beleue all that the Prophetes haue spoken Ought not Christ to haue suffered these thinges and to entre into his glory And he began at Moyses and al the Prophetes and enterpreted vnto them in al scriptures whiche were written of him And they drew nye vnto the towne whiche they wente vnto And he made as though he would haue gone further And they constrained hym saying Abide with vs for it draweth towardes night the day is farre passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke bread blessed it and brake and gaue to thē And theyr iyes were opened and they knew him and he vanished oute of their sight And they sayd betwene thēselues did not oure heartes burne 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 Ierusalem and founde the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying the Lord is risen in dede and hath appeared to Simon And they tolde what thinges were done in the waye how they knew hym in breakyng of bread Tuesday in Easter weke ¶ The Collecte ALmighty father which hast geuē thy only sonne to die for oure synnes and to ryse agayn for our iustificacion Graunt vs so to put away the leauen of malice and wyckednes that we may alway serue thee in purenes of lyuing and trueth through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes xiii YE men and brethren Children of the generacion of Abraham and whosoeuer amōg you feareth god to you is this woord of saluaciō sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and theyr rulers because they knew hym not nor yet the voyces of the Prophetes whiche are read euerye Sabboth daye they haue fulfylled them in condemning hym And when they founde no cause of deathe in hym yet desyred they Pilate to kyll hym And when they had fulfilled al that wer written of him they toke him down from the tree and put him in a Sepulchre But God raysed hym agayne from deathe the thyrde daye and he was seene many dayes of them whiche went with hym from Galile to Ierusalem whyche are witnesses vnto the people And we declare vnto you howe that the promise whiche was made vnto the fathers god hath fulfilled vnto their children euē vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus agayne Euen as it is wrytten in the second Psalme thou arte my sonne thys day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raysed hym vp from death now nomore to returne to corruption he sayde on this wyse The holy promises made to Dauid wyll I geue faithfully vnto you Wherfore he sayeth also in an other place Thou shalt not suffre thine holy to see corrupcion For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfilled the wil of god fel on slepe and was layd vnto his fathers and saw corrupcion But he whom God raysed agayne saw no corrupcion Be it knowen vnto you therfore ye men and brethren that through thys
not myne but the fathers which sente me These thynges haue I spoken vnto you beeyng yet presente with you But the comforter whyche is the holy goste whom my father will sende in my name he shall teache you all thinges and bryng all thynges to your remembraunce whatsoeuer I haue sayde vnto you Peace I leaue with you my peace I geue vnto you Not as the world geueth geue I vnto you Let not your heartes be greued neyther feare Ye haue heard how I sayd vnto you I goe and come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye would verely reioyce because I said I goe vnto the father for the father is greater then I. And now haue I shewed you beefore it come that when it is come to passe ye myght beleue Hereafter will I not talke many wordes vnto you For the Prince of this worlde cometh and hathe naughte in me But that the worlde may know that I loue the father And as the father gaue me commundement euen so doe I. ¶ Mondaye in whitson weke ¶ The Collecte God which c. As vpon Whitsundaye ¶ The Epistle Actes x. THen Peter opened his mouth and sayd of a trueth I perceiue that there is no respect of persons with god but in al people he that fearth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preachyng that GOD sente vnto the children of Israell preachyng peace by Iesus Chryste whyche is Lorde ouer al thynges whiche preaching was publisshed throughout all Iewry and begā in Galile after the baptisme which Iohn preached howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy gost and with power Whiche Iesus wente aboute dooyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuill For God was with him And we are witnesses of all thynges whiche he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whom they stewe and hanged on a tree Hym God raysed by the thyrde daye and shewed hym openly not to al the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of god for the same intent which did eate and drinke with him after he arose from death And he cōmaunded vs to preache vnto the people to testifie the it is he which was ordained of God to be the iudge of quicke dead To him geue al the prophetes witnes that throughe his name whosoeuer beleueth in him shal receyue remission of sinnes While Peter yet spake these wordes the holy gost fel on al thē which heard the preaching And they of the circumcision whiche beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was shed out the gift of the holy gost For they heard th̄e speake with tongues and magnifie God Then aunswered Peter canne any man forbid water that these shoulde not be baptised whiche haue receyued the holy goste as well as we And he commaunded them to bee baptised in the name of the Lorde Then prayed they hym to tary a fewe dayes ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. SO god loued the world that he gaue his only be gotten sonne that whosoeuer belieueth in hym should not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe For God sente not hys sonne into the worlde to condemne the world but that the world through him myght be saued But he that beleueth on hym is not condēned But he that beleueth not is cōdemned already because he hath not beleued in the name of the onli begotten sonne of God And this is the condemnacion that lyght is come into the world and men loued darkenes more then lyght because theyr dedes were euill For euery one that euell doeth hateth the lyght neyther cometh to the lyght lest his dedes shoulde be reproued But he that doth the truth cometh to the light that his dedes may be knowen how that they are wrought in God The tuesday after whitsondaye ¶ The Collecte ¶ God which c. As vpon Whitsondaye ¶ The Epistle Acte viii WHen the Apostles which were at Ierusalē heard saye that Samaria had receyued the worde of god they sente vnto them Peter Iohn Whiche when they were come downe prayed for them that they might receyue the holy gost For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christ Iesu Then layed they their handes on them and they receyued the holy gost ¶ The Gospell Iohn x. VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in by the dore into the shepe folde but clymeth vp some other way the same is a these and a murtherer But he that entereth in by the dore is the shepeheard of the shepe To hym the porter openeth and the shepe hear hys voyce and he calleth his owne shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hathe sente forthe hys owne shepe he goeth before thē and the shepe folow him for they knowe hys voyce A straunger wyll they not folow but wil flee from hym for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This Prouerbe spake Iesus vnto thē but they vnderstoode not what thynges they were whiche he spake vnto them Then sayd Iesus vnto them agayne Verely verely I saye vnto you I am the dore of the shepe All euen as many as came before me are theues and murtherers but the shepe did not heare them I am the dore by me if any entre in he shal be safe and shall goe in and oute and fynde pasture A these cometh not but for to steale kyll and destroye I am come that they maye haue lyfe and that they mighte haue it more aboundauntlye Trinitie Sundaye ¶ The Collecte Almightie and euerlastyng God whyche haste geuen vnto vs thy seruauntes grace by the confession of a true faythe to acknowledge the glorye of the eternall Trinitie and in the power of the deuine Maiestie to worship the vnitie we beseche thee that throughe the stedfastnesse of this faith we may euermore be defended from al aduersitie which liuest reignest one god worlde without end Amen ¶ The Epistle Apoc. iiii AFter thys I loked and beholde a dore was open in heauen and the fyrste voyce whyche I hearde was as it were of a trompet talkyng with me which sayd come vp higher and I wyll shew thee thynges whiche must be fulfilled hereafter And immediatly I was in the spirite And behold a seat was set in heaūe and one sat on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone And there was a rainebow about the seate in sight like vnto an Emerauld And about the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xxiiii. elders sitting clothed in whyte raymente and had on theyr heades crownes of golde And oute of the seate proceded lightninges and thunderynges and voyces and there were seuen lampes of fyre burnyng beefore the seate which are the seuē spirites of god And before the seate there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto Christall and in the myddes of the seate and rounde aboute
bee called but the faulte is muche greater when menne stande by and yet wyll neyther eate nor drynke thys holye Communyon with other I praye you what can thys bee elles but euen to haue the misteryes of Chryste in derysyon It is sayde vnto all Take ye and eate Take and drinke ye all of this do this in remembraunce of me With what face then or with what countenaunce shall ye heare thes e woordes What wyll thys bee elles but a neglecting a des pys ing and mockyng of the Tes tament of Chris te Wherfore rather then you should s o doe departe you hence and geue place to them that bee Godlye dys pos ed. But when you departe I bees eche you pondre with youre selues from whom you departe ye departe from the Lordes table ye departe from youre brethren and from the banquete of most heauenlye foode These thynges yf ye earnestlye considre ye shall by Gods grace returne a better mind for the obteining wherof we shall make our humble peticions whyle me shall receyue the holy communion ¶ And some tyme shal be sayd thys also at the discrecyon of the Curate DEarely beloued forasmuche as our duetie is to render to almyghtye God oure heauenlye father moste hearty thankes for that he hath geuen hys sonne our sauiour Iesus Christe not onelye to dye for vs but also to bee oure spirituall foode and sustenaunce as it is declared vnto vs aswell by Gods woorde as by the holy sacramentes of his blessed body and bloud the whyche beyng so coumfortable a thyng to them whiche receue it worthelye and so daungerous to them that wyll presume to receyue it vnwoorthelye My duetye is to exhort you to consydre the bignitie of the holye misterye and the greate peryll of the vnmorthye receiuyng therof and so to searche and examyne youre owne consciences as you should come holy and cleane to a moste godly and heauenlye feaste so that in no wyse you come but in the maryage garmente required of God in holy scripture and so come and bee receiued as woorthye partakers of suche a heauenly table The way and meanes therto is Fyrste to examine your lyues and conuersacion by the rule of Goddes commaundementes and wherin soeuer ye shall perceyue youre selues to haue offended eyther by wyll woorde or dede there bewayle your owne sinfullines confesse your selues to almightie god with ful purpose of amendement of lyfe And if ye shall perceiue youre offences to be such as be not onely againste God but also agaynste youre neighbours then ye shall reconcile your selues vnto them ready to make restitucion and satisfaccion according to the vttermost of your powers for al iniuries wronges done by you to any other and like wise being ready to forgeue other that haue offended you as you would haue forgeuenes of your offences at gods hande for otherwyse the receiuing of the holy CoÌ„munion doeth noting els but encrease your damnacion And because it is requisite that no man should come to the holy Communion but with a full trust in Gods mercy with a quiet conscience therefore yf there be any of you whiche by the meanes aforesaid cannot quiet his own conscyence but requireth further comfort or counsel then let him come to me or some other discrete and learned minister of gods word and open his griefe that he maye receiue suche gostly counsayl aduise and comfort as his conscience may be relieued and that by the ministery of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolucion to the quieting of his conscience and auoiding of al Scruple and doubtfulnes Then shal the priest say thys exhortacion DErely beloued in the Lorde ye that minde to come to the holy CommunioÌ„ of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe must consyder what S. Paul wryteth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth al persons diligently to try and examyne theÌ„selues before they presume to eate of that bread and drynke of that cuppe for as the benefite is great if with a truly penitente hearte and lyuely fayth we receiue that holy Sacramente for then we spirituallye eate the fleshe of Chryste and drynke hys bloude then we dwell in Chryste and Chryste in vs â—…e bee one with Chryste and Chryste wyth vs so is the daunger greate if we receyue the same vnworthely For then we be giltie of the bodye and bloud of Christ our Sauiour We eate and drynke our own damnacion not considering the lordes body We kyndle Gods wrath agaynst vs we prouoke hym to plage vs with diuerse diseases and sondrye kindes of death Therefore if anye of you be a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his to word an adulterer or be in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous cryme bewayle your sinnes and come not to this holye Table lest after the takyng of that holy Sacrament the Deuill entre into you as he entred into Iudas and fill you ful of al iniquities and bring you to destruccion both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that ye bee not iudged of the Lorde Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuelye and stedfast fayth in Christ our Sauiour Amende your lyues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall ye bee mete partakers of those holy misteries And aboue all thinges ye must geue most humble and heartie thankes to God the father the sonne and the holy ghost for the redempcion of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ bothe God and man who did humble himselfe euen to the death vpon the Crosse for vs miserable sinners which lay in darkenes and shadowe of death that he myght make vs the children of God and exalte vs to euerlastyng lyfe And to th ende that we shoulde alwaye remembre the exceding great loue of our Master and onely Sauiour Iesu Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefites whiche by his precious bloudshedding he hath obtayned to vs he hath instituted and ordeyned holy misteries as pledges of his loue and continual remembraunce of his death so our great and endlesse comfort To hym therefore with the father and the holy ghost let vs geue as we are most bounden continuall thankes submittyng our slues wholye to his holye will and pleasure and studying to setue hym in true holinesse and ryghteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Amen ¶ Then shall the priest saye to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that doe truely earnestly repente you of your sinnes be in loue charitie with your neighbours entend to leade a newe lyfe folowyng the commaundementes of God and walking from hencefurh in hys holy mayes Draw nere take this holy Sacramente to your comfort make your huÌ„ble coufession to almighty God beefore thys congregacion here gathered together in hys holy name mekely kneling vpon your knees Then shall this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holye
sufficient correccion for al her sinnes A voice cried in wildernesse prepare the way of the lord in the wyldernes make streight the path of oure God in the deserte Let al valleyes be exalted euery moūtaine hil be layed low whatso is croked let it be made strayght let the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shal appeare and al flesh shal at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it Thesame voice spake Now crye And the Prophet aūswered what shal I cry that al fleshe is grasse that al the goodlines therof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered the floure falleth awaye Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the lorde bloweth vpō thē Neuertheles whether the grasse wither or the the floure fade away yet the word of our god endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hil O siō thou that bringest good tidinges lifte vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem lifte it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your god beholde the lord god shall come with power beare rule with his arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with hym his workes goe before him He shal fede his flocke like an heardmā He shal gather the lambes together with hys arme and cary them in hys bosome and shal kindly intreate those that beare yong ¶ The Gospell Luke i. ELizabethes time came the she suould bee deliuered and she broughte foorth a sonne And her neyghbours and her cosins heard how the lord had shewed great mercy vpon her and reioised with her And it fortuned that in the eight day thei came to circumcise the childe and called his name zachary after the name of his father And his mother aunswered and sayd not so but his name shal be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kynred the is named with thys name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote saying hys name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouth was opened immediatlye and his tong also and he spake praised god And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto hym And all these sayinges was noised abroade throughout al the hie countrey of Iewry and they the heard them layd them vp in their heartes saying what maner of child shal this be And the hand of the lord was with hym And his father zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praised be the lord God of Israell for he hath visited redemed his people And hath raised vp an horne of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruāt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued frō our enemies and frō the hand of al the hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers and remembre his holy couenaūt And he would perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abrahā for to forgeue vs. That we beyng delyuered out of the handes of our enemies myghte serue hym without feare al the dayes of our life in such holinesse righteousnes as are acceptable for him And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the hiest for thou shalt goe before the face of the lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacyon vnto his people for the remissiōn of synnes Through the tender mercy of our god whereby the day spring frō an high hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes and in the shadow of death to guide our fete into the way of peace And the child grew waxed strong in spirite and was in wyldernes til the daye came when he should shewe hymselfe vnto the Israelites Sainct Peters daye ¶ The Collect. ALmightie god whiche by the sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle Saincte Peter many excellente giftes and commaundest hym earnestly to fede thy stocke make we beseche thee al Bisshops and Pastours diligently to preache thy holy worde and the people obedientlye to folowe the same that they may receyue the crown of euerlastyng glory though Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes xii AT the same time Herode the king stretched forth hys handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And beecause he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete bread And when he had caught him he put him in prieson also delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kepte entending after Easter to bring him forth to the people And Peter was kept in prieson but prayer was made without ceasing of the congregacyon vnto god for hym And whē Herode would haue broughte hym out vnto the people thesame nyghte slepte Peter betwene two souldiers boūd with two chaines and the kepers before the dore kept the prieson And behold the Aungel of the lorde was there present and a light shined in the habitacion And he smote Peter on the side and styrred hym vp saying arise vp quickely And his chaines fel from his handes And the Aungel s ayd vnto hym gyrd thy selfe and binde on thy sandales And he so did And he sayth vnto him cast thy garment about thee folow me And he came out folowed him and wist not that it was trueth whiche was done by the Aungel but thought he had seen a vision When they were past the first second watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie whiche opened to them by the own accord And they went out passed thorow one strete and forth with the Angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd nowe I know of a suretie that the lord hath sent his Aungell and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the wayting of the people of the Iewes ¶ The Gospell Mat. xvi WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the Citie which is called Cesarea Philippi he asked hys disciples saying whom doe men say that I the sonne of man am They sayed Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saith vnto thē but whō say ye that I am Simō Peter aunswered and said Thou art Christ the sōne of the liuing god And Iesus aūswered and sayd vnto hym Happy art thou Simō the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened that vnto thee but my father whiche is in heauen And I say vnto thee the thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wil build my cōgregaciō And the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it And I wil geue vnto thee the keies of the kyngdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou bindest in earth shall be bounde in
deuoure my soule lyke a Lion and teare it in pieces whyle there is none to helpe Oh Lorde my God yf I haue done any suche thyng or yf there be any wickednes in my handes Yf I haue rewarded euyll vnto hym that dealte frendlye with me yea I haue delyuered hym that withoute anye cause is myne enemye Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me yea let hym treade my lyfe downe vpon the earthe and laye myne honour in the duste Stande vp O Lorde in thy wrath and lyfte vp thy selfe because of the indignacions of myne enemies aryse vp for me in the iudgement that thou hast commaunded And so shall the congregacion of the people come aboute thee for theyr sakes therefore lyft vp thy selfe agayne The Lord shall iudge the people geue sentence with me O Lord accordyng to my righteousnesse and accordyng to the innocencie that is in me Oh let the wickednesse of the vngodly come to an ende but guyde thou the iuste For the righteous god trieth the very heartes and reines My helpe cometh of God which preserueth them that are true of heart God is a righteous iudge strong and paciente and God is prouoked euery daye Yf a man will not turne he will wheat his sweorde he hath bent hys bowe and made it ready He hath prepared for him the instrumentes of deathe he ordeyneth his arrowes agaynst the persecutours Beholde he trauayleth with mischiefe he hathe conceyued sorow and brought foorth vngodlynes He hath grauen and digged vp a pytte and is fallen hym selfe into the destruccion that he made for other For hys trauayle shall come vpon hys owne head and hys wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate I wyll geue thankes vnto the Lorde accordyng to hys ryghteousnesse and wyll prayse the name of the Lorde the moste hyghest Domine dominus noster Psalm viii O Lorde oure gouernour how excellent is thy name in all the worlde thou that haste sette thy glorye aboue the heauens Oute of the mouth of very babes and suckelynges haste thou ordeyned strength because of thyne enemyes that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger For I wyll consydre thy heauens euen the worke of thy fyngers the Moone and the sterres whyche thou hast ordeyned What is man that thou arte mindefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou vysitest hym Thou madest hym lower then the Aungels to crowne hym with glory and worship Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the woorkes of thy handes and thou hast put all thinges in subieccyon vnder hys feete All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the fielde The foules of the ayre and the fishe of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorow the pathes of the seas O Lorde oure gouernour howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Confitebor tibi Psalm ix Morning prayer I Wyll geue thankes vnto thee O LORD with my whole hearte I wyll speake of all thy marueylous woorkes I wyll be gladde and reioyce in thee yea my songes wil I make of thy name O thou most hyest Whyle myne enemies are drieuen backe they shall fall and peryshe at thy presence For thou haste mainteyned my right and my cause thou arte sette in the throne that iudgest ryghte Thou haste rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou haste put out theyr name for euer and euer O thou enemye destruccions are come to a perpetuall ende euen as the cyties whiche thou haste destroyed theyr memoriall is perished with them But the Lorde shall endure for euer he hathe also prepared hys seate for iudgement For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnesse and minister true iudgement vnto the people The Lorde also wyll bee a defence for the oppressed euen a refuge in due tyme of trouble And they that knowe thy name wyll putte theyr truste in thee for thou Lorde haste neuer fayled them that seeke thee O prayse the Lorde whyche dwelleth in Sion shewe the people of his doynges For when he maketh inquisicion for bloud he remembreth them and forgeatteth not the complaynt of the poore Haue mercye vpon me O Lorde consydre the trouble whiche I suffre of them that hate me thou that lyftest me vp from the gates of death That I maye shewe all thy prayses within the portes of the daughter of Syon I wyll reioyce in thy saluacyon The Heathen are sunken downe in the pytte that they made in the same nette whiche they hydde priuely is theyr owne foote taken The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement the vngodly is trapped in the woorke of hys owne handes The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all the people that forgeat God For the poore shall not bee alwaye forgotten the pacyent abiding of the meke shall not perishe for euer Vp Lorde and let not man haue the vpper hand let the Heathen be iudged in thy syghte Putte them in feare O Lorde that the Heathen maye knowe them selues to bee but men Vt quid domine psalm x. WHy standest thou so farre of O Lorde and hydest thy face in the nedefull tyme of trouble The vngodly for his owne luste doeth persecute the poore let them be taken in the craftye wilines that they haue ymagined For the vngodly hathe made boaste of his owne heartes desyre and speaketh good of the couetouse whom God abhorreth The vngodlye is so proude that he careth not for God neyther is God in all hys thoughtes Hys wayes are alwaye greuouse thy iudgementes are farre aboue oute of hys syghte and therefore defyeth he all hys enemyes For he hath sayd in his heart tushe I shall neuer be cast downe there shall no harme happen vnto me His mouthe is full of cursyng and disceyte and fraude vnder his tongue is vngodlines and vanitie He sitteth lurkyng in the theuishe corners of the stretes and priuely in his lurkyng dennes dothe he murther the innocent hys eyes are sette agaynst the poore For he lyeth wayting secretelye euen as a Lion lurketh he in hys denne that he maye rauishe the poore He doeth rauishe the poore when he geatteth him into his nette He falleth downe and humbleth hym selfe that the congregcyon of the poore maye fall into the hande of hys captaynes He hathe sayde in his hearte tushe God hathe forgotten he hydeth awaye his face and he wyll neuer see it Aryse O Lord God and lyft vp thyne hand forgeat not the poore Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme God whyle he doeth say in hys hearte tushe thou God carest not for it Surely thou haste seen it for thou beholdeste vngodlynesse and wrong That thou mayest take the matter into thy hande the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee for thou arte the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou the power of the vngodlye and malicyous take awaye his vngodlynes and thou shalt fynde none The Lorde is kyng for euer and euer and the Heathen are perished out of the lande Lord thou haste hearde the desyre of the poore thou preparest theyr heart and thyne eare harkened