snare for mee but I swarued not from thy commandements Thy testimonies haue I claimed as mine heritage for euer and why they are the very ioy of my heart I haue applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway euen vnto the ende Iniquos odio habui I Hate them that imagine euill things but thy Law doe I loue Thou art my defence and shielde and my trust is in thy word Away from me yee wicked I will keepe the commandements of my God O stablish mee according to thy worde that I may liue and let me not be disappointed of my hope Holde thou me vp and I shall be safe yea my delight shall be euer in thy statutes Thou hast troned downe all them that depart from thy statutes for they imagine but deceit Thou pettest away al the vngodly of the earth like drosse therefore I loue thy testimonies My flesh trembleth for feare of thee and I am afraide of thy iudgements Feci iudicium I Deale with the thing that is lawfull and right O giue me not ouer mine oppressors Make thou thy seruant to delight in that which is good that the proude doe me no wrong Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousnesse O deale with thy seruant according vnto thy louing merrie and teach me thy statutes I am thy seruant O graunt mee vnderstanding that I may know thy testimonies It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they haue destroyed thy Law For I loue thy commandements aboue golde and precious stone Therefore holde I stright all thy commandemebts and all selfe wayes I vtterly abhorre Mirabilia THy testimonies are wonder full therefore doeth my soule keepe them When thy worde goeth foorth it giueth light and vnderstanding vnto the simple I opened my mouth and drewe in my breath for my delight was in thy commandementes O looke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name Order my steps in thy worde and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me O deliuer me from the wrongfull dealings of men and so shall I keepe thy commandementes Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seraunt and taech me thy statutes Mine eyes gush out with water because men keepe not thy Law Iustus es Domine RIghteous art thou O Lord and true is thy iudgement The testimonies that thou hast commaunded are exceeding righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed mee because mine enemies haue forgooten thy words Thy word is tryed to the vttermost and thy seruant loueth it I am small and of no reputation yet doe I not forget thy commandementes Thy righteousuesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse and thy law is the trueth Trouble and heauinesse haue taken hold vpon mee yet is my delight in thy commandementes The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlasting O grant me vnderstanding and I shall liue Clamaui in toto corde meo I call with my whole heart Euening prayer heare mee O Lord I will keepe thy statutes Yea euen vpon thee doe I call helpe me and I shall keepe thy testimonies Early in the morning doe I cry vnto thee for in thy word is my trust Mine eyes preuent the night watches that I might bee occupied in thy words Heare my voice O Lord according vnto thy louing kindnesse quitken me according as thou art eont They drawe nigh that of malice persecute mee and are farre from thy law Be thou nigh at hand O Lord for all thy commandements are true As concerning thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast grounded them for euer Vide humilitatem O Consider mine aduersitie and deliuer me for I doe not forget thy Law Auenge thou my rause and deliuer me quicken mee according vnto thy word Health is farre from the vngodly for they regard not thy statutes Great is thy mercie O Lord quicken mee as thou art woont Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swarue from thy restimonies It grieueth mee when I see the transgressours because they kept not thy Law Consider O Lord how I loue thy commandements O quicken me according to thy louing kindnesse Thy word is true from euerlasting all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euermore Principes persecuti sunt PRinces haue perseruted me without a cause but my heart standeth in awe of the words I am as glad of thy worde as one that findeth great spoyles As for lyes I hate and abhorre them but thy law doe I loue Seuen times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous iudgements Great is the peace that they haue which loue thy Law and they are not offended at it Lord I haue looked for thy sauing health and done after thy commandements My soule hath kept thy testimonies and loued them exceedingly I haue kept thy commandements and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Appropinquet deprecatio LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord giue me vnderstanding according to thy word Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me according to thy word My lips shall speake of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word for all thy commandements are righteous Let thine hand helpe me for I haue chosen thy commandements I haue louged for thy sauing health O Lord and in thy Law is my delight Oh let my soule liue and it shall praise thee and thy iudgements shall helpe me I haue gone astray like a sheepe that is lost Oh seeke thy seruant for I doe not forget thy commandements Ad Dominum Psal 120. When I was in trouble Morning prayer I called vpon the Lord and he heard me Deliuer my soule O Lord from lying lippes and from a deceitfull tongue What reward shall be giuen or done vnto thee thou false tongue euen mighty and sharpe arrowes with hote burning coales Woe is me that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to haue mine habitation among the tents of Cedar My soule hath long dwelt among them that be enemies vnto peare I labour for peare but when I speake vnto them thereof they make them readie to battaile Leuaui oculos Psal 121. I will lift vp mine eyes vnto the hilles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neithet slumber nor sleepe The Lord himself is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the sunne shall not burne the by day neither the moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Laetatus sum Psal 122. I was glad when they said
shall ye beleeue if I tell you of heauenly things And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the Sonne of man which is in heauen And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes euen so must the Sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleeueth in him perish not but haue euerlasting life The first Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GOd the strength of al them that trust in thee mercifully accept our prayers And because the weaknesse of our mortall nature can doe no good thing without thee grant vs the helpe of thy grace that in keeping of thy Commandements we may please thee both in will and deed through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle DEarely beloued 1. Iohn 4.7 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 appeareth the loue of God to vs-ward because that God sent his onely begotten Sonne into the world that wee might liue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that hee loued vs sent his Sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seene God at any time If wee loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Hereby knowe wee that wee dwell in him and he in vs because hee hath giuen vs of his Spirit And wee haue seene and doe testifie that the Father sent the Sonne to be the Sauiour of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we hane knowen beleeued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and hee that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are wee in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth on t feare for feare hath painefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If any man say I loue God and yet hate his brother he is a liar For how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whom he hath not seene And this commandement haue we of him that hee which loueth God sshould loue his brother also The Gospel THere was a certaine rich man Luke 16.19 which was clothed in purple and fine white and fared deliciously euery day And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate ful of sores desiring to bee refreshed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans boorde and no man gaue vnto him The dogs came also and licked his sores And it fortuned that the begger died and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome The rich man also died and was buried And being in hell in torments hee lift vp his eyes and sawe Abraham afarre off and Lazarus in his bosome and hee cried and sayd Father Abraham haue mercie on mee and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and coole my tongue for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham sayd Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy plaesure and contrariwise Lazarus receiued paine but now he is comforted thou art punished Beyond all this betweene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would goe from hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs. Then he sayd I pray thee therefore father send him to my fathers house for I haue fiue brethren for to warne them lest they come also into this place of torment Abraham said vnto him They haue Moses and the Prophets let them heare them And he sayd Nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He said vnto him If they heare not Moses and the Prophets neither will thy beleeue though one arise from death againe The ij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. LOrd make vs to haue a perpetual feare and loue of thy holy name for thou neuer failest to helpe and gouerne them whom thou doest bring vp in thy stedfast loue Grant this c. The Epistle MArueile not my brethren 1. Iohn 3.13 though the worlde hate you Wee know that wee are translated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abideth in death Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslayer And ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him Hereby perceiue we loue because he gaue his life for vs and wee ought to giue our liues for the brethren But who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother haue need and shutteth vy his compassion from his how dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in word neither in tongue but in deed and in veritie hereby we know that we are of the veritie and can quiet our hearts before him For if our heart condemne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things Dearely beloued if our heart condemne vs not then haue wee trust to Godward and whatsoeuer wee aske we receiue of him because we keepe his commaundements and doe those things which are pleasant in his sight And this is his commaundement that we beleeue on the name of his Sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commandement And hee that keepeth his commaundements dwelleth in him and hee in him and hereby wee know that he abideth in vs euen by the spirit which he hath giuen vs. The Gospel A Certain man ordained a great supper Luke 14.16 and bade many and sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden Come for all things are nowe ready And they all at once began to make excuse The first sayd vnto him I haue bought a farme and I must needes goe and see it I pray thee haue mee excused And another sayd I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen and I goe to proue them I pray thee haue me excused And another said I haue married a wife and therefore I cannot come And the seruant returned and brought his master word againe thereof Then was the good man of the house displeased and said to his seruant Goe out quickly into the streetes and quarters of the Citie and bring in hither the poore and feeble and the halt and blind And the seruant said Lord it is done as thou hast commaunded and yet there is roume And the Lord said vnto his seruant Go out into the high wayes and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled For I say vnto you that none of these men which were bidden shal taste of my supper The iij. 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The Epistle BE you the folowers of God as deere children Eph. 5.1 and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring and a sacrifice of a sweete sauour to God As for fornication and al vncleannes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becommeth saints or filthinesse or foolish talking or icsting which are not comely but rather giuing of thankes For this yee knowe that no whoremonger either vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ of God Let no man deceiue you with vaine words For because of such things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be ye not therfore companions of them Ye were sometimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of light for the fruit of the spirit consisteth in al goodnes and righteousnes and trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those things which are done of them in secret but all things when they are brought foorth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest the same is light Wherefore hee sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shall giue thee light The Gospel IEsus was casting out a deuill that was dumbe Lu. 11.14 And when he had cast out the deuil the dumbe spake and the people wondred But some of them sayde He casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the cheefe of the Deuiles And other tempted him and required of him a signe from heauen But hee knowing their thoughtes sayde vnto them Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe is desolate and one house doth fall vpon another If Satan also be diuided against himselfe how shall his kingdome endure Because yee say I cast out deuiles through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe doe your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee your Iudges But if I by the finger of God cast out deuiles no doubt the kingdome of God is come vpon you When a strong man armed watcheth his house the things that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger them hee commeth vpon him and ouercommeth him he taketh from him al his harnesse wherein he trusted and dimdeth his goodes He that is not with me is against mee and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man hee walketh thorowe drie places seeking rest and when he findeth none he saith I wil returne againe into my house whence I came out And when he commeth he findeth it swept and garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirits worse then himselfe and they enter in and dwell there and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as hee spake these things a certaine woman of the company lift vp her voyce and sayde vnto him Happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes which gaue thee sucke But he sayd Yea happie are they that heare the word of God and keepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent The Collect. GRaunt we beseech thee almightie God that wee which for our euill deedes are worthily punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle TEll me ye that desire to be vnder the law do ye not heare of the law for it is written Gal 4.21 that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmaide the other by a free woman Yea he which was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the flesh but he which was borne of the free woman was borne by promise Which thinges are spoken by an allegorie for these are two testaments the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar for mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordereth vpon the citie which is now called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crie thou that trauellest not for the desolate hath many moe children then shee which hath an husband Brethren we are after Isahac the children of promise But as then he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him that was borne after the spirit euen so is it now Neuerthelesse what saith the Scripture Put away the bondwoman and her sonne for the sonne of the bondwoman shall not be heire with the sonne of the freewoman So then brethren wee are not children of the bondwoman but of the freewoman The Gospel IEsus departed ouer the Sea of Galilee Ioh. 6.1 which is the sea of Tiberias and a great multitude followed him because they sawe his myracles which hee did on them that were diseased And Iesus went vp into a mountaine and there hee sate with his disciples And Easter a feast of the Iewes was nigh When Iesus then lift vp his eyes and saw a great companie come vnto him hee said vnto Philip Whence shall we buy bread that these may eate This he said to prooue him for he himselfe knew what hee would doe Philip answered him Two hundreth penywoorth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle One of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother saith vnto him There is a lad which hath fiue barley loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said Make the people sit down There was much grasse in the place So the men sate downe in number about fiue thousand And Iesus tooke the bread and when he had giuen thankes hee gaue to the Disciples and the Disciples to them that were set downe and like wise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough hee said vnto his Disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remaineth that nothing bee lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did said This is of a trueth the same Prophet that should come into the world The fifth Sunday in Lent The Collect. WE beseech thee almightie God mercifully to looke vpon thy people that by thy great goodnesse they may be gouerned and preserued euermore both in bodie and soule through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle CHrist beeing an high Priest of good things to come Heb. 9.11 came by a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not of this building neither by the blood of Goates and calues but by his owne blood he entred in once into the holy place and found eternall redemption
sonnes of Zebedee which were partners with Simon And Iesus sayd vnto Simon Feare not from henceforth thou shalt catch men And they brought the ships to land and forsooke all and followed him The sixt sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd which hast prepared to them that loue thee such good things as passe mans vnderstanding powre into our hearts such loue toward thee that wee louing thee in all things may obtaine thy promises which exceed all that the we can desire through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle KNow ye not Rom. 6.3 that al we which are baptized in Iesus Christ are baptized to die with him We are buried then with him by baptisme for to die that likewise as Christ was raised from death by the glorie of the Father euen so we also should walke in a new life For if we be grafted in death like vnto him euen so shal we be partakers of the holy resurrection knowing this that our old man is crucified with him also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that henceforth we should not be seruants vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustified frō sinne Wherefore if we be dead with Christ we beleeue that we shall also liue with him Knowing that Christ being raised frō death dieth no more death hath no more power ouer him For as touching that hee died he died concerning sinne once and as touching that he liueth he liueth vnto God Likewise consider ye also that ye are dead as touching sinne but are aliue vnto God through Christ our Lord. The Gospel IEesus sayd vnto his Disciples Mat. 5.20 Except your righteousnes exceed the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of olde time Thou shall not kill whosoeuer killeth shall be in danger of iudgement But I say vnto you that whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shall be in danger of iudgement And whosoeuer saieth vnto his brother Racha shall be in danger of a Counsaile But whosoeuer saith Thou foole shal be in danger of hell fire Therefore if thou offerest thy gift at the alter and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thine offering before the alter and goe the way first and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift Agree with thine aduersarie quickely whiles thou art in the way with him least at any time the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister and then thou bee cast into prison Verily I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast payed the vttermost farthing The vij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd of all power might which art the authour and giuer of all good things graffe in our hearts the loue of thy Name increase in vs true religion nourish vs with all goodnes of thy great mercy keepe vs in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Speake grosly Rom. 6.19 because of the infirmitie of your flesh As ye haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to another euen so now giue ouer your members seruants vnto righteousnesse that ye may be sanctified For when ye were seruants of sinne ye were voyd of righteousnesse What fruite had ye then in those things whereof yee are now ashamed For the end of those things is death But nowe are yee deliuered from sinne made the seruants of God and haue your fruit to be sanctified and the end euerlasting life For the reward of sinne is death but eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel IN those dayes Mar. 8.1 when there was a very great companie had nothing to eate Iesus called his disciples vnto him and sayd vnto them I haue compassion on the people because they haue bene now with me three dayes and haue nothing to eate and if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses they shall faint by the way for diuers of them came from farre And his disciples answered him Where should a man haue bread here in the wildernesse to satisfie these And hee asked them Howe many loaues haue ye They sayd Seuen And he commanded the people to sit downe on the ground And hee tooke the seuen loaues and when he had giuen thankes he brake gaue to his Disciples to set before them and they did set them before the people And they had a few smal fishes and when he had blessed he commanded them also to be set before them And they did eate and were suffised And they tooke vy of the broken meat that was left seuen baskets full And they that did eate were about foure thousand And he sent them away The viij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. GOd whose prouidence is neuer deceiued we humbly beseech thee that thou wilt put away from vs all hurtfull things and giue those things which be profitable for vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren Rom. 8.12 we are debters not to the flesh to liue after the flesh For if ye liue after the flesh yee shall die But if yee through the spirit doe mortifie the deedes of the body yee shall liue For as many as are led by the spirit of God they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receiued the spirit of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sonnes of God If we be sonnes then are we also heires the hetres I meane of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may also be glorified together with him The Gospel BEware of false prophets Mat. 7.15 which come to you in sheepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening Wolues yee shall know them by their fruites Doe men gather grapes of thornes Or figs of thistles Euen so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruites but a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euill fruits A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruits neither can a bad tree bring foorth good fruits Euery tree that bringeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire Wherfore by their fruits ye shall know them Not euery one that faieth vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven he shall enter into the kingdome of heauen The ix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. GRaunt to vs Lorde we beseech thee the spirite to thinke and doe alwayes such things as bee rightfull that we which cannot be without thee may by thee be able to liue according to thy wil through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BRethren 1. Cor. 10.1 I would not that ye should be ignorant how that our fathers
call his name Emmanuel Butter and houie shall hee eate that he may know to resuse the euill and chuse the good The Gospel ANd in the sixt moneth Luk. 1.26 the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a Citie of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins went in vnto her and said Haile full of grace the Lorde is with thee blessed art thou among women When she saw him she was abashed at his saying and cast in her minde what maner of salutation that should be And the Angell sayde vnto her Feare not Marie for thou hast found grace with God Behold thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shall call his name Iesus he shal be great and shall bee called the sonne of the Highest And the Lord God shall giue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdom there shall be none ende Then said Mary to the Angel How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angel answered and said vnto her The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee the power of the highest shall ouer shadow thee Therefore also that holy thing wich shall be borne shal be called the sonne of God And behold thy cousin Elizabeth shee hath also conceiued a sonne in her age and this is the sixt moneth which was called barren for with God nothing shal be vnpossible And Mary said Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it vnto me according to thy word And the Angel departed from her Saint Markes day The Collect. ALmightie God which hast instructed thy holy Church with the heauenly doctrine of thy Euangelist Saint Marke giue vs grace that we be not like children carried away with euery blast of vaine doctrine but firmely to be established in the trueth of thy holy Gospel through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle VNto euery one of vs is giuen grace Ephe. 4.7 according to the measure of the gift of Christ wherefore he sayeth when he went vp on high he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all things And the very same made some Apostles some Prophets some Euangelistes some shepheards and teachers to the edisying of the saints to the worke and administration euen to the edisying of the body of Christ till we all come to the vnitie of the faith and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the full perfect age of Christ That we henceforth should be no more children wauering and caried about with euery wind of doctrine by the wilinesse of men through craftinesse whereby they say awaite for vs to decieue vs. But let vs follow the trueth in love and in all things growe in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if all the body be coupled and knit together throughout euery ioynt wherewith one ministreth to another according to the operation as euery part hath his measure he encreseth the body vnto the edisying of it selfe through loue The Gospel I Am the true Vine Ioh. 15.1 and my father ther is an hysbandman Euery branche that breareth not fruite in mee he will take away and euery branche that beareth fruite will hee purge that it may bring forth more fruite Now are yee cleane through the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you Bide in me and I in you As the branch cannot beare fruite of it selfe except it bide in the Vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the Vine ye are the branches He that abideth in mee and Iin him the same bringeth forth much fruit For without me can yee doe nothing If a man bide not in mee he is rast foorth as a branche and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fixe and they burne If yee abide in mee and my wordes abide in you aske what yee will and it shal be done for you Herein is my Father glorified that yee beare much fruit and become my Disciples As the Father hath loued mee euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue If yee keepe my commandments yee shall abide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commandements and abide in his loue These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy might be full S. Philip and Iames day The Collect. ALmightie God whom truely to know is euerlasting life grant vs perfectly to knowe thy Sonne Iesus Christ to be the way the Trueth and the Life as thou hast thught S. Philip and other the Apostles throught Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IAmes the seruant of God Iam. 1.1 and of the Lorde Iesus Christ sendeth greeting to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroad My brethren count it for an exceeding ioye When yee fall into diuers temptations Knowing this that the trying of your faith gendreth patience and let patience haue her perfect woorke that yee may bee perfect and sounde lacking nothing If any of you lacke wisedome let him aske of him that giueth it euen God which giueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall be giuen him But let him aske in faith and wauer not for he that doubteth is like a waue of the Sea which is tost of the windes and caried with violence neither let that man thinke that he shall receiue any thing of the Lord. A wauering minded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when hee is exalted Againe let him that is rich reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall hee passe away For as the Sunne reseth with heat and the grasse withereth and his floure falleth away and the beautie of the fashion of it perisheth euen to shall the rich man perish in his wayes Happy is the man that endureth temtation for when he is tryed hee shall receive the crowne of life which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him The Gospel ANd Iesus sayde vnto his Disciples Ioh. 14.1 Let not your hearts be troubled ye beleeue in God beleeue also in me In my Fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I goe yee knowe and the way yee know Thomas saith vnto him Lord we know not whither thou goest and how is it possible for vs to know the way Iesus faith vnto him I
am the way and the Trueth and the Life No man commeth to the father but by me If yee had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And now ye know him and haue seene him Philip sith vnto him Lord shew vs the Father and it susficeth vs. Iesus saith vnto him Haue I beene so long time with you and yet hast thou not knowen me Philip he that hath seene me hath seene my Father and how sayest thou then Shew vs the Father Beleeuest not thou that I am in the Father the Father in me The words that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe but the Father that dwelleth in me is he that doeth the works Beleeue me that I am in the Father and the Father in me or els beleeue me for the workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you He that beleeueth on me the workes that I doe the same shall he doe also and greater workes then these shall hee doe because I got vnto my Father And whatsoever yee aske in my name that will I doe that the Father may bee glorified by the Sonne If ye shall aske any thing in my Name I will doe it S. Barnabe Apostle The Collect. LOrde almightie which hast endued thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gistes of the holy Ghost let vs not bee destitute of thy manifolde giftes nor yet of grace to vse them alway to thy honour and glorie through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TIdings of these things came vnto the eares of the congregation which was in Hirusalem And they sent forth Barnabas Act. 11.22 that hee should goe vnto Antioch Which when hee came and had seene the grace of God was glad exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would contiunally cleaue vnto the Lord. For he was a good man and ful of the holy Ghost and of faith much people was added vnto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to seeke Saul and when he had found him he brought him vnto Antioch And it chaunced that a whole yeere they had their conuersation with the congregation there and they taught much people insomuch that the disciples of Antioch were the first that were called Christen In those dayes came Prophets from the cities of Hierusalcm vnto Antioch And there stood vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirit that thre should bee great dearth throughout all the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his ability purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie which thing they also did and sent it to the Elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul The Gospel THis is my commandement Ioh. 15.12 that ye loue together as I haue loucd you Greater loue hath no man then this that a man bestow his life for his friendes Yee are my friends if yee doe whatsoeuer I commaund you Henceforth call I not you seruants for the seruant knoweth not what his lorde doeth but you haue I called friends for al things that I haue heard of my Father I haue opened vnto you yee haue not chosen me But I haue chosen you and ordeined you to goe and bring forth fruite and that your fruite should remaine that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my Name he may giue it you Saint Iohn Baptist The Collect. ALmightie God by whose prouidenee thy seruant Iohn Baptist was wonderfully borne and sent to prepare the way of thy sonne our Sauiour by Preaching of penance make vs so to follow his doctrine and holy life that wee may truly repent according to his preaching and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldely rebuke vice and pattently suffer for the trueths sake through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE of good cheare Esai 40.1 my people Dye prophets comfort my people faith your God comfort Hierusalem at the heart tell her that her trauaile is at an end that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficient corxectrion for all her sins A voice cried in the wildernes Prepare the way of the Lord in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the desext Let all valleys be exalted and euery mountaine and hill be laid low What so is crooked let it be made straight and let the rough be made plaine fields For the glorie of the Lord shall appeare all flesh shal at once see it For why the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophet answered what shall I cry That all flesh is grasse and that all the goodlines thereof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered tâ— floure falleth away Even so is the people as grasse when the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuertheles whether the gtrasse wither or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidings lift vp thy voice with power O thou preacher Hierusalem lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God behold the Lord God shall come with power and beare rule with his arme Behold hee bringeth his treasure with him and his workes goe before him He shal feede his flocke like an heardman hee shall gather the Lambes together with his arme and carie them in his bosome and shall kindly entreate those that beare yong The Gospel ELizabeths time came that shee should be deliuered Luk. 1.57 and shee brought forth a sonne And her neighbours and her cousins heard say howe the Lord had shewed great mercie vpon her and reioyced with her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe and called his name Zacharie after the name of his father And his mother answered and said Not to but his name shall be called Iohn And they said vnto her There is none of thy kinred that is named with this name And they made signes to his father how he would haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote fying His name is Iohn And they marueiled all And his mouth was opened immediatly and his tongue also and he spake and praised God And feare came on all them that dwelt nigh vnto him And all these sayings were noysed abroad throughout all the hie countrey of Iurie and they that heard them laide them vp in their hearts saying what maner of childe shall this bee And the hand of the Lord was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost and prophesied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people and hath raysed vp a horne of saluation vnto vs in the house of his seruant Dauid euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophets which were since the world began That weshould be saued from our enemies and from the
godlinesse Grant this O mercifull Father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Immediatly after the Collects the Priest shal reade the Epistle beginning thus The Epistle written in the Chapter of And the Epistle ended he shall say the Gospel beginning thus The Gospel written in the Chapter of And the Epistle and Gospel being ended shal be said the Creede I Beleeue in one God the Father Almightie maker of heauen and earth and of al things visible and inuisible and in one Lord Iesus Christ the only begotten sonne of God begotten of his Father before al worlds God of God light of light very God of very God begottē not made being of one substance with the father by whom al things were made who for vs men for our saluation came downe from heauen was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgin Marie and was made man and was crucified also for vs vnder Pontius Pilate Hee suffered and was buried and the third day hee rose againe according to the Scriptures and ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of the Father And hee shal come againe with glorie to iudge both the quicke and the dead Whose kingdome shall haue no ende And I beleeue in the holy Ghost the Lord and giuer of life who proceedeth from the father and the soone who with the father and the soone together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophets And I beleeue one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one baptisme for the remission of sinnes And I looke for the refurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come Amen After the Creede if there be no Sermon shall follow one of the Homilies alreadie set foorth or hereafter to bee set foorth by common authoritie After such Sermon Homilie or exhortation the Curate shall declare vnto the people whether there be any holy dayes or fasting dayes the week folowing and earnestly exhort them to remember the poore saying one or moe of these sentences following as he thinketh most conuenient by his discretion Let your light shine before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen Matth. 5. Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon the earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale but lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doeth corrupt where theeues doe not breake through and steale Matth. 6. Whatsoever ye would that men should doe vnto you euen so doe vnto them for this is the Law and the Prophets Matth. 7. Not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heauen Matth. 7. Zache stood forth and said vnto the Lord Behold Lord the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore and if I haue done any wrong to any man I restore foure folde Luke 19. Who goeth a warefare at any time of his owne cost who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof Or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milke of the slocke 1. Cor. 9. If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall things is it a great matter if we shall reape your worldly things 1. Cor 9. Doe yee not knowe that they which minister about holy things liue of the sacrifice and they which wait of the altar are partakers with the altar euen so hath the Lord al 's ordeined that they which preach the Gospel should liue of the Gospel 1. Cor 9. He that soweth little shall reape little and he that soweth plenteously shal reape plenteously Let euery man doe according as he is disposed in his heart not grudging or of necessitie for God loueth a cheerefull giuer 2. Cor. 9. Let him that is taught in the word minister vnto him that teacheth in all good things Be not deceiued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he rcape Gal. 6. While we haue time let vs doe good vnto all men and specially vnto them which are of the houshold of faith Gal. 6. Godlinesse is great riches if a man be content with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we cary any thing out 1. Tim. 6. Charge them which are rich in this world that they bee ready to giue and glad to distribute laying vp in store for themselues a good foundation against the time to come that they may attaine eternall life 1. Tim. 6. God is not vnrighteous that hee will forget your workes and labour that proceedeth of loue which loue ye haue shewed for his names sake which haue ministred vnto the saints and yet doe minister Heb. 6. To doe good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Heb. 13. Who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother haue neede and shuttreth vp his compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him 1. Ioh. 3. Giue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from any poore man and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Tob. 4. Bee merciful after thy power If thou hast much giue plenteously If thou hast little doe thy diligence gladly to giue of that little for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessitie Tob. 4. He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lord and looke what he layeth out it shall payd him againe Prou. 19. Blessed be the man that prouideth for the sicke and needie the lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble Psal 41 Then shall the Churchwardens or some other by them appointed gather the deuotion of the people and put the same into the poore mans boxe and vpon the offring dayes appointed euery man and woman shall pay to the Curate the due accustomed offrings After which done the Priest shal say ¶ Let vs pray for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth Almightie and everliving God Isthere be no Almes giuen vnto the poore then shall the words of accepting our Almes be left out vnsaid which by the holy Apostle hast taught vs to make prayers and supplications and to giue thankes for all men wee humbly beseech thee mostmercifully to accept our Almes and to receiue these our prayers which we offer vnto thy diuine maiestle beseeching thee to inspire continually the vniuersall Church with the spirit of trueth vnitic and concord and graunt that al they that doe confesse thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word and liue in vnitie and godly loue We beseech thee also to saue and defend all Christian kings princes and gouernours and spccially thy seruant Iames our king that vnder him we may bee godly and quietly gouerned and graunt vnto his whole counsaile and to all
thy word Take from mee the way of lying and cause thon mee to make much of thy Lawe I haue chosen the way of trueth and thy iudgments haue I said befor me I haue stiken vnto thy testimontes O Lord confound me not I wil runne the way of thy commandements When thou hast set my heart at libertie Legem pone TEach me Morning Prayer O Lord the way of thy statues and I shall keepe it vnto the end Giue me vnderstanding and I shall keepe thy Law yea I shall keepe it with my whole heart Make mee to goe in the path of thy commandements for therein is my desire Incline my heart vnto thy testiinonies and not to couetousnesse O turne away mine eyes lest they behold vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way O stablish thy word in thy seruant that I may feare thee Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy indgements are good Behold my delight is in thy commandements O quicken me in thy righteousnesse Et veniat super me LEt thy louing mercie come also vnto mee O Lord euen thy saluation according vnto thy word So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy word O take not the word of thy trueth vtterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy iudgements So shall I alway keepe thy Law yea for euer and euer And I will walke at libertie for I seeke thy commandements I will speake of thy testimonies also euen before kings and will not be ashamed And my delight shall be in thy commandements which I haue loued My hands also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements which I haue loued and my studie shal be in thy statutes Memor esto verbi tui O Thinke vpon thy seruant as concerning thy worde wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust The same is my comfort in my trouble for thy word hath quickened me The proud haue had mee exceedingly in derision yet haue I not shrinked from thy Law For I remembred thine euerlasting iudgements O Lord and receiued comfort I am horribly afraid for the vngodly that forsake thy law Thy statutes haue been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage I haue thought vpon thy Name O Lord in the night season and haue kept thy Law This I had because I kept thy commandements Portio mea Domine THou art my portion O Lord I haue promised to keepe thy Law I made my humble petitioÌ„ in thy presence with my whole heart O be mercifull vnto me according to thy word I called mine owne waies to remembrance and turned my feete vnto thy testimonies I made haste and prolonged not the time to keepe thy commandements The congregation of the vngodly haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy Law At midnight I will rise to giue thankes vnto thee because of thy righteous iudgements I am a companion of all them that feare thee and keepe thy commandements The earth O Lord is full of thy mercie O tearh mee thy statutes Bonitatem fecisti O Lorde thou hast dealt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy word O learne mee true vnder standing and knowledge for I haue bleeued thy commandements Before I was troubled I went wrong but now haue I kept thy word Thou art good and gracious O teach me thy statutes The proud haue imagined a lie against mee but I will keepe thy commandements with my whole heart Their heart is as fat as brawne but my delight hath been in thy Law It is good for me that I haue been in trouble that I may learne thy statutes The law of thy month is dearer vnto me then thousands of gold and siluer Manus tuae secerunt me THy hands haue made mee Euening prayer and fashioned me O giue me vnderslanding that I may learne thy commandements They that feare thee will bee glad whan they see me because I haue put my trust in thy word I knowe O Lorde that thy iudgements are right and that thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me to be troubled O let thy mereifull kindnesse bee my comfort according to thy word vnto thy seruant O let thy louing mercies come vnto mee that I may liue For thy Law is my delight Let the proud be confounded for they goe wickedly about to destroy me but I wil be occupied in thy commandements Let such as feare thee and haue knowen thy testimones be turned vnto me O let my heart be sound in thy statutes that I bee not ashamed Defecit anima mea MY soule hath longed for thy saluation and I haue a good hope because of thy word Mine eyes long fore for thy worde saying O when wilt thou comfort me For I am become like a bottell in the smoke yet doe I not forget thy statutes How many are the dayes of thy seruant when will thou be auenged of them that persecute me The proud haue digged pits for mee which are not after thy Law All thy commandements are true they persecute me falsly O be thou my helpe They had almost made an ende of mee vpon earth but I forsooke not thy commandements O quicken mee after thy louing kindnesse and so shall I keepe the testimonies of thy mouâ—h In aeternum Domine O Lord thy word endureth for euer in heauen Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another thou hast layd the foundation of the earth and it abideth They continue this day according to thine ordinance for all things serue thee If my delight had not been in thy Lawe I should haue perished in my trouble I will neuer forget thy commandements for with them thou hast quickened me I am thine O saue me for I haue sought thy commandements The vngodly layd waite for me to destroy me but I will consider thy testimonies I see that all things come to anende but thy commandement is exceeding broad Quomodo dilexi LOrd what loue haue I vnto thy Law all the day long is my studie in it Thou through thy commandements hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they are euer with me I haue more vnderstanding then my teachers for thy testimonies are my studie I am wiser then the aged because I keepe thy commandements I haue refrained my feete from euery euill way that I may keepe thy word I haue not shrunke from thy iudgements for thou teachest me O how sweete are thy words vnto my throte yea sweeter then honie vnto my mouth Through thy commaundements I get vnderstanding therefore I hate all wicked wayes Lucerna pedibus meis THy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete Morning prayer and a light vnto my paths I haue sworne and am stedfastly purposed to keepe thy righteous iudgements I am troubled aboue measure quicken me O Lrde according to thy word Let the free wil offrings of my mouth please thee O Lorde and teach me thy iudgements My soule is alway in my hand yet do I not forget thy law The vngodly haue layde a