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written man shal not liue by bread only but by euery woord that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holye citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym if thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungels charge ouer thee and with theyr handes they shall holde thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceding hygh mountayne and sheweth hym al the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorye of them and sayeth vnto hym all these will I geue thee if thou wylte fall downe and wurship me Then sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan for it is written Thou shalt wurship the Lorde thy God and him onely shalte thou serue Then the deuill leaueth him and beholde the Aungels came and ministred vnto hym ¶ The second Sonday OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce Oh let thine eares consider well the voyce of my complaynte If thou Lorde wilt be extreme to marke what is done amysse Oh Lorde who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therfore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lorde my soule doeth wayte for hym in his woorde is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the Lorde beefore the mornyng watche I saye before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with him is plenteous redempcion And he shall redeme Israell from all his sinnes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doeste see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues kepe thou vs both outwardelye in our bodyes and inwardelye in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersityes whiche may happen to the bodye and from all euyll thoughtes whiche may assault and hurt the soule through Iesus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseche you brethren and exhort you by the lorde Iesus that ye increase more and more euen as ye haue receyued of vs howe ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesu Christe For this is the will of God euen your holynes that ye shoulde abstayne from fornicacion and that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honour and not in the luste of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bergaynyng because that the lord is the auēger of al such thinges as we tolde you before and testifyed For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not manne but God whiche hath sente his holy spirite among you The Gospell IEsus wente thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde a woman of Canaan whiche came oute of the same coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lord thou sōne of Dauid My daughter is pieteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israell Then came she wurshipped him saying Lord help me He answered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She answered and sayd truth Lorde for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from theyr maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O woman great is thy faythe be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen at the same time ¶ The .iii. Sonday GEue sentence with me O God and defende my cause agaynste the vngodly people Oh deliuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man For thou arte the God of my strengthe why haste thou put me from thee and why goe I so heauely while the enemye oppresseth me Oh sende out thy light and thy trueth that they maye leade me bryng me vnto thy holy hyll to thy dwellyng And that I may goe vnto the aultare of God euen vnto the God of my ioye and gladnesse and vpon the harpe will I geue thankes vnto thee O God my God Why art thou so heauy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. WE beseche thee almightie God looke vpon the hartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche foorth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynste all our enemyes through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE you the folowers of god as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring a sacrifice of a swete sauour to god As for fornication al vnclennes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becūmeth sainctes or filthines or folish talking or iestyng whiche are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes For this ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane persone or couetous persone whiche is a wurshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceiue you with vayne woordes For because of such thynges cummeth the wrath of God vpon the childrē of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sumtyme darkenes but now are ye lighte in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes and righteousnes truth Accepte that whiche is pleasyng vnto the Lorde and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thinges whiche are done of them in secrete but all thynges when they are brought furth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifeste thesame is lyghte wherefore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shall geue thee light The Gospell IEsus was casting out a deuyl that was dumme And when he had cast out the deuill the dumme spake and the people woondered But some of them sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of hym a sygne from heauen But he knowyng theyr thoughtes sayd vnto them Euerye kyngdome deuyded agaynste it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also bee deuyded agaynste hymselfe howe shall hys kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I caste out deuilles throughe Beelzebub If I by
therefore let vs serue hym all the dayes of our life in holines and righteousnes accepted before hym Happie are those seruauntes whome the Lorde when he cummeth shall fynde wakyng Be ye readye for the sonne of manne wyll come at an hower when ye thinke not The seruaunte that knoweth hys maisters wyll and hath not prepared hymselfe neyther hath doen accordynge to his will shal be beaten with many stripes The howre cummeth and now it is when true woorshippers shall woorship the father in spirite and truethe Beholde thou art made whole sinne no more leste any wurse thing happen vnto thee If ye shall continue in my worde then are ye my very disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free While ye haue lighte beleue on the lyght that ye may be the children of light He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me If any man loue me he will kepe my woorde and my father will loue hym and we will come vnto hym and dwell with him If ye shal byde in me and my woorde shal abyde in you ye shall aske what ye will and it shall bee doen to you Herein is my father glorified that ye beare muche fruite and become my disciples This is my commaundement that you loue together as I haue loued you If God be on our syde who can be against vs whiche did not spare his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Goddes chosen it is GOD that iustifyeth who is he that can condemne The nyghte is passed and the daye is at hande let vs therfore caste away the dedes of darkenes and put on the armour of light Christe Iesus is made of GOD vnto vs wisedome and righteousnes and sanctifying and redempcion that accordyng as it is written he whiche reioyceth shoulde reioyce in the Lorde Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of GOD and that the spirite of GOD dwelleth in you yf any manne defile the temple of GOD him shall God destroy Ye are derely bought therfore glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirites for they belong to God Be you folowers of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christe loued vs and gaue hymselfe for vs an offeryng and a Sacrifice of a swete sauoure to God Then the Priest shall geue thankes to God in the name of all them that haue communicated turning hym first to the people and saying The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye ALmightie and euerlyuynge GOD wee moste hartely thāke thee for that thou hast vouch safed to feede vs in these holy Misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precious body bloude of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ and hast assured vs duely receyuing the same of thy fauour and goodnes toward vs and that we be very membres incorporate in thy Mistical bodie which is the blessed companye of all faithfull people and heyres throughe hope of thy euerlastynge kingdome by the merites of the moste precious deathe and passion of thy deare sonne We therefore moste humbly beseche thee O heauenly father so to assiste vs wyth thy grace that we may cōtinue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good woorkes as thou haste prepared for vs to walke in through Iesus Christe our Lord to whom with thee and the holy goste bee all honour and glorye worlde without ende Then the Prieste turning hym to the people shall let them depart with this blessing The peace of GOD which passeth all vnderstandyng kepe your heartes and mindes in the knowledge and loue of GOD and of his sonne Iesus Christ our lord And the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne the holy gost be emonges you and remayne with you alway Then the people shall aunswere Amen Where there are no clearkes there the Priest shall saye all thynges appointed herefor them to syng When the holy Communion is celebrate on the workedaye or in priuate howses Then may be omitted the Gloria in excelsis the Crede the Homely and the exhortacion beginning Dearely beloued c. ¶ Collectes to be sayed after the Offertory when there is no Communion euery suche day one ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplicaciōs and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruauntes toward the attainement of euerlasting saluacion that emonge all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall life thei may euer be defended by thy moste gracious and readye helpe throughe Christe our Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerlyuyng GOD vouchesafe we beseche thee to direct sanctifye and gouerne bothe our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the woorkes of thy commaundementes that through thy most mightie proteccion both here and euer we may be preserued in body and soule Through our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche wee haue hearde this daye with our outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardly in our heartes that they may bryng foorth in vs the fruite of good lyuynge to the honoure and prayse of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen PReuente vs O lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracious fauoure and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in al our workes begonne continued and ended in thee we may glorifye thy holy name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting lyfe Through c. ALmightie God the fountayne of all wisdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and our ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassion vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnwoorthines we dare not and for our blyndnes we cannot aske vouchsaue to geue vs for the woorthines of thy sonne Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie god whiche haste promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseche thee mercifully to incline thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe our prayers and supplicacions vnto thee and graunte that those thinges which we haue faithfullye asked accordyng to thy will maye effectually be obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitye and to the settyng foorth of thy glorie Throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde For rayne O God heauenly father whiche by thy sonne Iesu Christ haste promised to all thē that seke thy kingdom the righteousnes therof al thinges necessary to the bodely sustenaunce send vs we beseche thee in thys our necessitie suche moderate rayne and showers that we maie receiue the fruites of the earth to our comforte and to thy honor Through Iesus Christ our Lorde For fayre wether O Lorde God whiche for the sinne of manne didst once drowne all the worlde excepte eight persons and afterwarde of thy great mercie didste promise neuer to destroy it so agayn We humbly beseche
to passe that when the people preased vpon hym to heare the woorde of God he stode by the lake of Genazareth and saw two shippes stande by the lakes syde but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing theyr nettes And he entred into one of the shippes which perteined to Simon and prayed him that he woulde thrust out a litle from the land And he sate down taught the people out of the ship When he had left speaking he sayde vnto Simon launche out into the depe let slip your nettes to make a draught And Simon aunswered and sayde vnto him Maister we haue labored al night and haue taken nothyng Neuertheles at thy commaundement I wil looce furth the net And when they had this done they inclosed a great multitude of fishes But theyr nette brake and they beckened to theyr felowes whiche were in the other ship that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fylled bothe the shippes that they sonke agayn When Simon Peter sawe this he fell downe at Iesus knees saying Lorde goe from me for I am a sinful man For he was astonied and al that were with him at the draught of fishes which they had taken so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebede which were parteners with Simon And Iesus sayde vnto Simon feare not from hencefoorthe thou shalte catche men And they brought the shippes to lande and forsooke all and folowed him ¶ The .vi. Sonday LEt thy louing mercy come also vnto me O lorde euen thy saluacion according vnto thy woorde So shall I make aunswere vnto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy woorde O take not the woord of trueth vtterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy iudgementes So shall I alway kepe thy lawe yea for euer and euer And I will walke at libertie for I seeke thy commaundementes I will speake of thy testimonies also euen before kinges and will not be ashamed And my delight shal be in thy commaundementes which I haue loued My handes also will I lyfte vp vnto thy commaundementes which I haue loued and my study shall bee in thy statutes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd whiche hast prepared to them that loue thee suche good thinges as passe al mans vnderstanding Powre into our heartes such loue toward thee that we louīg thee in all thinges may obteyne thy promises whiche excede al that we can desyre Through Iesus Christe our Lord. The Epistle KNowe ye not that all wee whiche are baptised in Iesu Christe are baptised to dye with him We are buried then with hym by baptisme for to dye that lykewise as Christe was raysed from deathe by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a newe lyfe For if we bee graft in deathe lyke vnto him euen so shall we bee partakers of the resurreccion Knowyng thys that our olde manne is crucifyed with him also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hēcefurth we should not be seruaūtes vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustifyed from sinne Wherfore yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shal also liue with him knowing that Christ being raysed from deathe dyeth no more Deathe hathe no more power ouer him For as touching that he died he died concerning sinne once And as touchyng that he lyueth he liueth vnto god Lykewyse consider ye also that ye are dead as touchyng synne but are alyue vnto God through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Gospell IEsus sayd vnto hys disciples excepte your ryghteousnes excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Phariseis ye cannot entre into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue hearde that it was sayed vnto them of the olde tyme. Thou shalte not kill whosoeuer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgemente But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer is angrye with his brother vnaduysedlye shall be in daunger o● iudgemente And whosoeuer saye vnto hys brother Racha shall be in daūger of a coūsel But whosoeuer saith thou foole shal be in daūger of hel fier Therfore if thou offerest thy gifte at the altare and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thyne offryng before the alter and goe thy waye firste and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gifte Agree with thyne aduersary quickely whiles thou art in the way with him leste at any tyme the aduersary delyuer thee to the iudge and the iudge delyuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into prieson Verely I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence til thou haue payed the vttermost farthing ¶ The .vii. Sonday O Thinke vpō thy seruaunte as concerning thy word wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust The same is my coumfort in my trouble for thy woorde hath quickened me The proude haue had me excedingly in der●ion yet haue I not shrynked from thy lawe For I remembred thine euerlasting iudgementes O lord and receiued coumfort I am horribly afrayde for the vngodly that forsake thy lawe Thy statutes haue bene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage I haue thought vpon thy name O Lorde in the night season and haue kept thy lawe This I hadde because I kepte thy cōmaundementes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goste As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal bee worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde of al power and might which art the author and geuer of al good thinges graffe in our heartes the loue of thy name increase in vs true religion nouryshe vs with all goodnesse and of thy great mercy kepe vs in the same Through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle I Speake grosly because of the infirmitye of your fleshe As ye haue geuen youre members seruauntes to vnclennesse and to iniquitye from one inquitye to an other euen so nowe geue ouer your membres seruauntes vnto ryghteousenes that ye may be sanctifyed For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were void of righteousnes What fruite had you thē in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed for the ende of those thynges is death But nowe are ye deliuered from synne and made the seruauntes of God and haue your fruite to be sanctifyed and the ende euerlastyng lyfe For the rewarde of synne is death but eternall lyfe is the gifte of God Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Gospel IN those dayes when there was a very great companye and had nothyng to eate Iesus called hys Disciples vnto hym and sayde vnto them I haue compassion on the people because they haue nowe bene with me three dayes and haue nothyng to eate And if I sende them awaye fastyng to theyr owne howses they shall faynt by the way for diuerse of them came from farre And his disciples aunswered him where shoulde a manne haue bread here in
had not on a wedding garment he said vnto him frende howe cammest thou in hither not hauyng a weddyng Garment And he was euen speacheles Then sayd the Kyng to the mynisters take and bynde hym hand and foote and caste hym into vtter darckenesse there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth For many be called but fewe are chosen ¶ The. xxi Sondaye PRynces haue persecuted me without cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy wordes I am as glad of thy worde as one that fyndeth great spoyles As for lies I hate and abhorre them But thy lawe do I loue Seuen tymes a daye do I prayse thee Because of thy righteous iudgementes Greate is the peace that they haue which loue thy lawe and they are not offended at it Lorde I haue loked for thy sauyng health and doen after thy commaundementes My soule hath kepte thy testymonyes and loued them exceadyngly I haue kepte thy commaundementes and testymonies for all my wayes are before thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. GRaunte wee beseche thee mercyfull Lorde to thy faythfull people pardon and peace that they may be clensed from all their sinnes and serue thee with a quyete mynde Through Iesus Christ oure Lorde The Epistle MY brethren be strong through the Lord through the power of hys myght Put on all the armoure of God that ye maye stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll for we wrestle not agaynste bloude and fleshe but agaynst rule against power agaynst worldly rulers euen gouerners of the darckenes of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftinesse in heauenly thynges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armoure of God that ye may be able to resyst in the euyll daye and stande perfecte in all thynges Stande therfore and your loynes gyrde with the trueth hauyng on the breste plate of ryghteousnes and hauing shoes on your feete that ye maye be prepared for the gospell of peace Aboue all take to you the shilde of fayth wherwith ye maye quenche all the fiery dartes of the wycked And take the helmet of saluacion and the sworde of the spirite which is the worde of God And praie alwaies with all maner of praier supplicacion in the spirite and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplicacion for al sayntes and for me that vtteraunce maye be geuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely to vtter the secretes of my gospell wherof I am a messenger in bōdes that therin I may speake freely as I ought to speake The Gospell THere was a certayne Ruler whose sonne was sycke at Capernaum Assene as the same hearde that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile he went vnto him besought him that he would come doune and heale hys sonne For he was euen at the pointe of death Then sayed Iesus vnto hym except ye see signes and wonders ye wyll not beleue The Ruler saieth vnto him Syr come doune or euer that my sōne dye Iesus saieth vnto hym go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym And he went hys waye And as he was goyng doune the seruauntes mette hym and told hym saying thy sonne liueth Then enquyred he of them the houre when he beganne to amende And they said vnto him yesterdaye at the seuenth houre the feuer left hym So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the whiche Iesus sayd vnto hym Thy sonne lyueth and he beleued and all hys housholde Thys is againe the seconde miracle that Iesus did when he was come out of Iewry into Galile ¶ The. xxii Sondaye LEt my complaynte come before thee O Lorde Geue me vnderstandyng accordyng vnto thy worde O let my supplicacion come before thee Delyuer me according to thy worde My lyppes shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my toungue shall sing of thy worde For all thy commaundementes are righteous Let thyne hande helpe me For I haue chosen thy commaundementes I haue longed for thy sauing healthe O Lorde And in thy lawe is my delight O lette my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee And thy iudgementes shall helpe me I haue gone astraye lyke a shepe that is lost O seke thy seruaunte for I doe not forget thy commaundementes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee to kepe thy housholde the churche in contynuall godlynes that through thy proteccion it maye be free from all aduersyties and deuoutly geuen to serue thee in good workes to the glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle I Thanke my God with all remembraunce of you alwayes in all my prayers for you and praye with gladnes Because ye are come into the felowshyp of the Gospell from the fyrst daye vnto nowe And am surelye certyfyed of thys that he whyche hath begon a good worke in you shall performe it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all because I haue you in my hearte forasmuche as ye are all companions of grace with me euen in my bondes and in the defendyng and stablishing of the Gospell for God is my recorde howe greately I longe after you all from the very hearte rote in Iesus Christ And thys I praye that your loue may increase yet more and more in knowledge in all vnderstandyng that ye maye accepte the thynges that are moste excellente that ye may be pure and suche as offend no man vntyll the daye of Christe beeyng fylled with the fruite of righteousnes which commeth by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God The Gospell PEter sayde vnto Iesus Lorde howe oft shall I forgeue my brother if he synne agaynst me tyll seuen times Iesus saieth vnto him I saye not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes but seuentie tymes seuen times Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng which woulde take accoumptes of his seruauntes And when he had begon to recken one was broughte vnto hym whyche ought him tenne M. talentes but forasmuche as he was not able to paye his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde and hys wyfe and children and all that he had and payment to be made The seruaunt fell doune and besoughte hym saying syr haue pacience with me and I wyll paye thee all Then had the Lorde pytye on that seruaunt and loced hym and forgaue him the debt So the same seruaunt went out and founde one of his felowes which ought hym an C. pence and he layed handes on hym and toke hym by the throte saying paye that thou owest And hys felowe fell doune and besoughte him saying haue pacience with me and I wyll
obeyng thy wil and alway beyng in safetie vnder thy proteccion may abyde in thy loue vnto theyr lyues ende through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen This prayer folowinge shal be omitted where the woman is past childe birthe O Merciful lorde and heauēly father by whose gracious gifte mākind is increased We beseche thee assiste with thy blissig these two persones that they may both be fruictful in procreacion of children also liue together so long in godlye loue and honestie that they maye see their childers children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion vnto thy prayse and honour throughe Iesus Christ our lord Amē O God whiche by thy mightie power hast made all thinges of naught whiche also after other thinges set in order diddeste appoint that out of man created after thine owne image and similitude woman should take her beginning and knitting them together diddest teache that it should neuer be lawful to put asonder those whome thou by matrimonie haddest made one O God which hast consecrated the state of matrimonie to such an excellent misterie that in it is signified and represented the spiritual mariage vnitie betwixte Christ and his church Loke mercifully vpon these thy seruauntes that both this manne maye loue his wyfe according to thy woorde as Christ did loue his spouse the churche who gaue himselfe for it louing and cherishinge it euen as his owne fleshe And also that this woman may be louing and amiable to her housebande as Rachael wyse as Rebecca faithful and obedient as Sara And in al quietnes sobrietie and peace bee a folower of holy and godlye matrones O lorde blesse them bothe and graunt them to inherite thy euerlastinge kingdome throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall the prieste blesse the man and the woman saiyng Almightie god which at the beginning did create our first parentes Adam and Eue and did sanctifie and ioyne them together in mariage Powre vpon you the richesse of his grace sanctifie and ✚ blisse you that ye maye please him bothe in bodye and soule and lyue together in holy loue vnto your lyues ende Amen Then shal be sayed after the gospell a sermon wherin ordinarely so oft as there is any marige thoffice of man and wyfe shall bee declared according to holy scripture Or yf ther be no sermon the minister shall reade this that foloweth Al ye whiche bee maried or which entende to take the holy estate of matrimonie vpon you heare what holy scripture dooeth say as touching the duetie of housebādes towarde their wiues and wiues towarde their housebandes Saincte Paule in his epistie to the Ephesians the fyfthe chapter doeth geue this commaundement to all maried men Ye housebandes loue your wyues euen as Christ loued the churche and hathe geuen himselfe for it to sanctifie it purgeyng it in the fountaine of water throughe the word that he might make it vnto him selfe a glorious congregacion not hauing spot or wrincle or any suche thing but that it shoulde be holy and blameles So men are bounde to loue their owne wyues as their owne bodyes he that loueth his owne wyfe loueth himselfe For neuer dyd any man hate his owne fleshe but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the lorde dothe the congregacion for wee are membres of his bodye of his fleshe and of his bones For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and they two shal be one flesh This mistery is great but I speake of Christ and of the congregacion Neuerthelesse let euery one of you so loue his owne wyfe euen as himselfe Lykewyse the same Saint Paule writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to all menne that be maried Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what saint Peter thapostle of Christ whiche was himselfe a maried man sayeth vnto all menne that are maried Ye husbandes dwel with your wyues according to knowledge Geuyng honor vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessell and as heyres together of the grace of lyfe so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto ye haue hearde the duetie of the husbande towarde the wyfe Nowe lykewise ye wiues heare and learne your duetie towarde your husbandes euen as it is playnely set furth in holy scripture Saint Paule in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus ye weomen submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the lord for the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the churche And he also is the sauiour of the whole bodye Therefore as the Churche or congregacion is subiecte vnto Christe So lykewise let the wiues also be in subieccion vnto theyr owne husbandes in all thinges And againe he saieth Let the wyfe reuerence her husbande And in his Epistle to the Colossians Saincte Paule geueth you this short lessō Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as it is conueniente in the Lorde Saincte Peter also doeth instructe you very godly thus sayeng Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the woorde they may be wonne without the woorde by the conuersacion of the wiues Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersacion coupled with feare whose apparell let it not be outwarde with broyded heare and trymmyng about with golde eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparell But leat the hyd man whiche is in the hearte be without all corrupcion so that the spirite be mylde and quiete whiche is a precious thing in the sight of God For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women whiche trusted in God apparell themselues beeyng subiecte to theyr owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham callyng him lorde whose daughters ye are made doyng wel and beyng not dismaied with any feare The newe maried persones the same daye of their mariage must receiue the holy communion ❧ THE ORDER FOR ❧ the visitacion of the sicke and the Communion of the same The prieste entring into the sicke persones house shal saye Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mannes presence he shall saye this psalme HEare my prayer o lorde and cōsider my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde he hath layed me in the darknesse as the men that haue bene long dead Therefore is my spirite vexed within me and my hearte within me is desolate Yet doe I remembre the tyme paste I muse vpon all thy woorkes yea I exercise my selfe in the woorkes of thy handes I stretche forth myne handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thirstie lande Heare me o lorde and that soone for my spirite weaxeth faint hyde not thy face from me lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe
hath not walked in the counsayle of the vngodly nor stand in the waye of synners and hath not sit in the seate of the skornefull But his delight is in the law of the lorde and in his lawe wil he exercise himself day and night And he shal be lyke a tree planted by the water syde that wyll bryng foorth his fruite in due season His leafe also shall not wither and looke whatsoeuer he doth it shall prospere As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are lyke the chaffe whiche the wynde skattreth awaye from the face of the yearth Therfore the vngodly shall not be hable to stand in the iudgement neyther the synners in the congregacion of the righteous But the Lorde knoweth the waye of the righteous and the waye of the vngodlye shall perishe Glory be to the father to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal bee worlde without ende Amen And so muste euery Introite be ended Let vs praye The Collect. ALmightie God geue vs grace that we maye caste away the workes of darkenes put vpon vs the armour of light now in the time of this mortal life in the which thy sonne Iesus Christe came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last daye when he shal come again in his glorious maiestie to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead we maye ryse to the lyfe immortall through him who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy ghost now and euer Amen The Epistle OWe nothing to any man but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the lawe For these commaundementes Thou shalt not commit adultrie Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes Thou shalt not luste and so forthe if there be any other commaundement it is al cōprehended in this saying namely loue thy neighbor as thy self Loue hurteth not his neighbor therfore is loue the fulfillyng of the lawe This also we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we shoulde now awake out of slepe for nowe is our saluacion nerer then when we beleued The night is passed the daye is come nye let vs therefore cast awaye the dedes of darkenes let vs put on the armoure of light Let vs walke honestly as it were in the day light not in eating and drinkyng neyther in chambouryng wantonnes neither in stryfe and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ And make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfill the lustes of it The Gospell ANd when they drew nigh to Ierusalem were come to Bethphage vnto Mount Oliuete thē sente Iesus two disciples saying vnto thē Go into the towne that lyeth ouer agaynste you and anone ye shall fynde an Asse bounde and a Colte with her looce them and bryng them vnto me And if any man saye ought vnto you saye ye the lord hath neede of them and straight waye he will let them goe All thys was doen that it myghte bee fulfilled whiche was spoken by the Prophete saying Tell ye the daughter of Sion beholde thy kyng cummeth vnto thee meeke sitting vpon an Asse and a colte the fole of the Asse vsed to the yoke The disciples went and dyd as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him theron And many of the people spred their garmentes in the way Other cut downe braūches from the trees and strawed them in the waye Moreouer the people that wente before and they that came after cryed saying Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the highest And when he was come to Ierusalem all the citie was moued saying who is this And the people sayed this is Iesus the Prophete of Nazareth a citie of Galile And Iesus went into the temple of God and cast out al them that solde and bought in the temple and ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that solde doues and sayed vnto them It is written My house shal be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theues The seconde Sonday WHen I was in trouble I called vpon the Lorde and he hearde me Deliuer my soule O Lorde from lying lyppes and from a deceyptfull tongue What rewarde shal be geuen vnto thee thou false tongue euen mightie and sharpe arowes with hote burning coales Woe is me that I am constrained to dwel with Mesech and to haue myne habitacion among the tentes of Cedar My soule hath long dwelt among them that bee enemies vnto peace I labour for peace but when I speake vnto them therof they make them to battayle Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. BLessed Lorde whiche haste caused all holy scriptures to be writtē for our learning graunt vs that we maye in suche wyse heare them reade marke learne and inwardly digeste them that by pacience and coumforte of thy holy woorde we maye embrace and euer holde fast the blessed hope of euerlasting lyfe whiche thou haste geuen vs in our sauiour Iesus Christe The Epistle WHatsoeuer thinges are written afore tyme they are written for our learning that we throughe pacience and coumforte of the scriptures myght haue hope The God of pacience and consolacion graunt you to be lyke minded one towardes an other after the ensaumple of Christe Iesu that ye all agreeyng together maye with one mouth prayse God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe wherfore receyue ye one an other as Christe receyued vs to the prayse of God And thys I saye that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the trueth of God to confirme the promisses made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise God for his mercie as it is wrytten For this cause I wyll prayse thee among the Gentiles and syng vnto thy name And agayne he sayth reioyce ye Gentiles with his people And agayne prayse the Lord all ye Gentiles and laude him all ye nacions together And agayne Esai sayth there shal be the roote of Iesse and he that shall rise to reygne ouer the Gentiles in him shal the Gentiles trust The God of hope fyll you with all ioy and peace in beleuyng that ye maye be riche in hope through the power of the holy gost The Gospell THere shall be signes in the Sunne and in the Mone and in the starres and in the earth the people shal be at their wittes ende through despayre The sea and the water shall roare and mennes hartes shall faile them for feare and for looking after those thinges whiche shall come on the earth For the powers of heauen shall moue And then shal they see the sonne of man come in a cloud with power and greate glory When these thinges beginne to come
if a man smite you on the face I speake as concernyng rebuke as though we hadde been weake in this behalfe Howbeit wherinsoeuer any man dare be bold I speake folishly I dare be bold also They are Hebrues euen so am I. They are Israelytes euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. They are the ministers of Christe I speake as a foole I am more In labours more aboundaunte In stripes aboue measure In prison more plenteously In death ofte Of the Iewes fyue tymes receiued I xl stripes saue one Thrise was I beaten with rods I was once stoned I suffered thrise ship wracke Night and daye haue I been in the depe sea In iorneying often in parels of waters in parels of robbers in ieopardyes of myne owne nacion in ieopardyes among the heathen in parels in the citie in parels in wyldernes in parels in the sea in parels among false brethren in labour and trauayle in watchynges often in hunger and thyrste in fastinges often in cold and nakednes beside the thinges whiche outwardly happen vnto me I am combred dayly and do care for al congregacions Who is weake and I am not weake who is offended and I burne not If I muste nedes boast I wil boast of the thinges that concerne myne infirmities The God father of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not The Gospell WHen muche people were gathered together were come to hym out of all cyties he spake by a similytude The sower went out to sowe his sede and as he sowed some fell by the way side and it was troden doune and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp And some fell on stones assone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moistnes And some fell among thornes and the thornes sprāg vp with it choked it And some fel on good ground and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundreth folde And as he sayed these thinges he cryed he that hath eares to heare let hym heare And his disciples asked hym saying what mane● of similitude is this And he sayed vnto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of God but to other by parables that whē they see they should not see when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The sede is the worde of God those that are beside the way are they that heare thē cometh the deuyll and taketh away the worde out of their heartes leste they should beleue and be saued They on the stones are they which when they heare receiue the worde with ioy these haue no rootes which for a while beleue and in time of temptacion go awaye And that which fell among thornes are they which when they haue heard go furth and are choked with cares and ryches and voluptuous lyuyng and bring furth no fruite That whiche fell in the good grounde are they whiche with a pure and good heart heare the worde and kepe it and bryng furth fruite through pacience ¶ The Sonday called Quinquagesima BE thou my iudge O Lorde for I haue walked innocently my trust hath been also in the Lord therfore shall I not fall Examine me O Lorde and proue me trye out my raynes and my heart For thy louing kindnes is before mine iyes and I will walke in thy trueth I haue not dwelt with vaine persons neither wil I haue felowship with the deceiptfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wycked and will not syt among the vngodly I ●ill washe my handes in innocencie O Lorde and so will I go to thyne alter That I may shewe the voyce of thankesgeuyng and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house and the place where thyne honour dwelleth O shutte not vp my soule with the sinners nor my lyfe with the bloudthursty In whose handes is wickednes and theyr ryght hande is full of gyftes But as for me I will walke innocently O Lorde deliuer me and be mercifull vnto me My foote standeth ryght I will prayse the Lorde in the congregacions Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. O Lord which doest teache vs that all our doinges without charitie are nothing worthe sende thy holy goste and powre into oure heartes that moste excellent gyfte of charitie the very bonde of peace and all vertues without the whiche whosoeuer lyueth is counted dead before thee Graunt this for thy onely sonne Iesus Christes sake The Epistle THough I speake with the tongues of menne and of aungels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tynklyng Cimball And though I could prophecy and vnderstode all secretes and all knowledge yea if I haue al faith so that I can moue moūtaines out of their places and yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestowe all my goodes to fede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothyng Loue suffreth long is courteous loue enuieth not loue doeth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thynketh none euil reioyseth not in iniquitie But reioyseth in the truth suffereth al thinges beleueth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth all thinges Though that prophecying faile eyther tongues cease or knowledge vanishe awaye yet loue falleth neuer awaye For our knowledge is vnperfect and our propheciyng is vnperfect But when that which is perfect is come then that whiche is vnperfect shal be done awaye When I was a childe I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I imagined as a childe But assone as I was a man I put awaye childishnes Now we see in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shall we see face to face Nowe I knowe vnperfectly but then shal I knowe euen as I am knowen Nowe abydeth fayth hope and loue euen these thre but the chiefe of these is loue The Gospell IEsus toke vnto him the .xii. and said vnto them beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and al shal be fulfilled that are wrytten by the Prophetes of the sonne of man For he shal be deliuered vnto the Gentyles and shal be mocked and despitefully intreated and spitted on And when they haue scourged him they will put him to death and the third day he shall ryse again And they vnderstode none of these thinges And this saying was hid from thē so that they perceyued not the thinges which were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nigh vnto Hierico a certayne blynde man sate by the hye waye syde beggyng And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it ment And they sayd vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they which went
shrynking children so he was theyr sauiour In theyr troubles he was also troubled with them and the Aungell that went furth from his presence deliuered them Of very loue and kyndenes that he had vnto them he redemed them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde began But after they prouoked him to wrath vexed his holy mynde he was their enemy fought against them himselfe Yet remēbred Israel the olde time of Moses his people saying where is he that broughte them from the water of the sea with them that fed hys shepe where is he that hath geuen his holy spirite among them he led them by the ryghthand of Moses with hys gloryous arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gate hym selfe an euerlastyng name he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playn that they should not stomble as a tame beast goeth in the fielde and the breath geuen of God geueth hym reste Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a gloryous name withall Looke down then from heauen and beholde the dwellyng place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louing kindnes wil not be intreated of vs yet art thou our father For Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israell acquaynted with vs But thou Lord art oure father and redemer and thy name is euerlastyng O Lorde wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy way wherfore hast thou hardened our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generacion of thyne herytage Thy people haue had but alitle of thy Sanctuary in possession for oure enemies haue troden downe the holy place And we were thyne from the begynning when thou wast not theyr Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name The Gospell AFter two dayes was Easter and the dayes of swete bread And the hye priestes and the Scribes sought how they myght take hym by crafte and put him to death But they sayd not in the feast day lest any busines arise among the people And whē he was at Bethanie in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sate at meate there came a woman hauyng an Alabaster boxe of oyntmente called Narde that was pure and costlye and she brake the boxe and powred it on hys heade And there were some that were not contente within themselues and sayde what neded this waste of oyntmente for it myghte haue bene solde for more then .ccc. pence and haue bene geuen vnto the poore And they grudged against her And Iesus sayde let her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke on me for ye haue poore with you alwaies whensoeuer ye wyll ye maye do them good but me haue ye not alwaies She hath done that she could she came afore hande to anointe my bodye to the burying Verely I saye vnto you whersoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached throughout the whole worlde thys also that she hath doone shal be rehearsed in remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscaryoth one of the .xii. wente awaye vnto the hye Priestes to betraye hym vnto them When they heard that they were glad promised that they would geue hym money And he sought how he might cōueniently betray him And the first day of swete bread when they offered Passeouer hys disciples sayd vnto hym where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayste eate the passeouer And he sente foorthe two of hys disciples and sayde vnto them goe ye vnto the citie and there shal mete you a man bearing a pitcher of water folowe hym And whithersoeuer he goeth in say ye vnto the goodmanne of the house the maister saith where is the geast chamber where I shall eate Passeouer with my disciples And he wil shewe you a great parlor paued prepared there make ready for vs. And his dysciples went furth and came into the citie found as he had sayde vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was nowe euentide he came with the xii And as they sate at borde and did eate Iesus saide verely I say vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betray me And they began to be sory to saye to hym one by one is it I an other sayd is it I he aunswered sayd vnto them it is one of the .xii. euē he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of hym but woe to that man by whome the sonne of man is betrayed Good were it for that man if he had neuer bene borne And as they did eate Iesus toke bread when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and sayd Take eate thys is my body And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he toke it to them and they all dranke of it And he said vnto thē This is my bloud of the newe testamente whyche is shed for many Verely I saye vnto you I wil drynke no more of the fruite of the vine vntyll that day that I drynke it newe in the kyngdome of God And when they had sayde grace they wente oute to mounte Olyuete And Iesus sayeth vnto them al ye shal be offended because of me thys nighte For it is written I will smite the shepeheard the shepe shal be scatered but after that I am risen again I wil go into Galile before you Peter said vnto him though al men be offēded yet wil not I. And Iesus saith vnto him verely I say vnto thee that this day euen in this night before y e cocke krow twise thou shalt deny me thre times But he spake more vehemētly no if I should die with thee I wyl not denye thee Likewise also said they all And they came into a place which was named Gethsemany and he sayde to hys discyples sit ye here whyle I goe asyde and praye And he taketh with hym Peter and Iames Iohn and began to waxe abashed and to be man agony and said vnto them My soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watche And he went foorth a litle and fell down flat on the grounde and prayed that if it were possible the houre might passe from hym And he sayde Abba father al thinges are possible vnto thee take away this cup frō me neuerthelesse not that I wil but that thou wilte bee doone And he came and founde them sleping and sayth to Peter Simon slepest thou Couldest not thou watche one houre watche ye and pray lest ye enter into temptacion the spirite truely is ready but the fleshe is weake And agayn he went asyde and prayed and spake thesame wordes And he returned and founde them aslepe agayne for theyr eyes were heauie neither wiste they what to aunswere hym And he came the thirde tyme and sayd vnto them
aboundauntly ¶ Trinitie Sonday ¶ At Matyns The first lesson Gene. xviii vnto the ende The seonde lesson Math. iii. vnto the ende ¶ At the communion GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of his countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all nacions Let the people prayse the O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let nacions reioyce be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpō earth Let the people prayse thee O God let all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng forth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the world shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. ALmighty and euerlastyng god which haste geuen vnto vs thy seruauntes grace by the confession of a true fayth to acknowlege the glory of the eternal trinitie and in the power of the diuyne maiestie to wurship the vnitie we beseche thee that through the stedfastnes of this fayth we may euermore be defended from all aduersitie whiche liuest and reignest one God worlde with out ende The Epistle AFter this I looked and behold a doore was open in heauen the firste voice which I heard was as it were of a trōpet talking with me which sayd come vp hither and I wyll shewe thee thinges which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediatly I was in the spirite And behold a seate was sette in heauen and one sate on the seate And he that sate was to looke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe about the seate in sight lyke vnto an Emeraulde And aboute the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xxiiii. Elders sitting clothed in white rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges and thunderynges and voyces there were vii lampes of fyre burnyng before the seate whiche are the .vii. spirites of God And before the seate there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto Christall and in the myddes of the seate and rounde about the seate were .iiii. beastes full of iyes before and behynde And the fyrste beaste was lyke a Lyon and the second beast lyke a calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beast was lyke a flying Egle. And the .iiii. beastes had eche one of them syxe wynges about him and they were ful of iyes within And they had no rest day neyther night saying Holy holy holy Lord God almighty which was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glorye and honour and thankes to hym that sate on the seate whiche lyueth for euer and euer the .xxiiii. elders fell downe before hym that sate on the throne and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honor and power for thou haste created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The Gospell THere was a manne of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes Thesame came to Iesus by nyght sayd vnto him Rabby we know that thou art a teacher come from God for no mā could doe suche miracles as thou doest excepte God were with him Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of God Nicodemus sayed vnto him howe can a man be borne when he is olde can he enter into his mothers wombe and bee borne agayne Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he cannot entre into the kyngdome of God That whiche is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Maruayle not thou that I sayed to thee ye must bee borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it commeth and whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite Nicodemus answered and sayed vnto hym howe can these thinges be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him art thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verely verely I say vnto thee we speake that we do knowe and testifie that we haue seen and ye receyue not our witnes If I haue told you yearthly thinges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue yf I tell you of heauenly thynges And no manne ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of manne whiche is in heauen And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes euen so muste the Sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym perishe not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sonday after Trinitie Sonday BLessed are those that be vndefiled in the way and walke in the lawe of the Lorde Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies and seke him with theyr whole heart For they which do no wickednes walke in his wayes Thou haste charged that we shall diligentlye kepe thy commaundementes O that my wayes were made so direct that I myght kepe thy statutes So shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy commaundementes I will thanke thee with an vnfayned heart when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnes I will kepe thy ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd the strength of all them that truste in thee mercyfully accepte our prayers And because the weakenes of our mortall nature can do no good thing without thee graunte vs the helpe of thy grace that in kepyng of thy commaundementes we may please thee bothe in will and dede through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle DEarely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue In this appeared the loue of God to vs ward because that God sent his onlye begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs sent his sonne to be the agremēt for our synnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another No mā hath seen God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym and he in vs because he hathe geuen vs of his spirite And we haue seen and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus
is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we haue knowen beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should haue truste in the day of iudgemēt For as he is euen so are we in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath painefulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If a man saye I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyar For howe canne he that loueth not hys brother whom he hath seen loue God whome he hath not seen And this commaundement haue we of him that he whiche loueth God should loue his brother also The Gospell THere was a certaine riche man whiche was clothed in purple and fyne white fared deliciously euery day And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate full of sores desiring to bee refreshed with the crummes which fel from the ryche mannes borde and no man gaue vnto hym The dogges came also licked his sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome The riche man also dyed and was buried And being in hell in tormentes he lift vp his iyes sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome and he cryed sayd father Abraham haue mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his finger in water and coole my tonge for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham sayed Sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receiuedst thy pleasure contraryewise Lazarus receiued payne But nowe is he comforted and thou art punnished Beyond all this betwene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would go frō hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs Then he sayd I pray thee therfore father sende hym to my fathers house for I haue fyue brethren for to warne them leste they also come into this place of tormēt Abrahā sayd vnto him they haue Moses and the Prophetes let them heare them And he sayd nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He sayd vnto him If thei heare not Moses and the Prophetes neither will they beleue though one rose from death agayne ¶ The second Sonday WHerwithal shal a yong man clense his waye euen by ruling himselfe after thy worde With my whole heart haue I sought thee O let me not goe wrong out of thy commaundementes Thy wordes haue I hyd within my heart that I should not sinne against thee Blessed art thou O Lorde O teache me thy statutes With my lippes haue I been tellyng of all the iudgementes of thy mouthe I haue had as great delite in the way of thy testimonies as in all maner of ryches I will talke of thy commaundementes and haue respect vnto thy wayes My delite shal be in thy statutes and I will not forget thy worde Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde make vs to haue a perpetuall feare and loue of thy holy name for thou neuer failest to helpe and gouerne them whome thou doest bring vp in thy stedfast loue Graunt this c. The epistle MArueile not my brethren though the worlde hate you We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abideth in deathe Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a mansiear And ye know that no manslear hathe eternall lyfe abydyng in him Hereby perceyue we loue because he gaue his lyfe for vs and we ought to geue our lyues for the brethren But whoso hathe this worldes good and seeth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassion from him howe dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tonge but in dede and in veritie Hereby we knowe that we are of the veritie and canne quiet oure heartes before hym For yf oure heart condemne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth al thinges Derely beloued if our heart condemne vs not then haue we trust to Godwarde and whatsoeuer we aske we receyue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and doe those thinges which are pleasaunte in his sight And this is his commaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth hys commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abydeth in vs euen by the spirite whiche he hath geuen vs. The Gospell A Certaine man ordayned a great supper bade many and sent his seruaunt at supper time to saye to them that were bidden come for all thinges are now ready And they al at once began to make excuse The first sayd vnto him I haue bought a farme I must nedes go and see it I pray thee haue me excused And another sayed I haue bought v. yoke of Oxen and I go to proue them I pray thee haue me excused And an other sayd I haue maried a wyfe and therfore I cannot come And the seruaunte returned and brought his maister woorde agayne therof Then was the good manne of the house displeased and sayed to his seruaunt goe out quickely into the stretes and quarters of the citie and bring in hither the poore and the feble and the halte and the blinde And the seruaunte sayde Lorde it is doone as thou hast cōmaunded yet there is roume And the Lord sayd to the seruaunt goe out vnto the hye wayes and hedges and compell them to come in that my house may be filled For I saye vnto you that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper The third Sonday O Doe wel vnto thy seruaunt that I may liue and kepe thy woorde Open thou myne eyes that I may se the wunderous thinges of thy lawe I am a straunger vpon yearthe O hyde not thy commaundementes from me My soule breaketh out for the very feruent desyre that it hath alway vnto thy iudgementes Thou hast rebuked the proude and cursed are they that doe erre from thy commaundementes O turne from me shame and rebuke for I haue kept thy testimonies Princes also did sit and speake againste me but thy seruaunt is occupyed in thy statutes For thy testimonies are my delite and my counsaylours Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifully to heare vs and vnto whome thou hast geuen an heartie desyre to pray graūt that by thy mightie ayde we may be defended through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle
thy grace into our heartes that as we haue knowen Christ thy sonnes incarnacion by the message of an Angel so by his crosse and passion we may be broughte vnto the glorye of hys resurreccyon Through the same Christ our Lorde The Epistle GOd spake once agayne vnto Ahaz saying require a token of the lord thy god whether it be toward the depth beneath or towarde the heighte aboue Then sayde Ahaz I will require none neyther will I tempte the lorde And he sayde hearken to ye of the house of Dauid is it not ynoughe for you that ye bee grieuous vnto men but ye must grieue my god also And therfore the Lorde shall geue you a token Beholde a virgin shall conceiue and beare a sonne and his mother shall call his name Emanuel Butter and Hony shall he eate that he may know to refuse the euil and choose the good The Gospell ANd in the sixth moneth the Aungell Gabriell was sent from god vnto a citie of Galile named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a mā whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Mary And the Angel went in vnto her said Hayle ful of grace the Lorde is with thee Blessed art thou among women When she sawe hym she was abashed at hys saying and cast in her mind what maner of salutacion that should be And the Angel sayd vnto her feare not Mary for thou hast found grace with god Beholde thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus He shal be great shal be called the sonne of the hygheste And the Lorde God shall geue vnto hym the seate of his father Dauid and he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome there shall be none ende Then sayd Mary vnto the Angel How shal this be seeing I know not a man And the Angel answered and said vnto her the holy gost shall come vpon thee and the power of the highest shall ouershadow thee Therfore also that holy thing whiche shal be borne shal be called the sonne of God And beholde thy cosin Elizabeth she hath also conceiued a sonne in her age And this is her sixth moneth which was called baren for with god shall nothing be vnpossible And Mary sayd beholde the handmayde of the Lorde be it vnto me accordyng to thy woorde And the angel departed from her ¶ Sainct Markes day LOrd I call vpon thee hast thee vnto me and considre my voyce when I crye vnto thee Let my prayer be set furth in thy sighte as the incense and let the liftyng vp of my handes be an euening Sacrifice Set a watche O Lorde beefore my mouth and kepe the doore of my lippes O let not myne hearte be enclyned to any euill thyng let me not be occupyed in vngodly woorkes with the men that woorke wickednesse leste I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the righteous rather smite me frendely and reproue me But let not theyr precyous Balmes breake myne head yea I will pray yet agaynst theyr wickednes Let theyr iudges be ouerthrowen in stonye places that they may heare my woordes for they are swete Our bones lye scattered before the pitte Lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth But myne eyes looke vnto thee O Lord God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soule Kepe me from the snare whiche they haue layed for me and from the trappes of the wicked dooers Let the vngodly fall into theyr owne nettes together and let me euer escape them Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. ALmyghtye GOD whiche haste instructed thy holye Churche with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Sainct Marke geue vs grace so to bee establyshed by thy holy gospel that we be not like chyldren caried away with euery blast of vayne Doctrine Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle VNto euerye one of vs is geuen grace accordyng to the measure of the gyfte of Christe Wherfore he sayth when he went vp an hie he led captiuitie captiue gaue gyftes vnto menne That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth he that descended is euen the same also that ascēded vp aboue all heauens to fulfil al thinges And the very same made some Apostles some Prophetes some Euangelistes some shepeheardes and teachers to the edifying of the Saintes to the woorke ministracion euen to the edifying of the body of Christe till we all come to the vnitie of faith knowledge of the some of god vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the full perfect age of Christ That we hencefurth should be no more children wauering and caried about with euery winde of doctrine by the wylines of men through craftines wherby they lay awayte for vs to deceiue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges grow in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if al the body be coupled knit together throughout euery ioynte wherwith one ministreth to an other according to the operacion as euery parte hath his measure he encreaseth the body vnto the edifying of it selfe through loue The Gospel I Am the true vine and my father is an husband man Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me he wil take away And euery braunche that beareth fruite will he pourge that it may bring furth more fruite Now are ye cleane through the woordes whiche I haue spoken vnto you Byde in me and I in you As the braunche cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the vine no more can ye except ye abyde in me I am the vine ye are the braunches He that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth furth muche fruite For without me can ye do nothing If a man byde not in me he is cast furth as a braunche and is withered And men gather them and cast them into the fyer and they burne If ye bide in me and my woordes abyde in you aske what ye will and it shall be dooen for you Herein is my father glorifyed that ye beare muche fruite and become my Disciples As the father hath loued me euen so haue I also loued you Continue ye in my loue If ye kepe my commaundementes ye shall bide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes and abyde in hys loue These thynges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remayne in you and that your ioye might be full ¶ Sainct Philip and Iames. ¶ At Mattins The seconde lesson Actes .viii. vnto when the Apostles ¶ At the Communion BEholde howe good and ioyfull a thyng it is brethren to dwell together in vnitie It is like the precious oyntment vpon the head that ran down vnto
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
to come to the holy Cōmunion of the bodie bloud of our sauiour Christ must cōsidre what S. Paule writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persones diligently to trie and examine themselues before thei presume to eate of that breade and drynke of that cup for as the benefite is great yf with a truly penitent heart and lyuely fayth we receyue that holy Sacrament for then we spiritually eate the fleshe of Christe and drynke his bloude then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs wee bee made one with Christ Christ with vs so is the daunger great yf we receyue the same vnworthely for then wee become gyltie of the body and bloud of Christ our sauiour we eate and drynke our owne damnacion not consideryng the Lordes bodie We kindle Gods wrathe ouer vs we prouoke hym to plague vs with diuerse diseases and sondery kyndes of death Therfore yf any here be a blasphemer aduouterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other greuous cryme excepte he be truely sory therefore and earnestly mynded to leaue the same vices and do trust hym selfe to bee reconciled to almightie God and in Charitie with all the worlde lette hym bewayle his synnes and not come to that holy table lest after the takyng of that most blessed breade the deuill enter into hym as he dyd into Iudas to fyll hym full of all iniquitie and brynge hym to destruccion bothe of body and soule Iudge therfore your selfes brethren that ye bee not iudged of the lorde Let your mynde be without desire to synne repent you truely for your synnes past haue an earnest and lyuely faith in Christe our sauior be in perfect charitie with all men so shall ye bee mete partakers of those holy misteries And aboue all thynges ye must geue moste humble and heartie thankes to God the father the sonne and the holy ghoste for the redempcion of the worlde by the death and passion of our sauior Christe both God and man who did humble hymselfe euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable synners whiche laye in darknes and shadowe of death that he myghte make vs the children of God and exalte vs to euerlastyng lyfe And to th end that wee shoulde alwaye remembre the excedyng loue of oure maister and onely sauior Iesu Christe thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefites whiche by his precious bloudshedyng he hath obteigned to vs he hath lefte in those holy Misteries as a pledge of his loue and a continuall all remembraunce of thesame his owne blessed body precious bloud for vs to fed vpon spiritually to our endles comfort and consolacion To him therfore with the father and the holy ghost let vs geue as we are most bounden cōtinual thankes submitting our selfes wholy to his holy wyll and pleasure and studying to serue hym in true holines and righteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Amen ¶ In Cathedral churches or other places where there is dailie Communion it shall be sufficient to reade this exhortacion aboue written once in a moneth And in parish churches vpon the weke daies it may be lefte vnsayed ¶ And if vpon̄ the Sonday or holy daye the people be negligent to come to the Communion Then shall the Priest earnestly exhorte his parishoners to dispose themselfes to the receiuing of the holy cōmunion more diligētly saiyng these or like wordes vnto thē DEre frendes and you especially vpon whose soules I haue cure and charge on _____ next I do intende by Gods grace to offre to all suche as shal be godlye disposed the moste comfortable Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christe to be taken of them in the remembraunce of his moste fruitfull and glorious Passion by the whiche passion we haue obteigned remission of our sinnes and be made partakers of the kyngdom of heauen whereof we bee assured and asserteigned yf wee come to the sayde Sacrament with heartie repentaunce for our offences stedfast faithe in Goddes mercye and earnest minde to obeye Goddes wyll and to offende nomore Wherefore our duetie is to come to these holy misteries with moste heartie thankes to bee geuen to almightie GOD for his infinite mercie and benefites geuen and bestowed vpon vs his vnworthie seruauntes for whom he hath not onely geuen his body to death and shed his bloude but also doth vouchsaue in a Sacrament and Mistery to geue vs his sayed bodye and bloud to feede vpon spiritually The whiche Sacrament being so Diuine and holy a thing and so comfortable to them whiche receiue it worthilye and so daungerous to them that wyll presume to take thesame vnworthely My duetie is to exhorte you in the meane season to consider the greatnes of the thing and to serche and examine your owne consciences and that not lyghtly nor after the maner of dissimulers with GOD But as they whiche shoulde come to a moste Godly and heauenly Banket not to come but in the mariage garment required of God in scripture that you may so muche as lieth in you be founde worthie to come to suche a table The waies and meanes therto is First that you be truly repentaunt of your former euill lyfe and that you confesse with an vnfained hearte to almightie God youre synnes and vnkyndnes towardes his Maiestie committed eyther by wyll worde or dede infirmitie or ignoraunce and that with inward sorowe and teares you bewaile your offences and require of almightie god mercie and pardō promising to him from the botome of your heartes thamendment of your former lyfe And emonges all others I am commaunded of God especially to moue and exhorte you to reconcile your selfes to your neyghbours whom you haue offended or who hath offended you putting out of your heartes all hatred and malice against them and to be in loue and charitie with all the worlde and to forgeue other as you would that god should forgeue you And yf any man haue doen wrong to any other let hym make satisfaccion and due restitucion of all landes goodes wrongfully taken awaye or withholden before he come to Goddes borde or at the least be in full mynde and purpose so to do assone as he is able or els let hym not come to this holy table thinking to deceiue God who seeth all mennes heartes For neyther the absolucion of the priest can any thing auayle them nor the receyuyng of this holy sacrament doth any thyng but increase their damnacion And yf there bee any of you whose conscience is troubled and greued in any thing lackyng comforte or counsaill let hym come to me or to some other discrete and learned priest taught in the lawe of God and confesse and open his sinne and griefe secretly that he maie receiue suche ghostly counsail aduise and comfort that his conscience maye be releued and that of vs as of the Ministers of GOD and of the churche he may receyue comforte and absolucion to the satisfaccion of his minde and auoydyng of all scruple and doubtfulnes
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