him and set him vp for euer O ye Sunne and Moone speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye showers and dewe speake good of the lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye fyre and heate prayse ye the Lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye winter and summer speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes and frostes speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lyght and darkenes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seas and floudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes and cattell speake ye good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye children of menne speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let Israel speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer O ye priestes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer O Ananias Asarias and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. And after the second lesson throughout the whole yere shall be vsed Benedictus dominus deus Israel c. in Englishe as foloweth BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath lyfted vp an horne of saluacion to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which hath been sence the worlde began That we should be saued from oure enemyes and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers and to remembre his holy couenaunt To perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue vs. That we being deliuered out of the handes of oure enemies might serue him without feare In holynesse and righteousnes before him all the dayes of our lyfe And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God whereby the daye spring from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Then shall be sayed dayly through the yere the prayers folowyng aswell at Euensong as at Mattyns all deuoutly knelyng Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Then the minister shall say the Crede and the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce c. Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunte vs thy saluacion Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy ministers with ryghteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lorde saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne inheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our time O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fyghteth for vs but only thou O God Priest O God make clene our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Then shall dayly folowe three Collectes The firste of the daye which shal be the same that is appoynted at the Cōmunion The second for peace The third for grace to lyue well And the two laste Collectes shall neuer alter but dayly be sayed at Mattyns throughout all the yere as foloweth The priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ¶ Then the Collect of the daye ¶ The second Collect for peace O God which art author of peace louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth our eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte fredome defende vs thy humble seruaūtes in all assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlyuyng God whiche haste safely brought vs to the beginning of this day Defend vs in the same with thy mighty power graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doinges may be ordred by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is ryghteous in thy sight through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠For Euensong throughout the yere ¶ The priest shall saye ⧠OVRE FATHER c Then lykewyse he shall saye O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya As before is appoynted at Mattyns Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes except there be
commaundementes His seede shal be mightie vpon yearthe the generacion of the faythefull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and hys righteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the Godly there ariseth vp lyght in the darkenes he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his wordes with discrecion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in euerlasting remembraunce He will not bee afrayed for any euyl tydynges for hys hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His hearte is stablyshed and will not shrynke vntill he see his desire vpon his enemyes He hath sparsed abroade and geuē to the poore and hys righteousnes remaineth for euer his horne shal bee exalted with honor The vngodlye shall se it and it shall greue him he shall gnashe with his teeth and consume awaye the desyre of the vngodly shall perishe Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. The Collect. Almightie father c. As at the second Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of GOD ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen our faith Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is truethe For there are three whiche beare recorde in heauen the father the woorde and the holy ghoste and these three are one And there are three whiche beare recorde in yearth the spirite and water and bloude and these three are one If wee receyue the witnes of menne the witnes of God is greater For this is the witnes of God that is greater whiche he testified of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hymselfe He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleueth not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall life and this lyfe is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe The Gospell IHesame daye at nyghte whiche was the first day of the Sabbothes whē the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the middes and sayd vnto them Peace be vnto you And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes and his syde Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had saide those wordes he breathed on them and saide vnto them receyue ye the holy gost Whosoeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retaine they are retained ¶ The second Sondaye after Easter HAste thee O God to deliuer me Make haste to helpe me O Lorde Let them bee ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule lette them be turned backeward and put to confusion that wishe me euill Let them for their reward be soone brought to shame that crye ouer me there there But let all those that seke thee be ioyfull and gladde in thee and let al suche as delight in thy saluacion say alway the Lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in misery Haste thee vnto me O God Thou art my helpe and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen thy holy sonne to be vnto vs both a sacrifice for synne and also an example of Godly lyfe Geue vs the grace that we may alwayes moste thankfully receiue that his inestimable benefite and also dayly indeuour our selfes to folowe the blessed steppes of his moste holy lyfe The Epistle THis is thanke worthy yf a manne for conscience toward God indure griefe and suffre wrong vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye bee buffeted for your fautes ye take it paciently But and if when ye doe well ye suffre wrong and take it paciently then is there thāke with God For hereunto verely were ye called For Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye shoulde folowe his steppes whiche dyd no synne neyther was there guyle found in his mouth which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should lyue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng a stray But are nowe turned vnto the shepheard and bishop of your soules The Gospell CHriste sayed to his disciples I am the good shepheard a good shepheard geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hired seruaunte he whiche is not the shepheard neyther the shepe are his owne seeth the wolfe commyng and leaueth the shepe and flieth and the wolfe catcheth and skattreth the shepe The hired seruaunt flyeth because he is an hired seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepheard and knowe my shepe and am knowen of myne As my Father knoweth me euen so knowe I also my Father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde Them also must I bryng and they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one folde and one shepheard ¶ The .iii. Sonday VNto thee O God doe we geue thankes yea vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is so nye and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge accordyng vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabitours therof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayed vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Sette not vp youre horne on hye and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the Southe And why GOD is the iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp an other For in the hande of the Lorde there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he poureth out of thesame As for the dregges therof all the vngodly of the yearth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and prayse hym for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the
paye thee all And he woulde not but wente and cast hym into pryson tyll he shoulde paye the debt So when hys felowes sawe what was doen they were very sory and came and tolde vnto their Lorde all that had happened Then hys Lorde called hym and said vnto him O thou vngracyous seruaunt I forgaue thee all that debt when thou desyredst me shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy felowe euen as I had pitye on thee And his Lorde was wroth and deliuered him to the Iailers tyll he should paye all that was due vnto him So lykewise shall my heauenly father do also to you if ye from your heartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespaces ¶ The. xxiii Sondaye IF the Lorde himselfe had not been on our side nowe maye Israell saye if the Lord hymselfe had not been on our syde when men rose vp agaynst vs. They had swalowed vs vp quick when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs. Yea the waters had drouned vs and the streame had gone ouer our soule The depe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule But praysed be the Lorde which hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto theyr teethe Our soule is escaped euen as a birde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are delyuered Oure helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde whyche hath made heauen and yearth Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning is nowe c. The Collect. GOd our refuge and strenght whiche art the author of al godlynes be ready to heare the deuoute prayers of thy churche and graunte that those thynges whiche we aske faithfully we may obtaine effectually through Iesu Christ oure Lorde The Epistle BRethren be folowers together of me and looke on them whiche walke euen so as ye haue vs for an example For many walke of whome I haue tolde you often and nowe tell you wepyng that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose end is damnacion whose bely is theyr god glory to their shame which are worldly mynded But our conuersacion is in heauen from whence we loke for the sauiour euen the Lorde Iesus Christ which shal chaunge our vyle body that he may make it lyke vnto hys gloryous bodye according to the workyng wherby he is able also to subdue all thinges vnto hymselfe The Gospell THen the Pharyseis wente out and toke counsayll howe they myghte tangle hym in his wordes And they sent out vnto him their disciples with Herodes seruauntes saying Maister we knowe that thou arte true and teacheste the waye of God truely neither carest thou for any man for thou regardest not the outward appearaunce of men Tel vs therfore howe thinkest thou Is it lawful that tribute be geuen vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceyuing theyr wickednes sayd why tempte ye me ye ypocrites Shewe me the tribute money And they toke him a peny And he sayd vnto them whose is this Image and superscripcion they sayd vnto him Cesars Then said he vnto them geue therfore vnto Cesar the thinges whych are Cesars and vnto God those thinges that are Goddes When they had hearde these wordes they meruayled and left him and went their waye ¶ The .xxiiii. sondaye THey that put theyr trust in the Lorde shal be euen as the mount Syon which may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hylles stande about Ierusalem euen so standeth the Lorde round about his people from this time foorth for euer more For the rodde of the vngodly commeth not into the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put theyr hande vnto wickednes Do well O Lorde vnto those that be good and true of hearte As for such as turne backe vnto their owne wickednes the Lorde shall leade them foorth with the euell doers but peace shal be vpon Israell Glory be to the father to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee assoyle thy people from their offences that through thy bountifull goodnes we may be deliuered from the bandes of all those sinnes which by our frayltye we haue committed Graunt thys c. The Epistle WE geue thankes to God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ alwaies for you in our prayers for wee haue heard of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue which ye beare to al saintes for the hopes sake which is layde vp in store for you in heauen of whyche hope ye heard before by the true worde of the gospel which is come vnto you euen as it is fruitful and groweth as it is also among you from the daye in the which ye heard of it and had experience in the grace of god through the trueth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare felowe seruaūt whiche is for you a faithfull minister of Christe which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirite For thys cause we also euersence the daye we heard of it haue not ceased to praye for you and to desyre that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his wyll in all wysdome and spirituall vnderstandyng that ye myght walke worthy of the Lorde that in al thynges ye maye please being fruitefull in all good workes and encreasing in the knoweledge of God strengthed with all myght through hys gloryous power vnto all pacience and long sufferyng with ioyfulnesse geuyng thākes vnto the father which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inherytaunce of saynctes in lyghte The Gospell WHyle Iesus spake vnto the people beholde there came a certayne ruler and worshipped hym saying my doughter is euē nowe disceased but come and laye thy hande vpon her and she shall liue And Iesus arose folowed hym and so dyd his discyples And beholde a woman which was diseased with an issue of bloude twelue yeres came behinde him and touched the hemme of his besture For she sayd within her selfe If I maye touche but euen his vesture only I shal be safe But Iesus turned hym about and when he sawe her he sayde doughter be of good cōfort thy fayth hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen that same tyme. And whē Iesus came into the rulers house and sawe the minstrelles and the people makyng a noyse he sayde vnto them get you hence for the mayde is not dead but slepeth And they laughed hym to scorne But when the people were put furth he went in and toke her by the hande and sayd damosell arise And the damosel arose And this noise went abrode into all that lande ¶ The .xxv. Sondaye EXcept the Lorde builde the house their labour is but lost that buylde it Except the Lorde kepe the citye the watcheman waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye haste to ryse vp early and
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
childers children and peace vpon Israel 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 euerliuing God whiche for the more confirmacion of the fayth didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtfull in thy sonnes resurreccion graunt vs so perfectly and without al doubt to beleue in thy sōne Iesus Christe that our fayth in thy sight neuer be reproued heare vs O Lorde through the same Iesus Christe to whom with thee and the holy gost be all honour c. The Epistle HOw ye are not straungers nor foreiners but citezens with the sainctes and of the householde of God and are builte vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christe himselfe beeing the head corner stone in whom what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are built together to be an habitacion of God through the holy gost The Gospell THomas one of the twelue whiche is called Didimus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therfore sayde vnto hym we haue seen the Lord. But he sayd vnto them except I see in his handes the printe of the nayles and put my finger into the printe of the nayles and thrust my hande into his syde I will not beleue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stode in the middes and saied peace be vnto you And after that he sayed to Thomas bryng thy finger hither and see my handes and reache hither thy hande and thrust it into my syde and be not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas aunswered and sayed vnto hym my Lorde and my God Iesus sayed vnto hym Thomas because thou haste seen me thou haste beleued blessed are they that haue not seen yet haue beleued And many other sygnes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples whiche are not written in this booke These are written that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of God and that in beleuyng ye myght haue lyfe through his name ¶ The conuersion of Saincte Paule At Mattyns The .ii. Lesson Act .xxii. vnto they heard hym I Will geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde with my whole hearte euen before the Gods wyll I syng prayse vnto thee I will wurshippe towarde thy holy temple and prayse thy name because of thy louing kindnes and trueth for thou haste magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with muche strength All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee O Lorde for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall sing in the wayes of the Lorde that great is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lorde be hye yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre of Though I walke in the middest of trouble yet shalt thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche forth thine hande vpon the furiousnesse of myne enemies and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindnes toward me yea thy mercy O Lorde endureth for euer despyse not then the workes of thyne owne handes 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. GOD whiche haste taught all the worlde through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Sainct Paule graunt we beseche thee that we whiche haue his woonderfull conuersion in remembraunce may folowe and fulfill the holy doctrine that he taught through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathyng out threatnynges and slaughter againste the Disciples of the Lorde wente vnto the hye priest and desired of hym letters to carye to Damasco to the Sinagoges that if he founde any of this way whether they were menne or women he might bring them bound vnto Ierusalem And whē he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hym a light from heauen and he fel to the earth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lorde And the Lorde sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trēbling and astonied sayed Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord sayed vnto him arise and goe into the citie it shal be tolde thee what thou must doe The men whiche iourneied with him stode amased hearing a voyce but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth and when he opened his iyes he sawe no man But they led hym by the hande and brought hym into Damasco And he was three daies without sight and neither did eate nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias to him sayed the Lord in a vision Ananias and he sayd behold I am here Lord. And the Lord sayde vnto him arise and goe into the strete whiche is called streight and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus For beholde he prayeth and hath seen in a vision a manne named Ananias cumming in to him putting his handes on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how muche euill he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem here he hath aucthoritie of the hye priestes to bind al that call on thy name The Lord sayd vnto him go thy way for he is a chosē vessel vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles and kinges and the childrē of Israel For I wil shewe him how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and put his hādes on him and sayd brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest hath sēt me that thou mightest receiue thy sight be filled with the holy gost And immediately there fel frō his iyes as it had been scales he receiued sight and arose and was baptised and receiued meate and was coumforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco And straight way he preached Christe in the Sinagogues howe that he was the sonne of God But all that hearde him were amased and sayde is not this he that spoyled them whiche called on this name in Ierusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound vnto the hie priestes But Saul encreased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes whiche dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christe The Gospell PEter aunswered and sayd vnto Iesus behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shal we haue
geue it you ¶ At Euensong ¶ The second lesson Act. xv vnto After certayne dayes ¶ Saynct Iohn Baptist ¶ Proper lessons at Mattyns The first lesson Malach. iii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. iii. vnto the ende At the communion HEare my prayer O Lorde and considre my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man lyuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smittē my life down to the ground he hath laied me in the darknes as the men that haue been long dead Therfore is my spirite vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remembre the tyme past I muse vpon all thy workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hādes I stretche forth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thristie lande Heare me O Lord and that soone for my spirite wereth faynte hide not thy face from me lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe into the pitte O let me heare thy louynge kindenesse betymes in the morning for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Delyuer me O Lorde from myne enemies for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy louing spirite leade me forth vnto the lande of righteousnes Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnes sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnes slay mine enemies and destroie all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God by whose prouidence thy seruaunte Iohn Baptiste was wonderfully borne and sente to prepare the waye of thy sonne our sauiour by preachynge of penaunce make vs so to folowe hys doctrine and holy lyfe that we may truly repent according to his preachyng and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldly rebuke vice and paciently suffer for the truethes sake through Iesus Christe our lorde The Epistle BE of good there my people O ye Prophetes comfort my people sayeth your God comforte Ierusalem at the heart and tell her that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficiēt correccion for all her sinnes A voyce crieth in wildernes prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the deserte Lette all valleys be exalted and euery mountayne and hyll be layed lowe whatso is croked let it be made straight and lette the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shall appeare and all fleshe shall at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophete aunswered what shall I cry that all fleshe is grasse that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the fielde The grasse is withered the floure falleth a way Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuerthelesse whether the grasse wyther or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidynges lift vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem Lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God beholde the Lorde God shall come with power and beare rule with hys arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with him and his workes go before him He shall feede his flocke lyke an heardman He shall gather the lambes together with his arme and carye them in his bosome and shall kyndely entreate those that beare yong The Gospell ELizabethes tyme came that she should be deliuered and she brought furth a sonne And her neighbours and her cosins hearde howe the Lord had shewed greate mercye vpon her and they reioysed wyth her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe called his name Zacharias after the name of his father And his mother answered sayd not soo but he shall be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kinred that is named w t this name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrot saying his name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouthe was opened immediatly his tonge also and he spake praysed God And feare came on al thē that dwelt nye vnto them And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iury and al they that heard them laied thē vp in their heartes saying what maner of chylde shall thys be And the hande of the Lorde was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hathe raysed vp an horne of saluacion vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued from our enemies from the hand of all that hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers remembre his holy couenaunte And that he woulde performe the othe which he sware to our father Abrahā for to geue vs. That we deliuered out of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym wythout feare all the dayes of our lyfe in such holines and righteousnes as are acceptable before him And thou child shalt be called the prophete of the hiest for thou shalte goe before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes to geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissiō of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God wherby the day spring frō an hie hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes in the shadowe of death to guyde our feete into the waye of peace And the child grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernes tyll the day came when he should shewe himselfe vnto the Israelites Proper lessons at Euensong The first lesson Malach. iii. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. xiiii vnto when Iesus hearde ¶ Sainct Peters day At Mattyns The seconde lesson Act. iii. vnto the ende At the Communion BLessed be the Lorde my strengthe whyche teacheth my handes to warre and my fyngers to fyght My hope and my fortresse my castle and delyuerer my defender in whome I truste whiche subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast suche respect vnto hym or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Manne is lyke a thyng of naughte his tyme passeth
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
thy mercy and euermore serue thee in purenes of lyuyng to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie God which haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accorde to make oure commune supplicacions vnto thee and doest promise that whan two or three be gathered in thy name thou wylt graunte theyr requestes fulfill nowe O Lorde the desyres and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedience for them grauntyng vs in this worlde knowlege of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen ⸪ ⧠OF THE ADMI ⧠nistracion of publyke Baptisme to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncient wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde tyme was not commōlye ministred but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and whitsontyde at whiche tymes it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion Whiche custome nowe beeynge growen out of vse although it cannot for many consideracions be well restored agayne yet it is thought good to folowe the same as nere as conueniently maye be Wherfore the people are to be admonished that it is moste conueniente that Baptisme shoulde not be ministred but vpon Sondayes and other holye dayes when the moste numbre of people maye come together As well for that the congregacion there present maye testifie the receyuyng of them that be newely Baptised into the numbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baytisme of Infantes euery manne present maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in hys Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expedient that Baptisme be ministred in the Englishe tounge Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children oughte at all tymes to be Baptised eyther at the Churche or els at home ⧠PVBLIKE BAPTISME ⧠When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sonday or holy daye the parentes shall geue knowlege ouer nyght or in the mornyng afore the beginnyng of Mattens to the curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people wyth the children muste be ready at the churche doore either immediatly afore the last Canticle at Mattens or els immediatly afore the last Canticle at Euensong as the Curate by hys discrecion shal appoynte And then standyng there the pryest shall aske whether the chyldren bee Baptised or no. If they aunswere No. Then shall the priest saye thus DEare beloued forasmuche as al men be conceyued and borne in sinne and that no man borne in synne can entre into the kyngdom of God except he be regenerate and borne a newe of water and the holy ghost I beseche you to cal vpon God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his bounteouse mercy he wyl graūt to these childrē that thing whiche by nature they cannot haue that is to saye they maye be Baptized with the holy ghost and receyued into Christes holy churche and bee made lyuely membres of the same Then the priest shall saye Let vs praye ALmyghtie and euerlasting God which of thy iustice dyddest destroy by floudes of water the whole worlde for sinne except .viii. persones whome of thy mercy the same tyme thou diddest saue in the Arke And when thou dyddest drowne in the reade sea wicked King Pharao with all his armie yet at the same time thou diddest lead thy people the children of Israel safely through the myddes therof whereby thou diddest figure the washing of thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ thou diddest sanctifie the flud Iordan all other waters to this misticall washing away of sinne we beseche thee for thy infinite mercies that thou wilte mercifully looke vpon these children and sanctifie them with thy holy gost that by this holsome lauer of regeneration whatsoeuer synne is in them maye be washed cleane away that they beyng deliuered from thy wrath may be receyued into tharke of Christes Church and so saued from peryshing and being feruente in spirite stedfaste in fayth ioyfull through hope rooted in charite maye euer serue thee And finally attayne to euerlasting lyfe with all thy holy and chosen people This graunte vs we beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake our Lord. Amen ¶ Here shall the prieste aske what shal be the name of the childe and when the Godfathers and Godmothers haue tolde the name then he shall make a crosse vpon the childes foreheade and breste saying ¶ N. Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse both in thy forehead and in thy breste in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confesse thy faith in Christ crucified and manfully to fyght vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continewe his faythful soldiour and seruaunt vnto thy lyfes ende Amen And this he shall doe and saye to as many children as bee present to be Baptised one after another Let vs praye ALmightie and immortall God the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the deade we call vpon thee for these infantes that they cummyng to thy holy Baptisme may receyue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneracion Receyue them O Lorde as thou haste promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue nowe vnto vs that aske Lette vs that seke finde open thy gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes maye enioy the euerlasting benediccion of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kyngdome whiche thou haste promysed by Christe our Lorde Amen Then let the prieste lokyng vpon the children saye I Commaunde thee vnclene spirite in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste that thou come oute and departe from these infantes whom our Lorde Iesus Christe hathe vouchesaued to call to his holye Baptisme to be made membres of his bodye and of his holye congregacion Therefore thou cursed spirit remembre thy sentence remembre thy iudgement remembre the daye to be at hand wherin thou shalt burne in fyre euerlasting prepared for thee and thy Aungels And presume not hereafter to exercise anye tirannye towarde these infantes whom Christe hathe bought with his precious bloud and by this his holy Baptisme calleth to be of his flocke Then shall the priest saye The Lorde be with you The people And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Heare nowe the gospell written by S. Marke AT a certayne tyme they broughte children to Christe that he shoulde touche them and hys dysciples rebuked those that broughte them But when Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayed vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kyngdome of God as a litle child he shall not entre therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he
put his handes vpō them and blessed them After the gospell is reade the minister shall make thys briefe exhortacion vpon the wordes of the gospell FRendes you heare in thys gospell the wordes of oure Sauiour Christe that he commaunded the children to be brought vnto hym howe he blamed those that woulde haue kept them from hym howe he exhorteth all menne to folowe their innocencie Ye perceyue howe by hys outwarde gesture and dede he declared hys good wyll towarde them For he embraced them in his armes he laied his handes vpon thē and blessed thē doubte ye not therfore but earnestlye beleue that he will lykewyse fauourably receiue these presente infantes that he will embrace them with the armes of hys mercy that he will geue vnto them the blessing of eternall lyfe and make them partakers of his euerlasting kyngdome Wherfore we beeing thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenlye father toward these infantes declared by his sonne Iesus Christ And nothyng doubting but that he fauourablye alloweth thys charitable woorke of ours in bringyng these children to his holy baptisme let vs faythfully and deuoutely geue thankes vnto him And saye the prayer whiche the Lorde himselfe taught And in declaracion of our fayth let vs also recyte the articles conteyned in our Crede Here the minister with the Godfathers Godmothers and people present shall saye ¶ Our father whiche arte in heauen halowed bee thy name c. And then shall say openly I beleue in God the father almightie c. The priest shall adde also this prayer ALmyghtie and euerlasting God heauenly father wee geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchsaued to call vs to knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increace and cōfirme this faith in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirit to these infantes that they maye bee borne agayne and be made heyres of euerlasting saluacion through our Lorde Iesus Christe Who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirite nowe and for euer Amen Then let the Priest take one of the children by the right hande thother being brought after him And cūming into the churche towarde the fonte saye THe Lorde vouchsafe to receyue you into hys holy housholde and to kepe and gouerne you alway in the same that you may haue euerlasting lyfe Amen Then standing at the fonte the priest shall speake to the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued frendes ye haue brought these children here to bee Baptised ye haue prayed that oure Lorde Iesus Christe woulde vouchsafe to receiue them to laye hys handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of theyr synnes to geue them the kyngdome of heauen and euerlastyng lyfe Ye haue hearde also that our Lorde Iesus Christ hath promised in his gospel to graunt all these thinges that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his parte wil moste surely kepe and perfourme Wherefore after this promise made by Christe these infantes must also faithfully for theyr parte promise by you that be their suerties that they wil forsake the deuill and all hys woorkes and constantlye beleue Gods holy woorde and obediently kepe his commaundementes Then shall the prieste demaunde of the childe whiche shall be firste Baptised these questyons folowyng firste namyng the childe and saying N. Doeste thou forsake the deuil and all his woorkes Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the vayne pompe and glorie of the worlde with all the couetous desyres of the same Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wilt not folowe nor be led by them Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and yearth Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in Iesus Christe his onely begotten sonne our lord and that he was conceiued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Mary that he suffered vnder Poncius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did ryse agayne the thirde day that he ascended into heauen sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie And from thence shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead Doest thou beleue this Aunswere I beleue Minister Doeste thou beleue in the holy Goste the holy Catholyke Churche the Communion of Sainctes Remissyon of Sinnes Resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlastyng lyfe after death Aunswere I beleue Minister What doest thou desyre Aunswere Baptisme Minister Wilt thou be Baptised Aunswere I will ¶ Then the priest shall take the childe in his handes and aske the name And namyng the chylde shall dippe it in the water thryse First dipping the rightside Second the leftside The thirde time dipping the face towarde the fonte So it be discretely and warely done saying ¶ N. I Baptize thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen ¶ And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresayde woordes N. I Baptize thee c. Then the Godfathers and Godmothers shall take and laye theyr handes vpon the chylde and the minister shall put vpon hym hys whyte vesture commonly called the Crisome And say Take thys whyte vesture for a token of the innocencye whiche by Gods grace in this holy sacramente of baptisme is geuen vnto thee and for a sygne wherby thou art admonished so long as thou liuest to geue thy selfe to innocencie of liuing that after thys transitory lyfe thou mayest be partaker of the life euerlasting Amen Then the Priest shall annoynte the infante vpon the head saying ALmightie God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who hath regenerate thee by water and the holye goste and hath geuen vnto thee remission of all thy sinnes he vouchesaue to annoynte thee with the vnccyon of hys holy spirite and bring thee to the inheritance of euerlasting lyfe Amen When there are many to be Baptised this ordre of demaunding Baptisyng puttyng on the Crisome and enoyntyng shal be vsed seuerally with euery childe Those that be first Baptised departyng from the fonte and remaynyng in some conuenyente place within the Churche vntill all bee Baptised At the laste ende the priest callyng the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this short exhortacion folowing FOr asmuche as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and all his woorkes to beleue in God and to serue hym you muste remember that it is youre partes and duetie to see that these infantes bee taughte so soone as they shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and professyon they haue made by you And that they maye knowe these thynges the better ye shall call vpon them to heare sermons and chiefely you shall prouyde that they maye learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes in thenglishe tonge and al other thinges whiche a Christian manne oughte to knowe and beleue to
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
charges as the persons to be maried doe susteyne to proue his allegacion then the Solemnizacion must be differed vnto suche time as the trueth be tryed Yf no impediment be alleged then shall the curate saye vnto the man N. Wilt thou haue this woman to thy wedded wyfe to lyue together after Gods ordeynaunce in the holy estate of matrimonie wilt thou loue her coumforte her honor and kepe her in sickenesse and in health And forsaking all other kepe thee onely to her so long as you both shall lyue The man shall aunswere I will Then shall the priest saye to the woman N. Wilt thou haue this man to thy wedded houseband to lyue together after Gods ordeinaunce in the holy estate of matrimony wilt thou obey him and serue him loue honor kepe him in sicknes in health And forsaking al other kepe thee only to him so long as you both shall lyue The woman shall aunswere I will Then shall the minister saye Who geueth this woman to be maried to this man And the minister receiuyng the woman at her father or frendes handes shall cause the man to take the woman by the righthande and so eyther to geue theyr trouth to other The man first saying I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife to haue and to hold from this day forward for better for wurse for richer for poorer in syckenesse and in health to loue and to cherishe till death vs depart accordyng to Gods holy ordeinaunce And therto I plight thee my trouth Then shall they looce theyr handes and the woman taking agayn the man by the right hande shall say I N. take thee N. to my wedded husbande to haue and to holde from this day forwarde for better for wurse for richer for poorer in sickenes and in health to loue cherishe and to obey til death vs depart according to Goddes holy ordeinaunce And therto I geue thee my trouth Then shall they agayne looce theyr handes and the man shall geue vnto the woman a ryng and other tokens of spousage as golde or syluer laying the same vpon the booke And the priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to put it vpon the fowerth finger of the womans lefte hande And the man taughte by the priest shal say ¶ With this ring I thee wed This golde and siluer I thee geue with my body I thee wurship and with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauyng the ryng vpon the fowerth fynger of the womans left hande the minister shall say ¶ Let vs pray O Eternal god creator and preseruer of al mankind geuer of al spirituall grace the author of euerlasting life sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this man and this woman whome we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca after bracellets Iewels of golde geuen of th one to thother for tokens of their matrimonye liued faithfully together So these persons may surely performe and kepe the vowe and couenaunt betwixt them made wherof this ring geuen and receiued is a token and pledge And may euer remayne in perfite loue and peace together And lyue according to thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Prieste ioyne theyr ryghtehandes together and say ¶ Those whome god hath ioyned together let no man put a sunder Then shall the minister speake vnto the people FOr asmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed the same here before God and this cumpany And therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth either to other and haue declared the same by geuing and receiuing golde and siluer and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wyfe together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the minister shall adde this blessing ¶ God the father blesse you ✚ God the sōne kepe you god the holy gost lighten your vnderstandyng The lorde mercifully with his fauor loke vpon you and so fill you with al spirituall benediccion and grace that you may haue remission of your sinnes in this life and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen Then shall they goe into the quier and the ministers or clearkes shall say or sing this Psalme folowing BLessed are all they that feare the lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happie shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitful vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olife braūches round about thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the lorde The lorde from out of Sion shal so blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalte see thy childers children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. Or els this psalme folowyng GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lighte of his countenaunce and bee merciful vnto vs. That thy waye may bee knowen vpon yearth thy sauing health emong all nacions Leate the people prayse thee O God yea leat all people prayse thee O leate the nacions reioyce and bee glad for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon yearth Leat the people prayse thee O God leat all people prayse thee Then shall the yearth bring foorthe her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessinge God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him Glorye be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The psalme ended and the manne and woman knelyng afore the aulter the prieste standyng at the aulter and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Aunswere Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euyll Amen Minister O lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmaide Aunswere whiche put their truste in thee Minister O lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Bee vnto them a tower of strength Aunswere From the face of their enemye Minister O lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And leat my crie come vnto thee The Minister Let vs praye O God of Abrahā God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes sowe the seede of eternal life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shal profitably learne they may in dede fulfil the same Looke O lord mercifully vpon them from heauen blesse them And as thou didest sende thy Aungell Raphaell to Thobie and Sara the daughter of Raguel to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessinge vpon these thy seruauntes that they
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
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
written man shal not liue by bread only but by euery woord that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holye citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym if thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungels charge ouer thee and with theyr handes they shall holde thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceding hygh mountayne and sheweth hym al the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorye of them and sayeth vnto hym all these will I geue thee if thou wylte fall downe and wurship me Then sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan for it is written Thou shalt wurship the Lorde thy God and him onely shalte thou serue Then the deuill leaueth him and beholde the Aungels came and ministred vnto hym ¶ The second Sonday OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce Oh let thine eares consider well the voyce of my complaynte If thou Lorde wilt be extreme to marke what is done amysse Oh Lorde who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therfore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lorde my soule doeth wayte for hym in his woorde is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the Lorde beefore the mornyng watche I saye before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with him is plenteous redempcion And he shall redeme Israell from all his sinnes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doeste see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues kepe thou vs both outwardelye in our bodyes and inwardelye in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersityes whiche may happen to the bodye and from all euyll thoughtes whiche may assault and hurt the soule through Iesus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseche you brethren and exhort you by the lorde Iesus that ye increase more and more euen as ye haue receyued of vs howe ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesu Christe For this is the will of God euen your holynes that ye shoulde abstayne from fornicacion and that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honour and not in the luste of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bergaynyng because that the lord is the auēger of al such thinges as we tolde you before and testifyed For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not manne but God whiche hath sente his holy spirite among you The Gospell IEsus wente thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde a woman of Canaan whiche came oute of the same coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lord thou sōne of Dauid My daughter is pieteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israell Then came she wurshipped him saying Lord help me He answered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She answered and sayd truth Lorde for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from theyr maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O woman great is thy faythe be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen at the same time ¶ The .iii. Sonday GEue sentence with me O God and defende my cause agaynste the vngodly people Oh deliuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man For thou arte the God of my strengthe why haste thou put me from thee and why goe I so heauely while the enemye oppresseth me Oh sende out thy light and thy trueth that they maye leade me bryng me vnto thy holy hyll to thy dwellyng And that I may goe vnto the aultare of God euen vnto the God of my ioye and gladnesse and vpon the harpe will I geue thankes vnto thee O God my God Why art thou so heauy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. WE beseche thee almightie God looke vpon the hartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche foorth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynste all our enemyes through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE you the folowers of god as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring a sacrifice of a swete sauour to god As for fornication al vnclennes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becūmeth sainctes or filthines or folish talking or iestyng whiche are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes For this ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane persone or couetous persone whiche is a wurshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceiue you with vayne woordes For because of such thynges cummeth the wrath of God vpon the childrē of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sumtyme darkenes but now are ye lighte in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes and righteousnes truth Accepte that whiche is pleasyng vnto the Lorde and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thinges whiche are done of them in secrete but all thynges when they are brought furth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifeste thesame is lyghte wherefore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shall geue thee light The Gospell IEsus was casting out a deuyl that was dumme And when he had cast out the deuill the dumme spake and the people woondered But some of them sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of hym a sygne from heauen But he knowyng theyr thoughtes sayd vnto them Euerye kyngdome deuyded agaynste it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also bee deuyded agaynste hymselfe howe shall hys kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I caste out deuilles throughe Beelzebub If I by
worlde seeth hym not neyther knoweth hym But ye knowe hym for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you I will not leaue you comfortles but wyll come to you Yet a lytle whyle and the worlde seeth me no more but ye see me For I lyue and ye shall lyue That daye shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hathe my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I will loue him and will shewe myne owne selfe vnto hym ¶ Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Euensong Psalm Ciiii. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges Psalm Cxlv. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges ¶ Monday in Whitson weke O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we oure selfes we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O Goe your waye into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into his courtes with prayse be thankefull vnto hym and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercy is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ¶ God whiche c. As vpon Whitsondaye The Epistle THen Peter opened his mouth and sayd of a trueth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persones with God but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sente vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesu Christe whiche is Lorde ouer all thynges whiche preaching was published throughout all Iewry and beganne in Galile after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached howe God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goste and with power Whiche Iesus wente about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuill For God was with him And we are witnesses of all thinges whiche he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whome they slewe and hanged on tree Hym God raysed vp the thirde day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for thesame entente which did eate and drinke with hym after he arose from death And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordayned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead To hym geue all the Prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shal receiue remission of synnes Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy gost fell on all them whiche heard the preaching And they of the circumcisiō which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the gentiles also was shedde out the gifte of the holy gost For they heard them speake with tongues magnifye God Then aunswered Peter can any man forbid water that these should not be baptised whiche haue receyued the holy gost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptised in the name of the Lorde Then prayed they hym to tarye a fewe dayes The Gospell SO God loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sōne that whosoeuer beleueth in him should not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condemne the worlde but that the worlde through him myght be saued He that beleueth on hym is not condēned But he that beleueth not is condemned already because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of God And this is the condemnacion that lyght is come into the worlde and men loued darkenes more then lyght because theyr dedes were euill For euery one that euill doeth hateth the light neyther cummeth to the light leste his dedes should be reproued But he that doeth trueth cummeth to the light that his dedes may be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ¶ Tuesday ¶ At the communion MY song shall be of mercye and iudgemente vnto thee O Lorde will I syng O let me haue vnderstandyng in the way of Godlynes When wilt thou come vnto me I wyll walke in my house with a perfect heart I will take no wicked thing in hande I hate the sinnes of vnfaythfulnes there shall no suche cleaue vnto me A frowarde heart shall departe from me I wyll not knowe a wicked person Whoso prieuely slaundreth his neyghbour hym wyll I destroy Whoso hath also a proude looke and an hie stomake I will not suffre him Myne iyes looke vnto suche as be faythfull in the lande that they may dwell with me Whoso leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunt There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarye in my syght I shal soone destroy al the vngodly that are in the lande that I may roote out all wicked doers from the citie of the Lorde Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginnyng c. The Collect. God whiche c. As vpon whitsonday The Epistle WHen the Apostles whiche were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria had receyued the word of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn Which when they were come downe praied for thē that they myght receyue the holy gost For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christ Iesu Thē layde they theyr handes on them they receyued the holy goste The Gospell VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in by the doore into the shepefold but climeth vp some other waye thesame is a thefe and a murtherer But he that entreth in by the doore is the shepheard of the shepe To him the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he calleth his owne shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sent furthe his owne shepe he goeth before them and the shepe folow him for they knowe his voyce A straunger will they not folowe but will flye from him for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstoode not what thynges they were whiche he spake vnto them Then sayed Iesus vnto them agayne verely verely I saye vnto you I am the doore of the shepe All euē as many as came before me are theues and murtherers but the shepe dyd not heare them I am the doore by me yf any enter in he shal be safe and shal goe in and out and fynde pasture A thefe cummeth not but for to steale kill and destroy I am come that they myght haue lyfe that they myght haue it more
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
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
xvi  xvi xxxviii xvi xxxix iiii A xvi kl xvii  xvii xl xvii xli v b xv kl xviii  xviii xlii xviii xliii ii Peter i c xiiii kl xix  xix xliiii xix xlv ii d xiii kl xx  xx xlvi xx xlvii iii e xii kl xxi Tho. Apost xxi xlviii xxi xlix i. Iohn i f xi kl xxii  xxii l xxii li ii g x. kl xxiii  xxiii lii xxiii liii iii A ix kl xxiiii  xxiiii liiii xxiiii lv iiii b viii kl xxv Nati dn̄i xxv Esay ix Math. i Esay vii Tit. iii c vii kl xxvi Stephan xxvi lvi act vi vii lvii Actes vii d vi kl xxvii Iohn Euan xxvii lviii Apoc. i lix Apo. xxii e v. kl xxviii Innocen xxviii Ier. xxxi Acte xxv Esay lx i. Iohn v f iiii kl xxix  xxix Esay lxi xxvi lxii ii Iohn i g iii kl xxx  xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii iii. Ihō i. A Prid. kl xxxi  xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠for Mattins dayly through the yere The priest beyng in the quier shall begynne with a loude voyce the Lordes prayer called the pater noster OVRE father whiche arte in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou my lyppes Aunswere And my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya Then shal be sayed or song without any Inuitatory this Psalme Venite exultemas c in Englishe as foloweth O Come let vs syng vnto the Lorde let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lorde is a great God and a great kyng about all goddes In his hande are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde oure God and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not youre heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortye yeares longe was I greued with this generacion and sayed it is a people that do erre in their heartes for they haue not knowne my wayes Vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then shall folowe certaine Psalmes in ordre as they been appointed in a table made for that purpose excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the ende of euery Psalme throughout the yeare and likewise in the ende of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be reapeted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Thē shal be read .ii. lessons distinctely with a loude voice that the people maye heare The first of the old testament the seconde of the newe Like as they be appoynted by the kalender excepte there be proper lessons assigned for that day The minister that readeth the lesson standyng turning him so as he may best he heard of all suche as be present And before euery lesson the minister shall saye thus The first seconde .iii. or .iiii. Chapter of Genisis or Exodus Matthewe Marke or other lyke as is appoynted in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapter of suche a booke And to the ende the people maye the better heare in suche places where they doe syng there shall the lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct readyng and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospell ¶ After the fyrste lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in Englyshe dayly throughout the yeare excepte in Lent all the which time in the place of Te deum shal be vsed Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino in Englyshe as foloweth Te deum laudamus WE prayse thee O God we knowlage thee to be the Lorde All the yearthe doeth worship thee the father euerlastyng To thee all Angels cry aloude the heauens and all the powers therin To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are replenished with the maiestie of of thy glory The glorious coumpany of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble armie of Martyrs prayse thee The holy churche throughout all the woorlde doeth knowlage thee The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne The holy gost also beyng the coumforter Thou art the kyng of Glory O Christe Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father Whan thou tookest vpon thee to delyuer manne thou dyddest not abhorre the virgins wombe Whan thou haddest ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou diddest open the kyngdom of heauen to all beleuers Thou sittest on the ryghthande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou haste redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be noumbred with thy sainctes in glory euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thyne heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we wurship thy name euer worlde without ende Vouchsafe O Lorde to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs as our truste is in thee O lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer bee confounded Benedicite omnia opera domini domino O All ye workes of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye Angels of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye heauens speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O ye waters that be aboue the fyrmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse
and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne If we say we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowledge our sinnes he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his woorde is not in vs. The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto Peter folowe thou me Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whome Iesus loued folowing whiche also leaned on his breaste at Supper and sayed Lorde whiche is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therefore sawe him he sayed to Iesus Lorde what shall he here dooe Iesus sayed vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tarye tyll I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Then wente this saying abroade among the brethren that that disciple should not dye Yet Iesus sayed not to him he shal not die but if I wil that he tary til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we know that his testimony is true There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the whiche if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not cōteine the bookes that should be written ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Apoca. xxii vnto the ende ¶ The Innocentes day ¶ At Mattins ¶ The first lesson Hiere .xxxi. vnto Moreouer I heard Effraym O God the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to bee meate vnto the fowles of the ayre and the fleshe of thy sainctes vnto the beastes of the lande Theyr bloud haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them We are become an open shame to oure enemies a very skorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. Lorde how long wilt thou be angrie shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyer for euer Powre out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waste his dwellyng place O remember not our olde sinnes but haue mercye vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great misery Helpe vs O GOD of our saluacion for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and bee mercifull vnto our synnes for thy names sake Wherefore dooe the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God O lette the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in our syght O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to dye And as for the blasphemye wherwith our neyghbours haue blasphemed thee rewarde thou them O Lord seuen folde into theyr bosome So we that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture shal geue thee thākes for euer and will alway be shewing furth thy prayse from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whose prayse this day the young innocentes thy witnesses hath confessed and shewed foorth not in speakyng but in dying mortifye and kyll all vyces in vs that in our conuersacion our lyfe may expresse thy fayth whiche with our tongues we dooe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred .xliiij. thousande hauing his name and his fathers name written in theyr foreheades And I heard a voice from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thundre And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harpes And they sōg as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiij. beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne the song but the C. xliiij thousand which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with weomen for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whithersoeuer he goeth These were redemed from men being the fyrste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was foūd no guile for they are without spot before the throne of God The Gospell THe Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypt and bee thou there till I bring thee worde For it will come to passe that Herode shall seeke the childe to destroy him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herode that it myghte bee fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lord by the prophete saying out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wise men he was exceadyng wroth and sent furth men of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were .ii. yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulfilled that whiche was spoken by the prophete Ieremie where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentacion wepyng and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children woulde not be coumforted because they were not ¶ The Sonday after Christmas day I Will lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My helpe cummeth euen from the Lorde whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slumber nor slepe The Lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day neyther the Moone by night The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a child differeth not from a seruaunt though he be lorde of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so wee also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde But when the tyme was full come God sente his sonne made of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe to redeme them whiche were bonde vnto the lawe that we through eleccion mighte receyue the
into Capernaum there came vnto hym a Centurion and besoughte hym saying Maister my seruaunt lieth at home sicke of the paulsey and is grieuously payned And Iesus sayde when I come vnto him I wil heale him The Centurion aunswered and sayd Sir I am not woorthye that thou shouldeste come vnder my roofe but speake the word onely my seruaunt shal be healed For I also my selfe am a mā subiect to the autoritie of another and haue souldiers vnder me and I say to thys manne goe and he goeth and to another manne come and he cummeth and to my seruaunt doe this and he doeth it When Iesus heard these woordes he merueyled and sayde to them that folowed hym verely I saye vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth in Israell I saye vnto you that many shall come from the Easte and Weste and shall reste with Abraham and Isaac and Iacob in the kingdome of heauen but the chyldren of the kyngdome shall be caste out into vtter darkenes there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth And Iesus sayde vnto the Centurion Goe thy way and as thou beleueste so bee it vnto thee and hys seruaunte was healed in the selfe same houre ¶ The .iiii. Sonday WHy doe the Heathen so furiously rage together and why doe the people imagin a vayne thyng The kynges of the earthe stande vp and the rulers take counsel together agaynst the Lorde and agaynst his anoynted Let vs breake theyr bondes a sunder and caste awaye theyr coardes from vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shal laugh them to skorne the Lorde shall haue them in derision Then shall he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his sore displeasure Yet haue I set my king vpon my holy hill of Sion I will preache the lawe wherof the Lorde hath sayd vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Desire of me and I shal geue thee the heathen for thine inheritaunce and the vttermoste partes of the earth for thy possession Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of yron and breake them in pieces lyke a potters vessell Be wyse nowe therefore o ye kinges be learned ye that are iudges of the yearth Serue the Lorde in feare and reioyce vnto hym with reuerence Kisse the sonne lest he be angrie and so ye peryshe from the righte waye if hys wrathe be kiendled yea but a lytle blessed are all they that put theyr trust in him Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be c. The Collect. GOd whiche knoweste vs to be set in the myddeste of so many and great daungers that for mans fraylnesse we cannot alwayes stande vprightly Graunt to vs the health of body and soule that all those thynges whiche we suffer for synne by thy helpe we maye well passe and ouercome through Christ our Lorde The Epistle LEt euery soule submit hymselfe vnto the auctoritie of the hygher powers for there is no power but of God The powers that bee are ordeyned of God whosoeuer therfore resisteth power resisteth the ordinaūce of God But they that resyste shall receyue to themselues dānacion For rulers are not feareful to them that do good but to them that doe euil Wilt thou be without feare of the power do wel then so shalt thou be praysed of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But yf thou doe that whiche is euyll then feare for he beareth not the sweorde for noughte for he is the minister of God to take vengeaunce on him that doth euil Wherfore ye must nedes obey not onely for feare of vengeaunce but also because of conscience and euen for this cause paye ye tribute For they are goddes ministers seruing for the same purpose Geue to euery man therefore hys duetye tribute to whome tribute belōgeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honour to whome honour pertayneth The Gospell ANd when he entred into a ship his disciples folowed him And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuche that the shyp was couered with waues but he was aslepe And his disciples came to him awoke hym saying Maister saue vs we perishe And he sayth vnto them why are ye feareful O ye of litle faith Then he arose rebuked the windes and the sea and there folowed a greate calme But the men meruailed saying what maner of man is thys that both wyndes and sea obey hym And when he was come to the other side into the countrey of the Gergesites there met him .ii. possessed of deuilles whiche came out of the graues and were out of measure fierce so that no man might goe by that way And beholde they cryed out saying O Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to dooe with thee Arte thou come hither to torment vs before the tyme And there was a good way of from them a heerd of many Swyne feeding So the deuils besoughte hym saying If thou caste vs oute suffre vs to goe into the heerde of Swyne And he sayd vnto them goe your wayes Then wente they oute and departed into the heerde of Swine And beholde the whole heerd of Swine was caryed hedlong into the sea peryshed in the waters Then they that kept them fled and went theyr wayes into the citie and tolde euery thyng what had happened vnto the possessed of the deuils And behold the whole citie came out to mete Iesus and when they sawe hym they besought him that he would depart out of theyr coastes ¶ The .v. Sonday THe Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defende thee Sende thee helpe from the Sanctuary and strength thee out of Sion Remember all thy offerynges and accepte thy brente sacrifice Graunte thee thy heartes desyre and fulfyll all thy mynde We will reioyce in thy saluacion and tryumphe in the name of the Lorde oure God the Lorde perfourme all thy peticions Now knowe I that the Lorde helpeth hys anoynted and will heare him from hys holye heauen euen with the wholesome strength of his right hand Some put their trust in Chariotes and some in horses but we will remembre the name of the Lorde our God They are brought downe and fallen but we are risen and stand vpright Saue Lorde and heare vs O kyng of heauen when we call vpon thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee to kepe thy Churche housholde continually in thy true religion that they whiche dooe leane onelye vpon hope of thy heauenlye grace maye euermore be defended by thy myghtie power Through Christ our Lorde The Epistle PVt vpon you as the electe of God tendre mercye kyndnes humblenes of mynde mekenes long sufferyng forbearyng one an other and forgeuyng one an other if
any man haue a querell agaynst another as Christ forgaue you euen so do ye Aboue al these thinges put on loue which is the bond of perfectnes And the peace of God rule in your heartes to the whiche peace ye are called in one bodye And see that ye bee thankefull Let the woorde of Christe dwell in you plenteouslye with all wysedome Teache and exhorte youre owne selues in Psalmes and Himnes and spirituall songes syngyng with grace in your heartes to the Lord. And whatsoeuer ye doe in woord or dede doe all in the name of the Lorde Iesu geuing thankes to God the father by hym The Gospell THe kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne whiche sowed good seede in hys fielde but whyle menne slepte hys enemy came and sowed tares amonge the wheat and wente his waye But when the blade was sprong vp and had broughte furthe fruite then appeared the tares also So the seruauntes of the housholder came and sayd vnto hym Sir dydst not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde from whence then hathe it tares he sayde vnto them the enuyous manne hath doone thys The seruauntes said vnto him wilte thou then that we goe and wede them vp But he sayde naye leste whyle ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them lette bothe growe together vntill the haruest and in tyme of harueste I will say to the reapers gather ye firste the tares and bynde them together in sheaues to be brente but gather the wheate into my barne The .vi. sonday if there bee so many shall haue the same Psalme Collect Epistle and Gospell that was vpon the .v. ¶ The Sonday called Septuagesima THe Lorde is my shepehearde therefore can I lacke nothing He shall feede me in a greene pasture and leade me furth besyde the waters of coumforte He shall conuerte my soule and bryng me foorthe in the pathes of righteousnes for his names sake Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death I will feare no euil for thou art with me thy rodde and thy staffe coumfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before me agaynst them that trouble me thou haste annoynted my head with oyle and my cup shal be full But thy louyng kyndenes and mercye shall folowe me all the dayes of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lorde for euer 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. O Lord we beseche thee fauourably to heare the prayers of thy people that we whiche are iustlye punyshed for our offences may be mercyfully deliuered by thy goodnes for the glory of thy name through Iesu Christ our sauiour who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle PErceyue ye not howe that they whiche runne in a course runne all but one receyueth the rewarde So runne that ye may obtayne Euerye man that proueth masteryes abstayneth from all thynges And they doe it to obtayn a crowne that shall perishe but we to obtaine an euerlasting crowne I therefore so runne not as at an vncertayne thyng So fight I not as one that beateth the ayre but I tame my body and bryng it into subieccion leste by any meanes it come to passe that when I haue preached to other I my selfe should be a castawaye The Gospell THe kingdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne that is an housholder which went out early in the morning to hyre labourers into his vineyard And whē the agremente was made with the labourers for a peny a daye he sent them into his vineyarde And he wente out about the thirde houre and sawe other standyng idle in the markette place and sayed vnto them Goe ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght I wyll geue you And they went theyr waye Againe he went out about the vi ix houre and dyd lykewyse And about the .xi. houre he went out and founde other standing idle and sayd vnto them why stand ye here all the daye idle They sayde vnto hym because no man hath hyred vs. He sayeth vnto them Goe ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght that shall ye receyue So when euen was come the Lorde of the vineyarde sayde vnto his stewarde call the laborers and geue them theyr hyre begynning at the last vntill the first And whē they did come that came about the xi houre they receiued euery man a peny But when the firste came also they supposed that they should haue receyued more they lykewyse receiued euery man a peny And when they had receiued it they murmured againste the goodman of the house saying these last haue wrought but one houre thou haste made them equall with vs whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day But he aunswered vnto one of them and sayd Frende I do thee no wrong diddest thou not agree with me for a peny Take that thyne is and go thy waye I will geue vnto this last euen as vnto thee Is it not lawful for me to do as me lusteth with mine owne goodes Is thine eye euil because I am good So the last shal be first and the first shal be last For many be called but fewe be chosen ¶ The sonday called Sexagesima The Sonday called Sexagesima ¶ At the Communion THe earth is the Lordes and all that therin is the compasse of the worlde and they that dwell therin For he hath founded it vpon the seas and prepared it vpon the fluddes Who shall ascende into the hyll of the Lorde or who shal ryse vp in his holy place Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure heart and that hath not lifte vp his mynde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighbour He shall receiue the blessyng from the Lorde and righteousnes from the God of his saluacion This is the generacion of them that seke him euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glory shall come in Who is this king of glory it is the Lorde strong and mightie euen the Lorde mightie in battayll Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlasting doores and the king of glory shall come in Who is this kyng of glory euen the Lorde of hostes he is the kyng of glory Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. LOrde God whiche seest that we put not our trust in anye thyng that we do mercifully graunte that by thy power we may be defended against all aduersitie through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle YE suffre fooles gladly seeyng ye youre selues are wyse For ye suffre if a man bryng you into bondage if a man deuour if a man take if a man exalt himselfe
if a man smite you on the face I speake as concernyng rebuke as though we hadde been weake in this behalfe Howbeit wherinsoeuer any man dare be bold I speake folishly I dare be bold also They are Hebrues euen so am I. They are Israelytes euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. They are the ministers of Christe I speake as a foole I am more In labours more aboundaunte In stripes aboue measure In prison more plenteously In death ofte Of the Iewes fyue tymes receiued I xl stripes saue one Thrise was I beaten with rods I was once stoned I suffered thrise ship wracke Night and daye haue I been in the depe sea In iorneying often in parels of waters in parels of robbers in ieopardyes of myne owne nacion in ieopardyes among the heathen in parels in the citie in parels in wyldernes in parels in the sea in parels among false brethren in labour and trauayle in watchynges often in hunger and thyrste in fastinges often in cold and nakednes beside the thinges whiche outwardly happen vnto me I am combred dayly and do care for al congregacions Who is weake and I am not weake who is offended and I burne not If I muste nedes boast I wil boast of the thinges that concerne myne infirmities The God father of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not The Gospell WHen muche people were gathered together were come to hym out of all cyties he spake by a similytude The sower went out to sowe his sede and as he sowed some fell by the way side and it was troden doune and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp And some fell on stones assone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moistnes And some fell among thornes and the thornes spraÌ„g vp with it choked it And some fel on good ground and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundreth folde And as he sayed these thinges he cryed he that hath eares to heare let hym heare And his disciples asked hym saying what maneâ— of similitude is this And he sayed vnto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of God but to other by parables that wheÌ„ they see they should not see when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The sede is the worde of God those that are beside the way are they that heare theÌ„ cometh the deuyll and taketh away the worde out of their heartes leste they should beleue and be saued They on the stones are they which when they heare receiue the worde with ioy these haue no rootes which for a while beleue and in time of temptacion go awaye And that which fell among thornes are they which when they haue heard go furth and are choked with cares and ryches and voluptuous lyuyng and bring furth no fruite That whiche fell in the good grounde are they whiche with a pure and good heart heare the worde and kepe it and bryng furth fruite through pacience ¶ The Sonday called Quinquagesima BE thou my iudge O Lorde for I haue walked innocently my trust hath been also in the Lord therfore shall I not fall Examine me O Lorde and proue me trye out my raynes and my heart For thy louing kindnes is before mine iyes and I will walke in thy trueth I haue not dwelt with vaine persons neither wil I haue felowship with the deceiptfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wycked and will not syt among the vngodly I â—ill washe my handes in innocencie O Lorde and so will I go to thyne alter That I may shewe the voyce of thankesgeuyng and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house and the place where thyne honour dwelleth O shutte not vp my soule with the sinners nor my lyfe with the bloudthursty In whose handes is wickednes and theyr ryght hande is full of gyftes But as for me I will walke innocently O Lorde deliuer me and be mercifull vnto me My foote standeth ryght I will prayse the Lorde in the congregacions Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. O Lord which doest teache vs that all our doinges without charitie are nothing worthe sende thy holy goste and powre into oure heartes that moste excellent gyfte of charitie the very bonde of peace and all vertues without the whiche whosoeuer lyueth is counted dead before thee Graunt this for thy onely sonne Iesus Christes sake The Epistle THough I speake with the tongues of menne and of aungels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tynklyng Cimball And though I could prophecy and vnderstode all secretes and all knowledge yea if I haue al faith so that I can moue mouÌ„taines out of their places and yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestowe all my goodes to fede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothyng Loue suffreth long is courteous loue enuieth not loue doeth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thynketh none euil reioyseth not in iniquitie But reioyseth in the truth suffereth al thinges beleueth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth all thinges Though that prophecying faile eyther tongues cease or knowledge vanishe awaye yet loue falleth neuer awaye For our knowledge is vnperfect and our propheciyng is vnperfect But when that which is perfect is come then that whiche is vnperfect shal be done awaye When I was a childe I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I imagined as a childe But assone as I was a man I put awaye childishnes Now we see in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shall we see face to face Nowe I knowe vnperfectly but then shal I knowe euen as I am knowen Nowe abydeth fayth hope and loue euen these thre but the chiefe of these is loue The Gospell IEsus toke vnto him the .xii. and said vnto them beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and al shal be fulfilled that are wrytten by the Prophetes of the sonne of man For he shal be deliuered vnto the Gentyles and shal be mocked and despitefully intreated and spitted on And when they haue scourged him they will put him to death and the third day he shall ryse again And they vnderstode none of these thinges And this saying was hid from theÌ„ so that they perceyued not the thinges which were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nigh vnto Hierico a certayne blynde man sate by the hye waye syde beggyng And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it ment And they sayd vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they which went
before rebuked him that he should holde his peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee brought vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked him saying what wilt thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayd Lorde that I may receyue my sight And Iesus sayd vnto him receiue thy sight thy fayth hath saued thee And immediatly he receyued his sight and folowed hym praysing God And al the people when they sawe it gaue praise vnto God ¶ The first day of Lent commonly called Ashwednesdaye O Lord rebuke me not in thyne indignacion neyther chasten me in thy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule also is soore troubled but Lorde howe long wilt thou punishe me Turne thee O Lorde and delyuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who wyll geue thee thankes in the pyt I am wery of my groning euery night washe I my bed and water my couche with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne awaye because of all myne enemyes Awaye fro me all ye that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my wepyng The Lorde hath heard my peticion the Lorde wyll receyue my prayer All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe and put to shame sodainly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which hatest nothing that thou haste made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that be penitent Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthely lamenting our synnes and knowlegyng oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercy perfecte remission and forgeuenesse through Iesus Christe The Epistle TVrne you vnto me with all your heartes with fasting weping and mourning rent your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde your God for he is gracious mercifull long sufferyng and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt he also shall turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your increase remaine for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the Lorde youre God Blowe out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bring the childrē and sucklinges together Let the brydgrome go furth of his chambre and the bride out of her closet Let the priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying be fauorable O Lorde be fauorable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to suche confusion leste the heathen be Lordes therof Wherfore should they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God The Gospell WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they disfigure theyr faces that it may appeare vnto men howe that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But thou when thou fasteste annoynte thyne head and washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fasteste but vnto thy father whiche is in secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt and where theues breake through and steale But laye vp for you treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt where theues doe not breake through nor steale For where your treasure is there wil your heartes be also ¶ The first Sonday in Lent BLessed is he whose vnryghteousnesse is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lorde imputeth no sinne and in whose spirite there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones consumed awaye thorough my dayly complayning For thy hande is heauy vpon me both daye and night and my moysture is lyke the drought in Somer I will knowlage my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnes haue I not hyd I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is Godly make his prayer vnto thee in a time when thou maiest be founde but in the great water floudes they shall not come nye him Thou art a place to hyde me in thou shalt preserue me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce I will enforme thee and teache thee in the waye wherin thou shalt go and I will guyde thee with mine eye Be not ye lyke horsse and Mule whiche haue no vnderstanding whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle leste they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lorde mercy embraceth hym on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lorde and be ioyfull all ye that are true of heart Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. O Lorde whiche for oure sake dyddeste faste fortye dayes and fourtye nyghtes Geue vs grace to vse suche abstinence that our fleshe beeyng subdued to the spirite wee maye euer obeye thy Godlye mocyons in righteousnes and true holynes to thy honour and glorye whiche liuest and reignest c. The Epistle WE as helpers exhort you that ye receyue not the grace of god in vain For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the daye of saluacyon haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluacion Let vs geue no occasyon of euill that in oure office be founde no faute but in all thinges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In much pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in priesōmētes in strifes in labours in watchynges in fastynges in purenes in knowledge in long suffering in kyndenes in the holy goste in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of ryghteousnes of the ryghte hande and on the lefte by honour and dyshonour by euyll reporte and good reporte as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowyng and yet alwaye mery as poore and yet make manye ryche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessing all thinges The Gospell THen was Iesus led awaye of the spirite into wyldernesse to bee tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourty daies and fourty nightes he was at the laste an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayde if thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breade But he aunswered and sayd it is
slepe hencefurth and take your ease it is inough The houre is come behold the sonne of manne is betrayed into the handes of synners Rise vp let vs go Loe he that betrayeth me is at haÌ„d And immediatly whyle he yet spake commeth Iudas whyche was one of the .xii. and with hym a greate nomber of people with sweordes and staues from the hye Priestes and Scribes and Elders And he that betrayed hym had geuen them a generall token saying whosoeuer I do kysse the same is he take hym and leade him awaye warely And assoone as he was come he goeth strayghte waye to him and saieth vnto him Maister Maister and kissed him and they laied theyr handes on him and toke hym And one of them that stode by drewe out a sweorde and smote a seruaunte of the hye Prieste and cutte of hys eare And Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them ye be come out as vnto a thefe with sweordes and staues for to take me I was dayelye with you in the temple teachyng and ye tooke me not but these thynges come to passe that the Scryptures shoulde bee fulfylled And they all forsooke hym and ranne awaye And there folowed hym a certayne young manne clothed in linnen vpon the bare and the young menne caught hym and he left hys linnen garment and fled from them naked And they led Iesus awaye to the hyghest Priest of all and with him came all the hye priestes and the Elders and the Scribes And Peter folowed hym a great waye of euen til he was come into the palace of the hye Priest and he sate with the seruauntes and warmed hymselfe at the fyre And the hye Priestes and all the counsell soughte for wytnesse agaynst Iesu to put hym to death and found none for many bare false witnes agaynst hym but theyr witnesses agreed not together And there arose certayne and broughte false witnesse against him saying we heard him saye I will destroy this temple that is made with handes and within .iii dayes I wyll builde an other made without handes But yet theyr witnesses agreed not together And the hye priest stode vp among them and asked Iesus saying answereste thou nothing Howe is it that these beare witnesse agaynst thee But he helde hys peace and aunswered nothyng Agayne the hye priest asked hym and sayde vnto him arte thou Christ the sonne of the blessed And Iesus sayd I am And ye shall see the sonne of man sitting on the ryght hand of power and cumming in the cloudes of heauen Then the hye prieste rente hys clothes and sayde what nede we any further of witnesses ye haue heard blasphemy what think ye And they all condemned hym to be worthye of death And some began to spytte at hym and to couer his face and to beate hym with fistes to say vnto hym Areade and the seruauntes buffeted hym on the face And as Peter was beneth in the palace there came one of the weÌ„ches of the hiest priest and when she saw Peter warming himselfe she loked on him and sayde wast not thou also with Iesus of Nazareth And he denied saying I knowe him not neither wote I what thou sayeste And he went out into the porche and the cocke krewe And a damosell when she saw him began again to say to them that stoode by this is one of theÌ„ And he denyed it againe And anone after they that stoode by sayd agayne vnto Peter suerlye thou arte one of them for thou art of Galyle thy speache agreeth therto But he began to curse and to sweare saying I knowe not thys man of whome ye speake And againe the Cocke krewe and Peter remembred the worde that Iesus had sayde vnto hym before the cocke crow twise thou shalt denie me thre times And he began to wepe ¶ Tewesday before Easter The Epistle THe lorde God hath opened mine eare therfore can I not say nay neither withdrawe my selfe but I offer my backe vnto the smiters and my chekes to the nippers I turne not my face from shame and spittyng and the lorde god shal helpe me Therfore shal I not be confounded I haue hardened my face like a flint stone for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion He is at hand that iustifieth me who wyl then goe to lawe with me Let vs stande one agaynst another if there be any that wyll reason with me let hym come here foorth vnto me Beholde the Lorde God standeth by me what is he then that can condemne me loe they shall be all lyke as an olde cloth the moth shall eate them vp Therfore whoso feareth the Lorde amonge you let hym heare the voyce of his seruaunt Whoso walketh in darckenes and no lighte shineth vpon him let hym put his trust in the name of the Lorde and holde him by his God but take hede ye al kindle a fyre of the wrath of God and steare vp the coales walke on in the glystryng of your owne fyer and in the coales that ye haue kyndled Thys commeth vnto you from my hande namely that ye shall slepe in sorowe The Gospell ANd anone in the dawning the hye priestes held a counsel with the Elders and the Scribes and the whole congregacion and bounde Iesus and leâ—d him away and deliuered him to Pilate And Pylate asked hym art thou the kyng of the Iewes and he answered sayd vnto him thou sayest it And the hye Priestes accused him of manye thinges So Pylate asked hym agayne saying aunswereste thou nothyng Beholde howe manye thynges they laye vnto thy charge Iesus yet aunswered nothing so that Pylate merueiled At that feast Pylate did deliuer vnto them a priesoner whomsoeuer they would desyre And there was one that was named Barrabas which lay bounde with them that made insurreccion he had committed murther And the people called vnto hym and began to desyre hym that he would doe accordyng as he had euer done vnto them Pylate aunswered them saying will ye that I let looce vnto you the kyng of the Iewes For he knewe that the hye priestes had delyuered hym of enuie But the hye priestes moued the people that he should rather delyuer Barrabas vnto them Pilate answered agayne and sayd vnto them what wyll ye that I then doe vnto him whome ye call the king of the Iewes And they cried againe crucifye him Pilate said vnto them what euil hath he done And they cried the more feruently crucifye him And so Pylate wylling to content the people lette looce Barrabas vnto them and delyuered vp Iesus wheÌ„ he had scourged him for to be crucified And the souldiours led hym awaie into the common hall and called together the whole multitude they clothed him with purple and they platted a croune of thornes and crouned hym withall and began to salute him Hayle king of the Iewes And they smote him on the head with a reede and dyd spit vpon hym and bowed theyr knees and wurshypped hym And when they had mocked
for you This doe ye in the remembraunce of me After thesame maner also he toke the cup when supper was done saying this cup is the newe testament in my bloud This dooe as oft as ye drinke it in remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this bread and drinke this cuppe ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread or drinke of the cuppe of the Lorde vnworthely shal be giltie of the bodye and bloud of the Lorde But let a man examin himselfe and so let hym eate of the bread and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthely eateth and drinketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sicke among you and many slepe For if we had iudged our selfes we should not haue been iudged But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chastened that we should not be damned with the worlde Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for an other If any man hongre let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto condemnacion Other thynges will I set in ordre when I come The Gospell THe whole multitude of them arose and led hym vnto Pylate And they began to accuse hym saying we found this felowe peruertyng the people and forbyddyng to paye tribute to Cesar saying that he is Christ a king And Pilate apposed him saying art thou the king of the Iewes he answered hym sayed thou sayest it Then sayed Pilate to the hye priestes and to the people I fynd no faut in this man And they were the more fierce saying he moueth the people teaching throughout all Iury and began at Galile euen to this place Whē Pilate heard mencion of Galile he asked whether the man were of Galile And assone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiccion he sente hym to Herode whiche was also at Ierusalē at that time And when Herode saw Iesus he was excedyng glad for he was desyrous to see him of a long season because he had heard many thynges of him he trusted to haue seen some miracle done by hym Then he questioned with hym many wordes But he answered him nothing The hye priestes and Scribes stode furth accused him straightly And Herode with his men of warre despised him And when he had mocked hym he arayed hym in whyte clothing and sent hym again to Pylate And thesame daye Pylate and Herode were made frendes together For before they were at variaunce And Pylate called together the hye priestes and the rulers and the people and sayd vnto them ye haue brought this man vnto me as one that peruerteth the people and behold I examine hym before you and finde no faute in this man of those thynges wherof ye accuse hym no nor yet Herode For I sent you vnto him and loe nothing worthy of death is done vnto him I will therfore chasten hym and let hym looce For of necessitie he must haue let one looce vnto them at that feast And all the people cryed atonce saying awaye with him and deliuer vs Barrabas whiche for acertayne insurreccion made in the citie and for a murther was cast in prison Pilate spake againe vnto thē willing to let Iesus looce But they cryed saying crucifye hym crucifye him He sayed vnto them the thirde time what euill hat he done I finde no cause of death in hym I wyll therfore chasten him and let hym go And they cryed with loude voyces requiring that he myght be crucified And the voyces of them and of the hye priestes preuayled And Pilate gaue sentence that it should be as they required and he let looce vnto them him that for insurreccion and murther was cast into prison whom they had desired he deliuered to them Iesus to do with hym what they would And as they led hym awaye they caught one Symon of Ciren comming out of the field and on him layde they the crosse that he myght beare it after Iesus And there folowed him a great company of people and of women which bewailed and lamented him But Iesus turned backe vnto them and sayed ye daughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selfes and for your children For behold the dayes will come in the whiche they shall saye Happy are the baren the woumbes that neuer bare and the pappes whiche neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begyn to say to the mountaynes fall on vs and to the hylles couer vs. For if they do this in a grene tree what shall be done in the dry And there were two euill doers led with him to be slaine And after that thei were come to the place whiche is called Caluarie there they crucified hym and the euill doers one on the right hand and the other on the left Then sayd Iesus father forgeue them for they wote not what they do And they parted his rayment and cast lottes And the people stoode and behelde And the rulers mocked hym with them saying he saued other men lette hym saue himselfe yf he be very Christe the chosen of God The souldiers also mocked hym and came and offred hym vinegre and sayd if thou be the kyng of the Iewes saue thy selfe And a superscripcion was writtē ouer hym with letters of Greke and Latin and Hebrue This is the king of the Iewes And one of the euil doers whiche were hanged railed on him saying If thou be Christe saue thy selfe and vs. But the other answered and rebuked him saying fearest thou not God seyng thou art in thesame damnacion we are righteously punished for we receyue accordyng to our dedes but this man hath done nothing amisse And he sayde vnto Iesus Lorde remembre me when thou comest into thy kyngdome And Iesus sayd vnto him verely I say vnto thee to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise And it was about the .vi. houre and there was darknesse ouer all the earth vntill the .ix. houre and the Sonne was darkened And the vayle of the temple did rente euen through the middes And when Iesus had cryed wyth a loude voyce he sayed Father into thy handes I commend my spirite And when he thus had sayed he gaue vp the goste When the Centurion sawe what had happened he glorified God saying verely this was a righteous man And all the people that came together to that syght and sawe the thinges which had happened smote their brestes and returned And all his acquaintaunce and the women that folowed him from Galile stode a farre of beholdynge these thynges And beholde there was a man named Ioseph a counsailor and he was a good man and a iust thesame had no consented to the counsaile and dede of them whiche was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes whyche same also waited for the kingdome of God he wente vnto Pylate and begged the body of Iesus and tooke it downe and
wrapped it in a lynnen clothe and layed it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man before had been layde And that daye was the preparyng of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drue on The women that folowed after whiche had come with him from Galile behelde the sepulchre and howe his bodye was layde And they returned and prepared swete Odours oyntmentes But rested on the Sabboth daye accordyng to the commaundemente At Euensong The first lesson Lamenta .iii. vnto the ende On good Fryday At Mattyns The first lesson Gen. xxii Vnto the ende The Collect. ALmyghtie God we beseche thee graciously to beholde this thy famely for the whiche oure Lorde Iesus Christe was contented to be betrayed and geuen vp into the handes of wicked men and to suffer death vpon the crosse who liueth and reigneth c. At the Communion MY God my God loke vpon me why hast thou forsakē me and art so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complainte O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were helped they put theyr trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no manne a verye skorne of men and the out cast of the people All they that see me laugh me to skorne they shote out their lippes and shake the head saying He trusted in God that he woulde deliuer hym let hym deliuer him if he will haue him But thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe thou waste my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue been left vnto thee euer sence I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers woumbe O goe not from me for trouble is here at hande and there is none to helpe me Many Oxen are come about me fatte Bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and roaryng Lyon I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynte my hearte also in the middes of my body is euen lyke melting waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherd and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death For many dogges are come about me and the coūsaile of the wicked lay siege against me Thei pearced my handes and my fete I may tell all my bones they stande staring and loking vpon me They part my garmentes among them and cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre from me O Lorde thou arte my succour haste thee to helpe me Deliuer my soule from the sworde my derling from the power of the dogge Saue me from the Lyons mouthe thou haste hearde me also from among the hornes of the Vnicornes I wil declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middes of the congregacion wil I prayse thee O praise the Lorde ye that feare him magnifie him all ye of the sede of Iacob and feare ye hym all ye sede of Israel For he hath not despised nor abhorred the lowe estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called vnto him he heard him My praise is of thee in the great congregaciō my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that feare him The poore shall eate be satisfied they that seke after the Lorde shall praise hym your hearte shall liue for euer All the endes of the worlde shall remembre themselues and be turned vnto the Lorde and all the kynreds of the nations shall worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people All suche as be fatte vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped All they that go downe into the dust shall kneele before him and no man hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue hym they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generacion They shall come and the heauens shall declare hys righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whome the Lorde hath made Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ After the .ii. Collectes at the Communion shal be sayed these .ii. Collectes folowyng The Collect. ALmyghty and euerlastynge God by whose spirite the whole body of the Churche is gouerned sanctified receiue our supplicacions and prayers whiche we offre before thee for all estates of men in thy holy congregacion that euery membre of thesame in his vocacion and ministerye may truly and godly serue thee through our Lorde Iesus Christe MErcifull God who haste made al men and hatest nothyng that thou haste made nor wouldest the deathe of a synner but rather that he should be cōuerted and liue haue mercy vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretikes and take from thē all ignoraunce hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy word And so fetche them home blessed Lorde to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one folde vnder one shepehearde Iesus Christ our Lorde who lyuethe and reigneth c. The Epistle THe lawe whiche hath but a shadowe of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of thinges themselues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offre yere by yere continually make the commers therunto perfite For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue been offred because that the offerers once purged shoulde haue had nomore conscience of synnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mencion made of synnes euerye yeare For the bloud of Oxen and of Goates cannot take awaye sinnes Wherfore whē he commeth into the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offeryng thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordayned me Burnt offeringes also for sinne haste thou not allowed Then sayd I loe I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of me that I should do thy will O God Aboue when he sayth Sacrifice and offeryng burnt sacrifices and synne offeringes thou wouldest not haue neither haste thou allowed them whiche yet are offered by the lawe then sayed he loe I am here to do thy will O God he taketh away the first to establishe the later by the whiche will we are made holy euen by the offering of the body of Iesu Christ once for all And euery priest is ready dayly ministring and offerynge often times one maner of Oblacion which can neuer take away synnes But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is set downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from henceforth tarieth tyll his foes be made his foote stoole For with one offeryng hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctified The holy goste hymself also beareth vs record euen when he told
priestes therefore and ministers sawe hym they cryed sayinge crucifie hym crucifie hym Pylate sayth vnto them take ye hym crucifie him for I finde no cause in him The Iewes aūswered him we haue a lawe and by our lawe he ought to die because he made himselfe the sonne of God When Pilate heard that saying he was the more afrayed went againe into the iudgemēt hall sayeth vnto Iesus whence art thou But Iesus gaue him none answere Thē sayd Pilate vnto him Speakeste thou not vnto me knoweste thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee and haue power to looce thee Iesus answered Thou couldest haue power at all agaynste me excepte it were geuē thee frō aboue Therfore he that deliuered me vnto thee hath the more sinne And from thencefurth sought Pilate meanes to looce him but the Iewes cryed sayinge yf thou let hym goe thou arte not Cesars frende for whosoeuer maketh himselfe a kynge is againste Cesar When Pilate heard that saying he broughte Iesus furth and sate downe to geue sentence in a place that is called the Pauement but in the Hebrue tong Gabbatha It was the preparinge day of Easter about the. vi houre And he sayeth vnto the Iewes beholde youre king They cryed saying away with hym awaye with hym crucyfy hym Pylate sayeth vnto them shall I crucyfy your kyng The hye priestes aunswered we haue no king but Cesar Then deliuered he him vnto thē to be crucyfied And they toke Iesus and ledde hym awaye And he bare his crosse and wente furthe into a place whiche is called the place of dead mennes sculles but in Hebrue golgotha where they crucyfyed hym and two other with hym on either side one and Iesus in the middest And Pilate wrot a title and put it on the crosse The writing was Iesus of Nazareth kyng of the Iewes This title read many of the Iewes for the place where Iesus was crucified was nie to the citie And it was written in Hebrue Greke and Latin Then sayd the hye priestes of the Iewes to Pilate write not kyng of the Iewes but that he sayd I am kyng of the Iewes Pilate aunswered what I haue wrytten that haue I written Thē the souldiers when thei had crucified Iesus toke his garmentes and made .iiii. partes to euery souldier a parte and also his coate The coate was without seme wrought vpon throughout They sayed therfore among themselues let vs not deuide it but cast lottes for it who shall haue it That the scripture might be fulfylled saying They haue parted my rayment among them and for my coat dyd they caste lottes And the souldiours dyd suche thinges in dede There stode by the crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers syster Mary the wyfe of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene When Iesus therefore sawe his mother and the disciple standynge whome he loued he saieth vnto his mother woman behode thy sōne Then sayd he to the disciple beholde thy mother And frō that houre the disciple toke her for his owne After these thinges Iesus knowing that all thynges were now performed that the scripture might be fulfilled he saieth I thrist So there stode a vessel by full of vineger therfore they filled a sponge with vineger and wounde it about with Isope and putte it to his mouth Assone as Iesus then receyued of the vineger he sayed It is finished and bowed his head and gaue vp the goste The Iewes therefore because it was the preparing of the Sabbothe that the bodyes shoulde not remayne vpon the Crosse on the Sabboth day for that Sabboth day was an hie daye besought Pilate that their legges might be broken and that they might be taken downe Thē came the souldiours and brake the legges of the firste and of the other whiche was crucified wyth hym But when they came to Iesus and sawe that he was deade already they brake not his legges but one of the souldiours with a speare thrust him into the side forth with came there out bloud and water And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true And he knoweth that he sayeth true that ye myght beleue also For these thinges were done that the scripture should be fulfilled ye shall not breake a bone of him And againe an other scripture saieth they shall loke vpon him whom they haue pearced After this Ioseph of Aramathia whiche was a disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iewes besoughte Pylate that he might take downe the bodye of Iesus And Pylate gaue him lycence He came therfore and tooke the bodye of Iesus And there came also Nicodemus whiche at the beginning came to Iesus by nyght and brought of myrre and Aloes mingled together about an hundreth pounde weight Then tooke they the body of Iesu and wounde it in linnen clothes with the odours as the maner of the Iewes is to burye And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a newe Sepulchre wherin was neuer man layd There layd they Iesus therefore because of the preparynge of the Sabbothe of the Iewes for the Sepulchre was nye at hande At Euensong ¶ The first lesson Esai Liii Vnto the ende Easter Euen At Mattyns ¶ The first lesson Lamenta iiii v. Vnto the end e At the Communion O Lorde God of my saluacion I haue cryed day night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presēce incline thine eare vnto my calling For my soule is full of trouble my life draweth nye vnto hell I am counted as one of them that goe downe vnto the pytte and I haue bene euen as a manne that hathe no strengthe Free among the dead lyke vnto them that bee wounded and lye in the graue whiche be out of remembraunce and are cut awaye from thy hande Thou haste layed me in the loweste pitte in a place of darcknes and in the depe Thyne indignacion lyeth harde vpon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes Thou hast put awaye myne acquayntaunce far from me and made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in prison that I cannot gette forth My sight fayleth for very trouble lord I haue called dayly vpon thee I haue stretched out my handes vnto thee Doeste thou shewe wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise vp agayne and prayse thee Shall thy louing kindnes be shewed in the graue or thy faythfulnesse in destruccion Shall thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darke and thy righteousnes in the lande where all thynges are forgotten Vnto thee haue I cryed O Lorde and earlye shall my prayer come before thee Lord why abhorrest thou my soule and hidest thou thy face from me I am in misery and lyke vnto him that is at the pointe to dye euen from my youth vppe thy terrours haue I suffered with a troubled mynde Thy wrathfull displeasure goeth ouer me and the feare of thee hath vndone me They came rounde aboute me dayelye lyke water
the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. LOrde from whom all good thinges do come graunt vs thy humble seruauntes that by thy holy inspiracion we may thinke those thinges that be good and by thy mercifull guyding may perfourme thesame thorowe our Lord Iesus Christe The Epistle SE that ye bee doers of the worde and not hearers only deceyuing your owne selfes For yf any man heare the worde and declareth not thesame by his workes he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodely face in a glasse For assone as he hath looked on himselfe he goeth his waye and forgetteth immediatly what his fashion was But whoso looketh in the perfecte lawe of libertie and continueth therin if he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke thesame shal be happy in his dede If any man emong you seme to be deuout and refraineth not his tonge but deceiueth his owne hearte this mannes deuocion is in vaine Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father is this to viset the fatherles and widowes in their aduersitie and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde The Gospell VErely verely I saye vnto you whatsoeuer ye shall aske the father in my name he wyll geue it you Hitherto haue ye asked nothyng in my name Aske and ye shall receyue that youre ioy may be full These thinges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The tyme will come when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerbes but I shall shewe you plainly from my father At that daye shall ye aske in my name And I saye not vnto you that I wil speake vnto my father for you For the father himselfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and haue beleued that I came out from God I went out from the father and came into the world Againe I leaue the worlde and go to the father His disciples sayed vnto him Loe nowe talkest thou plainly and speakest no Prouerbe Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thinges and nedest not that any manne should aske thee any questiō therfore beleue we that thou camest from God Iesus aunswered them nowe ye doe beleue Beholde the houre draweth nye and is already come that ye shal be scattered euery manne to his owne and shal leaue me alone And yet am I not alone for the father is with me These woordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye might haue peace for in the worlde shall ye haue tribulacion but be of good chere I haue ouercome the worlde ¶ The Ascencion daye ¶ Proper Psalmes and Lessons At Mattyns Psalm viii The second Lesson Iohn .xiiii. vnto the ende Psalm xv The second Lesson Iohn .xiiii. vnto the ende Psalm xxi The second Lesson Iohn .xiiii. vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion O Clap your handes together all ye people O sing vnto God with the voice of melody For the Lorde is hye and to be feared He is the great king vpon all the earth He shall subdue the people vnder vs And the nacions vnder our fete He shall chose out an heritage for vs euen the worship of Iacob whom he loued God is gone vp with a mery noyse And the Lorde with the sounde of the trompe O syng prayses syng prayses vnto oure God O syng prayses syng prayses vnto our kyng For God is the king of all the earth syng ye prayses with vnderstanding God reigneth ouer the heathen God sitteth vpon hys holy seate The princes of the people are ioyned to the people of the God of Abraham for God whiche is very hye exalted doeth defende the earth as it were with a shylde Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GRaunt we beseche thee almightie God that lyke as we doe beleue thy onely begotten sonne our Lorde to haue ascended into the heauens so we maye also in hearte and minde thither ascende and with him continually dwell The Epistle IN the former treatise deare Theophilus we haue spoken of all that Iesus began to doe and teache vntil the day in which he was taken vp after that he through the holy goste had geuen commaundementes vnto the Apostles whome he had chosen to whome also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passion and that by many tokens appearyng vnto them .xl. dayes and speakyng of the kingdom of God and gathered them together and commaunded them that they should not departe from Ierusalem but to wayte for the promes of the father wherof sayeth he ye haue heard of me For Iohn truely baptised with water but ye shal be baptised with the holy gost after these fewe dayes When they therfore were come together they asked of him saying lord wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdom to Israel And he sayde vnto thē it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the father hath put in his owne power But ye shall receiue power after that the holy gost is come vpon you And ye shal bee witnesses vnto me not onely in Ierusalem but also in al Iewry and in Samaria euen vnto the worldes ende And when he had spoken these thinges while they beheld he was taken vp on hye and a cloude receyued him vp out of their syght And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he wente beholde two men stoode by them in white apparell whiche also sayed ye men of Galile why stande ye gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus whiche is taken vp from you into heauen shall so come euen as ye haue seen him goe into heauen The Gospell IEsus appered vnto the eleuen as they sate at meate cast in their teth their vnbelefe hardnes of heart because they beleued not them which had sene that he was risen again from the dead he sayd vnto them go ye into all the world preache the gospel to all creatures he that beleueth is baptised shall be saued But he that beleueth not shal be damned And these tokens shall folowe them that beleue In my name they shall cast out deuils they shall speake with newe tonges they shall dryue away serpentes And if they drinke any deadly thing it shall not hurte them They shall laye their handes on the sicke and they shall recouer So then when the Lord had spoken vnto thē he was receiued into heauen and is on the right hande of God And they wente furth and preached euery where The Lord working with them and confirming the worde with miracles folowing ¶ Proper Psalmes and lessons at Euensong Psalm xxiiii The seconde lesson Ephe. iiii vnto the ende Psalm lxviii The seconde lesson Ephe. iiii vnto the ende Psalm cxlviii The seconde lesson Ephe. iiii vnto the ende ¶ The Sondaye after the Ascencion THe Lord is king and hath put on gloryous apparell the Lord hath put on his apparel and girded himselfe with
chyldren of lighte And I saye vnto you Make you frendes of the vnryghteous Mammon that when ye shall haue nede they may receyue you into euerlasting habitacions The .x. Sonday THy handes haue made me and fashioned me O geue me vnderstandyng that I may learne thy commaundementes They that feare thee will be glad when they see me because that I haue put my truste in thy woorde I know O Lord that thy iudgementes are righte and that thou of very faithfulnes hast caused me to be troubled O let thy mercifull kindnes be my coumfort According to thy woorde vnto thy seruaunt O let thy louing mercies come vnto me that I may liue for thy lawe is my delighte Let the proude be confounded for they goe wickedly about to destroye me But I will bee occupyed in thy commaundementes Let suche as feare thee and haue knowen thy testimonies be turned vnto me O let my hearte be sounde in thy statutes that I bee not ashamed Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. LEt thy merciful eares O Lorde be open to the prayers of thy humble seruauntes and that they maye obteyne theyr peticions make them to aske suche thynges as shall please thee Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle COncerning spirituall thynges brethren I woulde not haue you ignoraunte Ye knowe that ye were Gentiles and wente your wayes vnto dumme ymages euen as ye were led Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirite of God defyeth Iesus Also no manne can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy Goste There are diuersities of giftes yet but one spirite And there are differences of administracyons and yet but one lorde And there are diuerse maners of operacions and yet but one God whiche woorketh all in all The gifte of the spirite is geuen to euery man to edifye with all For to one is geuen through the spirite the vtteraunce of wisedome To an other is geuen the vtteraūce of knowlege by the same spirite To another is geuen faythe by the same spirite To an other the gifte of healyng by the same spirite To another power to dooe miracles To another prophecie To another iudgemente to dyscerne spirites To another diuerse tongues To another the interpretacyon of tongues But these all woorketh euen the selfe same spirite deuiding to euery man a seuerall gifte euen as he wil. The Gospell ANd when he was come nere to Hierusalem he behelde the citie and wepte on it saying If thou hadst knowen those thinges whiche belong vnto thy peace euen in thys thy day thou wouldest take hede But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes For the dayes shall come vpon thee that thy enemies also shall caste a banke aboute thee and compasse thee rounde and keepe thee in on euerye syde and make thee euen with the ground and thy children whiche are in thee And they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon an other because thou knoweste not the tyme of thy visytacion And he wente into the Temple and began to caste oute them that solde therin and them that bought saying vnto them It is written my house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theues And he taughte dayely in the Temple The .xi. Sonday MY soule hath longed for thy saluacyon and I haue a good hope because of thy woorde Myne eyes long soore for thy woorde saying O when wilt thou coumfort me For I am become lyke a botle in the smoke yet doe I not forget thy statutes Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunte when wilte thou be auenged of them that persecute me The proude haue dygged pyttes for me whiche are not after thy lawe All thy commaundementes are true They persecute me falsely O be thou my helpe They had almost made an ende of me vpon earth but I forsoke not thy commaundementes O quicken me after thy louyng kyndenes and so shall I kepe the testimonies of thy mouth Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd which declarest thy almightie power most chieflye in shewing mercy and pitie Geue vnto vs abūdauntly thy grace that we runnyng to thy promises may bee made partakers of thy heauenly treasure through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BRethren as perteining to the gospel which I preached vnto you whiche ye haue also accepted and in the which ye continue by y t which also ye are saued I doe you to wete after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it except ye haue beleued in vaine For first of all I deliuered vnto you that whiche I receyued howe that Christ dyed for our sinnes agreeyng to the scriptures and that he was buried that he arose agayne the thirde daye accordyng to the scriptures And that he was seene of Cephas then of the .xii. After that was he sene of mo then fiue hundreth brethren at once of whiche many remayne vnto this daye and many are fallen a slepe After that appeared he to Iames then to al the Apostles And last of al he was sene of me as of one that was borne out of due time For I am the least of the apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I haue persecuted the congregacion of God But by the grace of God I am that I am And his grace whiche is in me was not in vayne But I laboured more aboundauntly then they al yet not I but the grace of God whiche is with me Therefore whether it were I or they so we preached and so ye haue beleued The Gospell CHrist tolde this parable vnto certayne whiche trusted in them selues that they were perfect despised other Two men wente vp into the temple to pray the one a Pharise and the other a Publican The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with hymselfe God I thanke thee that I am not as other men are extorcioners vniuste adulterers or as this Publican I fast twise in the weke I geue tythe of all that I possesse And the Publican stāding a farre of woulde not lift vp his eyes to heauen but smote vpon his brest saying God bee mercifull to me a synner I tell you thys manne departed home to hys house iustifyed more then the other For euery man that exalteth himselfe shal be broughte lowe And he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted The .xii. Sonday O Lorde thy woorde endureth for euer in heauen Thy trueth also remayneth from one generaciō to another thou haste layde the foundacyon of the earth and it abydeth They continue this day according to thine ordinaunce for all thinges serue thee If my delyte had not beene in thy lawe I shoulde haue perished in my trouble I will neuer forget thy commaundementes for with them thou hast quickened me I am thyne Oh saue me For I haue soughte thy
thynke ye of Christe whose sonne is he They sayd vnto him the sonne of Dauid He sayde vnto them howe then doth Dauid in spirite call hym Lorde saying The Lorde sayde vnto my Lorde sit thou on my ryghte hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy footestoole If Dauid then call hym Lorde howe is he then hys sonne And no man was able to aunswere him any thing neither durst any man from that day furth aske hym any mo questions The .xix. Sondaye I Call with my whole hearte heare me O Lord I wyll kepe thy statutes Yea euen vpon thee do I call helpe me and I shall kepe thy testymonies Early in the morning do I crie vnto thee for in thy worde is my truste Myne tyes preuente the nyghte watches that I myghte be occupyed in thy wordes Heare my voyce O Lorde accordying vnto thy louyng kyndnesse quycken me accordyng as thou art wont They drawe nye that of malice persecute me and are farre from thy lawe Be thou nye at hande O Lorde For al thy commaundementes are true As concernyng thy testymonyes I haue knowen long since that thou hast grounded them for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning is nowe c. The Collect. O GOD for asmuche as without thee we are not able to please thee Graunt that the workyng of thy mercye maye in all thynges directe and rule oure heartes Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle THys I saye and testyfie through the Lorde that ye hencefurth walke not as other Gentyles walke in vanytie of their mynde whyle they are blynded in their vnderstanding beyng farre from a godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignorauncie that is in them and because of the blyndenesse of their heartes whiche beyng past repentaunce haue geuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vncleannes euen with gredynes But ye haue not so learned Christe If so be that ye haue hearde of him haue been taught in hym as the trueth is in Iesu as concernyng the conuersacyon in tyme paste to laye frō you that olde man whiche is corrupte accordyng to the deceiueable lustes To be renued also in the spirite of your minde and to putte on that newe man which after God is shapen in ryghteousnes and true holynes Wherfore put awaye lying and speake euery man trueth vnto hys neighbour forasmuche as we are membres one of a nother Be angrye and synne not Let not the Sunne go doune vpon your wrath neither geue place to the backbiter Lette hym that stole steale nomore but lette him rather laboure with his handes the thing which is good that he maye geue vnto hym that nedeth Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of your mouth But that whiche is good to edifie withall as oft as nede is that it maye mynyster grace vnto the hearers And greue not ye the holy spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcion Let all bytternesse and fearcenesse and wrath and roaryng and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you with all malyciousnes Be ye curteous one to another mercyfull forgeuyng one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you The Gospell IEsus entred into a shyppe and passed ouer and came into hys owne Cytie And beholde they broughte to him a manne sycke of the Palsey lying in a bed And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them he said vnto the sicke of the Palsey Sōne bee of good there thy synnes be forgeuen thee And beholde certayne of the Scrybes sayd within themselues this manne blasphemeth And when Iesus sawe their thoughtes he saide wherfore thynke ye euil in your heartes whether is it easyer to say thy sinnes be forgeuen thee or to saye arise and walke But that ye maie knowe that the sonne of manne hathe power to forgeue sinnes in yearth Then saieth he vnto the sycke of the Palsey Aryse take vp thy bed and go vnto thine house And he arose and departed to his house But the people that sawe it merueiled and glorifyed God which had geuen suche power vnto men The .xx. Sondaye O Considre myne aduersitie and deliuer me For I do not forget thy lawe Auenge thou my cause and deliuer me quycken me according vnto thy worde Health is farre from the vngodly For they regarde not thy statutes Greate is thy mercy O Lorde quicken me as thou art wonte Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet do not I swarue from thy testymonies It greueth me when I see the trangressors because they kepe not thy lawe Consider O Lord howe I loue thy commaundementes O quicken me accordyng to thy louyng kyndnesse Thy worde is true from euerlastyng All the iudgementes of thy righteousnes endure for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning is nowe c The Collect. ALmighty and mercyful God of thy bountefull goodnes kepe vs from all thynges that maye hurte vs that we beyng ready both in bodye and soule maye with free heartes accomplyshe those thynges that thou wouldest haue doen Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle TAke hede therfore howe ye walke circumspectelye not as vnwise but as wisemen winnyng occasion because the dayes are euyll Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstand what the wyll of the Lorde is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse But be fylled with the spirite speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songes synging and makyng melody to the Lorde in your heartes geuing thankes alwaies for all thynges vnto God the father in the name of oure Lord Iesus Christ submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God The Gospell IEsus sayed to hys discyples The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne that was a kyng which made a Mariage for his sonne and sente furth his seruauntes to call them that were bid to the weddyng and they woulde not come Agayne he sent furth other seruauntes saying Tell them which are bydden beholde I haue prepared my diner mine Oxen and my fatlynges are kylled and all thynges are ready come vnto the Mariage But they made light of it and went their waies One to hys farme place another to his Marchaundise and the remnaunte toke his seruauntes and intreated them shamefullye and siewe them But when the Kyng heard therof he was wrothe and sent furth hys menne of warre and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp their citie Then said he to his seruauntes the Maryage in dede is prepared but they which were bidden were not worthy Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes and as many as ye finde bid them to the Mariage And the seruauntes went furth into the hye wayes and gathered together all as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad and the wedding was furnished with geastes Then the kyng came in to se the geastes and when he spied there a man which
had not on a wedding garment he said vnto him frende howe cammest thou in hither not hauyng a weddyng Garment And he was euen speacheles Then sayd the Kyng to the mynisters take and bynde hym hand and foote and caste hym into vtter darckenesse there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth For many be called but fewe are chosen ¶ The. xxi Sondaye PRynces haue persecuted me without cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy wordes I am as glad of thy worde as one that fyndeth great spoyles As for lies I hate and abhorre them But thy lawe do I loue Seuen tymes a daye do I prayse thee Because of thy righteous iudgementes Greate is the peace that they haue which loue thy lawe and they are not offended at it Lorde I haue loked for thy sauyng health and doen after thy commaundementes My soule hath kepte thy testymonyes and loued them exceadyngly I haue kepte thy commaundementes and testymonies for all my wayes are before thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. GRaunte wee beseche thee mercyfull Lorde to thy faythfull people pardon and peace that they may be clensed from all their sinnes and serue thee with a quyete mynde Through Iesus Christ oure Lorde The Epistle MY brethren be strong through the Lord through the power of hys myght Put on all the armoure of God that ye maye stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll for we wrestle not agaynste bloude and fleshe but agaynst rule against power agaynst worldly rulers euen gouerners of the darckenes of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftinesse in heauenly thynges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armoure of God that ye may be able to resyst in the euyll daye and stande perfecte in all thynges Stande therfore and your loynes gyrde with the trueth hauyng on the breste plate of ryghteousnes and hauing shoes on your feete that ye maye be prepared for the gospell of peace Aboue all take to you the shilde of fayth wherwith ye maye quenche all the fiery dartes of the wycked And take the helmet of saluacion and the sworde of the spirite which is the worde of God And praie alwaies with all maner of praier supplicacion in the spirite and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplicacion for al sayntes and for me that vtteraunce maye be geuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely to vtter the secretes of my gospell wherof I am a messenger in bōdes that therin I may speake freely as I ought to speake The Gospell THere was a certayne Ruler whose sonne was sycke at Capernaum Assene as the same hearde that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile he went vnto him besought him that he would come doune and heale hys sonne For he was euen at the pointe of death Then sayed Iesus vnto hym except ye see signes and wonders ye wyll not beleue The Ruler saieth vnto him Syr come doune or euer that my sōne dye Iesus saieth vnto hym go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym And he went hys waye And as he was goyng doune the seruauntes mette hym and told hym saying thy sonne liueth Then enquyred he of them the houre when he beganne to amende And they said vnto him yesterdaye at the seuenth houre the feuer left hym So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the whiche Iesus sayd vnto hym Thy sonne lyueth and he beleued and all hys housholde Thys is againe the seconde miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The. xxii Sondaye LEt my complaynte come before thee O Lorde Geue me vnderstandyng accordyng vnto thy worde O let my supplicacion come before thee Delyuer me according to thy worde My lyppes shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my toungue shall sing of thy worde For all thy commaundementes are righteous Let thyne hande helpe me For I haue chosen thy commaundementes I haue longed for thy sauing healthe O Lorde And in thy lawe is my delight O lette my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee And thy iudgementes shall helpe me I haue gone astraye lyke a shepe that is lost O seke thy seruaunte for I doe not forget thy commaundementes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee to kepe thy housholde the churche in contynuall godlynes that through thy proteccion it maye be free from all aduersyties and deuoutly geuen to serue thee in good workes to the glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle I Thanke my God with all remembraunce of you alwayes in all my prayers for you and praye with gladnes Because ye are come into the felowshyp of the Gospell from the fyrst daye vnto nowe And am surelye certyfyed of thys that he whyche hath begon a good worke in you shall performe it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all because I haue you in my hearte forasmuche as ye are all companions of grace with me euen in my bondes and in the defendyng and stablishing of the Gospell for God is my recorde howe greately I longe after you all from the very hearte rote in Iesus Christ And thys I praye that your loue may increase yet more and more in knowledge in all vnderstandyng that ye maye accepte the thynges that are moste excellente that ye may be pure and suche as offend no man vntyll the daye of Christe beeyng fylled with the fruite of righteousnes which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God The Gospell PEter sayde vnto Iesus Lorde howe oft shall I forgeue my brother if he synne agaynst me tyll seuen times Iesus saieth vnto him I saye not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes but seuentie tymes seuen times Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng which woulde take accoumptes of his seruauntes And when he had begon to recken one was broughte vnto hym whyche ought him tenne M. talentes but forasmuche as he was not able to paye his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde and hys wyfe and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fell doune and besoughte hym saying syr haue pacience with me and I wyll paye thee all Then had the Lorde pytye on that seruaunt and loced hym and forgaue him the debt So the same seruaunt went out and founde one of his felowes which ought hym an C. pence and he layed handes on hym and toke hym by the throte saying paye that thou owest And hys felowe fell doune and besoughte him saying haue pacience with me and I wyll
therfore Iesus sayde vnto them Verely I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his Maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneracion shall syt also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euery one that forsaketh house or brethren or systers or father or mother or wyfe or children or landes for my names sake shall receiue an hundred folde and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe But many that are first shal be last and the last shal be first ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Actes .xxvi. vnto the ende ¶ The Purification of S. Mary the virgin BEhold nowe prayse the Lord all ye seruauntes of the Lorde ye that by night stand in the house of the Lorde euen in the courtes of the house of our God Lifte vp youre handes in the Sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The Lord that made heauē and earth geue thee blessing out of Sion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God we humbly beseche thy Maiestie that as thy onely begotten sonne was this daye presented in the Temple in the substaunce of our fleshe so graunt that we maye bee presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mindes By Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle The same that is appoynted for the Sonday The Gospell WHen the time of their Purificacion after the law of Moses was come they broughte hym to Ierusalem to presente hym to the Lorde as it is written in the lawe of the Lorde euerye manne childe that firste openeth the matrix shal be called holye to the Lord and to offer as it is sayde in the law of the lord a payre of turtle Dooues or two young Pigions And beholde there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iust and godly and loked for the consolation of Israel and the holy gost was in him And an aunswere had he receiued of the holy goste that he should not see death except he first saw the Lordes Christ And he came by inspiracion into the temple ¶ Sainct Mathies day DElyuer me O Lorde from the euill manne and preserue me from the wicked manne Which imagine mischiefe in theyr heartes and stirre vp strife all the day long They haue sharpened theyr tongues lyke a Serpente Adders poyson is vnder theyr lippes Kepe me O Lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men whiche are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me and spred a net abrode with coardes yea and set trappes in my way I sayd vnto the Lord thou art my God heare the voice of my prayers O Lorde O Lorde God thou strength of my health thou haste couered my head in the day of battayl Let not the vngodly haue his desire O Lord let not his mischieuous imaginacion prosper lest they be to proude Lette the myschiefe of theyr owne lyppes fall vpon the head of them that cumpasse me about Lette hoate burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fyer and into the pyt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A manne full of woordes shall not prosper vpon the yearth euill shall hunte the wicked persone to ouerthrowe hym Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore and maynteyne the cause of the helpelesse The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy sight Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightye God whiche in the place of the traytor Iudas didst chose thy faythfull seruaunte Mathie to bee of the noumber of thy twelue Apostles Graunte that thy church being alway preserued from false Apostles may be ordred and guided by faythfull and true pastors Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle IN those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and sayd the number of names that were together were about an .c. and xx Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes haue beene fulfilled whiche the holye goste through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to them that toke Iesus For he was nūbred with vs and had obteyned felowship in this ministracion And the same hath nowe possessed a plat of grounde with the rewarde of iniquitie and when he was hanged he burst a sunder in the middes and all hys bowels gushed oute And it is knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem in so muche that the same fielde is called in theyr mother tongue Acheldama that is to say the bloude field For it is written in the booke of Psalmes hys habitacion be voyde and no man be dwelling therin and hys busshoprike let an other take Wherfore of these men whiche haue companied with vs all the time that the Lorde Iesus had all his conuersacion among vs beginnyng at the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was takē vp from vs must one be ordeyned to be a witnes with vs of hys resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph whiche is called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias And when they prayed they sayde Thou Lorde whiche knowest the heartes of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that he may take the roume of this ministraciō and Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might goe to his owne place And they gaue furth theyr lottes and the lot fell on Mathias and he was coumpted with the eleuen Apostles The Gospell IN that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde I thanke thee O father lord of heauē and earth because thou haste hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudente and hast shewed them vnto babes verely father euen so was it thy good pleasure All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth anye manne the father saue the sonne and he to whomesoeuer the sonne will open him Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I wil ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meke and lowly in heart and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easye and my burden is light The Annunciation of the virgin Marie ¶ At the Communion LOrd I am not hye minded I haue no proud lookes I doe not exercise myself in great maters whiche are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it low like as a childe that is wayned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a wayned childe O Israell trust in the Lorde from this time furth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. WE beseche thee lord powre
thy grace into our heartes that as we haue knowen Christ thy sonnes incarnacion by the message of an Angel so by his crosse and passion we may be broughte vnto the glorye of hys resurreccyon Through the same Christ our Lorde The Epistle GOd spake once agayne vnto Ahaz saying require a token of the lord thy god whether it be toward the depth beneath or towarde the heighte aboue Then sayde Ahaz I will require none neyther will I tempte the lorde And he sayde hearken to ye of the house of Dauid is it not ynoughe for you that ye bee grieuous vnto men but ye must grieue my god also And therfore the Lorde shall geue you a token Beholde a virgin shall conceiue and beare a sonne and his mother shall call his name Emanuel Butter and Hony shall he eate that he may know to refuse the euil and choose the good The Gospell ANd in the sixth moneth the Aungell Gabriell was sent from god vnto a citie of Galile named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a mā whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Mary And the Angel went in vnto her said Hayle ful of grace the Lorde is with thee Blessed art thou among women When she sawe hym she was abashed at hys saying and cast in her mind what maner of salutacion that should be And the Angel sayd vnto her feare not Mary for thou hast found grace with god Beholde thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus He shal be great shal be called the sonne of the hygheste And the Lorde God shall geue vnto hym the seate of his father Dauid and he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome there shall be none ende Then sayd Mary vnto the Angel How shal this be seeing I know not a man And the Angel answered and said vnto her the holy gost shall come vpon thee and the power of the highest shall ouershadow thee Therfore also that holy thing whiche shal be borne shal be called the sonne of God And beholde thy cosin Elizabeth she hath also conceiued a sonne in her age And this is her sixth moneth which was called baren for with god shall nothing be vnpossible And Mary sayd beholde the handmayde of the Lorde be it vnto me accordyng to thy woorde And the angel departed from her ¶ Sainct Markes day LOrd I call vpon thee hast thee vnto me and considre my voyce when I crye vnto thee Let my prayer be set furth in thy sighte as the incense and let the liftyng vp of my handes be an euening Sacrifice Set a watche O Lorde beefore my mouth and kepe the doore of my lippes O let not myne hearte be enclyned to any euill thyng let me not be occupyed in vngodly woorkes with the men that woorke wickednesse leste I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the righteous rather smite me frendely and reproue me But let not theyr precyous Balmes breake myne head yea I will pray yet agaynst theyr wickednes Let theyr iudges be ouerthrowen in stonye places that they may heare my woordes for they are swete Our bones lye scattered before the pitte Lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth But myne eyes looke vnto thee O Lord God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soule Kepe me from the snare whiche they haue layed for me and from the trappes of the wicked dooers Let the vngodly fall into theyr owne nettes together and let me euer escape them 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. ALmyghtye GOD whiche haste instructed thy holye Churche with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Sainct Marke geue vs grace so to bee establyshed by thy holy gospel that we be not like chyldren caried away with euery blast of vayne Doctrine Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle VNto euerye one of vs is geuen grace accordyng to the measure of the gyfte of Christe Wherfore he sayth when he went vp an hie he led captiuitie captiue gaue gyftes vnto menne That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth he that descended is euen the same also that ascēded vp aboue all heauens to fulfil al thinges And the very same made some Apostles some Prophetes some Euangelistes some shepeheardes and teachers to the edifying of the Saintes to the woorke ministracion euen to the edifying of the body of Christe till we all come to the vnitie of faith knowledge of the some of god vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the full perfect age of Christ That we hencefurth should be no more children wauering and caried about with euery winde of doctrine by the wylines of men through craftines wherby they lay awayte for vs to deceiue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges grow in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if al the body be coupled knit together throughout euery ioynte wherwith one ministreth to an other according to the operacion as euery parte hath his measure he encreaseth the body vnto the edifying of it selfe through loue The Gospel I Am the true vine and my father is an husband man Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me he wil take away And euery braunche that beareth fruite will he pourge that it may bring furth more fruite Now are ye cleane through the woordes whiche I haue spoken vnto you Byde in me and I in you As the braunche cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the vine no more can ye except ye abyde in me I am the vine ye are the braunches He that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth furth muche fruite For without me can ye do nothing If a man byde not in me he is cast furth as a braunche and is withered And men gather them and cast them into the fyer and they burne If ye bide in me and my woordes abyde in you aske what ye will and it shall be dooen for you Herein is my father glorifyed that ye beare muche fruite and become my Disciples As the father hath loued me euen so haue I also loued you Continue ye in my loue If ye kepe my commaundementes ye shall bide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes and abyde in hys loue These thynges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remayne in you and that your ioye might be full ¶ Sainct Philip and Iames. ¶ At Mattins The seconde lesson Actes .viii. vnto when the Apostles ¶ At the Communion BEholde howe good and ioyfull a thyng it is brethren to dwell together in vnitie It is like the precious oyntment vpon the head that ran down vnto
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
his Angels and preuayled not neither was theyr place found any more in heauen And the great Dragon that olde serpent called the deuill and Sathanas was cast out whiche deceiueth all the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his Angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loude voyce saying in heauē is nowe made saluacion and strength and the kyngdom of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe whiche accused them before our God day and night And they ouercame hym by the bloud of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loued not their liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Woe vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the deuill is come downe vnto you which hath great wrathe because he knoweth that he hathe but a shorte tyme. The Gospell AT thesame time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen Iesus called a childe vnto hym and sette hym in the myddest of them and sayed Verely I saye vnto you excepte ye turne and become as children ye shall not entre into the kyngdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth hymselfe as this childe thesame is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And whosoeuer receyueth suche a childe in my name receiueth me But whoso doth offende one of these lytleons whiche beleue in me it were better for hym that a milstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the worlde because of offences necessary it is that offences come But woe vnto the manne by whom the offence cometh Wherfore yf thy hande or thy foote hynder thee cut him of and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into lyfe halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hādes or two fete be cast into euerlasting fyre And yf thine iye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into life with one iye rather then hauing .ij. iyes to be cast into hell fyre Take hede that ye despise not one of these lytleons For I saye vnto you that in heauen theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father whiche is in heauen ¶ Sainct Luke Euangelist BY the waters of Babylon we sate downe wept when we remembred thee O Sion As for our harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin For they that led vs away captiue required of vs then a song and melodye in our heauines syng vs one of the songes of Sion Howe shall we syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forget thee O Ierusalem let my ryght hande forget her cunning If I doe not remembre thee let my tong cleaue to the rose of my mouth yea yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the chyldren of Edom O Lorde in the day of Ierusalem howe they sayed downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babylon wasted with miserie yea happye shal he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy chyldren and throweth them against the stones Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche calledst Luke the phisicion whose prayse is in the gospell to be a phisicion of the soule it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his doctrine to heale al the diseases of oure soules through thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle WAtche thou in all thinges suffre affliccions doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thyne office vnto the vtmoste be sobre For I am nowe ready to be offred and the tyme of my departing is at hād I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the faith Frō hencefurth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes whiche the Lorde that is a righteous iudge shal geue me at that day not to me only but vnto all them also that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayst come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this presente worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia only Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but specially the parchement Alexander the coppersmith did me muche euill the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstande our wordes The Gospell THe Lorde appointed other seuenty and two also and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and place whither he hymselfe woulde come Therfore saied he vnto them the haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest to sende furthe labourers into his haruest Go your wayes beholde I sende you foorth as lambes among wolues Beare no wallet neyther scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the waye into whatsoeuer house ye entre fyrst saye peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there your peace shal rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you agayne And in thesame house tary styll eating and drinkyng suche as they geue For the labourer is worthy of his reward ¶ Symon and Iude Apostles O Prayse God in his holynes prayse hym in the firmament of his power Prayse him in his noble actes prayse hym accordyng to his excellent greatnesse Prayse hym in the sounde of the trumpet prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe Prayse hym in the cymbales and daunse prayse hym vpon the stringes and pipe Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cymbales prayse hym vpon the loud cymbales Let euery thing that hath breth prayse the lord Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast builded the congregacion vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and prophetes Iesu Christ hymselfe beyng the head corner stone graunte vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by theyr doctrine that we maye be made an holye temple acceptable to thee through Iesu Christe oure Lorde The Epistle IVdas the seruaunte of Iesu Christe the brother of Iames to them whiche are called and sanctified in God the father preserued in Iesu Christe Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the common saluacion it was nedefull for me to write vnto you to exhort you that ye shoulde continuallye laboure in the faith whiche was once geuen
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
obeyng thy wil and alway beyng in safetie vnder thy proteccion may abyde in thy loue vnto theyr lyues ende through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen This prayer folowinge shal be omitted where the woman is past childe birthe O Merciful lorde and heauēly father by whose gracious gifte mākind is increased We beseche thee assiste with thy blissig these two persones that they may both be fruictful in procreacion of children also liue together so long in godlye loue and honestie that they maye see their childers children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion vnto thy prayse and honour throughe Iesus Christ our lord Amē O God whiche by thy mightie power hast made all thinges of naught whiche also after other thinges set in order diddeste appoint that out of man created after thine owne image and similitude woman should take her beginning and knitting them together diddest teache that it should neuer be lawful to put asonder those whome thou by matrimonie haddest made one O God which hast consecrated the state of matrimonie to such an excellent misterie that in it is signified and represented the spiritual mariage vnitie betwixte Christ and his church Loke mercifully vpon these thy seruauntes that both this manne maye loue his wyfe according to thy woorde as Christ did loue his spouse the churche who gaue himselfe for it louing and cherishinge it euen as his owne fleshe And also that this woman may be louing and amiable to her housebande as Rachael wyse as Rebecca faithful and obedient as Sara And in al quietnes sobrietie and peace bee a folower of holy and godlye matrones O lorde blesse them bothe and graunt them to inherite thy euerlastinge kingdome throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall the prieste blesse the man and the woman saiyng Almightie god which at the beginning did create our first parentes Adam and Eue and did sanctifie and ioyne them together in mariage Powre vpon you the richesse of his grace sanctifie and ✚ blisse you that ye maye please him bothe in bodye and soule and lyue together in holy loue vnto your lyues ende Amen Then shal be sayed after the gospell a sermon wherin ordinarely so oft as there is any marige thoffice of man and wyfe shall bee declared according to holy scripture Or yf ther be no sermon the minister shall reade this that foloweth Al ye whiche bee maried or which entende to take the holy estate of matrimonie vpon you heare what holy scripture dooeth say as touching the duetie of housebādes towarde their wiues and wiues towarde their housebandes Saincte Paule in his epistie to the Ephesians the fyfthe chapter doeth geue this commaundement to all maried men Ye housebandes loue your wyues euen as Christ loued the churche and hathe geuen himselfe for it to sanctifie it purgeyng it in the fountaine of water throughe the word that he might make it vnto him selfe a glorious congregacion not hauing spot or wrincle or any suche thing but that it shoulde be holy and blameles So men are bounde to loue their owne wyues as their owne bodyes he that loueth his owne wyfe loueth himselfe For neuer dyd any man hate his owne fleshe but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the lorde dothe the congregacion for wee are membres of his bodye of his fleshe and of his bones For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and they two shal be one flesh This mistery is great but I speake of Christ and of the congregacion Neuerthelesse let euery one of you so loue his owne wyfe euen as himselfe Lykewyse the same Saint Paule writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to all menne that be maried Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what saint Peter thapostle of Christ whiche was himselfe a maried man sayeth vnto all menne that are maried Ye husbandes dwel with your wyues according to knowledge Geuyng honor vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessell and as heyres together of the grace of lyfe so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto ye haue hearde the duetie of the husbande towarde the wyfe Nowe lykewise ye wiues heare and learne your duetie towarde your husbandes euen as it is playnely set furth in holy scripture Saint Paule in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus ye weomen submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the lord for the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the churche And he also is the sauiour of the whole bodye Therefore as the Churche or congregacion is subiecte vnto Christe So lykewise let the wiues also be in subieccion vnto theyr owne husbandes in all thinges And againe he saieth Let the wyfe reuerence her husbande And in his Epistle to the Colossians Saincte Paule geueth you this short lessō Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as it is conueniente in the Lorde Saincte Peter also doeth instructe you very godly thus sayeng Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the woorde they may be wonne without the woorde by the conuersacion of the wiues Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersacion coupled with feare whose apparell let it not be outwarde with broyded heare and trymmyng about with golde eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparell But leat the hyd man whiche is in the hearte be without all corrupcion so that the spirite be mylde and quiete whiche is a precious thing in the sight of God For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women whiche trusted in God apparell themselues beeyng subiecte to theyr owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham callyng him lorde whose daughters ye are made doyng wel and beyng not dismaied with any feare The newe maried persones the same daye of their mariage must receiue the holy communion ⧠THE ORDER FOR ⧠the visitacion of the sicke and the Communion of the same The prieste entring into the sicke persones house shal saye Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mannes presence he shall saye this psalme HEare my prayer o lorde and cōsider my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde he hath layed me in the darknesse as the men that haue bene long dead Therefore is my spirite vexed within me and my hearte within me is desolate Yet doe I remembre the tyme paste I muse vpon all thy woorkes yea I exercise my selfe in the woorkes of thy handes I stretche forth myne handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thirstie lande Heare me o lorde and that soone for my spirite weaxeth faint hyde not thy face from me lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe
into the pitte O lette me heare thy louyng kyndnesse betymes in the mornynge for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lyft vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me o lorde from myne enemyes for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to dooe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my god lette thy louyng spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of righteousnesse Quicken me o lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake bryng my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse slaye my enemies and destroye all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ With this antheme Remembre not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunt Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightily defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurte hym Minister Bee vnto hym O Lorde a strong tower Aunswere From the face of his enemy Minister Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come vnto thee Minister Let vs praye O Lorde looke downe from heauen beholde visite and releue this thy seruaunte Looke vpon hym with the iyes of thy mercy geue hym coumforte and sure confidence in thee Defende hym from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetie through Jesus Christe our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and moste mercifull God and Sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruaunt whiche is greued with sickenesse Visite hym O Lord as thou diddest visite Peters wyfes mother and the Capitaynes seruaunte And as thou preseruedst Thobie and Sara by thy Aungell from daunger So restore vnto this sicke person his former health if it be thy will or els geue hym grace so to take thy correccion that after this painfull lyfe ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlastyng Amen Then shall the minister exhorte the sicke person after this fourme or other lyke DErely beloued knowe this that almightie God is the Lorde ouer lyfe death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as yougth strength helth age weakenesse and sickenesse Wherfore whatsoeuer youre sickenesse is know you certaynly that it is Gods visitacion And for what cause soeuer this sickenesse is sent vnto you whether it bee to trye your pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lord laudable gloryous and honourable to the encrease of glory and endlesse felicitie Orels it be sente vnto you to correcte and amende in you whatsoeuer doeth offende the iyes of our heauenly father knowe you certaynlye that yf you truely repente you of youre synnes and beare youre sicknesse paciently trustyng in Gods mercye for his deare sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitacion submytting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite helpe you forward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting lyfe ☞ ¶ Take therfore in good worth the chastement of the Lord For whom the Lord loueth he chastiseth Yea as Saincte Paul sayeth he scourgeth euery sonne whiche he receyueth yf you endure chastisement he offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not Yf ye be not vnder correccion wherof all the true children are partakers then are ye bastardes and not children Therfore seing that whan our carnall fathers doe correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not nowe muche rather be obedient to our spirituall father and so lyue And they for a fewe dayes do chastise vs afer their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to thentente he may make vs partakers of his holines These wordes good brother are Gods wordes and wrytten in holy scripture for our coumfort and instruccion that we should paciently and with thankes geuyng beare oure heauenly fathers correccion whansoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnes to visite vs. And there should be no greater coumfort to christian persons then to be made lyke vnto Christe by sufferyng paciently aduersities troubles and sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first he suffered payne he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our waye to eternall ioy is to suffre here with Christe and our doore to entre into eternall lyfe is gladly to dye with Christe that we may ryse againe from death and dwell with him in euerlasting lyfe Nowe therfore taking your sickenesse whiche is thus profitable for you paciently I exhorte you in the name of God to remembre the profession which you made vnto God in youre Baptisme And forasmuche as after this lyfe there is accompte to bee geuen vnto the ryghteous iudge of whom all must be iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe your state both towarde God and manne so that accusyng and condemning your selfe for your owne faultes you may fynde mercy at our heauēly fathers hand for Christes sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgemēt Therfore I shall shortly rehearse the articles of our fayth that ye may knowe whether you doe beleue as a christian man should beleue or no. Here the minister shall rehearse the articles of the faythe saying thus Doest thou beleue in God the father almightie And so forth as it is in Baptisme This may be done before the minister begyn his prayers as he shall see cause Then shall the minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde Exhortyng hym to forgeue from the botome of his herte all persons that haue offended hym and if he haue offended other to aske them forgeuenesse and where he hath done iniurie or wrong to any man that he make amendes to his vttermoste power And if he haue not a fore disposed his goodes let him then make his wyll But men must be oft admonished that they sette an ordre for theyr temporall goodes and landes whan they be in helth And also to declare his debtes what he oweth and what is owyng to hym for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his executours The minister may not forget nor omitte to moue the sicke person and that most earnestly to lyberalitie toward the poore ¶ Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession yf he fele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After
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
c. As it was in the beginning c. The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuche as all mortall men be subiect to many sodain perilles diseases and syckenesses and euer vncerteyne what tyme they shall departe out of this lyfe Therefore to the intente they may be alwayes in a redynesse to dye whensoeuer it shall please almyghtye God to call them The curates shall diligētly from time to time but specially in the plague time exhorte theyr parishoners to the ofte receiuing in the churche of the holy Communion of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe whiche if they doe they shall haue no cause in theyr sodayne visitacion to be vnquieted for lacke of the same But if the sycke person be not hable to come to the churche and yet is desyrous to receyue the Communion in his house then he must geue knowlege ouer night or els early in the morning to the curate sygnifying also how many be appoynted to communicate with him And if the same day there be a celebracion of the holy Communion in the churche then shal the priest reserue at the open communion so muche of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the sicke person and so many as shal Communicate with him if there be any And so soone as he conuenientlye may after the open Communion ended in the churche shall goe and minister the same firste to those that are appoynted to communicate with the sicke if there be any and last of al to the sicke persone himselfe But before the Curate distribute the holy Communion the appoynted generall confessyon must be made in the name of the communicantes the curate adding the absolucion with the comfortable sentences of scripture folowyng in the open Communion and after the communion ended the Collecte Almightie and euerliuyng God we moste hartely thanke thee c. ¶ But if the day be not appoynted for the open communion in the churche then vpon conuenient warning geuen the curate shal come and visite the sicke person afore noone And hauing a conuenient place in the sycke mannes house where he may reuerentely celebrate with all thynges necessary for the same and not being otherwise letted with the publike seruice or any other iust impediment he shall there celebrate the holy communion after suche forme and sorte as herafter is appoynted THE CELEBRAcion of the holy Communion for the sicke O Prayse the Lorde all ye nacions laude hym all ye people for hys mercifull kyndenes is confirmed towarde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Without any more repeticion The Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmyghtye euerlyuyng God maker of mankynde whiche doeste correct those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou dost receiue we beseche thee to haue mercie vpon thys thy seruaunt visited with thy hand and to graunt that he may take his sickenes paciently and recouer his bodily health if it be thy gracyous will and whansoeuer his soule shall departe from the body it may without spotte be presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Epistle MY sonne despise not the correccion of the lorde neyther faynt whē thou art rebuked of him for whom the lorde loueth him he correcteth yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whome he receiueth The Gospel Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my woorde and beleueth on him that sente me hath euerlasting lyfe and shall not come vnto damnacyon but he passeth from death vnto life The Preface The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Lift vp your heartes c. Vnto the ende of the Cannon ¶ At the time of the distribucion of the holy sacrament the priest shal first receiue the Communion hymselfe after minister to them that be appoynted to communicate with the sycke if there be any and then to the sicke person And the sicke person shal alwayes desire some eyther of his owne house or els of hys neighbours to receiue the holy Communion with hym for that shall bee to hym a singuler great coumfort and of theyr parte a great token of charitie ¶ And if there bee moe sycke persons to be visited the same day that the Curate dooeth celebrate in anye sycke mannes house then shall the curate there reserue so much of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the other sicke persons and suche as be appoynted to communicate with them if there bee anye And shall immediatly cary it and minister it vnto them ¶ But if any man eyther by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for lacke of warnyng geuen in due tyme to the curate or by any other iuste impediment doe not receiue the sacrament of Christes body bloud then the curate shall instruct him that if he doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the crosse for hym and shed hys bloud for hys redempcion earnestly remembring the benefites he hath therby and geuing him heartie thankes therfore he doth eate and drynke spiritually the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ profitably to his soules health althoughe he dooe not receyue the sacramente with his mouth ¶ When the sicke persone is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one tyme then the priest for more expedicion shall vse this order at the visitacion The Antheme Remember not Lorde c. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euil Amen Let vs pray O Lorde looke downe from heauen c. With the first parte of the exhortacion and all other thynges vnto the Psalme In thee O Lorde haue I put my trust c. And if the sicke desyre to be annoyncted then shall the Prieste vse the appoynted prayer without any Psalme ⧠THE ORDRE FOR ⧠the Buriall of the dead The priest metyng the Corps at the Churche stile shall say Or els the priestes and clearkes shall syng and so goe eyther into the Churche or towardes the graue I Am the resurreccion and the lyfe sayth the Lorde he that beleueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in me shall not dye for euer I Knowe that my redemer lyueth and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the last day and shal be couered again with my skinne and shall see God in my fleshe yea and I my selfe shall beholde hym not with other but with these same iyes WE brought nothyng into this world neyther may we carye any thyng out of this worlde The Lorde geueth and the Lorde taketh away Euen as it pleaseth the
region of light with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the place where is no wepyng sorowe nor heauynes and when that dredful day of the generall resurreccion shall come make hym to ryse also with the iust and righteous and receiue thys body againe to glory then made pure and incorruptible set him on the righte hande of thy sonne Iesus Christ among thy holy and elect that then he maye heare with them these most swete and coumfortable wordes Come to me ye blessed of my father possesse the kyngdōe which hath bene prepared for you from the begynning of the world Graunte this we beseche thee o mercyfull father through Iesus Christ our mediatour and redemer Amen ⧠THE CELEBRACION ⧠of the holy Communion when there is a Burial of the dead LYke as the hart desireth the water brookes so longeth my soule after thee O God My soule is a thirst for god yea euen for the liuing god when shall I come to appeare before the presence of God My teares haue beene my meate day and nighte whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy god Nowe when I thinke thereupon I powre out my heart by my selfe for I went with the multitude and brought them furth vnto the house of God in the voyce of praise and thankesgeuing emong suche as kepe holy day Why art thou so full of heauines O my soule and why art thou so vnquiete within me Put thy trust in god for I wil yet geue him thankes for the helpe of his countenaunce My God my soule is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Iordane and the litle hill of Hermonim One deepe calleth an other because of the noyse of thy water pypes al thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me The lorde hath graunted his louing kyndenesse on the daye tyme and in the nighte season dyd I syng of hym and made my prayer vnto the god of my lyfe I will say vnto the God of my strength why haste thou forgotten me why goe I thus heauelye whyle the enemye oppresseth me My bones are smitten a soonder whyle myne enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth namely while they say dayly vnto me where is nowe thy God Why art thou so vexed O my soule and why arte thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in god for I will yet thanke hym whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen Collette O Mercifull god the father of oure lord Iesu Christ who is the resurreccion and the life In whome whosoeuer beleueth shall liue thoughe he dye And whosoeuer liueth and beleueth in hym shall not dye eternally who also hath taught vs by his holye Apostle Paule not to bee sorye as men without hope for them that slepe in him We mekelye beseche thee o father to raise vs from the death of sin vnto the life of righteousnes that when we shall departe this lyfe we maye slepe in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and at the general resurreccion in the laste daie both we and this oure brother departed receiuyng agayne our bodies and risinge againe in thy moste gracious fauoure maye with all thine elect Saynctes obteine eternall ioye Graunt this O Lord god by the meanes of our aduocate Iesus Christ whiche with thee and the holy ghoste liueth and reigneth one God for euer Amen The Epistle I Would not brethren that ye shoulde bee ignoraunt concernyng them whiche are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other doe which haue no hope For if wee beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche slepe by Iesus wyll God brynge againe with him For this saie we vnto you in the woorde of the Lord that we whiche shall lyue and shall remaine in the cummynge of the Lorde shall not come ere they whiche slepe For the Lorde himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute and the voice of the Archangell and troump of God And the deade in Christ shall arise firste then wee whiche shall lyue euen wee whiche shall remayne shall bee caughte vp wyth them also in the cloudes to meete the Lorde in the ayre And so shall wee euer bee wyth the Lorde Wherefore coumforte youre selues one an other wyth these woordes ¶ The gospell IEsus sayed to his disciples and to the Iewes All that the father geueth me shall come to me and he that commeth to me I cast not away For I came down from heauen not to doe that I will but that he will whiche hath sent me And this is the fathers will whiche hath sente me that of all whiche he hath geuen me I shall lose nothing but raise them vp again at the last day And this is the wyll of hym that sent me that euery one which seeth the sonne and beleueth on him haue euerlasting lyfe And I wil raise hym vp at the laste daye ⧠THE ORDRE OF THE ⧠Purification of weomen The woman shall come into the churche and there shall kneele downe in some conueniente place nygh vnto the quier doore and the prieste standyng by her shall saye these woordes or suche lyke as the case shall require FOr asmuche as it hath pleased almightie god of his goodnes to geue you safe deliueraunce and your childe baptisme and hath preserued you in the greate daunger of childebirth ye shal therefore geue heartie thākes vnto god and pray Then shall the prieste say this psalme I Haue lifted vp mine iyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My help cummeth euen from the lord whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israell shall neyther slumber nor slepe The lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the sunne shall not burne thee by daye neyther the moone by nyght The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lord shall preserue thy going out and thy cummyng in from this tyme furth for euermore Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O lord saue this woman thy seruaunt Aunswere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong tower Aunswere From the face of her enemie Priest Lorde heare oure praier Aunswere And let oure crye come to thee Priest ¶ Let vs praye O Almyghtye God which hast delyuered thys woman thy seruaunt from the great payne and perill of
child-birth Graunt we beseche thee most mercyfull father that she through thy helpe may both faithfully lyue and walke in her vocacion accordyng to thy will in thys lyfe present and also maye be partaker of euerlastyng glory in the lyfe to come through Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen The woman that is purifyed must offer her Crisome and other accustomed offeringes And if there be a communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy communion The first daie of Lente commonly called Ashewednisdaye ¶ After mattens ended the people beyng called together by the rynging of a bel and assembled in the churche Thinglishe letanye shall be sayed after thaccustomed maner whiche ended the prieste shall goe into the pulpitte and saie thus BRethrē in the primatiue churche there was a godlye discipline that at the begynning of lente suche persones as were notorious sinners were put to open penaunce and punished in this worlde that theyr soules myght be saued in the daye of the Lorde And that other admonyshed by theyr example mighte be more afrayed to offende In the steede whereof vntill the sayde disciplyne maye be restored agayne whyche thynge is muche to be wished it is thoughte good that at this tyme in your presence shoulde be read the generall sentences of goddes cursing agaynst impenitent synners gathered out of the xxvii Chapter of Deuteronomie and other places of scripture And that ye should aunswere to euery sentence Amen To the intente that you beyng admonished of the greate indignacion of God agaynste synners maye the rather be called to earneste and true repentaunce and maye walke more warely in these daungerous dayes fleyng frō suche vices for the which ye affirme with your owne mouthes the curse of God to be due ¶ Cursed is the manne that maketh any carued or molten image an abominacion to the Lord the worke of the handes of the craftes manne and putteth it in a secrete place to wurship it And the people shall aunswere and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth hys father and mother Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth awaie the marke of his neighbours land Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blinde to goe oute of his waye Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that letteth in iudgement the right of the straungier of them that be fatherlesse and of widowes Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretely Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wyfe Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh rewarde to slea the soule of innocent bloude Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in mā taketh manne for his defence and in his hearte goeth from the Lorde Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and aduouterers the couetous persones the wurshyppers of images slaundreers drunkardes and extorcioners Aunswere Amen The minister NOwe seeing that al they bee accursed as the Prophete Dauid beareth witnesse whiche doe erre goe astray from the commaundementes of God let vs remembring the dredeful iudgement hanging ouer our heades and being alwayes at hande returne vnto our lorde God with al contricion and mekenes of heart bewailing and lamenting our synful lyfe knowlagyng and confessing our offences and seekyng to bring furth worthie fruites of penance For euen now is the axe put vnto the roote of the trees so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fier It is a fearefull thing to fall into the handes of the lyuing God he shall powre downe rayne vpon the synners snares fyer brimstone storme and tempest this shal be theyr porcion to drinke For loe the lorde is cummen out of his place to visite the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon the earth But who may abyde the daye of his cumming who shal bee hable to endure whan he appeareth His fanne is in his hande and he will pourge his floore gather his wheate into the barne but he will burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fier The day of the lorde cummeth as a thiefe vpon the night and when men shal say peace and al thinges are safe then shall sodayne destruccion come vpon them as sorowe cometh vpon a woman trauaillyng with childe and they shall not escape then shall appeare the wrathe of God in the daye of vengeaunce whiche obstinate synners through the stubbernes of their hearte haue heaped vnto themselfe whiche despised the goodnesse pacience and long sufferaunce of god when he called thē continually to repentaunce Then shall they call vpon me sayth the lorde but I will not heare they shal seke me early but they shall not finde me and that because they hated knowlage receiued not the feare of the lord but abhorred my coūsell and despised my correcciō then shal it be too late to knocke when the doore shal be shut too late to cry for mercy when it is the time of iustice O terrible voice of most iust iudgemēt which shal be pronounced vpon them when it shal be sayde vnto them Go ye cursed into the fyer euerlasting whiche is prepared for the deuill and his angels Therfore brethren take we hede by time while the day of saluacion lasteth for the night cometh when none can worke but let vs while we haue the light beleue in the light and walke as the childrē of the lyghte that we bee not caste into the vtter derkenes where is wepyng and gnashing of teeth Let vs not abuse the goodnes of god whiche calleth vs mercifully to amendement and of his endlesse pitie promiseth vs forgeuenes of that whiche is past if with a whole mind and a true heart we returne vnto him for though our sinnes bered as scarlet they shal be as white as snowe and though they be lyke purple yet shall they be as white as woolle Turne you cleane sayeth the lord from all your wickednes and your synne shall not be your destruccion Cast away from you all your vngodlynes that ye haue doen make you new heartes and a newe spirite wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seing I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God Turne you then and you shall lyue Although we haue sinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous he it is that obteyneth grace for our sinnes for he was wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickednes let vs therfore returne vnto him who is the mercifull receiuer of all true penitent sinners assuryng our selfe that he is ready to receiue vs and most willing to pardon vs if we come to him with faithfull repentaunce yf we wyll submit our selues vnto hym and from henceforth walke in his wayes yf we will take his easy yoke and light burden vpon vs to folow him in lowlynesse pacience and charitie and bee ordred by