sonnes of Zebedee which were partners with Simon And Iesus sayd vnto Simon Feare not from henceforth thou shalt catch men And they brought the ships to land and forsooke all and followed him The sixt sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd which hast prepared to them that loue thee such good things as passe mans vnderstanding powre into our hearts such loue toward thee that wee louing thee in all things may obtaine thy promises which exceed all that the we can desire through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle KNow ye not Rom. 6.3 that al we which are baptized in Iesus Christ are baptized to die with him We are buried then with him by baptisme for to die that likewise as Christ was raised from death by the glorie of the Father euen so we also should walke in a new life For if we be grafted in death like vnto him euen so shal we be partakers of the holy resurrection knowing this that our old man is crucified with him also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that henceforth we should not be seruants vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustified frō sinne Wherefore if we be dead with Christ we beleeue that we shall also liue with him Knowing that Christ being raised frō death dieth no more death hath no more power ouer him For as touching that hee died he died concerning sinne once and as touching that he liueth he liueth vnto God Likewise consider ye also that ye are dead as touching sinne but are aliue vnto God through Christ our Lord. The Gospel IEesus sayd vnto his Disciples Mat. 5.20 Except your righteousnes exceed the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of olde time Thou shall not kill whosoeuer killeth shall be in danger of iudgement But I say vnto you that whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shall be in danger of iudgement And whosoeuer saieth vnto his brother Racha shall be in danger of a Counsaile But whosoeuer saith Thou foole shal be in danger of hell fire Therefore if thou offerest thy gift at the alter and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thine offering before the alter and goe the way first and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift Agree with thine aduersarie quickely whiles thou art in the way with him least at any time the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister and then thou bee cast into prison Verily I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast payed the vttermost farthing The vij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd of all power might which art the authour and giuer of all good things graffe in our hearts the loue of thy Name increase in vs true religion nourish vs with all goodnes of thy great mercy keepe vs in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Speake grosly Rom. 6.19 because of the infirmitie of your flesh As ye haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to another euen so now giue ouer your members seruants vnto righteousnesse that ye may be sanctified For when ye were seruants of sinne ye were voyd of righteousnesse What fruite had ye then in those things whereof yee are now ashamed For the end of those things is death But nowe are yee deliuered from sinne made the seruants of God and haue your fruit to be sanctified and the end euerlasting life For the reward of sinne is death but eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel IN those dayes Mar. 8.1 when there was a very great companie had nothing to eate Iesus called his disciples vnto him and sayd vnto them I haue compassion on the people because they haue bene now with me three dayes and haue nothing to eate and if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses they shall faint by the way for diuers of them came from farre And his disciples answered him Where should a man haue bread here in the wildernesse to satisfie these And hee asked them Howe many loaues haue ye They sayd Seuen And he commanded the people to sit downe on the ground And hee tooke the seuen loaues and when he had giuen thankes he brake gaue to his Disciples to set before them and they did set them before the people And they had a few smal fishes and when he had blessed he commanded them also to be set before them And they did eate and were suffised And they tooke vy of the broken meat that was left seuen baskets full And they that did eate were about foure thousand And he sent them away The viij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd whose prouidence is neuer deceiued we humbly beseech thee that thou wilt put away from vs all hurtfull things and giue those things which be profitable for vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren Rom. 8.12 we are debters not to the flesh to liue after the flesh For if ye liue after the flesh yee shall die But if yee through the spirit doe mortifie the deedes of the body yee shall liue For as many as are led by the spirit of God they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sonnes of God If we be sonnes then are we also heires the hetres I meane of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together with him The Gospel BEware of false prophets Mat. 7.15 which come to you in sheepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening Wolues yee shall know them by their fruites Doe men gather grapes of thornes Or figs of thistles Euen so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruites but a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euill fruits A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruits neither can a bad tree bring foorth good fruits Euery tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire Wherfore by their fruits ye shall know them Not euery one that faieth vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven he shall enter into the kingdome of heauen The ix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRaunt to vs Lorde we beseech thee the spirite to thinke and doe alwayes such things as bee rightfull that we which cannot be without thee may by thee be able to liue according to thy wil through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren 1. Cor. 10.1 I would not that ye should be ignorant how that our fathers
Curates shall diligently from time to time but specially in the plague time exhort their Parishioners to the oft receiuing in the Church of the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Christ which if they doe they shal haue no cause in their sudden visitation to be vnquiet for lack of the same But if the sicke person be not able to come to the Church yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he must giue knowledge ouer night or else early in the morning to the Curate signifying also how many bee appointed to communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate may reuerently minster and a good number to receiue the Communion with the sicke person with all things necessarie for the same hee shall there minister the holy Communion The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankinde which doest corect those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou doest receiue wee beseech thee to haue mercie vpon this thy seruant visited with thine hand and to graunt that hee may take his sickenesse patiently and recouer his bodily health if it bee thy gracious will and whensoeuer his soule shall depart from the body it may bee without spot presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle MY sonne Heb. 12. despise not the correction of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth him hee correcteth Yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth The Gospel VErely verely I say vnto you Hee that heareth my word Iohn 5. and beleeueth on him that sent mee hath euerlasting life and shall not come vnto damnation but hee passeth from death vnto life ¶ At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament the Priest shall first receiue the Communion himselfe and after minister vnto them that be appointed to communicate with the sicke ¶ But if a man either by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for want of warning in due time to the Curate or for lacke of companie to receiue with him or by any other iust impediment doe not receiue the Sacrament of Christes body and blood then the Curate shall instruct him that if hce doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleeue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the Crosse for him and shed his blood for his redemption earnestly remembring the benefites he hath thereby and giuing him heartie thankes therefore he doth eate and drinke the body and blood of our Sauiour Chrift profitably to his soules health although he doe not receiue the Sacrament with his mouth ¶ When the sicke person is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one time then the Priest for more expedition shal cut off the forme of the visitation at the Psalme In thee O Lord haue I put my trust and goe straight to the Communion ¶ In the time of Plague Sweat or such other like contagious times of sicknesses or diseases when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sicke in their houses for feare of the infection vpon speciall request of the diseased the Minister may alonely communicate with him ⧠The order for the buriall of the dead The Priest meeting the corps at the Church stile shall say or else the Priest and Clarkes shall sing and so goe either into the Church or towards the graue I Am the resurrection and the life faith the Lord. He that belieueth in me Iohn 11. yea though he were dead yet shall he liue And whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall not die for euer I know that my redeemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day and shall bee couered againe with my skinne Iob. 19. and shall see God in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall behold him not with other but with these same eyes WEe brought nothing into this world 1. Tim. 6. Iob. 1. neither may we carie any thing out of this world The Lord giueth and the Lord taketh away Even as it pleaseth the Lord so commeth things to passe Blessed be the Name of the Lord. When they come to the graue while the corps is made ready to bee layed into the earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clarkes shall sing MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a short time to liue Iob. 14. and is ful of meserie He commeth by and is cut downe like a flowre hee fleeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one stay In the midst of life we be in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord which for our sinnes iustly art displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mightie O holy most mercifull Sauiour deliuer vs not into the bitter paines of eternall deatth Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers but spare vs Lord most holy O God most mightie O holy and mercifull Sauiour thou most worthie iudge eternall suffer vs not at our last houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shall be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almightie God of his great mercie to take vnto himselfe the soule of our deare brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurrection to eternall life through our Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may bee like vnto his glorious body according to the mightie working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Then shall be said or sung I heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto mee write From hencefoorth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Even so saith the spirit that they rest from their labours Then shall follow this Lesson taken out of the xv Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHrist is risen from the dead and become the first fruites of them that sleepe For by a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all die euen so by Christ shall all bee made aliue but euery man in his owne order The first is Christ then they that are Christes at his comming Then commeth the ende when hee hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the Father when he hath put downe all rule and all authoritie and power For he must reigne till he haue put al his enemies vnder his feete The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death For hee hath put all things vnder his feete But when hee saith All things are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted that hath put all things vnder him When all things are subdued vnto him then shall the Sonne
also himselfe bee subject vnto him that put all things vnder him that God may be all in all Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them yea and why stand we alway then in ieopardie By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow wee shall die Bee not yee deceiued euill words corrupt good maners Awake truely out of sleepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shall bee but bare corne as of wheat or some other but God giueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seed his owne body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beastes another of fishes another of birdes There are also celestiall bodies and there are bodies terrestriall But the glorie of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glorie of the Sunne and another glorie of the Moone and another glorie of the Starres For one Starre differeth from another in glorie So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it riseth againe in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour it riseth againe in honour It is sowen in weaknesse it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall bodie it riseth againe a spirituall body There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie As it is also written The first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirite Howbeit that is not first which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthie The second man is the Lord from heauen heauenly As is the earthie such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as wee haue borne the image of the earthie so shall wee beare the image of the heauenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery we shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blow and the dead shall rife incorruptible and we shall bee changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie then shall be brougt to passe the saying that is written Death is swallowed vp into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren bee yee stedfast and vnmooueable alwayes rich in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as yee know how that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. The Lesson ended the priest shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from evil Amen The Priest ALmightie God with whom doe liue the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lorde and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they bee deliuered from the burden of the flesh be in ioy felicitie wee giue thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseris of this sinfull world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdome that we with this our brother all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may haue our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glorie Amen The Collect. O Mercifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoeuer beleeueth shall liue though hee die and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorie as men without hope for them that sleepe in him we meekely beseech thee O Father to raise vs from the death of sinne vnto the life of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life wee may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the generall resurrection in the last day wee may bee found acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronouce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come yee blessed children of my Father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunt this we beseech thee O mercifull Father through Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The thankesgiuing of women after childbirth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the Church and there shall kneele downe in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shal say these words or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almightie God of his goodnesse to giue you safe deliuerance and hath preserued you in the great danger of childe-birth ye shall therefore giue heartie thanks vnto God and pray Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lifted vp mine eyes vnto the hils from whence commeth my helpe Psal 121. My helpe commeth euen from the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Hee will not suffer thy foote to bee mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord himselfe is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day nor the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for euermore Glorie be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Priest O
For if the blood of Oxen and of Goates and the ashes of a young Cowe when it is sprinckled purifieth the vncleane as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ which through the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot to God purge your conscience from dead workes for to serue the liuing God And for this cause is hee the mediatour of the new Testament that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were vnder the first Testament they which are called might receiue the promise of eternal inheritance The Gospel WHich of you can rebuke me of sinne If I say the trueth Ioh. 8.46 why doe yee not beleeue me He that is of God heareth Gods words Ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of God Then answered the Iewes and sayd vnto him Say wee not well that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuill Iesus answered I haue not the deuill but I honour my Father and yee haue dishonoured me I seeke not mine owne prayse there is one that seeketh and iudgeth Verily verily I say vnto you If a man keepe my saying he shal neuer see death Then sayd the Iewes vnto him Now we know that thou hast the deuil Abraham is dead and the Prophets and thou sayest If a man keepe my saying he shall neuer tast of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham which is dead And the Prophets are dead Whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus answered If I honour my selfe mine honour is nothing it is my father that honoureth me which ye say is your God and yet yee haue not knowen him but I know him And if I say I know him not I shall be alyar like vnto you But I know him and keepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my day and he saw it and reioyced Then said the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fiftie yeeres old half thou seene Abraham Iesus sayd vnto them Verily verily I say vnto you yer Araham was borne I am Then tooke they vp stones to cast at him but Iesus hid himselfe and went out of the temple The Sunday next before Easter The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which of thy tender loue towards man hast sent our sauiour Iesus Christ to take vpon him our flesh and to suffer death vpon the crosse that all mankinde shoulde follow the example of his great humilitie mercifully grant that we both follow the example of his patience and be made partakers of his resurrection through the same Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt the same minde be in you Phil. 2.5 that was also in Christ Iesus which when he was in the shape of God thought it no robberie to bee equall with God Neuerthelesse hee made himsselfe of no reputation taking on him the shape of a seruant and became like vnto men and was found in his apparell as a man Hee humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen the death of the crosse Wherefore God hath also exalted him on high and giuen him a name which is aboue al names that in the name of Iesus euery knee should bow both of things in heauen and things in earth and things vnder the earth and that all tongues should confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the praise of God the father The Gospel AND it came to passe Mat. 26.1 when Iesus had finished all these sayings he sayd vnto his disciples Yee know that after two dayes shall be Easter and the sonne of man shall bee deliuered ouer to bee crucified Then assembled together the thiefe Priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people vnto the palace of the high Priest which was called Caiaphas and helde a counsell that they might take Iesus by subtiltie and kill him But they sayd Not on the holy day least there be an vprore among the people When Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the Leyer there came vnto him a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious oyntment and powred it on his head as he sate at the boord But when his disciples sawe it they had indignation sayig Whereto serueth this waste This oyntment might haue bene welsolde and giuen to the poore When Iesus vnderstoode that hee sayd vnto them Why trouble ye the woman for shee hath wrought a good worke vpon me For ye haue the poore alwayes with you but me ye shall not haue alwayes And in that shee hath cast this oyntment on my body she did it to burie mee Verely I say vnto you Wheresoeuer this gospel shal be preached in al the world there shal also this be told that she hath done for a memorial of her Then one of the twelue which was called Iudas Iscariot went vnto the chiefe Priestes and sayd vnto them What will ye giue me and I will deliuer him vnto you And they appointed vnto him thirtie pieces of siluer And from that time foorth hee sought opportunite to betray him The first day of sweet bread the disciples came to Iesus saying to him Where wilt thou that wee prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer And he said Goe into the citie to such a man and say vnto him The master saieth My time is at hand I wil keepe my Easter by thee with my disciples And the disciples did as Iesus had appointed them and they made readie the Passeouer When the euen was come he sate downe with the twelue and as they did eate he sayd Verily I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me And they were exceeding sorowfull and began euery one of them to say vnto him Lord is it I He answered and said He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray mee The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of him but wo vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed it had bene good for that man if he had not bene borne Then Iudas which betrayed him answered and sayd Master Is it I He sayd vnto him Thou hast sayd And when they were eating Iesus tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayd Take eate this is my body And hee tooke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it to them saying Drinke ye all of this for this is my blood which is of the newe Testament that is shed for many for the remission of sinnes But I say vnto you I will not drinke henceforth of this fruite of the vine tree vntil that day when I shall drinke it new with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuet Then said Iesus vnto them All yee shall be offended because of me this night For it is written I will smite the Sheepehearde and the sheepe of the flocke shal be scattered abroad but after I am risen againe I willl goe before you into Galile Peter answered
myrrhe and aloes mingled together about an hundreth pound weight Then tooke they the bodie of Iesus and wound it in linnen clothes with the odours as the maner of the Iewes is to burie And in the place where he was crucified there was agarden and in the garden a newe sepulchre wherein was neuer man laid There laid they Iesus therefore because of the preparing of the Sabboth of the Iewes for the sepulchre was nigh at hand Easter Euen The Epistle IT is better if the will of God be so that yee suffer for wel doing 1. Pet. 3 27. then for euil doing forasmuch as Christ hath once suffered for sins the iust for the vniust to bring vs to God and was killed as perteining to the flesh but was quickned in the spirit In which spirit he also went and preached to the spirites that were in prison which sometime had bene disobedient when the long suffering of God was once looked for in the daies of Noe while the Arke was a preparing wherein a fewe that is to say eight soules were saued by the water like as Baptisme also now saueth vs not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but in that a good conscience conseuteth to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christ which is on the right hand of God and is gone into heauen angels powers and might subdued vnto him The Gospel WHEN the euen was come Matt. 27.57 there came a riche man of Arimathea named Ioseph which also was Iesus disciple Hee went vnto Pilate and begged the body of Iesus Then Pilate commaunded the bodie to bee deliuered And when Ioseph had taken the bodie he wrapped it in a clean linnen cloth and layed it in his newe tombe which hee had hewen out euen in the rocke and rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre and departed And there was Marie Magdalene and the other Marie sitting ouer against the sepulchre The next day that followeth the day of preparing the high Priestes and Pharisees came together vnto Pilate saying Sir wee remember that this deceiuer sayd while hee was yet aliue After three dayes I will rise againe Commaund therefore that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day least his Disciples come and steale him away and say vnto the people He is risen from the dead and the last errour shal be worse then the first Pilate sayd vnto them Yee haue a watch goe your way make it as sure as yee can So they went and made the sepulchre sure with the watchmen and sealed the stone Easter day At Morning prayer in stead of the Psalme O come let vs c. these Anthemes shall be sung or sayd CHrist rising againe from the dead now dieth not Death from henceforth hath no power vpon him For in that he dyed he dyed but once to put away sinne but in that he liueth he liueth vnto God And so likewise count your selues dead vnto sinne but liuing vnto God in Christ Iesus our Lord. CHrist is risen againe the first fruites of them that sleepe For seeing that by man came death by man also commeth the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all men doe die so by Christ all men shal be restored to life The Collect. ALmightie God Which through thy only begotten sonne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death and opened vnto vs the gate of euerlasting life we humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preuenting vs thou doest put in our mindes good desires so by thy continual helpe we may bring the same to good effect through Iesus Christ our Lord who liueth c. The Epistle IF yee be risen againe with Christ Col. 3. â—â— seeke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Set your affection on heauenly things not on earthly things For yee are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God Whensoeuer Christ which is our life shall shew himselfe then shall ye also appeare with him in glory Mortifie therefore your earthly members fornication vncleannesse vnnaturall lust euil concupiscence and couetousnesse which is worshipping of idoles for which things sake the wrath of GOD vseth to come on the children of vnbeliefe among whom ye walked sometime when ye liued in them The Gospel THE first day of the Sabboths came Marie Magdalene earely when it was yet darke vnto the sepulchre Ioh. 20.1 and saw the stone taken away from the graue Then she ran came to Simon Peter to the other disciple whom Iesus loued sayeth vnto them They haue taken away the Lord out of the graue we cannot tell where they haue laied him Peter therefore went foorth and that other disciple and came vnto the sepulchre They ran both together and that other disciple did outrunne Peter and came first to the sepulchre And when he had stonped downe he saw the linnen clothes lying yet went he not in Then came Simon Peter following him and went into the sepulchre and sawe the linnen clothes lie and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the linnen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it selfe Then went in also that other disciple which came first to the sepulchre he saw and beleeued for as yet they knew not the Scripture that he should rise againe from death Then the disciples went away againe to their owne home Munday in Easter weeke The Collect. ALmightie God which through the only begotten sonne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death and opened vnto vs the gate of euerlasting life We humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preueÌ„ting vs thou doest put in our mindes good desires so by thy continual helpe we may bring the same to good effect through Iesus Christ our Lord who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle PEter opened his mouth Actes 10.34 and sayd Of a trueth I perceiue that there is no respect of persons with God but in all people hee that feareth him and worketh righteousnesse is accepted with him Yee know the preaching that God sent vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lord ouer al things Which preaching was published throghout all Iurie began in Galilee after the baptisme which Iohn preached how God anointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost and with power which Iesus went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the deuil for God was with him And wee are witnesses of al things which hee did in the land of the Iewes and at Hierusalem whom they flew and hanged on tree Him God raysed vp the third day and shewed him openly not to al the people but to vs witnesses chosen before of God for the same intent which did eate and drinke with him after he rose from death And he commanded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifie that it is he which was ordeined of God to be the iudge of the quick and the
by his rising to life againe hath restored to vs euerlasting life Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the Ascention day and seuen dayes after THrough thy most dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to al his Apostles and in their fight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither might we also aseend and raigne with him in glory Therefore with Angels gels and Archangels c. Vpon Whitsunday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came downe this day from heauen with a sudden great sound as it had beene a mightie winde in the likenesse of fierie tongues lighting vpon the Apostles to teach them and to leade them to all trueth giuing them both the gift of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preaech the Gospel vnto al nations wherby we are brought out of darknesse and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is is very meet right and out bounden duety that we should at all times in all places giue thankes to thee O Lord almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one Lord not one onely person but three persons in one substance For that whicht we beleeue of the glory of the father the same we beleeue of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost without any difference or inequalite Therefore c. After which prefaces shall follow immediately THerfore with angels and archangels and with al the companie of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euer more praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hostes Heauen and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shal the Priest kneeling down at Gods board say in the name of al them that shal receiue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnesse but in thy manifold great mercies Wee bee not worthy so much as to gather vp the 〈◊〉 vnder thy table But thou art the same Lord whose propertie is alwayes to haue merry graunt vs therefore gracious Lord so to eate the flesh of thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke the blood that our sinful bodies may be made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious blood and that we may euermore dwell in him and he in vs Amen Then the Priest standing vp shall say as followeth ALmightie God our heauenty Father which of thy tender mercie diddest giue thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ to suffer death vpon the Crosse for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himselfe once offered a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospell commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorie of that his precious death vntil his conuning agane Heare vs o mercifull Father wee beseech thee and graunt that wee receiuing these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christes holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may bee partakers of his most blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to his Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is giuen for you doe this in remembrance of me Like wise after supper he tooke the cup and when hee had giuen thankes hee gaue it to them saying Drinke yee all of this for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remissin of sinnes doe this as off as ye shall drinke it in remembrance of me Then shall the Minister first receiue the Communion in both kinds himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers if any bee there present that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in their hands kneeling And when hee deliuereth the bread he shall say The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was giuen for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and take and eate this in remembrance that Christ dyed for thee and feede on him in thine heart by faith with thankesgiuing And the Minister that deliuereth the cup shall say The blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which was shed for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and drinke this in remembrance that Christs blood was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shall the Priest say the Lords prayer the people repeating after him euery petition After shall be sayd as followeth O Lord heauenly Father wee thy humble feruants entirely desire thy fatherly goodnesse mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of prayse and thankesgiuing most humbly beseeching thee to graunt that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his blood wee and all thy whole Church may obtaine remission of our sinnes and all other benefites of his passion And here we offer and present vnto thee O Lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly beseeching thee that all wee which be partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy gracc and heauenly benediction And although we be vnworthy through our manifold sinnes to offer vuto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duetie and seruice not weighing our merites but pardoning our offences though Iesus Christ our Lorde by whom with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O Farther almightie world without end Amen Or this ALmighty and euerliuing God we most heartily thanke thee that thou doest bouchsafe to feede vs which haue duely receiued these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious boby and bloob of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ doest assure vs thereby of thy fauour and goodnes to ward vs and that wee be very members incorporate in thy mysticall body which is the blessed company of all faithfull people and be also heires though hope of thy euerlisting kingdome by the merites of the most precious death and passion of thy deare Sonne wee now most humbly beseech thee O heauenly Father so to assist vs with thy grace that we many continue in that holy felowship and doe all such good works as thou hast prepared for vs to walk in through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Then shall be said or sung GLorie be to God on hie in earth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie
one of you so loue his owne wife euen as himselfe Like wise same Saint Paul writing to the Colossians Colos 3. speaketh thus to all men that be married Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what S. Peter the Apostle of Christ 1. Pet. 3. which was himselfe a maried man sayed vnto all men that are maried Yee husbands dwell with your wiues according to knowledge giuing honor vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessel and as heires together of the grace of life so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto yee haue heard the duetie of the hunsband toword the wife Now likewife ye wiues heare and learne your dueties towards your husbands euen as it is plainely set foorth in holy Scripture Saint Paul Ephes 5. in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ye women submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as vnto the Lord. For the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the Church and hee is also the Sauiour of the whole body Therefore as the Church or Congregation is subiect vnto Christ So likewise let the wiues also be in subietion vnto their owne hubands in all things And againe hee sayth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Colossians S. Paul giueth you this short lesson Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as it is conuenient in the Lord. Saint Peter also doth instruct you very godly thus saying Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the worde they may bee wonne without the worde by the conuersation of the wiues while they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare Whole apparell let it not bee outward with broyded haire and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparell but let the hid man which is in the heart bee without all corruption so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of God For after this maner in the olde time did the holy women which trusted in God apparell themselues being subiect to their owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters yee are made doing well and not being dismayed with any feare The new married persons the same day of their marriage must receiue the holy Communion The order for the visitation of the sicke The Priest entring into the sicke persons house shall say ¶ Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall say kneeling downe REmember not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and bee not angry with vs for euer Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Ameu Minister O Lord saue thy seruant Answere Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemie haue none aduantage of him Answere Nor the wicked approch to hurt him Minister Be vnto him O Lord a strong towre Answere From the face of his enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O Lord looke downe from heauen beholde visite and relieue this thy seruant Looke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy giue him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemie and keepe him in perpetuall peace and safetie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEare vs Almightie and most mercifull God and Sauiour extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruant which is grieued with sickenesse visite him O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruant So visite and restore to this sicke pecson his former health if it bee thy will or els giue him grace so to take thy visitation that after this paineful life ended he may dwell with thee in life euerlasting Then shall the Minister exhort the sicke person after this forme or other like DEarely beloued know this that Almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all things to them perteyning as youth strength health age weakenesse sickenes Wherefore whatsoeuer your sikenesse is know you certainely that it is Gods visitation And for what cause so euer this sicknesse is sent vnto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of other and that your faith may bee found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious honourable to the increase of glory and endlesse felicitie or els it be sent vnto you to correct and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eyes of your heauenly Father know you certainly that if you truely repent you of your sinnes and beare your sicknesse patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake and render vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitation submitting your selfe wholly vnto his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foward in the right way thatleadeth vnto life euerlasting If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his ex hortation in this place Take therefore in good woorth the chastisement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth hee chastiseth yea as Saint Paul saith he scourgeth euery sonne which hee receiueth If ye endure thastisement he offreth himself vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not If ye be not vnder correction where of all true children children are partakers then are yee bastards not children Therfore seeing that when our carnall fathers do correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not now much rather be obedient to our spirituall Father so liue And they for a few dayes doe chastise vs after their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to the intent hee may make vs partakers of his holines These words good brother are Gods wordes and written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that wee should patiently and with thankesgiuing beare our heauenly Fathers correction whensoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to bee made like vnto Christ by suffering patiently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first hee suffered paine he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our way to eternall ioy is to suffer here with Christ and our doore to enter into eternall life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise againe from death and dwel with him in euerlasting life Now therefore taking your sickenesse which is thus profitable for you patiently I
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE THE 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Common Prayer and 〈…〉 Sacraments 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—monies of the Church of England âšœ 〈…〉 by Robert Barker Printer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—â—lent Maiestie Cum priuilegio ¶ The Contents of this Booke j AN Act for the vniformitie of Common prayer ij A Preface iij Of Ceremonies why some bee abolished and some reteined iiij The order how the Psalter is appointed to be read v The order how the rest of holy Scripture is appointed to be read vj Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Morning and Euening prayer for Sundayes and certaine Feastes and dayes vij The Table for the order of the Psalmes to bee said at Morning and Euening prayer viij An Almanacke ix The Table and Kalender for Psalmes and Lessons with necessarie rules appertaining to the same x The order for Morning prayer and Euening prayer throughout the yeere xj The Letanie xij The Collects Epistles and Gospels to bevsed at the ministration of the holy Communion throughout the yeere xiij The order of the ministration of the holy Communion xiiij Baptisme both publike and priuate xv Confirmation where also is a Catechisme for children xvj Matrimonie xvij Visitation of the sicke xviij The Communion of the sicke xix Buriall xx The Thanksgiuing of women after child birth xxj A Commination against sinners with certaine prayers to bevsed diuers times in the yeere ⧠An Acte for the vniformitie of Common prayer and seruice in the Church and administration of the Sacraments WHere at the death of our late Soueraigne Lorde King Edward the sixth there remained one vniforme order of Common Seruice and prayer and of the administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England which was set foorth in one booke entituled The booke of Common prayer and administration of Sacraments and other Rites Ceremonies in the Church of England authorised by Acte of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth yeeres of our saide late Soueraigne Lord king Edward the sixth entituled An Acte for the vniformitie of Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments the which was repeated and taken away by Acte of Parliament in the first yeere of the reigne of our late Soueraigne Lady Queene Mary to the great decay of the due honour of God and discomfort to the professors of the trueth of Christs Religion Bee it therefore enacted by the authoritie of this present Parliament that the saide Statute of repeale and euery thing therein contained onely concerning the saide Booke and the Seruice administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies conteined or appointed in or by the saide Booke shal be voyd and of none effect from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of S Iohn Baptist next comming And that the saide Booke with the order of Seruice and of the administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies with the alteration and additions therein added and appointed by this Statute shall stand and be from and after the said feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist in full force and effect according to the tenour and effect of this Statute any thing in the aforesaid Statute of repeale to the contrary not withstanding And further be it enacted by the Queene Highnesse with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authoritie of the same that all and singular Ministers in any Cathedrall or Parish Church or other place within this Realme of England Wales and the Marches of the same or other the Queenes dominions shall from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming be bounden to say and vse the Mattens Euensong celebration of the Lords Supper and administration of eche of the Sacraments and all other Common and open prayer in such order and fourme as is mentioned in the saide Booke so authorized by Parliament in the sayde fifth and sixth yeere of the reigne of King Edwarde the sixth with one alteration or addition of certaine Lessons to bee vsed on euery Sunday in the yeere and the forme of the Letanie altered and corrected and two sentences onely added in the deliuerie of the Sacrament to the communicants and none other or otherwise And that if any maner of Parson Vicar or other whatsoeuer Minister that ought or should sing or say Common Prayer mentioned in the saide Booke or minister the Sacraments from and after the feast of the natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next comming refuse to vse the saide Common Prayers or to minister the Sacraments in such Cathedrall or Parish Church or other places as hee should vse to minister the same in such order and fourme as they bee mentioned and set foorth in the sayd Booke or shall wilfully or obstinately standing in the same vse any other Rite Ceremony Order Fourme or manner of celebrating of the Lordes Supper openly or priuily or Mattens Euensong administration of the Sacraments or other open Prayers then is mentioned and set foorth in the sayde Booke Open prayer in and throughout this Acte is meant that Prayer which is for other to come vnto or heare either in common Churches or priuate Chappels or Oratories commonly called the Seruice of the Church or shall preach declare or speake any thing in the derogation or deprauing of the sayd Booke or any thing therein conteined or of any part thereof and shall bee therof lawfully contuicted according to the Lawes of this Realme by verdict of twelue men or by his owne confession or by the notorious euidence of the fact shall lose and forfaite to the Queenes highnesse her heires and successours for his first ofience the profite of all his Spiritual Benefices or promotions comming or arising in one whole yeere next after his conuiction And also that the person so conuicted shall for the same offence suffer imprisonment by the space of sixe moneths without Baile or maineprise And if any such person once conuict of any offence concerning the premisses shall after his first conuiction eftsoones offende and bee thereof in fourme aforesaide lawfully conuict that then the same person shall for his second offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole yeere and also shall therefore bee depriued ipso facto of all his Spirituall promotions And that it shall bee lawfull to all Patrons or Donours of all and singular the same Spirituall promotions or of any of them to present or collate to the same as though the person or persons so offending were dead And that if any such person or persons after hee shall bee twise conuicted in fourme aforesayd shall offende against any of the premisses the thirde time and shal be thereof in fourme aforesaid lawfully conuicted that then the person so offending and conuicted the thirde time shall be depriued ipso facto of all his Spirituall promotions and also shall suffer imprisonment during his life And if the person that shall offende and bee conuict in fourme aforesayd concerning any of the premisses shall not bee beneficed
c. And after the second Lesson shal be vsed and said Benedictus in English as followeth BLessed bee the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people Benedictus And hath raised vp a mighty saluation for vs in the house of his servant David As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have beene since the world began That wee should be saued from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate vs. To performe the mercie promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy couenant To performe the oth which hee sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give vs. That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without feare In holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tender mercie of our God whereby the day spring from an high hath visited vs. To giue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our feete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is now c. Or this C. Psalme Iubilate Deo O Be ioyfull in the Lord all yee lands rerue the Lord with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Iubilate Deo Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courts with praise be thankefull vnto him speake good of his Name For the Lord is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Glory be to the father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Then shall be said the Creede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleeue in God the Father almighty maker of heaven and earth and in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the virgine Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The third day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty From there shall hee come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the communion of Saints the forgiuenes of sinnes there surreection of the body and the life cuerlasting Amen And after that these prayers following aswell at Euening prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a lowde voice The lord be with you Answere And with the spirit The Minister Let vs pray Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall say the Lords prayer in English with a loud voice Our Father which art in heauen c Then the Minister standing vp shall say O Lord shew thy mercie vpon vs. Answere And grant vs thy saluation Priest O Lord saue the king Answere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy minister with righteousnesse Answere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lord saue thy people Answere And blesse thine inheritance Priest Giue peace in our time O Lord. Answere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make clene our hearts within vs. Answere And take not thy holy spirit from vs. Then shall followe three Collects The first of the day which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The thirde for grace to liue well And the two last Collects shall neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeere as followeth The second Collect for peace O God which art authour of peace ana louer of concorde in knowladge of whome standeth our eternall life whole seruice is perfect freedome defende vs thy humble seruants in all assaults of our enemies that Wee surely trutstting in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlasting God which hast safely brought vs to the beginning of this day defend vs in the same with thy mighty power and graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither run into any kinde pf danger but that all our doings may be ordered by thy gouernance to doe alwayes that is rightcous in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen An order for Euening prayer throughout the yeere The Priest shall say Our father which art in heauen c Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shalll shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to saue vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Some and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning isnow and euer shal be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lord. Then the Psalmes in order as they be appointed in the table for Psalmes except there be proper psalmes appointed for that day Then a lesson of the old Testa-ment as is appointed like wise in the Kalender except there be proper lessons appointed for that day After that Magnificat in English as followeth My soule doeth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath reioiced in God my Sauiour Magnificat Luke I. For he hath regarded the lowlinesse of his handmaiden For beholde from hencefoorth all generations shall call mee blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And is mercie is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath she wed streenth with his arme he hath srattcred the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put downe the mighty from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meeke He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercie hath holpen his seruant Israel as hee promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seede for ever Glory be to the Father and to the Some c As it was in the beginning is now c Or else this Psalme O Sing vnto the Lord a new song for he hath done marucilous things Cantate Domino Psal 98. With his owne right hand and with his holy arme hath hee gotten himnselfe the victory The lorde declared his salution his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen The hath remembred his mercie and trueth toward the house of Isreal
euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day ofiudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne holy Church vmuerfally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some of God We beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
forgiue receiue our humble petitions and though we be tied and boud with the chaine of our sinnes yet let the pitifulnesse of thy great mercie loose vs for the honour of Iesus Christ sake our Mediatour and Aduocate Amen A thankesgiuing for Raine O God our heauenly Father who by thy gracious prouidence doest cause the former and the latter raine to descend vpon the earth that it may bring foorth fruit for the vse of man wee giue thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in our greatest necessitie to send vs at the last a ioyfull raine vpon thine inheritance and to reffersh it when it was dry to the great comfort of vs thy vnworthy seruants and to the glory of thy holy Name thorow thy mercies in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for faire weather O Lorde God who hast iustly humbled vs by thy late Plague of immoderate Raine and waters and in thy mercie hast relieued and comforted our soules by this seasonable and blessed change of weather wee praise and glorifie thy holy Name for this thy mercie and will always declare thy louing kindnesse from generation to generation through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A thankesgiuing for plentie O Most mercifull Father which of thy gracious goodnesse hast heard the deuout prayers of thy Church and turned our dearth and scarity into cheapenesse and plentte We giue thee humble thankes for this thy especiall bountie beseeching thee to continue this thy louing kindnesse vnto vs that our land may yeeld vs her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for peace and victory O Almightie God which art a strong tower of defence vnto thy seruants against the face of their enemies we yeeld thee praise thankesgiuing for our deliuerance from those great and apparant dangers wherewith we were compassed Wee acknowledge it thy goodnesse that we were not deliuered ouer a pray vnto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies to wards vs that all the world may knowe that though art our Sauiour and Mightie deliuerer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for deliuerance from the Plague O Lord God which hast wounded vs for our sinnes and consumed vs for our transgressions by thy late heauie and dreadfull visitation and now in the middest of iudgement remenibring mercie fast redeemed our soules from the iawes of death wee offer vnto thy fatherly goodnesse our selues our soules and bodies which thou hast deliuered to be a liuing sacrifice vnto thee alwayes praising and magnifying thy mercies in the middest of the Congregation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this WEe humbly acknowledge before thee O most mercifull Father that all the punishments which are threatned in thy Law might iussly haue fallen vpon vs by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnesse of heart yet feeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercie vpon our weake and vnworthy humiliation to asswage the noysome pestilence wherwith we lately haue bene sore afflicted and to restore the voice of ioy and health into our dwellings wee offer vnto thy diuine Maiestie thy sacrifice of praise thankesgiuing launding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preseruation and prouidence ouer vs through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen ⧠The Collects Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebration of the Lords Supper and holy Communion through the yeere The first Sunday in Aduent The Collect. ALmighty God give vs grace that Wee may cast away the workes of darkenesse and put vpon vs the armour of light nowe in the time of this mortall life in the which thy Sonne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shall come againe in his glorious Maiestie to iudge both the quicke and the dead we may rise to the life immortal through him who tiueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Ghost now and euer Amen The Epistle O we nothing to any man Rom. 13. 8. but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the Law For these Commaundements Thou shall not commit adulterie Thou shall not kill Thou shalt not steal Thou shall not beare false witnesse Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other Commandement it is all comprehended in this faying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Toue hurteth not his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe This also wee know the season how that it is time that wee should now awake out of sleep for now is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued The night is passed the day is come nigh let vs therefore cast away the deeds of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestly as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambering and wantonnesse neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts of it The Gospel ANd when they drewe nigh to Hierusalem Mat. 21.1 and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Goe into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon yee shall finde an Asse bounde and her colte with her loose them and bring them vnto me and if any man say ought vnto to you say pee The Lorde hath neede of them and straight way he will let them go All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell yee the daughter of Sion behold thy King commeth vnto thee meeke sitting vpon an Asse and a colte the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commanded them and brought the Asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him thereon And many of the people spred their garments in the way other cut downe branches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cried saying Hosanna to the some of Dauid Blessed is hee that conuneth in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the highest And when hee was come to Hierusalem all the citie was mooued saying who is this And the people said This is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a citie of Galilee And Iesus went into the Temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers and the seates of them that solde doues anb sayd vnto them It is written My house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues The second Sunday in Aduent The Collect. BLessed Lorde which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for learning Grant vs that wee may in such wise heare them reade marke learne and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort of thy holy word wee may embrace
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
he that sitteth at meate or hee that serueth Is not hee that sitteth at meate But I am among you as hee that ministreth Yee are they which haue abidden with me in my temptations And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed to mee that yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome and sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israel And the Lord sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate but I haue prayed for thee that thy faith faile not And when thou art conuerted strengthen thy brethren And he said vnto him Lord I am ready to go with thee into prison and to death And he sayd I tell thee Peter the Cocke shal not crowe this day till thou haue denied thrise that thou knowest me And he sayd vnto them When I sent you without wallet scrip and shoes lacked you any thing And they sayd No. Then sayd he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and likewise his scrip and he that hath no sword let him sell his coate and buy one For I say vnto you that yet the same which is written must be performed in me Euen among the wicked was hee reputed for those things which are written of mee haue an ende And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two swordes And hee sayd vnto them It is enough And he came out and went as hee was woont to mount Oliuet And the Disciples followed him and when hee came to the place hee sayd vnto them Pray left ye fall into temptation And hee gate himselfe from them about a stones cast and kneeled downe and prayed saying Father if thou wilt remooue this cup from mee neuerthelesse not my will but thine be fulfilled And there appeared an Angel vnto him from heauen comforting him And hee was in an agonie and prayed the longer and his sweate was like droppes of blood trickling downe to the ground And when hee arose from prayer and was come to his disciples hee found them sleeping for heauinesse and he sayd vnto them Why sleepe ye Rise and pray left yee fall into temptation While he yet spake behold there came a company and he that was called Iudas oue of the twelue went before them and preassed nigh vnto Iesus to kisse him But Iesus sayd vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse When they which were about him sawe what would follow they sayde vnto him Lorde shall we smite with the sword And one of them smote a seruant of the high Priests and strooke off his right eare Iesus answered and sayd Suffer ye thus farre foorth And when he touched his eare he healed him Then Iesus sayd vnto the high Priestes and Rulers of the Temple and the Elders which were come to him Yee be come out as vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues When I was daily with you in the Temple yee stretched foorth no hands against mee But this is euen your very houre and the power of darkenesse Then tooke they him and led him and brought him to the high Priestes house But Peter followed a farre off And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the palace and were set downe together Peter also sate downe among them But when one of the wenches beheld him as he sate by the fire and looked vpon him she said This same fellow was also with him And he denied him saying Woman I know him not And after a little while another saw him and sayd Thou art also of them And Peter sayde Man I am not And about the space of an houre after another affirmed saying Verily this fellow was with him also for he is of Galilee And Peter said Man I wot not what thou sayest And immediately while hee yet spake the Cocke crewe And the Lorde turned backe and looked vpon Peter and Peter remembred the word of the Lord how hee had sayd vnto him Before the Cocke crow thou shalt deny me thrise And Peter went out and wept bitterly And the men that tooke Iesus mocked him and smote him And when they had blindfolded him they strooke him on the face and asked him saying Areede who is he that smote thee And many other things despitefully said they against him And assoone as it was day the Elders of the people and the high Priestes and Scribes came together ahd led him into their councill saying Art thou very Christ Tell vs. And he sayd vnto them If I tell you yee will not beleeue me and if I aske you you will not answere nor let me goe Hereafter shall the sonne of man sit on the right hand of the power of God Then sayd they all Art thou then the sonne of God He sayd Ye say that I am And they said What need we of any further witnesse for we our selues haue heard of his owne mouth Thursday before Easter The Epistle THis I warne you of 1. Cor. 11.17 and commend not that yee come not together after a better maner but after a woorse For first of all when yee come together in the congregation I heare that there is dissention among you I partly beleeue it For there must be sectes among you that they which are perfect among you may be knowen When yee come together therefore into one place the Lords Supper cannot bee eaten for euery man beginneth afore to cate his owne Supper and one is hungrie and another is drunken Haue yee not houses to eate and drinke in Despise ye the congregation of God and shame them that haue not What shall I say vnto you Shall I prayse you In this I prayse you not That which I deliuered vnto you I receiued of the Lord. For the Lorde Iesus the same night in which he was betrayed tooke bread when he had giuen thankes he brake it and sayd Take ye and eat this is my body which is broken for you This do ye in the remembrance of me After the same maner also hee tooke the cup when supper was done saying This cup is the new Testament in my blood This do as oft as ye drinke it in remembrance of me For as often as yee shall eate this bread and drinke of this cup yee shall shew the Lordes death till hee come Wherefore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe of the Lord vnworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of the bread and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he maketh no difference of the Lords body For this cause many are weak and sicke among you and many sleepe For if we had iudged our selues we should not haue bene iudged But when we are iudged of the Lord we are chastened that we should not be damned with the world Wherefore my brethren when ye come
vocation and ministerie may truely and godly serue thee through our Lord Iesus Christ MErcifull God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the death of a sinner but rather that he should be conuerted and liue haue mercie vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretikes and take from them all ignorance hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnant of the true Israelites and bee made one sold vnder one shepheard Iesus Christ our Lord who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe Law which hath but a shadow of good things to come Heb. 10.1 and not the verie fashion of things themselues can neuer with those sacrifices which they offer yere by yere continually make the commers thereunto perfect For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue beene offered because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of sinnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mention made of sinnes euerie yeere For the blood of Oxen and Goates cannot take away sinnes Wherefore when hee commeth into the world hee sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not haue but a bodie hast thou ordeined mee Burnt offering also for sinne hast thou not allowed Then said I Loe I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of mee that I should doe thy will O God Aboue when hee saith Sacrifice and offering and burnt sacrifices and sinne offerings thou wouldest not haue neither hast thou allowed them which yet are offered by the Lawe Then said hee Loe I am here to doe thy will O God he taketh away the first to establish the latter By the which will wee are made holy euen by the offering of the bodie of Iesu Christ once for all And euerie Priest is readie dayly ministring and offering oftentimes one maner of oblation which can neuer take away sinnes But this man after hee had offered one sacrifice for sinnes is set downe for euer on the right hand of God and from hencefoorth tarieth till his foes bee made his footestoole For with one offering hath hee made perfect for euer them that are santified The holy Ghost himselfe also beareth vs record euen when he told before This is the Testament that I will make vnto them After those dayes sayeth the Lord I will put my lawes in their hearts and in their minds will I write them and their sinnes and iniquities will I remember no more And where remission of these things is there is no more offering for sinnes Seeing therefore brethren that by the meanes of the blood of Iesu we haue libertie so enter into the holy place by the new liuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vaile that is to say by his flesh And seeing also that wee haue an high Priest which is ruler ouer the house of GOD let vs draw nigh with a true heart in sure faith sprinkled in our hearts from an euil conscience and washed in our bodies with pure water Let vs keepe the profession of our hope without wauering for hee is faithfull that promised and let vs consider one another to the intent that we may prouoke vnto loue and to good workes not forsaking the fellowship that we haue among our selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhort one another and that so much the more because ye see that the day draweth nigh The Gospel WHen Iesus had spoken these words Ioh. 18.1 he went forth with his disciples ouer the brooke Cedron where was a garden into the which he then entred with his disciples Iudas also which betraied him knew the place For Iesus oftimes resorted thither with his disciples Iudas then after he had receiued a band of men and ministers of the high Priests and Pharisees came thither with lanternes and firebrands and weapons And Iesus knowing all things that should come on him went foorth and said vnto them Whome seeke yee They ansswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus said vnto them I am he Iudas also which betrayed him stood with them Assoone then as he had said vnto them I am he they went backward and fell to the ground Then asked he them againe Whome seeke yee They said Iesus of Nazareth Iesus answered I haue told you that I am he if yee seeke mee therefore let these goe their way that the saying might be fulfilled which he spake Of them which thou gauest mee haue I not lost one Then Simon Peter hauing a sword drewe it and smote the high Priests seruant and cut off his right eare The seruants name was Malchus Therefore saith Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy sword into the sheath shall I not drinke of the cup which my father hath giuen me Then the companie and the captaine and the ministers of the Iewes tooke Iesus and bound him and led him away to Annas first for hee was father in law to Caiaphas which was the high Priest the same yeere Caiaphas was hee that gaue counsell to the Iewes that it was expedient that one man should die for the people And Simon Peter followed Iesus and so did another disciple That disciple was knowen to the high Priest and went in with Iesus into the palace of the high Priest But Peter stood at the doore without Then went out that other Disciple which was knowen to the high Priest and spake to the Damosell that kept the doore and brought in Peter Then sayd the Damosell that kept the doore vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans Disciples Hee sayde I am not The seruaunts and ministers stoode there which had made a fire of coales for it was colde and they warmed themselues Peter also stoode among them and warmed himselfe The high Priest then asked Iesus of his Disciples and of his doctrine Iesus answered him I spake openly in the world I euer taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple whither all the Iewes haue resorted and in secret haue I spoken nothing Why askest thou mee Aske them which heared mee What I saide vnto them Beholde they can tell what I said When hee had thus spoken one of the ministers which stoode by smote Iesus on the face saying Answerest thou the high Priest so Iesus answered him If I haue euill spoken beare witnesse of the euill but if I haue well spoken why smitest thou mee And Annas sent him bound vnto Caiaphas the high Priest Simon Peter stoode and warmed himselfe Then sayde they vnto him Art not thou also one of his Disciples Hee denied it and sayd I am not One of the seruants of the high Priest his cousin whose eare Peter smote off saide vnto him Did not I see thee in the garden with him Peter therefore denied againe and immediately the Cocke crewe Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement It was in the morning and they themselues went not into
shall ye beleeue if I tell you of heauenly things And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the Sonne of man which is in heauen And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes euen so must the Sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleeueth in him perish not but haue euerlasting life The first Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd the strength of al them that trust in thee mercifully accept our prayers And because the weaknesse of our mortall nature can doe no good thing without thee grant vs the helpe of thy grace that in keeping of thy Commandements we may please thee both in will and deed through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle DEarely beloued 1. Iohn 4.7 let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God and euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God For God is loue In this appeareth the loue of God to vs-ward because that God sent his onely begotten Sonne into the world that wee might liue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that hee loued vs sent his Sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seene God at any time If wee loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Hereby knowe wee that wee dwell in him and he in vs because hee hath giuen vs of his Spirit And wee haue seene and doe testifie that the Father sent the Sonne to be the Sauiour of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we hane knowen beleeued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and hee that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are wee in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth on t feare for feare hath painefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If any man say I loue God and yet hate his brother he is a liar For how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whom he hath not seene And this commandement haue we of him that hee which loueth God sshould loue his brother also The Gospel THere was a certaine rich man Luke 16.19 which was clothed in purple and fine white and fared deliciously euery day And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate ful of sores desiring to bee refreshed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans boorde and no man gaue vnto him The dogs came also and licked his sores And it fortuned that the begger died and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome The rich man also died and was buried And being in hell in torments hee lift vp his eyes and sawe Abraham afarre off and Lazarus in his bosome and hee cried and sayd Father Abraham haue mercie on mee and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and coole my tongue for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham sayd Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy plaesure and contrariwise Lazarus receiued paine but now he is comforted thou art punished Beyond all this betweene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would goe from hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs. Then he sayd I pray thee therefore father send him to my fathers house for I haue fiue brethren for to warne them lest they come also into this place of torment Abraham said vnto him They haue Moses and the Prophets let them heare them And he sayd Nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He said vnto him If they heare not Moses and the Prophets neither will thy beleeue though one arise from death againe The ij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrd make vs to haue a perpetual feare and loue of thy holy name for thou neuer failest to helpe and gouerne them whom thou doest bring vp in thy stedfast loue Grant this c. The Epistle MArueile not my brethren 1. Iohn 3.13 though the worlde hate you Wee know that wee are translated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abideth in death Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslayer And ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him Hereby perceiue we loue because he gaue his life for vs and wee ought to giue our liues for the brethren But who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother haue need and shutteth vy his compassion from his how dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in word neither in tongue but in deed and in veritie hereby we know that we are of the veritie and can quiet our hearts before him For if our heart condemne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things Dearely beloued if our heart condemne vs not then haue wee trust to Godward and whatsoeuer wee aske we receiue of him because we keepe his commaundements and doe those things which are pleasant in his sight And this is his commaundement that we beleeue on the name of his Sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commandement And hee that keepeth his commaundements dwelleth in him and hee in him and hereby wee know that he abideth in vs euen by the spirit which he hath giuen vs. The Gospel A Certain man ordained a great supper Luke 14.16 and bade many and sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden Come for all things are nowe ready And they all at once began to make excuse The first sayd vnto him I haue bought a farme and I must needes goe and see it I pray thee haue mee excused And another sayd I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen and I goe to proue them I pray thee haue me excused And another said I haue married a wife and therefore I cannot come And the seruant returned and brought his master word againe thereof Then was the good man of the house displeased and said to his seruant Goe out quickly into the streetes and quarters of the Citie and bring in hither the poore and feeble and the halt and blind And the seruant said Lord it is done as thou hast commaunded and yet there is roume And the Lord said vnto his seruant Go out into the high wayes and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled For I say vnto you that none of these men which were bidden shal taste of my supper The iij. Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrd we
together ly fiâ—led twelue basketswith the broken meat of the fiue bariy loanes 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 sthould come into the world If there bee any moe Sundayes before Aduent Sunday to supplie the same shal be taken the seruice of some of those Sundayes that were omitted betweene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima S. Andrewes day The Collect. ALmighte God which didest giue such grace vnto thy hily Apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Sonne Iesus Christ and followed him without delay graunt vnto vs all that wee being called vp thy holy word may foorth with giue ouer our selues obediently to followe thy holy commaundements through the same Iesus Christ out Lord. The Epistle IF thou acknowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord Rom. 10.9 beleeue in thy heart that God raised him vp from death thou shall bee safe For to beleeue with the heart iustfieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the Scripture faith whosoeuer beleeueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betweene the Iew the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is rich vnto all that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth call on the Name of the Lord shall be safe How then shall they call on him on whom they haue not beleeued How shall they beleeue on him of whome they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And how shall they preach without they be sent As it is written How beautifull are the seete of them which bring tidings of peace and bring tidings of good things But they haue not allobeyed to the Gospel For Esai faith Lord who hath beleeued our sayings So then faith commeth by hearing and hearing commeth by the word of God But I aske Haue they not herard No doubt their sound went out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaunde whether Israel did know or no First Moses faith I will prouoke you to enuie by them that are no people by a foolish nation I will anger you Esai after that is bolde and saith I am found of them that sought mee not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me But against Israel hee saith All day long haue I stretched foorth my hands vnto a people that beleeueth not but speaketh against me The Gospel AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galilee hee saw two brethren Mat. 4.18 Simon which was called Perer and Andrew his brother castinga net into the sea for they were fishers and he said vnto them Follow me and I will make you to become fishers of men And they straightway left their nets and followed him And when he was gone forth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee and Iohn his brother in the ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and hee called them And they immediatly left the ship and their father and followed him S. Thomas the Apostle The Collect. ALmightie and euerlining God which for the more confirmation of the faith diddest suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to bee doubtful in thy sonnes resurxection Grannet vs so perfetly and without all doubt to beleeue in thy Sonne Iesus Christ that our faith in thy sight neuer bee reprooued Heare vs O Lord througe the same Iesus Christ to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour c. The Epistle NOwe yee are not strangers Eph. 2.19 nor forxeiners but citizens with the Saints and of the housholde of God and Are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophers Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone m whome what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy Temple of the Lord in whom ye also are built together to be an habitation of God through the holy Ghost The Gospel THomas one of the twelue Iohn 20. 24 which is called Didymus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore sayd vnto him wee haue seene the Lorde But he sayd vnto them Except I see in his handes the print of the nailes and put my finger into the print of the nailes and thrust my hand into his side I will not beleeue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stood in the midst and said Peace be vnto you And after that he said to Thomas Bring thy finger hither and see my hands and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side and bee not faithlesse but beleeuing Thomas answered and sayd vnto him My Lord and my God Iesus said vnto him Thomas because thou hast seene mee thou hast beleeued Blessed are they that haue not seene and yet haue beleeued And many other signes truely did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this booke These are written that ye might belecue that Iesus Christ is the Sonne of God and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name The Conuersion of S. Paul The Collect. GOD which hast taught all the world through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saint Paul grant wee beseech thee that we which haue his wonderfull conuersion in remembrence may follow and fuifill thy holy doctrine that hee taught through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord went vnto the hie Priest Acts. 9.1 desired of him letters to cary to Damasco to the synagogues that if he found any of this way were they men or women he might bring them bound to Hierusalem And wheÌ„ he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco suddenly there shined round about him a light from heauen and he fell to the curth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Icsus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the prick And he both trembling and astonied said Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord said vnto him Arise and go into the citie and it shall be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which tourneyed with him stood amazed hearing a voice but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth when hee opened his eyes he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damasco And hee was three dayes without sight and did neither eat nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Anamas And hee said Behold I am here Lord. And the Lorde said vnto him Arise and goe into the strcete which is called Straight and seeke in the house of Iudas after one
called Saul of Thursus For behold he prayeth and hath seene in a vision a man named Ananias comming in vnto him and putting his hands on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias answered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how much euill he hath done to the Saints at Hierusalem And here he hath authoritie of the hie Priests to bind all that call on thy Name The Lord said vnto him Go thy way for he is a chose vessell vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles Kings and the children of Israel For I will shew him how great things hee must suffer for my Names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and put this hands on him and said Brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receiue thy sight bee filled with the holy Ghost And immediatly there fel from his eyes as it had bene scales and hee receiued sight and arose and was baptized and receiued meat and was comforted Then was Saul a certaine dayes with the discriples which were at Damasco And straight way bee preached Christ in the Synagogues how that he was the Sonne of God But all that heard him were amazed and sayd Is not this he that spoyled them which called on this name in Hierusalem and came hither for that intent that hee might bring them bound vnto the hie Priests But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christ The Gospel PEter answered and sayd vnto Iesus Matth. 19.27 Behold we haue for saken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therefore Iesus said vnto them verely I say vnto you that when the Sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his maiestie ye that haue followed me in the regeneration shall sit also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euery one that forsaketh house or brethen or sisters or father or mother or wife or children orlands for my names sake shall receiue an hundred folde and shal inherit euerlasting life But many that are first shall be last and the last shal be first The purification of Saint Marie the Virgin The Collect. ALmighty and euerlasting God wee humbly beseech thy Maiestie that as thy onely begotten Sonne was this day presented in the Temple in substance of our fiesh so graunt that wee may be Presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mmdes by Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle The same that is appointed for the Sunday The Gospel The Gospel WHen the time of their purification after the law of Moses was come they brought him to Hierusalem to present him to the Lord as it is written in the Law of the Lord Euery man childe that first openeth the matrix Luk. 2.22 shall be called holy to the Lord and to offer as it is sayd in the Law of the Lord a payre of turtle doues or two yong pigeons And behold there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was iust and godly and looked for the cpnsolation of Israel and the holy Ghost was in him And an answere had he receiued of the holy Ghost that he should not see death except he first sawe the Lord Christ And he came by inspiration into the Temple S. Matthias day The Collect. ALmighty God which in the place of the traitor Iudas diddest chuse thy faithful seruant Mathias to bee of the number of thy twelue Apostles Grant that thy Church being alway preserued from false Apostles may be ordered and guided by faithfull and true pastours though Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IN those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples Acts 1.15 and sayd The number of names that were together were about an hundred and twenty yee men and brethren this Scripture must needes haue been fulfilled which the holy Ghost through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to themt that tooke Iesus For he was numbred with vs and had obtained fello wship in this ministration And the same hath now possessed a platte of ground with the reward of iniquitie and when he was hanged hurst asuâ—der in the middes and all his bowels gushed out And it was knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem insomuch that the same fielde is called in their mother tongue Acheldama that is to say the bloody fielde For it is written in the booke of Psalmes His habitation bee voyde and no man be dwelling therein and his bishopricke let another take Wherefore of these men which haue companied with vs all the time that the Lord Iesus had all his Conuersation among vs beginning at the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was taken vp from vs must one be ordeined to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrcction And they appointed two Ioseph which is called Barsabas whose surname was Iustus and Matthias And when they prayed they sayd Thou Lorde which knowest the hearts of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that hee may take the roome of this ministration Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might goe into his owne place And they gaue forth their lots and the lot fell on Matthias and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The Gospel IN that time Iesus answered Matt. 1.25 and sayde I thanke thee O Father Lord of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these things froÌ„ the wise and prudent and hast shewed them vnto babes Verily Father euen so was it thy good pleasure All things are giuen vnto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Sonne but the father neither knoweth any man the Father saue the Sonne and hee to whomsoeuer the Sonne will open him Come vnto me all yee that labour and are laden and I will ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meeke and lowly in heart and yee shall finde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easie and my burden is light Annunciation of the Virgin Mary The Collect. WE beseech thee Lorde power thy grace into our hearts that as we haue knoweÌ„ Chrst thy sonnes incarnation by the message of an Angel so by his crosse and passion wee may be brought vnto the glory of his resurrection through the same Christ our Lord. The Epistle GOd spake once againe to Ahaz saying Esai 7.10 Require a token of the Lord thy God whether it bee toward the depth beneath or towarde the height aboue Then said Ahaz I will require none neither will I tempt the Lord. And he saide Hearken to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be grieuous vnto men but yee must grieue my God also And therefore the Lord shall giue you a token Behold a virgin shall conceiue and beare a sonne and thou his mother shalt
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
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
Lord saue this woman thy seruant Answere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong towre Answere From the face of her enemie Priest Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Priest Let vs pray O Almightie GOD which hast deliuered this woman thy seruant from the great paine and perill of child birth graunt we beseech thee most mercifull Father that shee through thy helpe may both faithfully liue and walke in her vocatiion according to thy will in this life present and also may bee partaker of euerlasting glory in the life to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The woman that commeth to giue her thankes must offer accustomed offerings and if there bee a Communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy Communion A Commination against sinners With certaine prayers to be vsed diuers times in the yeere After Morning prayer the people being called together by the ringing of a bell and assembled in the Church the English Lâ—â—â—ie shal be sayd after the accustomed maner which ended the Priest shall goe into the pulpit and say thus BRethren in the primitue Church there was a godly discipline that at the beginning of Lent such persons as were notorious sinners were put to open penance punished in this world that their soules might bee saued in the day of the Lord and that other admonished by their example might bee the more afraid to offend In the stead whereof vntil the sayd discipline may be restored againe which thing is much to be wished it is thought good that at this time in your presence should bee read the generall sentences of Gods cursing against impenitent sinners gathered out of the xxvii Chapter of Deuteronomie and othen places of Scripture and that yee should answere to euery sentence Amen to the intent that you being admonished of the great indignation of God against sinners may thy rather be called to earnest and true repentance and may walke more warily in these dangerous dayes fleeing from such vices for the which yee affirme with your owne mouthes the curse of God to be due Cursed is the man that maketh any carued or molten image an abomination to the Lord the worke of the hands of the craftesman and putteth it in a secret place to worshipst And the people shall answere and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth away the marke of his neighbours land Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that maketh the blinde to goe out of his way Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that letteth in indgement the right of the stranger of them that be fatherlesse and of widowes Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour serretly Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wife Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that taketh reward to slay the soule of innocent blood Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that putteth his trust in man and taketh man for his defence and in his heart goeth from the Lord. Answere Amen Minister Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and adulterers and the couetous persons the worshippers of images slanderers drunkards and extortioners Answere Amen Minister NOw seeing that all they bee accursed as the Prophet Dauid beareth witnesse which doe erre and goe astray from the commaundements of God Psal 119. let vs remembring the dreadfull iudgement hanging ouer our heads and being alwaies at hand returne vnto our Lord God with al contrition and meeknesse of heart bewayling and lamenting our sinfull life knowleding and confessing our offences and seeking to bring foorth worthie fruites of penance For now is the Axe put vnto the roote of the trees Matt. 3. so that euery tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is he wen downe and cast into the fire Heb. 11 It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God he shall power downe raine vpon the sinners snares fire and brimstone storme and tempest Psal 10. this shall bee their portion to drinke For loe the Lord is commen out of his place Esai 26 to visite the wickednesse of sueh as dwell vpon the earth Mala. 3. But who may abide the day of his comming Who shall bee able to endure when he appeareth His fan is in his hand Matt. 3. and he will purge his floore and gather his wheate into the barne but he will burne the chaffe with vnquenchable fire The day of the Lord commeth as a theefe in the night and when men shall say Peace and all things are safe then shall sudden destruction come vpon them as sorrow commeth vpon a woman traueiling with childe and they shall not escape Then shall appeare the wrath of God in the day of vengeance Rom. 2. which obsrinate sinners through the stubbernnesse of their heart haue heaped vnto themselues which despised the goodnesse patience and long sufferance of God when he called them continually to repentance Then shall they call vpon me saith the Lord but I will not heare Prou. 1. they shall seeken mee early but they shall not finde mee and that because they hated knowledge and receiued not the feare of the Lord but abhorred my counsell and despised my correction Then shall it bee too late to knocke When the doore shalt bee shut and too late to crie for mercie When it is the time of iustice O terrible voyce of most iust iudgement which shalt bee pronounced vpon them Matt. 25. when it shalt be said vnto them Goe yee cursed into the fire euerlasting Which is prepared for the Deuill and his angels 2 cor 6. Therefore brethren take wee heede betime while the day of saluation lasteth for the night commeth when none can Worke Iohn 9. but let vs while we haue the light beleeue in the light and Walker as the children of the light that We be not cast into the vtter darknesse Matt. 25. Where is Weeping and gnashing of teeth Let vs not abuse the goodnes of God Which calleth vs mertifully to amendement and of the endlesse pitie promiseth vs forgiuenesse of thatt Which is past if with a Whole minde and true heart Wereturne vnto him Esai i For though our sinnes bee as red as searlet they sall be as White as snow and though they be like purple yet shal they be as White as wooll Eze. 28. Turne you cleane saith the Lord from all your wickedesse and your snne shalt not be your destruction Cast a way from yon al your vngodlines that ye haue done make you new hearts and a new spirit Wherefore will ye die O ye honse of Is rael seeing that I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God turne you then and yee shalt liue i. Iohnz Athough we haue ssinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous and
his wickednes shalt fall on his owne pate I will giue thanks vnto the Lord according to his righteousnesse and will praise the name of the Lord the most high Domine Dominus Psal viij O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy Name in all the world thou that hast set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes sucklings hast thou ordeined strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemie and the auenger For thou will consider the heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the Moone and the Starres which thou hast ordeined What is man that thou art mindfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to crowne him with glory and workship Thou makest him to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou hast put all things in subiection vnder his feete All sheepe and oxen yea and the beasts of the field The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh through the paths of the seas O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy Name in all the world Confitebor tibi Psal ix I Will giue thankes vnto thee Morning Prayer O Lorde with my whole heart I will speake of all thy marucellous workes I will bee glad and reioyce in thee yea my songs wil I make of thy Name O thou most Highest While mine enemies are driuen backe they shalt fall and perish at thy presence For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the throne that iudgest right Thou hast rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou hast put out their Name for euer and euer O thou enemie destructions are come to a perpetuall end euen as the cities which thou hast destroyed their memoriall is perished with them But the Lord shalt endure for euer he hath also prepared his seate for iudgement For hee shalt iudge the World in righteousnesse and minister true iudgement vnto the people The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed euen a refuge in due time of trouble And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast neuer failed them that seeke thee O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion shew the people of his doings For when he maketh inquisition for blood he remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore Haue mercie vpon me O Lord consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest nice vp from the gates of death That I may shew all thy praises within the portes of the daughter of Sion I will reioyce in thy saluation The heathen are sunke downe in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid priuily is their foot taken The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement the vngodly is trapped in the worke of his owne hands The wicked shalt bee turned into hell and all the people that forget God For the poore shalt not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meeke shalt not perish for euer Up Lorde and let not man haue the vpper hande let the Heathen be iudged in thy fight Put them in feare O Lord that the heathen may know themselues to be but men Vt quid Domine Psal x. Why standest thou so farre off O Lord and hidest it thy face in the needfull time of trouble The vngodly for his owne lust doeth persecute the poore let them be taken in the crafty Wilinesse that they haue imagined For the vngodly hath made boast of his owne hearts desire and speaketh good of the couetous whome GOD abhorxeth The vngodly is so proud that hee careth not for God neither is God in all his thoughts His wayes are alway grieuous thy iudgements are farre aboue out of his fight and therefore defieth hee all his enemies For hee hath said in his heart Tush I shalt ncuer bee caft downe there shalt no harme happen vnto me His mouth is full of cursing deceit and fraude vnder his tongue is vngodlinesse and vanitie He sitteth lurking in the theeuish corners of the streets and priuily in his lurking dennes doeth hee murder the innocent his eyes are set against the poore For he lieth waiting secretly euen as a Lion lurketh he in his denne that he may rauish the poore Hee doeth rauish the poore when he getteth him into his nette Hee falleth downe and humbleth himselfe that the Congregation of the poore may fall into the handes of his Captaines He hath said in his heart Tush God hath forgotten hee hideth away his face and he will neuer see it Arise O Lord God and lift vp thine hand forget not the poore Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God while hee doeth say his heart Tutsh thou God rarest not for it Surely thou hast seene it for thou beholdest vngodlinesse and wrong That thou mayest take the matter into thine hande the poore conmitteth himselfe vnto thee for thou art the helper of the friendlesse Breake tthou the power of the vngodly and malicious take away his vngodlinesse and thou shalt finde none The Lord is King for euer and euer and the heathen are perised out of the land Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poore thou preparest their heart and thine eare hearkeneth thereto To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them In domino confido Psal xj IN the Lord put I my trust how say yee then to my soule that the should flee as a bird vnto the hill For loe the vngodly bend their vow make ready their arrowes within the quwer that they may primly shoote at them which are true of heart For the foundations will be cast downe and what hath the righteous done The Lorde is in his holy Temple the Lordes seate is in heauen His eyes consider the poore and his eye lids trieth the children of men The Lord alloweth the righteous but the vngodly him that delighteth in wickednesse doeth his soule abhorâ—c Vpon the vngodly he shal raine snares fire and vrimssone storme and tempest this shal be their portion to drinke For the righteous Lord loueth righteousnesse his countenance will behold the thing that is iust Saluum me fac Psal xij HElpe me Lord Eucoing prayer for there is not one godly man left for the faithful are minished from among the children of men They talke of vanitie euery one with his neighbour they doe but flatter with their lips and dissemble with their double heart The Lord shalt root out all deceitfull lippes and the tongue that speaketh proud things Which haue said with our tongue we will preuaile wee are they that ought to speake who is Lord ouer vs Now for the comfortlesse troubles sake of the needy and because of the deepe sighing of the poore I will vp sayth the Lord and will helpe euery one from him that swelleth against him and will set
them at rest The words of the Lord are pure words euen as the siluer which from the earth is tried purified seuen times in the fire Thou shalt keepe them O Lord thou shalt preserue him from this generation for euer The vngodly walke on euery side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke Vsquequo Domine Psal xiij HOw long wilt thou forget mee O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hide thy face from me How long shalt I seeke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart howe long shalt mine enemies triumph ouer me Consider and heare mee O Lorde my God lighten mine eyes that I sleepe not in death Left mine enemie say I haue preuailed against him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wil sing of the Lord because he hath delt so louingly with me yea I wil praise the name of the Lord most highest Dixit insipiens Psal xiiij THe foole hath said in his heart there is no God They are corxupt and become abominable in their doings there is not one that doeth good no not one The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues haue they deceiued the poison of aspes is vnder their lips Their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse their feete are swift to shed blood Destruction and vnhappinesse is in their wayes the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before their eyes Haue they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread And call not vpon the Lorde there were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for God is in the generation of the righteous As for you yee haue made a mocke at the counsaile of the poore because he putteth his trust in the Lord. Who shalt giue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shalt Iacob reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit Psal xv LOrd who shalt dwell in thy tabernacle Morning prayer or who shalt rest vpon thy holy hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and both the thing which is right and speaketh the tructh from his heart Hee that hath vsed no deceit in his tongue nor done enill to his neighbour nor hath not slandered his neighbours Hee that setteth not by himselfe but is lowly in his owne eyes and maketh much of them that feare the Lord. Hee that sweareth vnto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it Were to his owne hinderance He that hath not giuen his money vpon vsurie nor taken reward against the innocent Who so doeth thrse things shalt neuer fall Conserua me Psal xvj PReserue me O God for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my God my goods are nothing vnto thee All my delight is vpon the saints that are in the earth and vpon such as excell in vertue But they that runne after another god shalt haue great trouble Their drinke offerings of blood will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips The Lord himselfe is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintaine my lot My lot is fallen vnto me in a faire ground yea I haue a goodly heritage I will thanke the Lord for giuing me warning my reines also chasten me in the night season I haue set God alwayes before me for hee is on my right hand therefore I shalt not fall Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory reioyced my flesh also shalt rest in hope For Why thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption Thou shalt she we me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for euermore Exaudi Domine iustitiam Psal xvij HEare the right O Lorde consider my complaint and hearken vnto my prayer that goeth not out of fayned lippes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes looke vpon the thing that is equall Thou hast prooded and visited mine heart in the night feason thou hast tried me and shalt finde no wickednesse in me for I am vtterly purposed that my mouth shalt not offend Because of mens workes that are done against the wordes of my lips I haue kept me from the wayes of the destroyer O holde thou vp my goings in thy pathes that my footesteps slip not I haue called vpon thee O God for thou shalt heare mee encline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my words Shew thy maruellous louing kindnesse thou that art the Sauiour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand Keepe mee as the apple of an eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wings From the vngodly that trouble mee mine enemies compasse me round about to take away my foule They are inclosed in their owne fat and their mouth speaketh proud things They lie waiting in our way on cuery side turning their eyes downe to the ground Like as a Lion that is greedie of his pray and as it were a lions whelpe lurking in secret places Vp Lord disappoint him and cast him downe dcliuer my soule from the vngodly which is a sword of thine From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the euil world which haue their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure They haue children at their desire and leaue the rest of their substance for their babes But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousnes and when I awake vp after thy likenesse I shal be satisfied with it Diligam re Psal xviij I will loue thee O LORD my strength Euening prayer the Lorde is my stonie rocke and my defence my Sauiour my God and my might in whome I will trust my buckler the horne also of my salutation and my refuge I wil call vpon the Lord which is worthy to bee praised so shalt I be safe from mine enemies The sorowes of death compassed me and the ouerflowings of vngodlines made me afratd The paines of hell came about mee the snares of death ouertooke me In my trouble I will call vpon the Lord and comylaine vnto my God So shall hee heare my voice out of his holy Temple and my complaint shalt come before him it shalt enter eueu into his eares The earth trembled quaked the very foundations also of the hilles shooke were
bringeth the counsell of the hearthen to nought and maketh the deulses of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsels of Peinces The counsell of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the though is of his heart from generation to generation Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Iehoua and blessed are the folke that hee hath chosen to him to be his inheritance The Lord looked downe from heauen and beheld all the children of men from the habitation of his dwelling he considereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioneth all the hearts of them and vnderstandeth all their works There is no king that can be saued by thy multitude of an host neither is any mighty man deliuered by much strength A horse is counted but a vaine thing to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by his great strength Behold the eye of the Lord is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put their trust in his mercie Lo deliuer their soules from desath and to feede them in the time of death our sounle hath patiently faried for Lord for he is our helpe and our shield For our heart shall reioyce in him because we haue hoped in his holy Name Let the mercifull kindnesse O Lord be vpon vs like as we doe put our trust in thee Benedicam Domino Pslxxxiiij I will alway giue thankes vnto the Lord his praise shall euer be in my mounth My sonle shall make her boast of the Lord the humble sall heare there of and be glad O praise the Lord with me and let vs magnifie his Name together I sought the Lord and he heard me yea he deliuered me out of all my feare They had an eye vnto him and were lightend and their faces were not ashamed Loe the poore crieth and the Lord heareth him yea and saueth him out of all his troubles The Angle of the Lorde tarieth round about them that feare him and deliuereth them O taste and see howe gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him O feare the Lord ye that be his saints for they that feare him lacke nothing The Lons doe lacke and suffer hunger but they which seeke the Lord shall want no maner of thing that is good Come ye children and hearken vnto me I will teach you the feare of the Lord. what man is hee that lusteh to liue and would faine see good dayes keepe thy tongue from euill and thy lips that they speake no guile Esche we euil and doe good seeke peace and ensue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vpon vnto them praiers The countenance of the Lorde is against them that doe cuill to roote out the remembrance of them from the earth The righteous cry and the Lord heaeth them and deliuereth them out of all their troubles The Lord is nigh vnto them that are of a contrite heart and will saue such as be of an humble spirit Great are the troubles of the rightcous but the Lord deliuereth him out of all He keepeth all his bones so that not one of them is broken But misfortune shall slay the vngodly and they that hate the righteous shal be desolate The Lord deliuereth the soules of his seruants and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute Iudica Domine Psal 35 P Leade thou my cause Morning prayer O Lorde with them that striue with me and fight thou against they that fight against me Lay hande vpon the shield and bucklcr and sand vp to helpe me Bring forth the speare and stop the way against them that persecute me say vnto my soule I am thy saluation Let them be confonded and put to shame that seeke after my soule let them be turned backe and brought to confusion that imagine mischiefe for me Let them be as the dust before the winde and the Angel of the Lord scattering them Let their be as the dust before the winde and the Angel of the Loard scattering them Let their may be darke and slipperie and let the Angle of the Lord persecute them For they haue priuily layd their net to destroy me withhout a cause yea cuen without a cause haue they made a pit for my soule Let a sudden destruction come vpon him vnawares and his net that he hath laid priuily catch himselfe that hee may fall into his owne mischiefe And my soule be ioyfull in the Loes it shall reioyce in his saluation All my bones shall say Lord who is like vnto thee which deliuerest the poore from him that is too strong for him yea the poore and him that is in miserie from hun that spoileth him False witnesse did rise vp they laide to my charge thigs that I know not They rewarded me euill for good to the great discomfort of my soule Neuerthelesse when they were sicke I put on sackcloth and humbled my soule with fasting and my prater shal turne into mine owne bosome I behauted my selfe as though it had bene my friend or my brother I went heauily as one that mourneth for his mother But in mine aduersitie they reioyced and gathered them together yea the very abiects came together against me vnawares making mowes at me and ceased not With the flatterers were busie mockers which gnashed vpon me with their teeth Lord how long wilt thou looke vpon this O deliuer my soule from the calamities which they bring on mee and my darling from the Lions So will I giue thee thankes in the great Congregation I will praise thee among much people Olet not them that are mine enemies triumph ouer mee vngodly neither let them winke with their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their communing is not for peace but they imagine deceitfull wordes against them that are quiet in the land They gaped on mee with their mouthes and sayd Fie on thee fie on thee we saw it with our eyes This thou hast seene O Lord hold not thy tongue then goe not farre from me O Lord. Awake and stand vp to indge my quarell auenge thou my cause my God and my Lord. Iudge me O Lord my God according to thy righteousnesse and let then not triumph ouer me Let them not say in their hearts There there so would we haue it neither let them say we haue deuoured him Let them be put to confusion and shame together that reioyce at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselues against me Let them bee glad and reioyce that fauour my rightcous dealimng yea let them say alway Blessed be the Lord which hath pleasure in the prosperitie of his seruant And as for my tongue it shall be talking of thy righteousnesse and of thy praise all the day long Dixit iniustus Psal 36. MY heart sheweth mee the wigkednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he flattereth himselfe in his
that thou hast done O consider this yee that forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to deliuer you Who so offereth me thankes and prayse honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conuersation right will I shew the saluation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51 HAue mercie vpon mee O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of the mercies doe away mine offences Wash me thoughly from my wickednesse and clense mee from my sinne For I knowledge my faultes my sin is euer before me Aganst thee onely haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behdold I mas shapen in wickednesse in sinne hath my mother couceiued me But loc thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shall make me to vndestand wisedome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane thou shall wash me and I shal be whiter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a rght spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the comfort of the helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health my tongue shal sing of thy righteousnes Thou shall open my lips O Lord and my month shall shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings The sacrfice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shall thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the Walles of Hierusalem Then shall thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shall they offer yong bullocks vpon thine altar Quid gloriaris Plal. 52. WHy boastest thou thy selfe thou tyrant that thou canst doe mischiefe Whereas the goodnesse of God endureth yet dayly Thy tongue imagineth wickednesse and with lies thou cuttest like a sharpe rasor Thou hast loued vnrighteousnesse more then goodnesse and to talke of lies more then righteousnesse Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may doe hurt O thou false tongue Therefore shall God destroy thee for euer hee shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwlling and roote thee out of the land of the liuing The roghteous also shall see this and feare and sal laugh him to scorne Loe this is the man that tooke not Goo for his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himselfe in his wickednesse As for me I am like a greene Oliue tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercie of God for euer euer I will alwayes giue thankes vnto thee for that thou halst done and I will hope in thy name for thy saints like it well Dixit insipiens psal 53. THe foolish bodie hath sayd in his heart there is no God Euening prayer Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickednsse there is none that doeth good God looked down 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 altogethee become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one Are not they without vnderstanding that worke wickednesse eating vp my people as if they would eate bread they haue not called vpon God They were aftaide where no feare was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast pnt them to confision because God hath despised them Oh that the Saluation were giuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliuer his people out of captiuitie Then should Iacob reioyce and Israel should bee right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54 SAue me O God for thy names sake and auenge mee in thy strength Heare my prayer O God hearken vnto the words of my mouth For strangers are risen vp against me and tyrants which haue not God before their eyes seeke after my soule Beholde God is my helper the Lorde is with them that vphold my soule Hee shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy trueth An offering of a free heart will I giue thee and prayse thy name O Lord because it is so comfortable For hee hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene his desire vpon mine enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 55 HEare my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petition Take heede vnto me and heare me howe I mourne in my prayer and am vexed The enemine crieth so and the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are minded to doe me some mischiefe so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon mee and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde Oh that I had wings like a Doue for then would I slee away and be at rest Loe then would I get me away farre off and remaine in the wildernesse I would make haste to escape because of the stormie wind and tempest Destroy their tongues O Lord and diuide them for I haue spied vnrighteousnesse and strife in the citie Day and night they goe about within the walles threof misehiefe also and sorow are in the middes of it Wickednesse is therein deceite and gutle go not out of their streetes For it is not an open enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I could haue borne it Neither was it mine aduersarie that did magnifie himselfe against me for then peraduenture I would haue hid my selfe from him But it was euen thou my companion my guide and mine owne famihar friend Wee tooke sweete counsell together walked in the house of God as friends Let death come hastily vpon them let them goe downe quicke into hell for wickednesse is in their dwellings and among them As for mee I will call vpon God and the Lord shall saue me In the euening morning and at noone day will I pray and that instantly and he shall heare my voyce It is hee that hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battaile that was against me for thre were many with me Yea euen God that endureth for euer shall shall heare me and bring them downn for they will not turne nor feare God Hee laid his hands vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenant The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauing warre in his heart his words were smoother then oyle
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
my holy oyle haue I anoynted him My hand shall holde him fast and my arme shall strengthen him The enemie shall not be able to doe him violence the sonne of wickednesse shall not hurt him I shall smite downe his foes before his face and plague them that hate him My trueth also and my mercie shall be with him and in my Name shall his horne be exalted I will set his dominion also in the sea and his right hand in the floods Hee shall call me Thou art my father my God and my strong saluation And I will make him my first borne higher then the kings of the earth My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore and my couenant shall stand fast with him His seede also will I make to endure for euer his throne as the dayes of heauen But if his children forsake my Law and walke not in my iudgements If they breake my statutes and keepe not my commandements I will visit their offences with the rod and their sinne with scourges Neuerthelesse my louing kindnesse will I not vtterly take from him nor suffer my trueth to faile My couenant will I not breake nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lippes I haue sworne once by my Holinesse that I will not faile Dauid His seede shall endure for euer and his seate is like as the sunne before me He shall stand fast for euermore as the moone and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine anoynted and art displeased at him Thou hast broken the couenant of thy seruant and cast his crowne to the ground Thou hast ouerthrowen all his hedges and broken down his strong holds All they that goe by spoâ—â—e him and he is become a rebuke to his neighbours Thou hast set vp the right hand of his enemies and made all his aduersaries to reioyce Thou hast taken away the edge of his sworde and giuest him not victorie in the battell Thou hast put out his glory and cast his throne downe to the ground The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened and couered him with dishonour Lord how long wil thou hide thy selfe for euer and shall thy wrath burne like fire Oh remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all men for nought What man is hee that liueth and shall not see death and shall he deliuer his soule from the hand of hell Lorde where are thy olde louing kindnesses which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth Remember Lord the rebuke that thy seruants haue and how I doe beare in my bosome the rebukes of many people Wherewith thine enemies haue blasphemed thee and slandered the footesteps of thine anoynted prased be the Lorde for euermore Amen Amen Domine refugium Psal 90. LOrde Morning prayer thou hast beene our refuge from one generation to another Before the mountaines were brought foorth or euer the earth and the worlde were made thou art God from euerlasting world without end Thou rurnest man to destruction againe thou sayest Come againe ye children of men For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday seeing that is past as a watch in the night As soone as thou scatterest them they are euen as a sleepe and fade away suddenly like the grasse Iâ— the morning it is greene and growth vp but in the euening it is cut downe dryed vp and withered For wee consume away in thy displeasure and are afraid at thy wrathfull indignation Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee and our secret sinnes in the sight of thy countenance For when thou art angry all our dayes are gone we bring our yeeres to an end as it were a tale that is told The dayes of our age are threescore yeeres and tenne and though men be so strong that they come to fourescore yeeres yet is their strength then but labour and sorowe so soone passeth it away and we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath for euen therafter as a man feareth so is thy displeasure O teach vs to number our dayes that we may apply our hearts vnto wisedome Lurne thee againe O Lord at the last and bee gracious vnto thy seruants O satisfie vs with thy mercie and that soone so shall wee reioyce and be glad all the dayes of our life Comfort vs againe now after the time that thou hast plagued vs for the yeres wherein we haue suffered aduersitie Shewe thy seruants thy worke and their children thy glorie And the glorious Maiestie of the Lorde our God be vpon vs prosper thou the worke of our hands vpon vs O prosper thou our handy worke Qui habirat Psal 91. WHo so dwelleth vnder the defence of the most High shall abide vnder the shadow of the Almightie I will say vnto the Lord Thou art my hope and my strong holde my God in him will I trust For he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the Hunter and from the noysome pestilence Hee shall defend thee vnder his wings and thou shall bee safe vnder his feathers his faithfulnesse and trueth shall be thy shield and buckler Thou shall not be afraid for any terrour by night Nor for the arrow that ftyeth by day For the pestilence that walketh in darkenesse nor for the sickenesse that destoyeth in the noone day A thousand shall fall beside thee and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee Yea with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the vngodly For thou Lord art my hope thou hast set thine house of defence very high There shall no euill happen vnto thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling For he shall giue his angels charge ouer thee to keepe thee in all thy wayes They shall beare thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foote against a stone Thou shall go vpon the Lion and Adder the yong Lion and the Dragon shalt thou tread vnder thy feete Because he hath set his loue vpon me therefore shall I deliuer him I shall set him vp because hee hath knowen my Name He shal call vpon me and I wil heare him yea I am with him in trouble I will deliuer him and bring him to honour With long life will I satisfie him and shew him my saluation Bonum est confiteri Psal 92 IT is a good thing to giue thankes vnto the Lord and to sing praises vnto thy Name O most Highest To tell of thy louing kindnesse early in the morning and of thy trueth in the night season Vpon an instrument of tenne strings and vpon the Lute vpon a loud instrument and vpon the Harpe For thou Lorde hast made mee glad through thy workes and I will reioyce in giuing praise for the operations of thy hands O Lord how glorious are thy workes and thy thoughts are very deepe An vnwise man doeth not well consider this and a foole doeth not vnderstand it When the vngodly are greene as the grasse
when all the workers of wickednes do florish then shal they be destroyed for euer but thou Lord art the most highest for euermore For loe thine enemies O Lorde loe thine enemies shall perish and all the workers of wickednesse shal be destroyed But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an vnicorne for I am annoynted with fresh oyle Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies and mine eare shal heare his desire of the wicked that rise vp against me The righteous shall flourish like a palme tree and shall spread abroad like a Cedar in Libanus Such as bee planted in the house of the Lord shall florish in the courts of the house of our God They also shall bring foorth more fruite in their age and shal be fat and well liking That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is and that there is no vnrighteousnesse in him Dominus regnauit Psal 93. THe Lorde is king Euening prayer and hath put on glorious apparell the Lord hath put on his apparell and girded himselfe with strength He hath made the round world so sure that it cannot be mooued Euer since the world began hath thy seate beene prepared thou art from euerlasting The floods are risen O Lord the floods haue lift vp their voice the floods lift vp their waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lord that dwelleth on high is mightier Thy testimonies O Lord are very sure holinesse becommeth thine house for euer Deus vltionum Psalm 94. O Lorde God to whom vengeance belongeth thou God to whome vengeance belongeth shew thy selfe Arise thou iudge of the world and reward the proud after their deseruing Lord how long shall the vngodly how long shall the vngodly triumph How long shall all wicked doers speake so disdaincfully and make such proud boasting They smite downe thy people O Lord and trouble thine heritage They murther the widowe and the stranger and put the fatherlesse to death And yet they say Tush the Lord shall not see neither shal the God of Iacob regard it Take heede yee vnwise among the people O yee fooles when will ye vnderstand He that planted the eare shal he not heare or he that made the eye shall not see Or he that nurtureth the heathen it is hee that teacheth man knowledge shall not he punish The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are but vaine Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him in thy Law That thou mayest giue him patience in time of aduersitic vntill the pit be digged vp for the vngodly For the Lord will not faile his people neither will he forsake his inheritance Untill righteousnes turne againe vnto iudgement all such as be true in heart shall follow it Who will rise vp with me against the wicked or who will take my part against the euill doers If the Lord had not helped mee it had not failed but my soule had bene put to silence But when I said my foote hath slipped thy mercie O Lord held me vp In the multitude of the sorowes that I had in my heart thy comforts haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue any thing to doe with the stoole of wickednesse which imagineth mischiefe as a law They gather them together against the soule of the rightteous and condemne the innocent blood But the Lord is my refuge and my God is the strength of my confidence He shall recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice yea the Lord our God shall destroy them Venite exultemus Psal 95. O Come Morning prayer let vs sing vnto the Lorde let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our saluation Let vs come before his presence with thanksgiuing and shew our selues glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great king aboue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land O come let vs worship and fall downe and kneele before the Lord our maker For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hands Today if ye will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse When your fathers tempted me prooued me and saw my workes Fourtie yeeres long was I grieued with this generation â—nd said it is a people that doe erre in their hearts for they haue not knowen my wayes Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Cantate Domino Psal 96 O Sing vnto the Lord a new song sing vnto the Lord all the whole earth Sing vnto the Lord and praise his name be telling of his saluation from day to day Declare his honour vnto the heathen and his wonders vnto all people For the Lord is great and can not worthily be praised he is more to be feared then all gods As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles but it is the Lord that made the heauens Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in his sanctuarie Ascribe vnto the Lord O ye kinreds of the people ascribe vnto the Lord worship and power Ascribe vnto the lorde the honour due vnto his Name bring presents and come into his courts O worship the Lord in the beautie of holinesse let the whole earth stand in awe of him Tell it out among the heathen that Lord is king and that it is he which hath made the round world so fast that it can not be mooued and how that hee shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the field be ioyfull and all that is in it then shal all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lord. For he commeth for he commeth to iudge the earth and with righte ousnesse to iudge the world and the people with his trueth Dominus regnauit Psal 97. The Lord is King the earth may be glad thereof yea the multitude of the Isles may be glad thereof Cloudes and darkenesse are round about him righteousnes and iudgement are the habitation of his seat There shal go a fire before him and burne vp his enemies on euery side His lightnings gaue shine vnto the world the earth sawe it and was afraid The hilles melted like ware at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth The heauens declared his righteousnes and all the people haue seene his glore Confounded be all they that worship carued images and that delight in vaine gods worship him all ye gods Sion heard of it and reioyced and the daughters of Iuda were glad because of thy iudgements O Lord. For thou Lorde art higher
then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all gods O ye that loue the Lord see that ye hate the thing which is cuill the Lord preserueth the soules of his saints he shall deliuer them from the hand of the vngodly There is sprung vp a light for the righteous and ioyfull gladnesse for such as be true hearted Reioyce in the Lord ye righteous and giue thankes for a remembrance of his holinesse Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing vnto the Lord a new song Euening prayer for he hath done marueilous things With his owner right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten himselfe the victorie The Lord declared his saluation his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the ends of the world haue seene the saluation of our God Shew your sclues ioyful vnto the Lord all ye lands sing reioyce and giue thankes Prayse the Lord vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgiuing With trumpets also and shaumes O shew your selues ioy full before the Lord the king Let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the floods clap their hands and let the hilles be ioyful together before the Lord for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equitie Dominus regnauit Psal 99 The Lord is king be the people neuer so vnpatient hee sitteth betweene the Cherubinis bee the earth neuer so vnquiet The Lord is great in Sion and high aboue all peopel They shall giue thankes vnto thy name which is great wonderfull and holy The kings power loueth iudgement thou hast prepared equitie thou hast executed iudgement and righteousnesse in Iacob O magnifie the Lord our God and fall downe before his footestoole for he is holy Moses Aaron among his Pricsts and Samuel among such as call vpon his name these called vpon the Lord and he heard them He spake vnto them out of the cloudie pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gaue them Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgauest them O God and punishedst their owne inuentions O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him vpon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy Iubilate Deo Psal 100. O be ioyfull in the Lord all ye lands serue the Lord with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lord he is god it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courts with prayse be thankefull vnto him speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Misericordiam iudicium Psal 101. MY song shall be of mercie and iudgement vnto thee O Lord will I sing O let me haue vnderstanding in the way of godlinesse When wilt thou come vnto me I will walke in my house with a perfit heart I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sinnes of vnfaithfulnesse there shall no such cleaue vnto me A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person Who so priuily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy Who so hath also a proud looke and high stomacke I will not suffer him Mine eyes looke vnto such as be faithfull in the land that they may dwell with me Who so leadeth a godly life he shall be my seruant There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarif in my sight I shall soone destroy all the vngodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers froÌ„ the city of the Lord. Domine exaudi Psal 102. HEare my prayer Morning prayer O Lord and let my crying come vnto thee Hide not thy face from mee in the time of my trouble encline thine eares vnto mee when I call O heare mee and that right soone For my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt vp as it were a firebrand My heart is smitten downe and withered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bread For the voice of my groning my bones will scarse cleaue to my flesh I am become like a pelicane in the wildernes and like an Owle that is in the desart I haue watched and am euen as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone vpon the house top Mine enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are mad vpon me are sworne together against me For I haue eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drinke with weeping And that because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me downe My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am withered like grasse But thou O Lord shall endure for euer and thy remembrance thoughout all generations Thou shalt arise and haue mercie vpon Sion for it is time that thou haue mercie vpon her yea the time is come And why thy seruants thinke vpon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust The heathen shall feare thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy maicstie When the Lord shall build vp Sion and when his glorie shall appeare When hee turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and desâ—iseth not their desire This shal be written for those that come after and the people which shal be borne shall praise the Lord. For he hath looked downe from his sanctuarie out of the heauen did the Lord behold the earth That he might heare the mournings of such as be in captiuitie and deliuer the children appointed vnto death That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Hierusalem When the people are gathered together the kingdomes also serue the Lord. He brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes But I said O my God take me not away in the middest of mine age as for thy yeeres they endure throughout all generations Thou Lord in the beginning hast laied the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy hands They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall ware old as doeth a garment And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy yeres shall not faile The children of thy seruants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight Benedicanima Psal 103. PRaise the Lord O my soule and all that is within mee prayse his holy Name Praise the Lord O my soule and forget not all his benefits Which forgiueth all thy sinne and healeth all thine infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruction
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
Lord from this time forth for euermore Prayse the Lord. Dilexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased Morning prayer that the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my prayer That hee hath inclined his eare vnto me therefore will I call vpou him as long as I liue The snares of death compassed me round about and the paines of hell gate hold vpon me I shall finde trouble and heauinesse and I shall call vpon the name of the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliuer my soule Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea one God is mercifull The Lord preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne againe then vnto thy rest O my soule for the Lord hath rewarded thee And why thiu hast deliuered my soule from death mine eyes from teares and my feet from falling I will walke before the Lord in the land of the liuing I beleeued and therefore will I speake but I was fore troubled I sayd in my haste All men are lyars What reward shall I giue vnto the Lord for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me I will receiue the cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vowes nowe in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of the Lorde is the death of his Saints Behold O Lord how that I am thy seruant I am thy seruant and the sonne of thine handmaid thou hast broken my bonds in sunder I will offer to thee the sarrifice of thankesgiuing and will call vpon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord in the fight of all his people in the courts of the Lords house euen in the middes of thee O HierusaleM Praise the Lord. Laudate Dominum Psal 117 O Prayse the Lord all yee heathen prayse him all yee nations For his mercifull kindnesse is euer more and more toward vs and the traeth of the Lorde endureth for euer Prayse the Lord. Confitemini Domino Psal 118 O Giue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracions because his mercie endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse that he is gracious and that his mercie endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercie endureth for euer Yea let them now that feare the Lord confesse that his mercie endureth for euer I called vpou the Lord in trouble and the Lorde heard me at large The Lord is on my side I will not feare what man doth vnto me The Lord taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire vpon mine enemies It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in man It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in Princes All nations compassed me round about but in the name of the Lorde will I destroy them They kept me in on eueryside they kept me in I say on euery side but in the name of the Lord wil I destroy them They came about me like Bees and are extinct euen as the fire among the thornes for in the name of the Lord wil I destroy them Thou hast thrust sore at mee that I might fall but the Lord was my helpe The Lord is my strength and my song and is become my saluation The voice of ioy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to passe The right hand of the Lorde hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mightie things to passe I wil not die but liue and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastend and corrected mee but hee hath not giuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of righteousnesse that I may goe into them and giue thankes vnto the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord the rightteous shal enter into it I mil thanke thee for thou hast heard me and art become my saluation The same stone which the builders refused is become the head ston in the corner This is the Lords doing and it is marueilous in out eyes This is the day which the Lord hath made wee will reioyce and bee glad in it Helpe me now O Lord O Lord send vs now prosperitie Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the Lord wee haue wished you good luck ye that be of the house of the Lord. God is the Lord which hath shewed vs light binde the sacrifice with cords yea euen vnto the hornes of the altar Thou art my God and I will thanke thee thou art my God and I will praise thee O giue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Beati imaculati Psal 119. BLessed are those that are vndefiled in the way Euening Prayer and walke in the Law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies and seeke him with their whole heart For they which doe no wickednes walke in his wayes Thou hast charged that wee shal diligently keepe thy commandements O that my wayes were made so direct that I might keep thy statutes So shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy commandements I will thanke thee with an vnfained hart when I sall haue learned the iudgements of thy righteousnesse I will keepe thy ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly In quo corriget Wherewithall shall a yong man clense his way euen by ruling himselfe after thy word With my whole heart haue I sought thee O let me not goe wrong out of thy commandements Thy wordes haue I hid within my heart that I should not sinne against thee Blessed art thou O Lord O teach me thy statutes With my lippes haue I been telling of all the iudgements of thy mouth I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies as in all maner of riches I will talke of thy commandements and haue respect vnto thy wayes My delight shall be in thy statutes and I will not forget thy word Retribue seruo tuo O Doe well vnto thy seruant that I may liue and keepe thy word Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wonderous things of thy Lawe I am a stranger vpon earth O hide not thy commandements from me My soule breaketh out for the very fernent desire that it hath away vnto thy iudgements Thou hast rebuked the proud and cursed are they that do erre from thy commandements O turne from me shame and rebuke for I haue kept thy testimonies Princes also did sit and speake aganist me but thy seruant is occupied in thy statutes For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellers Adhaesit pauimento MY soule cleaueth to the dust O quickent thou mee according to thy word I haue knowledged my wayes and thou heardest me O teach me thy statutes Make me to vnderstand the way of thy commandements and so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes My soule melteth away for very heauinesse comfort thou me according vnto
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
deligently and warily eschew and auoid all things that should displease thee set thee alwayes before our eyes liue in thy feare working that which may be found accepteble before thy diuine Maie stie through Christ our Lord Amen A prayer for the Euening O Most mighty Lord our father and God e uerlasting full of pitie and compassion we acknowledge and confesse that we be not worthy to lift by our eies to heauen much lesse to present our selues before thy Maiesty with confidence that thou wilt heare our prayers grant our requests if we consider our owne deseruing For our conseiences doe accuse vs and our sinnes witnesse against vs and wee know that thou art an vpright iudge which doest not iustifie the sinners and wicked men but punishest the faults of such as transgresse thy commaunde ments Yet most mercifull Father sith it hath pleased thee to command vs to call on thee in all our troubles aduersities promising euen then to helpe vs When wee feele our selues as it were swallowed vp of death and desperation wee vttterly renounce all worthy confidence and flee to thy soue-raigne bounty as our onely stay and refuge besceehinng thee not to call to remembrance our manisold sinnes and wicked-nesse where by wee continually prouoke thy wrath and in dignation against vs neither our negligence and vnkindnesse which haue neither worthily csreemed nor in our liues sufficiently expressed the sweete comfort of thy Gospell reuealed vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy Sonne Iesus Christ who by offering vp his body in Sacrifice once for all hath made sufficient recompense for all our sinnes Haue mercie therefore vpon vs O Lorde and forgiue vs our offences Teach vs by thy holy Spirit that wee may rightly weigh them and earnestly repent for the same and so much the rather O Lorde because that the reprobate and such as thou hast forsaken cannot praise thee nor call vpon thy Name but the repenting heart the sorowfull minde the conscience oppressed hungering and thirsting for thy grace shall euer set foorth thy praise and glory And albeit wee bee but wormes and dust yet thou art our Creator and we be the worke of thy hands yea thou art our Father and wee thy childreen thou art our sheepheard and wee thy flokec thou art our redeemer and we thy people whom thou hast bought thou art our God and wee thine inheritance Correct vs not there fore in thine anger O Lord neither according to our deserts punnish vs but mercifully thastise vs with a fatherly affection that all the world may knowe that at what time soeuera sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of his heart thou wilt put away his wickednesse out of thy remembrance as thou hast promised by thine holy prophet Finally forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to make the night for man to rest in as thou hast ordained him the day to trauell Grant O deare Father that we may so take out vodily rest that our soules may continuaily watch for the time that our Lord Iesus Christ shall appeare for our deliuerance out of this mortall life and in the meane season that wee not ouercome by any fantasies dreames or other temptations may fully set our mindes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee Furthermore that our sleepe be note excessiue or ouer much after the insatiable desires of our flesh but onely sufficient to content our weake nature that wee may bee the better disposed to liue in all godly conuersatiou to the glory of shine holy Name and profite of our brethren Amen A most necessary prayer O Lord Iesus Christ which art true Sunne of the worlde euermore arising and neuer going downe which by thy most wholesome appearing and sight doest bring foorth preserue nourish and refresh all things aswell that are in heauen as also that are on earth we beseech thee mercifully and fauourably to shine into our hearts that the night and darkenesse of sinnes and the mists of errours on cuery side driuen away thou brightly shining within out hearts we may all out life space go with out any stumbling or offence and may decently and seemely walke as in the day time being pure and cleane from the workes of darkenesse abounding in all good workes which God hath prepared for vs to walke in which with the Father and with the holy Ghost liuest and reignest for euer and euer Amen ⧠The prayer of Manasseh King of the Iewes O Lord Almighty God of our fathers Abra ham Isarâ—nd Iacob and of their righte ouseed 〈◊〉 made heauen and earth with all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandement which haâ—◠〈◊〉 vp the deepe and sealed it by thy terriblâ— glorious name whome all doe feare tremble before thy power for the Maiesty of thy glory cannot bee borne thine angry threatning toward sinners is importable but thy mercifull promise is vnmeasurable and bnscatcable For thou art the most high Lord of great com passion long suffering and most mercifull and repentest for mans miscrics Thou O Lord according to thy great good nesse hast promised repentance and forgiuenesse to them that sinne against thee and for thine infinite mâ—rcies hast appointed repentance vnto sinners that they may bee saued Thou therefore O Lord that art the God of the iust hast not appointed repentance to the iust as to Abraham and Isaac and Iacob which haue not sinned against thee but thou hast appointed repcntance vnto nice that am a sinner for I haue sinned aboue the number of the sand of the sea By transgressions O Lorde are multiplied my transgressions are exceeding many and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of the heauens for the multitude of mine vnrighte ousnes I am bowed downe with many yron bands that I cannot lift vp mine head neither haue I any telese For I haue prouoked thy wrath and done euill before thee I did not thy will neither kept I thy commandements I haue set vp abominations and haue multiplied offences Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart beseeching thee of grace I haue sinned O Lord I haue sinned and I acknowledge my transgressions but I humbly beseech thee forgiue mee O Lord forgiue mee and destroy mee not with my transgressions Be not angry with me for euer by reseruing euill for mee neither condemne mee into the lower partes of the earth For thou art the God euen the God of them that repent and in me thou wilt shewe all thy goodnesse for thou wilt saue me that am vnworthy according to thy great mercie theresre I will prayse thee for euer all they dayes of my life For all the power of the heauens prayse thee and thine is the glory for euer and euer Amen ⧠A prayer conteining the duetie of euery true Christian O Most mighty God merciful and louing Father I wretched sinner come vnto thee in the name of
thy dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ my only Sauiour and redeemer and I most humbly beseech thee for his sake to be mercifull vnto mee and to cast all my sinnes out of thy sight and remembrance through the merits of his bloody death and passion Powre vpon me O Lord thy holy spirit of wisedome and grace gouerne and leade me by thy holy word that it may be a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my steps Shew thy mercie vpon me and so lighten the naturall blindnes and darkenesse of my heart through thy grace that I may dayly bee renewed by the same spirit and grace By the which O Lord purge the grossenes of my hearing vnderstanding that I may profitably reade heare and vnder stand thy word and heauenly will beleeue and practise the same in my life and conuersation and euermore hold fast that blessed hope of euerlasting life Mortifie and kill all vite in mee that my life may expresse my faith in thee mercifully heare the humble suite of thy seruant and grant me thy peace all my dayes Graciously pardon mine infirmities and defend mee in all dangers of body goods and name but most chiefly my soule against all assaults temptations accusations subtill baites and sleights of that old enemie of mankind Satan that roaring Lion euer seeking whom he may deuoure And here O Lord I prostrate with most humble mind craue of thy diuing Maiestie to bee mercifull vnto the vniuersall Church of thy Sonne Christ and specially according to my bounden duety beseech thee for this sake to blesse saue and defend the principall memeber thereof thy seruant our most deare and Souercigne Lord King Iames encrease in his royal heart true faith godly â—eale and loue of the same And grant him victorie ouer all his enemies a long prosperous and honourable life vpon earth a blessed ende and life euerlasting Moreouer O Lorde graunt vnto his Maiesties most honourable Counsellours and euery other member of this thy Church of England that thy and we in our seuerall callings may truely and godly serue thee Plant in our hearts true feare and honour of thy Name obedience to our Prince and loue to our neighbours Increase in vs true faith and religion Replenish our mindes with all goodnesse and of thy great mercie keepe vs in the same till the end of our lines Giue vnto vs a godly zeale in prayer true humilitie in prosperitie perfect patience in aduersitie and continuallioy in the holy Ghost And lastly I commend vnto thy fatherly protection all that thou hast giuen me as wife children and seruants Aide me O Lord that I may gouerne norish bring them vp in thy feare and seruice And forsmuch as in this world I must alwayes be at warre and strife not with one sort of enemies but with an infinitie number not onely with flesh and blood but with the deuill which is the prince of darknesse and with wicked men executors of his most damnable will Grant me therefore thy grace that being armed with thy defence I may stand in this battel with an inuincible constaucie against all corruption which I am compassed with on euery sde vntil such time as I hauing ended the combate which during this life I must sustaine in the ende I may attaine to thy heauenly rest which is prepared for mee and all thine elect through Christ our Lord and only Sauiour AMEN ⸪ ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis
counsell then let him come to me or some other discreete and learned Minister of Gods word and open his griefe that hee may receiue such ghostly counsaile advice and comfort as his conscience may bee relieued and that by the ministerie of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolution to the quieting of his conscience and auoyding of all scruple and doubtfulnesse Then shall the Priest say this exhortation DEarly beloued in the Lord yee that minde to come to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Chris must conder what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trie and examine themselues before they presume to eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart liuely faith we receiue that holy Sacrament for them we spiritually eate the flesh of Christ drinke his blood then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs So is the danger great if wee receiue the same unworthily For then we bee guiltie of the body blood of Christ our Sauiour wee eate and drinke our owne damnation not considering the Lords body wee kindle Gods wrath against vs we prouoke him to plague vs with diuers disease and sundrie kinds of death Therefore it any of you bee a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his word an adulterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous crime be walie our sinnes and come not to this holy table least after the taking of that holy Sacrament the deuill enter into you as hee entred into Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that yee be not iudged of the Lord. Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuely and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour Amend your liues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall yee be meete partakers of those holy mysteries And aboue al things ye must giue most humble and heartie thanks to God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost for there demption of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ both God and man who did humble himself euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners which laye in darknesse and shadow of death hee might make vs the children of God and exalt vs to euerlasting life And to the ende that wee shoulde alway remember the exceeding great loue of our master and onely Sauiour Iesus Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood shedding he hath obtained to vs hee hath instituted and ordeined holy mysteries as pledges of his loue and continuall remembrance of his death to our great and endlesse comfort To him therefore with the Father and the holy Ghost let vs giue as we are most bounden cominuall thankes submitting our selues whloly to his holy will and pleasure studying to serue him in true holinesse and righte ouâ—nesse all the dayes of our life Amen Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your sinnes and bee in loue and charitie with your neighbours and intend to leade a new life folloing the commandements of God and walking from hencefoorth in his holy wayes Draw neere and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort make your humble confession to almightie God before this congregation heere gathered together in his holy Name meekely kneeling vpon your knees Then shal this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holy Communion either by one of them or els by one of the Ministers or by the Prist himselfe all kneeling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ maker of all things Iudge of all men we knowledge and bewaile our manifold sinnes and wickednesse which we from time to time most grieuously have committed by thought word and deede against thy diuine Maiestie prouoking mostiustly thy wrath and indignation against vs. Wee doe earnestly repent and be heartily sorie for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto vs haue mercy vpon vs most mercifull Father for thy sonne our Lord Iesus Christ sake forgiue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer here after serue please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shal the Priest the Bishop being present stand vp and turâ—ning himselfe to the people say thus ALmightie God our heauenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiuenesse of sinnes to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turne vnto him Haue mercie vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also say ¶ Heare what comfortable wordes our Saniour Christ faith vnto all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauell and be heauie laden and I will refresh you So God loued the world that hee gaue his onely begotten Sonne to the ende that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting ¶ Heare also what S. Paul sayeth This is a true saying and worthy of all men to bee receiued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners ¶ Heare also what S. Iohn sayeth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the Righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes After which the Pries shall proceede saying Lift vp your hearts Answere We lift them vp vnto the Lord. Priest Let vs giue thanks vnto our Lord God Answere It is meete and right so to doe Priest It is very meete right and our bounden duetie that wee should at all times and in all places giue thankes vnto thee O Lord holy Father almightie euerlasting God Here shall follow the proper preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall follow Therefore with Angels and Archangels c. Proper prefaces Vpon Christmas day and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest giue Iesus Christ thine onely Sonne to be borne as this day for vs who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of the virgine Mary his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therefoe with Angels and Archangels c. Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Paschall Lambe which was offered for vs and hath taken away the sinne of the worlde who by his death hath destroyed death and