strength He hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it cannot be moued Euer sence the worlde beganne hath thy seate been prepared thou art from euerlasting The fluddes are risen O Lorde the fluddes haue lyfte vp theyr noyse the fluddes lyft vp theyr waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lorde that dwelleth on hygh is mightier Thy testimonies O Lorde are very sure holynesse becommeth thine house for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. O God the king of glory whiche haste exalted thine only sonne Iesus Christe with great triumphe vnto thy kingdom in heauen we beseche thee leaue vs not comfortles but sende to vs thine holy gost to comforte vs and exalte vs vnto thesame place whither our sauiour Christe is gone before who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe ende of all thinges is at hande be ye therfore sobre and watche vnto praier But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among your selues for loue shall couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudgeing As euery man hath receiued the gift euen so minister thesame one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes of God If any manne minister let him do it as of the habilitie whiche God ministreth vnto hym that God in all thinges may be gloryfied through Iesus Christe to whome be prayse and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospell WHen the comforter is come whom I will sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifye of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue been with me from the beginning These thinges haue I sayd vnto you because ye should not bee offended They shall excommunicate you yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doeth God seruice And suche thinges will they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me But these thinges haue I told you that whan the tyme is come ye maye remembre then that I tolde you These thinges sayde I not vnto you at the beginning because I was present with you ¶ Whitsonday ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons at Mattyns Psalm xlviii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm lxvii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm cxlv The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion REioyce in the Lorde O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the Lorde with harpe syng psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of tenne stringes Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song sing prayses lustely vnto hym with a good courage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgement the earth is full of the goodnes of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the breath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon a heap and layeth vp the depe as it were in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of hym all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stoode faste The Lorde bringeth the counsayll of the heathen to nought and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsayles of princes The counsaill of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe from heauen and beheld all the children of menne from the habitacion of his dwellyng he considereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioneth all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghtie man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thing to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by his great strength Beholde the iye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy To deliuer theyr soules from death and to feade them in the tyme of derth Our soule hath paciently taryed for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shielde For our heart shal reioyce in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndenes O Lord be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which as vpon this daye haste taught the heartes of thy faithfull people by the sending to them the light of thy holy spirite Graunt vs by thesame spirite to haue a ryght iudgement in all thynges and euermore to reioyce in his holy coumforte through the merites of Christe Iesus our sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of thesame spirite one God worlde without ende The Epistle WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende they were all with one accorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had been the comming of a mighty winde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appered vnto thē clouen tonges lyke as they had been of fyre and it sate vpon eche one of them and they were al filled with the holy gost and began to speake with other tonges euen as thesame spirite gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellyng at Ierusalem Iewes deuoute men out of euery nacion of them that are vnder heauen When this was noised about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard thē speake with his owne language They wondred all merueiled saying among themselfes beholde are not all these whiche speake of Galile And howe heare we euery man his owne tong wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and of Iewry of Capadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipte and of the parties of Libia whiche is besyde Siren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Grekes and Arrabians we haue heard them speake in our owne tongues the great workes of God The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto his disciples If ye loue me kepe my commaundementes and I wil pray the father he shall geue you an other comforter that he maye abyde with you for euer euen the spirite of trueth whome the worlde canne not receyue because the
defence agaynst all temptacions to sinne and the assautes of the worlde and the deuill it is moste mete to be ministred when children come to that age that partly by the frayltie of their owne fleshe partly by the assautes of the worlde and the deuill they begyn to be in daungier to fall into synne ¶ Thirdely for that it is agreable with the vsage of the churche in tymes past wherby it was ordeined that confirmacion shoulde be ministred to them that were of perfecte age that they beynge instructed in Christes religion shoulde openly professe their owne fayth and promyse to be obedyent vnto the wyl of God ¶ And that no manne shall thynke that anye detrymente shall come to children by differryng of theyr confirmacion he shal knowe for trueth that it is certayn by goddes worde that chyldren beeyng Baptysed yf they departe out of thys lyfe in theyr infancye are vndoubtedly saued ⧠A CATHECHISME ⧠that is to say an instruccion to bee learned of euery childe before he be brought to be confirmed of the Bushop Question What is your name Aunswere N. or M. Question Who gaue you this name Aunswere MY Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptisme wherin I was made a member of Christ the child of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of heauen Question What did your Godfathers Godmothers then for you Aunswere They did promise and vowe three thinges in my name First that I shoulde forsake the deuill and all his workes and pompes the vanities of the wicked worlde and all the sinneful lustes of the fleshe Secondly that I should beleue all the articles of the Christian faith And thirdly that I should kepe Gods holy will and commaundementes and walke in the same all the dayes of my life Question Doest thou not thinke that thou art bound to beleue and to doe as they haue promised for thee Aunswere Yes verely And by Gods helpe so I will And I hartilye thanke our heauenly father that he hath called me to this state of saluacion through Iesus Christ our saueour And I pray God to geue me his grace that I may continue in thesame vnto my liues ende Question Rehearse the articles of thy beliefe Aunswere I Beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely sonne our lord Whiche was conceyued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Marie Suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified deade and buried he descended into hell The thirde day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie From thence shal he come to iudge the quicke the deade I beleue in the holye goste The holy catholyke churche The communion of sainctes The forgeuenes of synnes The resurreccion of the bodye And the lyfe euerlastinge Amen Question What doest thou chiefely learne in these articles of thy beliefe Aunswere Firste I learne to beleue in God the father who hathe made me and all the worlde Secondly in God the sonne who hathe redemed me and all mankynde Thirdly in God the holy goste who sanctifieth me and all the electe people of God Question You sayde that your Godfathers and Godmothers dyd promyse for you that ye shoulde kepe Goddes commaundementes Tell me howe many there be Aunswere Tenne Question Whiche be they Aunswere THou shalte haue none other Gods but me ii Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the lykenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth thou shalt not bow downe to thē nor wurship them iii. Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde thy God in vayne iiii Remember that thou kepe holy the Sabboth day v. Honor thy father and thy mother vi Thou shalt doe no murdre vii Thou shalt not commit adultry viii Thou shalt not steale ix Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wyse nor his seruaunt nor his mayde nor his Oxe nor his Asse nor any thing that is his Question What dooest thou chiefely learne by these commaundementes Aunswere I learne two thinges My duetie towardes God and my duetie towardes my neighbour Question What is thy duetie towardes God Aunswere My duetye towardes God is to beleue in him To feare him And to loue him with al my heart with al my minde with all my soule and with all my strength To wurship him To geue him thankes To put my whole truste in him To call vpon him To honor his holy name and his worde and to serue him truely all the dayes of my lyfe Question What is thy duetie towardes thy neighboure Aunswere My duetie towardes my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe And to doe to all men as I would they shoulde do to me To loue honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the kyng and his ministers To submitte my selfe to all my gouernours teachers spirituall pastours and maisters To ordre my selfe lowly and reuerentlye to all my betters To hurte no bodye by woorde nor dede To bee true and iust in all my dealyng To beare no malyce nor hatred in my heart To kepe my hādes from picking and stealing and my tongue from euill speaking liyng and slaundring To kepe my bodye in temperaunce sobrenes and chastitie Not to couet nor desire other mens goodes But learne and laboure truely to geate my owne liuing and to do my duetie in that state of lyfe vnto which it shall please God to cal me Question My good sonne knowe this that thou art not hable to do these thinges of thy selfe nor to walke in the commaundementes of God and to serue him without his speciall grace whiche thou muste learne at all tymes to call for by diligent praier Let me heare therfore yf thou canst say the Lordes praier Aunswere OVr father whiche art in heauen halowed bee thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll bee done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our daily breade And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptacion but delyuer vs from euil Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Aunswere I desire my lord God our heauenly father who is the geuer of all goodnesse to sende his grace vnto me to all people that we may wurship him serue him and obey him as we ought to doe And I praye vnto God that he wil sende vs al thinges that be nedeful both for our soules and bodyes And that he wyll be mercifull vnto vs and forgeue vs our sinnes And that it wyll please him to saue and defende vs in al daungers gostly and bodily And that he wil kepe vs from al sinne and wickednes and from our gostly enemye and from euerlasting death And this I trust he wyl do of his mercye and goodnes throughe our lorde Iesu Christe And therfore I
and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne If we say we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowledge our sinnes he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his woorde is not in vs. The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto Peter folowe thou me Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whome Iesus loued folowing whiche also leaned on his breaste at Supper and sayed Lorde whiche is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therefore sawe him he sayed to Iesus Lorde what shall he here dooe Iesus sayed vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tarye tyll I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Then wente this saying abroade among the brethren that that disciple should not dye Yet Iesus sayed not to him he shal not die but if I wil that he tary til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we know that his testimony is true There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the whiche if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not cōteine the bookes that should be written ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Apoca. xxii vnto the ende ¶ The Innocentes day ¶ At Mattins ¶ The first lesson Hiere .xxxi. vnto Moreouer I heard Effraym O God the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to bee meate vnto the fowles of the ayre and the fleshe of thy sainctes vnto the beastes of the lande Theyr bloud haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them We are become an open shame to oure enemies a very skorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. Lorde how long wilt thou be angrie shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyer for euer Powre out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waste his dwellyng place O remember not our olde sinnes but haue mercye vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great misery Helpe vs O GOD of our saluacion for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and bee mercifull vnto our synnes for thy names sake Wherefore dooe the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God O lette the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in our syght O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to dye And as for the blasphemye wherwith our neyghbours haue blasphemed thee rewarde thou them O Lord seuen folde into theyr bosome So we that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture shal geue thee thākes for euer and will alway be shewing furth thy prayse from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whose prayse this day the young innocentes thy witnesses hath confessed and shewed foorth not in speakyng but in dying mortifye and kyll all vyces in vs that in our conuersacion our lyfe may expresse thy fayth whiche with our tongues we dooe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred .xliiij. thousande hauing his name and his fathers name written in theyr foreheades And I heard a voice from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thundre And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harpes And they sōg as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiij. beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne the song but the C. xliiij thousand which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with weomen for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whithersoeuer he goeth These were redemed from men being the fyrste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was foūd no guile for they are without spot before the throne of God The Gospell THe Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypt and bee thou there till I bring thee worde For it will come to passe that Herode shall seeke the childe to destroy him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herode that it myghte bee fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lord by the prophete saying out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wise men he was exceadyng wroth and sent furth men of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were .ii. yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulfilled that whiche was spoken by the prophete Ieremie where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentacion wepyng and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children woulde not be coumforted because they were not ¶ The Sonday after Christmas day I Will lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My helpe cummeth euen from the Lorde whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slumber nor slepe The Lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day neyther the Moone by night The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a child differeth not from a seruaunt though he be lorde of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so wee also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde But when the tyme was full come God sente his sonne made of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe to redeme them whiche were bonde vnto the lawe that we through eleccion mighte receyue the
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
his Angels and preuayled not neither was theyr place found any more in heauen And the great Dragon that olde serpent called the deuill and Sathanas was cast out whiche deceiueth all the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his Angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loude voyce saying in heauē is nowe made saluacion and strength and the kyngdom of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe whiche accused them before our God day and night And they ouercame hym by the bloud of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loued not their liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Woe vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the deuill is come downe vnto you which hath great wrathe because he knoweth that he hathe but a shorte tyme. The Gospell AT thesame time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen Iesus called a childe vnto hym and sette hym in the myddest of them and sayed Verely I saye vnto you excepte ye turne and become as children ye shall not entre into the kyngdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth hymselfe as this childe thesame is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And whosoeuer receyueth suche a childe in my name receiueth me But whoso doth offende one of these lytleons whiche beleue in me it were better for hym that a milstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the worlde because of offences necessary it is that offences come But woe vnto the manne by whom the offence cometh Wherfore yf thy hande or thy foote hynder thee cut him of and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into lyfe halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hādes or two fete be cast into euerlasting fyre And yf thine iye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into life with one iye rather then hauing .ij. iyes to be cast into hell fyre Take hede that ye despise not one of these lytleons For I saye vnto you that in heauen theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father whiche is in heauen ¶ Sainct Luke Euangelist BY the waters of Babylon we sate downe wept when we remembred thee O Sion As for our harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin For they that led vs away captiue required of vs then a song and melodye in our heauines syng vs one of the songes of Sion Howe shall we syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forget thee O Ierusalem let my ryght hande forget her cunning If I doe not remembre thee let my tong cleaue to the rose of my mouth yea yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the chyldren of Edom O Lorde in the day of Ierusalem howe they sayed downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babylon wasted with miserie yea happye shal he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy chyldren and throweth them against the stones Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche calledst Luke the phisicion whose prayse is in the gospell to be a phisicion of the soule it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his doctrine to heale al the diseases of oure soules through thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle WAtche thou in all thinges suffre affliccions doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thyne office vnto the vtmoste be sobre For I am nowe ready to be offred and the tyme of my departing is at hād I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the faith Frō hencefurth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes whiche the Lorde that is a righteous iudge shal geue me at that day not to me only but vnto all them also that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayst come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this presente worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia only Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but specially the parchement Alexander the coppersmith did me muche euill the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstande our wordes The Gospell THe Lorde appointed other seuenty and two also and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and place whither he hymselfe woulde come Therfore saied he vnto them the haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest to sende furthe labourers into his haruest Go your wayes beholde I sende you foorth as lambes among wolues Beare no wallet neyther scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the waye into whatsoeuer house ye entre fyrst saye peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there your peace shal rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you agayne And in thesame house tary styll eating and drinkyng suche as they geue For the labourer is worthy of his reward ¶ Symon and Iude Apostles O Prayse God in his holynes prayse hym in the firmament of his power Prayse him in his noble actes prayse hym accordyng to his excellent greatnesse Prayse hym in the sounde of the trumpet prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe Prayse hym in the cymbales and daunse prayse hym vpon the stringes and pipe Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cymbales prayse hym vpon the loud cymbales Let euery thing that hath breth prayse the lord Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast builded the congregacion vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and prophetes Iesu Christ hymselfe beyng the head corner stone graunte vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by theyr doctrine that we maye be made an holye temple acceptable to thee through Iesu Christe oure Lorde The Epistle IVdas the seruaunte of Iesu Christe the brother of Iames to them whiche are called and sanctified in God the father preserued in Iesu Christe Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the common saluacion it was nedefull for me to write vnto you to exhort you that ye shoulde continuallye laboure in the faith whiche was once geuen
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
xvi  xvi xxxviii xvi xxxix iiii A xvi kl xvii  xvii xl xvii xli v b xv kl xviii  xviii xlii xviii xliii ii Peter i c xiiii kl xix  xix xliiii xix xlv ii d xiii kl xx  xx xlvi xx xlvii iii e xii kl xxi Tho. Apost xxi xlviii xxi xlix i. Iohn i f xi kl xxii  xxii l xxii li ii g x. kl xxiii  xxiii lii xxiii liii iii A ix kl xxiiii  xxiiii liiii xxiiii lv iiii b viii kl xxv Nati dn̄i xxv Esay ix Math. i Esay vii Tit. iii c vii kl xxvi Stephan xxvi lvi act vi vii lvii Actes vii d vi kl xxvii Iohn Euan xxvii lviii Apoc. i lix Apo. xxii e v. kl xxviii Innocen xxviii Ier. xxxi Acte xxv Esay lx i. Iohn v f iiii kl xxix  xxix Esay lxi xxvi lxii ii Iohn i g iii kl xxx  xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii iii. Ihō i. A Prid. kl xxxi  xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠for Mattins dayly through the yere The priest beyng in the quier shall begynne with a loude voyce the Lordes prayer called the pater noster OVRE father whiche arte in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou my lyppes Aunswere And my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya Then shal be sayed or song without any Inuitatory this Psalme Venite exultemas c in Englishe as foloweth O Come let vs syng vnto the Lorde let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lorde is a great God and a great kyng about all goddes In his hande are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde oure God and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not youre heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortye yeares longe was I greued with this generacion and sayed it is a people that do erre in their heartes for they haue not knowne my wayes Vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then shall folowe certaine Psalmes in ordre as they been appointed in a table made for that purpose excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the ende of euery Psalme throughout the yeare and likewise in the ende of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be reapeted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Thē shal be read .ii. lessons distinctely with a loude voice that the people maye heare The first of the old testament the seconde of the newe Like as they be appoynted by the kalender excepte there be proper lessons assigned for that day The minister that readeth the lesson standyng turning him so as he may best he heard of all suche as be present And before euery lesson the minister shall saye thus The first seconde .iii. or .iiii. Chapter of Genisis or Exodus Matthewe Marke or other lyke as is appoynted in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapter of suche a booke And to the ende the people maye the better heare in suche places where they doe syng there shall the lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct readyng and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospell ¶ After the fyrste lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in Englyshe dayly throughout the yeare excepte in Lent all the which time in the place of Te deum shal be vsed Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino in Englyshe as foloweth Te deum laudamus WE prayse thee O God we knowlage thee to be the Lorde All the yearthe doeth worship thee the father euerlastyng To thee all Angels cry aloude the heauens and all the powers therin To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are replenished with the maiestie of of thy glory The glorious coumpany of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble armie of Martyrs prayse thee The holy churche throughout all the woorlde doeth knowlage thee The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne The holy gost also beyng the coumforter Thou art the kyng of Glory O Christe Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father Whan thou tookest vpon thee to delyuer manne thou dyddest not abhorre the virgins wombe Whan thou haddest ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou diddest open the kyngdom of heauen to all beleuers Thou sittest on the ryghthande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou haste redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be noumbred with thy sainctes in glory euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thyne heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we wurship thy name euer worlde without ende Vouchsafe O Lorde to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs as our truste is in thee O lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer bee confounded Benedicite omnia opera domini domino O All ye workes of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye Angels of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye heauens speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O ye waters that be aboue the fyrmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse
propre Psalmes appointed for that daye Then a lesson of the olde testamente as it is appoynted lykewise in the kalender excepte there be proper lessons appointed for that daye After that Magnificat anima mea dominum in Englishe as foloweth My soule doeth magnifie the Lorde And my spirite hath reioysed in God my sauiour For he hath regarded the lowelynesse of his hādmaiden For beholde from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is myghtie hath magnifyed me and holy is his name And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arme he hath scatered the proude in the imaginacion of their heartes He hath put downe the mightie from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meke He hath filled the hungry with good thynges and the ryche he hath sent emptie awaye He remembring his mercye hath holpen his seruaunte Israel as he promysed to oure fathers Abraham and his sede for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Then a lesson of the newe testamente And after that Nune dimittis seruum tuum in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace accordyng to thy worde For myne iyes haue seen thy saluacion Whiche thou haste prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glorye of thy people Israel Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then the suffrages before assigned at Mattyns the clerkes knelyng lykewyse with three Collectes Fyrste of the day Second of peace Thirde for ayde against all perilles as here foloweth Whiche .ii. laste Collectes shall be dayly sayed at Euensong without alteracion The second Collect at Euensong O God from whome all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iust workes doe procede Geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace whiche the worlde cannot geue that both our heartes maye be sette to obey thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of our enemyes may passe oure tyme in rest and quietnesse through the merites of Iesu Christe our sauiour Amen The thirde Collect for ayde against all perils LYghten our darkenesse we beseche thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend vs from all perils and daungers of this night for the loue of thy onely sonne our sauiour Iesu Christe Amen ¶ In the feastes of Christmas Thepiphanie Easter Thascencion Penticost and vpon Trinitie Sonday shall be song or sayed immediately after Benedictus this confession of our christian fayth WHosoeuer will be saued before all thynges it is necessary that he holde the Catholyke fayth Whiche fayth excepte euery one doe kepe holy and vndefiled without doubte he shall peryshe euerlastyngly And the Catholike fayth is this that we wurshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundyng the persones nor deuydyng the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sonne and an other of the holy gost But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost is all one the glory equall the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is suche is the sonne and suche is the holy gost The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holy gost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy gost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternall and the holy gost eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewyse the father is almightie the sonne almightie and the holy gost almightie And yet are they not three almighties but one almighty So the father is God the sonne God and the holy gost God And yet are they not three Gods but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy gost Lord. And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For like as we be compelled by the christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himselfe to be God and Lorde So are we forbidden by the Catholike religion to saye there be three Gods or thee Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy gost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but proceding So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy gost not three holy gostes And in this trinitie none is afore nor after other none is greater nor lesse then other But the whole three persons be coeternall together and coequall So that in all thinges as it is afore sayed the vnitie in trinitie and the trinitie in vnitie is to be wurshipped He therfore that will be saued must thus thinke of the trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastyng saluacion that he also beleue rightly in the incarnacion of our Lorde Iesu Christe For the right fayth is that we beleue confesse that our Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of God is God and manne God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and manne of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte manne of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsisting Equall to the father as touchyng his Godhead and inferior to the father touchyng his manhode Who although he be God and manne yet he is not two but one Christe One not by conuersion of the Godhead into fleshe but by takyng of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the resonable soule and fleshe is one manne So God and man is one Christe Who suffered for our saluacion descended into hell rose agayne the thirde daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the righthande of the father God almightie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and dead At whose comming all men shall ryse againe with theyr bodyes and shall geue accompte of theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into lyfe euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholyke fayth whiche excepte a manne beleue faythfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ⧠⧠THVS ENdeth the ordre of Mattyns and Euensong through the whole yere ⸫ ⧠⧠⧠⧠THE INTROITES ⧠Collectes Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebracion of the Lordes supper and holye Communion throughe the yeare with proper Psalmes and lessons for diuers feastes and dayes ¶ The first Sonday in Aduente BLessed is that manne that
awaye lyke a shadowe Bowe thy heauens O Lorde and come downe touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke Caste furthe the lyghtnynge and teare them shote out thyne arrowes and consume them Sende downe thyne hand from aboue delyuer me and take me out of the great waters frō the hande of straunge children Whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hande is a right hande of wickednes I wyll syng a newe songe vnto thee O God and syng prayses vnto thee vpon a ten stringed Lute Thou that geueste victorye vnto kynges and haste delyuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the peryll of the sworde Saue me and delyuer me from the hande of straunge children whose mouth talketh of vanitie and their right hande is a right hand of iniquitie That our sonnes maye growe vp as the yong plantes and that our doughters maye be as the pollyshed corners of the temple That our garners may be full and plenteous with all maner of store that our shepe may bring furth thousandes and ten thousandes in our stretes That our Oxen maye be strong to labor that there bee no decay no leading into captiuitie and no complainyng in our stretes Happy are the people that bee in suche a case yea blessed are the people whiche haue the Lorde for their God Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche by thy sonne Iesus Christ hast geuen to thy Apostle sayncte Peter many excellente giftes and commaundedst him earnestly to fede thy flocke make we beseche thee all byshops and pastors diligently to preache thy holy worde and the people obedientlye to folowe the same that they may receyue the croune of euerlasting Glorye through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle AT the same tyme Herode the kynge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacion And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde And because he saw that it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete breade And when he had caught him he put him in prison also delyuered him to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept entending after Easter to bryng him furthe to the people And Peter was kept in prison but prayer was made with out ceassing of the congregacyon vnto God for him And when Herode would haue brought him out vnto the people the same night slept Peter betwene two souldiers bounde with two chaynes And the kepers before the dore kept the prison And beholde the angell of the Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the habitacion And he smote Peter on the side and stiered him vp saying aryse vp quickely And his chaines fel of from his handes And the angell sayd vnto him gyrde thy selfe and bind on thy sandales And so he dyd And he sayeth vnto him cast thy garment aboute thee and folowe me And he came out and folowed him and wyst not that it was trueth whiche was done by the angell but thought he had seen a vision When they were past the first and the second watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie which opened to them by the owne accorde And they went out and passed thorowe one strete and furthwith the angel departed from hym And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd now I know of a suertie that the Lord hath sente hys angell and hathe delyuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes The Gospell WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the citie which is called Cesaria Philippi he asked his disciples sayinge whome do men saye that I the sonne of man am They sayed some saye that thou art Iohn Baptiste some Helias some Ieremias or one of the noumbre of the prophetes He sayeth vnto them but whome say ye that I am Simon Peter aunswered and sayed Thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuing God And Iesus answered and said vnto hym Happy art thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloude hath not opened that vnto thee but my father which is in heauen And I say also vnto thee that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wyl buylde my congregacion And the gates of hel shall not preuail agaynst it And I wil geue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou byndest in earth shal be bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer thou locest in earth shal be loced in heauen At Euensong The seconde lesson Act. iiii Vnto the ende ¶ Sainct Marye Magdalene PRayse the Lorde O my soule whyle I lyue wil I prayse the Lord yea as long as I haue any being I wyll syng prayses vnto my God O put not your trust in princes nor in any childe of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth furth he shall turne agayne to his yearth and then all his thoughtes peryshe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the Lorde his God Whiche made heauen and yearth the sea and all that therin is whiche kepeth his promise for euer Whiche helpeth them to right that suffre wrong which fedeth the hungry The Lorde loceth menne out of pryson the Lorde geueth sight to the blinde The Lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen the Lorde careth for the righteous The Lorde careth for the straungers he defendeth the fatherles and wydowe as for the waye of the vngodlye he turneth it vp side downe The Lorde thy God O Sion shal be king for euermore and throughout all generacions Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. Amen The Collect. MErcifull father geue vs grace that we neuer presume to sinne through the example of anye creature but if it shall chaunce vs at any tyme to offende thy dyuine maiestie that then we maye truly repent and lament the same after the example of Mary Magdalene and by lyuelye faythe obtayne remission of all oure sinnes throughe the onely merites of thy sonne oure sauiour Christ The Epistle WHosoeuer findeth an honest faithful womā she is muche more worth then pearles The heart of her husbande maie safely trust in her so that he shall fall in no pouertie She wil doe him good and not euil all the dayes of her lyfe She occupieth woll and flaxe and laboureth gladlye with her handes She is lyke a marchauntes ship that bryngeth her vitayles frō a farre She is vp in the night season to prouide meat for her houshold and foode for her maydens She considereth lande and byeth it with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde She girdeth her loynes with strengthe and courageth her armes And yf she perceyue that her huswifery doeth good her candle goeth not out by night She layeth her fingers to the spindle and her hand taketh hold of the distaffe She openeth
her hande to the poore yea she stretcheth furth her handes to suche as haue nede She feareth not that the colde of winter shall hurt her house for all her houshold folkes are clothed with skarlet She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes her clothing is white silke and purple Her husband is much set by in the gates whē he sitteth among the rewlers of the lande She maketh cloth of silke and selleth it and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt Strength honour is her clothing in the latter day she shall reioyce She openeth her mouth with wisdome and in her tongue is the lawe of grace She looketh wel to the wayes of her housholde and eateth not her breade with ydlenes Her children shall arise and call her blessed and her husbande shal make muche of her Many doughters there be that gather ryches together but thou goest aboue them al. As for fauour it is deceitpfull beutie is a vaine thing but a woman that feareth the Lorde she is woorthy to be praysed Geue her of the fruite of her handes and lette her owne workes prayse her in the gates The Gospell ANd one of the Phariseis desired Iesus that he woulde eate with him And he went into the Phariseis house and sate downe to meate And behold a woman in that citie whyche was a synner assone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the Phariseis house she brought an Alabaster boxe of oyntemente and stode at his feete behind him weping and began to washe his feete with teares and dyd wype them with the heares of her head and kyssed his feete and anoynted them with the oyntment When the Pharisee which had bidden him saw that he spake within himselfe saying if this mā were a prophete he would surely knowe who and what maner of woman this is that touched him for she is a sinner Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him Simon I haue somewhat to say vnto thee And he said Maister say on There was a certayne lender whiche had two debters the one ought him fiue hundreth pence and the other fiftie When they had nothing to pay he forgaue them bothe Tell me therfore whiche of them will loue him most Simon aunswered and sayd I suppose that he to whome he forgaue moste And he sayd vnto him thou hast truely iudged And he turned to the woman and sayde vnto Simon Seeste thou this woman I entred into thy house thou gauest me no water for my feete but she hath washed my feete with teares and wiped them with the heares of her head Thou gaueste me no kysse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceassed to kysse my feete My head with oyle thou didst not anoint but she hath anointed my feete with ointment Wherfore I say vnto thee many sinnes are forgiuē her for she loued much To whome lesse is forgeuē the same doeth lesse loue And he said vnto her thy sinnes are forgeuē thee And they that sate at meate with him began to say within themselues Who is this which forgeueth sinnes also And he sayd to the woman Thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace ¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle O Prayse the Lorde of heauen prayse him in the height Prayse him all ye angels of his prayse him all his hoste Praise him Sunne and Moone praise ye him all ye starres and lyght Prayse him all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lorde for he spake the woorde and they were made he commaunded and they were created He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe whiche shall not be broken Prayse the lord vpō the earth ye dragons and al depes Fyre and hayle snowe and vapours wynd and storme fulfillyng hys worde Montaynes and all hilles fruitful trees and al Ceders Beastes and all cattell wormes and fethered foules Kinges of the earth and all people princes and all the Iudges of the worlde Youngmen and maydens olde men and children prayse the name of the lorde for his name onely is excellente and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He shal exalt the horne of his people al his sainctes shal prayse him euen the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRaunt O merciful God that as thyne holye Apostle Iames leauing his father and al that he had without delay was obediente vnto the calling of thy sonne Iesus Christ and folowed him So we forsaking al worldly and carnal affeccions may be euermore ready to folow thy cōmaundementes through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle IN those dayes came prophetes from the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde bee greate derthe throughout al the worlde which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren whiche dwelt in Iewry whiche thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul At the same time Herod the kinge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And because he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and toke Peter also The Gospell THen came to hym the mother of zebedes children with her sonnes wurshipping him and desiring a certayne thing of him And he saied vnto her what wilt thou She said vnto him Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit the one on thy right hand the other on thy left in thy kyngdome But Iesus answered and sayd ye wot not what ye aske Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with They sayd vnto him we are He sayd vnto them ye shal drinke in dede of my cup be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to sit on my right hāde and on my lefte is not myne to geue but it shall chaunce vnto thē that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard this they dysdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him said ye knowe that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer thē and they that are greate men exercise authoritie vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer wil be great among you let him be your minister whosoeuer will be chiefe among you lette him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to ministre and to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many Sainct Bartholomewe NOt vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the praise for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake Wherfore shall the heathen say where
the beginning of Matins or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the congregacion by hym is offended or haue doen any wrong to his neighbours by worde or dede The Curate shall cal hym aduertise hym in any wise not to presume to the lordes table vntill he haue openly declared hymselfe to haue truly repented and amended his former naughtie life that the congregacion maie thereby be satisfied whiche afore were offended and that he haue recompensed the parties whom he hath dooen wrong vnto or at the least bee in full purpose so to doe as sone as he conueniently maie ⧠The same ordre shal the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lordes table vntill he knowe them to bee reconciled And yf one of the parties so at variaunce be content to forgeue from the botome of his hearte all that the other hath trespaced against him and to make amendes for that he hymselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remayne still in his frowardnes and malice The Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent persone to the holy Communion and not hym that is obstinate ⧠Vpon the daie and at the time appointed for the ministracion of the holy Communion the Priest that shall execute the holy ministery shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion that is to saye a white Albe plain with a vestement or Cope And where there be many Priestes or Deacons there so many shal be ready to helpe the Priest in the ministracion as shal bee requisite And shall haue vpon them lykewyse the vestures appointed for their ministery that is to saye Albes with tunacles Then shall the Clearkes syng in Englishe for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalme appointed for that daye The priest standyng humbly afore the middes of the Altar shall saie the Lordes prayer with this Collect. ALmightie GOD vnto whom all heartes bee open and all desyres knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughtes of our heartes by the inspiracion of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee and worthely magnifie thy holy name Through Christ our Lord. Amē Then shall he saye a Psalme appointed for the introite whiche Psalme ended the Priest shall saye or els the Clearkes shall syng iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Prieste standyng at Goddes borde shall begin Glory be to God on high The Clearkes And in yearth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we geue thankes to thee for thy greate glory O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almightie O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of GOD sonne of the father that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that sittest at the righte hande of God the father haue mercie vpon vs For thou onely art holy thou onelye art the Lorde Thou onelye O Christe with the holye Ghoste arte moste highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the priest shall turne hym to the people and saye The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye Then shall folowe the Collect of the daye with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng ALmightie God whose kyngdom is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregaciō and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaūt Edward the sixt our kyng and gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is maye aboue all thinges seke thy honour glory and that we his subiectes duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath maye faithfully serue honour humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost liueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen ALmightie and euerlasting GOD wee bee taught by thy holy worde that the heartes of Kynges are in thy rule and gouernaunce and that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisedom We humbly beseche thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our Kyng and gouernour that in all his thoughtes wordes and workes he maye euer seke thy honour and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and Godlynes Graunt this O merciful father for thy dere sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Collectes ended the priest or he that is appointed shall reade the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of sainct Paule written in the Chapiter of to the The Minister then shall reade thepistle Immediatly after the Epistle ended the priest or one appointed to reade the Gospell shall saye The holy Gospell written in the Chapiter of The Clearkes and people shal aunswere Glory be to thee O Lorde The Priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospell After the Gospell ended the priest shall begin I beleue in one God The Clearkes shall syng the rest The father almightie maker of heauen and yearth and of all thinges visible and inuisible And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of GOD light of light very God of very God begotten not made beeyng of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghoste of the Virgin Mary and was made manne and was Crucified also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate he suffered and was buried and the thirde daie he arose again according to the scriptures and ascended into heauē and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shall come again with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lorde and geuer of life who procedeth frō the father and the sonne who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowlege one Baptisme for the remission of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the deade and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen ¶ After the Crede ended shall folowe the Sermon or Homely or some porcion of one of the Homelies as they shal be hereafter deuided wherin if the people bee not exhorted to the worthy receyuing of the holy Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our sauiour Christ then shall the Curate geue this exhortacion to those that be minded to receiue the same DErely beloued in the Lord ye that minde
THrough thy moste dere beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lord who after his moste glorious resurrecciō manifestly appered to all his disciples and in theyr sighte ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither mighte we also ascende and reigne with him in glory Therefore c. ¶ Vpon Whitsondaye THroughe Iesus Christe our Lorde accordynge to whose moste true promyse the holy Ghoste came doune this daye from heauen with a sodaine great sounde as it had been a mightie wynde in the lykenes of fiery toungues lightynge vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all truethe geuyng them bothe the gifte of diuerse languages and also boldnes with feruente zeale constantly to preache the Ghospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and error into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the feast of the Trinitie IT is very meete righte and our bounden duetie that we should at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie euerlastinge God which arte one God one Lorde not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce For that whiche we beleue of the glory of the father thesame we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghoste without any difference or inequalitie whom the Angels c. After whiche preface shall folowe immediatly Therfore with Angels and Archangels and with al the holy companie of heauen we lande and magnifye thy glorious name euermore praysyng thee and sayinge ¶ Holy holy holy Lorde God of Hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory Osanna in the higheste Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Glory to thee O lorde in the highest This the Clearkes shall also syng ¶ When the Clearkes haue doen syngyng then shall the Priest or Deacon turne hym to the people and saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes churche ¶ Then the Priest turning hym to the Altar shall saye or syng plainly and distinctly this prayer folowyng ALmightie and euerlyuyng God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacions and to geue thankes for all menne We humbly beseche thee moste mercyfully to receyue these our prayers whiche we offre vnto thy diuine Maiestie besechyng thee to inspire continually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of truethe vnitie and concorde And graunt that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agre in the trueth of thy holye worde and liue in vnitie and godly loue Speciallye wee beseche thee to saue and defende thy seruaunte Edwarde our Kynge that vnder him we maye be Godly and quietely gouerned And graunte vnto his whole coūsaile and to all that bée put in authoritie vnder hym that they maye truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenly father to all Bishoppes Pastors and Curates that they maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe thy true liuely worde and rightely and duely administer thy holye Sacramentes And to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace that with meke hearte and due reuerence they maye heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruynge thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their lyfe And wee moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to coumforte and succoure all thē whych in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe nede sycknes or any other aduersitie And especially we commend vnto thy mercifull goodnes thys congregacion whyche is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the commemoracion of the moste glorious deathe of thy sonne And here wee doe geue vnto thee moste high praise heartie thankes for the wonderfull grace and vertue declared in all thy sainctes from the begynninge of the worlde And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed virgin Mary mother of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and God in the holy Patriarches Prophetes Apostles and Martirs whose examples O Lorde and stedfastnes in thy faythe and keping thy holye commaundementes graunte vs to folowe We commende vnto thy mercye O Lord all other thy seruauntes whiche are departed hence from vs with the signe of fayth and nowe do reste in the slepe of peace Graunte vnto them we beseche thee thy mercy and euerlastyng peace and that at the daie of the generall resurreccion we and all they whyche bee of the misticall body of thy sonne maye altogether bee set on his right hand and heare that his most ioyful voice Come vnto me O ye that be blessed of my father and possesse the kingdome whiche is prepared for you from the begynning of the worlde Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate O God heauenly father whiche of thy tender mercie diddeste geue thine only sonne Iesu Christ to suffer deathe vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion once offered a full perfect and sufficiente sacrifyce oblacion and satisfaccion for the sinnes of the whole worlde and did institute and in his holy Ghospell commaunde vs to celebrate a perpetuall memorye of that his precious deathe vntyll his comming againe Heare vs o mercifull father we beseche thee and with thy holy spirite and worde vouchsafe to bl ✚ esse and sanc ✚ tifie these thy gyftes and creatures of breade and wyne that they maye be vnto vs the bodye and bloud of thy moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Who in the same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had blessed and geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys disciples saiynge Take eate this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you do this in remembraunce of me Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe and whē he had geuen thankes he gaue it to them saiyng drynke ye all of this for this is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as oft as you shall drinke it in remembraunce of me These wordes before rehersed are to be saied turning still to the Altar without any eleuacion or shewing the Sacrament to the people WHerefore O Lorde and heauenly father accordyng to the Instytucyon of thy derely beloued sonne our sauioure Iesu Christe we thy humble seruauntes doe celebrate and make here before thy diuine Maiestie with these thy holy giftes the memory all whyche thy sonne hath willed vs to make hauing in remembraunce his blessed passion mightie resurreccion and glorious ascencion renderynge vnto thee moste heartye thankes for the innumerable benefytes procured vnto vs by thesame entyerely desyrynge thy fatherly goodnes mercifully to accepte thys our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuinge moste humblye besechinge thee to graunte that by the merites and deathe of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his bloud wee and all thy whole church may
put his handes vpō them and blessed them After the gospell is reade the minister shall make thys briefe exhortacion vpon the wordes of the gospell FRendes you heare in thys gospell the wordes of oure Sauiour Christe that he commaunded the children to be brought vnto hym howe he blamed those that woulde haue kept them from hym howe he exhorteth all menne to folowe their innocencie Ye perceyue howe by hys outwarde gesture and dede he declared hys good wyll towarde them For he embraced them in his armes he laied his handes vpon thē and blessed thē doubte ye not therfore but earnestlye beleue that he will lykewyse fauourably receiue these presente infantes that he will embrace them with the armes of hys mercy that he will geue vnto them the blessing of eternall lyfe and make them partakers of his euerlasting kyngdome Wherfore we beeing thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenlye father toward these infantes declared by his sonne Iesus Christ And nothyng doubting but that he fauourablye alloweth thys charitable woorke of ours in bringyng these children to his holy baptisme let vs faythfully and deuoutely geue thankes vnto him And saye the prayer whiche the Lorde himselfe taught And in declaracion of our fayth let vs also recyte the articles conteyned in our Crede Here the minister with the Godfathers Godmothers and people present shall saye ¶ Our father whiche arte in heauen halowed bee thy name c. And then shall say openly I beleue in God the father almightie c. The priest shall adde also this prayer ALmyghtie and euerlasting God heauenly father wee geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchsaued to call vs to knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee Increace and cōfirme this faith in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirit to these infantes that they maye bee borne agayne and be made heyres of euerlasting saluacion through our Lorde Iesus Christe Who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirite nowe and for euer Amen Then let the Priest take one of the children by the right hande thother being brought after him And cūming into the churche towarde the fonte saye THe Lorde vouchsafe to receyue you into hys holy housholde and to kepe and gouerne you alway in the same that you may haue euerlasting lyfe Amen Then standing at the fonte the priest shall speake to the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise WElbeloued frendes ye haue brought these children here to bee Baptised ye haue prayed that oure Lorde Iesus Christe woulde vouchsafe to receiue them to laye hys handes vpon them to blesse them to release them of theyr synnes to geue them the kyngdome of heauen and euerlastyng lyfe Ye haue hearde also that our Lorde Iesus Christ hath promised in his gospel to graunt all these thinges that ye haue prayed for which promise he for his parte wil moste surely kepe and perfourme Wherefore after this promise made by Christe these infantes must also faithfully for theyr parte promise by you that be their suerties that they wil forsake the deuill and all hys woorkes and constantlye beleue Gods holy woorde and obediently kepe his commaundementes Then shall the prieste demaunde of the childe whiche shall be firste Baptised these questyons folowyng firste namyng the childe and saying N. Doeste thou forsake the deuil and all his woorkes Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the vayne pompe and glorie of the worlde with all the couetous desyres of the same Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou forsake the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wilt not folowe nor be led by them Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doeste thou beleue in God the father almightie maker of heauen and yearth Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in Iesus Christe his onely begotten sonne our lord and that he was conceiued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Mary that he suffered vnder Poncius Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did ryse agayne the thirde day that he ascended into heauen sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie And from thence shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead Doest thou beleue this Aunswere I beleue Minister Doeste thou beleue in the holy Goste the holy Catholyke Churche the Communion of Sainctes Remissyon of Sinnes Resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlastyng lyfe after death Aunswere I beleue Minister What doest thou desyre Aunswere Baptisme Minister Wilt thou be Baptised Aunswere I will ¶ Then the priest shall take the childe in his handes and aske the name And namyng the chylde shall dippe it in the water thryse First dipping the rightside Second the leftside The thirde time dipping the face towarde the fonte So it be discretely and warely done saying ¶ N. I Baptize thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen ¶ And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresayde woordes N. I Baptize thee c. Then the Godfathers and Godmothers shall take and laye theyr handes vpon the chylde and the minister shall put vpon hym hys whyte vesture commonly called the Crisome And say Take thys whyte vesture for a token of the innocencye whiche by Gods grace in this holy sacramente of baptisme is geuen vnto thee and for a sygne wherby thou art admonished so long as thou liuest to geue thy selfe to innocencie of liuing that after thys transitory lyfe thou mayest be partaker of the life euerlasting Amen Then the Priest shall annoynte the infante vpon the head saying ALmightie God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who hath regenerate thee by water and the holye goste and hath geuen vnto thee remission of all thy sinnes he vouchesaue to annoynte thee with the vnccyon of hys holy spirite and bring thee to the inheritance of euerlasting lyfe Amen When there are many to be Baptised this ordre of demaunding Baptisyng puttyng on the Crisome and enoyntyng shal be vsed seuerally with euery childe Those that be first Baptised departyng from the fonte and remaynyng in some conuenyente place within the Churche vntill all bee Baptised At the laste ende the priest callyng the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this short exhortacion folowing FOr asmuche as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and all his woorkes to beleue in God and to serue hym you muste remember that it is youre partes and duetie to see that these infantes bee taughte so soone as they shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and professyon they haue made by you And that they maye knowe these thynges the better ye shall call vpon them to heare sermons and chiefely you shall prouyde that they maye learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes in thenglishe tonge and al other thinges whiche a Christian manne oughte to knowe and beleue to
hys soules healthe And that these children may bee vertuouslye broughte vp to leade a godly and Christian lyfe remembryng alwayes that Baptisme doeth represent vnto vs our profession whiche is to folow thexaumple of our Sauiour Christe and to bee made lyke vnto him that as he dyed and rose agayne for vs so should we whiche are Baptised dye from sinne and ryse agayne vnto ryghteousnesse continually mortifying all oure euyll and corrupte affeccions and daylye procedyng in all vertue and godlines of liuing ¶ The minister shall commaunde that the Crisomes bee broughte to the churche and delyuered to the Priestes after the accustomed manner at the Purificacyon of the mother of euerye chylde And that the chyldren be brought to the Busshope to bee confirmed of hym so soone as they can saye in theyr vulgare tongue the articles of the faythe the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes and be further instructed in the Cathechisme sette foorthe for that purpose accordyngly as it is there expressed And so lette the congregacyon departe in the name of the Lorde ¶ Note that if the number of children to bee Baptised and multytude of people presente bee so great that they cannot conuenientlye stand at the churche doore then let them stande within the churche in some conueniente place nygh vnto the Churche doore And there all thinges be sayde and done appoynted to bee sayde and done at the churche doore Of them that be Baptised in priuate houses in tyme of necessitie ¶ The pastours and curates shal oft admonyshe the people that they differ not the baptisme of infantes any longer then the Sondaye or other holy daye nexte after the childe bee borne onlesse vpon a great and resonable cause declared to the curate and by hym approued And also they shall warne them that without great cause and necessitie they Baptise not children at home in theyr houses And when great nede shal compel them so to doe that then they minister it on thys fashion ¶ First let thē that be present call vpon god for his grace and saye the Lordes prayer if the tyme will suffer And then one of them shal name the childe and dyppe hym in the water or powre water vpon hym saying these woordes ¶ N. I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And lette them not doubte but that the chylde so Baptised is lawfully and sufficiently Baptised and oughte not to bee Baptised agayne in the Churche But yet neuerthelesse yf the chylde whiche is after thys sorte Baptised dooe afterwarde lyue it is expedyente that he bee broughte into the Churche to the entente the Prieste maye examyne and trye whether the chylde bee lawfullye Baptised or no. And yf those that bring any childe to the Churche doe aunswere that he is already Baptised Then shall the Prieste examyne them further ¶ By whome the childe was Baptised Who was present when the childe was baptised Whether they called vpon god for grace and succour in that necessitie With what thyng or what matter they dyd Baptise the childe With what woordes the childe was Baptised Whether they thinke the chylde to be lawfully and perfectly Baptised And yf the minister shall proue by the aunswers of suche as brought the childe that al thinges were done as they ought to be Then shall not he christen the chylde agayne but shall receyue him as one of the flocke of the true christian people saying thus I Certifye you that in this case ye haue doen wel and accordyng vnto due ordre concernyng the Baptising of thys childe whiche being borne in originall sinne and in the wrath of God is now by the lauer of regeneracion in Baptisme made the chylde of God and heyre of euerlastyng lyfe for our Lorde Iesus Christe doeth not denye his grace and mercie vnto suche infantes but most louingly doeth call them vnto him As the holy gospell doeth witnes to our coumfort on this wise AT a certayne tyme they broughte chyldren vnto Christ that he shoulde touche them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Iesus sawe it he was dyspleased and sayde vnto them Suffer litle chyldren to come vnto me and forbydde them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kingdome of God as a litle childe he shal not enter therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he put his handes vpon them and blissed them After the gospell is read the minister shall make this exhortacion vpon the woordes of the gospell FRendes ye heare in this gospell the woordes of our Saueour Christ that he commaunded the children to be broughte vnto him how he blamed those that woulde haue kepte them from hym howe he exhorted all men to folowe theyr innocencie ye perceiue how by his outward gesture and dede he declared hys good wil towarde them for he enbraced them in his armes he layed hys handes vpon them and blessed them Doubte you not therefore but earnestlye beleue that he hathe lykewise fauourablye receyued thys presente infante that he hathe enbraced him with the armes of hys mercie that he hath geuen vnto hym the blessyng of eternall lyfe and made hym partaker of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of oure heauenlye father declared by his sonne Iesus Christ towardes this infant Let vs faythfully and deuoutly geue thankes vnto hym and saye the prayer whiche the Lorde himselfe taught and in declaracion of oure faythe let vs also recyte the articles conteyned in our Crede Here the minister with the Godfathers and Godmothers shall saye OVr father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy name let thy kyngdome come c. Then shall they saye the Crede and then the Prieste shall demaunde the name of the chylde whiche beeyng by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the minister shall saye ¶ N. Doest thou forsake the deuill and all hys woorkes Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doest thou forsake the vayne Pompe and glorye of the worlde with all the couetous desyres of the same Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doest thou forsake the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wilt not folowe and be led by them Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doest thou beleue in God the father almyghtie maker of heauen and yearth Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in Iesus Christe hys onely begotten sonne our Lorde and that he was conceyued by the holye Ghoste borne of the virgin Marie that he suffered vnder Poncius Pilate was crucifyed dead and buryed that he wente downe into hel and also did arise agayne the thirde daye that he ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie And from thence shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead doest thou beleue thus Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in the holy Goste the holy
inheritaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whiche cryeth Abba father Wherfore now thou arte not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou bee a sonne thou art also an heyre of GOD through Christ The Gospell THis is the boke of the generaciō of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abrahā Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob begat Iudas his brethren Iudas begat Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrō Esrom begat Aram Arā begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmō Salmō begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid y e king Dauid the king begat Salomō of her that was the wife of Vrie Salamō begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begat Iosias Iosias begat Ieconias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caryed awaye to Babilon And after they were brought to Babilon Ieconias begat Salathiell Salathiell begate Zorobabel Zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begate Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husbande of Marie of whome was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christe And so all the generacyons from Abrahā to Dauid are .xiiii. generacions And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon axe .xiiii. generacions And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christe are .xiiii. generacions The birth of Iesus Christe was on thys wyse When hys mother Mary was maryed to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holy goste Then Ioseph her husbande because he was a righteous manne and woulde not put her to shame was minded prieuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thought behold the Angel of the lord appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wyfe for that which is conceiued in her cummeth of the holye goste She shall bring furth a sonne and thou shalt call hys name Iesus for he shall saue his people from theyr sinnes All thys was doone that it mighte be fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophete saying Beholde a mayde shall bee with chylde and shall brynge foorthe a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche if a manne interprete is asmuche to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of slepe did as the Angel of the lorde had bidden him and he toke hys wyfe vnto hym and knew her not til she had brought furth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Circumcision of Christ At Mattins The first lesson Gene. xvii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Rom. ii vnto the ende At the Communion I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wil goe into the house of the Lorde Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded as a citie that is at vnytye in it selfe For thither the Tribes goe vp euen the Tribes of the Lorde to testifye vnto Israell to geue thankes vnto the name of the Lorde For there is the seate of iudgemente euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnes within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will wishe thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the Lorde our God I wil seke to doe thee good Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to be circumcised and obedyente to the lawe for manne graunte vs the true circumcision of thy spirite that our heartes and all our members being mortifyed from all worldly and carnall lustes may in all thinges obey thy blessed wil through the same thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BLessed is that man to whome the Lord wil not impute sinne Came this blessednes then vpō the vncircūcisiō or vpō the circūcisiō also for we say that fayth was rekoned to Abrahā for righteousnes How was it then rekoned when he was in the circumcision or when he was in the vncircumcisyon not in the tyme of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receyued the sygne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which he had yet being vncircumcised that he should bee the father of all them that beleue though they bee not circumcised that righteousnes myght be imputed to them also and that he myghte bee the father of circumcision not vnto them onely whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promyse that he shoulde bee the heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the law but through the righteousnes of faythe For if they whiche are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect The Gospell ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone awaye from the shepeheardes into heauen they sayde one to another let vs goe nowe euen vnto Bethleem and see thys thyng that wee heare say is happened which the lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and founde Marye and Ioseph and the Babe laide in a maunger And when they had sene it they published abroade the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe And all they that heard it wondered at those thinges whiche were tolde them of the shepeheardes But Mary kepte all those sayinges and pondered them in her heart And the shepheardes returned praising and lauding God for all the thynges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eyght daye was come that the childe shoulde be circumcised hys name was called Iesus whiche was named of the Angell before he was conceiued in the woumbe ¶ At Euensong The first lesson Deute x. And now Israel vnto the ende The seconde Lesson Coloss ii vnto the ende ¶ The Epiphanie At Mattins The first Lesson Esai .lx. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Luke .iii. And it fortuned vnto the ende At the Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng vnto the Lorde all the whole yearth Syng vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name be telling of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare hys honour vnto the Heathen and hys woonders vnto all people For the lorde is great and cannot woorthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all Goddes As for all the Goddes of the Heathen they bee but ydolles but it is the Lorde that made
the heauens Glory and wurship are before hym power and honour are in his sanctuary Ascribe vnto the Lorde O ye kynreds of the people ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and power Ascribe vnto the Lorde the honour due vnto his name bryng presentes and come into his courtes O woorshyp the Lorde in the beautie of holynes let the whole earth stande in awe of hym Tell it out among the Heathen that the lorde is kyng and that it is he whiche hathe made the rounde worlde so fast that it cannot be moued and howe that he shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the yearth be glad let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the fielde bee ioyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lorde For he cummeth for he cummeth to iudge the yearth and with righteousnes to iudge the worlde and the people with his trueth Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. O God whiche by the leadyng of a starre diddest manyfeste thy onelye begotten sonne to the Gentiles Mercifully graunt that we which know thee now by faythe maye after thys lyfe haue the fruicion of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lorde The Epistle FOr thys cause I Paule am a pryesoner of Iesus Christe for you heathen if ye haue hearde of the ministracion of the grace of god which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacyon shewed he the misterye vnto me as I wrote afore in few wordes wherby whē ye reade ye maye vnderstande my knoweledge in the mysterye of Christe whiche mysterye in tymes passed was not opened vnto the sonnes of menne as it is nowe declared vnto hys holy Apostles and Prophetes by the spirite that the Gentiles should be inheritours also and of the same bodye and partakers of hys promyse in Christe by the meanes of the Gospell whereof I am made a minister accordyng to the gifte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the woorkyng of hys power Vnto me the leaste of all sainctes is thys grace geuen that I shoulde preache amonge the Gentiles the vnsearcheable ryches of Christe and to make all men see what the felowshyppe of the misterie is whiche from the beginning of the worlde hath bene hydde in God whiche made all thinges through Iesus Christe to the entente that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thinges might be knowen by the congregacyon the manifolde wisedome of God according to the eternal purpose whiche he wrought in Christ Iesu our lorde by whome we haue boldenes and entraunce with the confidence whiche is by the fayth of him The Gospell WHen Iesus was borne in Bethleē a citie of Iury in the tyme of Herode the kyng Beholde there came wise men from the East to Ierusalē saying where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes For we haue seene hys starre in the East and are come to wurship hym When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges he was troubled and all the citie of Ierusalem with hym And when he had gathered al the chiefe priestes and scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Christe shoulde bee borne And they sayd vnto hym at Bethleem in Iurie For thus it is written by the Prophete And thou Bethleem in the land of Iury art not the leaste among the prynces of Iuda for out of thee there shall come vnto me the capitaine that shal gouerne my people Israell Then Herode when he had prieuelye called the wise men he inquired of them diligentlye what tyme the starre appeared and he bad them goe to Bethleem and said goe your way thither and searche dilygentlye for the chylde And when ye haue found him bryng me woorde agayne that I may come and woorship him also whē they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre whiche they sawe in the Easte wente beefore them tyll it came and stoode ouer the place wherein the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were exceading glad and wente into the house and founde the childe with Mary hys mother and fell downe flat and wurshypped hym and opened theyr treasures and offered vnto hym giftes Golde Frankincense and Mirre And after they were warned of God in slepe that they should not goe agayne to Herode they returned into theyr owne countrey another way At Euensong The first lesson Esai xlix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Iohn .ii. After this he went downe to Capernaum vnto the ende The firste Sonday after the Epiphanie HOwe long wilt thou forget me O Lorde for euer howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me Howe long shall I seke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in my heart howe long shall myne enemye triumphe ouer me Consider and heare me O lorde my God lyghten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Leste myne enemye saye I haue prenayled agaynste him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercye and my hearte is ioyfull in thy saluacion I wil sing of the lorde because he hath dealt so louyngly with me yea I will prayse the name of the Lorde the moste highest Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifullye to receyue the praiers of thy people whiche call vpon thee and graunt that they maye both perceyue and knowe what thynges they ought to do and also haue grace and power faithully to fullfyll the same The Epistle I Besech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnes of God that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God whiche is your resonable seruyng of god and fashion not your selfes like vnto this world but be ye chaunged in your shape by the renuing of youre minde that ye maie proue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of god is For I saye throughe the grace that vnto me geuen is to euery man amonge you that no man stand hygh in his owne conceite more then it becommeth hym to esteme of hymselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sobre according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith for as we haue many membres in one body and all membres haue not one office so we being many are one body in Christ and euery man amōg our selues one anothers members The Gospell THe father and mother of Iesus wente to Hierusalem after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the child Iesus abode stil in Ierusalem and his father and mother knewe not of it but they supposing hym to haue beene in the cumpanye came a dayes iourney and sought hym amōg their kinsfolke and acquaintaunce And when they found hym not they went backe again to Ierusalem
requiryng suche as shal be satisfied with a generall confession not to be offended with them that do vse to their further satisfying the auriculer and secrete confession to the Priest nor those also whiche thinke nedefull or conuenient for the quietnes of their owne consciences particulerly to open theyr sinnes to the Priest to be offended with them that are satisfyed with their humble confession to GOD and the generall confession to the churche But in all thinges to folowe and kepe the rule of charitie and euery man to be satisfyed with his owne conscience not iudging other mennes mindes or consciences where as he hath no warrant of Goddes word to thesame ¶ Then shall folowe for the Offertory one or mo of these Sentences of holy scripture to be song whiles the people dooe offer or els one of theim to bee saied by the minister immediatly afore the offeryng Let your light so shine before mē that they may see your good woorkes and glorify your father which is in heauen Laye not vp for your selues treasure vpon the yearth where the ruste and mothe dothe corrupte and where theues breake through and steale But laie vp for your selfes treasures in heauen where neyther ruste nor mothe dothe corrupt and where theues do not breake through nor steale Whatsoeuer you woulde that menne shoulde doe vnto you euen so do you vnto them for this is the lawe and the Prophetes Not euery one that sayeth vnto me lorde lorde shall entre into the kyngdome of heauen but he that dothe the will of my father whiche is in heauen Zache stode furthe and sayed vnto the Lorde beholde Lorde the halfe of my goodes I geue to the poore and yf I haue doen any wronge to any man I restore foure folde Who goeth a warfare at any tyme at his owne coste who planteth a vineiarde and eateth not of the fruite therof Or who fedethe a flocke and eateth not of the milke of the flocke If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges is it a great matter yf we shall reape your worldly thinges Dooe ye not knowe that they whiche minister aboute holy thinges lyue of the Sacrifice They whiche waite of the alter are partakers with the alter euen so hath the lorde also ordained that they whiche preache the Gospell shoulde liue of the Gospell He whiche soweth litle shall reape litle and he that soweth plēteously shall reape plenteously Let euery manne doe accordynge as he is disposed in his hearte not grudgyngly or of necessitie for God loueth a chereful geuer Let hym that is taughte in the woorde minister vnto hym that teacheth in all good thinges Be not deceyued GOD is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he reape While we haue tyme let vs doe good vnto all men and specially vnto them whiche are of the housholde of fayth Godlynes is greate riches yf a man be contented with that he hath For we broughte nothyng into the worlde neither maye we cary any thing out Charge them whiche are riche in this worlde that they be ready to geue and glad to distribute laying vp in stoare for themselues a good foundacion against the time to come that they maie attain eternall lyfe GOD is not vnrighteous that he will forgette youre woorkes and labor that procedeth of loue whiche loue ye haue shewed for his names sake whiche haue ministred vnto the sainctes and yet do minister To do good and to distribute forget not for with suche Sacrifices God is pleased Whoso hath this worldes good and seeth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym how dwelleth the loue of God in him Geue almose of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from any poore man and then the face of the lord shall not be turned awaye from thee Bee mercifull after thy power if thou haste muche geue plenteously yf thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle for so gathereste thou thy selfe a good rewarde in the daie of necessitie He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lord loke what he laieth out it shal be paied him again Blessed be the man that prouideth for the sicke and nedy the lorde shall deliuer hym in the tyme of trouble Where there be Clearkes thei shall syng one or many of the sentences aboue written accordyng to the length and shortenesse of the tyme that the people be offeryng In the meane tyme whyles the Clearkes do syng the Offertory so many as are disposed shall offer to the poore mennes boxe euery one accordynge to his habilitie and charitable mynde And at the offeryng daies appoynted euery manne and woman shall paie to the Curate the due and accustomed offerynges Then so many as shal bee partakers of the holy Communion shall tarye still in the quire or in some conueniente place nigh the quire the men on the one side and the women on the other syde All other that mynde not to receiue the said holy Communion shall departe out of the quire except the ministers and Clearkes Than shall the minister take so muche Breade and Wine as shall suffice for the persons appoynted to receiue the holy Communion laiyng the breade vpon the corporas or els in the paten or in some other comely thyng prepared for that purpose And putting y e wine into the Chalice or els in some faire or conueniente cup prepared for that vse if the Chalice wil not serue puttyng therto a litle pure and cleane water And setting both the bread and wyne vpon the Alter Then the Prieste shall saye The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Priest Lift vp your heartes Aunswere We lift them vp vnto the Lorde Priest Let vs geue thankes to our Lorde God Aunswere It is mete and right so to do The Priest IT is very mete righte and our bounden dutie that we shoulde at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde holy father almightie euerlasting God ¶ Here shall folowe the propre preface accordyng to the tyme if there bee any specially appointed or els immediatly shall folowe Therfore with Aungels c. ⧠PROPRE ⧠Prefaces ¶ Vpon Christmas daye BEcause thou diddeste geue Iesus Christe thyne onely sonne to be borne as this daie for vs who by the operaciō of the holy ghoste was made very man of the substaunce of the Virgin Mary his mother that without spotte of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therfore c. ¶ Vpon Easter daie BVt chiefly are we bounde to prayse thee for the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde for he is the very Pascall Lambe whiche was offered for vs and hath taken awaye the synne of the worlde who by his death hath destroyed death and by his risyng to lyfe againe hath restored to vs euerlastinge lyfe Therefore c. ¶ Vpon the Assencion daye