when thou comest into thy kingdome And Iesus sayd vnto hym verely I say vnto the to day shalt thou be with me in paradyse And it was aboute the sixth houre and there was a darkenesse ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre and the Sunne was darkened and the vayle of the Temple did rente euen throughe the middes And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce he sayd Father into thy handes I commend my spirite And when he thus had said he gaue vp the goste When the Centurion sawe what had hapned he glorified God saying verely this was a righteous man And al the people that came together to se that sight and saw the thynges which had hapned smote theyr brestes returned And al his acquaintaunce the women that folowed hym from Galile stoode afarre of beholdyng these thinges And behold there was a mā named Ioseph a counsaylor and he was a good man a iust thesame had not consented to the counsail and dede of thē which was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes which same also wayteth for the kingdom of God he went vnto Pilate begged the body of Iesus and toke it down and wrapped it in a linnē cloth and layed it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man beefore had been layd And that daye was the preparing of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drewe on The women that folowed after which had come wyth him from Galile beheld the sepulchre and howe hys bodye was layd And they returned and prepared swete Odours and ointmentes but rested on the Sabboth day according to the commmaundement ¶ On good Fridaye ¶ The Collectes ALmightie god we beseche thee graciously to beholde thys thy famely for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was contented to bee betrayed and geuen vp into the handes of wicked men and to suffre death vpon the crosse who lyueth and reygneth c. ALmightie and euerlasting god by whose spirite the whole body of the Church is gouerned and sanctified receiue our supplicaciōs praiers which we offre before thee for al estates of men in thy holy congregaciō that euery membre of thesame in his vocaciō ministerie maye truely godly serue thee through our Lord Iesus Christ MErcifull God who haste made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldst the death of a synner but rather that he shoulde be conuerted and lyue haue mercy vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretykes and take from them all ignoraunce hardnesse of hearte and contempte of thy woorde And so fetche them home blessed Lord to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnaunte of the true Israelites and bee made one folde vnder one shepehearde Iesus Christe oure Lord who lyueth and reygneth c. ¶ The Epistle Hebre. x. THe law which hath but a shadow of good thīges to come and not the very fashion of thinges them selues can neuer with those sacrifices which thei offre yeare by yeare continuallye make the commers thereunto perfit For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue been offred because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of synnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mencion made of synnes euery yeare For the bloud of Oxen Goates can not take away synnes Wherfore when he cometh into the world he sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offeringes also for synne hast thou not allowed Then sayed I loe I am here In the beginning of the boke it is written of me that I should doe thy wil O God Aboue when he saieth Sacrifice and offeryng and burnt sacrifices and synne offeringes thou wouldeste not haue neyther haste thou allowed them which yet are offered by the lawe then said he loe I am here to doe thy wyll O God he taketh away the fyrste to establishe the latter by the whiche wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesu Christ once for al. And euery Priest is ready daily ministring and offeryng often tymes one maner of oblacyon whiche can neuer take awaye synnes But thys man after he hath offered one sacrifice for synnes is sette downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from henceforth tarieth tyl his foes be made his footestole For with one offeryng hath he made perfecte for euer them that are sanctified The holye goste hymselfe also beareth vs recorde euen when he tolde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto thē After those dayes sayeth the Lorde I wyll put my lawes in their heartes and in their myndes will I wryte them and their sinnes and iniquities will I remember no more And where remission of these thynges is there is no more offering for sinnes Seeing therefore brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Iesu we haue libertie to entre into the holy place by the newe and liuing way whiche he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to saye by hys fleshe And seing also that we haue an hye prieste which is ruler ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true heart in a sure fayth sprynkled in our heartes from an euil conscience wasshed in our bodies with pure water lette vs kepe the profession of our hope withoute wauering for he is faythfull that promised and let vs considre one another to the intent that we maye prouoke vnto loue and to good workes not forsaking the felowshyp 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 nye ¶ The Gospell Ioh. xviii WHen Iesus had spoken these woordes he went forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron where was a garden into the which he thē entred with hys disciples Iudas which also beetrayed him knewe the place for Iesus oftimes resorted thither with hys Disciples Iudas then after he had receiued a bond of men ministers of the hye Priestes and Phariseis came thither with lanternes firebrandes and weapons And Iesus knowing al thinges that should come on him went furth sayd vnto them whom seke ye They aunswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayd vnto them I am he Iudas also whiche betrayed him stoode with thē Assone then as he had sayde vnto them I am he they went backward and fell to the grounde Then asked he them agayne whō seke ye They sayde Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I haue tolde you that I am he If ye seke me therfore let these goe their way that the saying myght be fulfylled whiche he spake Of them whiche thou gauest me haue I not lost one Thē Simon Peter hauing a sweord drew it and smote the hye Priestes seruaunte cut of his right eare The seruaūtes name was Malchus Therfore sayth Iesus vnto Peter put vp thy sweord into the sheath shal I not drinke of the
vs and encline our heartes to kepe thys lawe Minister Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy god in vayne for the lord wil not hold him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Remembre that thou kepe holy the Sabboth daye Syre dayes shalt thou laboure and doe all that thou haste to doe but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the LORDE thy God In it thou shalt doe no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy doughter thy manseruaunt and thy mayde seruaunte thy Catell and the straunger that is within thy gates for in vi daies the lorde made heauen and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye Wherfore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Honoure thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth thee People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt doe no murther People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not steale People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our c. Minister Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neyghbour People Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and encline our heartes to kepe this lawe Minister Thou shalte not couete thy neighbours house Thou shalte not couet thy neighbours wyfe nor his seruaunte nor hys mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thyng that is hys People Lorde haue mercye vpon vs and write all these thy lawes in our heartes we beseche thee ¶ Then shall folowe the Collect of the day with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng the Prieste standing vp and saying Priest ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie God whose kyngdome is euerlasting power infinite haue mercye vpon the whole congregacion and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaunte Edwarde the sixth our king gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is may aboue all things seke thy honour and glory that we his subiectes duly considering whose autoritie he hath may faythfully serue honor humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed woord ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe our Lorde who with thee and the holy gost liueth and reygneth euer one God world without end Amen ALmightie and euerlasting god we be taughte by thy holy woord that the heartes of kinges are in thy rule and gouernaunce that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisdom we humbly beseche thee so to dispose gouerne the hearte of Edward the sixth thy seruaunt our king and gouernour that in al his thoughtes wordes and workes he may euer seke thy honor and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to hys charge in wealth peace and godlines Graunte thys O mercyfull father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Immediately after the Collectes the Priest shall reade the Epistle beginning thus ¶ The Epistle written in the. 〈◊〉 Chapter of 〈◊〉 ¶ And the Epistle ended he shall saye the Ghospell begynnyng thus ¶ The Ghospell written in the. 〈◊〉 Chapter of 〈◊〉 ¶ And the Epistle and Ghospel beeing ended shal be sayde the Crede I Beleue in one god the father almightie maker of heauē and earth and of al thinges visible and inuisible And in one lord Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of god begotten of his father before al worldes God of God light of light very god of very god begotten not made being of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came down from heauen and was incarnate by the holy gost of the virgin Mary and was made man was crucified also for vs vnder Pōcius Pilate He suffred and was buried and the third day he arose again according to the scripture and ascended into heauen and sitteth at the right hand of the father And he shall come againe with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead Whose kyngdome shall haue none ende And I beleue in the holy gost the lord and geuer of life who procedeth from the father the sonne who with the father and the sōne together is worshipped glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholyke and Apostolike churche I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remissiō of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the dead and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen After the Crede yf there bee no sermon shall folowe one of the homelies already set forth or hereafter to be sette forth by common auctortie After such sermon homely or exhortaciō the Curate shal declare vnto the people whether there bee any holy dayes or fasting daies the weke folowing and earnestlye exhorte them to remember the poore saying one or moe of these sentēces folowing as he thinketh most conuenient by his discrerion Math. v. Lette youre lighte so shine beefore menne that they maye see youre good workes and glorifie youre father whyche is in heauen Math. vi Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpō the earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupte and where theues breake through and steale But lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen where neither ruste nor mothe doeth corrupte and where theues doe not breake throughe and steale Mat. vii Whatsoeuer you woulde that men shoulde doe vnto you euen so doe vnto them for thys is the law the Prophetes Mat. vii Not euerye one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the wil of my father which is in heauen Luke xix Zache stode forth and said vnto the Lord behold lord the halfe of my goodes I geue to the poore and if I haue done any wrong to any man I restore foure folde i. Cor. ix Who goeth a warfare at any tyme of his owne cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruite thereof Or who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the milke of the flocke i. Cor. ix If we haue sowē vnto you spirituall thinges is it a great matter yf we shall reape your worldly thynges i. Cor. ix Doe ye not knowe that they which minister aboute holy thynges lyue of the sacrifice They whiche waite of the altare are partakers with the altare Euen so hath the lorde also ordayned that they whyche preache the gospell should lyue of the gospell ii Cor. ix He whiche soweth litle shall reape little and he that soweth plenteouslye shall reape plenteouslye Let euery man doe according as he is disposed in his heart not grudgeing or of necessitie for God loueth a cherefull geuer Gala. vi Let hym
Sepulchre Thei ranne both together that other disciple dyd outrunne Peter and came first to the Sepulchre And whē he had stouped down he saw the linnen clothes lying yet wente he not in Then came Simon Peter folowing him wente into the Sepulchre sawe the linnen clothes lye the napkin that was about his head not lying wyth the linnē clothes but wrapped together in a place by it self Then went in also that other disciple whiche came firste to the Sepulchre he saw beleued For as yet they knewe not the Scripture that he should rise agayne from death Then the disciples went away agayne to their own home ¶ Monday in Easter weke ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god which through thy only begotten sōne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death opened vnto vs the gate of euerlasting life we humbly beseche thee that as by thy speciall grace preuenting vs thou doest put in oure mindes good desires so by thy cōtinual helpe we may bring thesame to good effect through Iesus Christ our lord who liueth and reigneth c. ¶ The Epistle Actes x. PEter opened his mouth and sayd of a truth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persons with God but in all people he that feareth him worketh righteousnes is accepted with hym Ye know the preaching that god sent vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lord ouer all thynges which preaching was publyshed throughout al Iewry began in Galile after the Baptisme which Iohn preached howe God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy gost and with power Whiche Iesus went about dooing good and healing al that were oppressed of the deuil for God was with him And we are witnesses of all thynges which he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whom they slewe and hanged on tree Him God raysed vp the thyrde daye and shewed hym openly not to al the people but to vs witnesses chosen before of god for the same intente whiche dyd eate and drinke with him after he arose frō death And he cōmaūded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordeyned of god to be the iudge of the quicke and the dead To him geue al the prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in him shal receiue remission of synnes ¶ The Gospell Lu. xxiiii BEholde two of the disciples wente that same daye to a towne called Emaus which was frō Ierusalem about .lx. furlonges and they talked together of all the thynges that had happened And it chaunced while they commoned together and reasoned Iesus himselfe drewe nere and went with thē But their eies were holden that they should not knowe him And he sayd vnto them what maner of communicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad And the one of them whose name was Cleophas aunswered and sayd vnto him art thou only a straunger in Ierusalē and haste not knowen the thinges whiche haue chaunced there in these dayes he sayd vnto them what thinges And they sayd vnto hym of Iesus of Nazareth whiche was a Prophete mightie in dede worde before God and al the people and how the hie Priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified him But we trusted that it had been he which should haue redemed Israel And as touching al these thynges to daye is euen the thyrd daye that they were done Yea and certayne weomen also of our company made vs astonied whiche came earlye vnto the Sepulchre and founde not his body came saying that they had seen a vision of Aungeles which sayd that he was alyue And certayne of them whiche were with vs wente to the Sepulchre and founde it euen to as the weomen had sayed but hym they sawe not And he sayed vnto them O fooles and slowe of hearte to beleue all that the Prophetes haue spoken Ought not Christ to haue suffered these thinges and to entre into his glory And he began at Moyses and al the Prophetes and enterpreted vnto them in al scriptures whiche were written of him And they drew nye vnto the towne whiche they wente vnto And he made as though he would haue gone further And they constrained hym saying Abide with vs for it draweth towardes night the day is farre passed And he went in to tary with them And it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke bread blessed it and brake and gaue to thē And theyr iyes were opened and they knew him and he vanished oute of their sight And they sayd betwene thēselues did not oure heartes burne 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 Ierusalem and founde the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying the Lord is risen in dede and hath appeared to Simon And they tolde what thinges were done in the waye how they knew hym in breakyng of bread Tuesday in Easter weke ¶ The Collecte ALmighty father which hast geuē thy only sonne to die for oure synnes and to ryse agayn for our iustificacion Graunt vs so to put away the leauen of malice and wyckednes that we may alway serue thee in purenes of lyuing and trueth through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes xiii YE men and brethren Children of the generacion of Abraham and whosoeuer amōg you feareth god to you is this woord of saluaciō sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and theyr rulers because they knew hym not nor yet the voyces of the Prophetes whiche are read euerye Sabboth daye they haue fulfylled them in condemning hym And when they founde no cause of deathe in hym yet desyred they Pilate to kyll hym And when they had fulfilled al that wer written of him they toke him down from the tree and put him in a Sepulchre But God raysed hym agayne from deathe the thyrde daye and he was seene many dayes of them whiche went with hym from Galile to Ierusalem whyche are witnesses vnto the people And we declare vnto you howe that the promise whiche was made vnto the fathers god hath fulfilled vnto their children euē vnto vs in that he raised vp Iesus agayne Euen as it is wrytten in the second Psalme thou arte my sonne thys day haue I begotten thee As concerning that he raysed hym vp from death now nomore to returne to corruption he sayde on this wyse The holy promises made to Dauid wyll I geue faithfully vnto you Wherfore he sayeth also in an other place Thou shalt not suffre thine holy to see corrupcion For Dauid after that he had in his time fulfilled the wil of god fel on slepe and was layd vnto his fathers and saw corrupcion But he whom God raysed agayne saw no corrupcion Be it knowen vnto you therfore ye men and brethren that through thys
will of god that with well doing ye maye stop the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men as free and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruaūtes of God Honoure all men loue brotherly felowshippe feare God honour the kyng ¶ The Gospell Iohn xvi IEsus sayed to hys disciples After a while ye shal not see me againe after a while ye shall see me for I goe to the father Thē said some of his disciples betwene thēselues what is thys that he sayeth vnto vs after a while ye shall not see me and agayn after a whyle ye shal see me and that I goe to the father They sayd therefore what is this that he sayth after a whyle We cannot tel what he saith Iesus perceiued that they would aske hym and saied vnto them ye enquire of this betwene your selues because I sayd after a while ye shal not see me and agayne after a whyle ye shal see me Verely verely I say vnto you ye shall wepe lament but contrary wyse the world shall reioyce Ye shall sorowe but youre sorowe shal be turned to ioye A woman when she trauaileth hath sorow because her houre is come But assone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguishe for ioye that a man is borne into the world And ye now therfore haue sorow but I wil see you agayne and your heartes shal reioice and your ioye shal no man take from you The fourth Sundaye after Easter ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god which doest make the mindes of al faithful men to be of one wil Graunt vnto thy people that they may loue the thyng which thou commaundest and desyre that which thou doest promyse that emong the sondry and manifolde chaunges of the worlde oure heartes maye surely there be fixed wheras true ioyes are to be founde Through Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Iames. i EVery good gift euery perfect gift is frō aboue and cometh down frō the father of lightes with whō is no variablenes nether shadow of chaūge Of hys own wil begate he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the first fruite of his creatures Wherfore dere brethren let euery man be swifte to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrath For the wrath of mā worketh not that which is righteous before God Wherfore lay aparte all filthinesse and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receiue with mekenes the word that is graffed in you which is hable to saue your soules ¶ The Gospell Iohn xvi IEsus sayed vnto his disciples now I goe my waye to hym that sent me and none of you asketh me whither I goe But because I haue sayd such thynges vnto you your heartes are full of sorowe Neuerthlesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you the I goe awaye For if I goe not awaye that comforter will not come vnto you But if I depart I will sende him vnto you And whē he is come he wyll rebuke the world of synne and of righteousnesse and of iudgemente Of synne because they beleue not on me Of rightousnes because I goe to my father and ye shal se me no more Of iudgemente because the prince of this world is iudged already I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you but ye cannot beare them awaie nowe howbeit when he is come which is the spirite of trueth he wil leade you into al trueth He shall not speake of hymselfe but whatsoeuer he shal heare that shal he speake and he wil shew you thinges to come He shal gloryfy me for he shall receiue of mine and shall shewe vnto you All thynges that the father hath are mine therfore said I vnto you that he shal take of mine and shewe vnto you ¶ The fifth Sunday after Easter ¶ The Collect. LOrd from whom al good thinges doe come graunt vs thy humble seruauntes that by thi holy inspiracion we may thynke those thynges that be good and by thy mercyful guiding may perfourme thesame through out lord Iesus Christ ¶ The Epistle Iames. i. SE that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only deceiuing your own selues For if any mā heare the worde and declareth not thesame by his workes he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng hys bodely face in a glasse For assone as he hath loked on hymselfe he goeth his way and forgeatteth immediately what his fashion was But whoso loketh in the perfect law of libertie and continueth therein if he be not a forgeatful hearer but a doer of the worke thesame shal be happi in his dede If any mā emong you seme to be deuout and refrayneth not hys tong but deceiueth his own heart this mans deuocyon is in vayne Pure deuocion vndefiled before God the father is this to visit the fatherles and wiedowes in their aduersitie and to kepe himself vnspotted of the world ¶ The Gospell Iohn xvi VErely verely I saye vnto you whatsoeuer ye aske the father in my name he wil geue it you Hitherto haue ye asked nothyng in my name Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be ful These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The time wil come when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerbes but I shall shewe you plainly from my father At that day shall ye aske in my name And I say not vnto you that I wil speake vnto my father for you For the father himselfe loueth you beecause ye haue loued me and haue beleued that I came out frō god I wente out from the father and came into the worlde Agayne I leaue the world and goe to the father His disciples sayed vnto hym Loe nowe thou talkest playnlye and speakest no prouerbe Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thynges and nedest not that any man shoulde aske thee any questiō therfore beleue we that thou camest frō god Iesus aūswered thē now ye doe beleue Behold the houre draweth nie is already come that ye shal be scatered euery mā to hys owne and shall leaue me alone And yet am I not alone for the father is with me These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myghte haue peace for in the world shal ye haue tribulacion but be of good chere I haue ouercome the world The Ascencion daye ¶ The Collect. GRaunt we beseche thee almightie God that lyke as we doe beleue thy onely begotten sonne oure Lorde to haue ascended into the heauens so we may also in hert and mind thither ascend and with him continually dwell ¶ The Epistle Actes i. 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 throughe the holy goste had geuen commaundementes vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passyon and that by many tokens appearing vnto them fortye dayes and
The cōmunion of Sainctes The forgeuenes of sinnes The resurreccion of the body And the lyfe euerlastyng Amen Question What doest thou chiefllye learne in these articles of thy beliefe Aunswere Fyrst I learne to beleue in god the father who hath made me and al the worlde Secondly in God the sonne who hath redemed me and al mankynde Thirdly in god the holy gost who sanctifieth me and al the elect people of god Question You sayd that your godfathers and godmothers dyd promise for you that you should kepe gods commaundementes Tell me howe many there be Aunswere Tenne Question Which be they Aunswere THesame which God spake in the .xx. Chapiter of Exodus saying I am the Lorde thy god whyche haue broughte thee out of the lande of Egipte out of the house of bondage i. Thou shalt haue none other Goddes but me ii Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen ymage nor the likenes of any thyng that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth Thou shalte not bowe downe to them nor worshippe them for I the Lord thy god am a gelous god and visite the synnes of the fathers vpon the childrē vnto the thyrd and fourth generacion of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousandes in thē that loue me kepe my commaundementes iii. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy god in vayne for the lord wil not hold him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne iiii Remember thou kepe holy the Sabboth day Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure doe al that thou hast to doe but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God In it thou shalte doe no maner of woorke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruaunte and thy mayde seruaunte thy Cattell and the straunger that is wythin thy gates for in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day Wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth daye and hallowed it v. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy daies may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god geueth thee vi Thou shalt doe no murther vii Thou shalt not commit adultery viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnes agaist thi neighbour x. Thou shalte not coueite thy neyghbours house thou shalte not coueite thy neighbours wyfe nor hys seruaunte nor his maid nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Question What dooeste thou chieflye learne by these commaundementes Aunswere I learne two thinges My duetie towardes god and my duetye towardes my neighboure Question What is thy duetie towardes God Aunswere My duetie towardes God is to beleue in hym to feare hym and to loue hym with all my hearte wyth all my mynde with all my soule and with all my strength To worshyppe hym To geue him thankes To put my whole trust in hym To call vpon hym To honoure his holy name and his word and to serue hym truly al the dayes of my life Question What is thy duetie towardes thy neighbour Aunswere My duetie towardes my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe And to doe to al men as I would they should doe vnto me To loue honoure and succoure my father and mother To honoure and obey the kyng and hys ministers To submitte my selfe to al my gouernours teachers spiritual Pastours and Maisters To ordre my self lowly and reuerētly to all my betters To hurte no body by worde nor dede To be true and iust in al my dealyng To beare no malyce nor hatred in my heart To kepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking lying and slaundering To kepe my body in temperaunce sobernesse and chastitie Not to couet nor desyre other mennes goodes But learne and labour truly to geat mine own liuing and to do my duetie in that state of life vnto which it shal please God to call me Question My good childe knowe thys that thou art not hable to doe these thynges of thy self nor to walke in the cōmaundemētes of God and to serue him without hys special grace whiche thou muste learne at al tymes to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare therfore if thou canst sate the Lordes prayer Aunswere OVr father whiche art in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll be done wyll be done in earth as it is in heauē Geue vs this day our dayly bread And forgeue vs oure trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not in to temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in thys prayer Aunswere I desyre my Lorde God our heauenly father who is the geuer of all goodnes to sende his grace vnto me and to all people that we maye worship him serue hym and obey him as we oughte to doe And I pray vnto God that he wyll sende vs all thynges that be nedeful both for our soules and bodyes And that he will be mercifull vnto vs and forgeue vs oure synnes and that it will please hym to saue and defende vs in al daungers gostly and bodely And that he wil kepe vs from all synne and wickednes and from our gostly enemy and from euerlastyng death And this I trust he wil doe of his mercye and goodnesse throughe our Lorde Iesu Christ And therfore I saye Amen So be it So sone as the children can saye in their mother tong the Articles of the faith the Lordes praier the .x. commaundementes and also can aunswere to suche questions of this shorte Cathechisme as the Bishop or suche as he shall appoynte shal by his discrecion appose them in then shal they be brought to the Bisshoppe by one that shal be his Godfather or Godmother that euery chylde maye haue a witnesse of his confirmacion And the Bisshoppe shall confyrme them on thys wyse ¶ Confirmacion Our helpe is in the name of the Lorde Aunswere Which hath made both heauen and earth Minister Blessed is the name of the Lorde Aunswere Hencefurth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come to thee ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie euerliuyng God who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruaūtes by water and the holy gost and hast geuen vnto them forgeuenes of al their synnes strengthen them we beseche thee O lord with the holy gost the comforter and dayly encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirite of wysedome and vnderstanding the spirite of counsel and gostely strength the spirite of knowledge and true godlynesse and fulfyll them O Lorde with the spirite of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bisshop shal lay hys hande vpon euery child seuerally saying Defende O Lorde this childe with thy heauenlye grace that he may continue thyne for euer and dayly encrease in thy holy spirite more and more vntil he come vnto thy euerlastyng kyngdome Amen Then shall
mediatour and redemer Amen ¶ The thankes geuing of weomen after childe birth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the churche and there shall knele down in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shall saye these wordes or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almighty god of his goodnes to geue you safe deliueraunce and hath preserued you in the great daunger of childbirth ye shall therfore geue hearty thankes vnto God and praye ¶ Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lyfted vp myne eyes vnto the hylles from whence cometh my helpe My helpe cometh euen from the Lord whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffre thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Behold he that kepeth Israel shall neither flumber nor slepe The lord himself is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shal not burne thee by daye neither the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from al euill yea it is euen he that shal kepe thy soule The Lorde shall preserue thy going out and thy coming in from this time furth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c As it was in the beginning is nowe c. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which 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 enemy Priest Lord heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee Priest ¶ Let vs pray O Almighty god which hast deliuered this woman thy seruaunt from the great payn peril of childe byrth Graunt we beseche thee most merciful father that she through thy helpe maye both faithfully liue walke in her vocacion according to thy will in this life present And also maye be partaker of euerlasting glori in the life to come through Iesus Christ our lord Amē ¶ The woman that cometh to geue her thankes must offre accustomed offeringes and if there be a Communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy Communion ¶ A Comminacion against synners with certayne prayers to be vsed dyuerse tymes in the yere ¶ After Morning prayer the people beyng called together by the rynging of a bell and assembled in the Churche the Englishe Letany shal be sayde after the accustomed maner whiche ended the Priest shall goe into the pulpitte and saye thus BRethren in the primatiue Churche there was a godly discipline that at the begynning of Lent suche persones as were notorious sinners were put to open penaunce punished in thys world that their soules myght bee saued in the daye of the Lord. And that others admonished by their exaumple might be more afrayd to offēd In the stede whereof vntyll the sayd discipline may be restored agayn whiche thyng is much to be wisshed it is thought good that at thys tyme in your presence should be read the generall sentences of God cursyng against impenitent sinners gathered out of the .xxvii. Chapter of Deuteronomie and other places of scripture And that ye shoulde aunswere to euery sentence Amen To thintēt that you being admonished of the great indignacion of god against sinners may the rather be called to earnest and true repentaunce and may walke more warely in these daungerous daies fleing from such vices for the which ye affirme with your own mouthes the curse of God to be due Cursed is the man that maketh any carued or molten ymage an abhominacion to the Lorde the woorke of the handes of the craftes man and putteth it in a secrete place to worship it And the people shall aunswere and saye Amen Ministre Cursed is he that curseth his father and mother Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth awaye the marke of hys neighbours land Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blynde to goe out of hys waye Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that letteth in iudgement the right of the straunger of them that be fatherles and of wiedowes Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretely Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lyeth with his neighbours wife Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the soule of innocent bloud Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man and taketh manne for hys defence and in hys hearte goeth from the Lorde Aunswere Amen Ministre Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and adulterers and the couetous persones the woorshippers of ymages slaunderers drunkardes and extorcioners Aunswere Amen The Minister NOw seeyng that all they be accursed as the Prophete Dauid beareth witnes psa cxviii which doe erre go a stray from the commaundementes of god let vs remembryng the dreadfull iudgement hangyng ouer oure heades and beeyng alwayes at hande returne vnto oure Lorde God with all contricion and mekenesse of heart bewayling and lamentyng our sinful lyfe knowledgeing and confessing our offences and seking to bryng furth worthy fruites of penaunce Math. iii For nowe is the Axe put vnto the roote of the trees so that euery tree which bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fyre Hebre. x. It is a fearefull thyng to fal into the handes of the liuyng god Psalm x he shall powre downe rayn vpon the sinners snares fyre brimstone storme and tempest thys shal be theyr porcion to drynke Esa xxvi For loe the lord is comen out of hys place to visyte the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon the earthe Mala. iii But who may abide the day of his comyng who shal be able to endure when he appeareth Hys fanne is in his hand and he wyll pourge hys floore and gather hys wheate into the barne Math. iii but he wyll burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre The day of the lord cometh as a these vpon the night and when men shall saye peace and all thynges are safe i. Tess v. then shall sodeynlye destruccion come vpon them as sorowe cometh vpon a woman trauayling with childe Roma ii and they shall not escape then shall appeare the wrath of God in the day of vēgeaunce whiche obstinate sinners through the stubbernes of theyr heart haue heaped vnto themselfe whiche despysed the goodnesse pacience and long sufferaunce of God Prouer. i when he called them continually to repentaunce Then shall they call vpon me sayth the lord but I wyll not heare they shall seke me early but they shal not fynde me that because they hated knowledge and receyued not the feare of the Lord but abhorred my counsayle and despysed my correccyon