together ly fiâ—led twelue basketswith the broken meat of the fiue bariy loanes which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did said This is of a trueth the same Prophet that sthould come into the world If there bee any moe Sundayes before Aduent Sunday to supplie the same shal be taken the seruice of some of those Sundayes that were omitted betweene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima S. Andrewes day The Collect. ALmighte God which didest giue such grace vnto thy hily Apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Sonne Iesus Christ and followed him without delay graunt vnto vs all that wee being called vp thy holy word may foorth with giue ouer our selues obediently to followe thy holy commaundements through the same Iesus Christ out Lord. The Epistle IF thou acknowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord Rom. 10.9 beleeue in thy heart that God raised him vp from death thou shall bee safe For to beleeue with the heart iustfieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the Scripture faith whosoeuer beleeueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betweene the Iew the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is rich vnto all that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth call on the Name of the Lord shall be safe How then shall they call on him on whom they haue not beleeued How shall they beleeue on him of whome they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And how shall they preach without they be sent As it is written How beautifull are the seete of them which bring tidings of peace and bring tidings of good things But they haue not allobeyed to the Gospel For Esai faith Lord who hath beleeued our sayings So then faith commeth by hearing and hearing commeth by the word of God But I aske Haue they not herard No doubt their sound went out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaunde whether Israel did know or no First Moses faith I will prouoke you to enuie by them that are no people by a foolish nation I will anger you Esai after that is bolde and saith I am found of them that sought mee not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me But against Israel hee saith All day long haue I stretched foorth my hands vnto a people that beleeueth not but speaketh against me The Gospel AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galilee hee saw two brethren Mat. 4.18 Simon which was called Perer and Andrew his brother castinga net into the sea for they were fishers and he said vnto them Follow me and I will make you to become fishers of men And they straightway left their nets and followed him And when he was gone forth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee and Iohn his brother in the ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and hee called them And they immediatly left the ship and their father and followed him S. Thomas the Apostle The Collect. ALmightie and euerlining God which for the more confirmation of the faith diddest suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to bee doubtful in thy sonnes resurxection Grannet vs so perfetly and without all doubt to beleeue in thy Sonne Iesus Christ that our faith in thy sight neuer bee reprooued Heare vs O Lord througe the same Iesus Christ to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour c. The Epistle NOwe yee are not strangers Eph. 2.19 nor forxeiners but citizens with the Saints and of the housholde of God and Are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophers Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone m whome what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy Temple of the Lord in whom ye also are built together to be an habitation of God through the holy Ghost The Gospel THomas one of the twelue Iohn 20. 24 which is called Didymus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore sayd vnto him wee haue seene the Lorde But he sayd vnto them Except I see in his handes the print of the nailes and put my finger into the print of the nailes and thrust my hand into his side I will not beleeue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stood in the midst and said Peace be vnto you And after that he said to Thomas Bring thy finger hither and see my hands and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side and bee not faithlesse but beleeuing Thomas answered and sayd vnto him My Lord and my God Iesus said vnto him Thomas because thou hast seene mee thou hast beleeued Blessed are they that haue not seene and yet haue beleeued And many other signes truely did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this booke These are written that ye might belecue that Iesus Christ is the Sonne of God and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name The Conuersion of S. Paul The Collect. GOD which hast taught all the world through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saint Paul grant wee beseech thee that we which haue his wonderfull conuersion in remembrence may follow and fuifill thy holy doctrine that hee taught through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord went vnto the hie Priest Acts. 9.1 desired of him letters to cary to Damasco to the synagogues that if he found any of this way were they men or women he might bring them bound to Hierusalem And wheÌ„ he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco suddenly there shined round about him a light from heauen and he fell to the curth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Icsus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the prick And he both trembling and astonied said Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord said vnto him Arise and go into the citie and it shall be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which tourneyed with him stood amazed hearing a voice but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth when hee opened his eyes he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damasco And hee was three dayes without sight and did neither eat nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Anamas And hee said Behold I am here Lord. And the Lorde said vnto him Arise and goe into the strcete which is called Straight and seeke in the house of Iudas after one
euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day ofiudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne holy Church vmuerfally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some of God We beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
exhort you in the name of God to remember the profession which you made vnto God in your baptisme And forasmuch as after this life there is a count to be giuen vnto the righteous Iudge of whom all must bee iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe and your state both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your selfe for your own faults you may finde mercy at our heauenly Fathers hand for Christes sake and not to bee accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therefore I shall shortly rehearse the Articles of our faith that you may know whether you doe beleeue as a Christian man should or no. Here the Minister shal rehearse the Articles of the faith saying thus Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie c. As it is in Baptisme Then shall the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde exhorting him to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all persons that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgiuenesse and where he hath done iniury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goods let him then make his will and also declare his debts what he oweth and what is owing vnto him for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his Executors But men must bee oft admonished that they set an order for their temporall goods and landes when they be in health These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forget nor omit to mooue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After which confession the Priest shal absolue him after this sort OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolue all sinners which truely repent and beleeue in him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to mee I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And then the Priest shall say the Collect following ¶ Let vs pray O Most mercifull God which according to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put away the sunnes of those which truely repent that thou remembrest them no more open thine eye of mercie vpon this thy seruant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiuenesse Renew in him most louing Father whatsoeuer hath beene decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnall will and frailenesse preserue continue this sicke member in the vnitie of the Church consider his contcition accept his teares asswage his paine as shall bee seene to thee most expedient for him And for as much as hee putteth his full trust onely in thy mercie impute not vnto his his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ Amen Then shall the Priest say this Psalme IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion but rid me and deliuer me in thy righteousnesse In ce Domine speraui Psal 71. encline thiue eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong hold wherevnto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castle Deliuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I beene holden vp euer since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speake against me they that lay waite for my soule take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliuer him Go not far frō me O God my God haste thee to helpe me .. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonour that seeke to doe me euill As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speake of thy righteousnesse and saluation for I know no end thereof I will goe forth to the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught mee from my youth vp vntill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous workes Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refresh me yea broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery side Therefore wil I praise thee and thy faithfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee will I sing vpon the Harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lppes will be faine when I sing vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast deliuered My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seeke to doe me euill Glorie he to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precious blood hast redeemed vs helpe vs wee beseech thee O God Then shall the Minister say THe Almightie Lord which is a most strong towre to al them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heauen in earth and vnder the earth do bow and obey be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and feele that there is none other name vnder heauen giuen to man in whom and through whome thou mayest receiue health and saluation but onely the name of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuch as all mortall men bee subiect to many sudden perils Diseases and sicknesses and euer vncertaine what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may bee alwayes in a readinesse to die whensoeuer it shall please Almightie God to call them the
that hope in thee shall not bee ashamed but with as transgresse without a cause shal be put to confusion Shew me thy wayes O Lord and tearh me thy paths Lead me foorth in thy trueth learne me for thou art the God of my saluation in thee hath bene my hope al the day long Call to remembrance O Lorde thy tender meries and thy louing Kindnesse which hath bene euer of olde Oh remember not the sinnes and offences of my youth but according to thy mercie thinke thou vpon me O Lord for thy goodnesse Gracious and righteous is the Lord therfore wil be teach sinners in the way Them that be meeke shal he guide in iudgement and such as be gentle them shal he learne his way All the paths of the Lord are mercie and trueth vnto such as keepe his couenant and his testimonies For thy Names sake O Lord be mercifull vnto my sinne for it is great What man is he that feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the may that he shall choose His soule shal dwel at ease his seed shall inherit the land The secrct of the Lord is among them that feare him and he will shew them his couenant Mine eyes are euer looking vnto the Lorde for hee shall plucke my feete out of the net Lurne thee vnto me and haue mercie vpon me for I am dcsolate and in miserie The sorowes of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Looke vpon mine aduersitie and miserie and forgiue me all my sinne Cousider mine enemies howe many they are and they beare atyrannous hate against me O keepe my soule and deliuer mee let me not be contounded For I haue put my trust in thee Let perfectnesse and righteous dealing waite vpon mee for my hope hath bene in thee Deliuer Israel O God out of all his troubles Iudica me Domine Psal xxvj BE thou my iudge O Lord for I haue walked innocently my trust hath bene also in the Lord therfore shal I not fall Eramine me O Lord and proue me try out me reinef and my heart For thy louing kindnesse is euer before mine eyes and I will walke in thy trueth I haue not dlwelt with vaine persons neither wil I haue fellowship with the deceitfull I haue hated the congregation of the wicked and wil not sit among the vngodly I will wash my hands in innocencie O Lord and so will I goe to thine altar That I may shew the voice of thankesgiuing and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lord I haue loued the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth O shut not vp my soule with the sinners nor my life with the bloodthirstie In whose hands is wickednes and their right hands are full of gifts But as for me I will walke innocently O Lord delitter me and be mercifull vnto mee My foote standeth right I wil praise the Lord in the congregations Dominus illuminatio Psal xxvij THe Lord is my light and my saluation Eueing prayer whom then shall I feare the Lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afrand When the wicked euen mine cnemies and my foes came vpon me to cate vp my flesh they stumbled and fell Though an hoste of men were layd against mee yet shall not my heart be afraid and though there rose vp warre against me yet will I put my trust in him One thing haue I destred of the Lord which I will require euen that I may dwel in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the faire beauty of the Lord and to visit his temple For in the time of trouble he shal hide me in his tabernacle yea in the serret place of his dwelling shal be hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And now shall hee lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies round about me Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladnes I will sing and speake praises vnto the Lord. Hearken vnto my voice O Lord when Icrie vnto thee haue mercie vpon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee seeke yee my face thy face Lord will I seeke O hide not thou thy face from mee nor cast thy seruant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour lcaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluation When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me vp Teach me thy way O Lord and leade mee in the right way bccause of mine enemies Deliuer me not ouer into the will of mine aduersaries for there are false witnesses risen vp against me such as speake wrong I shold btterly haue fainted but that I beleeue verely to sce the goodnes of the lord in the land of the liung O tarie thou the Lords leasure bee strong and hee shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Loard Ad te Domine Psal xxviij VNto thee will I crie O Lorde my strength thinke no scorne of me left if thou make as though thou hearest not I bccome like them that goe downe into the pit Heare the voice of my humble petitions when I crie vnto thee when I hold vp my hauds toward the mercie seate of thy holy Temple O plucke me not away neither destroy mee with the vngodly wicked doers which speake friendly to their neighbours but imagine mischiefe in their hearts Reward them according to their deedes and according to the wickednesse of their owne inuentions Recompense them after the workem of their hands pay them that they haue deserued For they regard not in their mind the workes of the Lord nor the operation of his hands therfore shall he breake them downe and not build them vp Praised bee the Lord for hee hath the voice of my humble petitions The Lorde is my strength and my sheild my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for ioy and in my song will I praise him The Lord is my strength and he is the wholsome defence of his anointed O saue thy people and giue thy blessing vnto thine inheritance feede them and set them vp for euer Afferte Domino Psal xxix BRing vnto the Lord O ye mighty bring young rammes vnto the Lorde ascribe vnto the Lorde worshippe and strength Giue the Lorde the honour due vnto his Name worship the Lord with holy worship It is the Lord that commandeth the waters it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder It is the Lord that ruleth the sea the voyce of the Lordeis mighty in operation the voyce of the Lord is a glorious voyce The voyce of the Lord breaketh the Cedac trees yea the Lord breaketh the Cedars Libanus He made them also to skippe like a calfe Libanus also and Syrion like a yong Vnicorne The voice of the Lord diuideth the flames of fire the voice of the Lord shaketh the wildernes yea the Lorde shaketh the wildernesse of Cades
mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes Answere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs bee brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that wee thy seruants being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy Names sake O God wee haue heard with ourt eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thou diddest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine Honour Glory be to the father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without end Amen From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauorably with mercy heare our prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer bouchsate to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. Answere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turne from vs all those euils that wee most righteously haue deferued and graunt that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer for the Kings Maistie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie king of kings Lord of lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy Throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Lord king lames and so replenish him the grace of the holy Spirit that hee may alway encline to thy will and walke in thy way endue him plenteously with heauenly gifts graunt him in health and wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may banquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Queene and Prince and other the King and Queenes children ALmightie God which hast promised to be a Father of thine Elect and of their seed wee humbly beseech thee to blesse our gratious Queene Anne Prince Henry and all the King and Queenes Royall progenie indue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heauenly grace prosper them with all happinesse and bring them to thine euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great marueiles send downe vpon our Bishops and Curats and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthfull Spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall deaw of thy Blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediator Iesus Christ Amen A prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto thee and doest promise that when two or three bee gathered together in thy Name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may bee most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy Trueth and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen 2. Corinth 13. THE grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the loue of God the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen For raine if the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seeke thy kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance Send vs we beseech thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receiue the fruites of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For faire Weather O Lord God which for the sinne of man diddest once drowne all the world except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise neuer to destroy it so againe Wee humbly beseech thee that although wee for our iniquisies haue worthily deserued this plague of raine waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such weather whereby wee may receiue the fruits of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punishment to amend our liues for thy clemencie to giue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the time of dearth and famine O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the raine doeth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes doe multiply beholde wee beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the fearcitie and dearth which we do now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse plentie for the loue of Isus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour c. In the time of Warre O Almighty God King of all kings and gouernour of all things whole power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth instly to punish sinners and to be mercifull to them that truely repent saue and deliuer vs wee humbly beseech thee from the handes of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their deuiecs that wee being armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from all perils to glorifie thee which art the onely giuer of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. In the time of any common Plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest flay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy Mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are bifited with great fikenesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and grieuous fickenesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue merce and to
and euer hold fast the blessed hope of euerlasting life which thou hast giuen vs in our Sauiour Iesus Christ The Epistle WHatsoeuer things are written aforetime Rom. 15.4 they are written for our learning that wee through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope The God of patience and consolation graunt you to bee like minded one towards another after the ensample of Christ Iesus that yee all agreeing together may with one mouth praysse GOD the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. Wherefore recciue yee one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of God And this I say that Iesus Christ was a minister of the Circunicision for the trueth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise God for his mercy as it is written For this cause I will praise thee among the Gentiles and sing vnto thy Name And againe hee sayeth Reioyce ye Gentiles with his people And againe Praise the Lord all ye Gentiles and laud him all ye nations together And againe Esai sayth There shal be the roote of Iesle and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust The god of hope fill you with an ioy and peace in beleeuing that yee may be rich in hope though the power of the holy Ghost The Gospel THere shall be signes in the Sunne Luke 21.25 and in the Moone in the Stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wits and through despaire The Sea and the waters shall roare and mens hearts shall faile them for feare and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth for the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall mey â—ee the Sonne of man come in a cloude With power and great glory When these things begin to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nigh And hee shewed them a similitude Beholde the sigge tree and all other trees when they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and know of your owne selues that Summer is then high at hand So like wise ye also when ye see these things come to passe bee sure that the kingdome of God is high Verely I say vnto you this generation shal not passe 〈◊〉 all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my words shal not passe The third Sunday in Aduent The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee giue our prayers and by thy gracious vification lighten the darkenesse of our hearts by our Lord Iesus Christ. The Epistle LEt a man this wise esteeme vs 〈◊〉 4.1 euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewards of the secrets of God Furthermore it is required of the stewards that a man be found faithfull With mee it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you either of mans iudgement No I iudge not mine owne selfe for I know nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntill the Lord come which will lighten things that are hid in darknes and open the counsailes of the hearts and then shal euery man haue praise of God The Gospel WHen Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christ March 11.2 he sent two of his disciples and said vnto him Art thou hee that shall come ord oe we looke for anorther Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Goe and shewe Iohn againe what yee haue heard and seen The blinde receiue their sight the lame walke the lepers are clensled and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp and the poore receiue the glad tidings of the Gospel and happy is he that is not offended by mee And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn what went ye out into the wildernesse to fee Areede that is shaken with the winde Or what went ye out to see A man clothed in foft raiment Behold they that weare soft clothing are in Kings house But what went yee out for to fee A Prorhet Verily I say vnto you and more then a Prophet For this is he of whom it is written Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee The fourth Sunday in Aduent The Collect. Lord raise vp wee pray thee thy power and come among vs and with great might succour vs that whereas through our sinnes and wickednesse wee be sore let and hindered thy bountifull grace and merry through the satisfaction of thy Some our Lord may speedily deliuer vs to whom with thee and the holy Ghost bee honour and glory world without end The Epistle REioyce in the Lord alway Phil 4.4 and againe I say reioice Let your softnesse bee knowen to all men the Lord is euen at hand Be careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your petitions be manifest vnto God with giuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes througt Christ Iesu The Gospel This the record of Iohn Iohn 1.19 when the Iewes sent Priests and Leuites from Hierusalem to aske him what art thou And hee confessed and denied not and sayd plainely I am not Christ And they asked him What then Art thou Elias And he faith I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayd they vnto him what art thou that we may giue an answere vnto them that sent vs what saye thou of thy sefe He said I am the voice of a crier in the wildernesse Make straight the way of the Lord as sayd the Prophet Esai And they which were sent were of the Pharisees and they asked him and said vnto him why baptizest thou then if thou be not Christ nor Elias neither that Prophet Iohn answered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye know not he it is which though he came after mee was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthy to vnloose These things were done at Bethabara beyond Iordane were Iohn did baptize Christmas day The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen vs thy onely begotten Sonne to take our nature vpon him and this day to be borne of a pure virgin Grant that wee being regenerate and maâ—e thy children by adoption and grace may dayly be renued by thy holy spitrit through the same our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee c. The Epistle GOD in times past Heb. I.I. diuersly and many wayes spake vnto the Fathers by Prophets but in these last daies he hath spoken to vs by his owne sonne whom he hath made heire of al things by whom also he made the world Which sonne being the brightnesse of his glory the vey image of his substance ruling all things with the worde of his power hath by his owne person purged our sinns and sitteth on the right hand of the Maiestie on high
that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promise that hee should bee heire of the world happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the Law but through the righteousuesse of faith For if they which are of the Law be heires then is faith but vaâ—e and the promise of none effect The Gospel ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone away from the shepherds into heauen Luk. 2.15 they saide one to another Let vs goe euen now vnto Bethlehem and see this thing that we heare say is happened which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and found Marie Ioseph and the babe laide in a maâ—ger And when they had seene it they published abroad the saying that was tolbe them of that child And all they that heard it Wondered at those things which were told them of the shepheards But Marie kept all these sayings and pondred them in her heart And the shepheards returned praising and lauding God for all the things that they had heard and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eight day was come that the child should bee circumcised his name was called Iesus which was named of the Angell before hee was conceiued in the wombe If there be a Sunday between the Epiphanie and the Circumcision then shall bee vsed the same Collect Epistle and Gospel at the Communion which was vsed vpon the day of Circumcision The epiphanie The Collect. O God which by the leading of a starre diddest mamfest thy onely begotten sonne to the Gentiles mercifully grant that we which know thee now by faith may after this life haue the fruition of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christ for you heathen Eph. 3.1 if yee haue heard of the ministration of the grace of God which is giuen mee to youward For by reuelation shewed he the mysterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe words wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstand my knowledge in the mysterie of Christ which mysterie in times past was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is now declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit that the Gentiles should bee inheriters also and of the same bodie and partakers of his promise of Christ by the meanes of the Gospel where of I am made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which is giuen vnto me after the working of his power Vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen that I should preath among the Gentiles the vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mysterie is which from the beginning of the world hath beene hid in God which made all things through Iesus Christ to the intent that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly things might bee knowen by the congregation the manifold wisedome of God according to the eternall purpose which he wrought in Christ Iesus our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrance with the confidence which is by the faith of him The Gospel WHen Iesus was borne in Bethlehem acitie of Iurie Man 2.1 in the time of Herode the King behold there came wife men from the East to Hierusalem saying Where is he that is borne King of the Iewes for we haue feeue his starre in the East and are come to worshippe him When Herod the King had heard these things he wastroubled and all the Citie of Hierusalem with him And when hee had gathered all the chiefe Prists and Scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ should be borne And they said vnto him At Bethlehem in Iurie for thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethlehem in the land of Iurie art not the least among the princes of Iude For out of thee shall come vnto mee the captaine that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herode when he had priuily called the wife men hee enquired of them diligently what time the starre appeared And he bad them goe to Bethlehem and sayde Goe your way thither and search diligently for the childe and when yee haue found him bringe mee worde againe that I may come and worship him also When they had heard the king they departed and loe the starre which they saw in the East went before them til it came and stood ouer the place wherein the childe was when they saw the starre they wereexteeding glad and went into the house and found the childe with Mary his mother and felldowne flat and worshipped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto him gifts gold frankencense myrrhe And after they were warued of God in a sleepe that they should not go againe to Herode they returned into their owne Country another way The first Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. LOrd wee beseech thee mercifully to receiue the prayers of thy people which call vpon thee and graunt that they may both perceiue and knowe what things they ought to doe also haue grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The Epistle I Beseech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnesse of God Rom. 12.1 that ye make your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God which is your reasoÌ„able seruing of GOd And fashion not your selus like vnto this word but be ye changed in your shape by the renuing of your mind that ye may prooue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me giuen is to euery man among you that no man stand high in his owne conceite more then it becommeth him to esteeme of himselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sober according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith For as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office So we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers members The Gospel THE father and mother of Iesus went to Hierusalem Luke 2.43 after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the childe Iesus abode still at Hierusalem and his father anb mother knew not of it but they supposing him to haue beene in the companie came a days Iourney and sought him among their kinsefolke and acquaintance and when they found him not they went backe againe to Hierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the doctors hearing them and posing them And all that heard him were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres And when they saw him they marueiled And his mother sayd vnto him sonne why hast thou thus dealt with vs behold thy father and I haue sought thee sorowing And he
sayd vnto them How hapned it that yee sought me wist ye not that I must go about my fathers businesse And they vnder stood not that saying which hee spake vnto them And he went downe with them came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them But his mother kept all these sayings together in her heart And Iesus prospred in wisedome and age and in fauour with God and men The second Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almightie and euerlasting God which doest gouerne all things in heauen and earth mercifully heare the supplications of thy people and grant vs thy grace all the dayes of our life The Epistle SEeing that we haue diuers giftes according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs Rom. 12.6 if a man haue the gift of prophesie let him haue it that it bee agreeing to the faith Let him that hath an office waite on his office Let him that teacheth take heed to his doctrine Let him that exhorteth giue attendance to his exhortation If any man giue let him doe it with singlenesse Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shewe mercie let him doe it with cheerefulnesse Let loue be without dissimulation Hate that which is euill and cleaue vnto which is good Be kind one to another with brotherly loue In giuing honour goe one before another Be not slothfull in the businesse which ye haue in hand Be feruent in spirit Apply your selues to the time Reioice in hope Be patient in tribulation Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessitie of the Saints Be ready to harbour Blesse them which persente you Blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery weepe with them that weepe Bee of like affection one towards another Bee not high minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort The Gospel ANd the third day was there amariage in Cana a city of Galilee Iohn 2.1 and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine failed the mother of Iesus said vnto him They haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother sayde vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he saieth vnto you do it And there were standing there fixe water pots of stone after the maner of purifying of the Iewes containing two or three firkins apiece Iesus said vnto them Fill the water pots with water And they filled them to the brim And he said vnto them Draw out now and beare vnto the gouernor of the feast And they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water turned into wine knew not whence it was but the ministers which drew the water knew he called the bridegrome and said vnto him Euery man at the beginning doeth fet foorth good wine and when men be drunk thē that which is worse but thou hast kept the good wine now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galilee and shewed his glorie and his disciples beleeued on him The third Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almighty and euerlasting God mercifully looke vpō our infirmities in al our dangers and uecessties stretch forth thy right hand to helpe and defend vs through Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Rom. 12.16 Recompense to no man euil for euil Prouide aforehād things honest not onely before God but also in the sight of all men If it be possible as much as in you is liue peaceably with all men Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather give place vnto wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will reward sayeth the Lord. Therefore if thine enemie hunger feed him is he thirst giue him drink For inso doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head Be not ouercome of euil but ouercome euil with goodnesse The Gospel WHen hee was come downe from the mountaine Matt. 8.1 much people followed him And beholde there came a leper and worshipped him saying Master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put foorth his hand and touched him saying I will bee thou cleane And immediatly his leprosie was cleansed And Iesus sayd vnto him Tell no man but goe and shewe thy selfe to the Priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded to bee offered for a witnesie vnto them And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto him a Centuriō and besought him saying Master my seruant lyeth at home sicke of the palsie and is grieuoussly pained And Iesus sayd when I come vnto him I will heale him The Centuriom answered and sayd Sir I am not woorthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the word onely and my seruant shal be healed For I also my self am a man subiect to the auyhority of another and haue souldiers vnder me I say to this man Go he goeth to another man Come he commeth to my seruant Do this he doth it When Iesus heard these words he maruciled said to them that followed him Verily I say vnto you I haue not foūd so great faith in Israel I say vnto you that many shal come from the East West shal rest with Abraham Isahar Iacob in the kingdome of heauen But the children of the kingdome shal be cast out into vtter darkenes there shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth And Iesus said vnto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou beleeuest so be it vnto thee And his seruant was healed the selfe same hour The fourth Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. GOd which knowest vs to be set in the mids of so many and great dangers that for mans frailnesse we cannot alwayes stand vprightly grant to vs the health of body and soule that all those things which we suffer for sinne by thy helpe we may wel passe and ouercome through Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt euery soule submit himself e vnto the authority of the higher power for there is nopower but of God Rom. 13.1 The powers that be are ordeined of god Whoesoeuer therefore resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of God but they that resist shall receiue to themselves damnation For rulers are not fearefull to them that doe good but to them that doe euil Wilt thou be without feare of the power do well then and so shalt thou be praised of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But if thou doe that which is euill then feare for hee beareth not the sword of nought for hee is the minister of God to take vengeance on them that doe euill Wherefore yee must needes obey not onely for feare of vengeance but also because of conscience and euen for this cause pay yee tribute For they are Gods ministers seruing for the same purpose Giue to euery man therefore his dutie tribute to whom tribute belongeth longeth custome
selue sare wise For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man deuoure if a man take if a man exalt himselfe if a man smite you on the face I speake as concerning rebuke as though we had bene weake in this behalfe Howbeit wherein soeuer any man dare be bold I speake foolishly I dare be bold also They are Hebrewes euen so am I. They are Israelites euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. They are the ministers of Christ I speake as a foole I am more In labours more abundant in stripes aboue measure in prison more plēteously in death oft Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fortie stripes saue one Thrise was I beaten with rods I was once stoned I suffered thrise shipwracke night and day haue I beene in the deepe sea In iourneying often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in ieopardies of mine owne nation in ieopardies among the Heathen in perils in the Citie in perils in wildernesse in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in labour and trauaile in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in colde and nakednesse beside the things which outwardly happen vnto me I am cumbred daily and doe care for all congregations Who is weake and I am not weake who is offended and I burne not If I must needes boast I will boast of the things that concerne mine infirmities The God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christ which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lie not The Gospel WHen much people were gathered together Luke 84. and were come to him out of all cities hee spake by a similitude The sower went out to sowe his seede and as hee sowed some fell by the way side and it was troden downe and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp And some fell on stones and as soone as it was fprung vp it withered away because it lacked moystnesse And some fell among thornes and the thornes sprang vp with it and choaked it And some fell on good ground and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundreth fold And as he said these things he cried He that hath cares to heare let him heare And his disciples asked him saying What maner of similitude is this And he said Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of the kingdom of God but to other by parables that when they see they should not see and when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The seed is the word of God Those that are beside the way are they that heare then commeth the deuil and taketh away the worde out of their hearts least they should beleeue and bee saued They on the stones are they which when they heare receiue the word with ioy and these haue no rootes which for a while beleeue and in time of temptation goe away And that which fell among thornes are they which when they haue heard goe forth and are choked with cares and riches and voluptuous liuing and bring foorth no fruite That which fell in the good ground are they which with a pure and good heart heare the word and keepe it and bring foorth fruit through patience The Sunday called Quinquagesima The Collect. O Lorde which doest teach vs that all our doings without charitie are nothing worth send thy holy Ghost and powre into our hearts that most excellent gift of charitie the very bond of peace and all vertues without the which whosoeuer liueth is counted dead before thee Graunt this for thine onely Sonne Iesus Christes sake The Epistle THough I speake with tongues of men 1 Cor. 13.1 and of Angels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tinckling Cymball And though I could prophesie and vnderstand all secrets and all knowledge yea if I haue all faith so that I could mountaines out of their places and yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestowe all my goods to feede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothing Loue suffereth long and is courteous loue enuieth not loue doeth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seeketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thinketh none euil reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyceth in the trueth suffreth all things beleeueth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Though that prophesying faile either tongues cease or knowledge vanish away yet loue falleth neuer away For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophesying is vnperfect But when that which is perfect is come then that which is vnperfect shal be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I vnderstood as a child I imagined as a child But assoone as I was a man I put away childishnesse Nowe wee see in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shall we see face to face Now I know vnperfectly But then shall I know euen as I am knowen Now abideth faith hope and loue euen these three but the chiefe of these is loue The Gospel IEsus tooke vnto him twelue and sayd vnto them Beholde Lu. 18.31 wee goe vp to Hierusalem and all shall bee fulfilled which are written by the Prophetes of the sonne of man For hee shall be deliuered vnto the Gentiles and shall bee mocked and despightfully intreated and spitted on And when they haue scourged him they will put him to death and the third day hee shall rise againe And they vnderstood none of these things And this saying was hid from them so that they perceiued not the things which were spoken And it came to passe that as hee was come nigh to Iericho a certaine blind man sate by the high way side begging And when hee heard the people passe by he asked what it meant And they sayd vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercie on me And they which went before rebuked him that hee should holde his peace But he cried so much the more Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And Iesus stood still and commaunded him to be brought vnto him And when he was come neere he asked him saying What will thou that I doe vnto thee And he sayd Lord that I might receiue my sight And Iesus sayde vnto him Receiue thy sight thy faith hath saued thee And immediately hee receiued his sight and followed him praising God And all the people when they saw it gaue prayse vnto God The first day of Lent The Collect. ALmightie euerlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgiue the sinnes of al them that be penitent create and make in vs new and contrite hearts that we woorthily lamenting our sinnes and knowledging our wretchednesse may obtaine of thee the God of al mercy perfect remission and forgiuenes through Iesus Christ The Epistle TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts with
before God Wherefore lay apart all fillthinesse and superstuitie of maliciousnesse and receiue with meekenesse the word that is grafted in you which is able to saue your soules The Gospel IEsus said vnto his disciples Ioh. 16.5 Now I go my way to him that sent me and none of you asketh me whither I goe but because I haue sayd such things vnto you your hearts are full of sorrow Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I goe away For if I goe not away that comforter will not come vnto you but if I depart I will send him vnto you And when he is come he will rebuke the world of sin and of righteousnesse and of iudgement Of sinne because they beleeue not on me Of righteousnesse because I goe to my Father and ye shall see me no more Of indgement because the prince of this world is iudged already I haue yet many things to say vnto you but ye cannot beare them away now Howbeit when he is come which is the spirit of trueth he will lead you into all trueth He shall not speake vnto himselfe but whatsoeuer he shall heare that shall he speake and he will shew you things to come He shall glorifie me for he shal receiue of mine and shal shew vnto you All things that the Father hath are mine therefore sayd I vnto you that he shall take of mine and shew vnto you The fift Sunday after Easter The Collect. LOrd from whom all good things doe come grant vs thy humble seruants that by thy holy inspiration we may thinke those things that be good and by thy mercifull guiding may performe the same through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle SEe that ye be doers of the word Iam. 1.22 and not hearers onely deceiuing your owne selues For if any man heare the word and declareth not the same by his workes he is like vnto a man beholding his bodily face in a glasse For assoone as hee hath looked on himselfe he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what his fashion was But whoso looketh in the perfect law of libertie and continueth therein if he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke the same shall be happy in his deed If any man among you seeme to be deuout refraineth not his tongue but deceiueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is in vaine Pure deuotion and vndefiled before God the father is this to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their aduersitie and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world The Gospel VErily Iohn 16.23 verily I say vnto you whatseouer yee aske the Father in my name he will giue if you Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my name Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be full These things haue I spoken vnto you by prouerves The time will come when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerves but I shal shew you plainly from my Father At that day shall yee aske in my Name and I say not vnto you that I will speake vnto my Father for you for the Father himselfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and haue beleeued that I came out from God I when out from the Father and came into the world Againe I leaue the world and goe to the Father His disciples sayd vnto him Loe now thou talkest plainly and speakest no prouerve Now are we sure that thou knowest all things and needest not that any man shoulde aske thee any question therefore beleeue we that thou camest from God Iesus answered them Now ye doe beleeue behold the houre draweth nigh and is already come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue mee alone And yet am I not alone for the Father is with mee These words haue I spoken vnto you that in me yee might haue peace for in the world shall yee haue tribulation But bee of good cheere I haue ouercome the world The Ascension day The Collect. GRaunt we beseech thee Almightie God that like as wee doe beleeue thy onely begotten Sonne our Lorde to haue ascended into the heauens so wee may also in heart and minde thither ascende and with him continually dwell The Epistle IN the former treatise Actes 1.1 deare Theophilus wee haue spoken of all that Iesus beganne to do and teach vntill the day in which hee was taken vp after that hee through the holy Ghost had giuen commaundements vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passion and that by many tokens appearing vnto them fortie dayes and speaking of the kingdome of God and gathered them together and commanded them that they should not depart front Hierusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father whereof sayeth he ye haue heard of me For Iohn truely baptized with water but yee shall be baptized with the holy Ghost after these few dayes When they therefore were come together they asked of him saying Lord wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdome to Israel And he sayd vnto them 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 the holy Ghost is come vpon you and ye shall be witnesses vnto me not onely in Hierusalem but also in al Iurie and in Samaria and euen vnto the worlds end And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken vpon high and a cloud recieued him vp out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went behold two men stood by them in white apparell which also sayd Yee men of Galilee Why stand ye gazing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen shall so come euen as ye haue seene him goe into heauen The Gospel IEsus appeared vnto the eleuen as they fate at meate Mark 16.14 and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnesse of heart because they beleeued not them which had seene that hee was risen againe from the dead And he said vnto them Go ye into al the world and preach the Gospel to all creatures He that beleeueth and is baptized shal be saued but he that beleeueth not shal be damned And these tokens shall follow them that beleeue In my name they shall cast out deuils they shal speake with new tongues they shall driue away serpents and if they drinke any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay their handes on the sicke and they shall recouer So when the Lord had spoken vnto them hee was receiued into heauen and is on the right hand of God And they went forth and preached euery where the Lorde working with them and confirming the word with miracles following Sunday after Ascension day The Collect. O God the King of glory which hast exalted thine only Sonne Iesus Christ with great triumph vnto thy kingdome in
heauen we beseech thee leaue vs not â—oÌ„fortlesse but send to vs thine holy Ghost to comfort vs and exalt vs vnto the same place whither our Sauiour Christ is gone before who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe end of al things is at hand Be ye therfore sober 1. Pet 47. and watch vnto prayer But aboue all things haue feruent loue among your selues For loue shal couer the multitude of sins Be ye barberous one to another wtout grudging As euery man hath receiued the gift euen so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold graces of God If any man speake let him talke as the words of God If any man minister let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth to him that God in all things may be glorified through Iesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospel WHen the comforter is come Ioh. 15.26 whom I will send vnto you from the Father euen the Spirit of trueth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me and ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue These things haue I sayd vnto you beacause ye should not be offended They shal excoÌ„municate you yea the time shall come that whosoeuer killeth you will thinke that he doth God seruice And such things will they doe vnto you because they haue not knowen the Father neither yet me But these things haue I tolde you that when the time is come ye may remember then that I tolde you Whitsunday The Collect. GOd which as vpon this day hast taught the hearts of thy faithfull people by the sending to them the light of thy holy Spirit Grant vs by the same Spirit to haue a right iudgement in all things and euermore to reioyce in his holy comfort through the merits of Christ Iesu our Sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of the same Spirit one GOD world without end Amen The Epistle WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende Acts 2.1 they were al with one accord together in one place and suddenly there came a found from heauen as it had bene the comming of a mightie winde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues like as they had beene of fire it sate vpon each one of them and they were all filled with the holy Ghost and began to speake with other tongues euen as the same Spirit gaue them vtterance Then were dwelling at Hierusalem Iewes deuout men out of euery nation of them that are vnder heauen When this was noysed about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard them speake with his owne language They wondered all and marueilled saying among themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galilee And how heare we euery man his owne tongue wherein we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and fo Iury and of Cappadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrygia and Pamphylia of Egypt and of the partes of Libya which is beside Cyrene strangers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Creetes Arabians we haue heard them speake in our owne tongues the great works of God The Gospel IEsus sayd vnto his disciples Ioh. 14.15 If yee loue me keepe my commaundements and I will pray the father and he shall giue you another comforter that hee may abide with you for euer euen the spirit of trueth whom the world can not receiue because the world seeth him not neither knoweth him But yee know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you I will not leaue you comfortlesse but will come to you Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more but ye see me For I liue and ye shall liue That day shall ye know that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hath my commandements keepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my Father and I wil loue him and will shew mine owne selfe vnto him Iudas saith vnto him not Iudas Iscariot Lord what is done that thou will shew thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the world Iesus answered and sayd vnto him If a man loue me he will keepe my sayings and my Father will loue him and we wil come vnto him and dwell with him Hee that loueth me not keepeth not my sayings And the word which ye heare is not mine but the Fathers which sent me These things haue I spoken vnto you being yet present with you but the Comforter which is the holy Ghost whom my Father wil send in my Name he shall teach you all things bring all things to your remembrance whatsoeuer I haue said vnto you Peace I leaue with you my peace I giue vnto you not as the world giueth giue I vnto you Let not your hearts be grieued neither feare Ye haue heard how I said vnto you I goe and come againe vnto you If yee loued mee ye would verily reioyce because I said I go vnto the Father For the Father is greater then I. And now haue I shewed you before it come that when it is come to passe yee might beleeue Hereafter will I not talke many words vnto you for the prince of this world commeth and hath nought in me but that the world may know that I loue the Father And as the Father gaue mee Commandement euen so do I. Munday in Whitsun vveeke The Collect. GOd which as vpon this day hast taught the hearts of thy faithfull c. As vpon Whitsunday The Epistle THen Peter opened his mouth Act. 10.34 and saide Of a trueth I perceiue that there is no respect of persons with God but in all people hee that feareth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sent vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lorde ouer all things Which preaching was published thorowout all Iurie and began in Galilee after the Baptisme which Iohn preached how God anoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost and with power Which Iesus went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the deuil for God was with him And we are witnesses of all things which he did in the land of the Iewes and at Hierusalem whom they flew and hanged on a tree him God raised vp the thirde day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for the same intent which did eate and drinke with him after hee arose from death And hee commanded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifie that it is he which was ordeined of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead To him giue all the Prophets witnesse that through his Name whosoeuer beleeueth in him shall receiue remission of sinnes While Peter yet spake these wordes
the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the preaching And they of the Circumcision which beleeued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was shedde out the gift of the holy Ghost For they heard them speake with tongues and magnifie God Then answered Peter Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized which haue receiued the holy Ghost aswell as wee And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tary a few days The Gospel SO God loued the world Iohn 3.16 that he gaue his only begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life For God sent not his Sonne into the world to cōdemne the world but that the world through him might be saued He that beleeueth on him is not condemned But he that beleeueth not is condemned already beacause hee hath not beleeued in the Name of the only begotten Son of God And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loued darkenesse more then light because there deedes were euill For euery one that euill doeth hateth the light neither commeth to the light least his deedes should be reproued But he that doeth the trueth commeth to the light that his deedes may be knowen how that they are wrought in God Tuesday in Whitsun vveeke The Collect. GOd which as vpon this day half taught hearts of thy faithfull people c. As vpon Whitsunday The Epistle WHen the Apostles which were at Hierusalem Acts. 8.14 heard say that Samaria had receiued the word of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn which when they were come downe prayed for them that they might receiue the holy Ghost For as yet hee was come on none of them but they where baptized onely in the Name of Christ Iesu Then layed they their hands on them and they receiued the holy Ghost The Gospel VErily verily Iohn 10.1 I say vnto you hee that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefold but climeth vp some other way the same is a thiefe and a murtherer But hee that entreth in by the doore is the Shepheard of the sheepe To him the porter openeth and the sheepe heare his voyce and hee calleth his owne sheepe by name and leadeth them out And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe hee goeth before them and the sheepe followe him for they knowe his voyce A stranger will they not follow but will flee from him for they know not the voice of strangers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstood not what things they there which he spake vnto them Then said Iesus vnto them againe Verily verily I say vnto you I am the doore of the sheepe All euen as many as came before me are theeues murderers but the sheepe did not heare them I am the doore by me if any enter in he shall be safe and shal go in and out and finde pasture A thiefe commeth not but for to steale kill and destroy I am come that they might haue life and that they might haue it more abundantly Trinitie Sunday The Collect. ALmighty and euerlasting God which half giuen vnto vs thy seruants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternall Trinitie and in the power of the diuine Maiestie to worship the Vnitie We beseech thee that through the stedfastnesse of this faith we may euermore be defended from all aduersitie which liuest and reignest one God world without end Amen The Epistle AFter this I looked Apoc. 4.1 and behold a doore was open in heauen and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said Come vp higher and I will shew thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediatly I was in the spirit and beholbe a seat was set in heauen and one sate on the seat And he that sate was to looke vpon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone And there was a rainebow about the seat in fight like vnto an Emerald And about the seate were foure and twentie seates and vpon the seats foure anb twenty Elders sitting clothed in white raiment and had on their heads crownes of golde And out of the seate proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voyces And there were seuen lampes of fire burning before the seat which are the seuen Spirits of God And before the seate there was a sea of glasse like vnto Christal and in the mids of the seat and round about the seat were foure beasts full of eyes before anb behinde And the first beast was like a Lion anb the second beast like a Calfe and the thirde beast had a face like a man and the fourth beast was like a flying Eagle And the foure beasts had each of them fixe wings about him and they were full of eyes within And they did not rest day neither might saying Holy Holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is and is to come And when those beasts gaue glory and honour and thankes to him that sate on the seate which liueth for euer and euer the foure and twentie Elders fell downe before him that sate on the Throne and worshipped him that liueth for euer and cast their crownes before the Throne saying Thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honour anb power for thou hast created all things and for thy wils sake they are and were created The Gospel THere was a man of the Pharisees Iohn 3.1 named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes The same came to Iesus by night and sayde vnto him Rabbi wee know that thou art a teatcher come from God for no man could do such miracles as thou doest except God were with him Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Verily verily I say vnto thee Except a man be borne from aboue hee cannot see the kingdome of God Nicodemus sayd vnto him How can a man bee borne when hee is olde Can he enter into his mothers wombe and bee borne againe Iesus answered Verily verily I say vnto thee Except a man be borne of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of God That which is borne of the flesh is flesh and that which is borne of the Spirit is spirit Marueile not thou that I saide vnto thee Ye must be borne from aboue The winde bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sound therof but thou canst not tel whence it commeth nor whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirit Nicodemus answered and said vnto him How can these things be Iesus answered and said vnto him Art thou a master in Israel and knowest not these things Verily verily I say vnto thee we speake that we know testifie that we haue seene ye receiue not our witnesse If I haue told you earthly things ye beleeue not how
beseech thee mercifully to heare vs and vnto whom thou hast giuen an hearty desire to pray grant that by thy mighty aide we may be defended through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle SVbmit your selues euery man one to another 1. Pet. 5.5 knit your selues together in lowlines of mind For God resisteth the proud giueth grace to the hūble Submit your selues therfore vnder the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you when the time is come Cast all your care vpon him for he careth for you Be sober and watch for your aduersary the deuill as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are appointed vnto your brethren that are in the world But the God of al grace which hath called vs vnto his eternal glory by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after that ye haue suffered a little affliction make you perfect settle strength an stablish you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospel THen resorted vnto him all the Publicanes sinners Luke 15.1 for to heare him And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured saying Hee receiueth sinners eateth with thē But he put forth this parable vnto them saying What man among you hauing an hundreth sheepe if he lose one of them doth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernesse and goeth after that which is lost vntill hee finde it And when hee hath found it hee layeth it on his shoulders with ioy and assoone as hee commeth home he called together his louers and neighbours saying vnto them Reioyce with mee for I haue found my sheepe which was lost I say vnto you that like wise ioy shall bee in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons which neede no repentance Either what woman hauing ten groats if shee lose one doeth not light a candle and sweepe the house and seeke diligently till she find it and when she hath found it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue found the groat which I lost Likewise I say vnto you shall there bee ioy in the presence of the Angels of God ouer one sinner that repenteth The iiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd the protector of all that trust in thee without whom nothing is strong nothing is holy increase and multiple vpon vs thy mercie that thou being our ruler guide we may so passe through things temporall that we finally lose not the things eternall Grant this heauenly Father for Iesus Christs sake our Lord. The Epistle I Suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent desire of the creatue abideth Rom. 8.18 looking when the sonnes of God shal appeare because the creature is subdued to vanitie against the will thereof but for his will which hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shall bee deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God For we know that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in paine euen vnto this time not onely it but wee also which haue the first fruits of the spirit mourne in our selues also and waite for the adoption of the children of God euen the deliuerance of our bodies The Gospel BE ye mercifull Luke 6.36 as your Father also is mercifull Iudge not and ye shal not be iudged Condemne not and ye shal not be condemned Forgiue and yee shall be forgiuen Guie and it shal bee giuen vnto you good measure and pressed downe and shakentogether andrunning ouer shall men giue into your bofomes For with the same measure that yee mete withall shall other men mete to you againe And he put forth a similitude vnto them Can the blinde leade the blind Do they not both fall into the ditch The disciple is not aboue his master Euery man shal be perfect euen as his master is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thine own eye Either how canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye First thou hypocrite cast out the beame out of thine owne eye then shalt thou see perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye The fift Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRaunt Lord we beseeh thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy gouernance that thy Congregation may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietnesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE you all of one minde 1. Pet. 3.8 and of one heart loue as brethren be pitifull be courteous meeke not rendring euill for euill or rebuke for rebuke but contrariwise blesse knowing that ye are thereunto called euen that yee should be heires of the blessing For hee that doeth long after life and loueth to see good dayes let him refraine his tongue from euill and his lips that they speake no guile Let him eschew euill and doe good let him seeke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous and his cares are open vnto their prayers Againe the face of the Lord is ouer them that doe euill Moreouer who is hee that will harme you if yee followe that which is good Yea happie are yee if any trouble happen vnto you for righteousnesse sake Be not ye afrayd for any terrour of them neither bee yee troubled but sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts The Gospel IT came to passe Luke 5.1 that when the people preassed vpon him to heare the word of God hee stood by the lake of Genezareth and saw two ships stand by the lakes side but the fishermen were gone out of them were washing their nets And hee entered into one of the shippes which pertained to Simon and prayed him that hee would thrust out a little from the land And hee sate downe and taught the people out of the ship When he had left speaking hee sayd vnto Simon Launch out into the deepe and let slip your nets to make a draught And Simon answered and sayd vnto him Master we haue laboured all night and haue taken nothing Neuerthelesse at thy commaundement I will loose foorth the net And when they had so done they inclosed a great multitude of fishes But their net brake and they beckened to their fellowes which were in the other ship that they should come and helpe them And they came and filled both ships that they sunke againe When Simon Peter saw this hee fell downe at Iesus knees saying Lord go from me for I am a sinful man For he was a astonied and al that there were with him at the draught of fishes which they had taken and so was also Iames and Iohn the
Luk. 14.1 to eat bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsie And Iesus answered spake vnto the Lawyers Pharises saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they held their peace And he tooke him healed him let him go answered them saying Which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pit and will not straightway pul him out on the Sabboth day And they could not answere him again to these things He put forth also a similitude to the ghests when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roomes and said vnto them When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man sitte not downe in the highest roome least a more honourable man then thou bee bidden of him and hee that bade him and thee come and say to thee Giue this man roome and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roome But rather when thou art bidden goe and fit in the lowest roome that when he that bad thee commeth hee may say vnto thee Friend sit vp higher then shall thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoener exalteth himselfe shall be brought low and he that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted The xviij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee graunt thy people grace to auoyde the infections of the deuil and with pure heart and minde to followe thee the onely God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Thanke my GOD alwayes on your behalfe 1. Cor. 14. for the grace of God which is giuen you by Iesus Christ that in all things yee are made rich by him in all vtterance and in al knowledge by the which things the testimonie of Iesus Christ was confirmed in you so that yee are behind in no gift waiting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ which shall also strengthen you to the end that ye may be blamelesse in the day of the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ The Gospel WHen the Pharises had heard that Iesus had put the Sadduces to silence Matth 22.34 they came together and one of them which was a Doctour of the Law asked him question tempting him and saying Master which is the greatest commaundement in the Lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shall loue the Lord thy GOD with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde This is the first greatest commandement And the second is like vnto it Thou shall thou thy neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundements hang all the Law the Prophets While the Pharisees were gathered together Iesus asked them saying What thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They said vnto him The sonne of Dauid He sayd vnto them How then doth Dauid in spirit call him Lord saying The Lord sayd vnto my Lorde Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footestoole If Dauid then call him Lord how is he thē his sonne And no man was able to answer him any thing neither durst any man from that day forfh aske him any mo questions The xix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. O God forasmuch as without thee wee are not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercie may in all things direct and rule onr hearts through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle THis I say Eph. 4.17 and testifie through the Lord that yee hence foorth walke not as other Gentiles walke in banitie of their minde while they are blinded in their vnderstanding being far from a godly life by the meanes of the ignorance that is in them because of the blindnes ot their hearts which being past repentance haue giuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnesse to worke all maner of vncleannesse euen with greedinesse But ye haue not so learned Christ If so bee that yee haue heard him and haue bene taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersation in times past to lay from you the olde man which is corrupt according to the deceiueable lustes to be renewed also in the spirite of your minde and to put on that newe man which after God is shapen in righteousnesse and true holinesse Wherefore put away lying speake euery man trueth vnto his neighbour forasmuch as wee are members one of another Be angry and sinne not Let not the sunne go downe upon your wrath neither giue place to the backbiter Let him that stole steale no more but let him rather labour with his hands the thing which is good that he may gine vnto him that needeth Let no filthie communication proceede out of your mouth but that which is good to edifie withal as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers And grieue not the holy spirit of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption Let all bitternesse and fiercenes and wrath and roaring cursed speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnesse Be ye courteous one to another merciful forgiuing one another euen as God for Christs sake hath forgiuen you The Gospel IEsus entred into a ship Mat. 9.1 and passed ouer and came into his owne citie And beholde they bought to him a man sicke of the palsie lying in a bed And when Iesus sawe the faith of them he said to the sicke of the palsie Sonne be of good cheere thy sinnes be forgiuen thee And beholde certaine of the Scribes sayde within themselues This man blasphemeth And when Iesus saw their thoughts he sayd wherefore thinke ye euill in your hearts Whether is it easier to say Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee or to say Arise and walke But that ye may know that the sonne of man hath power to forgiue sinnes in earth Then saith he to the sicke of the palsie Arise take vp thy bed and goe vnto thy house And hee arose and departed to his house But the people that saw it marueiled and glorfied God which had giuen such power vnto men The xx Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. ALmightie and mercifull God of thy bountifull goodnesse keepe vs from all things that may hurt vs that wee being ready both in bodie and soule may with free heartes accomplish those things that than wouldest haue done though Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TAke heede therefore how yee walke circnmspectly Ephes 5.15 not as vnwise but as wise men redeeming the time because the dayes are euill Wherefore be yee not vnwise but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is and be not drunken with wine wherein is excesse but be ye filled with the Spirit speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songs singing and making melodie to the Lord in pour hearts giuing thankes alwayes for all things vnto God the Father in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ submiting your selues one to another in the seare of God The
thee all that debt when thou desiredst me shouldest not thou also haue had compasston on thy frllow euen as I had pitie on thee And his Lord was worth and deliuered him to the Iaylers till he should pay all that was due vnto him So like wise shal my heauenly father doe also vnto you if ye from your hearts forgiue not euery one his brother their trespasses The xxiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd our refuge and strength which art the author of al godlinesse be ready to heare the deuout prayers of the Church and graunt that those things which we aske faithfully we may obtaine effectually through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren Phil. 3.17 be folowers together of me look on them which walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often now tell you weeping that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnation whose belly is their God glory to their shame which are worldly minded But our coÌ„uersation is in heauen from whence we look for the Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall change onr vile body that he may make it like vnto his glorious body according to the working where by he is able also to subdue all things vnto himselfe The Gospel Then the Pharisees went out and tooke coâ—sell how they migtht tangle him in his words And they sent out vnto him their discples with Herods seruants Matt. 22.15 saying Master wee know that thou art true teachest the way of God truely neither carest thou for any man for thou regardest not the outwaqrd appearance of men Tell vs therefore how thinkest thou Is it lawfull that tribute be giuen vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceiuing their wilkednesse sayd whiy tempt ye me ye hypocrites Shew me the tribute money And they tooke him a penie And he sayd vnto them whose is this image superscription They said vnto him Cesars Then said he vnto them Giue therefore vnto Cesar the things which are Cesars and vnto Gods those things which are Gods When they heard these words they marueiled and left him and went their way The xxiiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrde wee beseech thee assoyle thy people from thier offences that through bountifull goodness wee may be deliuered from the bonds of all those sinnes which by our frailtie wee haue committed Graunt this c. The Epistle WE giue thankes to God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ alwayes for you in our prayers For wee haue heard of your faith in Christ Iesu Col. 1.3 and of the loue which yee beare to all saints for the hopes sake which is laide vp in store for you in heauen Of which hope yee heard before by the true word of the Gospel which is come vnto you euen as it is into all the worlde and is fruitefull as it is also among you from the day 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 fellow seruant which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirite For this cause we also euen since the day wee heard of it haue not creassed to pray for you and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowlede of his will in all wisedome and spiritual vnderstanding that ye might walke worthy of the Lord that in all things yee may please being fruitfull in all good workes and increasng in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might through his glorious power vnto al patience and long suffering with ioyfulnesse giuing thankes bnto the Father which hath made vs meete to bee partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light The Gospel WHile Iesus spake vnto the people Mat. 9.18 behoid there came a certaine ruler and worshipped him saying My daughter is euen now deceassed but come and lay thy hand vpon her and shee liue And Iesus arose and followed him and so did his disciples And behold awomau which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres came behind him and touched the hemme of his vesture For shee said within herselfe If I may touch but euen his vesture onely I shal be safe But Iesus turned him about and when hee saw her Doughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same time And when Iesus came into the rulers house and said the ministrels and people making and a noyse he said vnto them Get you hence for the maide is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put forth he went in and tooke her by the hand and said Damosel arise And the Damosel arose And this noyse was abroad in all that land The xxv Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. STirre vp wee beseech thee O Lord the wils of thy faithful people that they plenteously bringing foorth the fruite of good workes may of thee bee plenteously rewarded through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle Behold Iere. 23.5 the time commeth faith the Lord that I will raise vp the righteous branch of Dauid which King shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall set vp equitie and righteousnesse againe in earth In his time shall Iuba be saued and Israel shall dwell without feare And this is the name that they shall call him Euen the Lord our righteousnesse And therefore behold the time commeth faith the Lord that it shal be no more said The Lord liueth which brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt but The Lord liueth which brought foorth and led the seede of the house of Israel out of the North land and from all counthreys wherwe I haue seattered them and they shall dwell in their owne land againe The Gospel WHen Iesus lift vp his eyes Iohn 6.5 saw a great companie come vnto him he faith vnto Philip Wheme shall we buy bread that these may eate This hee said to prooue him for hee himselfe knew what hee would doc Philip answered him Two hundreth penyworth of bread are not suffcient for them that euery man may take a little One of his Disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother said vnto him There is a lad here which hath filue barly loaues two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said Make the people sit downe There was much grasse in the place So the men sate downe in number about fiue thousand And Iesus tooke the bread when he had giuen thanks he gaue to his disciples the disciples to them that were set down and like wise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten enough he faith vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meat which remaineth that nothing be lost And they gathered it
that bee put in authoritie vnder him that they may truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice and to the maintenance of Gods true religion and vertue Giue grace O heauenly Father to all Bishops Pastours and Curates that they may both by their life and doctrine set foorth thy true and liuely word rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacraments and to all thy people giue heauenly grace and specially to this Congregation here present that with meeke heart and due reuerence they may heare and receiue thy holy word truely seruing thee in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of their life And wee most humbly beseech thee of thy goodnesse O Lord to comfort and succour all them which in this transitorie life bee in trouble sorrow neede sicknesse or any other aduersitie Graunt this O Father for Iesus Christs sake our onely mediatour and aduocate Amen ¶ Then shall follow this exhortation at certaine times when the Curate shall see the people negligent to come to the holy Communion WE bee come together at this time dearely beloued brethren to feede at the Lords Supper vnto the which in Gods behalfe I bid you all that be here present and beseech you for the Lord Iesus Christs sake that yee will not refuse to come thereto being so louingly called and biden of God himselfe Yee know how grieuous and vnkinde a thing it is when a man hath prepared a rich feast decked his table with al kind of prouision so that there lacketh nothing but the ghests to sit downe and yet they which bee called without any cause most vnthankefully refuse to come Which of you in such a case would not bee mooved who would not thinke a great iniurie and wrong done vnto him wherefore most dearly beloued in Christ take yee good heede lest yee withdrawing your selues from this holy Supper prouoke Gods indignation against you It is an easie matter for a man to say I will not communicate because I am otherwise letted with worldly businesse But such excuses bee not so easily accepted and allowed before God If any man say I am a grieuous sinner and therefore am afraide to come wherefore then doe you not repent and ameÌ„nd when God calleth you bee not you ashamed to say you will not come when you should returne to God will you excuse your selfe and say that you bee not readie Consider earnestly with your selues how little such fained excuses shall auaile before GOD. They that refused the feast in the Gospel because they had bought a Farme or would trie their yokes of Oxen or because they were married were not so excused but counted vnworthie of the heauenly feast I for my part am heere present and according to mine office I bid you in the name of God I call you in Christs behalfe I exhort you as you loue your owne saluation that yee will be partakers of this holy Communion And as the sonne of God did vouchsafe to yeelde vp his soule by death vpon the crosse for your health Euen so it is your dâ—etie to receiue the Communion together in the remembrance of his death as he himselfe communded Nowe if you will in no wise thus doe consider with your selves how great iniurie you doe vnto God and how sore punishment hangeth over your heads for the same And where as you offend God so sore in refusing this holy banquet I admonish exhort and beseech you that vnto this vnkindnesse ye will not adde any more which thing ye shall doe if yee stand by as gazers and lookers on them that doe communicate and be not partakers of the same your selues For what thing can this be accounted else then a further contempt and vnkindnesse vnto God Truely it is a great vnthankfulnesse to say naye when yee be called but the fault is much greater when men stand by and yet will neither eate nor drinke this holy Communion with other I pray you what can this be else but euen to haue the mysteries of Christ in derision It is said vnto all Take ye and eate Take and drinke yee all of this Doe this in remembrance of me With what face then or with what countenance shal ye heare these words what will this bee else but a neglecting a despising and mocking of the Testament of Christ wherefore rather then yee should so doe depart you hence and giue place to them that be godly disposed But when you depart I beseech youn ponder with your selues from whom ye depart yee depart from the Lords table ye depart from your brethren and from the banquet of most heauenly foode These things if ye earnestly consider yee shall by Gods grace returne to a better minde for the obteining whereof we shall make our humble petitions while we shall receiue the holy Communion And sometime shal be said this also at the discretion of the Curate DEarly beloued for as much as our duetie is to render to Almightie God our heavenly Father most heartie thankes for that hee hath giuen his Sonne our Saniour Iesus Christ not onely to dye for vs but alsd to be our spirituall foode and sustenance as it is declared vnto vs as well by Gods word as by the holy Sacraments of his blessed bodyÌ„and and blood the which being so comfortable a thing to them which receiue it worthily and so dangerous to them that wil presume to receiue it vnworthily my duetie is to exhort you to consider the dignitie of the holy mysterie and the great perill of the vnworthie receiuing thereof and so to search and examine your owne consciences as you should come holy and cleane to a most godly and heauenly feast so that in no wise you come but in the mariage garment required of God in holy Scripture and so come and be receiued as worthie partakers of such a heauenly Table The way and means thereto is First to examine your liues and conuersation by the rule of Gods commandements and wherein so euer ye shall perceiue your selues to haue offended either by will word or deed there bewayle your owne sinful liues and confesse your selues to Almightie God with full purpose of amendment of life And if yee shall perceiue your offences to be such as bee not onely against God but also against your neighbors then ye shall reconcile your selues vnto them ready to make restitution and satisfaction according to the vttermost of your powers for all iniuries and wrongs done by you to any other and likewise being readie to forgiue other that haue offended you as you would haue forgiuensse of your offences at Gods hand For otherwise the receiuing of the holy Communion doth nothing else but increase your damnation And because it is requisite that no man should come to the holy Communion but with a full trust in Gods mercie and with a quiet conscience therefore if there bee any of you which by the meanes aforsaid cannot quiet his owne conscience but requireth further comfort or
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
them at rest The words of the Lord are pure words euen as the siluer which from the earth is tried purified seuen times in the fire Thou shalt keepe them O Lord thou shalt preserue him from this generation for euer The vngodly walke on euery side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke Vsquequo Domine Psal xiij HOw long wilt thou forget mee O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hide thy face from me How long shalt I seeke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart howe long shalt mine enemies triumph ouer me Consider and heare mee O Lorde my God lighten mine eyes that I sleepe not in death Left mine enemie say I haue preuailed against him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wil sing of the Lord because he hath delt so louingly with me yea I wil praise the name of the Lord most highest Dixit insipiens Psal xiiij THe foole hath said in his heart there is no God They are corxupt and become abominable in their doings there is not one that doeth good no not one The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues haue they deceiued the poison of aspes is vnder their lips Their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse their feete are swift to shed blood Destruction and vnhappinesse is in their wayes the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before their eyes Haue they no knowledge that they are all such workers 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 generation of the righteous As for you yee haue made a mocke at the counsaile of the poore because he putteth his trust in the Lord. Who shalt giue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shalt Iacob reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit Psal xv LOrd who shalt dwell in thy tabernacle Morning prayer or who shalt rest vpon thy holy hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and both the thing which is right and speaketh the tructh from his heart Hee that hath vsed no deceit in his tongue nor done enill to his neighbour nor hath not slandered his neighbours Hee that setteth not by himselfe but is lowly in his owne eyes and maketh much of them that feare the Lord. Hee that sweareth vnto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it Were to his owne hinderance He that hath not giuen his money vpon vsurie nor taken reward against the innocent Who so doeth thrse things shalt neuer fall Conserua me Psal xvj PReserue me O God for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my God my goods are nothing vnto thee All my delight is vpon the saints that are in the earth and vpon such as excell in vertue But they that runne after another god shalt haue great trouble Their drinke offerings of blood will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips The Lord himselfe is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintaine my lot My lot is fallen vnto me in a faire ground yea I haue a goodly heritage I will thanke the Lord for giuing me warning my reines also chasten me in the night season I haue set God alwayes before me for hee is on my right hand therefore I shalt not fall Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory reioyced my flesh also shalt rest in hope For Why thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption Thou shalt she we me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for euermore Exaudi Domine iustitiam Psal xvij HEare the right O Lorde consider my complaint and hearken vnto my prayer that goeth not out of fayned lippes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes looke vpon the thing that is equall Thou hast prooded and visited mine heart in the night feason thou hast tried me and shalt finde no wickednesse in me for I am vtterly purposed that my mouth shalt not offend Because of mens workes that are done against the wordes of my lips I haue kept me from the wayes of the destroyer O holde thou vp my goings in thy pathes that my footesteps slip not I haue called vpon thee O God for thou shalt heare mee encline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my words Shew thy maruellous louing kindnesse thou that art the Sauiour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand Keepe mee as the apple of an eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wings From the vngodly that trouble mee mine enemies compasse me round about to take away my foule They are inclosed in their owne fat and their mouth speaketh proud things They lie waiting in our way on cuery side turning their eyes downe to the ground Like as a Lion that is greedie of his pray and as it were a lions whelpe lurking in secret places Vp Lord disappoint him and cast him downe dcliuer my soule from the vngodly which is a sword of thine From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the euil world which haue their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure They haue children at their desire and leaue the rest of their substance for their babes But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousnes and when I awake vp after thy likenesse I shal be satisfied with it Diligam re Psal xviij I will loue thee O LORD my strength Euening prayer the Lorde is my stonie rocke and my defence my Sauiour my God and my might in whome I will trust my buckler the horne also of my salutation and my refuge I wil call vpon the Lord which is worthy to bee praised so shalt I be safe from mine enemies The sorowes of death compassed me and the ouerflowings of vngodlines made me afratd The paines of hell came about mee the snares of death ouertooke me In my trouble I will call vpon the Lord and comylaine vnto my God So shall hee heare my voice out of his holy Temple and my complaint shalt come before him it shalt enter eueu into his eares The earth trembled quaked the very foundations also of the hilles shooke were
remooued because he was wroth There went a smoke out of his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth so that coales were kindled at it Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe and it was darke vnder his feete He rode vpon the Cherubims and did flie hee came flying vpon the wings of the winde Hee made darkenesse his secret place his Pauilion round about him with darke water and thicke cloudes to couer him At the brightnesse of his presence his cloudes remooued hailestones and coales of fire The Lorde also thundred out of heauen and the Highest gaue his thunder hailestones and coales of fire He sent out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth lightnings and destroyed them The springs of waters were seene and the foundations of the round world were discouered at thy chiding O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure Hee shalt send downe from the high to fetch me and shalt take me out of many waters Hee shalt deliuer mee from my strongest enemie and from them which hate me for they are too mightie for me They preuented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my vpholder He brought me forth also into a place of liberty he brought me forth euen because he had a fauour vnto me The Lorde shalt reward me after my righteous dealing according to the cleannesse of my hands shalt he recompence mee Because I haue kept the wayes of the Lord and haue not forsaken my God as the wicked doeth For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and will not cast out his commandements from me I was also vncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickednesse Therefore shalt the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according vnto the cleannesse of my hands in his eye sight With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect With the cleane thou shalt bee cleane and with the froward thou shalt learne frowardnesse For thou shalt saue the people that are in aduersitie and shalt bring downe the high lookes of the proud Thou also shalt light my candle the Lorde my God shall make my darkenesse to be light For in thee I shall discomfit an hoste of men and with the helpe of my God I shall leape ouer the wall The way of God is an vndefiled way the worde of the Lorde also is tried in the fire hee is the defender of all them that put their trust in him For who is God but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God It is God that girdeth me with strength of warre and maketh my way perfect He maketh my feete like Harts feete and setteth me vpon high Hee teacheth my handes to fight and mine armes shall breake euen a bowe of steele Thou hast giuen me the defence of thy saluation thy right hande also shall holde me vp and thy louing correction shall make me great Thou shalt make roome ynough vnder me for to goe that my foote steps shall not slide I will followe vpon mine enemies and ouertake them neither will I turne againe till I haue destroyed them I will smite them that they shall not be able to stand but fall vnder my feete Thou hast girded me with strength vnto the battell thou shalt throw downe mine enemies vnder me Thou hast made mine enemies also to turne their backes vpon me and I shall destroy them that hate me They shall cry but there shall bee none to helpe them yea euen vnto the Lord shal they cry but he shall not heare them I will beate them as small as the dust before the winde I will cast them out as the clay in the streetes Thou shalt deliuer mee from the struings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen A people whom I haue not knowen shall serue me Assoone as they heare of mee they shall obey mee but the strange children shall dissemble with me The strange children shall faile and be afraid out of their prisons The Lorde liueth and blessed bee my strong helper and praised be the God of my saluation Euen the God that seeth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me It is hee that deliuereth me from my cruell enemies and setteth mee vp aboue mine aduersaries thou shalt ridde mee from the wicked man For this cause will I giue thankes vnto thee O Lorde among the Gentiles and sing prayses vnto thy Name Great prosperitie giueth hee vnto his King and sheweth louing kindnesse vnto Dauid his anoynted and vnto his seed for euermore Coeli enarrant Psal xix THe heauens declare the glorie of God Morning Prayer and the firmament sheweth his handy worke Oue day telleth another and one night certifieth another There is neither speech nor language but their voyces are heard among them Their sound is gone out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the world In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sunne which commeth foorth as a bridegrome out of his chamber and reioyceth as a Gyant to runne his course It goeth forth from the vttermost part of the heauen and runneth about vnto the end of it againe and there is nothing hid from the heate thereof The Law of the Lord is an vndefiled Lawe conuerting the soule the testimonie of the Lord is sure and giueth wisedome vnto the simple The statutes of the Lord are right and reioyce the heart the commandement of the Lord is pure and giueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the Lorde is cleane and endureth for euer the iudgements of the Lorde are true and righteous altogether More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony and the hony combe Moreouer by them is thy seruant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward Who can tell how oft he offendeth O clense thou me from my secret faults Keepe thy seruaunt also from presumptutous sinnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shall I be vndefiled and innocent from the great offence Let the wordes of my mouth and the mediitation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer Exaudiat te Deus Psal xx The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend thee Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie and strength thee out of Sion Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt sacrifice Graunt thee thy hearts desire and fulfill all thy minde We will reioyce in thy saluation and triumph in the name of the Lorde our God the Lorde perfourme all thy petitions Nowe knowe I that the Lord helpeth his anoynted and will heare him from his holy heauen euen with the wholesome strength of his right hand Some put their trust in charets and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God They are brought downe and fallen but we are risen and stand vpright
that thou hast done O consider this yee that forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to deliuer you Who so offereth me thankes and prayse honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conuersation right will I shew the saluation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51 HAue mercie vpon mee O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of the mercies doe away mine offences Wash me thoughly from my wickednesse and clense mee from my sinne For I knowledge my faultes my sin is euer before me Aganst thee onely haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behdold I mas shapen in wickednesse in sinne hath my mother couceiued me But loc thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shall make me to vndestand wisedome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane thou shall wash me and I shal be whiter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a rght spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the comfort of the helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health my tongue shal sing of thy righteousnes Thou shall open my lips O Lord and my month shall shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings The sacrfice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shall thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the Walles of Hierusalem Then shall thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shall they offer yong bullocks vpon thine altar Quid gloriaris Plal. 52. WHy boastest thou thy selfe thou tyrant that thou canst doe mischiefe Whereas the goodnesse of God endureth yet dayly Thy tongue imagineth wickednesse and with lies thou cuttest like a sharpe rasor Thou hast loued vnrighteousnesse more then goodnesse and to talke of lies more then righteousnesse Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may doe hurt O thou false tongue Therefore shall God destroy thee for euer hee shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwlling and roote thee out of the land of the liuing The roghteous also shall see this and feare and sal laugh him to scorne Loe this is the man that tooke not Goo for his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himselfe in his wickednesse As for me I am like a greene Oliue tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercie of God for euer euer I will alwayes giue thankes vnto thee for that thou halst done and I will hope in thy name for thy saints like it well Dixit insipiens psal 53. THe foolish bodie hath sayd in his heart there is no God Euening prayer Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickednsse there is none that doeth good God looked down from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogethee become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one Are not they without vnderstanding that worke wickednesse eating vp my people as if they would eate bread they haue not called vpon God They were aftaide where no feare was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast pnt them to confision because God hath despised them Oh that the Saluation were giuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliuer his people out of captiuitie Then should Iacob reioyce and Israel should bee right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54 SAue me O God for thy names sake and auenge mee in thy strength Heare my prayer O God hearken vnto the words of my mouth For strangers are risen vp against me and tyrants which haue not God before their eyes seeke after my soule Beholde God is my helper the Lorde is with them that vphold my soule Hee shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy trueth An offering of a free heart will I giue thee and prayse thy name O Lord because it is so comfortable For hee hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene his desire vpon mine enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 55 HEare my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petition Take heede vnto me and heare me howe I mourne in my prayer and am vexed The enemine crieth so and the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are minded to doe me some mischiefe so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon mee and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde Oh that I had wings like a Doue for then would I slee away and be at rest Loe then would I get me away farre off and remaine in the wildernesse I would make haste to escape because of the stormie wind and tempest Destroy their tongues O Lord and diuide them for I haue spied vnrighteousnesse and strife in the citie Day and night they goe about within the walles threof misehiefe also and sorow are in the middes of it Wickednesse is therein deceite and gutle go not out of their streetes For it is not an open enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I could haue borne it Neither was it mine aduersarie that did magnifie himselfe against me for then peraduenture I would haue hid my selfe from him But it was euen thou my companion my guide and mine owne famihar friend Wee tooke sweete counsell together walked in the house of God as friends Let death come hastily vpon them let them goe downe quicke into hell for wickednesse is in their dwellings and among them As for mee I will call vpon God and the Lord shall saue me In the euening morning and at noone day will I pray and that instantly and he shall heare my voyce It is hee that hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battaile that was against me for thre were many with me Yea euen God that endureth for euer shall shall heare me and bring them downn for they will not turne nor feare God Hee laid his hands vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenant The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauing warre in his heart his words were smoother then oyle
and yet be they very swords O cast thy burden vpon the Lorde and hee shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for euer And as for them thou O God shall bring them into the pit of destruction The bloodthirstie and deceitfull men shall not liue out halfe their dayes neuerthelesse my trust shall bee in thee O Lord. Miserere mei Deus Psal 56. BE mereifull vnto me Morning prsyer O God for man goeth about to deuoure mee he is dayly fighting and troubling me Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me vp for they be many that fight against mee O thou most Highest Neuerthelesse though I am sometime afraide yet put I my trust in thee I will praise God because of his word I haue put my trust in God and will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me They dayly mistake my wordes all that they imagine is to doe me euill They holde all together and keepe themselues close and marke my steps when they lay waite for my soule Shall they escape for their wickednesse thow O God in thy displeasure shalt cast them downe Thou telâ—st my flittings put my teares into thy bottell are not these things noted in thy booke Whensoeuer I call vpon thee then shall mine enemies be put to slighy this I know for God is on my side In Gods word will I reioyce in the Lords word will I comfort me Yea in God haue I put my trust I will not bee afraide what man can doe vnto me Vnto thee O God will I pay my vowes vnto thee will I giue thankes For thou hast deliuered my soule froÌ„ death my feet form falling that I may walke before God in the light of the liuing Miserere mei Deus Psal 57 Be merecifull vnto me O God be merrifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in thee and vnder the shadow of thy wings shal be my refuge vntill this tyrannie be ouerpast I will cal vnto the most high God euen vnto the God that shall performe the cause which I haue in hand He shall send from heauen and saue me from the reproof of him that would eat me vp God shall send forth his mercie and trueth my soule is among Lions And I lie euen amoung the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are speares and arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauns and chy glory aboue all the earth They haue layd a net for my feet and pressed downe my soule they haue digged a pit before me and are fallen into the middes of it themselues My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and giue praise Awake vp my glory awake Lute and Harpe I my selfe will awake right early I will giue thanks vnto thee O Lord among the people and I will sing vnto thee among the nations For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens and thy glory about all the earth Si vere vtique Psal 58 ARe your minds set vpoÌ„ righteousnes O ye congregation and do ye iudge the thing that is right O ye sonnes of men Yea yee imagine mischiefe in your heart vpon the earth and your hands deale with wickednesse The vngodly are froward euen froÌ„ their monthers womb assoone as they be borne they goe astray and speake lies They are as venemous as the poison of a Serpent euen like the deafe Adder that stoppeth her eares Which refuseth to heare the voice of the charmer charme he neuer so wisely Breake their teeth O God in their mouthes smite the iawe boues of the Lions O Lord let them fall away like water that tunneth apace and when they shoote their arrowes let them be rooted out Let them consume away like a Snaile and be like the vntimely fruit of a woman and let them not see the funne Or euer your pots be made hot with thrones so let indignation vexe him euen as a thing that is rame The righteous shall reioice when he seeth the vengeance he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the vngodly So that a man shall say Verely there is a reward for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth the earth Eripe me de inimicis Psal 59 DEliuer me from mine enemies Euening prayer O God defend mee from them that rise against me O deliuer mee from the wicked doers and saue me from the blood-thirsty men For loe they lie waiting for my soule the mighty men are gathered aganist mee without any offence or fanlt of me O Lord. They runne and prepare themselues without my fault arife thou therefore to help me and behold Stand vp O Lord God of hostes thou God of Israel to viste all the heathen and be not mercifull vnto them that ofsend of malicious wickednesse They go to and fro in the euening they grinne like a dog and runne about thorow the citie Behold they speake with their mouth and swords are in their lips for who doeth heare But thou O Lord shall haue them in derison and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorne My strength wil I aseribe vnto thee for thou art the God of my refuge God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteonsly and God shal let me see desire bpon mine enemies Slay them not left my people forget it but scatter them abroad among the people and put them downe O Lord our defence For the sinne their mouth and for the wordes of their lippes they shal be taken in their pride and why their preaching is of cursing and lies Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they may perish and know that it is God which ruleth in Iacob and vnto the ends of the world And in the euening they wil returne grinne like a Dog and will goe about the citie They will runne here and there for meate and grudge if they be not satisfied As for mee I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie betimes in the morning for thou hast been my Defence and refuge in the day of my trouble Vnto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my refuge and my mercifull God Deus repulisti nos Psal 60 O God thou hast cast vs out and scattered vs abroad thou hast also bene displeascd O turne thec vnto vs againe Thou hast moued the land and deuided it heale the fores thereof for it shaketh Thou hast shewed thy people heauie things thou hast giuen vs a drinke of deadly wine Thou hast giuen a token for such as feare thee that they may triumph because of the trueth Therefore were thy beloued deliuered help me with thy rtght hand and heare me God hath spoken in his holinesse I will reioyce and diuide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the streangth of my head Iuda is my lawgiuer
Moab is my washpot ouer Edom wil I cast out my shoe Philistia be thou glad of me Who will leade me into the strong citie who will bring me into Edom Hast thou not cast vs out O God will not thou O God go out with our hostes O be thou out help in trouble for baine is the help of man Through God wil we doe great actes for it is he that shal tread downe our enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 61 HEare my crying O God giue eare vnto my prayer From the ends of the earth wil I call vnto thee when my heart is in heauinesse O set me vp vpon the rocke that is higher then I for thou hast been my hope and a strong tower for mee against the enemie I will dwell in thy Taberanacle for euer and my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wings For thou O Lord hast heard my desires and hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name Thou shall graunt the king a long life that his yeeres may endure throughout all generations He shall dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercie and faithfulnesse that they may preserue him So will I alwalyes sing prayse bnto thy Name that I may dayly performe my vowes Nonne Deo Psal 62 MY soule truely waiteth still vpon God for of him commeth my saluation Morning prayer He berely is my strength and my saluation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall How long will ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shall be slaline all the sort of you yea as a tottering wall shall ye be and like a broken hedge Their deuice is onely how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies they giue good words with their mouth but curse with their herat Neuerthelesse my soule waite thou still vpon God for my hope is in him Hee truely is my strength and my saluation hee is my defencc so that I shall not fall In GOD is my health and my glorie the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people powre out your hearts before him for God is our hope As for the children of men they are but baine the children of men are deceitfull vpon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanitie it selfe O trust not in wrong and robberie giue not your felues vnto vanitie if riches increase set not your heart vpon them God spake once and wife I haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto God And that thou Lord art mereifull for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke Deus Deus meus Psal 63 O God thou art my God earely wil I seeke thee My soule thirsteth for thee my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no matter is Thus haue I looked for thee in holinesse that I might behold thy power and glory For thy loutng kindenesse is better then the life it selfe my lips shall prayse thee As long as I liue wil I magnifie thee on this maner and lift vp my hands in thy name My soule shall bee satisfied euen as it were with marowe and fatnesse when my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lips Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought bpon thee when I was waking Beacause thou hast beene my helper therefore vnder the shadow of my wings will I reioyce My soule hangeth vpon thee thy right hand hath vpholdeli me These also that seeke the hurt of my soule they shall go vnder the earth Lat them fal vpon the edge of the sword that they may be aportion for forces But the King shal reioyce in God all they also that sweare by him shal be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shal be stopped Exaudi Deus psal 64. Heare my boyee O God in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of the wicked doers Which haue whet their tongue like a sword and shot out there arrowes euen bitter words That they may priuily shoote at him that is perfect suddenly doe they hit him and feare not They courage themselues in mischiefe and commune among themselues hom they may lay snares and fay that no man shall see them They imagine wickednesse and practise it that they keepe secret among themselues euery man in the deep of his heart But god shal snddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded Yea their owne tongues shall make them fall in so much that who so feeth them shal laugh them to srone And all men that see it shall say This hath God done for they shall perceiue that it is his worke The rightcous shall reioyce in the Lord and put hist trust in him and all they that are true of heart shal be glad Te decet hymnus Psal 65. THou Euening prayer O God art praised in Sion and vnto thee shall the vow bee performed in Hierusalem Thou that hearest the prayer vnto thee shall all flesh come My misdeeds preuaile against me oh be thou merciful vnto our sinnes Blessed is the man whom thou choosest receiued vnto thee he shal dwel in thy court shal be satisfid with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shall shewe vs wonderfull things in thy righteousnes O God of our saluation thou that art the hope of all the endes of the earth and of them that remaine in the broad sea Which in his streangth setteth fast the mountaines and is 〈◊〉 about with power Which stilleth the raging of the Sea and the noise of his waues and the madnesse of his people They also that dwell in the vettermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and euning to praise thee Thou bistest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou waterest her furrowes thou sendest raine into the little valleyes thereof thou makest it soft with the drops of raine and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeere with thy goodnesse and thy clouds drop fatnesse They shall drop vpon the dwellings of the wildernesse and the lilttle hilles shall reioice on euery side The folds shal be ful of sheepe the ballelyes also shal stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and sing Iubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be ioyfull in God all ye lands sing praises vnto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto God O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes through the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be found liars bnto thee For all the word shal worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the morks of God how wonderfull he is in his
doing to ward the children of men He turned the sea into drie land so that they went through the water on foote there did we reioice thereof He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes behold the people and such as will not beleeue shal not be able to exalt themselues O praise our God yee people and make the voice of his prayse to be heard Which holdeth our soule in life and suffereth not out feete to slippe For thou O God hast proued vs thou also hast tried vs like as siluer is tried Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layedst trouble vpon our loynes Thou sufferedest men to ride ouer our heads wee went thorow fire and water and thou broughtest vs out into a wealthy place I will go into thy house with burnt offerings and wil pay thee my bowes which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goats O come hither and bearken all ye that feare God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue himpraises with my tongue If I incline vnto wickednesse with my heart the Lorde will not heare me But God hath heared me and considered the voyce of my prayer Praised bee God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercie from me Deus misereatur Psal 67 GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blcsse vs an t shewe vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto bs That thy way may be knowen bpon earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shall iudge the folke righteoufly and gouerne the nations vpon earth Let the people prase thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall giue vs his blessing God shal blesse bs and all the ends of the world sbal feare him Exurgat Deus Psal 68. LEt God arise Morning prayer anb let his enemies bee scattered let them also that hate him slee before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shall thou briue them away and like as ware melteth at the fire so let the vngodly perith at the presence of God But let the righteous bee glad and reioyce before God let them also be ney and ioyfull O sing vnto God and sing praises vnto his Nmme magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse praise him in his Name yea and reioyce before him He is father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of the widomes euen God in his holy habitation He is the God that maketh men to bee of one minde in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captiuitie but letteth the runnagates continue in scarcenesse O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernesse The earth shooke the heauens dropped at the presence of God enen as Sinai also was mooueb at the presence of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sentest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was wearie Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of the goodnesse prepared for the poore The Lord gaue the word great was the companie of the preachers Kings with their armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the houshold diuided the spoile Though ye haue lien among the pots yet shal ye be as the wings of a Doue that is conered with siluer wings and her feathers like golde When the Almightie scattered kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon As the hill of Basan so is Gods hill euen an high hill as the hill of Basan Why hop yee so yee high hils this is Gods hill in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for euer The charets of God are twenty thousand euen thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai Thou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued gifts for men yea euen for thy enemies that the Lord might dwell among them Praised be the Lorde daily euen the God which helpeth vs and powreth his benefits vpon vs. He is our God euen the God of whom comuneth saluation God is the Lord by whom we escape death GOD shall wounde the head of his enemies and the hairie scalpe of such a one as goeth on still in his wickednesse The Lord hath said I wil bring my people againe as I did from Basan mine owne will I bring againe as I did sometime from the deepe of the sea That thy foote may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may bee red through the same It is well seene O God how thou goest howe thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuarie The singers goe before the minstrels follow after in the middest are the damosels playing with their timbrels Giue thankes O Israel vnto God the Lord in the Congregations from the ground of the heart There is litle Beniamin their ruler and the princes of Iuda their counsaile the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nephthali Thy God hath sent foorth strength for thee stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy Temples sake at Hierusalem so shal Kings bring presents vnto thee When the companie of the spearemen and multitude of the mightie are scattered abroad among the beastes of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of siluer and when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre Then shall the princes come out of Egypt the Morians land shall soone stretch out her hands vnto God Sing vnto God O yee kingdomes of the earth O sing praises vnto the Lord. Which sitteth in the heauens ouer all from the beginning loe he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mightie voyce Ascribe yee the power to God ouer Isral his worship and strength is in the cloudes O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Isral he will giue strength and power vnto his people blessed be God Saluum me Psal 69. SAue mee Euening prayer O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I am wearie of crying my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long vpon my God They that hate me without a canse are moe then the haires of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy
Confitebimur tibi Psal 75. VNto thee Morning prayer O God doe We giue thanks yea vnto thee doe we giue thankes Thy Name also is so nigh and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the Congregation I shall iudge according vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabiters thereof I beare vp the pillars of it I said vnto the fooles Deale not so madly and to the vngodly Set not vp your horne Set not vp your horne on high and speake not with a stiffe necke For promotion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South And why God is the Iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp another For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixt and he powreth out of the same As for the dregs thereof all the vngodly of the earth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and praise him for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Notus in Iudea Psalm 76. IN Iurie is God knowen his Name is great in Israel At Salem is his tabernacle and his dwelling in Sion There brake he the arrowes of the bowe the shield the sword and the battaile Thou art of more honour and might then the hils of the robbers The proud are robbed they haue slept their sleepe and all the men whole hands were mightie haue found nothing At thy rebuke O God of Iacob both the charet and horse are fallen Thou euen thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy fight when thou art angry Thou diddest cause thy iudgement to be heard from heauen the earth trembled and was still When God arose to indgement and to helpe all the meeke vpon earth The fiercenesse of man shall turne to thy praise and the fiercenesse of them shalt thou refraine Promise vnto the Lord your God and keepe it all yee that be round about him bring presents vnto him that ought to be feared He shall refraine the spirit of princes and is wonderfull among the kings of the earth Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 77. I Will crie vnto God with my voice euen vnto God will I crie with my voice and he shall hearken vnto me In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord my fore ranne and ceased not in the night season my soule refused comfort When I am in heauinesse I will thinke vpon God when my heart is vexed I will complaine Thou holdest mine eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speake I haue considered the dayes of olde and the yeeres that are past I call to remembrance my song and in the night I commune with mine owne heart and search out my spirits Will the Lord absent himselfe for euer and will hee be no more intreated Is his mercy cleane gone for euer and is his promise come vtterly to an end for euermore Hath God forgotten to be gracious and wil he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure And I said It is mine owne infirmitie but I wil remember the yeeres of the right hand of the most highest I will remember the works of the Lord and call to mind thy wonders of old time I will thinke also of all thy workes and my talking shall be of thy doings Thy way O God is holy who is so great a God as our God Thou art the God that doth wonders and hast declared thy power among the people Thou hast mightily deliuered thy people euen the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph The waters saw thee O God the waters sawe thee and were afraid the depthes also were troubled The cloudes powred out water the aire thundered and thine arrowes went abroad The voice of thy thunder was heard round about the lightnings shone vpon the ground the earth was mooued and shooke withall Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy footsteps are not knowen Thou leddest thy people like sheepe by the hand of Moses and Aaron Attendite popule Psal 78. HEare my Lawe Euening prayer O my people encline your eares vnto the words of my mouth I wil open my mouth in a parable I wil declare hard sentences of olde Which we haue heard and knowen and such as our fathers haue tolde vs. That wee should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to shewe the honour of the Lorde his mightie and wonderfull workes that hee hath done He made a couenant with Iacob and gaue Israel a Law which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children That their posteritie might knowe it and the children which were yet vnborne To the intent that when they came vp they might shewe their children the same That they might put their trust in God and not to forget the workes of God but to keepe his commandements And not to bee as their forefathers a faithlesse and stubburne generation a generation that set not their heart aright and whose spirit cleaueth not stedfastly vnto God Like as the children of Ephraim which being harnessed and carying bowes turned themselues backe in the day of battaile They kept not the couenant of God and would not walke in his Law But forgate what he had done and the wonderfull worke that he had shewed for them Marueilous things did hee in the sight of our forefathers in the land of Egypt euen in the field of Zoan He dinided the sea and let them goe through he made the waters to stand on an heape In the day time also he led them with a cloud and all the night through with a light of fire Hee claue the hard rockes in the wildernesse and gaue them drinke thereof as it had bene out of the great depth He brought waters out of the stonie rocke so that it gushed out like the riuers Yet for all this they sinned more against him and prouoked the most highest in the wildernesse They tempted God in their hearts and required meat for their lust They spake against God also saying Shall God prepare a table in the wildernesse Hee smote the stonie rocke deede that the water gushed out and the streames flowed withall but can hee giue bread also or prouide flesh for his people When the Lord heard this he was wroth so the fire was kindled in Iacob and there came vp heauie displeasure against Israel Because they beleeued not in God and put not their trust in his helpe So hee commaunded the cloudes aboue and opened the doores of heauen Hee rained downe Manna also vpon them for to eate and gaue them food from heauen So man did eate Angels foode for hee sent them meate ynough Hee caused the Cast winde to blowe vnder heauen and through his power he brought in the Southwest winde He rained flesh vpon them as thicke as dust and feathered foules like as the sand of the sea He
trees She streched out her branches vnto the sea her boughs vnto the riuer Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge that all they which goe by â—lucke off her grapes The wilde Bore out of the wood doth roote it vp and the wild beasts of the field deuoure it Turne thâ—e againe thou God of hosts looke downe from heauen behold and visite this vine And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath plansed the branch that thou madest so strong for thy selfe It is burnt with fire and cut downe and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance Let thy hand be vpon the man of thy right hand and vpon the sonne of man whom thou madest so strong for thine owne selfe And so will not we goe backe from the O let vs liue and we shall call vpon thy name Lurne vs againe O Lord God of hostes shew the light of thy counteâ—aâ—ce and we shall be whole Exultate Deo Psal 81. SIng we merily vnto God our strength make a cheerefull noyse vnto the God of Iacob Take the Psalme bring hither the Tabret the merie Harpe with the Lute Blowe vp the Trumpet in the new Moone euen in the time appointed and vpon our solemne feast day For this was made a statute for Israel and a â—awe of the God of Iacob This hee ordeined in Ioseph for a testimonie when hee came out of the land of Egypt and had heard a strange language I cased his shoulder from the burden and his hands were deliuered from making the pots Thou calledst vpon me in troubles and I deliuered thee and heard thee what time as the storme fell vpon thee I prooued thee also at the waters of strife Heare O my people and I will assure thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken vnto me There shall no strange God be in thee neither shalt thou worship any other God I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide and I shall fill it But my people would not heare my voyce and Israel would not obey me So I gaue them vp vnto their owne hearts lust and let them follow their owne imaginations O that my people would haue hearkened vnto mee for if Israel had walked in my wayes I should soone haue put downe their enemies and turned my hand against their aduersaries The haters of the Lorde should haue beene found lyars but their time should haue endured for euer Hee should haue fedde them also with the finest wheate flowre and with honie out of the stonie rocke should I haue satisfied thee Deus stetit Psal 82. GOd standeth in the congregation of princes hee is a iudge among gods Euening prayer How long will yee giue wrong iudgement and accept the persons of the vngodly Defend the poore and fatherlesse see that such as bee in neede and necessitie haue right Deliuer the outcast poore saue them from the hand of the vngodly They wil not be learned nor vnderstand but walke on still in darknes all the foundations of the earth be out of course I haue said Ye are gods and ye all are children of the most Highest But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes Arise O God and iudge thou the earth for thou shall take all heathen to thine inheritance Deus quis similis Psal 83. HOld not thy tongue O God keepe not still silence refraine not thy selfe O God For loe thine enemies make a murmuring and they that hate thee haue lift vp their head They haue imagined crastily against thy people and taken counsaile against thy secret ones They haue said Come and let vs roote them out that they be no more a people and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance For they haue cast their heads together with one consent and are confederate against thee The tabernacles of the Edomites and the Ismaelites the Moabites and the Hagarenes Gebal and Ammon and Amalech the Philistines with them that dwell at Tyre Assur also is ioyned vnto them and haue holpen the children of Lot But doe thou to them as vnto the Madianites vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin at the brooke of Kison Which perished at Endor and became as the doung of the earth Make them and their Princes like Oreb and Zeb yea make all their Princes like Zeba an Salmana Which say Let vs take to our selues the houses of God in possession O my God make them like vnto a wheele and as the stubble before the winde Like as the fire that burneth vp the wood and as the flame that confumeth the mountaines Persecute them euen so with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy storme Make their faces ashamed O Lord that they may seeke thy name Let them be confounded and bexed euer more and more let them be put to shame and perish And they shall know that thou whose name is Iehouah art onely the most highest ouer all the earth Quam dilecta Psal 84. O How amiable are thy dwellings thou Lord of hostes My soule hath a desire and longing to enter into the Courts of the Lorde my heart and my flesh reioyce in the liuing God Yea the sparrowe hath found her an house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young euen thy altars O Lord of hostes my King and my God Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alway praysing thee Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy wayes Which going through the vale of miserie vse it for a well and the pooles are filled with water They will go from strength to strength and vnto the God of gods appeareth euery one of them in Sion O Lord God of hostes heare my prayer hearken O God of Iacob Behold O God our defender and looke vpon the fare of thine anointed For one day in thy courts is better then a thousand I had rather bee a doore keeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tents of vngodlinesse For the Lord God is a light and defence the Lorde will giue grace and worship and no good thing shall he withhold from them that liue a godly life O Lord God of hostes blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Benedixisti Domine Psal 85 LOrd thou art become gracions vnto thy land thou hast turned away the captuitie of Iacob Thou hast forgiuen the offence of thy people couered all their sinnes Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure and turned thy selfe from thy wrathfull indignation Turne vs then O God our Sauiour and let thine anger cease from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another Wilt thou not turne againe and quicken vs that thy people may reioyce in thee Shew vs thy mercie O Lord and grant vs thy saluation I will hearken what the Lord God will say
enemies and to those that speake euill agaist my soule But deale thou with me O Lord God according vnto thy Name for sweete is thy mercie O deliuer me for I am helpelesse and poore and my heart is wounded within me I go hence like the shadow that departeth and am driuen away as the grashopper My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnesse I became also a rebuke vnto them they that looked vpon me shaked their heads Helpe me O Lorde my God oh saue me according to thy mercie And they shall know how that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Though they curse yet blesse thou and let them bee confounded that rise vp against me but let thy seruant reioyce Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame and let them couer themselues with their owne confusion as with a cloke As for me I will giue great thankes vnto the Lord with my mouth and prayse him among the multitude For he shal stand at the right hand of the poore to saue his soule from vnrighteous Iudges Dixit Dominus psal 110. THE Lorde sayde vnto my Lorde Morning Prayer sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion bee thou ruler euen in the middes among thine enemies In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free will offerings with an holy worship the dewe of thy birth is of the wombe of the morning The Lord sware and wil not repent thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Meichisedech The Lord vpon thy right hand shall wound euen Kings in the day of his wrath He shall iudge among the heathen hee shall fill the places with the dead bodies and smite in sunder the heads ouer diuers countreys He shall drinke of the brooke in the way therefore shall hee Lift vp his head Confitebor tibi Psal 111. I Will giue thankes vnto the Lord with my whole heart secretly among the faithfull and in the Congregation The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that haue pleasure therein His worke is worthy to be praysed and had in honour and his righteousnesse endureth for euer The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marrucilous works that they ought to be had in remembrance He hath giuen meate vnto them that feare him hee shall euer be mindfull of his couenant He hath shewed his people the power of his workes that he may giue them the heritage of the heathen The workes of his hands are veritie and iudgement all his commandements are true They stand fast for euer and euer and are done in trueth and equitie He sent redemption vnto his people hee hath commanded his couenant for euer holy and reuerent is his Name The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisedome a good vnderstanding haue all they that doe thereafter the prayse of it endureth for euer Beatus vir Psal 112. BLessed is the man that feareth the Lord he hath great delight in his conmandements His seede shal be mightie vpon earth the generation of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his righteousnesse endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darkenesse he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and will guide his words with discretion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in an euerlasting remembrance Hee will not bee afraide for any euill tidings for his heart standeth fast and beleeueth in the Lord. His heart is stablished and will not shrinke vntill hee see his desire vpon his enemies Hee hath dispersed abroad and giuen to the poore and his righteousnesse remaineth for euer his horne shall be exalted with honour The vngodly shall see it and it shall grieue him hee shall gnash with his teeth and consume away the desire of the vngodly shall perish Laudate pueri Psal 113. PRayse the Lorde yee seruants O prayse the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time foorth for euermore The Lordes Name is praysed from the rising vp of the Snune vnto the going downe of the same The Lord is high aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is like vnto the Lord out God that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himselfe to beholde the things that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple out of the dust and lifteth poore out of the myre That he may set him with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the barren woman to keepe house and to bee a ioyfull mother of children In exitu Israel Psal 114. WHen Israel came out of Egypt Euening preyer and the house of Iacob from among the strange people Iuda was his sancutuarie and Israel his dominion The sea saw that and fled Iordan was driuen backe The mountaines skipped like Rammes and the little hils like young sheepe What aâ—eth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Iorden that thou wast driuen backe Ye mountaines that ye skipped like Rammes and ye little hils like yong shepe Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the hard rocke into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well Non nobis Domine Psal 115 NOt vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy name giue the praise for thy louing mercie and for thy trueths sake Wherefore shall the heathen say where is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him Their idoles are siluer gold euen the worke of mens hands 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 neither speake they through their throate They that make them are like vnto them and so are all such as put their trust in them But thou house of Israel trust thou in the Lorde hee 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 put your trust in the Lord hee is their helper and defender The Lord hath beene mindfull of vs and hee shall blesse vs eurn he shall blesse the house of Israel he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shal blesse them that feare the Lord both small great The Lord shall increase you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the earth hath hee giuen to the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither all they that got downe into the silence But we will praise the
snare for mee but I swarued not from thy commandements Thy testimonies haue I claimed as mine heritage for euer and why they are the very ioy of my heart I haue applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway euen vnto the ende Iniquos odio habui I Hate them that imagine euill things but thy Law doe I loue Thou art my defence and shielde and my trust is in thy word Away from me yee wicked I will keepe the commandements of my God O stablish mee according to thy worde that I may liue and let me not be disappointed of my hope Holde thou me vp and I shall be safe yea my delight shall be euer in thy statutes Thou hast troned downe all them that depart from thy statutes for they imagine but deceit Thou pettest away al the vngodly of the earth like drosse therefore I loue thy testimonies My flesh trembleth for feare of thee and I am afraide of thy iudgements Feci iudicium I Deale with the thing that is lawfull and right O giue me not ouer mine oppressors Make thou thy seruant to delight in that which is good that the proude doe me no wrong Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousnesse O deale with thy seruant according vnto thy louing merrie and teach me thy statutes I am thy seruant O graunt mee vnderstanding that I may know thy testimonies It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they haue destroyed thy Law For I loue thy commandements aboue golde and precious stone Therefore holde I stright all thy commandemebts and all selfe wayes I vtterly abhorre Mirabilia THy testimonies are wonder full therefore doeth my soule keepe them When thy worde goeth foorth it giueth light and vnderstanding vnto the simple I opened my mouth and drewe in my breath for my delight was in thy commandementes O looke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name Order my steps in thy worde and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me O deliuer me from the wrongfull dealings of men and so shall I keepe thy commandementes Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seraunt and taech me thy statutes Mine eyes gush out with water because men keepe not thy Law Iustus es Domine RIghteous art thou O Lord and true is thy iudgement The testimonies that thou hast commaunded are exceeding righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed mee because mine enemies haue forgooten thy words Thy word is tryed to the vttermost and thy seruant loueth it I am small and of no reputation yet doe I not forget thy commandementes Thy righteousuesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse and thy law is the trueth Trouble and heauinesse haue taken hold vpon mee yet is my delight in thy commandementes The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlasting O grant me vnderstanding and I shall liue Clamaui in toto corde meo I call with my whole heart Euening prayer heare mee O Lord I will keepe thy statutes Yea euen vpon thee doe I call helpe me and I shall keepe thy testimonies Early in the morning doe I cry vnto thee for in thy word is my trust Mine eyes preuent the night watches that I might bee occupied in thy words Heare my voice O Lord according vnto thy louing kindnesse quitken me according as thou art eont They drawe nigh that of malice persecute mee and are farre from thy law Be thou nigh at hand O Lord for all thy commandements are true As concerning thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast grounded them for euer Vide humilitatem O Consider mine aduersitie and deliuer me for I doe not forget thy Law Auenge thou my rause and deliuer me quicken mee according vnto thy word Health is farre from the vngodly for they regard not thy statutes Great is thy mercie O Lord quicken mee as thou art woont Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swarue from thy restimonies It grieueth mee when I see the transgressours because they kept not thy Law Consider O Lord how I loue thy commandements O quicken me according to thy louing kindnesse Thy word is true from euerlasting all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euermore Principes persecuti sunt PRinces haue perseruted me without a cause but my heart standeth in awe of the words I am as glad of thy worde as one that findeth great spoyles As for lyes I hate and abhorre them but thy law doe I loue Seuen times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous iudgements Great is the peace that they haue which loue thy Law and they are not offended at it Lord I haue looked for thy sauing health and done after thy commandements My soule hath kept thy testimonies and loued them exceedingly I haue kept thy commandements and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Appropinquet deprecatio LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord giue me vnderstanding according to thy word Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me according to thy word My lips shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy commandements are righteous Let thine hand helpe me for I haue chosen thy commandements I haue louged for thy sauing health O Lord and in thy Law is my delight Oh let my soule liue and it shall praise thee and thy iudgements shall helpe me I haue gone astray like a sheepe that is lost Oh seeke thy seruant for I doe not forget thy commandements Ad Dominum Psal 120. When I was in trouble Morning prayer I called vpon the Lord and he heard me Deliuer my soule O Lord from lying lippes and from a deceitfull tongue What reward shall be giuen or done vnto thee thou false tongue euen mighty and sharpe arrowes with hote burning coales Woe is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to haue mine habitation among the tents of Cedar My soule hath long dwelt among them that be enemies vnto peare I labour for peare but when I speake vnto them thereof they make them readie to battaile Leuaui oculos Psal 121. I will lift vp mine eyes vnto the hilles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neithet slumber nor sleepe The Lord himself is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the sunne shall not burne the by day neither the moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Laetatus sum Psal 122. I was glad when they said
mee and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remember the time past I muse vpon all they workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hands I stretch foorth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thirstie land Heare me O Lorde and that soone for my spirit wareth saint hide not thy face from me lest I be like vnto them that goe downe into the pit O let me heare thy louing kindnesse betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me O Lord frommine enemies for I flee vnto thee to hide me Leach me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thon art my God let thy louing spirit leade me foorth into the land of rithteousnesse Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy rithteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruant Benedictus Dominus Psal 144. BLessed bee the Lord my strength Morning prayer which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight My hope and my fortresse my castle and deliuerer my defender in whom I trust which subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast such respect vnto him or the some of man that thou so regardest him Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow Bowe the heauens O Lord and come downe touch the mountaines and they shall smoke Cast foorth thy lightning and teare them shoote out thine arrowes and consume them Send downe thine hand from aboue deliuer me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children Whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hand is a right hand of wickednesse I will sing a newe song vnto thee O God and sing prayses vnto thee vpon a ten stringed Lute Thou hast giuen victorie vnto Kings and hast deliuered David thy seruant from the perill of the sword Saue me and deliuer me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanitir and their right hand is a right hand of miquitie That our sonnes may growe vp as thd yong plants and that our daughters may bee as the polished corners of the Temple That our garners may be full and plenteous with all maner of store that our sheepe may bring soorth thousands and teu thousands in our streetes That our oxen may be strong to labour that there bee no decay no leading into captiuitie and no complaining in our streetes Happie are the people that bee in such a case yea blessed are the people which haue the Lord for their God Exaltabo te Deus Psal 145. I will magnifie thee O God my King and I will praise thy Name for euer and euer Euery day will I giue thankes vnto thee and praise thy Name for euer and euer Great is the Lord and marueilous worthy to bee praysed there is no end of his greatnesse One generation shall praise thy workes vnto another and declare thy power As for me I will be talking of thy worship thy glory thy praise and wonderour works So that men shall speake of the might of thy marueilous actes and I will also tell of thy greatnesse The memoriall of thine abundant kindnes shal be shewed and men shall sing of thy righteousnesse The Lord is gracious and mercifull long suffering and of great goodnesse The Lord is louing vnto euery man and his mexâ—â—â— is ouer all his works All thy workes prayse thee O Lorde and thy Saintes giue thankes vnto thee They shew the glory of thy kingdom talke of thy power That thy power thy glorie and mightinesse of thy kingdome might be knowen vnto men Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages The Lorde vpholdeth all such as fall and lifteth vp all those that be downe The eyes of all waite vpon thee O Lord and thou giuest them their meat in due season Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things liuing with plenteousnesse The Lord is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his workes The Lorde is nigh vnto all them that call vpon him yea all such as call vpon him faithfully He will fulfill the desire of them that feare him he also wil heare their cry and will helpe them The Lord preserueth all them that loue him but scatteretly abroad all the vngodly My mouth shall speake the praise of the Lorde and let all flesh giue thankes vnto his holy Name for euer and euer Lauda anima mea Psal 146. PRayse the Lord O my soule while I liue wil I praise the Lord yea as long as I haue any being I wil sing praises vnto my God O put not your trust in princes nor in any child of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth foorth he shall turne againe to his earth and then all his thoughts perish Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the Lord his God Which made heauen and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth his promise for euer Which helpeth them to right that suffer wrong which seedeth the hungry The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giueth sight to the blinde The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous The Lord careth for the strangers hee defendeth the fatherlesse and widow as for the way of the vngodly hee turneth it vpside downe The Lord thy god O Sion shall bee King for euermore and throughout all generations Laudate Dominum Psal 147. Praise the Lord Euening prayer for it is a good thing to sing praises vnto our god yea a ioyfull and pleasant thing it is to be thankefull The Lord doeth build vp Hierusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel He healeth those that are broken in heart giueth medicine to heale their sicknesse He telleth the number of the starres and calleth them all by their names Great is our Lord and great is his power yea his wisedome is infimte The Lord setteth vp the meeke and bringeth the vngodly downe to the ground O siug vnto the Lord with thanksgining sing praises vpon the harpe vnto our God Which couereth the heauen with clouds prepareth raine for the earth and maketh the grasse to groe vpon the mountaines and herbe for the vse of men Which giueth fodder vnto the cattel and feedeth the yong rauens that call vpon him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legs But the Lords delight is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy Praise the Lord O Hierusalem praise thy God O Sion For hee hath made fast the barres of thy gates and hath Blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in
thy dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ my only Sauiour and redeemer and I most humbly beseech thee for his sake to be mercifull vnto mee and to cast all my sinnes out of thy sight and remembrance through the merits of his bloody death and passion Powre vpon me O Lord thy holy spirit of wisedome and grace gouerne and leade me by thy holy word that it may be a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my steps Shew thy mercie vpon me and so lighten the naturall blindnes and darkenesse of my heart through thy grace that I may dayly bee renewed by the same spirit and grace By the which O Lord purge the grossenes of my hearing vnderstanding that I may profitably reade heare and vnder stand thy word and heauenly will beleeue and practise the same in my life and conuersation and euermore hold fast that blessed hope of euerlasting life Mortifie and kill all vite in mee that my life may expresse my faith in thee mercifully heare the humble suite of thy seruant and grant me thy peace all my dayes Graciously pardon mine infirmities and defend mee in all dangers of body goods and name but most chiefly my soule against all assaults temptations accusations subtill baites and sleights of that old enemie of mankind Satan that roaring Lion euer seeking whom he may deuoure And here O Lord I prostrate with most humble mind craue of thy diuing Maiestie to bee mercifull vnto the vniuersall Church of thy Sonne Christ and specially according to my bounden duety beseech thee for this sake to blesse saue and defend the principall memeber thereof thy seruant our most deare and Souercigne Lord King Iames encrease in his royal heart true faith godly â—eale and loue of the same And grant him victorie ouer all his enemies a long prosperous and honourable life vpon earth a blessed ende and life euerlasting Moreouer O Lorde graunt vnto his Maiesties most honourable Counsellours and euery other member of this thy Church of England that thy and we in our seuerall callings may truely and godly serue thee Plant in our hearts true feare and honour of thy Name obedience to our Prince and loue to our neighbours Increase in vs true faith and religion Replenish our mindes with all goodnesse and of thy great mercie keepe vs in the same till the end of our lines Giue vnto vs a godly zeale in prayer true humilitie in prosperitie perfect patience in aduersitie and continuallioy in the holy Ghost And lastly I commend vnto thy fatherly protection all that thou hast giuen me as wife children and seruants Aide me O Lord that I may gouerne norish bring them vp in thy feare and seruice And forsmuch as in this world I must alwayes be at warre and strife not with one sort of enemies but with an infinitie number not onely with flesh and blood but with the deuill which is the prince of darknesse and with wicked men executors of his most damnable will Grant me therefore thy grace that being armed with thy defence I may stand in this battel with an inuincible constaucie against all corruption which I am compassed with on euery sde vntil such time as I hauing ended the combate which during this life I must sustaine in the ende I may attaine to thy heauenly rest which is prepared for mee and all thine elect through Christ our Lord and only Sauiour AMEN ⸪ ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis
Priests be clothed with righteousnesse and let thy Saints sing with ioy fulnesse For thy seruant Dauids sake turne not away the presence of thine anoynted The Lord hath made a faithfull othe vnto Dauid and he shall not shrinke from it Of the fruite of thy body shall I set vpon thy seate If thy children will keepe my couenant and my testimonies that I shal learne them their children also shall sit vpon thy seate for euermore For the Lorde hath chosen Sion to bee an habitation for himselfe he hath longed for her This shall bee my rest for euer heere will I dwell for I haue a delight therein I will blesse her vitailes with increase and wil satisfie her poore with bread I will decke her Priests with healthy and her saints shall reioyce and sing There shal I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordeined a lanterne for mine anointed As for his enemies I shall clothe them with shame but vpon himselfe shall his crowne florish Ecce quà m bonum Psal 133. BEhold how good and ioyful a thing it is brethren to dwell together in vnitie It is like the precious oyntment vpon the head that ranne downe vnto the beard euen vnto Aarons beard and went downe to the skirtes of his clothing Like as the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hill of Sion For three the Lord promised his blessing and life for cuermore Ecce nunc Psal 134. BEholde nowe praise the Lorde all yee seruants of the Lord Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord euen in the courts of the house of our God Lift vp your hands in the sanctuarie and praise the Lord. The Lord that made heauen and earth giue thee blessing out of Sion Laudate nomen Psal 135. O Praise the Lord laud ye the Name of the Lord praise it O ye seruants of the Lord. Yee that stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God O praise the Lord for the Lord is gracious O sing praises vnto his Name for it is louely For why the Lord hath chosen Iacob vnto himselfe and Israel for his owne prossession For I knowe that the Lorde is great and that our Lord is aboue all gods Whatsoeuer the Lord pleased that did he in heauen and in earth and in the sea and in all deepe places He bringeth forth the clouds from the endes of the world and sendeth foorth lightenings with the raine bringing the windes out of his treasures He smote the first borne of Egypt both of man and beast He hath sent tokens and wonders into the middest of thee O thou land of Egypt vpon Pharao and all his seruants He smote diuers nations and flew mightie kings Sehon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Basan and all the kingdomes of Chanaan And gaue their land to bee an heritage euen an heritage vnto Israel his people Thy Name O Lord endureth for euer doeth thy memoriall O Lord from one generation to another For the Lord wil auenge his people and be gracious vnto his seruants As for the images of the heathen they are but siluer and gold the worke of mens hands They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they see not They haue eares and yet thay heare not neither is there any breath in their mouthes They that make them are like vnto them and so are all they that put their trust in them Praise the Lorde yee house of Israel praise the Lorde yee house of Aaron Praise the Lorde ye house of Leui ye that feare the Lord praise the Lord. Praised be the Lorde out of Sion which dwelleth at Hierusalem Confitemini Psal 136. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Euening prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer O giue thankes vnto the God of all gods for his mercie endureth for euer O thanke the Lord of all lordes for his mercie endureth for euer Which onely doeth great woonders for his mercie endureth for euer Which by his excellent wisdome made the heauenens for his mercie endureth for euer Which laid out the earthy aboue the waters for his mercie endureth for euer Which hath made great lights for his mercie endureth for euer The sunne to rule the day for his mercie endureth for euer The moone and the starres to gouerne the night for his mercie endureth for euer Which sinote Egypt with their first borne for his mercie endureth for euer And brought out Israel from among them for his mercie endureth for euer With a mighty hand and a stretched out arme for his mercie endureth for euer Which diuided the redde Sea in two parts for his mercie endureth for euer And made Israel to goe through the middest of it for his mercie endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoste hee overthrewe them in the red sea for his mercie endureth for euer Which ledde his people through the wildernesse for his mercie endureth for euer Which sinote great Kings for his mercie endureth for euer Yea and slew mightie Kings for his mercie endureth for euer Sehon King of the Amorities for his mercie endureth for euer And Og the King of Basan for his mercie endureth for euer And gaue away their lande for an heritage for his mercie endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israel his seruant for his mercie endureth for euer Which remembred vs when wee were in trouble for his mercie endureth for euer And hath deliuered vs from our enemies for his mercie endureth for euer Which giucth foode to all flesh for his mercy endureth for euer O giue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer O giue thankes vnto the Lord of lords for his mercie endureth for euer Super flumina Psal 137. By the waters of Babylon we sate downe and wept when we remembred thee O Sion As for our harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therein For they that ledde vs away captiue required of vs then a song and melodie in our heauinesse sing vs one of the songs of Sion How shall we sing the Lords song in a strange land If I forget thee O Hierusalem let my right hand forget her cunning If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth yea if I prferre not Hierusalem in my mirth Remember the children of Edom O Lorde in the day of Hierusalem how they said Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground O daughter of Babylon wasted with miserie yea happie shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them against the stones Confitebor tibi Psal 138. I wil giue thanks vnto thee O Lord with my whole heart euen before the gods will I sing praise vnto thee I will worship toward thy holy Temple and praise thy Name because of thy louing kindnesse and trueth for thou hast magnified thy Name and
thy word aboue all things When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with much strength All the Kings of the earth shall prayse thce O Lord for they haue heard the words of thy mouth Yea they shall sing the wayes of the Lord that great is the glorie of the Lord. For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre off Though I walke in the middest to trouble yet shalt thou refresh mee thou shalt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the furiousnesse of mine enemies and thy right hand shal saue me The Lord shall make good his louing kindenesse toward mee yea thy mercie O Lord eudureth for euer despise not then workes of thine owne hands Domine probasti psal 139 O Lord Morning prayer thou hast searched mee out and knowen mee thou knowest my downe sitting mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughts long before Thou art about my path and about my bed and spiest out al my wayes For loe there is not a word in my toungue but thon O Lorde knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before and laid thine hand vpon me Such knowledge is too wonderfull and excellent for mee I cannot attaine vnto it Whither shall I goe then from thy spirit or whither shall I goe then from thy presence If I clime vp into heauen thou art there If go downe in hell thou art there also If I take the wings of the morning and remaine in the vttermost parts of the sea Euen there also shall thy hand leade mee and thy right hand shall hold me If I say Peraduenture the darkenesse shall couer mee then shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenesse is no darkenesse with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darknesse and light to thee are both alike For my reines are thine thou hast couered mee in my mothers wombe I will giue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefully and wonderfully made marueilous are thy works and that my soule knoweth right well My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect and in thy booke were all my members written which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsels vnto mee O God O how great is the sumine of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sand when I wake vp I am present with thee Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God Depart from me ye bloodthirstie men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy name in vaine Doe not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that rise vp against thee Yea I hate them right fore euen as though they were mine enemies Trie me O God and seeke the ground of my heart prooue me and examine my thoughts Looke well if there be any may of wickednesse in me and leade me the may euerlasting Eripe me Domine Psal 140. DEliuer me O Lord from the euill man and preserue me from the wicked man Which imagine mischiefe in their hearts and stirre vp strife all the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a Serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lips Keepe mee O Lord from the handes of the vngodly Preserue mee from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goings The proud haue laid a fanare for me and spread a net aborad with cordes yea and set traps in my way I said vnto the Lord Thou art my God heare the boyce of my prayers O Lord. O Lord God Tbou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the day of battell Let not the vngodly haue his desire O Lord let not his mischicuous imagination prosper lest they be too proud Let the mischiefe of their owne lips fall vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hotte burning coales fall vpon them let them bee cast into the fire and into the pit that they neuer rise vp againe A man full of wordes shall not prosper vpon the earth euill shall hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hilll Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore and maintaine the cause of the helelesse The righteous also shall guie thankes vnto they name and the â—ust shall continue in thy sight Domine clamaui psal 141. LOrd I call vpon thee haste thee vnto mee and consider my voyce when I crie vnto thee Let my prayer bee set foorth in thy sight as the incense and let the lifting vp of my hands be an euening facrifice Set a watch O Lorde before my mouth and keepe the doore of my lips O let not mine heart be cnclined to any euill thing let mee not be occupied in vngodly workes with the man that worke Wickednesse left I eate of such things as please them Let the righteous rather smite me friendiy and reprooue me But let not their precious balmes breake mine head yea I will pray yet against their wickednesse Let their iudges be ouerthrowen in ftony places that they may heare my wordes for they are sweete Our bones lie scattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and he weth wood vpon the earth But mine eyes looke vnto thee O Lorde God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soule Keepe mee from the snare which they haue laide for mee and from the traps of the wicked doers Let the vngodly fall into their owne nets together and let me euer escape them Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 142. ICried vnto the Lord with my voyce Euening prayer yea euen vnto the Lord did I make my supplication I powred out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble When my spirite was in heauinesse thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked haue they priuily laid a snare for me I looked also vpon my right hand and sawe there was no man that would know me I had no place to flee vnto and no man cared for my soule I cried vnto thee O Lorde and sayd thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the liuing Consider my complaint for I am brought very low O deliuer mee from my persecutours for they are too strong for me Bring my soule out of prison that I may giue thankes vnto thy name which thing if thou wilt graunt mee then shall the righteous resort vnto my companie Domine exaudi Psal 143. HEare my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnesse sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iusrified For the enemie hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my life downe to the ground hee hath laid mee in the darkenesse as the men that haue bene long dead Therefore is my spirite bexed within