did not heare them I am the doore by me if any enter in he shal be safe shal go in out and finde pasture A theefe cōmeth not but for to steale kyll and destroy I am come that they might haue life that they might haue it more aboūdantly ¶ Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Apoca. iiii AFter this I looked behold a doore was open in heauen and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talkyng wyth me which sayde Come vp hither I wil shew thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediately I was in the spirit And behold a seat was set in heauen one sat on the seat And he that sat was to looke vpon like vnto a Iaspar stone and a Sardine stone And there was a raine bow about the seat in sight lyke vnto an Emerauld And about the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xiiij. elders sitting clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of gold And out of the seate proceeded lightnings and thundrings and voyces and there were seuen lampes of fyre burning before the seate which are the seuen spirites of god And before the seate there was a sea of glas lyke vnto Christal and in the middest of the seate and round about the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behinde And the fyrst beast was lyke a Lion and the second beast was lyke a Calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth Beast was like a slying Eagle And the foure beastes had ech of thē sixe winges about him and they were ful of eyes with in And they did not rest day nor night saying Holy holy holy Lord god almighty which was and is is to come And when those beastes gaue glory honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which liueth for euer euer the .xxiiij. Elders fel down before him that sat on the throne worshipped him that liueth for euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honour and power for thou hast created althings and for thy wyls sake they are and were created ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. THere was a man of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a Ruler of the Iewes the same came to Iesus by night and said vnto him Rabbi we know that thou art a Teacher come from God for no man could do such myracles as thou doest except God were wyth hym Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto hym Verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of god Nicodemus sayd vnto him how can a man be borne when hee is olde Can hee enter into hys mothers wombe and be born again Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of god That which is borne of the flesh is flesh and that which is borne of the spirit is spirit Maruaile not thou that I sayd to thee ye must be borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sound therof but thou canst not tell whence it commeth or whether it goeth So is euerye one that is borne of the spirit Nicodemus answered and sayd vnto him how can these things be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Art thou a Maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verelye verelye I say vnto thee we speake that we know and testifye that we haue seene and ye receiue not our wytnes If I haue tolde you earthly thinges and ye beleue not how shal ye beleue if I tell you of heauenly thinges 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 Moises lyft vp the Serpent in the wildernes euen so must the sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth on him perish not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle i. Iohn iiii DEarly beloued let vs loue one another for loue cōmeth 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 the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten son into the world that we might liue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agrement for our syns Dearly beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another god dwelleth in vs his loue is perfect in vs Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his Spirit And we haue seene and do testyfy that the father sent the son to be the sauior of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God he in god And we haue knowē and 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 trust 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 painfulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs fyrst If a man say I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyer for how can hee that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whom he hath not sene And this cōmaūdement haue we of him that he which loueth God should loue his brother also ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi THere was a certain ritch man which was clothed in purple and fyne white and fared deliciously euery day And ther was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate full of sores desyring to be refreshed wyth the crummes which fell from the ritch mans boord no man gaue vnto him The dogs came also and lyked his sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed was caryed by the aungels into Abrahams bosome The ritch man also died was buried and being in hell in tormentes he lyft vp his eyes and saw Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome and he cryed and sayd father Abraham haue mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the typ of his finger in water and coole my toung for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham said Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasure contrary wise Lazarus receued paine But now he is comforted and thou art punished Beyonde all this betwene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would go from hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs Then
which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not ¶ The Gospell Luke viii WHen much people were gathered together were come to him out of al cities he spake by a similitude The sower went out to sowe hys seede as he sowed some fell by the way side it was troden downe the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp some fel on stones assone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moistnes some fel amoÌ„g thornes the thornes spraÌ„g vp with it choked it some fel on good grouÌ„d spraÌ„g vp barefruit an c. fold as he said these things he cried He that hath eares to heare let him hear And his disciples asked him saying what maner of similitude is And he said vnto you it is geuen to know the secretes of the kingdom of God but to other by parables that wheÌ„ they see they should not see when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The seede is the word of God those that are beside the way ar they that heare then coÌ„meth the deuil taketh away the word out of their hartes leaste they should beleue be saued They on the stones ar they which wheÌ„ they heare receiue the word with ioy these haue no rotes which for a while beleue in time of temptacion go away And that which fell among thorns are they which when they haue heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches voluptuous lyuing and bring forth no fruite That which fell in the good ground are they which with a pure and good hart heare the word and kepe it and bring forth fruit through pacience ¶ The sunday called Quinquagesima The Epistle 1. Cor. xiii THough I speake with toungs of men and of Angels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tinkling Cimbal And though I could prophecy vnderstand al secrets al knowledge yea if I haue al faith so that I could moue mountains out of their places yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to fede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothing Loue suffreth loÌ„g and is curteous loue enuieth not loue doth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her own is not prouoked to anger thinketh none euil reioyseth not in iniquity But reioyseth in the truth suffreth al things beleueth al things hopeth al things endureth althinges Though that prophecying faile either tounges cease or knowledge vanish away yet loue falleth neuer away For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophecying is vnperfect But when that which is perfit is come theÌ„ that which is vnperfit shal be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I vnderstod as a child I imagined as a child But assone as I was a man I put away childishnes Now we see in a glas euen in a dark speaking but then shal we see face to face Now I know vnperfitly but then shal I know euen as I am knoweÌ„ Now abideth faith hope loue euen these .iii. but the chief of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luke xvii IEsus tooke vnto him the .xii. and sayd vnto them Behold we go vp to Ierusalem and all shall be fulfiled that are written by the Prophets of the sonne of man For he shal be deliuered vnto the Gentiles and shal be mocked and despitefully intreated and spytted on And wheÌ„ they haue scourged him they wil put him to death and the third day he shal rise again And they vnderstood none of these things And this saying was hid from them so that they perceiued not the thinges which were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nigh to Hierico a certaine blynde man sat by the hie way side begging And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it ment And they said vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cried saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace â–ª But he cried so much the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stood still and commaunded him to be brought vnto him And when he was come neare he asked him saying what wilt thou that I do vnto thee and he sayd Lord that I might receiue my sight And Iesus said vnto him receiue thy sight thy sayth hath saued thee And immediately hee receiued his sight and folowed him praysing god And all the people when they saw it gaue praise vnto God. ¶ The first day in Lent called Ashwensday ¶ The Gospell Ioell ii TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts with fasting weeping and mourning rent your harts and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt hee also shall turn and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drink off ringes vnto the lord your god Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion proclaime a fasting call the coÌ„gregation gather the people together warne the congregation and gather the Elders bring the children and Sucklings together Let the bridegrom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closeth Let the Priestes serue the Lord betwene the Porch the aulter weeping and saying be fauourable O Lord be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion least the Heathen by Lords thereof Wherefore should they say among the Heathen where is now their God ¶ The Gospell Math. â—â— WHen ye fast be not sad as the Hipocrits are for they disfigure their faces that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue their reward But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men how thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth wher neither rust nor moth doth curupt wher theeues do not break thorow steale But lay vp for you treasures in heaueÌ„ wher neither rust nor moth doth corrupt wher theues do not break through nor steale For wher your treasure is there will your harts be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent. The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhort you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee Behold now is that accepted time behold now is that day of saluation Let vs geue none occasion of euil that in our office be found no fault but in al things let vs behaue our selues as the ministers
shall take of mine and shew vnto you ¶ The fyft Sunday after Easter The Epistle Iames. i. SEe that ye be doers of the worde and not hearers onely deceiuing your own selues For if any man heare the word and declareth not the same by hys workes he is like vnto a man beholding his bodely face in a glas For assoone as he hath looked on himself he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what his fashion was But whoso looketh in the perfect law of liberty and continueth therein if he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke the same shal be happy in his deede If any man among you seeme to be deuout and refrayneth not his tounge but deceyueth his owne hart this mans deuotion is in vayne Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God the father is this to visyt the fatherles widdowes in their aduersity and to keepe him selfe vnspotted of the world ¶ The Gospell Iohn xvi VErely verely I say vnto you whatsoeuer ye aske the father in my name he wil geue it you Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my name Aske and ye shall receiue that your ioy may be ful These things haue I spokē vnto you by prouerbes The time wil come when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerbes but I shall shew you plainly frō my father At that day shal ye aske in my name And I say vnto you that I will speake vnto my father for you For the father himselfe loueth you because ye haue loued me haue beleued that I cam out frō god I went out frō the father cam into the world Again I leaue the world go to the father His Disciples said vnto him Lo now thou talkest plainly and speakest no prouerbe Now are we sure that thou knowest althings and nedest not that any man should aske thee any question therfore beleue we that thou cammest from god Iesus answered thē now ye do beleue Behold the houre draweth nie and is already come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet I am not alone for the Father is with me These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye might haue peace for in the world shal ye haue tribulacion but be of good chere I haue ouercome the world ¶ Ascention day The Epistle Actes i. IN the former treatise deare Theophilus we haue spoken of al that Iesus began to do teach vntil the day in which he was takē vp after that he through the holy ghost had geuen commaundements vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himselfe aliue after his passion and that by many tokens appearing vnto them forty daies speaking of the kingdom of God and gathered them together and commaunded them that they should not depart from Ierusalem but to waite for the promise of the father wherof saith he ye haue heard of me For Iohn truly baptised with water but ye shal be baptised with the holy ghost after these few daies When they therfore wer come together they asked of him saying Lord wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdome of Israel And he said vnto them it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power But ye shall receaue power after the holy ghost is come vpō you And ye shall be witnes vnto me not onely in Ierusalem but also in all Iewry in all Samaria and euen vnto the worlds end And when he had spoken these thinges while they beheld he was taken vp on hye and a cloud receiued him vp out of theyr sighte And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went behold two men stood by thē in white aparel which also said ye men of Galile why stand ye gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is takē vp from you into heauen shal come euē as ye haue sene him go into heauen ¶ The Gospell Mark. xv IEsus appeared vnto the eleuen as they sat at meate and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnes of hart because they beleued not them which had seene that he was risen again from the dead and he said vnto them Go ye into al the world preach the Gospel to all creatures he that beleueth is baptised shal be saued but he that beleueth not shal be damned And these tokens shal folow them that beleue In my name they shal cast out deuils they shal speake with new tonges they shal driue away serpents if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt thē They shal lay theyr hand of the sick they shal recouer So then when the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and is on the right hand of god And they went forth and preached euery where the Lord working with them and confirming the woord with miracles folowing ¶ The Sunday after the Ascencion day The Epistle i. Peter iiii THe end of all things is at hand be ye therfore sober and watch vnto praier But aboue all things haue feruent loue among your selues for loue shal couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudging As euery mā hath receued the gift euen so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold graces of god If any man speake let him talke as the words of god If any mā minister let him do it as of the hability which god ministreth to him that God in al things may be glorified through Iesu Christ to whom be praise dominion for euer euer ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv WHen the Comforter is come whom I wil send vnto you from the father euen the spirit of truth which procedeth of the father he shal testify of me And ye shal beare witnes also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning These things haue I said vnto you because ye should not be offended They shal excommunicate you Yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doth God seruice And such things wyl they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me But these thinges I haue told you that when the time is come ye may remember then that I told you ¶ VVhitsonday The Epistle Actes ii WHen the fifty dayes were at an ende they were all with one accord together in one place sodaynly ther came a sound frō heauen as it had bene the comming of a mighty winde it filled all the house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen toūgs like as they had bene of fire and it sat vpon ech one of them they were all filled with the holy Ghost began to speake with other tounges euen as the same spirit gaue them vtteraunce Then were dwelling at Ierusalem Iewes deuout men out of euery nation of them that are vnder heauen When this was noysed
vnto Ceasar the things which are Cesars and vnto God those things which are Gods. When they heard these words they marueiled and left hym and went theyr way ¶ The .xxiiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Colos i. WE geue thankes to God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ alwaies for you in our prayers for we haue heard of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue which ye beare to all Sayntes for the hopes sake which is layd vp in store for you in heauen Of which hope ye heard before by the true word of the Gospell which is come vnto you euen as it is fruitfull and groweth as it is also among you from the day in the which ye heard of it and had experience in the grace of God through the truth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare fellowe seruaunt whych is for you a faythfull Minister of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirit For this cause we also euer synce the day we heard of it haue not ceased to pray for you and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of hys wyl in all wysdome and spirituall vnderstandyng that ye myght walke woorthye of the Lorde that in all thynges ye may please beyng fruitfull in all good workes and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might through his gloryous power vnto all pacience long suffering with ioyfulnes geuing thankes vnto the Father which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of Saintes in light ¶ The Gospell Math. ix WHen Iesus spake vnto the people behold ther came a certaine Ruler and worshipped hym saying My daughter is euen now deceased but come and lay thy hand vpon her and she shal lyue And Iesus arose and followed hym and so dyd hys Disciples And behold a woman which was diseased with an issue of blond twelue yeres came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture For she sayd within herselfe If I may touch but euen his vesture onely I shall be safe But Iesus turned him about and when he saw her he sayd daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same tyme And when Iesus came into the rulers house and saw the Minstrels and people making a noyse he sayd vnto them get you hence for the maid is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put foorth he went in and tooke her by the hand and sayd damosell aryse And the damosell arose And this noyse went abrode into all that land ¶ The .xxv. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Iere. xxiii BEhold the time commeth sayth the Lord that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunch of Dauid which Kyng shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall set vp equity and righteousnes againe in earth In his time shall Iuda be saued and Israell shall dwell without feare And thys is the name that they shall call him euen the Lord our righteousnes and therefore behold the tyme commeth sayth the Lord that it shal be no more sayd the Lord lyueth which brought the children of Israell out of the land of Egypt But the Lord liueth which brought foorth and lead the seede of the house of Israell out of the North land and from all countries where I haue scattered them and they shall dwell in their own land agayne ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi WHen Iesus lyft vp his eyes and saw a great company come vnto him he sayd vnto Philip whēce shal we buy bread that these may eate This he said to proue him for he himselfe knew what he would do Philip aunswered hym two hundreth peniworth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a little One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayd vnto him There is a lad here which hath fiue barly loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit down There was much gras in the place So the men sat downe in number about fyue thousand And Iesus tooke the breade and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to them that were set downe And likewise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough he sayd vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and fylled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fyue barely loues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did sayd thys is of a truth the same Prophet that should come into the world ¶ Saint Andrew the Apostles day The Epistle Roma x. IF thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord ▪ beleue in thy hart that God raised him vp from death thou shalt be safe For to beleue with the hart iustifieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the scripture saith whosoeuer beleueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is ritch vnto al that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth cal on the name of the lord shal be safe How then shal they cal on him on whom they haue not beleued How shal thei beleue on him on whō thei haue not hearde How shall they heare without a Preacher And how shall they preache except they be sent As it is wrytten how beautifull are the feete of them which bring tydinges of peace and bring tidinges of good things But they haue not al obeyed to the gospell For Esay saith Lord who hath beleued our sayings So then fayth commeth by hearing and hearing cōmeth by the word of god But I aske haue they not heard No doubt their sound went out into al lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaūd whether Israel did know or not First Moyses saith I wil prouoke you to enuy by thē that are no people by a foolish nation I wyll anger you Esay after that is bold faith I am foūd of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me but against Israel he saith Al day long haue I stretched forth my hands to a people that beleueth not but speaketh against me ¶ The Gospell Math. iiii AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galile he saw two brethren Simon which was called Peter Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fisshers he saith vnto thē folow me I will make you to become fishers of men And they strait way left their nets and folowed him And when he was gone foorth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn hys brother in the ship with Zebede theyr father mending
is layd vp for me a crowne of righteousnes which the Lord that is a righteous iudge shal geue to me at that day not to mee onelye but to all them that loue hys comming Do thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Cresens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration and Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bringe with thee and the bookes but specially the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much euill the Lord reward hym according to hys deedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstood our woords ¶ The Gospel Luke x. THe Lord appoynted other seuentye also and sent them two and two before him into euerye Citye and place whyther hee hym selfe woulde come Therefore he sayd vnto them the haruest is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to send foorth labourers into the haruest Go your waies behold I sende you foorth as Lambes among Wolues beare no wallet neither scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the way into whatsoeuer house you enter fyrst say peace be to this house And if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you againe And in the same house tary styll eating and drinking such as they geue for the labourer his worthy of his reward ¶ Simon and Iudes day Apostles The Epistle Iude. i. IVdas the seruaunt of Iesu Christ the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctifyed in God the Father and preserued in Iesu Christ Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue al diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhort you that ye should continually labour in the fayth which was once geuen vnto the Sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto such iudgement They turne the grace of our God vnto wantones and deny God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesu Christ My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraunce for asmuch as ye once know this how that the Lord after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroied thē which after beleued not The Angels also which kept not their first state but left their own habitaciō he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor the Cities about them which in lyke maner defiled themselues with fornication and followed straunge flesh are set foorth for an example suffer the payne of eternall fire lykewise these being deceiued by dreames defyle the flesh despyse rulers and speake euyll of them that are in aucthority ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis I commaund you that ye loue together If the world hate you ye know it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world the world would loue his own how be it because ye are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therfore the world hateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then hys lord If they haue persecuted me they wyll persecute you if they haue kept my saying they wyl keepe yours also But all these things wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they should haue had no synne but now haue they nothing to cloke theyr synne withall He that hateth me hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the woorkes which none other man did they should haue had no synne But now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my Father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfylled that is written in their law They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I wyll sende vnto you from the Father euen the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the Father hee shall testifie of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue beene with me from the beginning ¶ All Saintes day The Epistle Apo. vii BEholde I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the Sunne which had the seale of the lyuing God and hee cryed with a loud voyce to the foure Aungels to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the Sea saying hurt not the earth neither the Sea neither the trees tyll we haue sealed the Seruauntes of our God in their foreheades And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an C. and .xliiij. thousande of all the Tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xij M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Asset were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Neptalim were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Isachat were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xij. M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed .xij. M. After this I behelde and lo a great multitude which no man can number of all nacions and people and tounges stoode before the seate and before the Lambe and clothed with long white garmentes and Palmes in their handes and cried with a loud voice saying saluacion be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of God and vnto the Lambe And all the Aungels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the elders and the foure beastes and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisdome and thankes and honour and power and mighte be vnto our God for euermore Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. v. IEsus seing the people went vp into the mountaine and when hee was set hys Disciples came to hym and after that hee had opened his mouth he taught them saying Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receiue comfort Blessed are the meeke for they shall receyue the inheritaunce of the earth Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after ryghteousnes for they shall bee satisfied Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obtayne mercye Blessed are the pure in hart for they shall see god Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the chyldren of god Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and persecute you and shall falsely say all maner of euyl sayinges agaynste you for my sake Reioyce and bee glad for great is your reward in heauen for so persecuted they the Prophetes which were before you FINIS ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely dwelling in little Britaine streete without Aldersgate