aboundauntly ¶ Trinitie Sonday ¶ At Matyns The first lesson Gene. xviii vnto the ende The seonde lesson Math. iii. vnto the ende ¶ At the communion GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of his countenaunce and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all nacions Let the people prayse the O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let nacions reioyce be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpō earth Let the people prayse thee O God let all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng forth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the world shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. ALmighty and euerlastyng god which haste geuen vnto vs thy seruauntes grace by the confession of a true fayth to acknowlege the glory of the eternal trinitie and in the power of the diuyne maiestie to wurship the vnitie we beseche thee that through the stedfastnes of this fayth we may euermore be defended from all aduersitie whiche liuest and reignest one God worlde with out ende The Epistle AFter this I looked and behold a doore was open in heauen the firste voice which I heard was as it were of a trōpet talking with me which sayd come vp hither and I wyll shewe thee thinges which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediatly I was in the spirite And behold a seate was sette in heauen and one sate on the seate And he that sate was to looke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe about the seate in sight lyke vnto an Emeraulde And aboute the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xxiiii. Elders sitting clothed in white rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges and thunderynges and voyces there were vii lampes of fyre burnyng before the seate whiche are the .vii. spirites of God And before the seate there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto Christall and in the myddes of the seate and rounde about the seate were .iiii. beastes full of iyes before and behynde And the fyrste beaste was lyke a Lyon and the second beast lyke a calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beast was lyke a flying Egle. And the .iiii. beastes had eche one of them syxe wynges about him and they were ful of iyes within And they had no rest day neyther night saying Holy holy holy Lord God almighty which was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glorye and honour and thankes to hym that sate on the seate whiche lyueth for euer and euer the .xxiiii. elders fell downe before hym that sate on the throne and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honor and power for thou haste created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The Gospell THere was a manne of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes Thesame came to Iesus by nyght sayd vnto him Rabby we know that thou art a teacher come from God for no mā could doe suche miracles as thou doest excepte God were with him Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of God Nicodemus sayed vnto him howe can a man be borne when he is olde can he enter into his mothers wombe and bee borne agayne Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he cannot entre into the kyngdome of God That whiche is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Maruayle not thou that I sayed to thee ye must bee borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it commeth and whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite Nicodemus answered and sayed vnto hym howe can these thinges be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him art thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verely verely I say vnto thee we speake that we do knowe and testifie that we haue seen and ye receyue not our witnes If I haue told you yearthly thinges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue yf I tell you of heauenly thynges And no manne ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of manne whiche is in heauen And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernes euen so muste the Sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym perishe not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sonday after Trinitie Sonday BLessed are those that be vndefiled in the way and walke in the lawe of the Lorde Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies and seke him with theyr whole heart For they which do no wickednes walke in his wayes Thou haste charged that we shall diligentlye kepe thy commaundementes O that my wayes were made so direct that I myght kepe thy statutes So shall I not be confounded while I haue respect vnto all thy commaundementes I will thanke thee with an vnfayned heart when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnes I will kepe thy ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd the strength of all them that truste in thee mercyfully accepte our prayers And because the weakenes of our mortall nature can do no good thing without thee graunte vs the helpe of thy grace that in kepyng of thy commaundementes we may please thee bothe in will and dede through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle DEarely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue In this appeared the loue of God to vs ward because that God sent his onlye begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs sent his sonne to be the agremēt for our synnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another No mā hath seen God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym and he in vs because he hathe geuen vs of his spirite And we haue seen and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus
to 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 louiÌ„g 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 heÌ„cefurth we should not be seruauÌ„tes 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 oâ— iudgemente And whosoeuer saye vnto hys brother Racha shall be in dauÌ„ger of a couÌ„sel But whosoeuer saith thou foole shal be in dauÌ„ger 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 vpoÌ„ 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 derâ—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 coÌ„maundementes 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 theÌ„ 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
Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Desyre that you faynt not because of my tribulacions that I suffer for your sakes whiche is youre prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is father ouer al that is called father in heauē and in yearth that he woulde graunte you accordyng to the riches of his glorye that ye may be strengthed with might by hys spirite in the inner manne that Christe maye dwell in your heartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue myght be able to comprehend with al saintes what is the bredth and length depth and heigth and to know the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christe that ye myght be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadyng aboundantlye aboue all that wee aske or think according to the power that worketh in vs be praise in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generacions from tyme to tyme. Amen The Gospell ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a Citie called Naim and many of hys disciples went wyth him and muche people When he came nie to the gate of the citie beholde there was a dead man caried out which was the only sonne of hys mother and she was a wedowe muche people of the citie was with her And when the Lorde sawe her he had compassion on her and sayed vnto her weepe not And he came nye and touched the coffen and they that bare hym stode still And he sayde yong man I saye vnto thee aryse And he that was dead sate vp and began to speake And he delyuered him to his mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying A great Prophet is rysen vp among vs and God hath visited his people And this rumor of him wēt forth throughout al Iewrye and throughout al the regions which lye round about ¶ The .xvii. Sondaye THy testimonies are wonderfull therfore doeth my soule kepe them When thy word goeth forth it geueth lyghte and vnderstanding euen vnto the symple I opened my mouth and drue in my breath for my delyte was in thy commaundementes O looke thou vpon me and be mercyfull vnto me as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name Order my steppes in thy worde and so shall no wyckednes haue dominion ouer me O delyuer me from the wrongfull dealinges of menne and so shall I kepe thy commaundementes Shewe the light of thy countenaunce vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes Myne iyes gushe out with water because men kepe not thy lawe Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde we praye thee that thy grace maie alwayes preuent and folowe vs and make vs continually to be geuen to all good workes through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I whiche am a prisoner of the Lordes exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwyth ye are called with all lowlines and mekenes with humblenes of mind forbearyng one another through loue and be delygente to kepe the vnytie of the spirite through the bonde of peace being one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your callyng Let there be but one Lorde one faith one baptisme one God and father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all The Gospell IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Phariseis to eate bread on the Sabboth daye and they watched him And beholde there was a certaine manne before hym whiche had the dropsye And Iesus aunswered and spake vnto the lawiers and Phariseis saying Is it lawefull to heale on the Sabboth daye And they helde theyr peace And he toke him and healed hym and let him go and answered them saying which of you shall haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and will not straygth waye pul hym out on the Sabboth daye And they coulde not aunswere him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked howe they preaced to be in the hiest roumes said vnto them when thou art biddē of any man to a wedding sit not doune in the highest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be bidden of him and he that bad him and thee come and saye to thee geue thys man roume and thou then begyn with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou art bidden go and sit in the lowest roume that whē he that bad thee commeth he may saie vnto thee frend sit vp hier Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. Sondaye RIghteous art thou O Lorde and true is thy iudgement The testymonies that thou hast cōmaunded are exceadyng righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed me because myne enemyes haue forgotten thy wordes Thy worde is tried to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it I am small and of no reputacion yet do not I forgette thy commaundementes Thy ryghteousnes is an euerlasting righteousnes and thy lawe is the trueth Trouble and heauynes haue taken holde vpon me yet is my delight in thy commaundementes The ryghteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlastyng O graunt me vnderstanding and I shall lyue Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. LOrde wee beseche thee graunte thy people grace to auoyde the infeccions of the deuyll and with pure hearte and mynde to folowe thee the onely God Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle I Thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of God which is geuen you by Iesus Christe that in all thynges ye are made ryche by hym in all vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the whiche thynges the testimonye of Iesus Christe was confirmed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyfte waityng for the apperyng of oure Lorde Iesus Christe which shall also strength you vnto the ende that ye maye be blameles in the daye of the commyng of oure Lord Iesus Christe The Gospell When the Phaciseis had heard that Iesus did put the Saduce is to silence they came together and one of them which was a Doctor of lawe asked hym a question tempting him and saying Maister whiche is the greatest Cōmaundemēt in the lawe Iesus said vnto him Thou shalt loue the lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with al thy minde Thys is the first and greatest commaundement And the seconde is lyke vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes While the Phariseis were gathered together Iesus asked them saying what
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
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
Lorde deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plage pestilence and famine from battaile and murther from sodaine death Good Lorde deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuye conspiracie from the tyrannye of the bishop of Rome and all his detestable enormities from all the false doctrine and heresye from hardnes of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundemente Good Lorde deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and Circumcision by thy Baptisme fastyng and temptacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. By thyne agonye and bloudye sweate by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and burial by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion by the cōming of the holy gost Good Lorde deliuer vs. In all tyme of our tribulacion in all tyme of our wealth in the houre of death in the daye of iudgement Good Lorde deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lorde God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne thy holy Churche vniuersall in the right waye We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to kepe Edwarde the .vi. thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faythe feare and loue that he may alwayes haue affiaunce in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to be his defēdour and keper geuyng him the victory ouer all his enemyes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to illuminate al Byshoppes pastours and ministers of the Churche with true knowlege and vnderstandyng of thy worde and that both by theyr preaching and liuyng they may sette it forth and shewe it accordingly We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsaile and all the nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntaine trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee diligently to liue after thy cōmaundemētes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue all thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy woorde and to receyue it with pure affeccion and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to bryng into the waye of trueth all suche as haue erred and are deceyued We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to strengthen suche as do stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our feete We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to succoure helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labouryng of childe al sicke persons and yong chyldren and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captyues We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherles children and wyddowes and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to forgeue our enemyes persecutours and sclaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue and preserue to oure vse the kyndly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we may enioy them We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignoraunces and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amende our lyues accordyng to thy holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Graunt vs thy peace O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christe heare vs. O Christe heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen With the residue of the Pater noster And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neither rewarde vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighyng of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of suche as be sorowful mercifully assyst our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs And graciousely heare vs that those euilles which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they maye bee dispersed that we thy seruauntes beeyng hurte by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Churche through Iesu Christe our Lorde O Lorde aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou diddest in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lorde aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy honour Glory be to the father the sonne and to the holy gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen From our enemies defende vs O Christe Graciousely looke vpon our affliccions Pytifully beholde the sorowes of our hearte Mercifully forgeue the synnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both nowe and euer vouchesafe to heare vs Christe Graciousely heare vs O Christe Graciousely heare vs O Lorde Christe The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. The aunswere As we do put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseche thee O father mercifully to loke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy name sake turne from vs all those euilles that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunt that in al our troubles we may put oure whole trust and confidence in
charges as the persons to be maried doe susteyne to proue his allegacion then the Solemnizacion must be differed vnto suche time as the trueth be tryed Yf no impediment be alleged then shall the curate saye vnto the man N. Wilt thou haue this woman to thy wedded wyfe to lyue together after Gods ordeynaunce in the holy estate of matrimonie wilt thou loue her coumforte her honor and kepe her in sickenesse and in health And forsaking all other kepe thee onely to her so long as you both shall lyue The man shall aunswere I will Then shall the priest saye to the woman N. Wilt thou haue this man to thy wedded houseband to lyue together after Gods ordeinaunce in the holy estate of matrimony wilt thou obey him and serue him loue honor kepe him in sicknes in health And forsaking al other kepe thee only to him so long as you both shall lyue The woman shall aunswere I will Then shall the minister saye Who geueth this woman to be maried to this man And the minister receiuyng the woman at her father or frendes handes shall cause the man to take the woman by the righthande and so eyther to geue theyr trouth to other The man first saying I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife to haue and to hold from this day forward for better for wurse for richer for poorer in syckenesse and in health to loue and to cherishe till death vs depart accordyng to Gods holy ordeinaunce And therto I plight thee my trouth Then shall they looce theyr handes and the woman taking agayn the man by the right hande shall say I N. take thee N. to my wedded husbande to haue and to holde from this day forwarde for better for wurse for richer for poorer in sickenes and in health to loue cherishe and to obey til death vs depart according to Goddes holy ordeinaunce And therto I geue thee my trouth Then shall they agayne looce theyr handes and the man shall geue vnto the woman a ryng and other tokens of spousage as golde or syluer laying the same vpon the booke And the priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to put it vpon the fowerth finger of the womans lefte hande And the man taughte by the priest shal say ¶ With this ring I thee wed This golde and siluer I thee geue with my body I thee wurship and with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauyng the ryng vpon the fowerth fynger of the womans left hande the minister shall say ¶ Let vs pray O Eternal god creator and preseruer of al mankind geuer of al spirituall grace the author of euerlasting life sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this man and this woman whome we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca after bracellets Iewels of golde geuen of th one to thother for tokens of their matrimonye liued faithfully together So these persons may surely performe and kepe the vowe and couenaunt betwixt them made wherof this ring geuen and receiued is a token and pledge And may euer remayne in perfite loue and peace together And lyue according to thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Prieste ioyne theyr ryghtehandes together and say ¶ Those whome god hath ioyned together let no man put a sunder Then shall the minister speake vnto the people FOr asmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed the same here before God and this cumpany And therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth either to other and haue declared the same by geuing and receiuing golde and siluer and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wyfe together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the minister shall adde this blessing ¶ God the father blesse you ✚ God the sōne kepe you god the holy gost lighten your vnderstandyng The lorde mercifully with his fauor loke vpon you and so fill you with al spirituall benediccion and grace that you may haue remission of your sinnes in this life and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen Then shall they goe into the quier and the ministers or clearkes shall say or sing this Psalme folowing BLessed are all they that feare the lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happie shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitful vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olife braūches round about thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the lorde The lorde from out of Sion shal so blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalte see thy childers children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. Or els this psalme folowyng GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lighte of his countenaunce and bee merciful vnto vs. That thy waye may bee knowen vpon yearth thy sauing health emong all nacions Leate the people prayse thee O God yea leat all people prayse thee O leate the nacions reioyce and bee glad for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon yearth Leat the people prayse thee O God leat all people prayse thee Then shall the yearth bring foorthe her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessinge God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him Glorye be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The psalme ended and the manne and woman knelyng afore the aulter the prieste standyng at the aulter and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Aunswere Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euyll Amen Minister O lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmaide Aunswere whiche put their truste in thee Minister O lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Bee vnto them a tower of strength Aunswere From the face of their enemye Minister O lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And leat my crie come vnto thee The Minister Let vs praye O God of Abrahā God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes sowe the seede of eternal life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shal profitably learne they may in dede fulfil the same Looke O lord mercifully vpon them from heauen blesse them And as thou didest sende thy Aungell Raphaell to Thobie and Sara the daughter of Raguel to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessinge vpon these thy seruauntes that they
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
inheritaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whiche cryeth Abba father Wherfore now thou arte not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou bee a sonne thou art also an heyre of GOD through Christ The Gospell THis is the boke of the generaciō of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abrahā Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob begat Iudas his brethren Iudas begat Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrō Esrom begat Aram Arā begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmō Salmō begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid y e king Dauid the king begat Salomō of her that was the wife of Vrie Salamō begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begat Iosias Iosias begat Ieconias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caryed awaye to Babilon And after they were brought to Babilon Ieconias begat Salathiell Salathiell begate Zorobabel Zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begate Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husbande of Marie of whome was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christe And so all the generacyons from Abrahā to Dauid are .xiiii. generacions And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon axe .xiiii. generacions And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christe are .xiiii. generacions The birth of Iesus Christe was on thys wyse When hys mother Mary was maryed to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holy goste Then Ioseph her husbande because he was a righteous manne and woulde not put her to shame was minded prieuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thought behold the Angel of the lord appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wyfe for that which is conceiued in her cummeth of the holye goste She shall bring furth a sonne and thou shalt call hys name Iesus for he shall saue his people from theyr sinnes All thys was doone that it mighte be fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophete saying Beholde a mayde shall bee with chylde and shall brynge foorthe a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche if a manne interprete is asmuche to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of slepe did as the Angel of the lorde had bidden him and he toke hys wyfe vnto hym and knew her not til she had brought furth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus ¶ The Circumcision of Christ At Mattins The first lesson Gene. xvii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Rom. ii vnto the ende At the Communion I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wil goe into the house of the Lorde Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded as a citie that is at vnytye in it selfe For thither the Tribes goe vp euen the Tribes of the Lorde to testifye vnto Israell to geue thankes vnto the name of the Lorde For there is the seate of iudgemente euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnes within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will wishe thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the Lorde our God I wil seke to doe thee good Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to be circumcised and obedyente to the lawe for manne graunte vs the true circumcision of thy spirite that our heartes and all our members being mortifyed from all worldly and carnall lustes may in all thinges obey thy blessed wil through the same thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BLessed is that man to whome the Lord wil not impute sinne Came this blessednes then vpō the vncircūcisiō or vpō the circūcisiō also for we say that fayth was rekoned to Abrahā for righteousnes How was it then rekoned when he was in the circumcision or when he was in the vncircumcisyon not in the tyme of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receyued the sygne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which he had yet being vncircumcised that he should bee the father of all them that beleue though they bee not circumcised that righteousnes myght be imputed to them also and that he myghte bee the father of circumcision not vnto them onely whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promyse that he shoulde bee the heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to his seede through the law but through the righteousnes of faythe For if they whiche are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect The Gospell ANd it fortuned assoone as the Angels were gone awaye from the shepeheardes into heauen they sayde one to another let vs goe nowe euen vnto Bethleem and see thys thyng that wee heare say is happened which the lord hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and founde Marye and Ioseph and the Babe laide in a maunger And when they had sene it they published abroade the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe And all they that heard it wondered at those thinges whiche were tolde them of the shepeheardes But Mary kepte all those sayinges and pondered them in her heart And the shepheardes returned praising and lauding God for all the thynges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them And when the eyght daye was come that the childe shoulde be circumcised hys name was called Iesus whiche was named of the Angell before he was conceiued in the woumbe ¶ At Euensong The first lesson Deute x. And now Israel vnto the ende The seconde Lesson Coloss ii vnto the ende ¶ The Epiphanie At Mattins The first Lesson Esai .lx. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Luke .iii. And it fortuned vnto the ende At the Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song syng vnto the Lorde all the whole yearth Syng vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name be telling of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare hys honour vnto the Heathen and hys woonders vnto all people For the lorde is great and cannot woorthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all Goddes As for all the Goddes of the Heathen they bee but ydolles but it is the Lorde that made
and soughte hym And it fortuned that after three dayes they founde him in the temple sytting in the middest of the doctours hearyng them and posing them And all that heard hym were astonied at his vnderstanding and answers And when they saw hym they meruailed and his mother sayd vnto him Sonne why haste thou thus dealte with vs Beholde thy father I haue sought thee sorowing And he sayd vnto them how happened it that ye sought me wiste ye not that I muste go about my fathers busines And they vnderstode not that saying which he spake vnto them And he went downe with thē and came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them but his mother kept all these sayinges together in her heart And Iesus prospered in wisdome and age and in fauour with god and men ¶ The second Sonday THe foole hath sayd in his heart there is no god They are corrupte and become abhominable in theyr doinges there is not one that doeth good no not one The lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that woulde vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues thei haue deceyued the poyson of Aspes is vnder theyr lippes Theyr mouth is full of curssyng and bitternes theyr feete are swift to shed bloud Destruccion and vnhappines is in theyr wayes and the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before theyr eyes Haue they no knowlege that they are all suche woorkers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread and call not vpon the Lorde There were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for god is in the generacion of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the counsayl of the poore because he putteth his trust in the lorde Who shall geue saluacion vnto Israell out of Sion when the lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shall Iacob reioyce and Israell be glad Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which dooest gouerne all thinges in heauen and earthe mercifully heare the supplicacions of thy people and graunt vs thy peace all the dayes of our lyfe The Epistle SEing that we haue dyuerse gyftes according to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if any man haue the gift of prophecy let hym haue it that it be agreeing to the faith Let hym that hath an office waite on his office Let hym that reacheth take hede to his doctrine Let hym that exhorteth geue attendaunce to his exhortacion If any man geue let hym do it with singlenes Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shew mercy let him do it with cherefulnes Let loue bee with out dissimulacion Hate that whiche is euill and cleaue vnto that whiche is good Be kynde one to an other with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before an other Be not slothefull in the busines which ye haue in hād Be feruēt in the spirite Apply your selues to the time Reioyce in hope Be pacient in tribulacion Continue in praier Distribute vnto the necessitie of the sainctes Be ready to harbour Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery wepe also with them that wepe bee of like affeccion one towardes another Bee not hie minded but make youre selues equall to them of the lower sorte The Gospell ANd the third daye was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine fayled the mother of Iesus saide vnto him thei haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you do it And there were standyng there vi waterpottes of stone after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes conteyning .ii. or .iii. fyrkyns a peece Iesus sayde vnto them fill the watter pottes with water And they filled them vp to the brimme And he saide vnto them draw out now and beare vnto the Gouernour of the feast And thei bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned into wine and knewe not whence it was but the ministers whiche drewe the water knewe he called the bridegrome and sayd vnto him Euerie man at the beginning doth set forth good wine and when men be dronke then that which is woorse but thou haste kepte the good wine vntill now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glorye and his disciples beleued on him ¶ The .iii. Sonday LOrde who shal dwelle in thy tabernacle who shal reste vpon thy holye hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte lyfe and dothe the thing whiche is right and speaketh the truthe from his hearte He that hath vsed no deceyt in his tongue nor done euil to his neighbour and hath not slaundered his neighbours He that setteth not by hymselfe but is lowelye in his owne iyes and maketh much of them that feare the lorde He that sweareth vnto his neyghbour and disapointeth hym not though it were to his owne hinderaunce He that hath not geuen his money vnto vsury nor taken rewarde against the innocente Whoso dothe these thinges shall neuer fall Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God mercyfullye looke vpon oure infirmities and in all our daungiers and necessities stretche foorthe thy ryghte hande to helpe and defende vs through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euill for euill Prouide aforehande thynges honest not onely before God but also in the syghte of all men If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all menne Dearely beloued auenge not youre selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is myne I will rewarde sayth the lorde Therfore if thyne enemie hunger feede him if he thirst geue him drynke For in so dooyng thou shalte heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euill with goodnes The Gospell WHen he was come downe from the mountayne muche people folowed hym And beholde there came a Leper and wurshipped him saying Maister if thou wilte thou canst make me cleane And Iesus putte foorth his hande and touched hym saying I will be thou cleane and immediatelye his Leprosye was cleansed And Iesus said vnto him see thou tel no manne but goe and shew thy selfe to the priest offer the gift that Moses cōmaunded to be offered for a witnesse vnto them And when Iesus was entred
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
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
the beard euen vnto Aarons bearde and went downe to the skirtes of hys clothing Like the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hil of Sion For there the Lorde promised hys blessyng and lyfe for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whome truely to knowe is euerlasting lyfe Graunte vs perfectlye to knowe thy sonne Iesus Christe to be the way the trueth and the lyfe as thou haste taught saint Philip and other the Apostles Through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the Lord Iesus Christe sendethe greetyng to the .xii Tribes which are scatered abroade My brethren count it for an exceding ioye when ye fall into dyuerse temptacions Knowing this that the trying of your fayth gendreth pacience and let pacience haue her perfect worke that ye may be perfecte and sound lacking nothing If any of you lacke wisedome let hym aske of hym that geueth it euen God whiche geueth to all men indifferentlye and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym But let hym aske in fayth and wauer not for he that doubteth is lyke a waue of the sea whiche is tost of the windes and caried with violence Neither let that manne thynke that he shall receiue any thing of the Lorde A waueryng mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother whiche is of lowe degree reioyce when he is exalted Agayne let him that is riche reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the flower of the grasse shall he passe awaye For as the sunne riseth with heate and the grasse withereth and his flower falleth away and the beautye of the fashyon of it perisheth euen so shall the riche manne peryshe in hys wayes Happy is the man that endureth temptacion For when he is tried he shall receyue the croune of lyfe whiche the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him The Gospell ANd Iesus sayed vnto his disciples let not youre hearte be troubled Ye beleue in God beleue also in me In my fathers house are many Mansions If it were not so I woulde haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And yf 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 ye knowe and the waye ye knowe Thomas sayeth vnto him Lorde we knowe not whether thou goest And howe is it possible for vs to knowe the waye Iesus saieth vnto him I am the waye the trueth the lyfe No man cometh vnto the father but by me if ye had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And nowe ye knowe him and haue seen him Philip sayeth vnto him Lorde shewe vs the father and it suffiseth vs. Iesus sayeth vnto him haue I bene so long time with you and yet haste thou not knowen me Philip he that hath sene me hath sene my father and howe sayest thou then shewe vs the father Beleuest thou not that I am in the father the father in me The woordes that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe But the father that dwelleth in me is he that doeth the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Orels beleue me for the workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the workes that I doe the same shall he doe also and greater workes then these shall he doe because I go vnto my father And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name that will I doe that the father may be gloryfied by the sonne Yf ye shall aske anye thyng in my name I will do it At Mattyns ¶ The seconde lesson Actes .xiiii. vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion I Cried vnto the Lord with my voyce yea euen vnto the Lorde did I make my supplicacion I powred out my complayntes before hym and shewed him of my trouble When my spirit was in heauines thou knewest my path in the waye wherein I walked haue they prieuely layed a snare for me I looked also vpon my righthande and see there was no man that would knowe me I had no place to flye vnto and no manne cared for my soule I cryed vnto thee O Lord and said Thou art my hope and my porcion in the lande of the lyuyng Consider my complaynt for I am brought very lowe O delyuer me from my persecutours for they are to strong for me Bryng my soule out of prieson that I maye geue thankes vnto thy name which thing if thou wilte graunte me then shall the righteous resorte vnto my company Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde almyghtie whiche haste indued thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singuler giftes of thy holy gost let vs not be destitute of thy manyfolde giftes nor yet of grace to vse them alwaye to thy honoure and glory Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle TYdynges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the congregacion which was in Ierusalem And they sent furth Barnabas that he should goe vnto Antioche Whiche when he came and had seen the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would continually cleaue vnto the Lorde For he was a good man and full of the holy gost and of fayth and muche people was added vnto the Lorde Then departed Barnabas to Tharsus for to seke Saul And when he had found him he brought him vnto Antioche And it chaunsed that a whole yere they hadde theyr conuersacion with the congregacion there taught muche people insomuche that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called Christen In those dayes came Prophetes from the citie of Hierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there should be greate dearth throughout all the world which came to passe in the Emperoure Cladius dayes Then the disciples euery manne according to his habilitie purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry which thing they also dyd and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul The Gospell THys is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you Greater loue hath no man then this that a man bestowe his lyfe for his frendes Ye are my frendes yf ye doe whatsoeuer I commaunde you Hencefurth call I you not seruauntes for the seruaunte knoweth not what his Lorde doeth But you haue I called frendes for all thinges that I haue heard of my father haue I opened to you ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to goe and bryng furth fruite and that your fruite shoulde remayne that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name he maye
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