did not heare them I am the doore by me if any enter in he shal be safe shal go in out and finde pasture A theefe cōmeth not but for to steale kyll and destroy I am come that they might haue life that they might haue it more aboūdantly ¶ Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Apoca. iiii AFter this I looked behold a doore was open in heauen and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talkyng wyth me which sayde Come vp hither I wil shew thee things which must be fulfilled hereafter And immediately I was in the spirit And behold a seat was set in heauen one sat on the seat And he that sat was to looke vpon like vnto a Iaspar stone and a Sardine stone And there was a raine bow about the seat in sight lyke vnto an Emerauld And about the seate were .xxiiii. seates And vpon the seates .xiiij. elders sitting clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of gold And out of the seate proceeded lightnings and thundrings and voyces and there were seuen lampes of fyre burning before the seate which are the seuen spirites of god And before the seate there was a sea of glas lyke vnto Christal and in the middest of the seate and round about the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behinde And the fyrst beast was lyke a Lion and the second beast was lyke a Calfe and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth Beast was like a slying Eagle And the foure beastes had ech of thē sixe winges about him and they were ful of eyes with in And they did not rest day nor night saying Holy holy holy Lord god almighty which was and is is to come And when those beastes gaue glory honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which liueth for euer euer the .xxiiij. Elders fel down before him that sat on the throne worshipped him that liueth for euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying thou art worthy O Lord our God to receiue glory and honour and power for thou hast created althings and for thy wyls sake they are and were created ¶ The Gospell Iohn iii. THere was a man of the Phariseis named Nicodemus a Ruler of the Iewes the same came to Iesus by night and said vnto him Rabbi we know that thou art a Teacher come from God for no man could do such myracles as thou doest except God were wyth hym Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto hym Verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne from aboue he cannot see the kingdome of god Nicodemus sayd vnto him how can a man be borne when hee is olde Can hee enter into hys mothers wombe and be born again Iesus answered verely verely I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of god That which is borne of the flesh is flesh and that which is borne of the spirit is spirit Maruaile not thou that I sayd to thee ye must be borne from aboue The wynde bloweth where it lusteth and thou hearest the sound therof but thou canst not tell whence it commeth or whether it goeth So is euerye one that is borne of the spirit Nicodemus answered and sayd vnto him how can these things be Iesus answered and sayd vnto him Art thou a Maister in Israel and knowest not these thinges Verelye verelye I say vnto thee we speake that we know and testifye that we haue seene and ye receiue not our wytnes If I haue tolde you earthly thinges and ye beleue not how shal ye beleue if I tell you of heauenly thinges And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man which is in heauen And as Moises lyft vp the Serpent in the wildernes euen so must the sonne of man be lift vp that whosoeuer beleueth on him perish not but haue euerlasting lyfe ¶ The first Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle i. Iohn iiii DEarly beloued let vs loue one another for loue cōmeth of god And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth god He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue In this appeareth the the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten son into the world that we might liue through him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agrement for our syns Dearly beloued if God so loued vs we ought also one to loue another No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another god dwelleth in vs his loue is perfect in vs Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his Spirit And we haue seene and do testyfy that the father sent the son to be the sauior of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God he in god And we haue knowē and beleued the loue that God hath to vs God is loue he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in god and God in him Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we should trust in the day of iudgemēt For as he is euen so are we in this world There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath painfulnes He that feareth is not perfect in loue We loue him for he loued vs fyrst If a man say I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyer for how can hee that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whom he hath not sene And this cōmaūdement haue we of him that he which loueth God should loue his brother also ¶ The Gospell Luke xvi THere was a certain ritch man which was clothed in purple and fyne white and fared deliciously euery day And ther was a certaine begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate full of sores desyring to be refreshed wyth the crummes which fell from the ritch mans boord no man gaue vnto him The dogs came also and lyked his sores And it fortuned that the begger dyed was caryed by the aungels into Abrahams bosome The ritch man also died was buried and being in hell in tormentes he lyft vp his eyes and saw Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome and he cryed and sayd father Abraham haue mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the typ of his finger in water and coole my toung for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham said Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasure contrary wise Lazarus receued paine But now he is comforted and thou art punished Beyonde all this betwene vs and you there is a great space set so that they which would go from hence to you cannot neither may come from thence to vs Then
he said I pray thee therefore father send him to my Fathers house for I haue fiue brethren for to warne them least they come also into this place of torment Abraham said vnto him they haue Moises and the Prophets let them heare them And he said nay father Abraham but if one come vnto them from the dead they wyll repent He sayd vnto him if they heare not Moyses the Prophets neither wil they beleue though one rose frō death againe ¶ The second sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle i. Iohn iii. MEruaile not my brethren though the world hate you We know that we are translated frō death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abideth in death Whosoeuer hateth hys brother is a manslear And ye know that no manslear hath eternall lyfe abiding in him Hereby perceiue we loue because he gaue his lyfe for vs and we ought to geue our liues for the brethren But who so hath this worldes good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp hys compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in worde neyther in toung but in deede and verity Hereby we know that we are of the verity and can quiet our harts before him For if our hart condempne vs God is greater then our hart and knoweth althings Dearly beloued if our hart condempne vs not then haue we trust to God ward and whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him because we keepe his commaundements and do those things which are pleasaunt in his sight And this is his commaundement that we beleue on the name of his Sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundemēt And he that kepeth hys commaundementes dwelleth in hym and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in vs euen by the spirit which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The Gospel Luke xiiii A Certayne man ordeined a great supper and bad many sent his seruaunt at supper time to say to them that were bidden come for althings are now redy And they all at once began to make excuse The fyrst sayd vnto him I haue bought a farme I must needes go and see it I pray thee haue me excused And another said I haue bought fyne yoke of Oxen and I go to proue them I pray thee haue mee excused And an other sayd I haue maryed a wyfe and therefore I cannot come And the Seruaunt returned and brought his Maister woorde agayne therof Then was the good man of the house displeased and said vnto his seruant go out quickly into the streetes and quarters of the city bring in hither the poore and feble the halt blind And the seruant said Lord it is done as thou hast cōmaunded yet there is roume And the Lord sayd vnto the seruant go out into the hye waies and hedges compell them to come in that my house may be fylled For I say vnto you that none of these men which were bidden shall taste of my supper ¶ The third Sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle i. Peter v. SVbmit your selues euery man one to another knyt your selues together in lowlines of minde For God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Submit your selues therfore vnder the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you when the tyme is come Cast all your care vpon hym for he careth for you Be sober watch for your aduersary the deuil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may deuour whom resist stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are appoynted vnto your brethren that are in the world But the God of all grace which hath called vs vnto his eternal glory by Christ Iesu shall hys own selfe after that ye haue suffered a little affliction make you perfect settle strength and stablish you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke xv THen resorted vnto him al the Publicans and synners for to heare hym And the Phariseys and Scribes murmured saying He receiueth sinners and eateth with them But he put foorth this parable vnto thē saying What man among you hauing an hūdred sheepe if he lose one of thē doth not leaue ninety and nine in the wildernes goeth after that which is lost vntill he finde it And when he hath founde it he layeth it on his shoulders with ioy And assoone as he commeth home he calleth together his louers and neighbours saying vnto them Reioyce with me for I haue found my shepe which was lost I say vnto you that likewise ioy shal be in heauen ouer one synner that repenteth more then ouer ninety and nine iust persons which nede no repentaunce Either what woman hauing ten groates if she loose one doth not light a candle swepe the house seke dilygently til she finde it and when she hath found it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue found the groat which I lost Lykewise I say vnto you shall there be ioy in the presence of the Aungels of God ouer one synner that repenteth ¶ The fourth sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Roma viii I Suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs For the feruent desyre of the creature abydeth looking when the sonnes of God shall appeare because the creature is subdued to vanity against the wyll therof but for his wyll which hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shall be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the gloryous liberty of the sonnes of god For we know that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in payne euen vnto this tyme not onely it but we also which haue the fyrst fruites of the spirit mourne in our selues also and wayte for the adopcion of the children of God euen the deliueraunce of our bodies ¶ The Gospell Luke vi BE ye mercyfull as your Father also is mercyfull Iudge not ye shal not be iudged condemn not and ye shal not be condemned Forgeue ye shal be forgeuen Geue and it shal be geuen vnto you good measure and pressed downe and shaken together and running ouer shall men geue into your bosomes For with the same measure that ye mete withal shal other men mete to you againe And he put forth a similitude vnto them Can the blind leade the blind do they not both fal into the ditche The disciple is not aboue hys maister Euery man shal be perfect euen as his maister is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thine own eye Either how canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pul out the mote that is in thine eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thine own eye First thou hipocrite cast out the beame out of thine own
which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not ¶ The Gospell Luke viii WHen much people were gathered together were come to him out of al cities he spake by a similitude The sower went out to sowe hys seede as he sowed some fell by the way side it was troden downe the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp some fel on stones assone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moistnes some fel amoÌ„g thornes the thornes spraÌ„g vp with it choked it some fel on good grouÌ„d spraÌ„g vp barefruit an c. fold as he said these things he cried He that hath eares to heare let him hear And his disciples asked him saying what maner of similitude is And he said vnto you it is geuen to know the secretes of the kingdom of God but to other by parables that wheÌ„ they see they should not see when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The seede is the word of God those that are beside the way ar they that heare then coÌ„meth the deuil taketh away the word out of their hartes leaste they should beleue be saued They on the stones ar they which wheÌ„ they heare receiue the word with ioy these haue no rotes which for a while beleue in time of temptacion go away And that which fell among thorns are they which when they haue heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches voluptuous lyuing and bring forth no fruite That which fell in the good ground are they which with a pure and good hart heare the word and kepe it and bring forth fruit through pacience ¶ The sunday called Quinquagesima The Epistle 1. Cor. xiii THough I speake with toungs of men and of Angels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tinkling Cimbal And though I could prophecy vnderstand al secrets al knowledge yea if I haue al faith so that I could moue mountains out of their places yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to fede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothing Loue suffreth loÌ„g and is curteous loue enuieth not loue doth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her own is not prouoked to anger thinketh none euil reioyseth not in iniquity But reioyseth in the truth suffreth al things beleueth al things hopeth al things endureth althinges Though that prophecying faile either tounges cease or knowledge vanish away yet loue falleth neuer away For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophecying is vnperfect But when that which is perfit is come theÌ„ that which is vnperfit shal be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I vnderstod as a child I imagined as a child But assone as I was a man I put away childishnes Now we see in a glas euen in a dark speaking but then shal we see face to face Now I know vnperfitly but then shal I know euen as I am knoweÌ„ Now abideth faith hope loue euen these .iii. but the chief of these is loue ¶ The Gospell Luke xvii IEsus tooke vnto him the .xii. and sayd vnto them Behold we go vp to Ierusalem and all shall be fulfiled that are written by the Prophets of the sonne of man For he shal be deliuered vnto the Gentiles and shal be mocked and despitefully intreated and spytted on And wheÌ„ they haue scourged him they wil put him to death and the third day he shal rise again And they vnderstood none of these things And this saying was hid from them so that they perceiued not the thinges which were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nigh to Hierico a certaine blynde man sat by the hie way side begging And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it ment And they said vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cried saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace â–ª But he cried so much the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stood still and commaunded him to be brought vnto him And when he was come neare he asked him saying what wilt thou that I do vnto thee and he sayd Lord that I might receiue my sight And Iesus said vnto him receiue thy sight thy sayth hath saued thee And immediately hee receiued his sight and folowed him praysing god And all the people when they saw it gaue praise vnto God. ¶ The first day in Lent called Ashwensday ¶ The Gospell Ioell ii TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts with fasting weeping and mourning rent your harts and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful long suffering and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt hee also shall turn and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drink off ringes vnto the lord your god Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion proclaime a fasting call the coÌ„gregation gather the people together warne the congregation and gather the Elders bring the children and Sucklings together Let the bridegrom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closeth Let the Priestes serue the Lord betwene the Porch the aulter weeping and saying be fauourable O Lord be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion least the Heathen by Lords thereof Wherefore should they say among the Heathen where is now their God ¶ The Gospell Math. â—â— WHen ye fast be not sad as the Hipocrits are for they disfigure their faces that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue their reward But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men how thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secret and thy father which seeth in secret shal reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth wher neither rust nor moth doth curupt wher theeues do not break thorow steale But lay vp for you treasures in heaueÌ„ wher neither rust nor moth doth corrupt wher theues do not break through nor steale For wher your treasure is there will your harts be also ¶ The first Sunday in Lent. The Epistle ii Cor. vi WE as helpers exhort you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee Behold now is that accepted time behold now is that day of saluation Let vs geue none occasion of euil that in our office be found no fault but in al things let vs behaue our selues as the ministers
of god in much pacience in affections in necessities in anguishes in gripes inprisonments in strifes in labours in watchings in fastings in purenes in knowledge in long-suffering in kindnes in the holy ghost in loue vnfained in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the right hand and of the left by honour dishonour by euil report good report as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and behold we liue as chastened and not killed as sorowing yet alway mery as poore yet make many rich as hauing nothing yet possessing althings ¶ The Gospell Math. iiii THen was Iesus led away of the Spirite into Wildernes to be tempted of the Deuyll And when he had fasted forty daies and forty nightes he was at the last an hungred And whē the Tempter came to him he said If thou be the sonne of God commaund that these stones be made bread But he answered sayd it is written Man shall not lyue by bread onelye but by euery woorde that proceedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuil taketh him vp into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the Temple and sayth vnto him If thou be the Sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Angels charge ouer thee and with their handes they shall hold thee vp least at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written againe Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy god Agayne the deuill taketh him vp into an exceding hye mountaine and shewed him all the kyngdomes of the world and the glory of them and saith vnto hym All these wyll I geue thee if thou wylt fall downe worship me Then saith Iesus vnto him auoyde Sathan for it is wrytten Thou shalt woorship the Lord thy God him onely shalt thou serue Then the deuill left him behold the Angels came ministred vnto him ¶ The second Sunday in Lent. The Epistle i. Thessa. iiii WE besech you brethren and exhort you by the Lord Iesus that ye encrease more and more euen as ye haue receiued of vs how ye ought to walke to please god For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesus Christ For this is the wyll of God euen your holynes that ye should abstayne from fornication that euery one of you should know how to keepe his vessel in holynes and honour not in the lust of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse defraud his brother in bargayning because that the lord is the auenger of all such things as we tolde you before and testified For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynes He therefore that despiseth dispiseth not a man but God which hath sent his holy spirit among you ¶ The Gospell Math. xv IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and behold a woman of Canaan which came out of the same coastes cryed vnto him saying haue mercy on me O Lord thou sonne of Dauid My daughter is pyteously vexed with a deuill But he answered her nothing at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her away for she cryeth after vs But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel Then came she and worshipped him saying Lord help me He answered and said It is not meete to take the childrens bread and cast it to Dogs She answered sayd Truth Lord yet the Dogs eate of the croomes which fall from their maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto her O woman great is thy faith be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen the same tyme. ¶ The third sunday in Lent. The Epistle Ephe. v. BE you folowers of God as deare chlldren and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offering a sacrifice of a sweete sauour to god As for fornication and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be once named among you as for it becōmeth Saintes or filthines or foolish talking or iesting which are not comly but rather geuing of thanks For this ye know that no whoremōger either vncleane person or couetous person which is a woorshipper of Images hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ of god Let no man deceue you with vain words For because of such things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sometimes darknes but now are ye lyght in the Lord walke as children of lyght for the truth of the spirit consisteth in al goodnes and righteousnes and truth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord haue no felowship with the vnfruitful workes of darknes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those things which are done of them in secrete but all things when they are brought foorth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest the same is light wherfore he saith Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shal geue thee lyght ¶ The Gospell Luke xii IEsus was casting out a deuill that was dum And when he had cast out the deuyll the dumme spake and the people wondered But some of them sayd he casteth out Deuyls thorow Belzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted him and required of him a signe from heauen But he knowing their thoughts said vnto them Euery kingdom deuided against it self is desolate and one house doth fall vpon another If Sathan also be deuided against him selfe how shall his kingdome endure Because ye saye I cast out deuils through Belzebub if I by the helpe of Belzebub cast out Deuils by whose helpe do your children cast them out therefore shal they be your iudges But if I with the finger of God cast out deuils no doubt the kingdome of God is come vpon you When a strong man armed watcheth his house the things that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger then he commeth vpon him and ouercōmeth him he taketh from him all hys harnes wherin he trusted and deuideth his goods He that is not with me is against me And he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroade When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a mā he walketh through dry places seking rest And when he findeth none he saith I wil returne againe into my house whence I came out And when he cōmeth he fyndeth it swept garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then him selfe they enter in dwel there And the end of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as he spake these things a certain woman of the company lift vp her voyce sayd vnto him Happy is the
wombe that bare thee the paps which gaue thee sucke But he sayd yea happy are they that heare the woord of God and keepe it ¶ The fourth sunday in Lent. The Epistle Gala. iiii TEll me ye that desyre to be vnder the law doo ye not heare of the law For it is written that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmaid the other by a freewoman Yea and he which was borne of the bondwoman was born after the flesh but he which was borne of the freewoman was borne by promise which thinges are spoken by an Allegorye For these are two Testaments the one from the mount Syna which gendereth vnto bondage which is Agar For mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordereth vpon the city which is now called Ierusalem and is in bondage with hee children But Ierusalē which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs al. For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth cry thou that trauelest not For the desolate hath many moe children then she which hath an Husband Brethren we are after Isaac the children of promise But as then hee that was borne after the flesh persecuted him that was borne after the spirit Euen so is it now Neuertheles what sayth the Scripture Put away the bondwoman her sonne For the sonne of the bondwoman shall not be heire with the sonne of the frewoman So then brethren we are not children of the bondwoman but of the freewoman ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi IEsus departed ouer the sea of Galile which is the sea of Tiberias a great multitude followed hym because thei saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased And Iesus went vp into a mountaine there he sat with his Disciples And Easter a feast of the Iewes was nye When Iesus then lift vp his eyes and saw a great company come vnto hym he sayd vnto Philip Whence shall we bye bread that these may eate This he sayd to proue him for he him selfe knew what he would do Philip answered him two hundreth penyworth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle One of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother sayth vnto him There is a Lad here which hath fiue barly loues two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the perple syt downe There was much grasse in the place so the men sat down in number about fiue thousand And Iesus tooke the bread and when he had geuen thanks he gaue it to the disciples the Disciples to them that wer set down likewise of the fishes asmuch as they would When they had eatē inough he said vnto his disciples gather vp the broken meat which remaineth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together filled .xij. baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had sene the miracle that Iesus did said this is of a truth the same Prophet that should come into the world ¶ The fift sunday in Lent. The Epistle Hebru ix CHrist being an hie priest of good things to come came by a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not of this building neither by the bloud of Goates Calues but by his own bloud he entred in once into the holy place and found eternall redemption For if the bloud of Oxen and of Goates and the ashes of a yong Cowe when it was sprinckled purifieth the vncleane as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the bloude of Christ which through the eternall spirite offered him selfe without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works for to serue the liuing God And for this cause he is the Mediatour of the new testament that through death which chaunced for the redemptiō of those transgressions that were vnder the first testament they which are called myght receiue the promise of eternall inheritaunce ¶ The Gospell Iohn vii WHich of you can rebuke me of sinne If I saye the truth why do ye not beleue me He that is of God heareth Gods words Ye therfore heare them not because ye ar not of god Thē answered the Iewes said vnto him say we not wel that thou art a Samaritan and hast the deuill Iesus answered I haue not the deuil but I honour my father ye haue dishonoured me I seeke not mine own praise ther is one that seketh iudgeth Verely verely I say vnto you if a man keepe my saying he shall neuer see death Then said the Iewes vnto him now know we that thou hast the deuil Abrahā is dead and the Prophets thou saiest if a man keepe my saying he shal neuer tast of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham which is dead And the prophets are dead whom makest thou thy selfe Iesus answered if I honour my selfe my honour is nothing it is my father that honoureth me which you say is your God yet ye haue not knowen him but I know him if I say I know him not I shall be a lyer like vnto you But I know him and keepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my day he saw it and reioyced Thē said the Iewes vnto him thou art not yet fyfty yere old hast the seene Abraham Iesus said vnto them Verely verely I say vnto you ere Abrahā was borne I am Then tooke they vp stones to cast at him but Iesus hid himselfe and went out of the temple ¶ The sunday next before Easter The Epistle Coll. iii. LEt the same mind be in you that was also in Christ Iesu which when he was in the shape of God thought it no robbery to be equal with God neuertheles he made himselfe of no reputaciō taking on him the shape of a seruant became like vnto man was found in his apparell as a man He humbled him self becam obedient to the death euen the death of the crosse Wherfore god hath also exalted him on hie geuē him a name which is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery knee shuld bow both of things in heauen things in earth and things vnder the earth that all tounges should confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the praise of God the Father ¶ The Gospell Math. xxvi ANd it cam to pas when Iesus had finished al these sayinges he sayd vnto his disciples ye know that after .ij. dayes shal be easter the son of man shal be deliuered ouer to be crucified Then assēbled together the chiefe priests the Scribes the Elders of the people vnto the palace of the hye Prieste which was called Caiphas held a counsell that they might take Iesus by subtelty kill him But they said not on the holiday least ther be any vproare amōg the people Whē Iesus was in
haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lustes ¶ The Gospel Luke xvii ANd it chaunced as Iesus went to Ierusalem that he passed through Samaria and Galile And as he entred into a certaine town there met him ten men that were Lepers which stood a farre of and put forth their voyces and sayd Iesus Maister haue mercy on vs When he saw them he sayd vnto them go shew your selues vnto the Priestes And it came to passe that as they went they were cleansed And one of them when hee saw that hee was clensed turned back againe and wyth a loud voice praised God and fell downe on his face at his feete and gaue him thankes And the same was a Samaritane And Iesus answered and said are there not ten clensed but where are those nine There are not found that returned againe to geue God prayse saue onely thys Straunger And he sayd vnto hym aryse go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole ¶ The .xv. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Gala. iii. YE see how large a Letter I haue written to you with mine own hand As many as desire with outward appearaunce to please carnally the same constraine you to be circumcised onely least they should suffer persecution for the Crosse of Christ For they them selues which are circumcised keepe not the law but desyre to haue you circumcised that they might reioyce in your flesh God forbid that I shuld reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesu Christ wherby the world is crucified vnto me I vnto the world For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision auaileth any thing at al nor vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke according vnto this rule peace be on them and mercy and vpon Israell that partaineth to god From hence forth let no man put me to busines For I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesu Brethren the grace of our lord Iesu Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. vi NO man can serue two maisters for either he shal hate the one and loue the other or els leane to the one and despise the other yee cannot serue God and Mamon Therefore I say vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drinke or yet for your body what rayment you shall put on Is not the lyfe more woorth then meate and the body more of value then raiment Behold the foules of the ayre for they sow not neither do they reape nor cary into barens and your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by taking carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto hys stature And why care ye for rayment Consider the Lillies of the field how they growe they labour not neither do thy spinne And yet I say vnto you that euen Salomon in all his roialtye was not clothed lyke one of these Wherefore if God so cloth the grasse of the field which though it stand to day is to morowe cast into the fornace shall he not much more do the same for you O ye of little fayth Therefore take no thought saying what shall we eate or what shall we drinke or where with shall we be cloathed after all these things do the Gentiles seeke For your heauenlye Father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these thinges But rather seeke yee fyrst the kyngdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all these things shall bee ministred vnto you Care not then for the morowe for to morowe day shall care for it selfe sufficient vnto the day is the trauaile thereof ¶ The .xvi. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Ephe. iii. I Desire that you faynt not because of my tribulations that I suffer for your sakes which is your prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our lord Iesus Christ which is Father of al that is called Father in heauen and in earth that he would graunt you according to the ritches of his glory that ye may be strengthned with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be able to comprehende with all Saintes what is the bredth length depth and height and to know the excellēt loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of god Vnto hym that is able to do exceding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generations from time to time Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a city called Naim and many of his disciples went with him and much people When he came nye to the gate of the City behold there was a man caried out which was the onely Sonne of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the City was with her And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and sayd vnto her weepe not And he came nie and touched the coffin and they that bare him stood still And he sayde yong man I say vnto thee arise And hee that was dead sat vp and began to speake And he deliuered him to his mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying a great Prophet is risen vp amonge vs and God hath visited his people And this rumour of him went foorth throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions which lye rounde about ¶ The .xvii. sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Ephc. iiii I Which am a prisoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke woorthy of the vocation wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and meekenes with humblenes of mind forbearing one another through loue and be diligent to keepe the vnity of the spirit through the bond of peace being one body and Spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling Let there be but one Lord one fayth one Baptisme one God and Father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiiii IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Pharises to eate breade on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsy And Iesus aunswered spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they helde their peace And he tooke hym and healed him and let him goe and answered them saying which of you shal haue an asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and wyll not straight way pull him out on the Sabboth day And they could not aunswer him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them When thou
vnto Ceasar the things which are Cesars and vnto God those things which are Gods. When they heard these words they marueiled and left hym and went theyr way ¶ The .xxiiii. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Colos i. WE geue thankes to God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ alwaies for you in our prayers for we haue heard of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue which ye beare to all Sayntes for the hopes sake which is layd vp in store for you in heauen Of which hope ye heard before by the true word of the Gospell which is come vnto you euen as it is fruitfull and groweth as it is also among you from the day in the which ye heard of it and had experience in the grace of God through the truth as ye learned of Epaphra our deare fellowe seruaunt whych is for you a faythfull Minister of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirit For this cause we also euer synce the day we heard of it haue not ceased to pray for you and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of hys wyl in all wysdome and spirituall vnderstandyng that ye myght walke woorthye of the Lorde that in all thynges ye may please beyng fruitfull in all good workes and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might through his gloryous power vnto all pacience long suffering with ioyfulnes geuing thankes vnto the Father which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of Saintes in light ¶ The Gospell Math. ix WHen Iesus spake vnto the people behold ther came a certaine Ruler and worshipped hym saying My daughter is euen now deceased but come and lay thy hand vpon her and she shal lyue And Iesus arose and followed hym and so dyd hys Disciples And behold a woman which was diseased with an issue of blond twelue yeres came behind him and touched the hem of his vesture For she sayd within herselfe If I may touch but euen his vesture onely I shall be safe But Iesus turned him about and when he saw her he sayd daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole euen the same tyme And when Iesus came into the rulers house and saw the Minstrels and people making a noyse he sayd vnto them get you hence for the maid is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorne But when the people were put foorth he went in and tooke her by the hand and sayd damosell aryse And the damosell arose And this noyse went abrode into all that land ¶ The .xxv. sunday after Trinity sunday The Epistle Iere. xxiii BEhold the time commeth sayth the Lord that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunch of Dauid which Kyng shall beare rule and he shall prosper with wisedome and shall set vp equity and righteousnes againe in earth In his time shall Iuda be saued and Israell shall dwell without feare And thys is the name that they shall call him euen the Lord our righteousnes and therefore behold the tyme commeth sayth the Lord that it shal be no more sayd the Lord lyueth which brought the children of Israell out of the land of Egypt But the Lord liueth which brought foorth and lead the seede of the house of Israell out of the North land and from all countries where I haue scattered them and they shall dwell in their own land agayne ¶ The Gospell Iohn vi WHen Iesus lyft vp his eyes and saw a great company come vnto him he sayd vnto Philip whēce shal we buy bread that these may eate This he said to proue him for he himselfe knew what he would do Philip aunswered hym two hundreth peniworth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a little One of his disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayd vnto him There is a lad here which hath fiue barly loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus sayd make the people sit down There was much gras in the place So the men sat downe in number about fyue thousand And Iesus tooke the breade and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to them that were set downe And likewise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough he sayd vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remayneth that nothing be lost And they gathered it together and fylled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fyue barely loues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did sayd thys is of a truth the same Prophet that should come into the world ¶ Saint Andrew the Apostles day The Epistle Roma x. IF thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord ▪ beleue in thy hart that God raised him vp from death thou shalt be safe For to beleue with the hart iustifieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the scripture saith whosoeuer beleueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betwene the Iewe and the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is ritch vnto al that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth cal on the name of the lord shal be safe How then shal they cal on him on whom they haue not beleued How shal thei beleue on him on whō thei haue not hearde How shall they heare without a Preacher And how shall they preache except they be sent As it is wrytten how beautifull are the feete of them which bring tydinges of peace and bring tidinges of good things But they haue not al obeyed to the gospell For Esay saith Lord who hath beleued our sayings So then fayth commeth by hearing and hearing cōmeth by the word of god But I aske haue they not heard No doubt their sound went out into al lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaūd whether Israel did know or not First Moyses saith I wil prouoke you to enuy by thē that are no people by a foolish nation I wyll anger you Esay after that is bold faith I am foūd of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me but against Israel he saith Al day long haue I stretched forth my hands to a people that beleueth not but speaketh against me ¶ The Gospell Math. iiii AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galile he saw two brethren Simon which was called Peter Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fisshers he saith vnto thē folow me I will make you to become fishers of men And they strait way left their nets and folowed him And when he was gone foorth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn hys brother in the ship with Zebede theyr father mending
Lord Christ And he came by inspiration into the temple ¶ Saynt Mathies day The Epistle Actes i. IN those dayes Peter stood vp in the midst of the disciples and sayd the number of names that were together were about an hundred and twenty Ye men and brethren the scripture must needes haue bene fulfilled which the holy ghost through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to them that tooke Iesus For he was nombred with vs and had obtayned felowship in this Ministration And the same hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity when he was hanged he burst a sunder in the middest and his bowels gushed out And it was knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem in so much that the same fielde is called in their mother tounge Acheldema that is to say the bloudy fielde For it is written in the booke of Psalmes his habitation be voyd no man be dwelling therein and his bishopricke let another take Wherefore of these men which haue companied with vs al the time that the Lord Iesus had all his conuersation among vs beginning at the Baptisme of Iohn vnto the same day that he was taken vp from vs must one be ordeined to be a witnes with vs of his resurrection And they appointed two Ioseph which is called Barsabas whose sirname was Iustus and Mathias And when they prayed they sayd Thou Lord which knowest the hartes of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that he may take the roume of thys Ministration and Apostleshyp from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might go to his owne place And they gaue foorth theyr lots and the lot fell on Mathias and he was coumpted with the eleuen Apostles ¶ The Gospell Math. xi IN that time Iesus answered and sayd I thanke thee O Father Lord of heauen and earth because thou hast hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent and hast shewed them vnto babes Verely Father euen so was it thy good pleasure All things are geuen vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the Sonne but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father saue the Sonne and he to whom soeuer the sonne will open him Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I wyll ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meeke and lowly in hart and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easy and my burden is lyght ¶ The Annunciation of the virgin Mary The Epistle Esay vii GOd spake once again vnto Ahaz saying require a token of the lord thy God whether it be toward the depth beneath or toward the heyght aboue Then sayd Ahaz I wyll require none neyther will I tempt the lord And he sayd harken to ye of the house of Dauid is it not inough for you that ye be greeuous vnto men but ye must greeue my God also And therfore the Lord shall geue you a token Behold a vyrgin shal conceaue beare a sonne thou his mother shalt cal his name Emanuel Butter hony shal he eate that he may know to refuse the euill and chuse the good ¶ The Gospel Luke i. ANd in the syxt moneth the Aungel Gabriell was sent from God vnto a City of Galile named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Marye And the Angell went in vnto her and sayd Hayle full of grace the Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women When shee saw him shee was abashed at his saying and caste in her minde what maner of salutation that should be And the Angell sayd vnto her feare not Mary for thou hast found grace with god Behold thou shalt conceyue in thy wombe and beare a Sonne and shalt call hys name Iesus He shal be great and shal be called the sonne of the highest And the Lord God shall geue vnto hym the seate of his Father Dauid and he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome there shal be none ende Then sayd Mary to the Aungell How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angell answered said vnto her The holy ghost shal come vpon thee and the power of the hyest shall ouershadow thee Therfore also that holy thing which shal be borne shal be called the son of god And behold thy Cosin Elizabeth she hath also conceiued a sonne in her age this is the sixt moneth which was called baren for with god nothing shal be vnpossible And Mary said behold the hand maid of the lord be it vnto me acording to thy woord And the Angell departed from her ¶ Saynt Markes day The Epistle Ephe. iiii VNto euery one of vs is geuen grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ Wherefore he saith when he went vpon hie he led captiuity captiue and gaue gifts vnto men That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest parts of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue al heauens to fulfil althings And the very same made some Apostles some Prophets some Euangelists some shepheards teachers to the edifying of the saints to the worke and administratiō euen to the edifying of the body of Christ till we al come to the vnity of the faith knowledge of the son of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the ful perfect age of Christ That we henceforth should be no more children wauering caried about with euery wind of doctrin by the wilines of mē through craftines wherby they lay awayt for vs to deceiue vs But let vs folow the truth in loue and in althings grow in him which is the head euen Christ in whom if al the body be coupled and knit together throughout euery ioynt wherwith one ministreth to another according to the operation as euery part hath his measure he encreaseth the body vnto the edifying of it selfe through loue ¶ The Gospell Iohn xv I Am the true vine and my father is a husbandman Euery braunch that beareth not fruit in me he wyll take away And euery braunch that beareth fruit wil he purge that it may bring foorth more fruit Now are ye clean through the words which I haue spokē vnto you Bide in me I in you As the braūch cannot beare fruit of it self except it bide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me I am the vine ye are the braunches he that abideth in me I in him the same bringeth foorth much fruit For without me cā ye do nothing If a mā bide not in me he is cast foorth as a braunch is withered And men gather thē and cast them into the fire they burn If ye abide in me my words abide in you aske what ye wil and it shal be don