Lorde so commeth thynges to passe blessed be the name of the Lorde When they come at the graue whyles the Corps is made ready to be layed into the earth the priest shall saye orels the priest and clearkes shall syng MAnne that is borne of a woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue and is full of misery he cummeth vp and is cut downe lyke a floure he flyeth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one staye ¶ In the myddest of lyfe we be in death of whom may we seke for succour but of thee O Lorde which for our sinnes iustly art moued yet O Lorde God moste holy O Lorde moste mighty O holy and moste mercifull sauiour deliuer vs not into the bytter paynes of eternall death Thou knowest Lorde the secretes of our heartes shutte not vp thy mercyfull iyes to oure prayers But spare vs Lorde moste holy O God moste mighty O holy and mercifull sauiour thou moste worthy iudge eternal suffre vs not at our last houre for any paynes of death to fall from thee Then the priest castyng earth vpon the Corps shall saye I Commende thy soule to God the father almightie and thy body to the grounde earth to earth asshes to asshes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurreccion to eternall lyfe through our Lorde Iesus Christe who shall chaunge oure vile body that it may be lyke to his gloryous body according to the mighty workyng wherby he is hable to subdue al thinges to himselfe Then shal be sayed or song I Heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto me Write blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord. Euen so sayeth the spirite that they rest from their labours Let vs pray WE commend into thy hādes of mercy most mercifull father the soule of this our brother departed N. And his body we commit to the earth beseching thine infinite goodnesse to geue vs grace to lyue in thy feare and loue and to dye in thy fauour that when the iudgemente shall come whiche thou haste committed to thy welbeloued sonne both this oure brother and we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receyue that blessing whiche thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronounce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come ye blessed children of my father Receyue the kyngdome prepared for you before the beginning of the worlde Graunt this mercifull father for the honour of Iesu Christe our onely sauior mediator and aduocate Amen This prayer shall also be added ALmightye God we geue thee hertie thankes for this thy seruaunt whom thou hast deliuered from the miseries of this wretched worlde from the bodye of death and all temptacion And as we trust haste brought his soule which he committed into thy holy handes into sure consolacion and rest Graunt we beseche thee that at the daye of iudgemente hys soule and all the soules of thy elect departed out of thys lyfe may with vs and we with them fullye receyue thy promisses and bee made perfite altogether thorowe the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde These psalmes with other suffrages folowing are to be sayde in the churche either before or after the buriall of the corps I Am well pleased that the lorde hath hearde the voyce of my prayer That he hath enclined his eare vnto me therfore will I call vpon him as long as I liue The snares of death compased me round about and the paynes of hel gatte hold vpon me I shal finde trouble and heauines and I shall call vpon the name of the Lorde O Lorde I beseche thee deliuer my soule Gracious is the lord and righteous yea our god is mercifull The lorde preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne agayn then vnto thy rest O my soule for the lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast deliuered my soule from death mine eyes from teares and my feete from falling I will walke before the lorde in the lande of the liuyng I beleued therefore will I speake but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haste all men are lyers What rewarde shall I geue vnto the lorde for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me I wil receiue the cup of saluacion and cal vpon the name of the Lorde I wil pay my vowes now in the presence of all his people right dere in the sight of y e lorde is the death of hys saintes Beholde O Lorde how that I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde thou haste broken my bondes in sunder I will offer to thee the sacrifyce of thankes geuyng and will call vpon the name of the Lorde I will pay my vowes vnto the lorde in the syghte of all hys people in the courtes of the Lordes house euen in the middest of thee O Hierusalem Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. O Lorde thou hast searched me out and knowen me Thou knowest my downsitting and mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bed and spyeste out all my wayes For loe there is not a woorde in my tongue but thou O Lorde knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behynde and before and layed thyne hande vpon me Such knowlage is to woonderfull and excellente for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whither shall I goe then from thy spirite or whither shall I goe then from thy presence If I clime vp into heauen thou art there If I goe down to hell thou art there also If I take the winges of the morning and remaine in the vttermost partes of the sea Euen there also shall thy hande leade me and thy ryght hande shall holde me If I say peraduenture the derkenes shal couer me then shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is all cleare as the day the darkenes and lyght to thee are both a lyke For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearfully and wunderously made marueilous are thy woorkes and that my soule knoweth ryghte well My bones are not hyd from thee though I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the yearth Thyne eyes did see my substaunce yet beyng vnperfect and in thy booke were all my members written Whiche daye by daye were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsels vnto me O God O howe great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in noumbre then the sande when I wake vp I am present with thee Wilt thou not sley the wicked O God departe from me ye bloud thristie men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy name in vaine Do not I hate them O Lorde that hate thee and am not I greued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate
commaundementes His seede shal be mightie vpon yearthe the generacion of the faythefull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and hys righteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the Godly there ariseth vp lyght in the darkenes he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his wordes with discrecion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in euerlasting remembraunce He will not bee afrayed for any euyl tydynges for hys hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His hearte is stablyshed and will not shrynke vntill he see his desire vpon his enemyes He hath sparsed abroade and geuē to the poore and hys righteousnes remaineth for euer his horne shal bee exalted with honor The vngodlye shall se it and it shall greue him he shall gnashe with his teeth and consume awaye the desyre of the vngodly shall perishe Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. The Collect. Almightie father c. As at the second Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of GOD ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen our faith Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is truethe For there are three whiche beare recorde in heauen the father the woorde and the holy ghoste and these three are one And there are three whiche beare recorde in yearth the spirite and water and bloude and these three are one If wee receyue the witnes of menne the witnes of God is greater For this is the witnes of God that is greater whiche he testified of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hymselfe He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleueth not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall life and this lyfe is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe The Gospell IHesame daye at nyghte whiche was the first day of the Sabbothes whē the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the middes and sayd vnto them Peace be vnto you And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes and his syde Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had saide those wordes he breathed on them and saide vnto them receyue ye the holy gost Whosoeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retaine they are retained ¶ The second Sondaye after Easter HAste thee O God to deliuer me Make haste to helpe me O Lorde Let them bee ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule lette them be turned backeward and put to confusion that wishe me euill Let them for their reward be soone brought to shame that crye ouer me there there But let all those that seke thee be ioyfull and gladde in thee and let al suche as delight in thy saluacion say alway the Lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in misery Haste thee vnto me O God Thou art my helpe and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen thy holy sonne to be vnto vs both a sacrifice for synne and also an example of Godly lyfe Geue vs the grace that we may alwayes moste thankfully receiue that his inestimable benefite and also dayly indeuour our selfes to folowe the blessed steppes of his moste holy lyfe The Epistle THis is thanke worthy yf a manne for conscience toward God indure griefe and suffre wrong vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye bee buffeted for your fautes ye take it paciently But and if when ye doe well ye suffre wrong and take it paciently then is there thāke with God For hereunto verely were ye called For Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye shoulde folowe his steppes whiche dyd no synne neyther was there guyle found in his mouth which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should lyue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng a stray But are nowe turned vnto the shepheard and bishop of your soules The Gospell CHriste sayed to his disciples I am the good shepheard a good shepheard geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hired seruaunte he whiche is not the shepheard neyther the shepe are his owne seeth the wolfe commyng and leaueth the shepe and flieth and the wolfe catcheth and skattreth the shepe The hired seruaunt flyeth because he is an hired seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepheard and knowe my shepe and am knowen of myne As my Father knoweth me euen so knowe I also my Father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde Them also must I bryng and they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one folde and one shepheard ¶ The .iii. Sonday VNto thee O God doe we geue thankes yea vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is so nye and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge accordyng vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabitours therof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayed vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Sette not vp youre horne on hye and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the Southe And why GOD is the iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp an other For in the hande of the Lorde there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he poureth out of thesame As for the dregges therof all the vngodly of the yearth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and prayse hym for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the
Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Desyre that you faynt not because of my tribulacions that I suffer for your sakes whiche is youre prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is father ouer al that is called father in heauē and in yearth that he woulde graunte you accordyng to the riches of his glorye that ye may be strengthed with might by hys spirite in the inner manne that Christe maye dwell in your heartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue myght be able to comprehend with al saintes what is the bredth and length depth and heigth and to know the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christe that ye myght be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadyng aboundantlye aboue all that wee aske or think according to the power that worketh in vs be praise in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generacions from tyme to tyme. Amen The Gospell ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a Citie called Naim and many of hys disciples went wyth him and muche people When he came nie to the gate of the citie beholde there was a dead man caried out which was the only sonne of hys mother and she was a wedowe muche people of the citie was with her And when the Lorde sawe her he had compassion on her and sayed vnto her weepe not And he came nye and touched the coffen and they that bare hym stode still And he sayde yong man I saye vnto thee aryse And he that was dead sate vp and began to speake And he delyuered him to his mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying A great Prophet is rysen vp among vs and God hath visited his people And this rumor of him wēt forth throughout al Iewrye and throughout al the regions which lye round about ¶ The .xvii. Sondaye THy testimonies are wonderfull therfore doeth my soule kepe them When thy word goeth forth it geueth lyghte and vnderstanding euen vnto the symple I opened my mouth and drue in my breath for my delyte was in thy commaundementes O looke thou vpon me and be mercyfull vnto me as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name Order my steppes in thy worde and so shall no wyckednes haue dominion ouer me O delyuer me from the wrongfull dealinges of menne and so shall I kepe thy commaundementes Shewe the light of thy countenaunce vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes Myne iyes gushe out with water because men kepe not thy lawe Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde we praye thee that thy grace maie alwayes preuent and folowe vs and make vs continually to be geuen to all good workes through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I whiche am a prisoner of the Lordes exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwyth ye are called with all lowlines and mekenes with humblenes of mind forbearyng one another through loue and be delygente to kepe the vnytie of the spirite through the bonde of peace being one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your callyng Let there be but one Lorde one faith one baptisme one God and father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all The Gospell IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Phariseis to eate bread on the Sabboth daye and they watched him And beholde there was a certaine manne before hym whiche had the dropsye And Iesus aunswered and spake vnto the lawiers and Phariseis saying Is it lawefull to heale on the Sabboth daye And they helde theyr peace And he toke him and healed hym and let him go and answered them saying which of you shall haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and will not straygth waye pul hym out on the Sabboth daye And they coulde not aunswere him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked howe they preaced to be in the hiest roumes said vnto them when thou art biddē of any man to a wedding sit not doune in the highest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be bidden of him and he that bad him and thee come and saye to thee geue thys man roume and thou then begyn with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou art bidden go and sit in the lowest roume that whē he that bad thee commeth he may saie vnto thee frend sit vp hier Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. Sondaye RIghteous art thou O Lorde and true is thy iudgement The testymonies that thou hast cōmaunded are exceadyng righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed me because myne enemyes haue forgotten thy wordes Thy worde is tried to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it I am small and of no reputacion yet do not I forgette thy commaundementes Thy ryghteousnes is an euerlasting righteousnes and thy lawe is the trueth Trouble and heauynes haue taken holde vpon me yet is my delight in thy commaundementes The ryghteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlastyng O graunt me vnderstanding and I shall lyue Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. LOrde wee beseche thee graunte thy people grace to auoyde the infeccions of the deuyll and with pure hearte and mynde to folowe thee the onely God Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle I Thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of God which is geuen you by Iesus Christe that in all thynges ye are made ryche by hym in all vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the whiche thynges the testimonye of Iesus Christe was confirmed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyfte waityng for the apperyng of oure Lorde Iesus Christe which shall also strength you vnto the ende that ye maye be blameles in the daye of the commyng of oure Lord Iesus Christe The Gospell When the Phaciseis had heard that Iesus did put the Saduce is to silence they came together and one of them which was a Doctor of lawe asked hym a question tempting him and saying Maister whiche is the greatest Cōmaundemēt in the lawe Iesus said vnto him Thou shalt loue the lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with al thy minde Thys is the first and greatest commaundement And the seconde is lyke vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes While the Phariseis were gathered together Iesus asked them saying what
say Amen So be it ¶ So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue tharticles of the faithe the lordes praier the ten commaundementes and also can aunswere to suche questions of this short Cathechisme as the Bushop or suche as he shall appointe shall by his discrecion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bushop by one that shal bee his godfather or godmother that euery childe maye haue a wittenesse of his confirmacion ¶ And the Bushop shal confirme them on this wyse ¶ Confirmacion Our helpe is in the name of the Lorde Aunswere Whiche hath made bothe heauen and yearth Minister Blessed is the name of the lorde Aunswere Henceforthe worlde without ende Minister The lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmightie and euerliuing God who hast vouchesafed to regenerate these thy seruauntes of water the holy gost And hast geue vnto thē forgeuenesse of al their sinnes Sende downe from heauen we beseche thee O lorde vpon them thy holy gost the coumforter with the manifolde giftes of grace the spirite of wysedom and vnderstanding The spirite of councell and gostly strength The spirite of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfyll them O lorde with the spirite of thy holy feare Aunswere Amen Minister Signe them o lorde and marke them to be thine for euer by the vertue of thy holy crosse and passion Confirme and strength them with the inwarde vnccion of thy holy goste mercifully vnto euerlasting lyfe Amen Then the Bushop shall crosse them in the forehead and laye his hande vpon their heade saying N. I signe thee with the signe of the crosse and laye my hande vpon thee In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And thus shall he doe to euery childe one after another And whan he hath layed his hande vpon euery childe then shall he say The peace of the Lorde abyde with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Let vs praye ALmightie euerliuing God whiche makest vs bothe to wil and to doe those thinges that bee good and acceptable vnto thy maiestie we make our humble supplicaciōs vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of thy holy Apostles we haue layed our handes to certify them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnes towarde them leat thy fatherly hande we beseche thee euer be ouer them let thy holy spirite euer bee with them and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy worde that in the end they may obteine the life euerlasting through our Lorde Iesus Christ who with thee the holy gost liueth reigneth one god world without ende Amen Then shall the Bushop blisse the children thus saying The blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy gost be vpon you and remayne with you for euer Amen The curate of euery parish once in sixe wekes at the least vpon warning by him geuen shall vpon some Soonday or holy day halfe an houre before euensong openly in the churche instructe and examine so many children of his parishe sent vnto him as the time wil serue and as he shall thinke conueniente in some parte of this Cathechisme And all fathers mothers maisters and dames shall cause their children seruauntes and prentises whiche are not yet confirmed to come to the churche at the daye appointed and obedientlye heare and be ordered by the curate vntyll suche time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to learne ¶ And whansoeuer the Bushop shall geue knowledge for children to be brought afore him to any conuenient place for their confirmacion Then shall the curate of euery parishe eyther bring or sende in writing the names of all those children of his parishe whiche can say tharticles of theyr faith the lordes praier the ten commaundementes And also howe many of them can aunswere to thother questions conteined in this Cathechisme ¶ And there shal none be admitted to the holy communion vntyll suche time as he be confirmed ⧠THE FORME OF ⧠Solemnizacion of Matrimonie ¶ First the bannes must be asked three seueral Sondayes or holy dayes in the seruice tyme the people being present after the accustomed maner And if the persones that would be maried dwel in diuers paryshes the bannes must be asked in both paryshes and the curate of the one paryshe shall not solemnize matrimonie betwixt them without a certificate of the bannes beyng thrise asked from the curate of thother paryshe At the daye appointed for Solemnizacion of matrimonie the persones to bee maried shall come into the bodye of the Churche with theyr frendes and neyghbours And there the priest shall thus saye DErely beloued frendes we are gathered together here in the sight of God and in the face of his congregacion to ioyne together this man and this woman in holy matrimonie whiche is an honorable estate instituted of God in paradise in the time of mans innocencie signifying vnto vs the mistical vnion that is betwixt Christ and his churche whiche holy estate Christe adorned and beutifyed wyth his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galile and is commended of Saincte Paule to be honourable emong all men and therfore is not to be enterprised nor taken in hande vnaduisedly lightely or wantonly to satisfie mens carnall lustes appetites lyke brute beastes that haue no vnderstandyng but reuerently discretely aduisedly soberly and in the feare of God Duely cōsideryng the causes for the whiche matrimonie was ordayned One cause was the procreacion of children to be brought vp in the feare and nurture of the Lorde and prayse of God Secondly it was ordeyned for a remedye against synne and to auoyde fornicaciō that suche persons as be maried might lyue chastly in matrimony and kepe themselfes vndefiled membres of Christes body Thirdely for the mutuall societie helpe and comfort that the one ought to haue of the other both in prosperitie and aduersitie Into the which holy estate these two persons present come now to be ioyned Therfore yf any man can shewe any iust cause why they may not lawfully be ioyned so together Lette him nowe speake or els hereafter for euer hold his peace And also speakyng to the persons that shal be maried he shall say I require and charge you as you will aunswere at the dreadfull daye of iudgemente when the secretes of all heartes shal be disclosed that if eyther of you doe knowe any impediment why ye may not be lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie that ye confesse it For be ye well assured that so many as be coupled together otherwayes then Gods worde doth allowe are not ioyned of God neither is their matrimonie lawfull At whiche day of mariage if any man doe allege any impediment why they may not be coupled together in matrimonie And will be bound sureties with him to the parties or els put in a caucion to the full value of suche
any man haue a querell agaynst another as Christ forgaue you euen so do ye Aboue al these thinges put on loue which is the bond of perfectnes And the peace of God rule in your heartes to the whiche peace ye are called in one bodye And see that ye bee thankefull Let the woorde of Christe dwell in you plenteouslye with all wysedome Teache and exhorte youre owne selues in Psalmes and Himnes and spirituall songes syngyng with grace in your heartes to the Lord. And whatsoeuer ye doe in woord or dede doe all in the name of the Lorde Iesu geuing thankes to God the father by hym The Gospell THe kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne whiche sowed good seede in hys fielde but whyle menne slepte hys enemy came and sowed tares amonge the wheat and wente his waye But when the blade was sprong vp and had broughte furthe fruite then appeared the tares also So the seruauntes of the housholder came and sayd vnto hym Sir dydst not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde from whence then hathe it tares he sayde vnto them the enuyous manne hath doone thys The seruauntes said vnto him wilte thou then that we goe and wede them vp But he sayde naye leste whyle ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them lette bothe growe together vntill the haruest and in tyme of harueste I will say to the reapers gather ye firste the tares and bynde them together in sheaues to be brente but gather the wheate into my barne The .vi. sonday if there bee so many shall haue the same Psalme Collect Epistle and Gospell that was vpon the .v. ¶ The Sonday called Septuagesima THe Lorde is my shepehearde therefore can I lacke nothing He shall feede me in a greene pasture and leade me furth besyde the waters of coumforte He shall conuerte my soule and bryng me foorthe in the pathes of righteousnes for his names sake Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death I will feare no euil for thou art with me thy rodde and thy staffe coumfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before me agaynst them that trouble me thou haste annoynted my head with oyle and my cup shal be full But thy louyng kyndenes and mercye shall folowe me all the dayes of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lorde for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. O Lord we beseche thee fauourably to heare the prayers of thy people that we whiche are iustlye punyshed for our offences may be mercyfully deliuered by thy goodnes for the glory of thy name through Iesu Christ our sauiour who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle PErceyue ye not howe that they whiche runne in a course runne all but one receyueth the rewarde So runne that ye may obtayne Euerye man that proueth masteryes abstayneth from all thynges And they doe it to obtayn a crowne that shall perishe but we to obtaine an euerlasting crowne I therefore so runne not as at an vncertayne thyng So fight I not as one that beateth the ayre but I tame my body and bryng it into subieccion leste by any meanes it come to passe that when I haue preached to other I my selfe should be a castawaye The Gospell THe kingdome of heauen is lyke vnto a manne that is an housholder which went out early in the morning to hyre labourers into his vineyard And whē the agremente was made with the labourers for a peny a daye he sent them into his vineyarde And he wente out about the thirde houre and sawe other standyng idle in the markette place and sayed vnto them Goe ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght I wyll geue you And they went theyr waye Againe he went out about the vi ix houre and dyd lykewyse And about the .xi. houre he went out and founde other standing idle and sayd vnto them why stand ye here all the daye idle They sayde vnto hym because no man hath hyred vs. He sayeth vnto them Goe ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght that shall ye receyue So when euen was come the Lorde of the vineyarde sayde vnto his stewarde call the laborers and geue them theyr hyre begynning at the last vntill the first And whē they did come that came about the xi houre they receiued euery man a peny But when the firste came also they supposed that they should haue receyued more they lykewyse receiued euery man a peny And when they had receiued it they murmured againste the goodman of the house saying these last haue wrought but one houre thou haste made them equall with vs whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day But he aunswered vnto one of them and sayd Frende I do thee no wrong diddest thou not agree with me for a peny Take that thyne is and go thy waye I will geue vnto this last euen as vnto thee Is it not lawful for me to do as me lusteth with mine owne goodes Is thine eye euil because I am good So the last shal be first and the first shal be last For many be called but fewe be chosen ¶ The sonday called Sexagesima The Sonday called Sexagesima ¶ At the Communion THe earth is the Lordes and all that therin is the compasse of the worlde and they that dwell therin For he hath founded it vpon the seas and prepared it vpon the fluddes Who shall ascende into the hyll of the Lorde or who shal ryse vp in his holy place Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure heart and that hath not lifte vp his mynde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighbour He shall receiue the blessyng from the Lorde and righteousnes from the God of his saluacion This is the generacion of them that seke him euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glory shall come in Who is this king of glory it is the Lorde strong and mightie euen the Lorde mightie in battayll Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlasting doores and the king of glory shall come in Who is this kyng of glory euen the Lorde of hostes he is the kyng of glory Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. LOrde God whiche seest that we put not our trust in anye thyng that we do mercifully graunte that by thy power we may be defended against all aduersitie through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle YE suffre fooles gladly seeyng ye youre selues are wyse For ye suffre if a man bryng you into bondage if a man deuour if a man take if a man exalt himselfe
aboundauntly ¶ Trinitie Sonday ¶ At Matyns The first lesson Gene. xviii vnto the ende The seonde lesson Math. iii. vnto the ende ¶ At the communion GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of his countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all nacions Let the people prayse the O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let nacions reioyce be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpō earth Let the people prayse thee O God let all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng forth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the world shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. ALmighty and euerlastyng god which haste geuen vnto vs thy seruauntes grace by the confession of a true fayth to acknowlege the glory of the eternal trinitie and in the power of the diuyne maiestie to wurship the vnitie we beseche thee that through the stedfastnes of this fayth we may euermore be defended from all aduersitie whiche liuest and reignest one God worlde with out ende The Epistle AFter this I looked and behold a doore was open in heauen the firste voice which I heard was as it were of a trōpet talking with me which sayd come vp hither and I wyll shewe thee thinges which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediatly I was in the spirite And behold a seate was sette in heauen and one sate on the seate And he that sate was to looke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe about the seate in sight lyke vnto an Emeraulde And aboute the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xxiiii. Elders sitting clothed in white rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges and thunderynges and voyces there were vii lampes of fyre burnyng before the seate whiche are the .vii. spirites of God And before the seate there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto Christall and in the myddes of the seate and rounde about the seate were .iiii. beastes full of iyes before and behynde And the fyrste beaste was lyke a Lyon and the second beast lyke a calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beast was lyke a flying Egle. And the .iiii. beastes had eche one of them syxe wynges about him and they were ful of iyes within And they had no rest day neyther night saying Holy holy holy Lord God almighty which was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glorye and honour and thankes to hym that sate on the seate whiche lyueth for euer and euer the .xxiiii. elders fell downe before hym that sate on the throne and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honor and power for thou haste created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The Gospell THere was a manne of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes Thesame came to Iesus by nyght sayd vnto him Rabby we know that thou art a teacher come from God for no mā could doe suche miracles as thou doest excepte God were with him Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of God Nicodemus sayed vnto him howe can a man be borne when he is olde can he enter into his mothers wombe and bee borne agayne Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he cannot entre into the kyngdome of God That whiche is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Maruayle not thou that I sayed to thee ye must bee borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it commeth and whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite Nicodemus answered and sayed vnto hym howe can these thinges be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him art thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verely verely I say vnto thee we speake that we do knowe and testifie that we haue seen and ye receyue not our witnes If I haue told you yearthly thinges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue yf I tell you of heauenly thynges And no manne ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of manne whiche is in heauen And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes euen so muste the Sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym perishe not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sonday after Trinitie Sonday BLessed are those that be vndefiled in the way and walke in the lawe of the Lorde Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies and seke him with theyr whole heart For they which do no wickednes walke in his wayes Thou haste charged that we shall diligentlye kepe thy commaundementes O that my wayes were made so direct that I myght kepe thy statutes So shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy commaundementes I will thanke thee with an vnfayned heart when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnes I will kepe thy ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd the strength of all them that truste in thee mercyfully accepte our prayers And because the weakenes of our mortall nature can do no good thing without thee graunte vs the helpe of thy grace that in kepyng of thy commaundementes we may please thee bothe in will and dede through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle DEarely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue In this appeared the loue of God to vs ward because that God sent his onlye begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs sent his sonne to be the agremēt for our synnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another No mā hath seen God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym and he in vs because he hathe geuen vs of his spirite And we haue seen and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus
to come to the holy Cōmunion of the bodie bloud of our sauiour Christ must cōsidre what S. Paule writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persones diligently to trie and examine themselues before thei presume to eate of that breade and drynke of that cup for as the benefite is great yf with a truly penitent heart and lyuely fayth we receyue that holy Sacrament for then we spiritually eate the fleshe of Christe and drynke his bloude then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs wee bee made one with Christ Christ with vs so is the daunger great yf we receyue the same vnworthely for then wee become gyltie of the body and bloud of Christ our sauiour we eate and drynke our owne damnacion not consideryng the Lordes bodie We kindle Gods wrathe ouer vs we prouoke hym to plague vs with diuerse diseases and sondery kyndes of death Therfore yf any here be a blasphemer aduouterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other greuous cryme excepte he be truely sory therefore and earnestly mynded to leaue the same vices and do trust hym selfe to bee reconciled to almightie God and in Charitie with all the worlde lette hym bewayle his synnes and not come to that holy table lest after the takyng of that most blessed breade the deuill enter into hym as he dyd into Iudas to fyll hym full of all iniquitie and brynge hym to destruccion bothe of body and soule Iudge therfore your selfes brethren that ye bee not iudged of the lorde Let your mynde be without desire to synne repent you truely for your synnes past haue an earnest and lyuely faith in Christe our sauior be in perfect charitie with all men so shall ye bee mete partakers of those holy misteries And aboue all thynges ye must geue moste humble and heartie thankes to God the father the sonne and the holy ghoste for the redempcion of the worlde by the death and passion of our sauior Christe both God and man who did humble hymselfe euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable synners whiche laye in darknes and shadowe of death that he myghte make vs the children of God and exalte vs to euerlastyng lyfe And to th end that wee shoulde alwaye remembre the excedyng loue of oure maister and onely sauior Iesu Christe thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefites whiche by his precious bloudshedyng he hath obteigned to vs he hath lefte in those holy Misteries as a pledge of his loue and a continuall all remembraunce of thesame his owne blessed body precious bloud for vs to fed vpon spiritually to our endles comfort and consolacion To him therfore with the father and the holy ghost let vs geue as we are most bounden cōtinual thankes submitting our selfes wholy to his holy wyll and pleasure and studying to serue hym in true holines and righteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Amen ¶ In Cathedral churches or other places where there is dailie Communion it shall be sufficient to reade this exhortacion aboue written once in a moneth And in parish churches vpon the weke daies it may be lefte vnsayed ¶ And if vpon̄ the Sonday or holy daye the people be negligent to come to the Communion Then shall the Priest earnestly exhorte his parishoners to dispose themselfes to the receiuing of the holy cōmunion more diligētly saiyng these or like wordes vnto thē DEre frendes and you especially vpon whose soules I haue cure and charge on _____ next I do intende by Gods grace to offre to all suche as shal be godlye disposed the moste comfortable Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christe to be taken of them in the remembraunce of his moste fruitfull and glorious Passion by the whiche passion we haue obteigned remission of our sinnes and be made partakers of the kyngdom of heauen whereof we bee assured and asserteigned yf wee come to the sayde Sacrament with heartie repentaunce for our offences stedfast faithe in Goddes mercye and earnest minde to obeye Goddes wyll and to offende nomore Wherefore our duetie is to come to these holy misteries with moste heartie thankes to bee geuen to almightie GOD for his infinite mercie and benefites geuen and bestowed vpon vs his vnworthie seruauntes for whom he hath not onely geuen his body to death and shed his bloude but also doth vouchsaue in a Sacrament and Mistery to geue vs his sayed bodye and bloud to feede vpon spiritually The whiche Sacrament being so Diuine and holy a thing and so comfortable to them whiche receiue it worthilye and so daungerous to them that wyll presume to take thesame vnworthely My duetie is to exhorte you in the meane season to consider the greatnes of the thing and to serche and examine your owne consciences and that not lyghtly nor after the maner of dissimulers with GOD But as they whiche shoulde come to a moste Godly and heauenly Banket not to come but in the mariage garment required of God in scripture that you may so muche as lieth in you be founde worthie to come to suche a table The waies and meanes therto is First that you be truly repentaunt of your former euill lyfe and that you confesse with an vnfained hearte to almightie God youre synnes and vnkyndnes towardes his Maiestie committed eyther by wyll worde or dede infirmitie or ignoraunce and that with inward sorowe and teares you bewaile your offences and require of almightie god mercie and pardō promising to him from the botome of your heartes thamendment of your former lyfe And emonges all others I am commaunded of God especially to moue and exhorte you to reconcile your selfes to your neyghbours whom you haue offended or who hath offended you putting out of your heartes all hatred and malice against them and to be in loue and charitie with all the worlde and to forgeue other as you would that god should forgeue you And yf any man haue doen wrong to any other let hym make satisfaccion and due restitucion of all landes goodes wrongfully taken awaye or withholden before he come to Goddes borde or at the least be in full mynde and purpose so to do assone as he is able or els let hym not come to this holy table thinking to deceiue God who seeth all mennes heartes For neyther the absolucion of the priest can any thing auayle them nor the receyuyng of this holy sacrament doth any thyng but increase their damnacion And yf there bee any of you whose conscience is troubled and greued in any thing lackyng comforte or counsaill let hym come to me or to some other discrete and learned priest taught in the lawe of God and confesse and open his sinne and griefe secretly that he maie receiue suche ghostly counsail aduise and comfort that his conscience maye be releued and that of vs as of the Ministers of GOD and of the churche he may receyue comforte and absolucion to the satisfaccion of his minde and auoydyng of all scruple and doubtfulnes
thee that although we for oure iniquities haue woorthelye deserued this plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche wether wher by we maye receiue the fruites of the earthe in due season and learne bothe by thy punishment to amende our liues and by the grauntinge of our peticion to geue thee prayse and glorye Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ Vpon wednesdaies frydaies the Englishe Letanie shal be saied or song in all places after suche forme as is appoynted by the kynges maiesties Iniunccions Or as is or shall be otherwise appoynted by his highnes And thoughe there be none to cōmunicate wyth the Prieste yet these dayes after the Letany ended the Prieste shall put vpon him a plain Albe or surplesse with a cope and saie all thinges at the Altare appoynted to bee sayde at the celebracion of the lordes supper vntill after the offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collectes afore written as occasion shall serue by hys discrecion And then turning him to the people shall let them departe with the accustomed blessing And the same order shal be vsed all other daies whensoeuer the people be customably assembled to praye in the church and none disposed to communicate with the Prieste Lykewyse in Chappelles annexed and all other places there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper excepte there be some to communicate with the priest And in suche Chappelles annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable prouision for the beryng of the charges of the Communion or els for receyuyng of thesame resorte to their parishe Churche For auoydyng of all matters and occasion of discencion it is mere that the bread prepared for the Cōmunion be made through all this realme after one sorte and fashion that is to say vnleauened and rounde as it was afore but without all maner of printe and some thing more larger and thicker then it was so that it may be aptly deuided in diuers pieces and euery one shal be deuided in two pieces at the leaste or more by the discrecion of the minister and so distributed And men must not thinke lesse to be receiued in parte then in the whole but in eche of them the whole body of our sauioure Iesu Christe And forsomuche as the Pastours Curates within this realme shall continually fynde at their costes and charges in their cures sufficient bread and wine for the holy Communion as oft as their Parishioners shal be disposed for their spirituall comforte to receiue the same it is therfore ordred that in recompēce of such costes and charges the Parishioners of euery Parishe shall offre euery Sonday at the tyme of the Offertory the iust valour and pryce of the holy lofe with all suche money and other thynges as were wont to be offered with the same to the vse of their Pastours and Curates and that in suche ordre and course as they were wonte to fynde and pay the sayed holy lofe Also that the receyuing of the Sacramente of the blessed body and bloud of Christ may be moste agreable to the institucion therof and to the vsage of the primatiue Churche In all Cathedrall and Collegiate churches there shall alwayes some Communicate with the priest that ministreth And that thesame may be also obserued euery where abrode in the countrey Some one at the least of that house in euery paryshe to whom by course after the ordynaunce herein made it apperteyneth to offer for the charges of the Communion or some other whom they shall prouyde to offre for them shal receiue the holy Communion with the priest the which maye bee the better done for that they knowe before when theyr course commeth and may therfore dispose themselfes to the worthy receyuing of the Sacramente And with him or them who doeth so offre the charges of the Communion all other who be then Godly disposed therunto shall lykewise receiue the Communion And by this meanes the Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries with al the suffrages due ordre appointed for the same And the priest on the weke day shal forbeare to celebrate the Comnion excepte he haue some that will communicate with him Furthermore euery man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the diuine seruice in the Parishe churche where they be resident and there with deuout prayer or Godlye silence and meditacion to occupy themselues There to pay their dueties to communicate once in the yeare at the least and there to receyue and take all other Sacramentes and rites in this booke appoynted And whosoeuer willingly vpon no iust cause doeth absent themselfes or doeth vngodly in the Parishe churche occupy thēselues vpon proffe therof by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Realme to bee excōmunicate or suffre other punishement as shal to the Ecclesiastical iudge accordyng to his discrecion seme conuenient And although it bee read in aunciente writers that the people many yeares past receiued at the priestes handes the Sacramēt of the body of Christ in theyr owne handes no commaundement of Christ to the contrary Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conueyghed thesame secretelye awaye kept it with them and diuersly abused it to supersticion and wickednes lest any suche thing hereafter should be attempted and that an vniformitie might be vsed throughout the whole Realment is thought cōuenient the people commonly receiue the Sacrament of Christes body in their mouthes at the Priestes hande ⧠The Letany and Suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners Remembre not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrathe and from euerlastyng damnacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pryde vainglory Hypocrisy from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all other deadly synne and from al the deceytes of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill Good