vocation and ministerie may truely and godly serue thee through our Lord Iesus Christ MErcifull God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the death of a sinner but rather that he should be conuerted and liue haue mercie vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretikes and take from them all ignorance hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnant of the true Israelites and bee made one sold vnder one shepheard Iesus Christ our Lord who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe Law which hath but a shadow of good things to come Heb. 10.1 and not the verie fashion of things themselues can neuer with those sacrifices which they offer yere by yere continually make the commers thereunto perfect For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue beene offered because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of sinnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mention made of sinnes euerie yeere For the blood of Oxen and Goates cannot take away sinnes Wherefore when hee commeth into the world hee sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not haue but a bodie hast thou ordeined mee Burnt offering also for sinne hast thou not allowed Then said I Loe I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of mee that I should doe thy will O God Aboue when hee saith Sacrifice and offering and burnt sacrifices and sinne offerings thou wouldest not haue neither hast thou allowed them which yet are offered by the Lawe Then said hee Loe I am here to doe thy will O God he taketh away the first to establish the latter By the which will wee are made holy euen by the offering of the bodie of Iesu Christ once for all And euerie Priest is readie dayly ministring and offering oftentimes one maner of oblation which can neuer take away sinnes But this man after hee had offered one sacrifice for sinnes is set downe for euer on the right hand of God and from hencefoorth tarieth till his foes bee made his footestoole For with one offering hath hee made perfect for euer them that are santified The holy Ghost himselfe also beareth vs record euen when he told before This is the Testament that I will make vnto them After those dayes sayeth the Lord I will put my lawes in their hearts and in their minds will I write them and their sinnes and iniquities will I remember no more And where remission of these things is there is no more offering for sinnes Seeing therefore brethren that by the meanes of the blood of Iesu we haue libertie so enter into the holy place by the new liuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vaile that is to say by his flesh And seeing also that wee haue an high Priest which is ruler ouer the house of GOD let vs draw nigh with a true heart in sure faith sprinkled in our hearts from an euil conscience and washed in our bodies with pure water Let vs keepe the profession of our hope without wauering for hee is faithfull that promised and let vs consider one another to the intent that we may prouoke vnto loue and to good workes not forsaking the fellowship that we haue among our selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhort one another and that so much the more because ye see that the day draweth nigh The Gospel WHen Iesus had spoken these words Ioh. 18.1 he went forth with his disciples ouer the brooke Cedron where was a garden into the which he then entred with his disciples Iudas also which betraied him knew the place For Iesus oftimes resorted thither with his disciples Iudas then after he had receiued a band of men and ministers of the high Priests and Pharisees came thither with lanternes and firebrands and weapons And Iesus knowing all things that should come on him went foorth and said vnto them Whome seeke yee They ansswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus said vnto them I am he Iudas also which betrayed him stood with them Assoone then as he had said vnto them I am he they went backward and fell to the ground Then asked he them againe Whome seeke yee They said Iesus of Nazareth Iesus answered I haue told you that I am he if yee seeke mee therefore let these goe their way that the saying might be fulfilled which he spake Of them which thou gauest mee haue I not lost one Then Simon Peter hauing a sword drewe it and smote the high Priests seruant and cut off his right eare The seruants name was Malchus Therefore saith Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy sword into the sheath shall I not drinke of the cup which my father hath giuen me Then the companie and the captaine and the ministers of the Iewes tooke Iesus and bound him and led him away to Annas first for hee was father in law to Caiaphas which was the high Priest the same yeere Caiaphas was hee that gaue counsell to the Iewes that it was expedient that one man should die for the people And Simon Peter followed Iesus and so did another disciple That disciple was knowen to the high Priest and went in with Iesus into the palace of the high Priest But Peter stood at the doore without Then went out that other Disciple which was knowen to the high Priest and spake to the Damosell that kept the doore and brought in Peter Then sayd the Damosell that kept the doore vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans Disciples Hee sayde I am not The seruaunts and ministers stoode there which had made a fire of coales for it was colde and they warmed themselues Peter also stoode among them and warmed himselfe The high Priest then asked Iesus of his Disciples and of his doctrine Iesus answered him I spake openly in the world I euer taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple whither all the Iewes haue resorted and in secret haue I spoken nothing Why askest thou mee Aske them which heared mee What I saide vnto them Beholde they can tell what I said When hee had thus spoken one of the ministers which stoode by smote Iesus on the face saying Answerest thou the high Priest so Iesus answered him If I haue euill spoken beare witnesse of the euill but if I haue well spoken why smitest thou mee And Annas sent him bound vnto Caiaphas the high Priest Simon Peter stoode and warmed himselfe Then sayde they vnto him Art not thou also one of his Disciples Hee denied it and sayd I am not One of the seruants of the high Priest his cousin whose eare Peter smote off saide vnto him Did not I see thee in the garden with him Peter therefore denied againe and immediately the Cocke crewe Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement It was in the morning and they themselues went not into
to him And after that he had opned his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receiue the inheritance of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righeousnesse for they shall be satisfied Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie Blessed are the pure in heart for they shal see God Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the children of God Blessed are they which suffer persection for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are yee when men reusle you and persecute you and shal falsely say all maner of euill sayings against you for my sake reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you The order for the administration of the Lordes Supper or holy Communion SO many as intend to bee partakers of the holy Communion shall signifie their names to the Curate ouer night or els in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the Congregation by him is offended or haue done any wrong to his neighbours by worde or deede the Cu. rate hauing knowledge thereof shall call him and aduertise him in any wise not to presume to the Lordes Table vntill hee haue openly de clared him selfe to haue truely repented and amended his former naughtie life that the Congregation may thereby bee satisfied which afore were offended and that he haue recompenced the parties whome hee hath done wrong vnto or at the least declare himselfe to be in full purpose so to doe as soone as he conue niently may The same order shall the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lords Table vntill he know them to be reconciled And if one of the parties so at variance be content to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him and to make amends for that he himselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remaine still in his frowardnesse and malice the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent person to the holy Communion and not him that is obstinate The Table hauing at the Communion time a faire white linnen cloth vpon it shall stand in the body of the Church or in the Chauncel where Morning prayer and Euening prayer be appointed to be said And the Priest standing at the North side of the Table shall say the Lords prayer with this Collect following The Communion ALmightie God vnto whom all hearts bee open all desires knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy spirity that wee may perfectly loue thee worthsly magnifie thy holy name throught christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest rehearse distinctly all the ten Commaundements and the people kneeling shall after euery Commaundement aske God mercy for their trasgression of the same after this sort The Minister God spake these words and sayd I am the Lorde they God Thou shall haue none other gods but me People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beâ—tath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not how downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the children vuto the third fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thosands in them that loue me and keepe my commandements People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts to keepe this Law Minister Thou shall not take the Name of the Lorde thy God in vaine for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine People Lord haue mercy vspon vs and entline our hearts c. Minister Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sire dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy maide seruant thy â—attell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encliue our hearts to keepe this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall doe no murther People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not commit adultery People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not steale People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and encline our hearts Ac. Minister Thou shall not count thy neighbours house thou shall not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his mayd nor his â—xe nor his Asse nor any thing that is his People Lord haue mercy vpon vs and write all these thy Lawes in our hearts we beseech thee Then shall follow the Collect of the day with one of these two Collects following for the King the Priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ALmightie God whose kingdome is everlasting and power infinite haue mercy vpon the whole congregation and to rule the heart of thy chosen servant Iames our King and givernour that he knowing whose minister he is may about al things seeke thy honour and glory and that wee subiects duely confidering whole authoritie hee hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed worde and ordinance through Iesus Christ our Lord who with thee and the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen ALmightie and everlasting God we bee taught by thy holy word that the hearts of kings are in thy rule and gouernance and that thou dost dispose and tnrne them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisedom we humbly beseech thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Iames thy seruant our King and gouernour that in all his thoughts words and workes hee may euer seeke thy honour and glorie and studie to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and
dead To him giue al the Prophets witnesss that through his Name whosoeuer beleeueth in him shal receiue remission of sinnes The Gospel BEholde Luk. 24.13 two of his Disciples went that same day to a towne called Emmaus which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlongs and they talked together of all the things that had happened And it chanced while they communed together and reasoned Iesus himselfe drew neere went with them but their eies were holden that they should not know him And he said vnto them What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke are sad And one of them whose name was Cleophas answered said vnto him Art thou only a stranger in Hierusalem hast not knowen the things which haue chanted there in these daies He said vnto them What things and they sayde vnto him of Iesus Of Nazareth which was a Prophet mightie in deed and word before God all the people and how the high Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified him But we trusted that it had bene hee which should haue redeemed Israel And as touching all these things to day is euen the third day that they were done Yea certaine women also of our companie made vs astonied which came earely vnto the sepulchre and found not his body and came saying that they had seene a vision of Angels which sayd that hee was aliue And certaine of them which were with vs went to the sepulchre found it euen so as the women had sayd but him they saw not And he sayd vnto them O fooles slow of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken Ought not Christ to haue suffered these things and to enter into his glory And he began at Moses and all the Prophets interpreted vnto them in al Scriptures which were written of him And they drew nigh vnto the towne which they went vnto he made as though he would haue gone further and they constrained him saying Abide with vs for it draweth towards night the day is farre passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he fate at meat with them he tooke bread and blessed it and brake gaue to them And their â—ies were opened they knew him and he vanished out of their sight And they said between themselues Did not our hearts burn within vs while he talked with vs by the way and opened to vs the Scriptures And they rose vp the same houre and returned to Hierusalem and found the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying The Lord is risen in deed and hath appeared vnto Simon And they told what things were done in the way and how they knew him in breaking of bread Tuesday in Easter weeke The Collect. ALmightie Father which hast giuen thine onely Sonne to die for our sinnes and to rise againe for our iustification graunt vs so to put away the leauen of malice and wickednesse that wee may alway serue thee in purenesse of liuing and trueth through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle YE men and brethren Act. 13.26 children of the generation of Abraham and whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this word of saluation sent For the inhabiters of Hierusalem and their rulers because they knew him not nor yet the voyces of the Prophets which are read euery Sabboth day they haue fulfilled them in condemning him And when they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilat to kill him And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him they tooke him downe from the tree and put him in a sepulchre But God raised him againe from death the third day and he was seene many dayes of them which went with him from Galilee to Hierusalem which are witnesses vnto the people And wee declare vnto you how that the promise which was made vnto the Fathers God hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus againe euen as it is written in the second Psalme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raised him vp from death now no more to returne to corruption hee sayd on this wife The holy promises made to Dauid will I giue faithfully vnto you Wherefore hee sayeth also in another place Thou shall not suffer thine holy One to see corruption For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfilled the will of God fell on sleepe and was laid vnto his fathers and saw corruption But hee whom God raised againe saw no corruption Be it knowen vnto you therefore yee men and brethren that through this man is preached vnto you forgiuenesse of sinnes and that by him all that beleeue are iustified from all things from which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses Beware therefore lest that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophets Behold yee despisers and wonder and perish ye For I doe a worke in your dayes which yee shall not beleeue though a man declare it vnto you The Gospel IEsus stood in the mids of his Disciples Luke 24.36 and said vnto them Peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed afraid and supposed that they had seene a Spirit And hee said vnto them Why are yee troubled and why doe thoughts arise in your hearts Behold my hands my feete that it is euen I my selfe handle me and see for a spirit hath no flesh and bones as ye se me haue And when hee had thus spoken he shewed them his hands and his feete And while they yet beleeued not for ioy and wondred he said vnto them Haue yee here any meate And they offered him a piece of a broyled fish and of an hony combe And hee tooke it and did eat before them And he said vnto them These are the words which I spake vnto you while I was yet with you that all must bee fulfilled which were written of mee in the Lawe of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalmes Then opened hee their wits that they might vnderstand the Scriptures and said vnto them Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christ to suffer and to rise againe from death the third day and that repentance and remission of sinnes should bee preached in his Name among all nations and must begin at Hierusalem And ye are witnesses of these things The first Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which c. As at the Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of God 1. Ioh. 5.4 ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the world euen our faith Who is hee that ouercommeth the world but hee that beleeueth that Iesus is the Sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the
spirit that beareth witnesse because the spirit is trueth For there are three which beare record in heauen the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one And there are three which beare record in earth the Spirit Water and Blood and these three are one If we receiue the witnesse of men the witnes of God is greater for this is the witnesse of God which he testified of his Sonne He that beleeueth on the Sonne of God hath the witnesse in himselfe He that beleeueth not God hath made him a liar because he beleeueth not the record that God gaue of his Sonne And this is the record how that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life and this life is in his Sonne He that hath the Sonne hath life and he that hath not the Sonne of God hath not life The Gospel THe same day at night Iohn 20.19 which was the first day of the Sabboths when the doores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stood in the mids and said vnto them Peace be vnto you And when hee had so said hee shewed vnto them his handes and his side Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my Father sent me euen so send I you also And when he had said these words he breathed on them and said vnto them Receiue yee the holy Ghost Whosoeuers sinnes yee remit they are remitted vnto them and whosoeuers sinnes ye retaine they are retained The ij Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen thine only Son to bee vnto vs both a sacrifice for sinne and also an ensample of godly life giue vs the grace that wee may alwayes most thankefully receiue that his inestimable benefit and also dayly endeuour our selues to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life The Epistle THis is thanke worthy 1. Pet. 2.16 if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued For what praise is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye take it patiently But and if when yee doe well yee suffer wrong and take it patiently then is there thanke with God for hereunto verily were yee called For Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an example that yee should follow his steps which did no sinne neither was there guile found in his mouth Which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatened not but committed the vengeance to him that iudgeth righteously Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should liue vnto righteousnes by whose stripes yee were healed For yee were as sheepe going astray but are now turned vnto the Shepheared and Bishop of your soules The Gospel CHrist said Iohn 10.11 I am the good Shepheard A good Shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe An hired seruant and hee which is not the shepheard neither the sheepe are his owne seeth the woolfe comming and leaueth the sheepe and fleeth and the woolfe catcheth and scattereth the sheepe The hired seruant fleeth because hee is an hired seruant and careth not for the sheepe I am the good Shepheard and know my sheepe and am knowen of mine As my Father knoweth me euen so know I also my Father And I giue my life for the sheepe And other sheepe I haue which are not of this folde them also must I bring and they shall heare my voyce and there shall bee one folde and one Shepheard The third sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which shewest to all men that be in errour the light of thy trueth to the intent that they may returne into the way of righteousnes grant vnto al them that be admitted into the fellowship of Christes religion that they may eschew those things that be coutrary to their profession follow all such things as be agreeable to the same through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle DEarely beloued 1. Pet. 2.11 I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes absteine from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersation among the Gentiles that whereas they backbite you as euil doers they may see your good works and praise God in the day of visitation Submit your selues therefore euery man for the Lords sake whether it be vnto the king as vnto the chiefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill doers but for the laud of them that doe well For so is the wil of God that with well doing ye may stop the mouthes of foolish and ignorant men as free and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse but euen as the seruants of God Honour all men Loue brotherly fellowshippe Feare God Honour the King The Gospel IEsus said to his disciples Iohn 16.16 After a while ye shal not see me and againe after awhile yee shall see mee for I goe to the Father Then sayd some of his Disciples betweene themselues What is this that hee sayeth vnto vs After a while shall not see me and againe after a while ye shal see me and that I go to the father They said therefore What is this that hee sayeth After a while Wee can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceiued that they would aske him and sayd vnto them Yee enquire of this betweene your selues because I sayd After a while ye shall not see me and Againe After a while ye shal see me Verily verily I say unto you Yee shall weepe and lament but contrariwise the world shall reioyce Ye shal sorrow but your sorrow shal be tnrned to ioy A woman when the traueileth hath sorrow because her houre is come but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguish for ioy that a man is borne into the world And ye now therefore haue sorrow but I will see you againe and your heart shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you The fourth sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which doest make the mindes of all faithfull men to be of one will graunt vnto thy people that they may loue the thing which thou commandest and desire that which thou doest promise that among the sundry and manifold changes of the worlde our heartes may surely there be fixed whereas true ioyes are to be found through Christ our Lord. The Epistle EVery good gift Iam. 1.17 and euery perfect gift is from aboue and commeth downe from the Father of lights with whom is no variablenesse neither shadowe of change Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that wee shoulde bee the first fruites of his creatures Wherefore deare brethren let euery man bee swift to heare slowe to speake slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous
that by the grace of God they will euermore endeuour themselues faithfully to obserue and keepe such things as they by their owne mouth and confession haue assented vnto Secondly forasmuch as Confirmation is ministred to them that be baptized that by imposition of handes and Prayer they may receiue strengch and defence against all temptations to sinne and the assaults of the world and the deuill it is most meete to be ministred when children come to that age that partly by the frailtie of their owne flesh partly by the assaults of the world and the deuil they begin to be in danger to fall into sundry kinds of sinne Thirdly for that it is agreeable with the vsage of the Church in times past whereby it was ordained that Confirmation should be ministred to them that were of perfect age that they being instructed in Christes Religion should openly professe their owne faith and promise to be obedient vnto the will of God And that no man shall thinke that any detriment shall come to children by differing of their Confirmation hee shall know for trueth that it is certaine by Gods word that children being baptized haue all things necessary for their saluation and bevndoubtedly saued A Catechisme that is to say An instruction to be learned of euery childe before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop WHat is your name Answere N. or M. Question Who gaue you this name Answere My Godfather and Godmothers in my Baptisme wherein I was made a member of Christ the childe of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for your Answere They did promise and vowe three things in my name First that I should forske the deuill and all his workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked world and all the sinfull lustes of the flesh Secondly that I should beleeue all the Articles of the Christian faith And thirdly that I should keepe Gods holy will and Commandements and walke in the same all the dayes of my life Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bound to beleeue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Answere Yes verily and by Gods helpe so I will And I heartily thanke our heauenly Father that hee hath called mee to this state of saluation through Iesus Christ our Sauiour And I pray God to giue me his grace that I may continue in the same vnto my liues ende Question Rehearse the Articles of thy beliefe Answere I Beleeue in God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgine Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried hee descended into hell the thirde day hee rose againe from the dead hee ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence hee shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Amen Question What doest thou chiefly learne in these Articles of thy beliefe Answere First I learne to beleeue in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Sonne who hath redeemed me and all mankinde Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth mee and all the elect people of God Question You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keepe Gods Commandements Tell me bow many there bee Ansvvere Tenne Question Which be they Ansvvere THe same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of boundage i. Thou shalt haue none other gods but mee ii Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a ielous God and bisite the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate mee and shew mercy vnto thousands in them that loue mee and keepe my Commandements iii. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord wil not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine iiii Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to do but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seunth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may bee long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee vi Thou shalt doe no murther vii Thou shalt not commit adulterie viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against neighbour x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighboures house thou shalt not couet thy neighbous wife nor his seruant nor his mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Question What doest thou chiefly learne by these commaundements Ansvvere I learne two things My duetie towards God and my duetie towards my neighbour Question What is thy duetie towards God Ansvvere My duetie towards God is to beleeue in him to feare him and to loue him with all my heart with all my minde with al my soule and with all my strength To worship him to giue him thankes to put my whole trust in him to call vpon him to honour his holy Name and his word and to serue him truely all the dayes of mhy life Question What is thy duetie to wards thy neighbour Answere My duety towards my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe and to doe to all men as I would they should doe vnto mee To loue honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the king and his ministers To submit my selfe to all my gouernours teachers spirituall Pastours and masters To order my selfe lowly and reuerently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and iust in all my dealing To beare no malice nor hatred in my heart To keepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking lying and slandering To keepe my body in temperance sobernesse and chastitic Not to couet nor desre other mens goods but to learne and labour truely to get mine owne liuing and to doe my duetie in that state of life vnto the which it shall please
Lord saue this woman thy seruant Answere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong towre Answere From the face of her enemie Priest Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Priest Let vs pray O Almightie GOD which hast deliuered this woman thy seruant from the great paine and perill of child birth graunt we beseech thee most mercifull Father that shee through thy helpe may both faithfully liue and walke in her vocatiion according to thy will in this life present and also may bee partaker of euerlasting glory in the life to come through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The woman that commeth to giue her thankes must offer accustomed offerings and if there bee a Communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy Communion A Commination against sinners With certaine prayers to be vsed diuers times in the yeere After Morning prayer the people being called together by the ringing of a bell and assembled in the Church the English Lâ—â—â—ie shal be sayd after the accustomed maner which ended the Priest shall goe into the pulpit and say thus BRethren in the primitue Church there was a godly discipline that at the beginning of Lent such persons as were notorious sinners were put to open penance punished in this world that their soules might bee saued in the day of the Lord and that other admonished by their example might bee the more afraid to offend In the stead whereof vntil the sayd discipline may be restored againe which thing is much to be wished it is thought good that at this time in your presence should bee read the generall sentences of Gods cursing against impenitent sinners gathered out of the xxvii Chapter of Deuteronomie and othen places of Scripture and that yee should answere to euery sentence Amen to the intent that you being admonished of the great indignation of God against sinners may thy rather be called to earnest and true repentance and may walke more warily in these dangerous dayes fleeing from such vices for the which yee affirme with your owne mouthes the curse of God to be due Cursed is the man that maketh any carued or molten image an abomination to the Lord the worke of the hands of the craftesman and putteth it in a secret place to worshipst And the people shall answere and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth away the marke of his neighbours land Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that maketh the blinde to goe out of his way Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that letteth in indgement the right of the stranger of them that be fatherlesse and of widowes Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour serretly Answere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wife Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that taketh reward to slay the soule of innocent blood Answere Amen Minister Cursed is hee that putteth his trust in man and taketh man for his defence and in his heart goeth from the Lord. Answere Amen Minister Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and adulterers and the couetous persons the worshippers of images slanderers drunkards and extortioners Answere Amen Minister NOw seeing that all they bee accursed as the Prophet Dauid beareth witnesse which doe erre and goe astray from the commaundements of God Psal 119. let vs remembring the dreadfull iudgement hanging ouer our heads and being alwaies at hand returne vnto our Lord God with al contrition and meeknesse of heart bewayling and lamenting our sinfull life knowleding and confessing our offences and seeking to bring foorth worthie fruites of penance For now is the Axe put vnto the roote of the trees Matt. 3. so that euery tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is he wen downe and cast into the fire Heb. 11 It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God he shall power downe raine vpon the sinners snares fire and brimstone storme and tempest Psal 10. this shall bee their portion to drinke For loe the Lord is commen out of his place Esai 26 to visite the wickednesse of sueh as dwell vpon the earth Mala. 3. But who may abide the day of his comming Who shall bee able to endure when he appeareth His fan is in his hand Matt. 3. and he will purge his floore and gather his wheate into the barne but he will burne the chaffe with vnquenchable fire The day of the Lord commeth as a theefe in the night and when men shall say Peace and all things are safe then shall sudden destruction come vpon them as sorrow commeth vpon a woman traueiling with childe and they shall not escape Then shall appeare the wrath of God in the day of vengeance Rom. 2. which obsrinate sinners through the stubbernnesse of their heart haue heaped vnto themselues which despised the goodnesse patience and long sufferance of God when he called them continually to repentance Then shall they call vpon me saith the Lord but I will not heare Prou. 1. they shall seeken mee early but they shall not finde mee and that because they hated knowledge and receiued not the feare of the Lord but abhorred my counsell and despised my correction Then shall it bee too late to knocke When the doore shalt bee shut and too late to crie for mercie When it is the time of iustice O terrible voyce of most iust iudgement which shalt bee pronounced vpon them Matt. 25. when it shalt be said vnto them Goe yee cursed into the fire euerlasting Which is prepared for the Deuill and his angels 2 cor 6. Therefore brethren take wee heede betime while the day of saluation lasteth for the night commeth when none can Worke Iohn 9. but let vs while we haue the light beleeue in the light and Walker as the children of the light that We be not cast into the vtter darknesse Matt. 25. Where is Weeping and gnashing of teeth Let vs not abuse the goodnes of God Which calleth vs mertifully to amendement and of the endlesse pitie promiseth vs forgiuenesse of thatt Which is past if with a Whole minde and true heart Wereturne vnto him Esai i For though our sinnes bee as red as searlet they sall be as White as snow and though they be like purple yet shal they be as White as wooll Eze. 28. Turne you cleane saith the Lord from all your wickedesse and your snne shalt not be your destruction Cast a way from yon al your vngodlines that ye haue done make you new hearts and a new spirit Wherefore will ye die O ye honse of Is rael seeing that I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God turne you then and yee shalt liue i. Iohnz Athough we haue ssinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous and