Psal xlv Psal lxxxv The first lesson Esai ix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. i. vnto the ende ¶ At the fyrst Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hath done meruaylous thynges With his owne right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victorie The lord declared his saluacion his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israell and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluacion of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes syng reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the lorde vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuing With trumpettes also and shawmes O shewe your selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Lette the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the rounde worlde and they that dwell therein Let the fluddes clap theyr handes and let the hilles bee ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shal he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which makeste vs gladde with the yerely remembraunce of the birth of thy onelye sonne Iesus Christe graunt that as we ioyfully receiue him for our redemer so we may with sure confidence beholde hym when he shall come to be our iudge who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe grace of God that bringeth saluacion vnto all menne hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lustes and that we should liue soberly and righteousely and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our sauiour Iesu Christ whiche gaue himselfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs a peculiare people vnto hymselfe feruently geuen vnto good woorkes These thynges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all feruentnes of commaundyng See that no manne despise thee The Gospell ANd it chaunsed in those dayes that there went out a commaundemēt from Augustus the Emperour that all the worlde shoulde be taxed And this taxing was the firste and executed when Sirenius was lieutenaunt in Siria And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed And Ioseph also ascended from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth into Iewry vnto the citie of Dauid which is called Bethleem because he was of the house and linage of Dauid to bee taxed with Mary his spoused wife whiche was with chylde And it fortuned that while they were there her tyme was come that she shoulde be deliuered And she brought furth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes layed him in a Maunger because there was no roume for them in the Inne And there were in the same region shepeheardes watching and keping theyr flocke by night And loe the Angel of the lord stoode harde by them and the brightnesse of the lorde shone rounde about them and they were sore afrayed And the Angel saied vnto them Be not afrayde for behold I bring you tydinges of great ioy that shall come to all people for vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour whiche is Christ the lord And take this for a sygne ye shal fynde the childe wrapped in swadlyng clothes and layde in a maūger And straight way there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng god and saying Glory to god on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good will ¶ At the seconde Communion O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy name in all the worlde thou that haste set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes and suckelynges hast thou ordayned strength because of thyne enemies that thou mightest still the enemye and the auenger For I will considre thy heauens euen the woorkes of thy fyngers the Moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned What is man that thou art so myndefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to croune him with glorye and worship Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou haste put all thynges in subieccion vnder his feete All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the fielde The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorowe the pathes of the seas O Lorde our gouernoure howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God which haste geuen vs thy only begotten sonne to take our nature vpon hym and this daye to be borne of a pure virgin Graunt that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace maye dayly be renued by thy holy spirite throughe the same our Lorde Iesus Christe who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle GOD in tymes paste dyuerslye and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken to vs by his owne sōne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Whiche sonne being the brightnesse of his glory and the very image of his substaunce rulyng all thynges with the worde of his power hath by hys owne person pourged our synnes and sytteth on the ryght hand of the maiestie on hygh being so muche more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellente name then they For vnto whiche of the Angels sayed he at any time Thou art my sonne thys daye haue I begotten thee And agayne I wyll be his father and he shall bee my sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the firste begotten sonne into the worlde he sayeth and let all the Angels of God wurship hym And vnto the Angels he sayethe He maketh his Angels spirites and hys ministers a flame of fyre But vnto the sonne he sayethe thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginning haste layed the foundacion of the earthe the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shal perish but thou endurest But they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garmente and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art euen the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The Gospell IN the beginning was the worde and the worde was with God and God was the worde Thesame was in the beginning with God All thinges were made by it without it was
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
THrough thy moste dere beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lord who after his moste glorious resurrecciō manifestly appered to all his disciples and in theyr sighte ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither mighte we also ascende and reigne with him in glory Therefore c. ¶ Vpon Whitsondaye THroughe Iesus Christe our Lorde accordynge to whose moste true promyse the holy Ghoste came doune this daye from heauen with a sodaine great sounde as it had been a mightie wynde in the lykenes of fiery toungues lightynge vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all truethe geuyng them bothe the gifte of diuerse languages and also boldnes with feruente zeale constantly to preache the Ghospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and error into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the feast of the Trinitie IT is very meete righte and our bounden duetie that we should at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie euerlastinge God which arte one God one Lorde not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce For that whiche we beleue of the glory of the father thesame we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghoste without any difference or inequalitie whom the Angels c. After whiche preface shall folowe immediatly Therfore with Angels and Archangels and with al the holy companie of heauen we lande and magnifye thy glorious name euermore praysyng thee and sayinge ¶ Holy holy holy Lorde God of Hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory Osanna in the higheste Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Glory to thee O lorde in the highest This the Clearkes shall also syng ¶ When the Clearkes haue doen syngyng then shall the Priest or Deacon turne hym to the people and saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes churche ¶ Then the Priest turning hym to the Altar shall saye or syng plainly and distinctly this prayer folowyng ALmightie and euerlyuyng God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacions and to geue thankes for all menne We humbly beseche thee moste mercyfully to receyue these our prayers whiche we offre vnto thy diuine Maiestie besechyng thee to inspire continually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of truethe vnitie and concorde And graunt that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agre in the trueth of thy holye worde and liue in vnitie and godly loue Speciallye wee beseche thee to saue and defende thy seruaunte Edwarde our Kynge that vnder him we maye be Godly and quietely gouerned And graunte vnto his whole coūsaile and to all that bée put in authoritie vnder hym that they maye truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenly father to all Bishoppes Pastors and Curates that they maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe thy true liuely worde and rightely and duely administer thy holye Sacramentes And to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace that with meke hearte and due reuerence they maye heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruynge thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their lyfe And wee moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to coumforte and succoure all thē whych in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe nede sycknes or any other aduersitie And especially we commend vnto thy mercifull goodnes thys congregacion whyche is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the commemoracion of the moste glorious deathe of thy sonne And here wee doe geue vnto thee moste high praise heartie thankes for the wonderfull grace and vertue declared in all thy sainctes from the begynninge of the worlde And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed virgin Mary mother of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and God in the holy Patriarches Prophetes Apostles and Martirs whose examples O Lorde and stedfastnes in thy faythe and keping thy holye commaundementes graunte vs to folowe We commende vnto thy mercye O Lord all other thy seruauntes whiche are departed hence from vs with the signe of fayth and nowe do reste in the slepe of peace Graunte vnto them we beseche thee thy mercy and euerlastyng peace and that at the daie of the generall resurreccion we and all they whyche bee of the misticall body of thy sonne maye altogether bee set on his right hand and heare that his most ioyful voice Come vnto me O ye that be blessed of my father and possesse the kingdome whiche is prepared for you from the begynning of the worlde Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate O God heauenly father whiche of thy tender mercie diddeste geue thine only sonne Iesu Christ to suffer deathe vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion once offered a full perfect and sufficiente sacrifyce oblacion and satisfaccion for the sinnes of the whole worlde and did institute and in his holy Ghospell commaunde vs to celebrate a perpetuall memorye of that his precious deathe vntyll his comming againe Heare vs o mercifull father we beseche thee and with thy holy spirite and worde vouchsafe to bl ✚ esse and sanc ✚ tifie these thy gyftes and creatures of breade and wyne that they maye be vnto vs the bodye and bloud of thy moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Who in the same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had blessed and geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys disciples saiynge Take eate this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you do this in remembraunce of me Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe and whē he had geuen thankes he gaue it to them saiyng drynke ye all of this for this is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as oft as you shall drinke it in remembraunce of me These wordes before rehersed are to be saied turning still to the Altar without any eleuacion or shewing the Sacrament to the people WHerefore O Lorde and heauenly father accordyng to the Instytucyon of thy derely beloued sonne our sauioure Iesu Christe we thy humble seruauntes doe celebrate and make here before thy diuine Maiestie with these thy holy giftes the memory all whyche thy sonne hath willed vs to make hauing in remembraunce his blessed passion mightie resurreccion and glorious ascencion renderynge vnto thee moste heartye thankes for the innumerable benefytes procured vnto vs by thesame entyerely desyrynge thy fatherly goodnes mercifully to accepte thys our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuinge moste humblye besechinge thee to graunte that by the merites and deathe of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his bloud wee and all thy whole church may
inheritaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whiche cryeth Abba father Wherfore now thou arte not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou bee a sonne thou art also an heyre of GOD through Christ The Gospell THis is the boke of the generaciō of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abrahā Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob begat Iudas his brethren Iudas begat Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrō Esrom begat Aram Arā begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmō Salmō begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid y e king Dauid the king begat Salomō of her that was the wife of Vrie Salamō begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begat Iosias Iosias begat Ieconias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caryed awaye to Babilon And after they were brought to Babilon Ieconias begat Salathiell Salathiell begate Zorobabel Zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begate Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husbande of Marie of whome was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christe And so all the generacyons from Abrahā to Dauid are .xiiii. generacions And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon axe .xiiii. generacions And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christe are .xiiii. generacions The birth of Iesus Christe was on thys wyse When hys mother Mary was maryed to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holy goste Then Ioseph her husbande because he was a righteous manne and woulde not put her to shame was minded prieuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thought behold the Angel of the lord appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wyfe for that which is conceiued in her cummeth of the holye goste She shall bring furth a sonne and thou shalt call hys name Iesus for he shall saue his people from theyr sinnes All thys was doone that it mighte be fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophete saying Beholde a mayde shall bee with chylde and shall brynge foorthe a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche if a manne interprete is asmuche to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of slepe did as the Angel of the lorde had bidden him and he toke hys wyfe vnto hym and knew her not til she had brought furth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Circumcision of Christ At Mattins The first lesson Gene. xvii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Rom. ii vnto the ende At the Communion I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wil goe into the house of the Lorde Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded as a citie that is at vnytye in it selfe For thither the Tribes goe vp euen the Tribes of the Lorde to testifye vnto Israell to geue thankes vnto the name of the Lorde For there is the seate of iudgemente euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnes within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will wishe thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the Lorde our God I wil seke to doe thee good Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to be circumcised and obedyente to the lawe for manne graunte vs the true circumcision of thy spirite that our heartes and all our members being mortifyed from all worldly and carnall lustes may in all thinges obey thy blessed wil through the same thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BLessed is that man to whome the Lord wil not impute sinne Came this blessednes then vpō the vncircūcisiō or vpō the circūcisiō also for we say that fayth was rekoned to Abrahā for righteousnes How was it then rekoned when he was in the circumcision or when he was in the vncircumcisyon not in the tyme of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receyued the sygne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which he had yet being vncircumcised that he should bee the father of all them that beleue though they bee not circumcised that righteousnes myght be imputed to them also and that he myghte bee the father of circumcision not vnto them onely whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promyse that he shoulde bee the heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the law but through the righteousnes of faythe For if they whiche are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect The Gospell ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone awaye from the shepeheardes into heauen they sayde one to another let vs goe nowe euen vnto Bethleem and see thys thyng that wee heare say is happened which the lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and founde Marye and Ioseph and the Babe laide in a maunger And when they had sene it they published abroade the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe And all they that heard it wondered at those thinges whiche were tolde them of the shepeheardes But Mary kepte all those sayinges and pondered them in her heart And the shepheardes returned praising and lauding God for all the thynges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eyght daye was come that the childe shoulde be circumcised hys name was called Iesus whiche was named of the Angell before he was conceiued in the woumbe ¶ At Euensong The first lesson Deute x. And now Israel vnto the ende The seconde Lesson Coloss ii vnto the ende ¶ The Epiphanie At Mattins The first Lesson Esai .lx. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Luke .iii. And it fortuned vnto the ende At the Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng vnto the Lorde all the whole yearth Syng vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name be telling of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare hys honour vnto the Heathen and hys woonders vnto all people For the lorde is great and cannot woorthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all Goddes As for all the Goddes of the Heathen they bee but ydolles but it is the Lorde that made
the heauens Glory and wurship are before hym power and honour are in his sanctuary Ascribe vnto the Lorde O ye kynreds of the people ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and power Ascribe vnto the Lorde the honour due vnto his name bryng presentes and come into his courtes O woorshyp the Lorde in the beautie of holynes let the whole earth stande in awe of hym Tell it out among the Heathen that the lorde is kyng and that it is he whiche hathe made the rounde worlde so fast that it cannot be moued and howe that he shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the yearth be glad let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the fielde bee ioyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lorde For he cummeth for he cummeth to iudge the yearth and with righteousnes to iudge the worlde and the people with his trueth Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. O God whiche by the leadyng of a starre diddest manyfeste thy onelye begotten sonne to the Gentiles Mercifully graunt that we which know thee now by faythe maye after thys lyfe haue the fruicion of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lorde The Epistle FOr thys cause I Paule am a pryesoner of Iesus Christe for you heathen if ye haue hearde of the ministracion of the grace of god which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacyon shewed he the misterye vnto me as I wrote afore in few wordes wherby whē ye reade ye maye vnderstande my knoweledge in the mysterye of Christe whiche mysterye in tymes passed was not opened vnto the sonnes of menne as it is nowe declared vnto hys holy Apostles and Prophetes by the spirite that the Gentiles should be inheritours also and of the same bodye and partakers of hys promyse in Christe by the meanes of the Gospell whereof I am made a minister accordyng to the gifte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the woorkyng of hys power Vnto me the leaste of all sainctes is thys grace geuen that I shoulde preache amonge the Gentiles the vnsearcheable ryches of Christe and to make all men see what the felowshyppe of the misterie is whiche from the beginning of the worlde hath bene hydde in God whiche made all thinges through Iesus Christe to the entente that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thinges might be knowen by the congregacyon the manifolde wisedome of God according to the eternal purpose whiche he wrought in Christ Iesu our lorde by whome we haue boldenes and entraunce with the confidence whiche is by the fayth of him The Gospell WHen Iesus was borne in Bethleē a citie of Iury in the tyme of Herode the kyng Beholde there came wise men from the East to Ierusalē saying where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes For we haue seene hys starre in the East and are come to wurship hym When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges he was troubled and all the citie of Ierusalem with hym And when he had gathered al the chiefe priestes and scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Christe shoulde bee borne And they sayd vnto hym at Bethleem in Iurie For thus it is written by the Prophete And thou Bethleem in the land of Iury art not the leaste among the prynces of Iuda for out of thee there shall come vnto me the capitaine that shal gouerne my people Israell Then Herode when he had prieuelye called the wise men he inquired of them diligentlye what tyme the starre appeared and he bad them goe to Bethleem and said goe your way thither and searche dilygentlye for the chylde And when ye haue found him bryng me woorde agayne that I may come and woorship him also whē they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre whiche they sawe in the Easte wente beefore them tyll it came and stoode ouer the place wherein the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were exceading glad and wente into the house and founde the childe with Mary hys mother and fell downe flat and wurshypped hym and opened theyr treasures and offered vnto hym giftes Golde Frankincense and Mirre And after they were warned of God in slepe that they should not goe agayne to Herode they returned into theyr owne countrey another way At Euensong The first lesson Esai xlix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Iohn .ii. After this he went downe to Capernaum vnto the ende The firste Sonday after the Epiphanie HOwe long wilt thou forget me O Lorde for euer howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me Howe long shall I seke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in my heart howe long shall myne enemye triumphe ouer me Consider and heare me O lorde my God lyghten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Leste myne enemye saye I haue prenayled agaynste him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercye and my hearte is ioyfull in thy saluacion I wil sing of the lorde because he hath dealt so louyngly with me yea I will prayse the name of the Lorde the moste highest Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifullye to receyue the praiers of thy people whiche call vpon thee and graunt that they maye both perceyue and knowe what thynges they ought to do and also haue grace and power faithully to fullfyll the same The Epistle I Besech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnes of God that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God whiche is your resonable seruyng of god and fashion not your selfes like vnto this world but be ye chaunged in your shape by the renuing of youre minde that ye maie proue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of god is For I saye throughe the grace that vnto me geuen is to euery man amonge you that no man stand hygh in his owne conceite more then it becommeth hym to esteme of hymselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sobre according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith for as we haue many membres in one body and all membres haue not one office so we being many are one body in Christ and euery man amōg our selues one anothers members The Gospell THe father and mother of Iesus wente to Hierusalem after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the child Iesus abode stil in Ierusalem and his father and mother knewe not of it but they supposing hym to haue beene in the cumpanye came a dayes iourney and sought hym amōg their kinsfolke and acquaintaunce And when they found hym not they went backe again to Ierusalem
and soughte hym And it fortuned that after three dayes they founde him in the temple sytting in the middest of the doctours hearyng them and posing them And all that heard hym were astonied at his vnderstanding and answers And when they saw hym they meruailed and his mother sayd vnto him Sonne why haste thou thus dealte with vs Beholde thy father I haue sought thee sorowing And he sayd vnto them how happened it that ye sought me wiste ye not that I muste go about my fathers busines And they vnderstode not that saying which he spake vnto them And he went downe with thē and came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them but his mother kept all these sayinges together in her heart And Iesus prospered in wisdome and age and in fauour with god and men ¶ The second Sonday THe foole hath sayd in his heart there is no god They are corrupte and become abhominable in theyr doinges there is not one that doeth good no not one The lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that woulde vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues thei haue deceyued the poyson of Aspes is vnder theyr lippes Theyr mouth is full of curssyng and bitternes theyr feete are swift to shed bloud Destruccion and vnhappines is in theyr wayes and the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before theyr eyes Haue they no knowlege that they are all suche woorkers 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 generacion of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the counsayl of the poore because he putteth his trust in the lorde Who shall geue saluacion vnto Israell out of Sion when the lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shall Iacob reioyce and Israell be glad Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which dooest gouerne all thinges in heauen and earthe mercifully heare the supplicacions of thy people and graunt vs thy peace all the dayes of our lyfe The Epistle SEing that we haue dyuerse gyftes according to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if any man haue the gift of prophecy let hym haue it that it be agreeing to the faith Let hym that hath an office waite on his office Let hym that reacheth take hede to his doctrine Let hym that exhorteth geue attendaunce to his exhortacion If any man geue let hym do it with singlenes Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shew mercy let him do it with cherefulnes Let loue bee with out dissimulacion Hate that whiche is euill and cleaue vnto that whiche is good Be kynde one to an other with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before an other Be not slothefull in the busines which ye haue in hād Be feruēt in the spirite Apply your selues to the time Reioyce in hope Be pacient in tribulacion Continue in praier Distribute vnto the necessitie of the sainctes Be ready to harbour Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery wepe also with them that wepe bee of like affeccion one towardes another Bee not hie minded but make youre selues equall to them of the lower sorte The Gospell ANd the third daye was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine fayled the mother of Iesus saide vnto him thei haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you do it And there were standyng there vi waterpottes of stone after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes conteyning .ii. or .iii. fyrkyns a peece Iesus sayde vnto them fill the watter pottes with water And they filled them vp to the brimme And he saide vnto them draw out now and beare vnto the Gouernour of the feast And thei bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned into wine and knewe not whence it was but the ministers whiche drewe the water knewe he called the bridegrome and sayd vnto him Euerie man at the beginning doth set forth good wine and when men be dronke then that which is woorse but thou haste kepte the good wine vntill now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glorye and his disciples beleued on him ¶ The .iii. Sonday LOrde who shal dwelle in thy tabernacle who shal reste vpon thy holye hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte lyfe and dothe the thing whiche is right and speaketh the truthe from his hearte He that hath vsed no deceyt in his tongue nor done euil to his neighbour and hath not slaundered his neighbours He that setteth not by hymselfe but is lowelye in his owne iyes and maketh much of them that feare the lorde He that sweareth vnto his neyghbour and disapointeth hym not though it were to his owne hinderaunce He that hath not geuen his money vnto vsury nor taken rewarde against the innocente Whoso dothe these thinges shall neuer fall Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God mercyfullye looke vpon oure infirmities and in all our daungiers and necessities stretche foorthe thy ryghte hande to helpe and defende vs through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euill for euill Prouide aforehande thynges honest not onely before God but also in the syghte of all men If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all menne Dearely beloued auenge not youre selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is myne I will rewarde sayth the lorde Therfore if thyne enemie hunger feede him if he thirst geue him drynke For in so dooyng thou shalte heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euill with goodnes The Gospell WHen he was come downe from the mountayne muche people folowed hym And beholde there came a Leper and wurshipped him saying Maister if thou wilte thou canst make me cleane And Iesus putte foorth his hande and touched hym saying I will be thou cleane and immediatelye his Leprosye was cleansed And Iesus said vnto him see thou tel no manne but goe and shew thy selfe to the priest offer the gift that Moses cōmaunded to be offered for a witnesse vnto them And when Iesus was entred
and compassed me together on euery syde My louers and frendes hast thou put awaye from me and hid myne acquayntaunce out of my syght Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Epistle IT is better if the will of God be so that ye suffre for well doing then for euil doing For asmuche as Christ hath once suffered for sinnes the iust for the vniust to bring vs to God and was kylled as partayning to the flesh but was quickened in the spirite In which spirite he also went and preached to the spirites that were in prison whiche some tyme had beene disobedient when the long suffring of God was once looked for in the dayes of Noe whyle the arke was a preparing wherin a fewe that is to saye eyghte soules were saued by the water lyke as Baptisme also nowe saueth vs not the putting awaye of the fylthe of the fleshe but in that a good conscience confenteth to God by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ which is on the right hande of God and is gone into heauen Angels powers and might subdued vnto hym The Gospell WHen the euē was come there came a riche mā of Aramathia named Ioseph whiche also was Iesus disciple He wente vnto Pilate begged the body of Iesus Then Pilate cōmaūded the body to be deliuered And whē Ioseph had taken the bodye he wrapped it in a cleane linnen clothe layed it in his newe toumbe which he had hewen out euen in the rocke rolled a greate stone to the doore of the Sepulchre departed And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sytting ouer agaynst the Sepulchre The nexte daye that folowed the daye of preparing the high priestes and Phariseis came together vnto Pilate saying Sir we remembre that this deceyuer sayed while he was yet aliue After iii. dayes I will rise againe Commaunde therfore that the Sepulchre bee made sure vntyll the thirde daye leste his disciples come and steale him awaye and say vnto the people he is risen from the dead and the last erroure shall be worse then the firste Pylate sayed vnto them ye haue the watche goe your waye make it as sure as ye can So they wente and made the Sepulchre sure with the watche menne and sealed the stone ¶ Easter daye In the mornyng afore mattyns the people being assembled in the churche these Anthems shal be fyrst solemnely song or sayed CHrist rising agayne from the dead nowe dieth not Death from hence furth hath no power vpon hym For in that he dyed he dyed but once to put awaye sinne but in that he liueth he liueth vnto God And so lykewyse counte youre selues dead vnto synne but lyuyng vnto God in Christe Iesus our Lorde Alleluya Alleluya CHriste is risen agayne the fyrste fruytes of them that slepe for seyng that by man came deathe by man also commeth the resurreccion of the dead For as by Adam al men do dye so by Christe all menne shal be restored to lyfe Alleluya The Priest ¶ Shewe forth to all nacions the glory of God The Aunswere ¶ And among all people his wonderful workes Let vs praye O God who for our redēpcion diddest geue thine onely begotten sonne to the death of the crosse by his gloryous resurreccion hast delyuered vs from the power of our enemye Graunte vs so to dye dayly frō sinne that we may euermore liue with him in the ioye of his resurreccion through thesame Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons At Mattins Psal ii Psal lvii Psal Cxi The first lesson Exo. xii Vnto the ende The seconde lesson Roma vi Vnto the ende At the firste Communion PReserue me O God for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast saied vnto the Lorde thou art my God my goodes are nothing vnto thee All my delyght is vpon the Sainctes that are in the yearth and vpon suche as excell in vertue But they that runne after an other God shall haue great trouble Their dryncke offeringes of bloude wyll not I offer neither make mencion of their names within my lyppes The Lord himselfe is the porcion of myne inheritaunce and of my Cuppe thou shalt mayntayne my lotte The lotte is fallen vnto me in a fayre grounde yea I haue a goodly heritage I wyll thanke the Lorde for geuing me warning my reynes also chasten me in the night season I haue sette God alwayes before me for he is on my right hand therfore I shall not fall Wherefore my hearte was glad and my glory reioysed my fleshe also shall rest in hope For why thou shalt not leaue my soule in helle neither shalt thou suffre thy holy one to see corrupcion Thou shalt shewe me the pathe of life in thy presence is the fulnes of ioye and at thy right hand there is pleasure for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God which through thy onely begotten sonne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death opened vnto vs the gate of euerlastyng life we humbly beseche thee that as by thy speciall grace preuentyng vs thou doest put in our mindes good desires so by thy continuall helpe we may bryng thesame to good effect through Iesus Christ our Lorde who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle IF ye be risē againe with Christ seke those thinges which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the right hād of God Set your affecciō on heauēly thinges and not on yearthy thinges For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christe in God Whensoeuer Christ whiche is our lyfe shall shewe himselfe then shall ye also appeare with him in glory Mortifie therfore your earthy membres fornicacion vncleanes vnnaturall lust euil concupiscence and couetousnes whiche is wurshyppynge of ydolles for whiche thinges sake the wrathe of God vseth to come on the disobedient children among whom ye walked somtime when ye lyued in them The Gospell THe firste daye of the Sabbothes came Mary Magdalene earlye when it was yet darcke vnto the Sepulchre and sawe the stone taken away frō the graue Thē she ranne came to Simon Peter to the other disciple whō Iesus loued saith vnto thē they haue taken away the lorde out of the graue and we cannot tell where they haue laied hym Peter therfore went foorth and that other disciple and came vnto the Sepulchre They ranne both together and the other disciple did out runne Peter and came firste to the Sepulchre And when he had stowped doune he saw the lynnen clothes lying yet wente he not in Then came Simon Peter folowing hym and went into the sepulchre and sawe the lynnen clothes lye and the napkin that was aboute his heade not lying with the lynnen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it selfe
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
so late take reste and eate the bread of carefulnes for so he geueth hys beloued slepe Lo children and the fruite of the wombe are an herytage and gifte that commeth of the Lorde Lyke as the arrowes in the hande of the gyaunt euen so are the yong children Happy is the manne that hath his quyuer full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with theyr enemies in the gate Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning is nowe c. The Collect. STiere vp we beseche thee O lord the willes of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing furth the fruit of good workes maye of thee be plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BEholde the tyme cometh sayeth the Lorde that I wil raise vp the righteous braūch of Dauid which kyng shal beare rule and he shal prosper with wisdome and shall set vp equitie and righteousnes agayne in the earth In his tyme shal Iuda be saued and Israel shal dwell without feare And this is the name that they shall call hym euen the Lorde our righteousnesse and therfore beholde the tyme cummeth sayeth the Lorde that it shall no more be sayed the Lorde lyueth which brought the children of Israel out of the lande of Egipt But the Lorde liueth which brought furth and lead the seede of the house of Israel out of the north lande and from al countryes where I had scatered them and they shal dwel in their owne land agayne The Gospell WHen Iesus lift vp his iyes sawe a great company come vnto him he sayeth vnto Philip whence shal we bye bread that these may eate This he sayd to proue him for he himselfe knewe what he woulde doe Philip aunswered hym two hundreth peniworthe of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayd vnto him There is a lad here whiche hath fyue barley loues and two fyshes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit downe There was muche grasse in the place So the men sate downe in noumber about fiue thousande And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to thē that were set downe And likewise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough he sayeth vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskettes with the broken meate of the fyue barley loaues whiche broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten Then those menne when they had seen the miracle that Iesus dyd sayd this is of a trueth the same Prophete that should come into the worlde ⧠⧠SAINCT ANdrewes daye At the Communion MAny tymes haue they fought against me from my youth vp may Israel nowe saye Yea many a tyme haue they vexed me from my youth vp but they haue not preuailed against me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made long forowes But the righteous Lorde hath hewen the snares of the vngodly in pieces Let them be counfounded and turned backward as many as haue euill will at Sion Let them be euen as the grasse growyng vpon the house toppes whiche withereth afore it be pluckt vp Wherof the mower filleth not his hande neyther he that bindeth vp the sheues his bosome So that they whiche goe by saye not so muche as the Lorde prosper you we wishe you good lucke in the name of the Lorde Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen suche grace to thy Apostle saincte Andrewe that he counted the sharpe and painful death of the crosse to be an high honour and a great glory Graunt vs to take esteme al troubles and aduersities whiche shall come vnto vs for thy sake as thinges profitable for vs toward the obtayning of euerlasting lyfe through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle YF thou knowledge with thy mouthe that Iesus is the Lorde and beleue in thy heart that God raised hym vp from death thou shalt bee safe For to beleue with the heart iustifieth and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a manne safe For the scripture sayeth whosoeuer beleueth on him shal not be confounded There is no dyfference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is riche vnto al that cal vpō him For whosoeuer doeth call on the name of the Lorde shall be safe How then shal they cal on him on whom they haue not beleued How shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And how shall they preache excepte they be sent As it is written how beautifull are the feete of them which bryng tidinges of peace and bring tidinges of good thinges But they haue not al obeyed to the gospel for Esay saith Lord who hath beleued our sayinges So thē faith cummeth by hearing and hearing cummeth by the worde of God But I aske haue they not heard no doubte their sounde wente out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the world But I demaund whether Israel did knowe or not first Moses sayeth I will prouoke you to enuye by them that are no people by a folishe nacion I wyll angre you Esay after that is bolde and sayeth I am found of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me But against Israel he sayeth all daye long haue I stretched furth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not but speaketh against me The Gospell AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galile he sawe two brethren Simon whiche was called Peter Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fyshers and he sayeth vnto them folowe me and I will make you to become fishers of men And they streight way left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone furth from thence he sawe other two brethrē Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother in the ship with Zebede theyr father mendyng theyr nettes and he called them And they immediately lefte the shippe and theyr father and folowed hym Saincte Thomas the Apostle ¶ At the Communion BLessed are all they that feare the Lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labors of thine handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wyfe shall be as the fruitfull vine vpon the walles of thyne house Thy children lyke the Oliue braunches round about thy table Loe thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lorde from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shalt see Ierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalt see thy
her hande to the poore yea she stretcheth furth her handes to suche as haue nede She feareth not that the colde of winter shall hurt her house for all her houshold folkes are clothed with skarlet She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes her clothing is white silke and purple Her husband is much set by in the gates whē he sitteth among the rewlers of the lande She maketh cloth of silke and selleth it and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt Strength honour is her clothing in the latter day she shall reioyce She openeth her mouth with wisdome and in her tongue is the lawe of grace She looketh wel to the wayes of her housholde and eateth not her breade with ydlenes Her children shall arise and call her blessed and her husbande shal make muche of her Many doughters there be that gather ryches together but thou goest aboue them al. As for fauour it is deceitpfull beutie is a vaine thing but a woman that feareth the Lorde she is woorthy to be praysed Geue her of the fruite of her handes and lette her owne workes prayse her in the gates The Gospell ANd one of the Phariseis desired Iesus that he woulde eate with him And he went into the Phariseis house and sate downe to meate And behold a woman in that citie whyche was a synner assone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the Phariseis house she brought an Alabaster boxe of oyntemente and stode at his feete behind him weping and began to washe his feete with teares and dyd wype them with the heares of her head and kyssed his feete and anoynted them with the oyntment When the Pharisee which had bidden him saw that he spake within himselfe saying if this mā were a prophete he would surely knowe who and what maner of woman this is that touched him for she is a sinner Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him Simon I haue somewhat to say vnto thee And he said Maister say on There was a certayne lender whiche had two debters the one ought him fiue hundreth pence and the other fiftie When they had nothing to pay he forgaue them bothe Tell me therfore whiche of them will loue him most Simon aunswered and sayd I suppose that he to whome he forgaue moste And he sayd vnto him thou hast truely iudged And he turned to the woman and sayde vnto Simon Seeste thou this woman I entred into thy house thou gauest me no water for my feete but she hath washed my feete with teares and wiped them with the heares of her head Thou gaueste me no kysse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceassed to kysse my feete My head with oyle thou didst not anoint but she hath anointed my feete with ointment Wherfore I say vnto thee many sinnes are forgiuē her for she loued much To whome lesse is forgeuē the same doeth lesse loue And he said vnto her thy sinnes are forgeuē thee And they that sate at meate with him began to say within themselues Who is this which forgeueth sinnes also And he sayd to the woman Thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace ¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle O Prayse the Lorde of heauen prayse him in the height Prayse him all ye angels of his prayse him all his hoste Praise him Sunne and Moone praise ye him all ye starres and lyght Prayse him all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lorde for he spake the woorde and they were made he commaunded and they were created He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe whiche shall not be broken Prayse the lord vpō the earth ye dragons and al depes Fyre and hayle snowe and vapours wynd and storme fulfillyng hys worde Montaynes and all hilles fruitful trees and al Ceders Beastes and all cattell wormes and fethered foules Kinges of the earth and all people princes and all the Iudges of the worlde Youngmen and maydens olde men and children prayse the name of the lorde for his name onely is excellente and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He shal exalt the horne of his people al his sainctes shal prayse him euen the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRaunt O merciful God that as thyne holye Apostle Iames leauing his father and al that he had without delay was obediente vnto the calling of thy sonne Iesus Christ and folowed him So we forsaking al worldly and carnal affeccions may be euermore ready to folow thy cōmaundementes through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle IN those dayes came prophetes from the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde bee greate derthe throughout al the worlde which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren whiche dwelt in Iewry whiche thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul At the same time Herod the kinge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And because he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and toke Peter also The Gospell THen came to hym the mother of zebedes children with her sonnes wurshipping him and desiring a certayne thing of him And he saied vnto her what wilt thou She said vnto him Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit the one on thy right hand the other on thy left in thy kyngdome But Iesus answered and sayd ye wot not what ye aske Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with They sayd vnto him we are He sayd vnto them ye shal drinke in dede of my cup be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to sit on my right hāde and on my lefte is not myne to geue but it shall chaunce vnto thē that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard this they dysdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him said ye knowe that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer thē and they that are greate men exercise authoritie vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer wil be great among you let him be your minister whosoeuer will be chiefe among you lette him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to ministre and to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many Sainct Bartholomewe NOt vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the praise for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake Wherfore shall the heathen say where
is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idoles are siluer and golde euen the woorke of mens handes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smell not They haue handes and handle not feete haue they and walke not neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all suche as put their trust in them But the house of Israell trust thou in the Lorde he is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde trust ye in the Lord he is their helper and defender The Lorde hath bene myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israell he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse thē that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encreace you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord whiche made heauen and yearth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the yearth hath He geuen vnto the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lord neither al they that goe downe into the silence But we wyll prayse the Lorde from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. O Almyghtie and euerlasting God whiche hast geuen grace to thy apostle Bartholomewe truelye to beleue and to preache thy worde graūt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued to preache that he taught through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BY the handes of the Apostles were manye sygnes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no man ioine hymselfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The noumber of thē that beleued in the Lord both of men weomē grewe more more in so muche that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laied them on beddes and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter whē he came by myght shadow some of them and that they might al be deliuered from their infirmites There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde about vnto Ierusalem bringyng sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one The Gospell ANd there was a stryfe amonge them which of them shoulde seme to be the greateste And he sayd vnto them the kynges of nacions reigne ouer them and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lordes But ye shal not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptacions And I appointe vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome sit on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Sainct Mathewe O Prayse the lorde all ye heathen prayse him al ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more to warde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whiche by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathewe from the receipte of custome to be an Apostle and Euāgelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayed sonne Iesus Christ who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle SEyng that we haue suche an office euen as God hath had mercye on vs we go not out of kynde but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the worde of God deceiptfully but open the trueth reporte our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God If our gospell be yet hid it is hid among them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes of them whiche beleue not leste the light of the gospell of the glory of Christe whiche is the image of God should shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaunded the light to shyne out of darkenes whiche hath shyned in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christe The Gospell ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man named Mathewe sitting at the receipt of custome and hesaid vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many Publicans also and sinners that came sate downe with Iesus and his disciples And when the Phariseis sawe it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your Maister with Publicanes and sinners But when Iesus heard that he saied vnto them They that be strong nede not the phisicion but they that are sicke Goe ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce Sainct Michael and all Angels ¶ At the communion PRayse the Lorde ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the Lorde Blessed be the name of the Lorde from this tyme furth for euermore The Lordes name is praysed from the rysyng vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng 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 hath his dwellyng so hye and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre 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 Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. EVerlasting God whiche haste ordained and constituted the seruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull ordre mercifully graunt that they whiche alwaye doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appointment succour and defende vs in earth through Iesus Christe our Lorde c. The Epistle THere was a great battaile in heauen Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragō and the Dragon fought
the beginning of Matins or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the congregacion by hym is offended or haue doen any wrong to his neighbours by worde or dede The Curate shall cal hym aduertise hym in any wise not to presume to the lordes table vntill he haue openly declared hymselfe to haue truly repented and amended his former naughtie life that the congregacion maie thereby be satisfied whiche afore were offended and that he haue recompensed the parties whom he hath dooen wrong vnto or at the least bee in full purpose so to doe as sone as he conueniently maie ⧠The same ordre shal the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lordes table vntill he knowe them to bee reconciled And yf one of the parties so at variaunce be content to forgeue from the botome of his hearte all that the other hath trespaced against him and to make amendes for that he hymselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remayne still in his frowardnes and malice The Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent persone to the holy Communion and not hym that is obstinate ⧠Vpon the daie and at the time appointed for the ministracion of the holy Communion the Priest that shall execute the holy ministery shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion that is to saye a white Albe plain with a vestement or Cope And where there be many Priestes or Deacons there so many shal be ready to helpe the Priest in the ministracion as shal bee requisite And shall haue vpon them lykewyse the vestures appointed for their ministery that is to saye Albes with tunacles Then shall the Clearkes syng in Englishe for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalme appointed for that daye The priest standyng humbly afore the middes of the Altar shall saie the Lordes prayer with this Collect. ALmightie GOD vnto whom all heartes bee open and all desyres knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughtes of our heartes by the inspiracion of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee and worthely magnifie thy holy name Through Christ our Lord. Amē Then shall he saye a Psalme appointed for the introite whiche Psalme ended the Priest shall saye or els the Clearkes shall syng iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Prieste standyng at Goddes borde shall begin Glory be to God on high The Clearkes And in yearth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we geue thankes to thee for thy greate glory O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almightie O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of GOD sonne of the father that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that sittest at the righte hande of God the father haue mercie vpon vs For thou onely art holy thou onelye art the Lorde Thou onelye O Christe with the holye Ghoste arte moste highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the priest shall turne hym to the people and saye The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye Then shall folowe the Collect of the daye with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng ALmightie God whose kyngdom is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregaciō and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaūt Edward the sixt our kyng and gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is maye aboue all thinges seke thy honour glory and that we his subiectes duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath maye faithfully serue honour humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost liueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen ALmightie and euerlasting GOD wee bee taught by thy holy worde that the heartes of Kynges are in thy rule and gouernaunce and that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisedom We humbly beseche thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our Kyng and gouernour that in all his thoughtes wordes and workes he maye euer seke thy honour and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and Godlynes Graunt this O merciful father for thy dere sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Collectes ended the priest or he that is appointed shall reade the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of sainct Paule written in the Chapiter of to the The Minister then shall reade thepistle Immediatly after the Epistle ended the priest or one appointed to reade the Gospell shall saye The holy Gospell written in the Chapiter of The Clearkes and people shal aunswere Glory be to thee O Lorde The Priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospell After the Gospell ended the priest shall begin I beleue in one God The Clearkes shall syng the rest The father almightie maker of heauen and yearth and of all thinges visible and inuisible And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of GOD light of light very God of very God begotten not made beeyng of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghoste of the Virgin Mary and was made manne and was Crucified also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate he suffered and was buried and the thirde daie he arose again according to the scriptures and ascended into heauē and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shall come again with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lorde and geuer of life who procedeth frō the father and the sonne who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowlege one Baptisme for the remission of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the deade and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen ¶ After the Crede ended shall folowe the Sermon or Homely or some porcion of one of the Homelies as they shal be hereafter deuided wherin if the people bee not exhorted to the worthy receyuing of the holy Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our sauiour Christ then shall the Curate geue this exhortacion to those that be minded to receiue the same DErely beloued in the Lord ye that minde
therefore let vs serue hym all the dayes of our life in holines and righteousnes accepted before hym Happie are those seruauntes whome the Lorde when he cummeth shall fynde wakyng Be ye readye for the sonne of manne wyll come at an hower when ye thinke not The seruaunte that knoweth hys maisters wyll and hath not prepared hymselfe neyther hath doen accordynge to his will shal be beaten with many stripes The howre cummeth and now it is when true woorshippers shall woorship the father in spirite and truethe Beholde thou art made whole sinne no more leste any wurse thing happen vnto thee If ye shall continue in my worde then are ye my very disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free While ye haue lighte beleue on the lyght that ye may be the children of light He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me If any man loue me he will kepe my woorde and my father will loue hym and we will come vnto hym and dwell with him If ye shal byde in me and my woorde shal abyde in you ye shall aske what ye will and it shall bee doen to you Herein is my father glorified that ye beare muche fruite and become my disciples This is my commaundement that you loue together as I haue loued you If God be on our syde who can be against vs whiche did not spare his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Goddes chosen it is GOD that iustifyeth who is he that can condemne The nyghte is passed and the daye is at hande let vs therfore caste away the dedes of darkenes and put on the armour of light Christe Iesus is made of GOD vnto vs wisedome and righteousnes and sanctifying and redempcion that accordyng as it is written he whiche reioyceth shoulde reioyce in the Lorde Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of GOD and that the spirite of GOD dwelleth in you yf any manne defile the temple of GOD him shall God destroy Ye are derely bought therfore glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirites for they belong to God Be you folowers of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christe loued vs and gaue hymselfe for vs an offeryng and a Sacrifice of a swete sauoure to God Then the Priest shall geue thankes to God in the name of all them that haue communicated turning hym first to the people and saying The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye ALmightie and euerlyuynge GOD wee moste hartely thāke thee for that thou hast vouch safed to feede vs in these holy Misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precious body bloude of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ and hast assured vs duely receyuing the same of thy fauour and goodnes toward vs and that we be very membres incorporate in thy Mistical bodie which is the blessed companye of all faithfull people and heyres throughe hope of thy euerlastynge kingdome by the merites of the moste precious deathe and passion of thy deare sonne We therefore moste humbly beseche thee O heauenly father so to assiste vs wyth thy grace that we may cōtinue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good woorkes as thou haste prepared for vs to walke in through Iesus Christe our Lord to whom with thee and the holy goste bee all honour and glorye worlde without ende Then the Prieste turning hym to the people shall let them depart with this blessing The peace of GOD which passeth all vnderstandyng kepe your heartes and mindes in the knowledge and loue of GOD and of his sonne Iesus Christ our lord And the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne the holy gost be emonges you and remayne with you alway Then the people shall aunswere Amen Where there are no clearkes there the Priest shall saye all thynges appointed herefor them to syng When the holy Communion is celebrate on the workedaye or in priuate howses Then may be omitted the Gloria in excelsis the Crede the Homely and the exhortacion beginning Dearely beloued c. ¶ Collectes to be sayed after the Offertory when there is no Communion euery suche day one ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplicaciōs and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruauntes toward the attainement of euerlasting saluacion that emonge all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall life thei may euer be defended by thy moste gracious and readye helpe throughe Christe our Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerlyuyng GOD vouchesafe we beseche thee to direct sanctifye and gouerne bothe our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the woorkes of thy commaundementes that through thy most mightie proteccion both here and euer we may be preserued in body and soule Through our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche wee haue hearde this daye with our outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardly in our heartes that they may bryng foorth in vs the fruite of good lyuynge to the honoure and prayse of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen PReuente vs O lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracious fauoure and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in al our workes begonne continued and ended in thee we may glorifye thy holy name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting lyfe Through c. ALmightie God the fountayne of all wisdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and our ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassion vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnwoorthines we dare not and for our blyndnes we cannot aske vouchsaue to geue vs for the woorthines of thy sonne Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie god whiche haste promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseche thee mercifully to incline thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe our prayers and supplicacions vnto thee and graunte that those thinges which we haue faithfullye asked accordyng to thy will maye effectually be obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitye and to the settyng foorth of thy glorie Throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde For rayne O God heauenly father whiche by thy sonne Iesu Christ haste promised to all thē that seke thy kingdom the righteousnes therof al thinges necessary to the bodely sustenaunce send vs we beseche thee in thys our necessitie suche moderate rayne and showers that we maie receiue the fruites of the earth to our comforte and to thy honor Through Iesus Christ our Lorde For fayre wether O Lorde God whiche for the sinne of manne didst once drowne all the worlde excepte eight persons and afterwarde of thy great mercie didste promise neuer to destroy it so agayn We humbly beseche
defence agaynst all temptacions to sinne and the assautes of the worlde and the deuill it is moste mete to be ministred when children come to that age that partly by the frayltie of their owne fleshe partly by the assautes of the worlde and the deuill they begyn to be in daungier to fall into synne ¶ Thirdely for that it is agreable with the vsage of the churche in tymes past wherby it was ordeined that confirmacion shoulde be ministred to them that were of perfecte age that they beynge instructed in Christes religion shoulde openly professe their owne fayth and promyse to be obedyent vnto the wyl of God ¶ And that no manne shall thynke that anye detrymente shall come to children by differryng of theyr confirmacion he shal knowe for trueth that it is certayn by goddes worde that chyldren beeyng Baptysed yf they departe out of thys lyfe in theyr infancye are vndoubtedly saued ⧠A CATHECHISME ⧠that is to say an instruccion to bee learned of euery childe before he be brought to be confirmed of the Bushop Question What is your name Aunswere N. or M. Question Who gaue you this name Aunswere MY Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptisme wherin I was made a member of Christ the child of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your Godfathers Godmothers then for you Aunswere They did promise and vowe three thinges in my name First that I shoulde forsake the deuill and all his workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked worlde and all the sinneful lustes of the fleshe Secondly that I should beleue all the articles of the Christian faith And thirdly that I should kepe Gods holy will and commaundementes and walke in the same all the dayes of my life Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bound to beleue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Aunswere Yes verely And by Gods helpe so I will And I hartilye thanke our heauenly father that he hath called me to this state of saluacion through Iesus Christ our saueour And I pray God to geue me his grace that I may continue in thesame vnto my liues ende Question Rehearse the articles of thy beliefe Aunswere I Beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely sonne our lord Whiche was conceyued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Marie Suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified deade and buried he descended into hell The thirde day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie From thence shal he come to iudge the quicke the deade I beleue in the holye goste The holy catholyke churche The communion of sainctes The forgeuenes of synnes The resurreccion of the bodye And the lyfe euerlastinge Amen Question What doest thou chiefely learne in these articles of thy beliefe Aunswere Firste I learne to beleue in God the father who hathe made me and all the worlde Secondly in God the sonne who hathe redemed me and all mankynde Thirdly in God the holy goste who sanctifieth me and all the electe people of God Question You sayde that your Godfathers and Godmothers dyd promyse for you that ye shoulde kepe Goddes commaundementes Tell me howe many there be Aunswere Tenne Question Whiche be they Aunswere THou shalte haue none other Gods but me ii Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the lykenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth thou shalt not bow downe to thē nor wurship them iii. Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde thy God in vayne iiii Remember that thou kepe holy the Sabboth day v. Honor thy father and thy mother vi Thou shalt doe no murdre vii Thou shalt not commit adultry viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wyse nor his seruaunt nor his mayde nor his Oxe nor his Asse nor any thing that is his Question What dooest thou chiefely learne by these commaundementes Aunswere I learne two thinges My duetie towardes God and my duetie towardes my neighbour Question What is thy duetie towardes God Aunswere My duetye towardes God is to beleue in him To feare him And to loue him with al my heart with al my minde with all my soule and with all my strength To wurship him To geue him thankes To put my whole truste in him To call vpon him To honor his holy name and his worde and to serue him truely all the dayes of my lyfe Question What is thy duetie towardes thy neighboure Aunswere My duetie towardes my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe And to doe to all men as I would they shoulde do to me To loue honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the kyng and his ministers To submitte my selfe to all my gouernours teachers spirituall pastours and maisters To ordre my selfe lowly and reuerentlye to all my betters To hurte no bodye by woorde nor dede To bee true and iust in all my dealyng To beare no malyce nor hatred in my heart To kepe my hādes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking liyng and slaundring To kepe my bodye in temperaunce sobrenes and chastitie Not to couet nor desire other mens goodes But learne and laboure truely to geate my owne liuing and to do my duetie in that state of lyfe vnto which it shall please God to cal me Question My good sonne knowe this that thou art not hable to do these thinges of thy selfe nor to walke in the commaundementes of God and to serue him without his speciall grace whiche thou muste learne at all tymes to call for by diligent praier Let me heare therfore yf thou canst say the Lordes praier Aunswere OVr father whiche art in heauen halowed bee thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll bee done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our daily breade And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptacion but delyuer vs from euil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Aunswere I desire my lord God our heauenly father who is the geuer of all goodnesse to sende his grace vnto me to all people that we may wurship him serue him and obey him as we ought to doe And I praye vnto God that he wil sende vs al thinges that be nedeful both for our soules and bodyes And that he wyll be mercifull vnto vs and forgeue vs our sinnes And that it wyll please him to saue and defende vs in al daungers gostly and bodily And that he wil kepe vs from al sinne and wickednes and from our gostly enemye and from euerlasting death And this I trust he wyl do of his mercye and goodnes throughe our lorde Iesu Christe And therfore I
say Amen So be it ¶ So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue tharticles of the faithe the lordes praier the ten commaundementes and also can aunswere to suche questions of this short Cathechisme as the Bushop or suche as he shall appointe shall by his discrecion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bushop by one that shal bee his godfather or godmother that euery childe maye haue a wittenesse of his confirmacion ¶ And the Bushop shal confirme them on this wyse ¶ Confirmacion Our helpe is in the name of the Lorde Aunswere Whiche hath made bothe heauen and yearth Minister Blessed is the name of the lorde Aunswere Henceforthe worlde without ende Minister The lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmightie and euerliuing God who hast vouchesafed to regenerate these thy seruauntes of water the holy gost And hast geue vnto thē forgeuenesse of al their sinnes Sende downe from heauen we beseche thee O lorde vpon them thy holy gost the coumforter with the manifolde giftes of grace the spirite of wysedom and vnderstanding The spirite of councell and gostly strength The spirite of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfyll them O lorde with the spirite of thy holy feare Aunswere Amen Minister Signe them o lorde and marke them to be thine for euer by the vertue of thy holy crosse and passion Confirme and strength them with the inwarde vnccion of thy holy goste mercifully vnto euerlasting lyfe Amen Then the Bushop shall crosse them in the forehead and laye his hande vpon their heade saying N. I signe thee with the signe of the crosse and laye my hande vpon thee In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And thus shall he doe to euery childe one after another And whan he hath layed his hande vpon euery childe then shall he say The peace of the Lorde abyde with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie euerliuing God whiche makest vs bothe to wil and to doe those thinges that bee good and acceptable vnto thy maiestie we make our humble supplicaciōs vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of thy holy Apostles we haue layed our handes to certify them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnes towarde them leat thy fatherly hande we beseche 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 obteine the life euerlasting through our Lorde Iesus Christ who with thee the holy gost liueth reigneth one god world without ende Amen Then shall the Bushop blisse the children thus saying The blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy gost be vpon you and remayne with you for euer Amen The curate of euery parish once in sixe wekes at the least vpon warning by him geuen shall vpon some Soonday or holy day halfe an houre before euensong openly in the churche instructe and examine so many children of his parishe sent vnto him as the time wil serue and as he shall thinke conueniente in some parte of this Cathechisme And all fathers mothers maisters and dames shall cause their children seruauntes and prentises whiche are not yet confirmed to come to the churche at the daye appointed and obedientlye heare and be ordered by the curate vntyll suche time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to learne ¶ And whansoeuer the Bushop shall geue knowledge for children to be brought afore him to any conuenient place for their confirmacion Then shall the curate of euery parishe eyther bring or sende in writing the names of all those children of his parishe whiche can say tharticles of theyr faith the lordes praier the ten commaundementes And also howe many of them can aunswere to thother questions conteined in this Cathechisme ¶ And there shal none be admitted to the holy communion vntyll suche time as he be confirmed ⧠THE FORME OF ⧠Solemnizacion of Matrimonie ¶ First the bannes must be asked three seueral Sondayes or holy dayes in the seruice tyme the people being present after the accustomed maner And if the persones that would be maried dwel in diuers paryshes the bannes must be asked in both paryshes and the curate of the one paryshe shall not solemnize matrimonie betwixt them without a certificate of the bannes beyng thrise asked from the curate of thother paryshe At the daye appointed for Solemnizacion of matrimonie the persones to bee maried shall come into the bodye of the Churche with theyr frendes and neyghbours And there the priest shall thus saye DErely beloued frendes we are gathered together here in the sight of God and in the face of his congregacion to ioyne together this man and this woman in holy matrimonie whiche is an honorable estate instituted of God in paradise in the time of mans innocencie signifying vnto vs the mistical vnion that is betwixt Christ and his churche whiche holy estate Christe adorned and beutifyed wyth his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galile and is commended of Saincte Paule to be honourable emong all men and therfore is not to be enterprised nor taken in hande vnaduisedly lightely or wantonly to satisfie mens carnall lustes appetites lyke brute beastes that haue no vnderstandyng but reuerently discretely aduisedly soberly and in the feare of God Duely cōsideryng the causes for the whiche matrimonie was ordayned One cause was the procreacion of children to be brought vp in the feare and nurture of the Lorde and prayse of God Secondly it was ordeyned for a remedye against synne and to auoyde fornicaciō that suche persons as be maried might lyue chastly in matrimony and kepe themselfes vndefiled membres of Christes body Thirdely for the mutuall societie helpe and comfort that the one ought to haue of the other both in prosperitie and aduersitie Into the which holy estate these two persons present come now to be ioyned Therfore yf any man can shewe any iust cause why they may not lawfully be ioyned so together Lette him nowe speake or els hereafter for euer hold his peace And also speakyng to the persons that shal be maried he shall say I require and charge you as you will aunswere at the dreadfull daye of iudgemente when the secretes of all heartes shal be disclosed that if eyther of you doe knowe any impediment why ye may not be lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie that ye confesse it For be ye well assured that so many as be coupled together otherwayes then Gods worde doth allowe are not ioyned of God neither is their matrimonie lawfull At whiche day of mariage if any man doe allege any impediment why they may not be coupled together in matrimonie And will be bound sureties with him to the parties or els put in a caucion to the full value of suche
which confession the priest shall absolue hym after this forme and the same forme of absolucion shall be vsed in all pryuate confessions OVre Lorde Iesus Christe who hath lefte power to his Churche to absolue all sinners whiche truely repente and beleue in hym of his great mercye forgeue thee thyne offences and by his autoritie committed to me I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And then the priest shall saye the Collecte folowyng Let vs praye O Moste mercifull God whiche accordyng to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put awaye the sinnes of those which truely repent that thou remēbrest thē nomore open thy iye of mercy vpon this thy seruaunt who moste earnestly desireth pardon and forgeuenesse Renue in him moste louing father whatsoeuer hath been decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnal wil and frailnes preserue and continue this sicke membre in the vnitie of thy Churche consider his contricion accept his teares aswage his payne as shal be seen to thee moste expediente for hym And forasmuche as he putteth hys full trust only in thy mercy Impute not vnto hym his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most derely beloued sōne Iesus Christ Amen Then the minister shall saye this Psalme IN thee O Lorde haue I put my trust lette me neuer be put to confusion but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong holde wherunto I may alwaye resorte thou haste promysed to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my castell Deliuer me O my God out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnrighteous and cruell manne For thou O Lorde God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I been holden vp euer since I was borne thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth be filled with thy prayse that I maye syng of thy glory and honour all the daye long Cast me not awaye in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake against me and they that lay waite for my soule take their counsayle together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take him for there is none to deliuer him Goe not ferre from me O God my God haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are agaynste my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonoure that seke to doe me euill As for me I wyll paciently abyde alwaye and wyll prayse thee more and more My mouth shall dayly speake of thy righteousnesse and saluacion for I knowe no ende therof I will goe forth in the strength of the Lorde God and will make mencion of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God haste taught me from my youth vp vntill nowe therfore will I tell of thy wondreous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generacion thy power to all thē that are yet for to come Thy righteousnesse O God is very high and greate thynges are they that thou haste done O God who is lyke vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou haste brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery syde Therfore will I praise thee thy faythfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will be fayne when I syng vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou haste deliuered My tounge also shall talke of thy ryghteousnesse all the daye long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to doe me euill Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnyng c. Addyng this antheme O Saueour of the worlde saue vs whiche by thy crosse and precious bloud haste redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the minister saye THe almyghty Lord whiche is a moste strong tower to all thē that put their trust in hym to whom al thinges in heauen in earth and vnder earth doe bowe and obey be nowe euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whome and through whome thou mayest receyue helth and saluation but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ If the sicke person desyre to be annoynted then shall the priest annoynte hym vpon the forehead or breast onely makyng the signe of the crosse saying thus AS with this visible oyle thy body outwardelye is annoynted so our heauenly father almightie god graunt of his infinite goodnes that thy soule inwardly may be annointed with the holy gost who is the spirite of al strength comfort reliefe and gladnes And vouchesafe for his great mercy if it be his blessed will to restore vnto thee thy bodely health and strength to serue hym and sende thee release of all thy paynes troubles and diseases both in bodye and mynde And howsoeuer his goodnes by his diuine and vnsearcheable prouidence shal dispose of thee we his vnworthy ministers and seruauntes humbly beseche the eternall maiestie to doe with thee accordyng to the multitude of his innumerable mercies and to pardone thee all thy synnes and offences committed by all thy bodely sences passions and carnall affeccions who also vouchesafe mercifullye to graunt vnto thee gostly strēgth by his holy spirite to withstand ouercome al tēptacions assaultes of thine aduersary that in no wise he preuaile againste thee but that thou maist haue perfect victory triumph against the deuil sine deth through Christ our lord Who by his deth hath ouercomed the prince of death with the father the holy gost euermore liueth reigneth god world without end Amen HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me How long shal I seke counsel in my soule be so vexed in myne heart how long shal myne enemie tryūphe ouer me Consider and heare me O Lord my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemy say I haue preuayled agaynste hym for if I be cast down they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hearte is ioyful in thy saluacion I will sing of the lorde because he hath delte so louyngly with me Yea I wil prayse the name of the lord the most higheste Glory be to the father
obteigne remission of our sinnes and al other benefites of his passion And here wee offre and present vnto thee O Lord oure selfe oure soules and bodies to be a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly besechyng thee that whosoeuer shal bee partakers of thys holy Communion maye worthely receiue the moste precious body and bloude of thy sonne Iesus Christe and bee fulfilled with thy grace and heauenly benediction and made one bodye with thy sonne Iesu Christe that he maye dwell in them and they in hym And although we be vnworthy through our manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any Sacrifice Yet we beseche thee to accepte this our bounden duetie and seruice and commaunde these our prayers and supplicacions by the Ministery of thy holy Angels to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the syght of thy diuine maiestie not waying our merites but pardoning our offences through Christe our Lorde by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O father almightie world without ende Amen Let vs praye AS our sauiour Christe hath commaunded and taught vs we are bolde to saye Our father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy Kyngdome come Thy wyll be doen in yearth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespaces as wee forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptacion The Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Then shall the priest saye The peace of the Lorde be alwaye with you The Clearkes And with thy spirite The Priest CHrist our Pascal lābe is offred vp for vs once for al when he bare our sinnes on his body vpō the crosse for he is the very lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the worlde wherfore let vs kepe a ioyfull and holy feast with the Lorde Here the prieste shall turne hym towarde those that come to the holy Communion and shall saye YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your synnes to almightie God and be in loue and charitie with your neyghbours and entende to leade a newe life folowing the cōmaundementes of God and walkyng from hencefurth in his holy wayes drawe nere and take this holy Sacrament to your comforte make your humble confession to almightie God and to his holy churche here gathered together in his name mekely knelyng vpon your knees Then shall this generall Confession bee made in the name of all those that are minded to receyue the holy Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the ministers or by the Prieste hymselfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie GOD father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ maker of all thinges iudge of all menne we knowlege and bewayle our manifold sinnes and wyckednes whiche we from tyme to tyme most greuously haue committed by thoughte woorde and dede agaynste thy diuine maiestie prouokyng moost iustely thy wrath and indignacion againste vs we do earnestly repent and be hartely sory for these oure misdoinges the remembraunce of them is greuous vnto vs the burthen of them is intollerable haue mercie vpon vs haue mercie vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne our Lorde Iesus Christes sake forgeue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnes of life to the honour and glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe our Lorde Then shall the Prieste stande vp and turning hymselfe to the people say thus ALmightie GOD our heauenly father who of his great mercie hath promysed forgeuenesse of synnes to all them whiche with heartye repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto hym haue mercy vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting lyfe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also saye Heare what coumfortable woordes our sauiour Christe sayeth to all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauel and bee heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to the ende that all that beleue in hym shoulde not perishe but haue lyfe euerlastyng Heare also what saynct Paule sayeth This is a true saying and worthie of all men to be receyued that Iesus Christe came into this worlde to saue sinners Heare also what sainct Iohn saieth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous and he is the propiciacion for our sinnes Then shall the Prieste turning hym to gods boord knele down and saye in the name of all them that shall receyue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table o mercifull lorde trustinge in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifold and great mercies we be not woorthie so muche as to gather vp the cromes vnder thy table but thou art the same lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercie Graunte vs therefore gracious lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christe and to drinke his bloud in these holy Misteries that wee maye continually dwell in hym and he in vs that oure synful bodyes may bee made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious bloud Amen Then shall the Prieste firste receiue the Communion in both kindes himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers yf any be there present that they may bee ready to helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people ¶ And when he deliuereth the Sacrament of the body of Christ he shall saye to euery one these wordes The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was geuen for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastyng lyfe And the Minister deliuering the Sacrament of the bloud and geuing euery one to drinke once and no more shall saye The bloud of our Lord Iesus Christe whiche was shed for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastinge lyfe If there be a Deacon or other Priest then shall he folowe with the Chalice and as y e prist ministreth the Sacramēt of the body so shal he for more expedicion minister y e Sacrament of the bloud in fourme before written In the Communion tyme the Clearkes shall syng O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs. O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde graunt vs thy peace Beginning so soone as the Priest doeth receiue the holy Communiō and when the Communiō is ended then shal the Clarkes syng the post Communion ¶ Sentēces of holy scripture to be said or song euery daie one after the holy Communion called the post Communion If any man will folowe me let him forsake hymselfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me Whosoeuer shall indure vnto th ende he shal be saued Praysed be the Lorde god of Israell for he hath visyted and redemed his people