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is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we haue knowen beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should haue truste in the day of iudgemēt For as he is euen so are we in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath painefulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If a man saye I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyar For howe canne he that loueth not hys brother whom he hath seen loue God whome he hath not seen And this commaundement haue we of him that he whiche loueth God should loue his brother also The Gospell THere was a certaine riche man whiche was clothed in purple and fyne white fared deliciously euery day And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate full of sores desiring to bee refreshed with the crummes which fel from the ryche mannes borde and no man gaue vnto hym The dogges came also licked his sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome The riche man also dyed and was buried And being in hell in tormentes he lift vp his iyes sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome and he cryed sayd father Abraham haue mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his finger in water and coole my tonge for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham sayed Sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receiuedst thy pleasure contraryewise Lazarus receiued payne But nowe is he comforted and thou art punnished Beyond all this betwene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would go frō hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs Then he sayd I pray thee therfore father sende hym to my fathers house for I haue fyue brethren for to warne them leste they also come into this place of tormēt Abrahā sayd vnto him they haue Moses and the Prophetes let them heare them And he sayd nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He sayd vnto him If thei heare not Moses and the Prophetes neither will they beleue though one rose from death agayne ¶ The second Sonday WHerwithal shal a yong man clense his waye euen by ruling himselfe after thy worde With my whole heart haue I sought thee O let me not goe wrong out of thy commaundementes Thy wordes haue I hyd within my heart that I should not sinne against thee Blessed art thou O Lorde O teache me thy statutes With my lippes haue I been tellyng of all the iudgementes of thy mouthe I haue had as great delite in the way of thy testimonies as in all maner of ryches I will talke of thy commaundementes and haue respect vnto thy wayes My delite shal be in thy statutes and I will not forget thy worde Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde make vs to haue a perpetuall feare and loue of thy holy name for thou neuer failest to helpe and gouerne them whome thou doest bring vp in thy stedfast loue Graunt this c. The epistle MArueile not my brethren though the worlde hate you We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abideth in deathe Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a mansiear And ye know that no manslear hathe eternall lyfe abydyng in him Hereby perceyue we loue because he gaue his lyfe for vs and we ought to geue our lyues for the brethren But whoso hathe this worldes good and seeth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassion from him howe dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tonge but in dede and in veritie Hereby we knowe that we are of the veritie and canne quiet oure heartes before hym For yf oure heart condemne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth al thinges Derely beloued if our heart condemne vs not then haue we trust to Godwarde and whatsoeuer we aske we receyue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and doe those thinges which are pleasaunte in his sight And this is his commaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth hys commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abydeth in vs euen by the spirite whiche he hath geuen vs. The Gospell A Certaine man ordayned a great supper bade many and sent his seruaunt at supper time to saye to them that were bidden come for all thinges are now ready And they al at once began to make excuse The first sayd vnto him I haue bought a farme I must nedes go and see it I pray thee haue me excused And another sayed I haue bought v. yoke of Oxen and I go to proue them I pray thee haue me excused And an other sayd I haue maried a wyfe and therfore I cannot come And the seruaunte returned and brought his maister woorde agayne therof Then was the good manne of the house displeased and sayed to his seruaunt goe out quickely into the stretes and quarters of the citie and bring in hither the poore and the feble and the halte and the blinde And the seruaunte sayde Lorde it is doone as thou hast cōmaunded yet there is roume And the Lord sayd to the seruaunt goe out vnto the hye wayes and hedges and compell them to come in that my house may be filled For I saye vnto you that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper The third Sonday O Doe wel vnto thy seruaunt that I may liue and kepe thy woorde Open thou myne eyes that I may se the wunderous thinges of thy lawe I am a straunger vpon yearthe O hyde not thy commaundementes from me My soule breaketh out for the very feruent desyre that it hath alway vnto thy iudgementes Thou hast rebuked the proude and cursed are they that doe erre from thy commaundementes O turne from me shame and rebuke for I haue kept thy testimonies Princes also did sit and speake againste me but thy seruaunt is occupyed in thy statutes For thy testimonies are my delite and my counsaylours Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifully to heare vs and vnto whome thou hast geuen an heartie desyre to pray graūt that by thy mightie ayde we may be defended through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle
and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne If we say we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowledge our sinnes he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his woorde is not in vs. The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto Peter folowe thou me Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whome Iesus loued folowing whiche also leaned on his breaste at Supper and sayed Lorde whiche is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therefore sawe him he sayed to Iesus Lorde what shall he here dooe Iesus sayed vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tarye tyll I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Then wente this saying abroade among the brethren that that disciple should not dye Yet Iesus sayed not to him he shal not die but if I wil that he tary til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we know that his testimony is true There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the whiche if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not cōteine the bookes that should be written ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Apoca. xxii vnto the ende ¶ The Innocentes day ¶ At Mattins ¶ The first lesson Hiere .xxxi. vnto Moreouer I heard Effraym O God the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to bee meate vnto the fowles of the ayre and the fleshe of thy sainctes vnto the beastes of the lande Theyr bloud haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them We are become an open shame to oure enemies a very skorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. Lorde how long wilt thou be angrie shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyer for euer Powre out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waste his dwellyng place O remember not our olde sinnes but haue mercye vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great misery Helpe vs O GOD of our saluacion for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and bee mercifull vnto our synnes for thy names sake Wherefore dooe the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God O lette the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in our syght O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to dye And as for the blasphemye wherwith our neyghbours haue blasphemed thee rewarde thou them O Lord seuen folde into theyr bosome So we that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture shal geue thee thākes for euer and will alway be shewing furth thy prayse from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whose prayse this day the young innocentes thy witnesses hath confessed and shewed foorth not in speakyng but in dying mortifye and kyll all vyces in vs that in our conuersacion our lyfe may expresse thy fayth whiche with our tongues we dooe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred .xliiij. thousande hauing his name and his fathers name written in theyr foreheades And I heard a voice from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thundre And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harpes And they sōg as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiij. beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne the song but the C. xliiij thousand which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with weomen for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whithersoeuer he goeth These were redemed from men being the fyrste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was foūd no guile for they are without spot before the throne of God The Gospell THe Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypt and bee thou there till I bring thee worde For it will come to passe that Herode shall seeke the childe to destroy him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herode that it myghte bee fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lord by the prophete saying out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wise men he was exceadyng wroth and sent furth men of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were .ii. yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulfilled that whiche was spoken by the prophete Ieremie where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentacion wepyng and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children woulde not be coumforted because they were not ¶ The Sonday after Christmas day I Will lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My helpe cummeth euen from the Lorde whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slumber nor slepe The Lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day neyther the Moone by night The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a child differeth not from a seruaunt though he be lorde of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so wee also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde But when the tyme was full come God sente his sonne made of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe to redeme them whiche were bonde vnto the lawe that we through eleccion mighte receyue the
He sayd vnto him thou hast sayd When they were eatyng Iesus tooke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the discyples and sayde Take eate thys is my bodye And he toke the cup and thanked and gaue it them saying drynke ye all of thys For thys is my bloude whych is of the newe testamēt that is shed for many for the remission of synnes But I saye vnto you I wyl not drynke hencefoorth of this fruite of the vyne tree vntyll that day when I shall drinke it newe with you in my fathers kingdome And when they had said grace they went out vnto mount Oliuete Then saith Iesus vnto them al ye shall be offended because of me thys night For it is written I will smite the shepehearde and the shepe of the flocke shal be scatered abroade but after I am risen againe I wil goe before you into Galile Peter aunswered and sayd vnto him though all men be offended because of thee yet wyll not I be offended Iesus sayde vnto hym verely I saye vnto thee that in this same nighte before the cocke krowe thou shalt denye me thryse Peter sayde vnto him yea though I should dye with thee yet wil I not denye thee lykewise also sayd all the disciples Then came Iesus with them vnto a farme place whyche is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples Sit ye here whyle I goe and praye yonder And he toke with hym Peter and the twoo sonnes of Zebede and began to waxe sorowful and heauie Then sayd Iesus vnto them My soule is heauie euen vnto the death Tarye ye here and watche with me And he went a litle farther and fel flat on his face and prayed saying O my father if it be possible let this cup passe from me neuerthelesse not as I wil but as thou wilt And he came vnto the dyscyples and founde them aslepe and sayde vnto Peter what coulde ye not watche with me one houre watche and praye that ye enter not into temptacion the spirite is willing but the flesh is weake He went awaye once agayne and prayed saying O my father if this cup may not passe away from me except I drincke of it thy wil be fulfilled and he came and found them aslepe againe for theyr eyes were heauie And he left them and went agayne and prayed the thirde tyme saying the same wordes Then commeth he to his dyscyples and sayeth vnto them Slepe on nowe and take your reste Behold the houre is at hande and the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of synners Ryse let vs be going behold he is at hand that dothe betray me Whyle he yet spake loe Iudas one of the number of the .xii. came and with hym a greate multitude with sweordes staues sent from the chiefe priestes and elders of the people But he that betrayed hym gaue them atoken saying whomsoeuer I kysse thesame is he holde him fast And furthwith he came to Iesus and sayd haile Maister and kyssed him And Iesus sayd vnto him frende wherfore art thou come Then came they and layd handes on Iesus toke hym And behold one of them which were with Iesus stretched out his hande and drewe his sweorde and stroke a seruaunte of the hye priest smote of hys eare Then sayde Iesus vnto hym put vp thy sweorde into the sheath for al they that take the sweord shal perish with the sweord Thynkest thou that I cannot nowe pray to my father he shall geue me euen nowe more then .xii. legions of Angels But how then shal the scriptures be fulfylled For thus muste it be In that same houre sayd Iesus to the multitude Ye be come out as it were to a thefe with sweordes and staues for to take me I sate dayly with you teaching in the temple ye toke me not But all this is doone that the scriptures of the prophetes myght be fulfilled Then al the disciples forsoke him and fled And they toke Iesus and led hym to Cayphas the hye priest where the Scribes and the Elders were assembled But Peter folowed hym a farre of vnto the hye priestes palace and went in and sate with the seruauntes to see the end The chiefe priestes the elders al the counsel sought false witnes against Iesus for to put him to death but found none yea when many false witnesses came yet found they none At the last came .ii. false witnesses sayde This felowe sayde I am able to destroye the temple of God and to build it agayne in .iii. dayes And the chiefe prist arose said vnto him answerest thou nothing Why doe these beare witnes against thee But Iesus helde his peace And the chiefe priest answered saide vnto him I charge thee by the liuing God that thou tell vs whether thou be Christ the sonne of God Iesus said vnto him thou hast said Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you hereafter shall ye see the sōne of man sitting on the right hande of power and cummyng in the cloudes of the skie Then the hye priest rēt his clothes saying he hath spoken blasphemie what nede we of any moe witnesses Beholde now ye haue heard hys blasphemie what thynke ye they aunswered and sayde he is worthy to dye Then did they spit in hys face buffeted him with fistes And other smote hym on the face with the palme of their handes saying tel vs thou Christ who is he that smote thee Peter sate without in the palace and a damosell came to hym saying thou also waste with Iesus of Galilee but he denied before thē al saying I wot not what thou saiest When he was gone out into the porche another wēche saw hym said vnto them that were there This felow was also with Iesus of Nazareth And again he denied with an othe saying I doe not knowe the man And after a while came vnto him they that stode by and sayd vnto Peter suerly thou art euen one of them for thy speche bewrayeth thee Then began he to curse and to sweare that he knewe not the man And immediatlye the cocke krewe And Peter remembred the woorde of Iesu which sayd vnto hym before the cocke krowe thou shalt denye me thrise and he wēt out and wept bitterly When the mornyng was come all the chiefe Priestes and the Elders of the people held a counsel against Iesus to put him to death brought him bound and delyuered hym vnto Poncius Pilate the deputie Then Iudas which had betrayed hym seeing that he was condemned repented himselfe and brought againe the .xxx. plates of siluer to the chiefe priestes and elders saying I haue sinned betraying the innocente bloud And they sayde what is that to vs See thou to that And he cast downe the siluer plates in the temple and departed went and hanged hymselfe And the chiefe priestes toke the syluer plates and sayde It is not lawfull for to put them into the treasure because it is the
wrapped it in a lynnen clothe and layed it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man before had been layde And that daye was the preparyng of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drue on The women that folowed after whiche had come with him from Galile behelde the sepulchre and howe his bodye was layde And they returned and prepared swete Odours oyntmentes But rested on the Sabboth daye accordyng to the commaundemente At Euensong The first lesson Lamenta .iii. vnto the ende On good Fryday At Mattyns The first lesson Gen. xxii Vnto the ende The Collect. ALmyghtie God we beseche thee graciously to beholde this thy famely for the whiche oure Lorde Iesus Christe was contented to be betrayed and geuen vp into the handes of wicked men and to suffer death vpon the crosse who liueth and reigneth c. At the Communion MY God my God loke vpon me why hast thou forsakē me and art so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complainte O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were helped they put theyr trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no manne a verye skorne of men and the out cast of the people All they that see me laugh me to skorne they shote out their lippes and shake the head saying He trusted in God that he woulde deliuer hym let hym deliuer him if he will haue him But thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe thou waste my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue been left vnto thee euer sence I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers woumbe O goe not from me for trouble is here at hande and there is none to helpe me Many Oxen are come about me fatte Bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and roaryng Lyon I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynte my hearte also in the middes of my body is euen lyke melting waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherd and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death For many dogges are come about me and the coūsaile of the wicked lay siege against me Thei pearced my handes and my fete I may tell all my bones they stande staring and loking vpon me They part my garmentes among them and cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre from me O Lorde thou arte my succour haste thee to helpe me Deliuer my soule from the sworde my derling from the power of the dogge Saue me from the Lyons mouthe thou haste hearde me also from among the hornes of the Vnicornes I wil declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middes of the congregacion wil I prayse thee O praise the Lorde ye that feare him magnifie him all ye of the sede of Iacob and feare ye hym all ye sede of Israel For he hath not despised nor abhorred the lowe estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called vnto him he heard him My praise is of thee in the great congregaciō my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that feare him The poore shall eate be satisfied they that seke after the Lorde shall praise hym your hearte shall liue for euer All the endes of the worlde shall remembre themselues and be turned vnto the Lorde and all the kynreds of the nations shall worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people All suche as be fatte vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped All they that go downe into the dust shall kneele before him and no man hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue hym they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generacion They shall come and the heauens shall declare hys righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whome the Lorde hath made Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ After the .ii. Collectes at the Communion shal be sayed these .ii. Collectes folowyng The Collect. ALmyghty and euerlastynge God by whose spirite the whole body of the Churche is gouerned sanctified receiue our supplicacions and prayers whiche we offre before thee for all estates of men in thy holy congregacion that euery membre of thesame in his vocacion and ministerye may truly and godly serue thee through our Lorde Iesus Christe MErcifull God who haste made al men and hatest nothyng that thou haste made nor wouldest the deathe of a synner but rather that he should be cōuerted and liue haue mercy vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretikes and take from thē all ignoraunce hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy word And so fetche them home blessed Lorde to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one folde vnder one shepehearde Iesus Christ our Lorde who lyuethe and reigneth c. The Epistle THe lawe whiche hath but a shadowe of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of thinges themselues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offre yere by yere continually make the commers therunto perfite For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue been offred because that the offerers once purged shoulde haue had nomore conscience of synnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mencion made of synnes euerye yeare For the bloud of Oxen and of Goates cannot take awaye sinnes Wherfore whē he commeth into the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offeryng thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordayned me Burnt offeringes also for sinne haste thou not allowed Then sayd I loe I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of me that I should do thy will O God Aboue when he sayth Sacrifice and offeryng burnt sacrifices and synne offeringes thou wouldest not haue neither haste thou allowed them whiche yet are offered by the lawe then sayed he loe I am here to do thy will O God he taketh away the first to establishe the later by the whiche will we are made holy euen by the offering of the body of Iesu Christ once for all And euery priest is ready dayly ministring and offerynge often times one maner of Oblacion which can neuer take away synnes But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is set downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from henceforth tarieth tyll his foes be made his foote stoole For with one offeryng hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctified The holy goste hymself also beareth vs record euen when he told
a straunger in Ierusalen and haste not knowen the thinges whiche haue chaunced there in these dayes he sayd vnto them what thynges And they sayd vnto him of Iesus of Nazareth whiche was a Prophete mightie in dede and word before God and all the people and how the hie priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified hym But we trusted that it had been he whiche shoulde haue redemed Israell And as touching all these thinges to daye is euen the third daye that they were doen. Yea and certayne women also of our companye made vs astonied whiche came earely vnto the Sepulchre and founde not his body and came saying that they had sene a vision of Angels whiche sayed that he was alyue And certayne of them whyche were wyth vs went to the Sepulchre and found it euen so as the women had sayed but him they sawe not And he sayd vnto them O fooles and slowe of hearte to beleue all that the prophetes haue spokē Ought not Christ to haue suffred these thinges and to entre into hys glorye And he began at Moses and al the prophetes and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were written of him And they drue nye vnto the toune whiche they wente vnto And he made as thoughe he woulde haue gone further And they constrayned hym sayinge abyde with vs for it draweth towardes nyght and the day is farre passed And he wente in to tary with them And it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke breade and blessed it and brake and gaue vnto them And their eyes were opened and they knewe him and he vanished out of their sight And they sayd betwene themselues dyd not our heartes burne within vs whyle he talked with vs by the waye and opened to vs the Scriptures And they rose vp thesame houre and returned to Ierusalē and found the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying the Lorde is rysen in dede and hath appered to Simon And they tolde what thinges were done in the way and how they knewe hym in breaking of the breade At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Act. iii. Vnto the ende ¶ Tewesdaye in Easter weke At Mattyns The .ii. lesson Luke .xxiiii. Vnto and beholde .ii. of them At the Communion PRayse the Lorde ye seruauntes O praise the name of the Lorde Blessed is the name of the Lorde from this tyme furth for euermore The Lordes name is praysed frō the rising vp of the sonne vnto the going downe of the same The lorde is hye aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God that hathe hys dwelling so hie and yet humbleth himselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple oute of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the mier That he may set hym with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmighty father which haste geuen thy onely sonne to dye for our sinnes to rise agayne for our iustificacion Graūt vs so to put away the leuen of malice wickednes that we maye alway serue thee in purenes of liuing trueth through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle YE men and brethren Children of the generacion of Abraham whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this worde of saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalē and their rulers because they knewe him not nor yet the voices of the prophetes which are read euery Sabboth day thei haue fulfilled thē ī cōdēning him And when they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilate to kyll hym And when they had fulfylled all that were written of hym they toke hym downe from the tree and put hym in a Sepulchre But God raysed hym agayne from death the thirde daye and he was sene manye dayes of them whiche wente with him from Galile to Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we declare vnto you how that the promes which was made vnto the fathers GOD hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raysed vp Iesus agayne Euen as it is written in the second Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten thee As concernyng that he raysed him vp from death nowe no more to returne to corrupcion he sayed on this wise The holy promises made to Dauid wil I geue faythfullye to you Wherefore he sayeth also in an other place Thou shalt not suffre thyne holy to see corrupcion For Dauid after that he had in his tyme fulfilled the wyll of GOD fell on slepe and was layed vnto his fathers and sawe corrupciō But he whom God raysed agayne sawe no corrupcion Bee it knowne vnto you therefore ye men and brethren that throughe thys man is preached vnto you the forgeuenes of sinnes and that by hym all that beleue are iustified from all thynges from which ye could not be iustified by the lawe of Moses Beware therfore lest that fall on you whiche is spoken of in the Prophetes behold ye despisers and wonder and perishe ye for I doe a worke in your daies which ye shall not beleue though a man declare it you The Gospell IEsus stode in the middes of his disciples and sayed vnto them peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed and afrayd supposed that they had sene a spirite And he saied vnto thē why are ye troubled why do thoughtes arise in your heartes Behold my handes my feete that it is euen I my selfe Handle me and see for a spirite hath not fleshe and bones as ye see me haue And when he had thus spoken he shewed them his handes and his fete And whyle they yet beleued not for ioye and wondered he sayed vnto them Haue ye here any meate And they offered him a peace of a broyled fishe and of an Honye combe And he tooke it and dyd eate before them And he sayed vnto them these are the wordes whiche I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you That all must nedes be fulfilled whiche were written of me in the Lawe of Moses in the Prophetes and in the Psalmes Then opened he their wittes that they mighte vnderstande the scriptures and sayed vnto them Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christe to suffer and to rise agayne from death the thirde daye and that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde bee preached in his name among all nacions and muste begin at Ierusalem And ye are witnesses of these thinges At Euensong The seconde lesson .i. Cor. xv Vnto the ende ¶ The first Sondaye after Easter BLessed is the man that feareth the Lorde he hathe greate delyghte in hys
had not on a wedding garment he said vnto him frende howe cammest thou in hither not hauyng a weddyng Garment And he was euen speacheles Then sayd the Kyng to the mynisters take and bynde hym hand and foote and caste hym into vtter darckenesse there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth For many be called but fewe are chosen ¶ The. xxi Sondaye PRynces haue persecuted me without cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy wordes I am as glad of thy worde as one that fyndeth great spoyles As for lies I hate and abhorre them But thy lawe do I loue Seuen tymes a daye do I prayse thee Because of thy righteous iudgementes Greate is the peace that they haue which loue thy lawe and they are not offended at it Lorde I haue loked for thy sauyng health and doen after thy commaundementes My soule hath kepte thy testymonyes and loued them exceadyngly I haue kepte thy commaundementes and testymonies for all my wayes are before thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. GRaunte wee beseche thee mercyfull Lorde to thy faythfull people pardon and peace that they may be clensed from all their sinnes and serue thee with a quyete mynde Through Iesus Christ oure Lorde The Epistle MY brethren be strong through the Lord through the power of hys myght Put on all the armoure of God that ye maye stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll for we wrestle not agaynste bloude and fleshe but agaynst rule against power agaynst worldly rulers euen gouerners of the darckenes of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftinesse in heauenly thynges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armoure of God that ye may be able to resyst in the euyll daye and stande perfecte in all thynges Stande therfore and your loynes gyrde with the trueth hauyng on the breste plate of ryghteousnes and hauing shoes on your feete that ye maye be prepared for the gospell of peace Aboue all take to you the shilde of fayth wherwith ye maye quenche all the fiery dartes of the wycked And take the helmet of saluacion and the sworde of the spirite which is the worde of God And praie alwaies with all maner of praier supplicacion in the spirite and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplicacion for al sayntes and for me that vtteraunce maye be geuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely to vtter the secretes of my gospell wherof I am a messenger in bōdes that therin I may speake freely as I ought to speake The Gospell THere was a certayne Ruler whose sonne was sycke at Capernaum Assene as the same hearde that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile he went vnto him besought him that he would come doune and heale hys sonne For he was euen at the pointe of death Then sayed Iesus vnto hym except ye see signes and wonders ye wyll not beleue The Ruler saieth vnto him Syr come doune or euer that my sōne dye Iesus saieth vnto hym go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym And he went hys waye And as he was goyng doune the seruauntes mette hym and told hym saying thy sonne liueth Then enquyred he of them the houre when he beganne to amende And they said vnto him yesterdaye at the seuenth houre the feuer left hym So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the whiche Iesus sayd vnto hym Thy sonne lyueth and he beleued and all hys housholde Thys is againe the seconde miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The. xxii Sondaye LEt my complaynte come before thee O Lorde Geue me vnderstandyng accordyng vnto thy worde O let my supplicacion come before thee Delyuer me according to thy worde My lyppes shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my toungue shall sing of thy worde For all thy commaundementes are righteous Let thyne hande helpe me For I haue chosen thy commaundementes I haue longed for thy sauing healthe O Lorde And in thy lawe is my delight O lette my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee And thy iudgementes shall helpe me I haue gone astraye lyke a shepe that is lost O seke thy seruaunte for I doe not forget thy commaundementes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee to kepe thy housholde the churche in contynuall godlynes that through thy proteccion it maye be free from all aduersyties and deuoutly geuen to serue thee in good workes to the glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle I Thanke my God with all remembraunce of you alwayes in all my prayers for you and praye with gladnes Because ye are come into the felowshyp of the Gospell from the fyrst daye vnto nowe And am surelye certyfyed of thys that he whyche hath begon a good worke in you shall performe it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all because I haue you in my hearte forasmuche as ye are all companions of grace with me euen in my bondes and in the defendyng and stablishing of the Gospell for God is my recorde howe greately I longe after you all from the very hearte rote in Iesus Christ And thys I praye that your loue may increase yet more and more in knowledge in all vnderstandyng that ye maye accepte the thynges that are moste excellente that ye may be pure and suche as offend no man vntyll the daye of Christe beeyng fylled with the fruite of righteousnes which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God The Gospell PEter sayde vnto Iesus Lorde howe oft shall I forgeue my brother if he synne agaynst me tyll seuen times Iesus saieth vnto him I saye not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes but seuentie tymes seuen times Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng which woulde take accoumptes of his seruauntes And when he had begon to recken one was broughte vnto hym whyche ought him tenne M. talentes but forasmuche as he was not able to paye his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde and hys wyfe and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fell doune and besoughte hym saying syr haue pacience with me and I wyll paye thee all Then had the Lorde pytye on that seruaunt and loced hym and forgaue him the debt So the same seruaunt went out and founde one of his felowes which ought hym an C. pence and he layed handes on hym and toke hym by the throte saying paye that thou owest And hys felowe fell doune and besoughte him saying haue pacience with me and I wyll
therfore Iesus sayde vnto them Verely I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his Maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneracion shall syt also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euery one that forsaketh house or brethren or systers or father or mother or wyfe or children or landes for my names sake shall receiue an hundred folde and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe But many that are first shal be last and the last shal be first ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Actes .xxvi. vnto the ende ¶ The Purification of S. Mary the virgin BEhold nowe prayse the Lord all ye seruauntes of the Lorde ye that by night stand in the house of the Lorde euen in the courtes of the house of our God Lifte vp youre handes in the Sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The Lord that made heauē and earth geue thee blessing out of Sion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God we humbly beseche thy Maiestie that as thy onely begotten sonne was this daye presented in the Temple in the substaunce of our fleshe so graunt that we maye bee presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mindes By Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle The same that is appoynted for the Sonday The Gospell WHen the time of their Purificacion after the law of Moses was come they broughte hym to Ierusalem to presente hym to the Lorde as it is written in the lawe of the Lorde euerye manne childe that firste openeth the matrix shal be called holye to the Lord and to offer as it is sayde in the law of the lord a payre of turtle Dooues or two young Pigions And beholde there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iust and godly and loked for the consolation of Israel and the holy gost was in him And an aunswere had he receiued of the holy goste that he should not see death except he first saw the Lordes Christ And he came by inspiracion into the temple ¶ Sainct Mathies day DElyuer me O Lorde from the euill manne and preserue me from the wicked manne Which imagine mischiefe in theyr heartes and stirre vp strife all the day long They haue sharpened theyr tongues lyke a Serpente Adders poyson is vnder theyr lippes Kepe me O Lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men whiche are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me and spred a net abrode with coardes yea and set trappes in my way I sayd vnto the Lord thou art my God heare the voice of my prayers O Lorde O Lorde God thou strength of my health thou haste couered my head in the day of battayl Let not the vngodly haue his desire O Lord let not his mischieuous imaginacion prosper lest they be to proude Lette the myschiefe of theyr owne lyppes fall vpon the head of them that cumpasse me about Lette hoate burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fyer and into the pyt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A manne full of woordes shall not prosper vpon the yearth euill shall hunte the wicked persone to ouerthrowe hym Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore and maynteyne the cause of the helpelesse The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy sight Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightye God whiche in the place of the traytor Iudas didst chose thy faythfull seruaunte Mathie to bee of the noumber of thy twelue Apostles Graunte that thy church being alway preserued from false Apostles may be ordred and guided by faythfull and true pastors Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle IN those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and sayd the number of names that were together were about an .c. and xx Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes haue beene fulfilled whiche the holye goste through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to them that toke Iesus For he was nūbred with vs and had obteyned felowship in this ministracion And the same hath nowe possessed a plat of grounde with the rewarde of iniquitie and when he was hanged he burst a sunder in the middes and all hys bowels gushed oute And it is knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem in so muche that the same fielde is called in theyr mother tongue Acheldama that is to say the bloude field For it is written in the booke of Psalmes hys habitacion be voyde and no man be dwelling therin and hys busshoprike let an other take Wherfore of these men whiche haue companied with vs all the time that the Lorde Iesus had all his conuersacion among vs beginnyng at the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was takē vp from vs must one be ordeyned to be a witnes with vs of hys resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph whiche is called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias And when they prayed they sayde Thou Lorde whiche knowest the heartes of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that he may take the roume of this ministraciō and Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might goe to his owne place And they gaue furth theyr lottes and the lot fell on Mathias and he was coumpted with the eleuen Apostles The Gospell IN that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde I thanke thee O father lord of heauē and earth because thou haste hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudente and hast shewed them vnto babes verely father euen so was it thy good pleasure All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth anye manne the father saue the sonne and he to whomesoeuer the sonne will open him Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I wil ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meke and lowly in heart and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easye and my burden is light The Annunciation of the virgin Marie ¶ At the Communion LOrd I am not hye minded I haue no proud lookes I doe not exercise myself in great maters whiche are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it low like as a childe that is wayned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a wayned childe O Israell trust in the Lorde from this time furth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. WE beseche thee lord powre
Lorde deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plage pestilence and famine from battaile and murther from sodaine death Good Lorde deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuye conspiracie from the tyrannye of the bishop of Rome and all his detestable enormities from all the false doctrine and heresye from hardnes of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundemente Good Lorde deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and Circumcision by thy Baptisme fastyng and temptacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. By thyne agonye and bloudye sweate by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and burial by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion by the cōming of the holy gost Good Lorde deliuer vs. In all tyme of our tribulacion in all tyme of our wealth in the houre of death in the daye of iudgement Good Lorde deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lorde God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne thy holy Churche vniuersall in the right waye We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to kepe Edwarde the .vi. thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faythe feare and loue that he may alwayes haue affiaunce in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to be his defēdour and keper geuyng him the victory ouer all his enemyes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to illuminate al Byshoppes pastours and ministers of the Churche with true knowlege and vnderstandyng of thy worde and that both by theyr preaching and liuyng they may sette it forth and shewe it accordingly We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsaile and all the nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntaine trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee diligently to liue after thy cōmaundemētes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue all thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy woorde and to receyue it with pure affeccion and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to bryng into the waye of trueth all suche as haue erred and are deceyued We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to strengthen suche as do stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our feete We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to succoure helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labouryng of childe al sicke persons and yong chyldren and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captyues We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherles children and wyddowes and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to forgeue our enemyes persecutours and sclaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue and preserue to oure vse the kyndly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we may enioy them We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignoraunces and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amende our lyues accordyng to thy holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Graunt vs thy peace O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christe heare vs. O Christe heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen With the residue of the Pater noster And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neither rewarde vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighyng of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of suche as be sorowful mercifully assyst our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs And graciousely heare vs that those euilles which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they maye bee dispersed that we thy seruauntes beeyng hurte by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Churche through Iesu Christe our Lorde O Lorde aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou diddest in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lorde aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy honour Glory be to the father the sonne and to the holy gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen From our enemies defende vs O Christe Graciousely looke vpon our affliccions Pytifully beholde the sorowes of our hearte Mercifully forgeue the synnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both nowe and euer vouchesafe to heare vs Christe Graciousely heare vs O Christe Graciousely heare vs O Lorde Christe The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. The aunswere As we do put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseche thee O father mercifully to loke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy name sake turne from vs all those euilles that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunt that in al our troubles we may put oure whole trust and confidence in
thee that although we for oure iniquities haue woorthelye deserued this plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche wether wher by we maye receiue the fruites of the earthe in due season and learne bothe by thy punishment to amende our liues and by the grauntinge of our peticion to geue thee prayse and glorye Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ Vpon wednesdaies frydaies the Englishe Letanie shal be saied or song in all places after suche forme as is appoynted by the kynges maiesties Iniunccions Or as is or shall be otherwise appoynted by his highnes And thoughe there be none to cōmunicate wyth the Prieste yet these dayes after the Letany ended the Prieste shall put vpon him a plain Albe or surplesse with a cope and saie all thinges at the Altare appoynted to bee sayde at the celebracion of the lordes supper vntill after the offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collectes afore written as occasion shall serue by hys discrecion And then turning him to the people shall let them departe with the accustomed blessing And the same order shal be vsed all other daies whensoeuer the people be customably assembled to praye in the church and none disposed to communicate with the Prieste Lykewyse in Chappelles annexed and all other places there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper excepte there be some to communicate with the priest And in suche Chappelles annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable prouision for the beryng of the charges of the Communion or els for receyuyng of thesame resorte to their parishe Churche For auoydyng of all matters and occasion of discencion it is mere that the bread prepared for the Cōmunion be made through all this realme after one sorte and fashion that is to say vnleauened and rounde as it was afore but without all maner of printe and some thing more larger and thicker then it was so that it may be aptly deuided in diuers pieces and euery one shal be deuided in two pieces at the leaste or more by the discrecion of the minister and so distributed And men must not thinke lesse to be receiued in parte then in the whole but in eche of them the whole body of our sauioure Iesu Christe And forsomuche as the Pastours Curates within this realme shall continually fynde at their costes and charges in their cures sufficient bread and wine for the holy Communion as oft as their Parishioners shal be disposed for their spirituall comforte to receiue the same it is therfore ordred that in recompēce of such costes and charges the Parishioners of euery Parishe shall offre euery Sonday at the tyme of the Offertory the iust valour and pryce of the holy lofe with all suche money and other thynges as were wont to be offered with the same to the vse of their Pastours and Curates and that in suche ordre and course as they were wonte to fynde and pay the sayed holy lofe Also that the receyuing of the Sacramente of the blessed body and bloud of Christ may be moste agreable to the institucion therof and to the vsage of the primatiue Churche In all Cathedrall and Collegiate churches there shall alwayes some Communicate with the priest that ministreth And that thesame may be also obserued euery where abrode in the countrey Some one at the least of that house in euery paryshe to whom by course after the ordynaunce herein made it apperteyneth to offer for the charges of the Communion or some other whom they shall prouyde to offre for them shal receiue the holy Communion with the priest the which maye bee the better done for that they knowe before when theyr course commeth and may therfore dispose themselfes to the worthy receyuing of the Sacramente And with him or them who doeth so offre the charges of the Communion all other who be then Godly disposed therunto shall lykewise receiue the Communion And by this meanes the Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries with al the suffrages due ordre appointed for the same And the priest on the weke day shal forbeare to celebrate the Comnion excepte he haue some that will communicate with him Furthermore euery man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the diuine seruice in the Parishe churche where they be resident and there with deuout prayer or Godlye silence and meditacion to occupy themselues There to pay their dueties to communicate once in the yeare at the least and there to receyue and take all other Sacramentes and rites in this booke appoynted And whosoeuer willingly vpon no iust cause doeth absent themselfes or doeth vngodly in the Parishe churche occupy thēselues vpon proffe therof by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Realme to bee excōmunicate or suffre other punishement as shal to the Ecclesiastical iudge accordyng to his discrecion seme conuenient And although it bee read in aunciente writers that the people many yeares past receiued at the priestes handes the Sacramēt of the body of Christ in theyr owne handes no commaundement of Christ to the contrary Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conueyghed thesame secretelye awaye kept it with them and diuersly abused it to supersticion and wickednes lest any suche thing hereafter should be attempted and that an vniformitie might be vsed throughout the whole Realment is thought cōuenient the people commonly receiue the Sacrament of Christes body in their mouthes at the Priestes hande ❧ The Letany and Suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners Remembre not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrathe and from euerlastyng damnacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pryde vainglory Hypocrisy from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all other deadly synne and from al the deceytes of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill Good