the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde And the firste beaste was lyke a Lion and the second beaste like a Calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beaste was lyke a flying Egle. And the foure beastes had eche of them syxe wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within And they did not rest day neyther night saying Holy holy holy Lorde God almightye whiche was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glori and honor and thankes to hym that sat on the seate whiche liueth for euer and euer the .xxiiii. elders fell down before him that sat on the throne and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and caste theyr crownes before the throne saying thou art worthy O lorde our god to receyue glory and honoure and power for thou hast created al thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. THere was a mā of the Phariseis named Nichodemus a ruler of the Iewes The same came to Iesus by nighte and sayd vnto him Rabbi we know that thou art a teacher come from god for no man coulde doe suche miracles as thou doest excepte God were wyth hym Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him Verelye verely I saye vnto thee excepte a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kyngdome of God Nichodemus sayd vnto hym howe can a man bee borne when he is older can he entre into hys mothers wombe and bee borne agayne Iesus aunswered verely verely I saye vnto thee excepte a mā be borne of water and of the spirite he cannot entre into the kyngdome to God That whiche is borne of the flesh is fleshe And that whiche is borne of the spirite is spirite Meruaile not thou that I sayed to thee ye muste bee borne from aboue The wynd bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sounde thereof but thou canst not tell whence it cometh nor whether he goeth So is euery one the is borne of the spirite Nichodemus aunswered and said vnto him how can these thynges be Iesus aunswered and said vnto hym arte thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thynges Verely verely I say vnto thee we speake that we knowe and testifye that we haue seene and ye receyue not our witnesse Yf I haue tolde you earthly thynges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue if I tell you of heauenlye thynges And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man whiche is in heauen And as Moyses lyfte vp the serpent in the wyldernesse euen so muste the sonne of man bee lyfte vp that whosoeuer beleueth in hym peryshe not but haue euerlastyng lyfe ¶ The first Sunday after Trinitie Sundaye ¶ The Collecte GOd the strength of al thē that trust in thee mercyfully accept our prayers And because the weakenes of our mortall nature can doe no good thing without thee graunt vs the helpe of thy grace that in keping of thy commaundementes we may please the both in wil and dede through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Ioh. iiii DEarely beloued let vs loue one another for loue cometh of god And eueri one that loueth is borne of god and knoweth god He that loueth not knoweth not God for god is loue In this appeareth loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myghte lyue through hym Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sente hys sonne to be the agremente for oure synnes Dearely beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seen God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Nereby know we that we dwel in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of hys spirite And we haue seen and doe testifie that the father sente the sonne to be the Sauiour of the world whosoeuer cōfesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of Iudgement For as he is euē so are we in thys worlde There is no feare in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath painfulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs first If a man say I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he that loueth not hys brother whom he hath seen loue God whom he hath not seen And thys commaundemente haue we of hym that be which loueth God should loue hys brother also ¶ The Gospell Luke xv THere was a certayne riche manne whiche was clothed in purple and fyne whyte and fared deliciouslye euerye daye And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus which laye at hys gate full of sores desyryng to bee refresshed with the crumines which fell from the ryche mans boarde and no man gaue vnto hym The dogges came also and lycked hys sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed and was caried by the Aungels into Abrahams bosome The ryche man also dyed and was buried And beeing in hell in tormentes he lyfte vp his eyes and sawe Abraham afarre of and Lazarus in hys bosome and he cryed and sayde Father Abraham haue mercye on me and sende Lazarus that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water and cole my tong for I am tormented in thys flame But Abraham sayde Sonne remembre that thou in thy life tyme receiuedst thy pleasure and contrariwyse Lazarus receyued payne But nowe he is coumforted and thou art punyshed Beyonde all thys betwene vs and you there is a greate space sette so that they whyche woulde goe from hence to you cannot neither maye come from thence to vs. Then he sayed I praye thee therefore father sende hym to my fathers house for I haue fiue brethrē for to warne them left they come also into this place of tormente Abraham sayde vnto hym they haue Moyses and the Prophetes let them heare thē And he sayde naye father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they will repent He sayde vnto hym Yf they heare not Moyses and the Prophetes neither wil they belieue though one rose from death agayne The second Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrde make vs to haue a perpetuall feare and loue of thy holye name for thou neuer faylest to helpe and gouerne them whome thou dooest bryng vp in thy stedfast loue Graunt this c. ¶ The Epistle i. Ioh. iii. MErueyle not my brethren though the world hate you We know that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren He that loueth
Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GRaunt Lorde we beseche thee that the course of thys world may be so peaceably ordred by the gouernaūce that thy congregacion may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietenes through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Pet. iii BE you all of one mynde and of one hearte loue as brethren be pietifull be curteous meke not renderyng euyll for euyll or rebuke for rebuke but contrarywyse blesse knowyng that ye are thereunto called euen that ye should bee heyres of the blessyng For he that dooeth long after lyfe and loueth to see good dayes lette hym refrayne his tongue from euil his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschew euil and doe good let him seke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers Again the face of the Lord is ouer thē that do euil Moreouer who is he that wil harme you if ye folowe that which is good yea happye are ye if anye trouble happen vnto you for righteousnes sake Be not ye afrayd for any terrour of them neither be ye troubled but sanctifye the Lord God in your heartes ¶ The Gospell Luke v. YE came to passe that when the people preaced vpon hym to heare the woord of God he stoode by the lake of Genazareth saw two shippes stand by the lakes side but the fishermen were gone out of them were washyng their nettes And he entered into one of the shippes which pertained to Simon and prayed him that he woulde thrust out a little from the lande And he sate down taught the people out of the shyp When he had left speakyng he sayde vnto Simon launche out into the depe let slip your nettes to make a draught And Simon aunswered and sayd vnto him Maister we haue laboured al nighte and haue taken nothyng Neuerthelesse at thy commaundemente I will looce furth the nerre And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fysshes But theyr nette brake and they beckened to theyr felowes which were in the other shyppe that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fylled bothe shippes that they souke agayn When Simon Peter sawe this he fell down at Iesus knees saying Lorde goe from me for I am a sinnefull man For he was astonied and all that were with him at the draughte of fishes whiche they had taken and so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of zebede whiche were parteners with Simon And Iesus sayde vnto Simon feare not from hencefurth thou shalte catche men And they brought the shippes to lande and forsoke all and folowed him The sixth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GOd Which hast prepared to them that loue thee suche good thinges as passe al mās vnderstanding Powre into our heartes suche loue towarde thee that we louing thee in all thynges may obteyne thy promises whiche excede all that we can desyre through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle Rom. vi KNowe ye not that all we whiche are baptised in Iesus Christ are baptised to dye with him We are buried then with hym by baptisme for to dye that likewise as Christ was raysed frō death by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a newe lyfe For if we bee graft in death like vnto him euen so shall we be partakers of the holy resurrecciō Knowing thys that your olde man is crucifyed with him also that the body of sinne myght vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not bee seruautes vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustified frō sinne Wherefore if we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shal also liue with him knowing that Christ beeing raysed from death dyeth no more Death hath no more power ouer him For as touching that he dyed he dyed concernyng sinne once And as touchyng that he liueth he liueth vnto God Lykewyse considre ye also that ye are dead as touching sinne but are aliue vnto God through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Gospell Math. v. IEsus sayd vnto his disciples except your righteousnes exceade the ryghteousnes of the Scribes and Phariseis ye cannot entre into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue heard that it was sayde vnto them of olde time Thou shalte not kyll whosoeuer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer is angry with hys brother vnaduisedlye shal be in daunger of iudgement And whosoeuer saye vnto his brother Racha shal be in daūger of a coūsel But whosoeuer faith thou foole shal be in daūger of hel fyer Therefore if thou offrest thy gifte at the altare and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee leaue there thyne offering before the altare and goe thy way first and be reconciled to thy brother then come and offer thy gift Agree with thine aduersarye quickelye whyles thou arte in the waye with him lest at any tyme the aduersary deliuer thee to the iudge the iudge delyuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into prieson Verely I saye vnto thee thou shalte not come out thence tyll thou haue payde the vttermost farthing The seuenth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd of al power and might whiche art the auctour geuer of al good thinges graffe in our hartes the loue of thy name increase in vs true religion nouryshe vs with all goodnes and of thy greate mercye kepe vs in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Rom. vi I Speake groslye because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuē your membres seruaūtes to vnclennes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to an other euen so now geue ouer your mēbres seruauntes vnto righteousnes the ye may be sanctifyed For when ye wer seruauntes of sinne ye were voyde of righteousnes What fruite had you then in those thinges whereof ye are now ashamed for the end of those thinges are death But now are ye deliuered frō synne made the seruaūtes of God haue your fruite to be sanctified the ende euerlasting life For the rewarde of sinne is deathe but eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Gospell mar viii IN those dayes when there was a very great cōpanye and had nothyng to eate Iesus called his disciples vnto him said vnto them I haue compassion on the people because thei haue been now with me three dayes and haue nothyng to eate And yf I sende them awaye fastyng to theyr owne houses they shall faynt by the waye for diuers of them came from farre And his Disciples aunswered hym where shoulde a man haue bread here in the wildernesse to satisfye these And he asked them howe many loaues haue ye They sayd seuen And he commaunded the people to sitte downe on the grounde And he toke the seauen loaues And when he had geuen thankes he brake
depe of the earth agayne Thou haste broughte me to great honoure and comforted me on euery syed Therefore wyll I prayse thee and thy faythfulnesse O God playing vpon an instrument of musike vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will bee fayne when I sing vnto thee and so wyll my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tong also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the daye longe for they are confounded and broughte vnto shame that seke to doe me euyll Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precyous bloud hast redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the Minister saye THe almightie Lord which is a most strong tower to all them that put theyr truste in hym to whom all thynges in heauen in earth and vnder earthe doe bowe and obeye be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whom and throughe whom thou mayst receyue health and saluacyon but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ The Communion of the Sicke FOrasmuche as all mortall men be subiect to many sodayne perilles diseases and sickenesses euer vncertayne what time they shall depart out of this lyfe Therfore to thintent they may bee alwayes in a redinesse to dye whēsoeuer it shal please almightye God to call them the Curates shall diligenly from time to time but specially in the plague time exhorte their parishioners to the ofte receyuyng in the Church of the holy Cōmunion of the body and bloud of our sauioure Christ Whiche yf they doe they shall haue no cause in theyr sodayne visitaciō to be vnquieted for lacke of thesame but yf the sicke person bee not hable to come to the Church and yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he muste geue knowlegde ouernight or els early in the mornyng to the Curate signifying also how many be appoynted to Communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate maye reuerently minister a good numbre to receyue the Communion with the sicke person with all thynges necessary for the same he shal there minister the holy Cōmuniō The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankynde which doest correct those whom thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whom thou doest rcceyue we beseche to haue mercy vpon thys thy seruaunt visited with thy hand and to graunt that he may take his sickenes paciently and recouer his bodely health yf it be thy gracious wil and whensoeuer his soule shall departe from the bodye it maye bee withoute spot presēted vnto thee through Iesus Christ our lord Amē The Epistle Hebr. xii MI sonne despise not the correccion of the Lord neither faint whē thou art rebuked of him For whō the Lord loueth hym he correcteth yea he scourgeth euery sonne whom be receyueth The Gospell Iohn v. VErely verely I saie vnto you he that heareth my worde and beleueth on hym that sent me hath euerlastyng life and shal not come vnto damnacion but he passeth from death vnto lyfe At the tyme of the distribucion of the holy Sacramente the Priest shall first receyue the Communion hymselfe and after minister vnto them that be appoynted to Communicate with the sicke But yf any man ether by reason of extremitie of syckenes or for lacke of warnyng in due tyme to the Curate or for lacke of companye to receyue with hym or by any other iuste impedimente doe not receyue the Sacramente of Christes body and bloud then the Curate shall instructe him that yf he doe truly repente hym of hys synnes and stedfastlye beeleue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the crosse for him and shed his bloud for hys redempcion earnestlye remembryng the benefytes he hath therby and geuyng hym harty thankes therfore he doth eate and drynke the bodye and bloud of oure Sauioure Christe profitablye to hys soules health although he doe not receyue the Sacramente with his mouth When the sicke person is visited and receyueth the holye Communion all at one tyme then the Priest for more expedycion shall cut of the fourme of the visitacion at the Psalme In thee O Lorde haue I put my truste and goe streyghte to the Communion In the tyme of plague Swette or such other lyke contagyous tymes of sickenesses or diseases when none of the paryshe or neyghbours can be gotten to Communnicate with the sycke in theyr houses for feare of the infeccion vpon specyall request of the diseased the minister may alonly Communicate with him ¶ The order for the Buriall of the dead The Priest metyng the corps at the Churche stile shall saye Or els the Priestes and clerkes shall syng and so go eyther vnto the Churche or towardes the graue Iohn xi I Am the resurreccyon and the life sayth the Lord he the beleueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in me shall not dye for euer Iob. xix I Knowe that my redemer lyueth and that I shall rise oute of the earth in the last daie and shal be couered agayne with my skinne and shall see god in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with the same eyes i. Tim. vi WE brought nothing into this worlde neither maye we cary any thyng out of thys world The Lorde geueth and the lord taketh away Iob. i. Euen as it hath pleased the lord so commeth thinges to passe blessed be the name of the Lorde When they come at the graue whiles the corps is made ready to be laid into the earth the Priest shal say or the Priest and clerkes shall syng Iob. ix MAn that is borne of a woman hathe but a shorte time to liue and is ful of misery he cometh vp and is cutte downe lyke a floure he flieth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one staye In the middes of lyfe we be in death of whom may we seke for succour but of thee O Lorde which for our synnes iustly arte displeased yet O lord god moste holy O lord most mightye O holy and most mercyfull sauiour delyuer vs not into the bytter paynes of eternall death Thou knowest Lord the secretes of our heartes shutte not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers But spare vs lorde most holy O god most mightie O holy and mercifull sauiour thou most worthy iudge eternall suffre vs not at our laste houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shal be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall saye FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almighty god of his great mercy to take vnto himselfe the
c. ¶ Then a Lesson of the new Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue seene thy saluacyon Whyche thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lyghten the Gentyles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c. Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shew vs the lyght of hys countenaunce and bee mercyfull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacyons reioyce and bee gladde for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacyons vpon earth Lette the people prayse thee O God lette all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c Then shall folowe the Crede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus And with three Collectes Fyrst of the daye the second of peace thyrde for ayde agaynste all perilles as hereafter foloweth Whiche two last Collectes shal be dayly sayde at Euenyng prayer withoute alteracion The seconde Collect at Euening prayer O God from whom all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iuste workes dooe procede geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace which the world cannot geue that bothe our heartes may be sette to obeye thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of oure enemyes maye passe oure tyme in reste and quyetnes through the merites of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The thyrd Collecte for ayde agaynst all perilles LIghten our darkenes we beseche thee O Lord by thy great mercy defend vs from al perilles and daungers of this nighte for the loue of thy onelye sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In the feastes of Christmas the Epiphanie saincte Mathie Easter Thassencion Pentecost Sainct Iohn Baptist Sainct Iames Sainct Bartholomew Sainct Mathew Saincte Simon and Iude Sainct Andrew and Trinitie Sundaye shal be songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus this confession of oure Christen fayth Quicūque vult WHosoeuer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke fayth Which fayth except euery one do kepe holy and vndefyled withoute doubte he shall perishe euerlastinglye And the catholike fayth is this that wee worshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundinge the persons nor deuydinge the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sōne and another of the holy ghoste But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy ghost is al one the glori equal the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is such is the sonne and such is the holy ghoste The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holye ghost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy ghost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternal and the holy goste eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewise the father is almighty the sonne almightie and the holy ghost almightie And yet they are not thre almighties but one almightie So the father is God the sonne is God and the holye ghoste is God And yet are they not three Goddes but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy ghoste Lorde And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by the Christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himself to be god and Lord. So are we forbidden by the catholike religion to saye thers be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy ghost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but procedinge So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy ghost not three holy ghostes And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater nor lesse then another But the whole three persons be coeternal together and coequall So that in all thynges as is aforesayde the vnitie in Trinitie and the Trinitie in vnitie is to be worshipped He therefore that wyll be saued muste thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastinge saluacion that he also beleue rightely in the incarnacion of our Lord Iesu Christe For the righte fayth is that we beleue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the sonne of God is god and man God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and man of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsistinge Equall to the father as touching his Godhead and inferioure to the father touching his manhode Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one christ One not by conuersion of the godhead into flesshe but by taking of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesshe is one man so God and man is one christ Who suffered for oure saluacion descended into hell role agayn the thyrd daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the ryght hande of the father God almyghtie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall ryse agayne with their bodyes and shal geue accoumpt for theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholike faith which except a man beleue faythfully he can not be saued Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Thus endeth the ordre of Morning and Euening prayer through the whole yeare ¶ Here foloweth the Letany to be vsed vpon Sundaies Wednesdaies and Frydayes and at other tymes when it shal be commaunded by the Ordenarye O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners
O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Remember not lord our offences nor the offences of our forefather neither take thou vengeaunce of our synnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euil and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good Lorde delyuer vs. From all blindnes of heart from pryde vayne glory and hipocrisy from enuy hatered and malice and al vncharitablenes Good lorde delyuer vs. From fornicacion and al other deadly synne and from al the deceites of the worlde the flesh and the deuil Good Lord delyuer vs. From lightninges tempestes from plage pestilence famine from battayle murther and from sodayne death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuie conspiracie from the tiranny of the Bishop of Rome all his detestable enormities from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy woord and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie and Cyrcumcision by thy Baptysme fastyng and temptacion Good Lord deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse passion by thy precious death buriall by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion and by the coming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it way please thee to rule and gouerne thy holye churche vniuersally in the right way We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to kepe Edwarde the sixth thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his hearte in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye always haue affyaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be hys defender and keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to illuminate all Bisshops Pastours Ministers of the Church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word that both by theyr preachyng and liuing they may set it furth and shewe it accordyngly We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsayle and all the nobilitie with grace wysdome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayn trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concord We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue all thy people encrease of grace to heare mekely thy woord and to receiue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring in to the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthē such as do stand to comfort and helpe the weake harted to rayse them vp that fall finally to beate down Satan vnder out fete We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by land or by water all weomen labouryng of child all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pietie vpon all priesoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to defende and prouyde for the fatherles children and widdowes and all that be desolate and oppresed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioye them We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our lyues according to the holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities ¶ Let vs praye O God merciful father that despysest not the sighing of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of such as be sorowful mercifully assist oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersyties whensoeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtiltie of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thi goodnes they may be dispersed the we thy seruauntes beyng hurt by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy churche through Iesu Christ our Lorde O Lord aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O
Iesus Christe whiche is father of all that called father in heauen and in earth that he woulde graunte you accordyng to the riches of hys glory that ye maye bee strengthed with myghte by hys spirite in the inner man that Chryste may dwell in your heartes by faythe that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be hable to comprehend with all Sainctes what is the bredthe lengthe depthe and height and to know the excellent loue of the knowledge of Christe that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnesse whyche cometh of God Vnto hym that is hable to doe excedyng aboundauntly aboue all that wee aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Chryst Iesus throughout all generacyons from time to tyme. Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus wente into a cytie called Naim and many of hys disciples wente with hym and muche people When he came nye to the gate of the citye beholde there was a dead man caryed oute whyche was the onely sonne of his mother and she was widowe and muche people of the cytye was with her And when the Lord saw her had compassion on her and sayde vnto her wepe not And he came nye and touched the coffen and they that bare hym stode styll And he sayde yong man I saye vnto thee aryse And he that was dead sat vp and beegan to speake And he delyuered hym to hys mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying A great Prophet is risen vp among vs and God hathe visited hys people And thys rumoure of hym went forthe throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions whyche lye rounde aboute ¶ The .xvii. sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd we pray thee that thy grace may alwayes preuent and folow vs and make vs continually to be geuē to all good workes throughe Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ephe. iiii I Whiche am a priesoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke worthy of the vocacyon wherwith ye are called with all lowlines mekenes with humblenes of mynde forbearyng one another through loue and be diligēt to kepe the vnitie of the spirite throughe the bonde of peace beeyng one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of youre callyng Let there be but one Lorde one faythe one baptisme one God and father of all whiche is aboue all and througbe all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiii IT chaunced that Iesus wente into the house of one of the chiefe Phariseis to eate bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And beholde there was a certayne man before him which had the dropsye And Iesus answered and spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth daye And they helde their peace And he toke hym and healed hym and let hym goe and aunswered them saying which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pitte and wil not strayght way pull hym out on the Sabboth day And they coulde not aunswer hym agayn to these thynges He put foorth also a similitude to the geastes whē he marked how they preaced to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them when thou art bidden to a wedding of any man syt not downe in the hiest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be biddē of hym and he that bad him and thee come and say to thee geue this man roume and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou arte bidden goe and sit in the lowest roume that when he that bad thee cometh he may saye vnto thee frend sit vp hyer Then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shall bee broughte lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted ¶ The .xviii. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrd we beseche thee graunte thy people grace to auoid the infeccions of the deuil and with pure hearte mind to folow thee the onely god through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle i. Corin. i I Thanke my god alwayes on your behalfe for the grace of god which is geuē you by Iesus Christ that in all thynges yeare made ryche by him in al vtteraunce and in all knowledge by the whyche thynges the testimonye of Iesus Christe was confyrmed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyfte waytyng for the appearyng of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whyche shall also strength you to the ende that you maye bee blameies in the day of the comyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxii WHen the Phariseis had heard that Iesus dyd put the Saduceis to silence they came together and one of them whiche was a doctor of law asked him a question tempting him and saying Maister whiche is the greatest commaundemente in the lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde This is the first and greatest commaundemente And the second is lyke vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy self In these two commaundementes hang all the lawe and the Prophetes Whyle the Phariseis were gathered together Iesus asked them saying what thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him the sonne of Dauid He sayde vnto them how then doeth Dauid in spirite cal him Lord saying The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my righte hand tyll I make thine enemies thy fotestole If Dauid then call hym Lord how is he then his sonne And no man was hable to aunswer him any thing neither durst any man from that daye foorth aske hym any moe questions ¶ The .xix. Sundaye after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. O God forasmuch as withoute thee we are not hable to please thee Graūt that the working of thy mercy may in all thynges direct and rule out heartes Throughe Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Eph. iiii THis I saye and testifie throughe the Lord that ye hencefoorthe walke not as other Gentyles walke in vanitye of theyr mynde whyle they are blynded in theyr vnderstanding beeyng farre from a Godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignoraunce that is in them and because of the blyndnesse of theyr heartes whiche beeyng past repentaunce haue geuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnes to woorke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christe If so bee that ye haue hearde of hym and haue been taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersacion in times past to lay from you the olde man whiche is corrupt according to the deceiuable lustes To be renued also in the spirite of your mind and to put on that new man whiche after God is shapen in righteousnes and true holynes Wherfore put a way lying and
that is taughte in the worde ministre vnto hym that teacheth in all good thynges Be not deceiued God is not mocked for whatsoeuer a manne soweth that shall he reape Gala. vi Whyle we haue tyme lette vs doe good vnto all menne and specyallye vnto them whyche are of the householde of faythe i. Tim. vi Godlines is great riches if a man be contented with that he hath for we brought nothing into the world neither may we cary any thyng oute i. Tim. vi Charge them which are riche in this worlde that they be ready to geue and glad to distribute laying vp in store for themselues a good foundacyon agaynste the tyme to come that they may attayne eternall lyfe Heb. vi God is not vnrighteous that he wil forgeat your workes labour that procedeth of loue whiche loue ye haue shewed for his names sake whiche haue ministred vnto sainctes yet doe ministre Heb. xiii To doe good and to distribute forgeat not for with suche sacrfices God is pleased i Ioh. iii. Whoso hathe this worldes good and seeth hys brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym howe dwelleth the loue of God in him Tob. iiii Geue almose of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from any poore man and then the face of the Lord shal not be turned awaye from thee Tob. iiii Be mercifull after thy power If thou haste muche geue plenteouslye If thou haste litle doe thy diligence gladlye to geue of that little for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good rewarde in the day of necessitie Prou. xix He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lorde and loke what he layeth out it shal be payed hym agayne Psal lxi Blessed be the man that prouideth for the sycke and nedy the Lord shall deliuer hym in the tyme of trouble Then shall the church wardens or some other by them appoynted gather the deuocion of the people and put the same into the poore mens bore and vpō the offring daies appoynted euery man and woman shall pay to the curate the due and accustomed offringes after whiche done the priest shall saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes Churche militante here in earth ALmightie and euerliuing God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacyons and to geue thankes for all menne we humbly beseche thee moste mercifullye to accepte our almose If there bee none almose geuē vnto the pore then shal the wordes of acceptyng our almes be lefte oute vnsayde and to receyue these oure prayers which we offer vnto wordes thy deuine maiestye besechyng thee to inspire contynually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of trueth vnitie and our concorde and graunte that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agree in the trueth of thy holy woord and lyue in vnitye and godlye loue We beeseche thee also to saue and defende all chrystian Kynges Prynces and gouernours and specially thy seruaunt Edward oure Kyng that vnder hym we maye bee godly and quietly gouerned and graunte vnto hys whole counsayle and to all that bee put in auctoritie vnder hym that they may truelye and indifferentlye minister iustice to the punyshmente of wyckednes and vice and to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenlye father to all Bisshoppes Pastours and Curates that they may bothe by theyr lyfe and doctryne sette foorthe thy true and lyuelye woord and rightly and duely administer thy holy Sacramentes and to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace and especiallye to thys congregacion here presente that with meke heart and due reuerence they maye heare and receyue thy holy woorde truely seruing thee in holynes and ryghteousnes all the dayes of theyr lyfe And we moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to comfort and succour all them whiche in this transitory life be in trouble sorowe nede syckenes or anye other aduersitie Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake oure only mcdiatour and aduocate Amen Then shall folow this exhortacion at certayne tymes when the Curate shall see the people negligent to come to the holy Communion WE be come together at this time dereli beloued brethren to fede at the Lordes supper vnto the whiche in Gods behalfe I did you all that bee here present and beseche you for the Lorde Iesus Christes sake the ye wyll not refuse to come therto being so louinglye called and bidden of God himself Ye knowe howe grieuouse and vnkynde a thyng it is when a man hathe prepared a ryche feaste decked his table with all kynde of prouisyon so that there lacketh nothyng but the geastes to sitte downe and yet they whyche bee called withoute any cause moste vnthankefullye refuse to come Whyche of you in suche a case woulde not bee moued Who moulde not thynke a greate iniurye and wrong doone vnto hym Wherfore moste dearelye beloued in Chryste take ye good hede leste ye with drawing youre selues from thys holye supper prouoke Goddes indygnacyon agaynste you It is an easye matter for a man to saye I wyll not communicate because I am otherwyse letted with worldlye busines but suche excuses bee not so easelye accepted and allowed before God If anye man saye I am a grieuouse sinner and therefore am afrayde to come wherefore then doe you not repent and amend When God calleth you bee you not ashamed to saye you wyll not come when you should returne to God wyll you excuse youreselfe and saye that you bee not readye Consydre earnestlye with youre selues howe lyttle suche fayned excuse shall auayle beefore God They that refused the feaste in the Gospell beecause they hadde boughte a farme or woulde trye theyr yokes of oxen or beecause they were maryed were not so excused but counted vnwoorthy of the heauenlye feaste I for my parte am here presente and accordyng vnto myne offyce I bydde you in the name of GOD I call you in Chrystes behalfe I exhorte you as you loue youre owne saluacyon that ye wyll bee partakers of thys holye Communyon And as the sonne of God dyd vouchesafe to yelde vp hys soule by deathe vpon the Crosse for youre healthe euen so it is youre duetye to receyue the Communyon together in the remembraunce of hys deathe as he hymselfe commaunded Nowe yf you wyll in nowyse thus dooe considre with youre selues howe greate iniurye you dooe vnto GOD and howe sore punyshemente hangeth ouer youre heades for the same And whereas you offend GOD so fore in refusyng thys holye Banquete I admonyshe exhorte and beeseche you that vnto thys vnkyndenesse ye wyll not adde any more Whyche thyng ye shall dooe yf ye stande by as gasers and lookers on them that dooe communycate and bee no partakers of the same youre selues For what thyng can this bee accoumpted els then a further contempt and vnkindenes vnto God Truely it is a great vnthankefulnes to say nay when ye
ordinaunce And thereto I geue thee my trouth Then shal they agayne loose their handes and the man shal geue vnto the woman a ring laying thesame vpon the boke with the accustomed duety to the Priest Clerke And the Priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to putte it vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hand And the man taught by the Priest shall saye With this ring I thee wed wyth my body I thee worshyp with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauing the ryng vpon the fourth fynger of the womans left hande the Minister shall saye ¶ Let vs praye O Eternall god creatour and preseruer of al mankynde geuer of all spirituall grace the auctour of euerlasting lyfe Sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this mā and this woman whō we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca liued faithfully together so these persons may surely perfourme and kepe the vow and couenaunt betwixt them made whereof this ring geuen and receiued is a tokē and pledge and may euer remaine in perfect loue and peace together and lyue accordyng vnto thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Priest ioyne their right handes together and say Those whom God hath ioined together lette no man put asunder Then shall the Minister speake vnto the people FOrasmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed thesame before god and this company and therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth eyther to other and haue declared thesame by geuing and receiuing of a ring and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the Minister shal adde thys blessing God the father god the sonne god the holy gost blesse preserue and kepe you the Lord mercifully with his fauoure loke vpon you and so fil you with al spiritual benediccyon and grace that you maye so liue together in thys life that in the world to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clerkes going to the Lordes table shall saye or syng thys psalme folowyng Beati omnes ps cxxviii BLessed are al they that feare the lorde and walke in thys wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitefull vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue braunches rounde aboute thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lorde from oute of Sion shall blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. Or els thys psalme folowyng Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be merciful vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the light of his countenaunce and be merciful vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacions reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the stocke righteouslye and gouerne the nacions vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O god let all the people prayse thee Then shal the earth bryng forth her encrease and god euēour God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory be to the father c. As it was in the. c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman knelyng afore the Lordes table the Priest standing at the table and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Aunswere Christe haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmayde Aunswere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Aunswere From the face of theyr enemye Minister O Lorde heare our prayer Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes and so we the sede of eternall lyfe in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they maye in dede fulfil thesame Loke O Lord mercifully vpon thē from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest sende thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessing vpō these thy seruauntes that they obeying thy wil and alway beeing in safetie vnder thy proteccion may abide thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen Thys prayer next folowyng shal be omitted where the women is paste chylde byrth O Merciful lord heauenly father by whose gracious gift mankind is encreased we beseche thee assyste with thy blessyng these two persons that they may both be fruiteful in procreacion of childrē and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thyrde fourth generacyon vnto thy prayse and honoure throughe Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whiche by thy mightie power hast made all thinges of naughte which also after other thinges set in ordre didst appointe that out of mā created after thyne owne ymage and similitude woman should take her beginning and knitting thē together dydst teache that it should neuer be lawful to put a sunder those whom thou by matrimonie hadst made one O God whych hast consecrated the state of matrimonie to such an excellent misterie that in it is signified and represented the spiritual mariage vnitie betwixt Christ his church Loke mercyfully vpon these thy seruauntes that both this mā may loue his wyfe accordyng to thy worde as Chryste did loue hys spouse the church who gaue him selfe for it louing cherysshyng it euen as his own flesh And also the this womā may be louing amiable to her husband as Rachel wife as Rebecca faithfull obedient as Sara and in all quietnes sobrietie peace be a folower of holy and godly matrones O Lord blesse them both graunt them to inherite thy euerlasting kingdom through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest saye ALmightie God which at the beginning did create our first parentes Adam and Eue and did sanctifie ioine them together in mariage powre vpō you the riches of hys grace sanctifie and blesse you that ye may please hym both in body and soule and lyue together in holy loue vnto your lyues ende Amen Then
vnto the people by the autoritie of the scripture home the mercye and goodnes of God hath in all ages been shewed to his people in their necessities and extremities by meanes of hearty and faythful prayers made to almightie god specially where people be gathered together with one fayth and mynd to offre vp theyr heartes by prayer as the best Sacrifices that Christian menne can yelde The Table and Kalender expressing the ordre of the Psalmes and Lessons to be sayed at the Morning and Euening prayer throughout the yere excepte certayne proper feastes as the rules folowyng more playnely declare ¶ The order howe the Psalter is appoynted to be readde THe Psalter shal be read through once euery Moneth And because that some Monethes be longer then some other bee it is thoughte good to make them euen by thys meanes To euery Moneth shall be appoynted as concernyng thys purpose iust .xxx. dayes And because Ianuary and Marche hath one day aboue the said numbre and February which is placed betwene them both hath onely .xxviii. dayes February shall borowe of eyther of the Monethes of Ianuary March one day And so the Psalter which shal be read in February must begin the last daye of Ianuary and ende the first daye of Marche And wheras Maye Iuly August Octobre and Decembre haue .xxxi. dayes a piece it is ordered that the same Psalmes shall be read the last daye of the sayd Monethes which were read the day before So that the Psalter may begin agayne the first day of the next Monethes ensuing Now to know what Psalmes shal be read euery daye loke in the Kalender the numbre that is appoynted for the Psalmes and then fynd the same numbre in this Table and vpon that numbre shall you see what Psalmes shal be sayd at Morning and Euening prayer And where the Cxix Psalme is deuided into .xxii. porcyons is ouerlong to bee read at one tyme it is so ordred that at one tyme shall not bee read aboue foure or fyue of the sayed porcyons as you shall perceyue to be noted in this Table folowyng And here is also to be noted that in this Table and in all other partes of the seruice where any Psalmes are appoynted the numbre is expressed after the great Englishe Byble which from the .ix. Psalme vnto the Cxlviii Psalme folowyng the deuision of the Hebrues doeth varye in numbres from the common Latine translacion ⧠⧠The Table for the ordre of the Psalmes to be sayd at Morning and Euening prayer  ¶ Morning prayer ¶ Euening prayer i i. ii iii. iiii v. vi vii viii ii ix x. xi xii xiii xiiii iii xv xvi xvii xviii iiii xix xx xxi xxii xxiii v xxiiii xxv xxvi xxvii xxviii xxix vi xxx xxxi xxxii xxxiii xxxiiii vii xxxv xxxvi xxxvii viii xxxviii xxxix xl xli xlii xliii ix xliiii xlv xlvi xlvii xlviii xlix x l. li. lii liii liiii lv xi lvi lvii lviii lix lx lxi xii lxii lxiii lxiiii lxv lxvi lxvii xiii lxviii lxix lxx xiiii lxxi lxxii lxxiii lxxiiii xv lxxv lxxvi lxxvii lxxviii xvi lxxix lxxx lxxxi lxxxii lxxxiii lxxxiiii lxxxv xvii lxxxvi lxxxvii lxxxviii lxxxix xviii xc xci xcii xciii xciiii xix xcvi xcvii xcviii xcix c. ci xx cii ciii ciiii xxi cv cvi xxii cvii. cviii cix xxiii cx cxi cxii cxiii cxiiii cxv xxiiii cxvi cxvii cxviii cxix Inde iiii xxv Inde v. Inde iiii xxvi Inde v. Inde iiii xxvii cxx cxxi cxxii cxxiii cxxiiii cxxv cxxvi cxxvii cxxviii cxxix cxxx cxxxi xxviii cxxxii cxxxiii cxxxiiii cxxxv cxxxvi cxxxvii cxxxviii xxix cxxxix cxl cxli. cxlii cxliii xxx cxliiii cxlv cxlvi cxlvii cxlviii cxlix cl ⧠⧠The ordre how the rest of holy scripture besyde the Psalter is appoynted to be read I Hold Testament is appoynted for the fyrst Lessons at Mornyng and Euenyng prayer and shal be read throughe euery yere once except certayne bookes and Chapyters whych be least edyfying and myght best be spared and therfore be left vnreadde The newe testamente is appoynted for the seconde Lessons at Morning and Euening praier and shal be read ouer orderly euery yere thrise besyde the Epistles and gospels except the Apocalyps out of the whyche there be onely certayne Lessons appoynted vpon dyuerse propre feastes And to knowe what lessons shal be read euery daye finde the day of the moneth in the Kalender folowyng and there ye shall perceyue the bokes and Chapyters that shall bee read for the Lessons both at Morning and Euenyng prayer And here is to be noted that whensoeuer there be any propre Psalmes or Lessons appoynted for any feast moueable or vnmoueable then the Psalmes and lessons appoynted in the kalender shal be omited for the time Ye muste note also that the Collect Epistle and Gospel appoynted for the Sundaye shall serue all the wieke after excepte there fall some feast that hath hys proper Thys is also to be noted concernyng the Leape yeres that the .xxv. day of February whyche in Leape yere is counted for two daies shal in those two dayes alter neyther Psalme nor lesson but the same Psalmes and lessons whyche bee sayed the fyrste daye shall also serue for the seconde daye Also whersoeuer the beginning of any lesson Epistle or Gospell is not expressed there ye must beginne at the beinning of the Chapter And wheresoeuer is not expressed howe farre shall be read there shall you reade to the ende of the Chapter ¶ Proper Psalmes and Lessons for dyuerse feastes and daies at Morning and Euening prayer On Christmas day at morning prayer Psalme xix Psalme xlv Psalm lxxxv The fyrst Lesson Esaye .ix. The .ii. Lesson Luke .ii. vnto And vnto men a good wyll At Euening prayer Psalm lxxxix Psalme Cx. Psal Cxxxii. The first Lesson Esaie .vii. God spake once agayne to Achas c. vnto the ende The seconde Lesson T it .iii. The kyndnesse and loue c. vnto Foolyshe questions On sainct Stephens daye at morning praier   The second Lesson Actes .vi. and .vii. Stephen full of fayth and power vnto And when fourtie yeres were c. At Euening prayer   The seconde Lesson Actes .vii. And when fourtie yeares were expired there appeared vnto Moyses c. vnto Stephen full of the holy gost On sainct Iohn the euāgelistes day at Mornīg prayer   The second Lesson Apocalip .i. The whole Chapiter At Euening prayer   The second Lesson Apocalips .xxii. On the Innocentes daye at mornīng praier  The fyrst Lesson Ierem .xxxi. vnto Moreouer I heard Ephraim  On the Circūcision daye at morning praier  The fyrst Lesson Genesis .xvii. The second Lesson Roma .ii. At Euening prayer  The .i. Lesson Deu .x. And nowe Israel c. The second Lesson Collossi .ii. On the Epiphanie at Morning prayer  The fyrst Lesson Esaye .lx. The second Lesson Luke .iii. And it fortuned c. At Euening prayer  The fyrst Lesson Esaye .xlix. The second Lesson Iohn .ii. After
God we haue heard with our eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble woorkes that thou dydst in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lord aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thyne honor Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holye gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen ¶ From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pietifully beholde the sorowes of our heart Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Chryst Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O lord Christ ¶ The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humblye beseche thee O father mercifullye to looke vpon oure infirmities and for the glorye of thy names sake turne from vs al those euils that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunte that in all our troubles we may put our whole truste and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holines and purenes of liuing to thy honour and glory Throughe oure onely mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christ our lord Amen For rayne if the tyme require O God heauenly father which by thy sonne Iesu Christ hast promised to all thē that seke thy kyngdome and the ryghteousnesse thereof all thinges necessary to their bodyly suffenaunce sende vs we beseche thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receyue the fruytes of the earth to oure comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen For fayre weather O Lorde god whiche for the synne of man didst once drown all the world except eight persōs and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise neuer to destroye it so agayne we humbly beseche thee that although we for our iniquities haue wortheli deserued this plague of raine and waters yet vpō our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche weather whereby we may receiue the fruites of the earth in due seasō and learne both by thy punishment to amende our lyues and for thy clemencye to geue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the tyme of dearth and famyne O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the rain doeth fall the earth is fruitefull beastes increases and fishes doe multiply beholde we beseche thee thaffticcions of thy people and graunte that the scarcitie and dearthe whiche we dooe nowe moste iustelye suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifullye turned into cheapenes and plentie for the loue of Iesu Christ our Lorde to whome with thee and the holye ghoste c. Or thus O God mercifull father whiche in the time of Heliseus the Prophete didst sodaynly turne in Samaria great scarcitie and dearth into plentie and cheapenes and extreme famine into abundaunce of victuall haue pitie vpon vs that nowe bee punisshed for our synnes with lyke aduersitie encrease the fruites of the earth by thy heauenly benediccion And graunte that we receyuing thy bountifull liberalitie may vse thesame to thy glory our comforte and reliefe of oure nedye neyghbours through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen In the tyme of Warre O Almightie god king of al kinges and gouernour of all thinges whose power no creature is hable to resist to whom it belongeth iustely to punyshe synners and to be mercyfull to them that truely repent saue and delyuer vs we humbly beseche thee from the handes of our enemyes abate their pride asswage their malice and confounde their deuises that we beeyng armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from al perils to gloryfye thee whiche art the onely geuer of all victorye throughe the merites of thy onely sonne Iesu Chryste oure Lorde In the tyme of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God whiche in thy wrath in the tyme of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence .ix. and ten thousande and yet remembryng thy mercy didst saue the reste haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickenes and mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaunde thy Aungell to ceasse from punishing So it maye nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and greuouse sickenes through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ And the Letany shall euer ende with thys Collecte folowyng ALmightie God whiche haste geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accorde to make oure common supplicacions vnto thee and dooest promise that when two or three be gathered in thi name thou wilt graunte their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desyres and petycyons of thy seruauntes as maye be moste expedyente for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The Collectes Epistles and Gospelles to be vsed at the celebracyon of the Lordes supper and holy Communion through the yeare The first Sundaye of Aduente ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god geue vs grace that we may cast away the workes of darkenes and put vpon vs the armour of lyght now in the tyme of thys mortall life in the whiche thy sōne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shal come agayne in hys glorious maiestie to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead we maye ryse to the lyfe immortall throughe hym who lyueth and reygneth with thee and the holy gost nowe and euer Amen ¶ The Epistle Rom. xiii OWe nothyng to any man but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfylleth the lawe For these commaundementes Tou shalte not commytte adulterye Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes Thou shalte not luste and so foorth yf there be any other commaundemente it is all comprehended in thys saying namely loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not his neighbour therfore is loue the fulfilling of the law Thys also we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we should nowe awake out of slepe for nowe is our saluacion nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is passed the daye is come nie let vs therefore caste awaye the dedes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of lyght Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lighte not in eatyng and drinkyng neyther in chaumbouring and wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christe and make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxi ANd when they drew nigh to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto Mounte Oliuete then sente Iesus two of hys disciples saying vnto them goe into the towne that lieth ouer agaynste you and anone you shal fynde an Asse bound and a colte with her looce thē and bryng them vnto me And if
to doe and also haue grace and power faythfully to fulfyl the same through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Rom. xii I Beseche you therfore brethren by the mercyfulnesse of God that ye make your bodyes a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto god which is your reasonable seruing of god and fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde but bee ye chaunged in your shape by the renuing of your minde the ye may proue what thing that good acceptable and perfect wil of God is For I say through the grace that vnto me geuen is to euery man among you that no man stande high in his own conceite more then it becommeth hym to esteme of hymselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he bee gentle and sobre accordyng as God hath dealte to euery man the measure of fayth for as we haue many membres in one body and all membres haue not one office s o we beyng many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers membres ¶ The Gospell Luke ii THe father and mother of Iesus went to Ierusalem after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfylled the dayes as they returned home the chylde Iesus abode styl in Ierusalem and hys father and mother knewe not of it but they supposyng hym to haue been in the cumpanye came a dayes iourneye and soughte hym amonges theyr kynsfolke and acquayntaunce And when they founde hym not they went backe agayne to Ierusalem and sought him And it fortuned that after three dayes they found him in the temple sitting in the middest of the doctours hearing thē and posing them And all that heard hym were astonied at hys vnderstanding and aunsweres And when they sawe hym they meruayled and hys mother said vnto hym sonne why hast thou thus dealt with vs Behold thy father I haue sought thee sorowyng And he said vnto them how hapned that ye sought me wist ye not that I must goe aboute my fathers busines And they vnderstode not that saying whiche he spake vnto them And he wente downe with them and came to Nazareth and was obedyente vnto them but hys mother kepte all these sayinges together in her heart And Iesus prospered in wisedome and age and in fauoure with God and men ¶ The second Sunday after the Epiphanie ¶ The Collecte ALmightie and euerlasting god which doest gouerne al thynges in heauen and earth mercifully heare the supplicacions of thy people and graunte vs thy peace all the dayes of our lyfe ¶ The Epistle Rom. xii SEeing that we haue diuerse giftes accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if a man haue the gift of prophecie let him haue it that it be agreeing to the faith Let him that hath an office waite on his office Let him that teacheth take hede to his doctrine Let him that exhorteth geue attendaunce to hys exhortacyon If any man geue let hym doe it with synglenesse Lette hym that ruleth dooe it with diligence If any manne shewe mercye let hym dooe it with cherefulnesse Lette loue be withoute dissimulacion Hate that whiche is euill and cleaue to that whyche is good Be kynd one to another with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before another Be not slothfull in the busines which you haue in hand Be feruent in spirite Applye your selues to the tyme. Reioyce in hope Be paciente in tribulacion Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessitie of the sainctes Be ready to harboure Blesse them which persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be merye with them that are merye wepe with them that wepe be of like affecciō one towardes another Be not hye minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sorte ¶ The Gospell Iohn ii ANd the thyrde daye was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and hys Disciples vnto the mariage and when the wyne fayled the mother of Iesus sayde vnto him they haue no wine Iesus sayde vnto her woman what haue I to do with thee Myne houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he sayth vnto you doe it And there were standyng there .vi. waterpottes of stone after the maner of purifying of the Iewes conteynyng two or three fyrkyns a piece Iesus sayde vnto them fyll the waterpottes with water And they fylled them vp to the brymme And he sayde vnto them drawe out nowe and beare vnto the gouernoure of the feaste And they bare it When the ruler of the feaste had tasted the water turned into wyne and knewe not whence it was but the ministers which drewe the water knewe he called the bridegrome and saide vnto hym euery man at the beginning doeth sette furth good wyne and when men be dronke then that which is woorse but thou hast kept the good wyne vntill nowe This begynnyng of myracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glorye and his disciples belieued on hym ¶ The third Sunday after thepiphanie ¶ The Collect. ALmightie euerlasting god mercifully loke vpon our infirmities and in all our daungers and necessities stretche foorth thy ryghte hande to helpe and defende vs through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Rom. xii BE not wise in your owne opinions Recōpence to no man euil for euil Prouyde aforehand thinges honest not onely before God but also in the sight of all men If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all men Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is mine I will reward saith the lord Therfore if thine enemy hunger fede him if he thyrst geue him drinke For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fyre on hys head Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euyll with goodnes ¶ The Gospell mat viii WHen he was come down frō the mountayn much people folowed hym And beholde there came a Leper worshipped him saying Master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put forth his hand touched him saying I wil be thou clene immediatly his leprosy was clensed And Iesus said vnto him tell no man but goe shew thy self to the Priest offer the gift that Moses commaūded to be offred for a witnes vnto thē And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto hym a Centurion besoughte hym saying Maister my seruaunte lyeth at home sycke of the paulsey is grieuously payned And Iesus sayde when I come vnto him I will heale him The Centurion aunswered sayde Syr I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the woord onely my seruaūt shal be healed For I also am a man subiect to the auctoritie of an other haue souldiers vnder me I say to thys man goe he goeth to another man come he cometh to my seruaunt doe thys he doth
not his brother abideth in death Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye know that no manslear hath eternall life abiding in him Herby perceiue we loue because he gaue hys lyfe for vs and we oughte to geue our liues for the brethrē But whoso hath this worldes good and seeth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym howe dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in word neither in tongue but in dede and in veritie Herby we knowe that we are of the veritie and can quiete our heartes beefore hym For yf our hearte condemne vs God is greater then our hearte knoweth all thinges Dearelye beloued if our hearte condemne vs not then haue we trust to Godward whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him because we kepe his commaundementes and doe those thinges which are pleasant in his sight And this is his commaundement that we belieue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in hym and he in hym herby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite whiche he hath geuen vs. ¶ The Gospell Luk. xiiii A Certayne man ordeined a greate supper and bade many and sēt his seruaūt at supper time to saye to them that were bydden come for all thinges are nowe readye And they all at once beganne to make excuse The fyrst sayde vnto him I haue bought a farme and I must nedes goe and see it I pray thee haue me excused And another sayd I haue bought fiue yoke of Oxen and I goe to proue thē I pray thee haue me excused And another sayde I haue maryed a wife and therfore I cannot come And the seruaunt returned and brought his master word agayn therof Then was the good man of the house displeased and sayed to his seruaunt goe out quickely into the stretes and quarters of the citie and bryng in hither the poore and feble and the halte and blind And the seruaunt sayd Lord it is done as thou haste commaunded and yet there is roume And the Lord sayd vnto the seruaunt goe oute vnto the hie wayes and hedges and compell thē to come in that my house may be fylled For I say vnto you that none of these men which were bidden shall tast of my supper The third Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifully to heare vs and vnto whom thou haste geuen an heartye desyre to praye graunt the by thy mightie ayde we may be defended through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Petr. v. SVbmitte your selues euery man one to another knit your selues together in lowelynes of minde For god resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Submit your selues therefore vnder the mightie hande of god that he maye exalt you when the tyme is come Cast al your care vpon him for he careth for you Be sobre watche for youre aduersarye the deuyll as a roaryng Lion walketh about sekyng whom he may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the fayth knowing that the same affliccions are appointed vnto your brethrē that are in the world But the god of all grace which hath called vs vnto hys eternal glory by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after that ye haue suffred a little afflyccion make you perfecte settle strength and stablishe you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke xv THen resorted vnto him al the Publicans and sinners for to heare him And the Phariseis and Scribes murmured saying He receyueth synners and eateth wyth them But he putte foorth this parable vnto them laying What man among you hauing an hundreth shepe yf he lose one of them dooeth not of leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernes goeth after that which is lost vntil he find it And when he hath founde it he layeth it on his shoulders with ioye And assoone as he cometh home he calleth together hys louers neyghbors saying vnto them Reioyce with me for I haue founde my shepe whiche was lost I saye vnto you that lykewise ioye shal be in heauen ouer one synner that repenteth more then ouer nintie nine iust persons which nede no repentaunce Eyther what woman hauing ten grotes if she loose one doth not light a candle swepe the house seke diligentlye tyl she find it And when she hath founde it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue founde the grote which I lost Likewise I saye vnto you shal there be ioye in the presence of the Aungels of god ouer one synner that repenteth The fourth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GOd the protector of al that trust in thee without whō nothing is strong nothing is holye encrease and multiplie vpon vs thy mercye that thou beeing oure ruler and gyde we may so passe through thinges temporall that we fynally lose not the thynges eternall graunt this heauenly father for Iesu Christes sake our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Ro. viii I Suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory whiche shall bee shewed vpon vs. For the feruente desyre of the creature abydeth lookyng when the sonnes of God shall appeare beecause the creature is subdued to vanitie agaynste the wyll therof but for hys wyll whyche hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shal be delyuered from the bondage of corrupcion into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euē vnto thys tyme not onely it but we also which haue the fyrst fruites of the spirite mourne in our selues also waite for the adopcion of the children of God euē the deliueraunce of our bodies ¶ The Gospell Luke vi BE ye merciful as your father also is merciful Iudge not ye shal not be iudged condemne not and ye shall not bee condemned For geue and ye shal be forgeuē Geue and it shal be geuen vnto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and runnyng ouer shall men geue into youre bosomes For with thesame measure that ye mete withall shall other men mete to you agayne And he putte forth a similitude vnto them Can the blynde leade the blynde doe they not both fall into the ditche The disciple is not aboue his maister Euery mā shal be perfecte euen as his maister is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but consydereste not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Eyther how canst thou saye to thy brother Brother lette me pull oute the mote that is in thyne eye when thou seeste not the beame that is in thyne owne eye fyrste thou ypocrite cast out the beame out of thine owne eye thē shalt thou see perfectely to pull oute the mote that is in thy brothers eye ¶ The fifth Sunday after
abide in me and my wordes abyde in you aske what ye wil and it shal be done for you Herein is my father glory fyed that ye beare much fruit and become my disciples As the father hathe loued me euen so also haue I loued you Continue you in my loue Yf ye kepe my cōmaundemētes ye shal bide in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers cōmaundementes abyde in his loue These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioye might remayne in you and that your ioye might be ful ¶ Sainct Philip and Iames. ¶ The Collecte Almightie God whom truely to knowe is euerlastyng lyfe graunt vs perfectly to knowe thy Sonne Iesus Christe to be the waye the trueth and the lyfe as thou haste taught Sainct Philip and other the apostles through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Iames. i. IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the lord Iesus Christe sendeth greetyng to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroade My brethren counte it for an excedyng ioye when ye fall into dyuerse temptacyons Knowing this that the trying of your faythe gendreth pacience and let pacience haue her perfect worke that ye may bee perfect and sounde lackyng nothing Yf any of you lacke wisedome let him aske of him that geueth it euen God which geueth to all men indifferenly and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuē him But let him aske in faithe and wauer not for he that doubteth is like a waue of the Sea whiche is tost of the windes and caried with violence Nether let that man thinke that he shall receyue any thing of the Lord. A wauering minded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degree reioyce when he is exalted Agayne let him that is riche reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the floure of the grasse shall he passe awaye For as the sunne ryseth with heat and the grasse withereth and his floure falleth away and the beautie of the fasshion of it perissheth euen so shall the ryche man perishe in his wayes Happy is the man that endureth temptacion for when he is tried he shall receyue the croune of lyfe whiche the Lorde hath promysed to them that loue hym ¶ The Gospell Ioh. xiiii ANd Iesus sayde vnto hys disciples let not youre heartes be troubled Ye beleue in God beleue also in me In my fathers house are many mansions Yf it were not so I would haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And yf I goe to prepare a place for you I wyll come agayne and receyue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there maye ye be also And whyther I goe you knowe and the waye ye knowe Thomas sayeth vnto hym Lorde we know not whither thou goest And howe is it possible for vs to knowe the waye Iesus sayeth vnto him I am the way and the trueth and the life No man cometh to the father but by me yf ye had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And now ye knowe him and haue seen hym Philip sayeth vnto hym Lord shewe vs the father and it suffiseth vs. Iesus sayeth vnto him haue I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not knowē me Philip he that hath seen me hath seen my father and howe sayest thou then shew vs the father Beleuest not thou that I am in the father and the father in me The wordes that I speake vnto you I speake not of my self But the father that dweelleth in me is he that dooeth the woorkes Beeleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Or els beeleue me for the wor kes sake Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the workes that I do the same shall he doe also and greater workes then these shall he doe because I goe vnto my father And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name that will I do that the father may be glorifyed by the sōne Yf ye shall aske any thyng in my name I will doe it ¶ Sainct Barnabe Apostle ¶ The Collect. LOrde almightie whyche haste indued thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singuler giftes of thy holy gost let vs not bee destytute of thy manyfolde giftes nor yet of grace to vse them alway to thy honour and glory Throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes xi TYdinges of these thynges came vnto the eares of the congregacion whiche was in Ierusalem And they sent foorth Barnabas that he should goe vnto Antioche Whyche when he came and had seen the grace of God was gladde and exhorted them all that with purpose of hearte they woulde contynually cleaue vnto the Lorde For he was a good man and full of the holy ghost and of faythe and muche people was added vnto the Lorde Then departed Barnabas to Tharsus to seeke Saule And when he had found hym he broughte hym vnto Antioche And it chaunced that a whole yeare they had their conuersacyon with the congregacyon there and taughte muche people in somuch that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called christē In those daies came Prophetes frō the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there should be great dearth throughout all the worlde whyche came to passe in the Emperoure Claudius daies Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to sende succoure vnto the brethren whyche dwelt in Iewry which thing they also did and sente it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv THis is my cōmaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you Greater loue hath no man then this the a man bestow his life for his frendes Ye are my frendes yf ye doe whatsoeuer I commaunde you Hencesforth call I not you seruauntes for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lord doeth But you haue I called frendes for al thinges that I haue heard of my father haue I opened to you ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you to goe and bring foorth fruite and that your fruite should remayn that what soeuer ye aske of the father in my name he maye geue it you ¶ Sainct Iohn Baptiste ¶ The Collect. ALmyghtie God by whose prouydence thy seruaunte Iohn Baptist was wonderfulli borue and sent to prepare the waye of thy sonne out sauioure by preaching of penaunce make vs so to felow his doctrine and holy lyfe that we may truely repent accordyng to hys preachyng and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldly rebuke vice and paciently suffre for the truthes sake through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Esaye xi BE of good there my people Dye prophetes cōfort my people saith your God cōfort Ierusalē at the heart tel her that her trauaile is at an end that her offence is pardoned the she hath receiued of the Lordes hand
Drink ye all of thys for this is my bloud of the newe Testamente which is shed for you and for many for remissyon of sinnes doe thys as oft as ye shall drinke it in remembraunce of me Then shall the Minister first receyue the Communion in bothe kyndes himselfe and nexte delyuer it to other Ministers yf anye be there presēt that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in theyr handes kneelyng And when he delyuereth the bread he shall saye Take and eate thys in remembraunce that Christe dyed for thee and fede on him in thy heart by fayth with thankes geuyng And the minister that deliuereth the cup shall saye Drinke this in remembraunce that Christes bloud was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shal the Priest saye the Lordes prayer the people repeating after hym euery peticyon After shal be sayde as foloweth O Lorde and heauenlye father we thy humble seruauntes entierly desyre thy fatherly goodnesse mercyfullye to accepte thys oure Sacrifyce of prayse and thankes geuyng moste besechyng thee to graunte that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christe and throughe faith in hys bloud we and all thy whole churche may obtayne remissiō of our sinnes and al other benefites of his Passiō And here we offer and prsēt vnto thee O lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holye and lyuely Sacrifice vnto thee humblye besechyng thee that all we whyche bee partakers of thys holye Communion maye bee fulfylled with thy grace and heauenlye benediccion And althoughe we bee vnworthy throughe oure manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any sacrifyce yet we beseche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and seruice not weyghing our merites but pardonyng oure offences throughe Iesus Christe oure Lord by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holye ghost all honour and glory bee vnto thee O father almyghtie worlde without ende Amen Or this ALmightie and euerliuing god we most hartely thanke thee for that thou doest vouchesafe to fede vs whyche haue duely receyued these holy misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precyous body and bloud of thy sonne our Sauyour Iesus Christe and doest assure vs thereby of thy fauoure and goodnesse towarde vs and that we bee verye membres incorporate in thy mistycall bodye whyche is the blessed companye of all faythfull people and bee also heyres through hope of thy euerlastyng kyngdome by the merites of the most precyous deathe and Passyon of thy deare sonne we nowe moste humblye beseche thee heauenlye father so to assiste vs with thy grace that we may continue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good workes as thou hast prepared for vs to walke in throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour and glory worlde without ende Amen Then shal be sayd or song GLorye bee to GOD on hyghe And in earthe peace good wyll towardes menne We prayse thee we blesse thee we woorshyp thee we gloryfy thee we geue thankes to thee for thy great glorye O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almyghtye O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iusu Chrysse O Lorde God Lame of God sonne of the father that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs Thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs. Thou that takeste awaye the sinnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that fittest at the righte hand of God the father haue mercye vpon vs For thou onely arte holy Thou onely are the Lorde Thou onely O Christe with the holy ghost art most highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop yf he be present shal let them departe with this blessing THe peace of God whiche passeth all vnderstānding kepe your heartes and myndes in the knowledge and loue of God and of his sonne Iesu Christ our Lorde and the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy ghost bee amongest you and remayne with you alwayes Amen Collectes to be sayd after the Offertorie when there is no Cōmunion euery such daye one And the same maye be sayde also as often as occasion shall serue after the Collectes eyther of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letany by the discrecion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lorde in these our supplicacions and prayers and dispose the waye of thy seruauntes towarde the attaynemente of euerlastyng saluacyon that among all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall lyfe they maye euer be defended by thy moste gracyous and ready helpe throughe Christe oure Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerliuyng God vouchsafe we beeseche thee to directe sanctifye and gouerne bothe oure heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the workes of thy commaundemētes that through thy most mightie proteccyon both here and euer we maye be preserued in body and soule through our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche we haue hearde this daye with oure outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardlye in oure heartes that they may bryng for the in vs the fruite of good lyuing to the honour and prayse of thy name throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracyous fauoure and further vs with thy contynuall helpe that in all oure workes begon continued and ended in thee we maye glorifye thy holy name and fynally by thy mercye obtayne euerlastyng lyfe throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde Amen ALmightye God the fountayne of all wysdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and oure ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassyon vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for oure blindnes we cannot aske vouchesafe to geue vs for the worthynesse of thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lourde Amen ALmightie God whiche haste promised to heare the peticyons of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beeseche thee mercifully to enclyne thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe oure prayers and supplycacyons vnto thee and graunte that those thynges whiche we faithfully asked accordyng to the wyll may effectually bee obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitie and to the settyng foorth of thy glorye through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Vpon the holy dayes yf there be no Communion shal be sayde al that is appoynted at the Communiō vntill the ende of the Homelye concludyng with the generall prayer for the whole state of Christes church militant here in earth one or moe of these Collectes beefore rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper except there bee a good noumbre to commnunicate with the priest according to his discrecyon And yf there bee not aboue twentye persons in the Parishe of discrecion to receiue Communion yet there shal be no Communiō except foure or three at the
and so shall I kepe the testimonies of thy mouth Ineternum domine O Lord thy worde endureth for euer in heauen Thy trueth also remayneth from one generacion to another thou hast layde the foundacion of the earthe and it abideth They continue this daye according to thyne ordinaunce for all thynges serue thee If my delight had not been in thy law I should haue perished in my trouble I will neuer forgeat thy commaundementes for with thē thou hast quickened me I am thyne Oh saue me for I haue soughte thy commaundementes The vngodly laid waite for me to destroye me but I wil considre thy testimonyes I see that all thynges come to an end but thy commaundemente is exceadyng broade Quomodo dilexi LOrd what loue haue I vnto thy law all the day long is my study in it Thou through thy commaundementes hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they are euer with me I haue more vnderstanding then my teachers for thy testimonies are my study I am wiser then the aged because I kepe thy commaundementes I haue refrayned my fete from euery euill waye that I may kepe thy worde I haue not shronke from thy iudgementes for thou teachest me O how swete are thy wordes vnto my throte yea sweter then hony vnto my mouth Through thy commaundementes I geat vnderstanding therfore I hate all wicked wayes Lucerna pedibus meis Mornīg prayer THy word is a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my pathes I haue sworne and am stedfastly purposed to kepe thy righteous iudgementes I am troubled aboue measure quicken me O Lorde according vnto thy worde Let the frewil offeringes of my mouth please thee O lord and teache me thy iudgementes My soule is alway in my hand yet doe not I forgeat thy lawe The vngodly haue laid a snare for me but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes Thy testimonies haue I claymed as mine heritage for euer and why they are the very ioye of my hearte I haue applyed my heart to fulfyll thy statutes alway euē vnto the ende Iniquos odio habui I Hate them that imagine euill thinges but thy law do I loue Thou arte my defence and shielde and my trust is in thy woorde Awaie from me ye wicked I will kepe the commaundementes of my God O stablishe me according vnto thy word that I may liue and let me not be disappoynted of my hope Holde thou me vp and I shal be safe yea my delight shal be euer in thy statutes Thou hast troden downe all them that departe from thy statutes for they imagine but deceipt Thou puttest away al the vngodly of the earth like drosse therfore I loue thy testimonies My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee and I am afrayed of thy iudgementes Feci iudicium I Deale with the thyng that is lawfull and righte O geue me not ouer vnto myne oppressours Make thou thy seruaunt to delyght in that which is good that the proude doe me no wrong Mine iyes are wasted away with loking for thy health for the worde of thy righteousnes O deale with thy seruaūt accordyng vnto thy louing mercy and teache me thy statutes I am thy seruaunte O graunt me vnderstanding that I maye know thy testimonies It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they haue destroyed thy lawe For I loue thy commaundementes aboue golde and precious stone Therefore holde I straighte all thy commaundementes and all false wayes I vtterly abhorre Mirabilia THy testimonies are wonderfull therefore dooeth my soule kepe them When thy word goeth furth it geueth light and vnderstandyng euen vnto the simple I opened my mouthe and drew in my breath for my delyght was in thy commaundementes O loke thou vpon me and bee mercyfull vnto me as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy name Ordre my steppes in thy word and so shal no wickednes haue dominion ouer me O deliuer me from the wrongful dealinges of men and so shall I kepe thy commaundementes Shew the light of thy countenaunce vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes Myne iyes gushe oute with water because men keepe not thy lawe Iustus es domine RIghteous are thou O Lord and true is thy iudgemente The testimonies that thou hast commaunded are exceading righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed me because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes Thy worde is tried to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it I am small and of no reputacion yet doe not I forgeat thy commaundementes Thy rightousnes is an euerlastyng rightousnes and thy law is the trueth Trouble and heauines haue taken holde vpon me yet is my delight in thy commaundementes The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng O graunt me vnderstandyng and I shall lyue Clamaui in toto corde meo Euening prayer I Call with my whole heart heare me O Lord I wil kepe thy statutes Yea euen vpō thee doe I cal helpe me and I shall kepe thy testimonies Earely in the morning doe I crie vnto thee for in thy word is my trust Mine iyes preuent the night watches that I mighte bee occupied in thy wordes Heare my voice O lord according vnto thy louing kindnes quicken me accordyng as thou art wont They drawe nyghe that of malice persecute me and are farre from thy lawe Be thou nigh at hand O Lorde for all thy commaundementes are true As concerning thy testimonies I haue knowen long sēce that thou hast grounded them for euer Vide humilitatem O Consider mine aduersitie and delyuer me for I doe not forgeat thy law Auenge thou my cause and deliuer me quicken me according vnto thy worde Health is farre from the vngodly for they regarde not thy statutes Great is thy mercy O lord quicken me as thou art wont Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet doe not I swarue from thy testimonies It greueth me whē I see the transgressours because they kepe not thy lawe Considre O Lord how I loue thy commaundementes O quicken me accordyng to thy louing kindnes Thy worde is true from euerlasting al the iudgementes of thy righteousnes endure for euermore Principes persecuti sunt PRynces haue persecuted me withoute a cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy wordes I am as gladde of thy worde as one that fyndeth great spoyles As for lies I hate abhorre thē but thy law doe I loue Seuen times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous iudgementes Great is the peace that they haue whiche loue thy lawe and they are not offended at it Lorde I haue loked for thy sauing health and done after thy commaundementes My soule hath kept thy testimonies and loued them exceadingly I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies for al my wayes are before thee Appropinquet deprecatio LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord geue me vnderstanding according vnto thy worde O let my supplicacyon come before thee deliuer me accordyng to thy worde My lyppes shall
speake of thy prayse when thou haste taught me thy statutes Yea my tongue shall syng of thy woorde for all thy commaundementes are righteous Let thine hand helpe me for I haue chosen thy commaundementes I haue longed for thy sauing health O Lord and in thy lawe is my delyght O let my soule liue and it shal praise thee and thy iudgementes shall helpe me I haue gone astraye lyke a shepe that is lost Oh seke thy seruaunt for I doe not forgeat thy commaundementes Ad dominum cum tribularer psal cxx Mornīg prayer WHen I was in trouble I called vpon the lord and he healed me Deliuer my soule O lord from lying lyppes and from a deceiptfull tongue What rewarde shal be geuen or doen vnto thee thou false tongue euen mightie and sharpe arrowes with hote burnyng coles Woe is me that I am constreined to dwel with Mesech and to haue myne habytacyon emong the tentes of Cedar My soule hath long dwelt emong them that be enemyes vnto peace I labor for peace but when I speake vnto them thereof they make them ready to battayle Leuaui oculos meos psal cxxi I Will lifte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence commeth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the lord which hath made heauen and earth He wil not suffre thy fote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slomber nor slepe The lord himselfe is thy keper the lord is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande So that the sunne shal not burne thee by day neyther the Mone by nyght The Lord shal preserue thee from al euil yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The Lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from thys tyme furth for euermore Letatussum psal cxxii I Was glad when they sayd vnto me we wil goe into the house of the Lorde Our fete shal stand in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is builded as a citie that is at vnitie in it self For thether the tribes goe vp euē the tribes of the lord to testifie vnto Israel to geue thankes vnto the name of the lord For there is the seate of iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shal 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 lord our God I wil seke to doe thee good Ad te leuaui oculos meos psal cxxiii VNto thee lyft I vp myne iyes O thou that dwellest in the heauens Behold euen as the iyes of seruauntes loke vnto the handes of theyr maisters and as the iyes of a mayden vnto the hand of her maistres euen so our iyes waite vpon the lord our God vntil he haue mercy vpon vs. Haue mercy vpon vs O lord haue mercy vpon vs for we are vtterly despysed Our soule is filled with the scorneful reprofe of the welthy and with the despitefulnes of the proude Nisi quia dominus psal cxxiiii IF the Lorde himself had not been on our syde nowe may Israel say If the Lord himselfe had not been on our side when men rose vp agaynst vs. They had swallowed vs vp quicke when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs. Yea the waters had drowned vs and the streame had gone ouer our soule The diepe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule But praysed be the Lord which hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto theyr teeth Our soule is escaped euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are deliuered Our helpe standeth in the name of the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Qui confidunt in domino psal cxxv THey that put theyr trust in the Lorde shal be euen as the Mount Syon whiche may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hilles stand about Hierusalem euen so standeth the Lord rounde about hys people from thys tyme furth for euermore For the rod of the vngodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their hand vnto wickednes Doe well O Lorde vnto those that be good and true of heart As for such as turne backe vnto theyr owne wickednes the Lord shal leade thē furth with the euil doers but peace shal be vpon Israel In conuertendo psal cxxvi Euening prayer WHen the lord turned again the captiuitie of Syon then were we like vnto them that dreame Then was out mouth filled with laughter and our tong with ioye Then sayd they emong the Heathen the lord hath dooen great thinges for them Yea the lorde hath dooen great thinges for vs alreadye whereof we reioyce Turne our captiuite O lorde as the riuers in the south They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioye He that now goeth on his way weping and beareth furth good sede shal doubtles come agayn with ioye and bryng his sheaues with him Nisi dominus edifica psal cxxvii EXcept the Lorde builde the house their labour is but lost that build it Except the Lord kepe the citie the watche man waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye hast to ryse vp earely and so late take rest and eate the bread of carefulnes for so he geueth his beloued slepe Loe children and the fruite of thy woombe are an heritage and gyft that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrowes in the hande of the Gyant euen so are the yong children Happye is the man that hath his quyuer full of them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with theyr enemies in the gate Beati omnes psal cxxviii BLessed are al they that feare the Lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne handes O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wyfe shal be as the fruitfull vyne vpon the walles of thyne house Thy children like the Oliue braunches rounde aboute thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde from out of Syon shall so blesse thee that thou shalt see Ierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalte see thy childres children and peace vpon Israel Sepe expugnauerunt psal cxxix MAnye a tyme haue they foughte agaynst me fro my youth vp may Israel now say Yea manye a tyme haue they vexed me fro my youth vp but they haue not preuayled agaynst me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made long forowes But the ritghteous Lorde hath hewen the snares of the vngodly in pieces Let them be confounded and turned backeward as many as haue euill will at Syon Let them be euen as the grasse growyng vpon the house toppes which withereth a fore it be plucked vp Wherof the mower filleth not his hande neither he that bindeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they which goe by say not so much