sondaye after weddynge goeth out called Septuagesyma The .xx. Chapyter of Mathewe A IEsus sayde vnto his dysciples The kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto an housholder which weÌ„t out erly in the mornynge to hyre labourers in hys vyneyarde and he agreed with the labourers for a peny a daye sent them into his vyneyard And he went out about the thyrde houre and fawe other standynge ydel in the market place and sayd vnto them / go ye also into my vyneyarde / what soeuer is ryghte / I wyll gyue you and they went theyr waye Agayne he went out about the syxt and nynth houre and dyd lyke wyse And he wente out aboute the eleuenth houre and founde other standyng ydell / and sayd vnto them why stand ye here all the daye ydell They sayd vnto hym Because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde vnto theÌ„ Go ye also into my vyneyarde and what soeuer shal be ryght that shall ye receyue when euen was come the lorde of the vyneyard sayde vnto hys Stewarde call the labourers gyue theÌ„ theyr hyre / begynne at the laste tyll thou come to the fyrste And they which were hyred about the eleueÌ„th houre / came and receyued euery man a peny Then came fyrste / supposynge that they shulde receyue more / they likewyse receyued euery man a peny And when they had receyued it / they grudged agaynste the good maÌ„ of the house sayenge These laste haue wrought but one houre and thou haste made them equall vnto vs / whiche haue borne the burthen hete of the daye He answered to one of them sayenge frende I do the no wronge / dydeste thou not agree with me for a peny Take that which is thy dutye and go thy way / I wyll gyue vnto this laste / as muche as to the / is it not lawfull for me to do as me lysteth with myne owne is thyne eye euyll / bycause I am good / so the laste shal be fyrste / and the fyrst shal be laste / for many are called / but fewe be chosen ¶ The Pistle on the Sonday of lx the .ij. Pystle to the CorinthiaÌ„s and the .xi chapiter G. BRethreÌ„ suffre foles gladly because that ye your selues are wyse / for ye suffre euen yf a man brynge you into bondage / yf a maÌ„ deuoure / yf a maÌ„ take / yf a maÌ„ exalte hym selfe / yf a man smyre you on the face I speke as coÌ„cernynge rebuke as thoughe we had bene weke howe be it wherin so euer any man dare be bolde / I speake folysshelye / I dare be bolde also / They are Ebrues / so am I / They are Israelytes eueÌ„ so am I They are the sede of AbrahaÌ„ / euen so am I. They are the mynisters of Christ I speake as a foole I am more In labours more abuÌ„daÌ„t / iÌ„ strypes aboue measure / in pryson more pleÌ„tuously in deth oft / of the Iewes / fyue tymes receyued I / euery time xl strypes saue one Thryse was I beateÌ„ with roddes I was ones stoned I suffred thryse shyp wrake nyght and day haue I bene in the depht of the see in iorneynge often In parels of waters / in parel of robbers in ieopardies of myne owne nacioÌ„ in ieopardies amonge the hethen / I haue bene in parels in cytyes / in parels in wyldernes / in parels in the see / in parels amonge false brethren in laboure and trauayle / in watchynge oft / in hungre / in thyrst / in fastynge often / in colde / and in nakednes / besyde the thynges which outwardelye happen vnto me I am combred dayly and care for all coÌ„gregacyons who is sycke / I am not sycke / who is hurte in fayth / my herte burneth not yf I must nedes reioyce / I wyll reioyce of myne infyrmites God the father of our lorde Iesus Christ / which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not ¶ The Gospell on the Sondaye of .xl. the .viij. Chapiter of Luke A WHen moch people were gadered togyther / and were come to Iesus out of the cytyes / he spake by a symylytude A sower went out to sowe his sede And as he sowed / some fel by the waye syde / and it was troden vnder fete / and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp / some fel on stones / as sone as it was sproÌ„ge vp / it wythered away because it lacked moystnes / and some fell amonge thornes / and the thornes spronge vp with it / and choked it And some fell on good grounde / and spronge vp bare frute an hoÌ„dreth folde / And as he sayde these thinges he cryed / he that hathe eares to here / let hym heare / hys dyscyples asked hym sayinge what maner symylytude thys shulde be / and he sayde vnto you it is gyuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of god but to other in symylytude / that when they se / they shulde not se / when they heare / they shulde not vnderstande / the similitude is this / The sede is the worde of god those that are besyde the way are / they that heare / and after warde commeth the deuyll and taketh awaye the worde out of theyr hertes lest they shulde beleue and be saued They on the stones are they which when they heare the worde receyue it with ioy / and these haue no rotes / which for a whyle beleue in tyme of teÌ„ptacyon go away That which fell among thornes are they whiche heare and go forth / are choked wyth care and ryches and voluptuous lyuynge and brynge forth no fruyte That in the good grounde they are whiche with a good and pure herte here the word and kepe it and bryng forth fruyte wyth pacieÌ„ce ¶ The Pystle on the Sondaye of .l. the fyrste Pystle to the Corynthyans The .xiij. Chapyter A BRethren thoughe I speake wyth the tonges of men and angels yet had no loue I were euen as souÌ„dyng brasse and as a tynklyng cymball And though I coulde prophesye vnderstode all secretes al knowledge ye yf I had al fayth so that I coulde moue mouÌ„taynes out of their places yet had no loue I were nothyng And though I bestowed all my goodes to fede the poore And though I gaue my body eueÌ„ that I burned yet haue no loue it ê“fyteth my nothyng loue suffereth longe is curteoê° loue enuyeth not loue doth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her owne is not prouoketh to angre thynketh not euyll reioyseth not in iniqite but reioyseth in the truth / suffreth al thyng beleueth al thiÌ„ges / hopeth all thynges And endureth in all thynges Thoughe that the prophesyeng fayle other tonges shal cease or knowledge vanyshe awaye / yet loue falleth neuer away for oure knowledge is vnperfyte our prophesyenge is vnperfyte but when the whyche is perfyte is come / then the which is vnperfyt shal be done away when I was a chylde I spake as
worldes ende for them the generacyon of them and the glory of them shall not be lefte theyr bodyes are buryed in peace and theyr names shall lyue in the worldes all people shall tell the wysedome of them all the coÌ„gragacyon of sayntes shall shew that laud of theÌ„ ¶ The gospell on Relyke sondaye The .v. cha of Mathew A WHen Iesê° sawe the people he went vp into a mountayne when he was set his dysciples came vnto him he openeth his mouth taught theÌ„ sayeng Blessed are the poore in spirite For theyrs is the kyngdom of heueÌ„ Blessed ar they that morne for they shal be coÌ„forted Blessed are that meke for they shall inherite the erth Blessed are they whiche hoÌ„gre thrust for ryghtuousnes for they shal be fylled Blessed are the mercyful for they shal obtayne mercy Blessed are the pure in hert for they shall se god Blessed are the maynteners of peace for they shal be called the chyldreÌ„ of god Blessed are they which suffre ê‘secucioÌ„ for rightuousnes sake for theyrs is the kyngdome of heuen Blessed are ye wheÌ„ men shall reuyle you and persecute you and shal fastly say all maner of euyll sayenges agaynste you for my sake Reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heuen ¶ The Pystle on Saynt Margaretes daye O Lorde my god thou haste exalted my habytacyon vpoÌ„ the erth I haue prayed for death to come I haue called the lorde the father of my lord that he forsake me not in the day of my tribulacyon And in the tyme of proude men wtout helpe I shall laude thy name diligeÌ„tly shal prayse it in coÌ„fessioÌ„ my prayer is hero thou hast delyuered me froÌ„ perdicioÌ„ froÌ„ a wicked tyme therfore lord my god I shal coÌ„fesse giue lande vnto thy name ¶ The gospell on S. Margaretes day the .xiij. cha of Mat. G IEsus sayde vnto his disciples The kyngdom of heueÌ„ is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the felde the which a man founde hyd it for ioy therof goeth selleth all that he hath byeth that felde Agayne the kyngdom of heueÌ„ is lyke vnto a marchauÌ„t sekyÌ„ge after good peerles which wheÌ„ he hath fouÌ„d one precious perle weÌ„t solde all that he had bought it Agayne the kyngdom of heueÌ„ is lyke vnto a net cast into the see / the gathereth of all kyndes of fisshes which wheÌ„ it is ful meÌ„ draw to laÌ„de sit gathereth the good into theyr vessels cast the bad away So shal it be at the ende of the world The Angels shal come seuer the bad froÌ„ the good shal cast theÌ„ iÌ„to a furneys of fyre there shal be waylyÌ„ge gnasshyÌ„g of teth Iesê° sayd vnto theÌ„ haue ye vnderstaÌ„de dal these thynges they sayd ye syr Then sayd he vnto them therfore euery scrybe which is taught vnto the kyngdome is lyke an housholder which bryngeth forth out of his treasure thynges bothe newe and olde ¶ The Pystle on Mary magdaleyn daye Prouerbi xxxi A WomaÌ„ of power veryte yf a maÌ„ coulde fynde the value of her were farre aboue perles The herte of her husbaÌ„d trusteth in her that he nedeth not spoyles She rendereth him good not euyll all the dayes of her lyfe She sought wolle and flaxe did as her haÌ„des serued her She is lyke a marchauÌ„tes shyp that bryngeth her vytayles from far She ryseth yer day / gyueth meate to her housholde fode to her maydens She coÌ„sydered a grounde bought it of the fruyt of her haÌ„des plaÌ„ted a vyne She gyrde her loynes with strength / couraged her armes She perceyued that her huswyfry was profitable / therfore dyd not put out her caÌ„dell by nyght She set her fyngers to the spendell her handes caughte holde on the dystaffe She openeth her hande to the poore / stretched out her handes to the nedy She feared not least the cold of snow shuld hurt her hous for all her housholde were double clothed She made her gay ornamentes of byce / purple was her apparel Her husbande was had in honour in the gates as he sate with the elders of the lande She made lynnen solde it delyuered to the marchauÌ„t Strenth glory were her rayment she laughed in the latter dayes She opened her mouth with wysdom the lawe of rightuousnes was on her toÌ„g She had an eye to her houshold eat not breade ydely Her chyldreÌ„ arose blessed her her husbaÌ„d coÌ„meÌ„ded her Many doughters haue done excelleÌ„tly but thou hast passed theÌ„ all Fauour is a deceauable thynge beaute in vanite but a womaÌ„ that feareth god / she shal be praised Gyue her of the fruyt of her haÌ„des / let her workes prayse her in the gates ¶ The gospell on Mary magdaleyns day the .vi. cha of Lu. E ONe of the Pharyses desyred Iesus that he wolde eate with him / he came in to the Pharyses house and sat downe to meat And beholde a woman in that cyte / which was a synner as sone as she knewe thou Iesus sat at meat in the Pharyses hous she brought an Alabaster boxe of oyntmente / she stode at his fete behynde hym wepyng began to wasshe his fete with teares and dyd wype them with the heares of her hed / kyssed his fete / anoynted them with oyntment When the Pharyse which had him to his house sawe that he spake within hym selfe sayenge Yf this maÌ„ were a Prophete he wolde surely haue knoweÌ„ who what maner woman this is which touched him for she is a synner And Iesus answered sayde vnto him SymoÌ„ I haue some what to say vnto the and he sayde Mayster say on Ther was a certayn leÌ„der which had two detters the one ought .v. hoÌ„dreth pens the other fyfty When they had nothynge to pay he forgaue theÌ„ bothe Whiche of theÌ„ tel me wyl loue hiÌ„ moste SymoÌ„ answered said I suppose that he to whome he forgaue moste / he sayede vnto hym Thou haste truly iudged And he turned to the womaÌ„ / sayed vnto SimoÌ„ Seest thou this woman I eÌ„tred into thy house / thou gauest me no water to my ete but she hath wasshte my fete with teres wyped them with the heares of her heed Thou gauest me no kisse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceased to kysse my fete My heed with oyle thou dydest not anoynt she hath anoynted my fete with oyntmeÌ„t Wherfore I say vnto the many synnes are forgyueÌ„ her because she loued moch To whoÌ„ lesse is forgyueÌ„ the same doth lesse loue And he sayd vnto her thy synnes are forgyueÌ„ ye. And they that sate at meate with him began to saye within them selues Who is this which forgyueth euen synnes and he sayd to the woman Thy fayth hath saued the go in peâ—ce ¶ The pystle on S. Iames daye the Apostle The .ij. Chapyter to the
agayne in the same house â—ary styll eatynge drynkynge such as they haue for the labourer is worthy of his rewarde ¶ The Pystle on the .xj. thousand Vyrgyns day O How fayre is a chast generacyon with charite the memory of it is immortal for it is knoweÌ„ to god man when it is present they folow it desire it wheÌ„ it ledeth theÌ„ it triuÌ„pheth crowned euerlastyngly ouer coÌ„mynge of batayles vndefyled a great multitude of wycked meÌ„ shall not be ê“fytable euyl plaÌ„tes shal not bringe forth hye trees neyther shal set a sure grouÌ„d yf they spryng in tyme in bowes they shal be vnsure put they shal be moued with the wynde shal be plucked vp with vehemency of the wynde the vnperfyte bowes shal be brokeÌ„ the fruyt of theÌ„ shal be vnprofytable bytter to eate profytable to nothynge and al the chyldreÌ„ which shal be borne to wycked men / are witnes of wyckednes agaynst theyr pareÌ„tes in theyr interrogacyoÌ„ the iust man shal be in rest yf he be occupyed with death ¶ The gospel on the .xi. M. vyrgyns day the .xxv. cha of Mat. A IEsus sayd vnto his discyples The kyngdome of heueÌ„ is lykened to .x vyrgiÌ„s which toke their laÌ„pes weÌ„t to mete the brydegrome fyne of them were folyshe fyue were wyse The foles toke they laÌ„pes but toke none oyle with theÌ„ but the wise toke oyle wâ—th theÌ„ in theyr vessels with their laÌ„pes Whyle the brydgrome taryed al sloÌ„bred slept eueÌ„ at my dayght there was a criÌ„e made / behold the brydgâ—om coÌ„meth Go mete him Then al those vyrgyns arose pÌ„pared theyr laÌ„pes And the folyssh sayd vnto the wyse gyue vs of youre oyle for our laÌ„pes go out but the wyse answered sayenge not so lest there be not ynough for vs you but rather go to theÌ„ that sel bye for your selues in coÌ„clusyoÌ„ whyle they weÌ„t to bye the brydgrome came they that were redy weÌ„t in with him to the wedding the gate was shut vp Afterwardes came also the other vyrgyns sayeng Mayster mayster opeÌ„ to vs / but he answered sayd Verely I say vnto you I know you not loke that you watche therfore for ye knowe neyther the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come ¶ The Pystle on Symon and Iudas daye The .viij. chapyter to the Romaynes E BRethren we knowe wel that all thynges workes for the best vnto theÌ„ the louethe God which also are called of purpose for those which he knewe before he also ordayned before the they shuld be like fassioned vnto the shape of his soÌ„ne that he might be the fyrste begoteÌ„ soÌ„ne amonge many brethreÌ„ More ouer which he apoynted before theÌ„ also he called which he â—alâ—â—d theÌ„ also he iustified which he iustifyed / theÌ„ he also glorified What shal we then saye vnto these thynges if God be on our side who caÌ„ be a gaynst vs which spared not his owne soÌ„ne but gaue him for vs al how shal he not with him gyue vs al thynges also Who shal say any thing to the charge of godâ—es choseÌ„ it is god that iustifieth who then shall coÌ„deÌ„pne It is christe which is deed ye tather which is rysen agayn which is also on the ryght hande of god maketh intercessyon for vs. Who shal seperate vs froÌ„ goddes lone Shal trybuiacyon or anguyshe or persecucion eyther hoÌ„ger eyther nakednes eyther parel eyther swerde as it is wrytten for thy sake are we killed al day long are couÌ„red as shepe apointed to be slayne Neuertheles in al these thyÌ„ges we euer come strongely thorowe his helpe the loued vs. Ye I am sure the neyther deth neyther lyfe nor Angel nor rule nether power neither thynges present nor thynges to come / neyther heeth neyther loweth neyther ani other creature shal be able to departe vs froÌ„ goddes loue which is in Christ Iesê° our Lorde ¶ The Gospel on Symon Iudes day the .xv. cha of IohnÌ„ C. IEsus sayed vnto his disciples This I ceÌ„maunde you that ye loue togyther if the world hate you ye know that it hated me / before it hated you if ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue you / hys owne because ye are not of the worlde but I haue thosen you out of the world therfore hateth you the woild RemeÌ„bre my sayeng that I sayed vnto you the seruauÌ„t is not greater theÌ„ his lorde if they haue persecuted me so wylthey persecute you if they haue kepte my sayeÌ„ge so wyl they kepe yours / but all these thynges wyl they do vnto you for my names sake because thy haue not knowen him that sent me Yf I had not com spoken vnto them / they shulde haue had sinne / but nowe haue they nothinge to cloke theyr sinne with al. He the hateth me hateth my Father yf I had not done workes among theÌ„ which none other maÌ„ dyd they had not sene but nowe haue they sene yet haue hated bothe me my father euen that the sayenge myght be fulfylled that is writeÌ„ in their lawe They hated me wtout a cause ¶ The Pystle on the al Halowes daye The .viij. cha of the Reuelacyon of saynt IohnÌ„ A. IOhan sawe an angel ascendyng froÌ„ the rysynge of the sonne which had the seale of the lyuynge god he cryed with a loude voyce to the .iiij. angels to whoÌ„ power was gyuen to hurt the erth the see sayeng hurt not the earth neither the see neither the trees tyl we haue sealed the seruauÌ„tes of our god in theyr forehedes I herde the noÌ„bre of theÌ„ which were sealed there were sealed C. .xliiij. M. of al the trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israell Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe of RubeÌ„ were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Gad were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Asser were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of NeptaliÌ„ were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe Manasses were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe of SymeoÌ„ were sealed .xij. M of the tribe of Leuy were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Isacar were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of zabuloÌ„ were sealed .xij. M. of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xij. M. of the trybe of Beniamyn were sealed .xij. M. After this I behelde lo a great multitude which no maÌ„ coulde noÌ„bre of al nacioÌ„s people tonges stode before the seate before the laÌ„be clothed with longe whyte garmeÌ„tes / Palmes in theyr haÌ„des cryed with a loude voyce sayeng saluacioÌ„ be ascribed to hym that sytteth vpoÌ„ the seate of our god vnto the lambe all the angels stode in the coÌ„ place of the seate of the Elders of the foure beastes fell before the seate on theyr faces worshypped god sayenge Amen Blessynge and glory wysedome and thankes and honour and power and myght be vnto our god