is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idoles are siluer and golde euen the woorke of mens handes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smell not They haue handes and handle not feete haue they and walke not neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all suche as put their trust in them But the house of Israell trust thou in the Lorde he is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde trust ye in the Lord he is their helper and defender The Lorde hath bene myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israell he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse thē that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encreace you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord whiche made heauen and yearth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the yearth hath He geuen vnto the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lord neither al they that goe downe into the silence But we wyll prayse the Lorde from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. O Almyghtie and euerlasting God whiche hast geuen grace to thy apostle Bartholomewe truelye to beleue and to preache thy worde graūt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued to preache that he taught through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BY the handes of the Apostles were manye sygnes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no man ioine hymselfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The noumber of thē that beleued in the Lord both of men weomē grewe more more in so muche that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laied them on beddes and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter whē he came by myght shadow some of them and that they might al be deliuered from their infirmites There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde about vnto Ierusalem bringyng sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one The Gospell ANd there was a stryfe amonge them which of them shoulde seme to be the greateste And he sayd vnto them the kynges of nacions reigne ouer them and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lordes But ye shal not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptacions And I appointe vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome sit on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Sainct Mathewe O Prayse the lorde all ye heathen prayse him al ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more to warde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whiche by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathewe from the receipte of custome to be an Apostle and Euāgelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayed sonne Iesus Christ who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle SEyng that we haue suche an office euen as God hath had mercye on vs we go not out of kynde but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the worde of God deceiptfully but open the trueth reporte our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God If our gospell be yet hid it is hid among them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes of them whiche beleue not leste the light of the gospell of the glory of Christe whiche is the image of God should shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaunded the light to shyne out of darkenes whiche hath shyned in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christe The Gospell ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man named Mathewe sitting at the receipt of custome and hesaid vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many Publicans also and sinners that came sate downe with Iesus and his disciples And when the Phariseis sawe it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your Maister with Publicanes and sinners But when Iesus heard that he saied vnto them They that be strong nede not the phisicion but they that are sicke Goe ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce Sainct Michael and all Angels ¶ At the communion PRayse the Lorde ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the Lorde Blessed be the name of the Lorde from this tyme furth for euermore The Lordes name is praysed from the rysyng vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng downe of the same The Lorde is hye aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God that hath his dwellyng so hye and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he may set hym with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. EVerlasting God whiche haste ordained and constituted the seruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull ordre mercifully graunt that they whiche alwaye doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appointment succour and defende vs in earth through Iesus Christe our Lorde c. The Epistle THere was a great battaile in heauen Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragō and the Dragon fought
him and set him vp for euer O ye Sunne and Moone speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye showers and dewe speake good of the lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye fyre and heate prayse ye the Lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye winter and summer speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes and frostes speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lyght and darkenes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seas and floudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes and cattell speake ye good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye children of menne speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let Israel speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer O ye priestes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer O Ananias Asarias and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. And after the second lesson throughout the whole yere shall be vsed Benedictus dominus deus Israel c. in Englishe as foloweth BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath lyfted vp an horne of saluacion to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which hath been sence the worlde began That we should be saued from oure enemyes and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers and to remembre his holy couenaunt To perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue vs. That we being deliuered out of the handes of oure enemies might serue him without feare In holynesse and righteousnes before him all the dayes of our lyfe And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God whereby the daye spring from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Then shall be sayed dayly through the yere the prayers folowyng aswell at Euensong as at Mattyns all deuoutly knelyng Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Then the minister shall say the Crede and the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce c. Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunte vs thy saluacion Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy ministers with ryghteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lorde saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne inheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our time O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fyghteth for vs but only thou O God Priest O God make clene our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Then shall dayly folowe three Collectes The firste of the daye which shal be the same that is appoynted at the Cōmunion The second for peace The third for grace to lyue well And the two laste Collectes shall neuer alter but dayly be sayed at Mattyns throughout all the yere as foloweth The priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ¶ Then the Collect of the daye ¶ The second Collect for peace O God which art author of peace louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth our eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte fredome defende vs thy humble seruaūtes in all assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlyuyng God whiche haste safely brought vs to the beginning of this day Defend vs in the same with thy mighty power graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doinges may be ordred by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is ryghteous in thy sight through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠For Euensong throughout the yere ¶ The priest shall saye ⧠OVRE FATHER c Then lykewyse he shall saye O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya As before is appoynted at Mattyns Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes except there be
propre Psalmes appointed for that daye Then a lesson of the olde testamente as it is appoynted lykewise in the kalender excepte there be proper lessons appointed for that daye After that Magnificat anima mea dominum in Englishe as foloweth My soule doeth magnifie the Lorde And my spirite hath reioysed in God my sauiour For he hath regarded the lowelynesse of his hādmaiden For beholde from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is myghtie hath magnifyed me and holy is his name And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arme he hath scatered the proude in the imaginacion of their heartes He hath put downe the mightie from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meke He hath filled the hungry with good thynges and the ryche he hath sent emptie awaye He remembring his mercye hath holpen his seruaunte Israel as he promysed to oure fathers Abraham and his sede for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Then a lesson of the newe testamente And after that Nune dimittis seruum tuum in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace accordyng to thy worde For myne iyes haue seen thy saluacion Whiche thou haste prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glorye of thy people Israel Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then the suffrages before assigned at Mattyns the clerkes knelyng lykewyse with three Collectes Fyrste of the day Second of peace Thirde for ayde against all perilles as here foloweth Whiche .ii. laste Collectes shall be dayly sayed at Euensong without alteracion The second Collect at Euensong O God from whome all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iust workes doe procede Geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace whiche the worlde cannot geue that both our heartes maye be sette to obey thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of our enemyes may passe oure tyme in rest and quietnesse through the merites of Iesu Christe our sauiour Amen The thirde Collect for ayde against all perils LYghten our darkenesse we beseche thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend vs from all perils and daungers of this night for the loue of thy onely sonne our sauiour Iesu Christe Amen ¶ In the feastes of Christmas Thepiphanie Easter Thascencion Penticost and vpon Trinitie Sonday shall be song or sayed immediately after Benedictus this confession of our christian fayth WHosoeuer will be saued before all thynges it is necessary that he holde the Catholyke fayth Whiche fayth excepte euery one doe kepe holy and vndefiled without doubte he shall peryshe euerlastyngly And the Catholike fayth is this that we wurshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundyng the persones nor deuydyng the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sonne and an other of the holy gost But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost is all one the glory equall the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is suche is the sonne and suche is the holy gost The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holy gost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy gost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternall and the holy gost 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 lykewyse the father is almightie the sonne almightie and the holy gost almightie And yet are they not three almighties but one almighty So the father is God the sonne God and the holy gost God And yet are they not three Gods but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy gost Lord. And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For like as we be compelled by the christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himselfe to be God and Lorde So are we forbidden by the Catholike religion to saye there be three Gods or thee 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 gost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but proceding So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy gost not three holy gostes And in this trinitie none is afore nor after other none is greater nor lesse then other But the whole three persons be coeternall together and coequall So that in all thinges as it is afore sayed the vnitie in trinitie and the trinitie in vnitie is to be wurshipped He therfore that will be saued must thus thinke of the trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastyng saluacion that he also beleue rightly in the incarnacion of our Lorde Iesu Christe For the right fayth is that we beleue confesse that our Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of God is God and manne God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and manne of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte manne of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsisting Equall to the father as touchyng his Godhead and inferior to the father touchyng his manhode Who although he be God and manne yet he is not two but one Christe One not by conuersion of the Godhead into fleshe but by takyng of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the resonable soule and fleshe is one manne So God and man is one Christe Who suffered for our saluacion descended into hell rose agayne the thirde daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the righthande of the father God almightie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and dead At whose comming all men shall ryse againe with theyr bodyes and shall geue accompte of theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into lyfe euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholyke fayth whiche excepte a manne beleue faythfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ⧠⧠THVS ENdeth the ordre of Mattyns and Euensong through the whole yere ⸫ ⧠⧠⧠⧠THE INTROITES ⧠Collectes Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebracion of the Lordes supper and holye Communion throughe the yeare with proper Psalmes and lessons for diuers feastes and dayes ¶ The first Sonday in Aduente BLessed is that manne that
before rebuked him that he should holde his peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee brought vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked him saying what wilt thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayd Lorde that I may receyue my sight And Iesus sayd vnto him receiue thy sight thy fayth hath saued thee And immediatly he receyued his sight and folowed hym praysing God And al the people when they sawe it gaue praise vnto God ¶ The first day of Lent commonly called Ashwednesdaye O Lord rebuke me not in thyne indignacion neyther chasten me in thy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule also is soore troubled but Lorde howe long wilt thou punishe me Turne thee O Lorde and delyuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who wyll geue thee thankes in the pyt I am wery of my groning euery night washe I my bed and water my couche with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne awaye because of all myne enemyes Awaye fro me all ye that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my wepyng The Lorde hath heard my peticion the Lorde wyll receyue my prayer All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe and put to shame sodainly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which hatest nothing that thou haste made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that be penitent Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthely lamenting our synnes and knowlegyng oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercy perfecte remission and forgeuenesse through Iesus Christe The Epistle TVrne you vnto me with all your heartes with fasting weping and mourning rent your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde your God for he is gracious mercifull long sufferyng and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt he also shall turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your increase remaine for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the Lorde youre God Blowe out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bring the childrē and sucklinges together Let the brydgrome go furth of his chambre and the bride out of her closet Let the priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying be fauorable O Lorde be fauorable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to suche confusion leste the heathen be Lordes therof Wherfore should they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God The Gospell WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they disfigure theyr faces that it may appeare vnto men howe that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But thou when thou fasteste annoynte thyne head and washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fasteste but vnto thy father whiche is in secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt and where theues breake through and steale But laye vp for you treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt where theues doe not breake through nor steale For where your treasure is there wil your heartes be also ¶ The first Sonday in Lent BLessed is he whose vnryghteousnesse is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lorde imputeth no sinne and in whose spirite there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones consumed awaye thorough my dayly complayning For thy hande is heauy vpon me both daye and night and my moysture is lyke the drought in Somer I will knowlage my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnes haue I not hyd I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is Godly make his prayer vnto thee in a time when thou maiest be founde but in the great water floudes they shall not come nye him Thou art a place to hyde me in thou shalt preserue me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce I will enforme thee and teache thee in the waye wherin thou shalt go and I will guyde thee with mine eye Be not ye lyke horsse and Mule whiche haue no vnderstanding whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle leste they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lorde mercy embraceth hym on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lorde and be ioyfull all ye that are true of heart Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. O Lorde whiche for oure sake dyddeste faste fortye dayes and fourtye nyghtes Geue vs grace to vse suche abstinence that our fleshe beeyng subdued to the spirite wee maye euer obeye thy Godlye mocyons in righteousnes and true holynes to thy honour and glorye whiche liuest and reignest c. The Epistle WE as helpers exhort you that ye receyue not the grace of god in vain For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the daye of saluacyon haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluacion Let vs geue no occasyon of euill that in oure office be founde no faute but in all thinges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In much pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in priesōmētes in strifes in labours in watchynges in fastynges in purenes in knowledge in long suffering in kyndenes in the holy goste in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of ryghteousnes of the ryghte hande and on the lefte by honour and dyshonour by euyll reporte and good reporte as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowyng and yet alwaye mery as poore and yet make manye ryche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessing all thinges The Gospell THen was Iesus led awaye of the spirite into wyldernesse to bee tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourty daies and fourty nightes he was at the laste an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayde if thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breade But he aunswered and sayd it is
written man shal not liue by bread only but by euery woord that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holye citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym if thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungels charge ouer thee and with theyr handes they shall holde thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceding hygh mountayne and sheweth hym al the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorye of them and sayeth vnto hym all these will I geue thee if thou wylte fall downe and wurship me Then sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan for it is written Thou shalt wurship the Lorde thy God and him onely shalte thou serue Then the deuill leaueth him and beholde the Aungels came and ministred vnto hym ¶ The second Sonday OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce Oh let thine eares consider well the voyce of my complaynte If thou Lorde wilt be extreme to marke what is done amysse Oh Lorde who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therfore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lorde my soule doeth wayte for hym in his woorde is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the Lorde beefore the mornyng watche I saye before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with him is plenteous redempcion And he shall redeme Israell from all his sinnes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doeste see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues kepe thou vs both outwardelye in our bodyes and inwardelye in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersityes whiche may happen to the bodye and from all euyll thoughtes whiche may assault and hurt the soule through Iesus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseche you brethren and exhort you by the lorde Iesus that ye increase more and more euen as ye haue receyued of vs howe ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesu Christe For this is the will of God euen your holynes that ye shoulde abstayne from fornicacion and that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honour and not in the luste of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bergaynyng because that the lord is the auēger of al such thinges as we tolde you before and testifyed For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not manne but God whiche hath sente his holy spirite among you The Gospell IEsus wente thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde a woman of Canaan whiche came oute of the same coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lord thou sōne of Dauid My daughter is pieteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israell Then came she wurshipped him saying Lord help me He answered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She answered and sayd truth Lorde for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from theyr maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O woman great is thy faythe be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen at the same time ¶ The .iii. Sonday GEue sentence with me O God and defende my cause agaynste the vngodly people Oh deliuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man For thou arte the God of my strengthe why haste thou put me from thee and why goe I so heauely while the enemye oppresseth me Oh sende out thy light and thy trueth that they maye leade me bryng me vnto thy holy hyll to thy dwellyng And that I may goe vnto the aultare of God euen vnto the God of my ioye and gladnesse and vpon the harpe will I geue thankes vnto thee O God my God Why art thou so heauy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. WE beseche thee almightie God looke vpon the hartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche foorth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynste all our enemyes through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE you the folowers of god as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring a sacrifice of a swete sauour to god As for fornication al vnclennes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becūmeth sainctes or filthines or folish talking or iestyng whiche are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes For this ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane persone or couetous persone whiche is a wurshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceiue you with vayne woordes For because of such thynges cummeth the wrath of God vpon the childrē of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sumtyme darkenes but now are ye lighte in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes and righteousnes truth Accepte that whiche is pleasyng vnto the Lorde and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thinges whiche are done of them in secrete but all thynges when they are brought furth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifeste thesame is lyghte wherefore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shall geue thee light The Gospell IEsus was casting out a deuyl that was dumme And when he had cast out the deuill the dumme spake and the people woondered But some of them sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of hym a sygne from heauen But he knowyng theyr thoughtes sayd vnto them Euerye kyngdome deuyded agaynste it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also bee deuyded agaynste hymselfe howe shall hys kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I caste out deuilles throughe Beelzebub If I by
geue it you ¶ At Euensong ¶ The second lesson Act. xv vnto After certayne dayes ¶ Saynct Iohn Baptist ¶ Proper lessons at Mattyns The first lesson Malach. iii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. iii. vnto the ende At the communion HEare my prayer O Lorde and considre my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man lyuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smittē my life down to the ground he hath laied me in the darknes as the men that haue been long dead Therfore is my spirite vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remembre the tyme past I muse vpon all thy workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hādes I stretche forth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thristie lande Heare me O Lord and that soone for my spirite wereth faynte hide not thy face from me lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe into the pitte O let me heare thy louynge kindenesse betymes in the morning for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Delyuer me O Lorde from myne enemies for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy louing spirite leade me forth vnto the lande of righteousnes Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnes sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnes slay mine enemies and destroie all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God by whose prouidence thy seruaunte Iohn Baptiste was wonderfully borne and sente to prepare the waye of thy sonne our sauiour by preachynge of penaunce make vs so to folowe hys doctrine and holy lyfe that we may truly repent according to his preachyng and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldly rebuke vice and paciently suffer for the truethes sake through Iesus Christe our lorde The Epistle BE of good there my people O ye Prophetes comfort my people sayeth your God comforte Ierusalem at the heart and tell her that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficiēt correccion for all her sinnes A voyce crieth in wildernes prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the deserte Lette all valleys be exalted and euery mountayne and hyll be layed lowe whatso is croked let it be made straight and lette the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shall appeare and all fleshe shall at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophete aunswered what shall I cry that all fleshe is grasse that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the fielde The grasse is withered the floure falleth a way Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuerthelesse whether the grasse wyther or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidynges lift vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem Lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God beholde the Lorde God shall come with power and beare rule with hys arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with him and his workes go before him He shall feede his flocke lyke an heardman He shall gather the lambes together with his arme and carye them in his bosome and shall kyndely entreate those that beare yong The Gospell ELizabethes tyme came that she should be deliuered and she brought furth a sonne And her neighbours and her cosins hearde howe the Lord had shewed greate mercye vpon her and they reioysed wyth her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe called his name Zacharias after the name of his father And his mother answered sayd not soo but he shall be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kinred that is named w t this name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrot saying his name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouthe was opened immediatly his tonge also and he spake praysed God And feare came on al thē that dwelt nye vnto them And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iury and al they that heard them laied thē vp in their heartes saying what maner of chylde shall thys be And the hande of the Lorde was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hathe raysed vp an horne of saluacion vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued from our enemies from the hand of all that hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers remembre his holy couenaunte And that he woulde performe the othe which he sware to our father Abrahā for to geue vs. That we deliuered out of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym wythout feare all the dayes of our lyfe in such holines and righteousnes as are acceptable before him And thou child shalt be called the prophete of the hiest for thou shalte goe before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes to geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissiō of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God wherby the day spring frō an hie hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes in the shadowe of death to guyde our feete into the waye of peace And the child grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernes tyll the day came when he should shewe himselfe vnto the Israelites Proper lessons at Euensong The first lesson Malach. iii. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. xiiii vnto when Iesus hearde ¶ Sainct Peters day At Mattyns The seconde lesson Act. iii. vnto the ende At the Communion BLessed be the Lorde my strengthe whyche teacheth my handes to warre and my fyngers to fyght My hope and my fortresse my castle and delyuerer my defender in whome I truste whiche subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast suche respect vnto hym or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Manne is lyke a thyng of naughte his tyme passeth
his Angels and preuayled not neither was theyr place found any more in heauen And the great Dragon that olde serpent called the deuill and Sathanas was cast out whiche deceiueth all the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his Angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loude voyce saying in heauē is nowe made saluacion and strength and the kyngdom of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe whiche accused them before our God day and night And they ouercame hym by the bloud of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loued not their liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Woe vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the deuill is come downe vnto you which hath great wrathe because he knoweth that he hathe but a shorte tyme. The Gospell AT thesame time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen Iesus called a childe vnto hym and sette hym in the myddest of them and sayed Verely I saye vnto you excepte ye turne and become as children ye shall not entre into the kyngdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth hymselfe as this childe thesame is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And whosoeuer receyueth suche a childe in my name receiueth me But whoso doth offende one of these lytleons whiche beleue in me it were better for hym that a milstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the worlde because of offences necessary it is that offences come But woe vnto the manne by whom the offence cometh Wherfore yf thy hande or thy foote hynder thee cut him of and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into lyfe halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hādes or two fete be cast into euerlasting fyre And yf thine iye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into life with one iye rather then hauing .ij. iyes to be cast into hell fyre Take hede that ye despise not one of these lytleons For I saye vnto you that in heauen theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father whiche is in heauen ¶ Sainct Luke Euangelist BY the waters of Babylon we sate downe wept when we remembred thee O Sion As for our harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin For they that led vs away captiue required of vs then a song and melodye in our heauines syng vs one of the songes of Sion Howe shall we syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forget thee O Ierusalem let my ryght hande forget her cunning If I doe not remembre thee let my tong cleaue to the rose of my mouth yea yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the chyldren of Edom O Lorde in the day of Ierusalem howe they sayed downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babylon wasted with miserie yea happye shal he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy chyldren and throweth them against the stones Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche calledst Luke the phisicion whose prayse is in the gospell to be a phisicion of the soule it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his doctrine to heale al the diseases of oure soules through thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle WAtche thou in all thinges suffre affliccions doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thyne office vnto the vtmoste be sobre For I am nowe ready to be offred and the tyme of my departing is at hād I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the faith Frō hencefurth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes whiche the Lorde that is a righteous iudge shal geue me at that day not to me only but vnto all them also that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayst come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this presente worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia only Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but specially the parchement Alexander the coppersmith did me muche euill the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstande our wordes The Gospell THe Lorde appointed other seuenty and two also and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and place whither he hymselfe woulde come Therfore saied he vnto them the haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest to sende furthe labourers into his haruest Go your wayes beholde I sende you foorth as lambes among wolues Beare no wallet neyther scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the waye into whatsoeuer house ye entre fyrst saye peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there your peace shal rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you agayne And in thesame house tary styll eating and drinkyng suche as they geue For the labourer is worthy of his reward ¶ Symon and Iude Apostles O Prayse God in his holynes prayse hym in the firmament of his power Prayse him in his noble actes prayse hym accordyng to his excellent greatnesse Prayse hym in the sounde of the trumpet prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe Prayse hym in the cymbales and daunse prayse hym vpon the stringes and pipe Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cymbales prayse hym vpon the loud cymbales Let euery thing that hath breth prayse the lord Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast builded the congregacion vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and prophetes Iesu Christ hymselfe beyng the head corner stone graunte vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by theyr doctrine that we maye be made an holye temple acceptable to thee through Iesu Christe oure Lorde The Epistle IVdas the seruaunte of Iesu Christe the brother of Iames to them whiche are called and sanctified in God the father preserued in Iesu Christe Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the common saluacion it was nedefull for me to write vnto you to exhort you that ye shoulde continuallye laboure in the faith whiche was once geuen
thee that although we for oure iniquities haue woorthelye deserued this plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche wether wher by we maye receiue the fruites of the earthe in due season and learne bothe by thy punishment to amende our liues and by the grauntinge of our peticion to geue thee prayse and glorye Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ Vpon wednesdaies frydaies the Englishe Letanie shal be saied or song in all places after suche forme as is appoynted by the kynges maiesties Iniunccions Or as is or shall be otherwise appoynted by his highnes And thoughe there be none to cōmunicate wyth the Prieste yet these dayes after the Letany ended the Prieste shall put vpon him a plain Albe or surplesse with a cope and saie all thinges at the Altare appoynted to bee sayde at the celebracion of the lordes supper vntill after the offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collectes afore written as occasion shall serue by hys discrecion And then turning him to the people shall let them departe with the accustomed blessing And the same order shal be vsed all other daies whensoeuer the people be customably assembled to praye in the church and none disposed to communicate with the Prieste Lykewyse in Chappelles annexed and all other places there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper excepte there be some to communicate with the priest And in suche Chappelles annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable prouision for the beryng of the charges of the Communion or els for receyuyng of thesame resorte to their parishe Churche For auoydyng of all matters and occasion of discencion it is mere that the bread prepared for the Cōmunion be made through all this realme after one sorte and fashion that is to say vnleauened and rounde as it was afore but without all maner of printe and some thing more larger and thicker then it was so that it may be aptly deuided in diuers pieces and euery one shal be deuided in two pieces at the leaste or more by the discrecion of the minister and so distributed And men must not thinke lesse to be receiued in parte then in the whole but in eche of them the whole body of our sauioure Iesu Christe And forsomuche as the Pastours Curates within this realme shall continually fynde at their costes and charges in their cures sufficient bread and wine for the holy Communion as oft as their Parishioners shal be disposed for their spirituall comforte to receiue the same it is therfore ordred that in recompēce of such costes and charges the Parishioners of euery Parishe shall offre euery Sonday at the tyme of the Offertory the iust valour and pryce of the holy lofe with all suche money and other thynges as were wont to be offered with the same to the vse of their Pastours and Curates and that in suche ordre and course as they were wonte to fynde and pay the sayed holy lofe Also that the receyuing of the Sacramente of the blessed body and bloud of Christ may be moste agreable to the institucion therof and to the vsage of the primatiue Churche In all Cathedrall and Collegiate churches there shall alwayes some Communicate with the priest that ministreth And that thesame may be also obserued euery where abrode in the countrey Some one at the least of that house in euery paryshe to whom by course after the ordynaunce herein made it apperteyneth to offer for the charges of the Communion or some other whom they shall prouyde to offre for them shal receiue the holy Communion with the priest the which maye bee the better done for that they knowe before when theyr course commeth and may therfore dispose themselfes to the worthy receyuing of the Sacramente And with him or them who doeth so offre the charges of the Communion all other who be then Godly disposed therunto shall lykewise receiue the Communion And by this meanes the Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries with al the suffrages due ordre appointed for the same And the priest on the weke day shal forbeare to celebrate the Comnion excepte he haue some that will communicate with him Furthermore euery man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the diuine seruice in the Parishe churche where they be resident and there with deuout prayer or Godlye silence and meditacion to occupy themselues There to pay their dueties to communicate once in the yeare at the least and there to receyue and take all other Sacramentes and rites in this booke appoynted And whosoeuer willingly vpon no iust cause doeth absent themselfes or doeth vngodly in the Parishe churche occupy thēselues vpon proffe therof by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Realme to bee excōmunicate or suffre other punishement as shal to the Ecclesiastical iudge accordyng to his discrecion seme conuenient And although it bee read in aunciente writers that the people many yeares past receiued at the priestes handes the Sacramēt of the body of Christ in theyr owne handes no commaundement of Christ to the contrary Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conueyghed thesame secretelye awaye kept it with them and diuersly abused it to supersticion and wickednes lest any suche thing hereafter should be attempted and that an vniformitie might be vsed throughout the whole Realment is thought cōuenient the people commonly receiue the Sacrament of Christes body in their mouthes at the Priestes hande ⧠The Letany and Suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners Remembre not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrathe and from euerlastyng damnacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pryde vainglory Hypocrisy from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all other deadly synne and from al the deceytes of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill Good
thy mercy and euermore serue thee in purenes of lyuyng to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie God which haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accorde to make oure commune supplicacions vnto thee and doest promise that whan two or three be gathered in thy name thou wylt graunte theyr requestes fulfill nowe O Lorde the desyres and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedience for them grauntyng vs in this worlde knowlege of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen ⸪ ⧠OF THE ADMI ⧠nistracion of publyke Baptisme to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncient wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde tyme was not commōlye ministred but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and whitsontyde at whiche tymes it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion Whiche custome nowe beeynge growen out of vse although it cannot for many consideracions be well restored agayne yet it is thought good to folowe the same as nere as conueniently maye be Wherfore the people are to be admonished that it is moste conueniente that Baptisme shoulde not be ministred but vpon Sondayes and other holye dayes when the moste numbre of people maye come together As well for that the congregacion there present maye testifie the receyuyng of them that be newely Baptised into the numbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baytisme of Infantes euery manne present maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in hys Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expedient that Baptisme be ministred in the Englishe tounge Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children oughte at all tymes to be Baptised eyther at the Churche or els at home ⧠PVBLIKE BAPTISME ⧠When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sonday or holy daye the parentes shall geue knowlege ouer nyght or in the mornyng afore the beginnyng of Mattens to the curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people wyth the children muste be ready at the churche doore either immediatly afore the last Canticle at Mattens or els immediatly afore the last Canticle at Euensong as the Curate by hys discrecion shal appoynte And then standyng there the pryest shall aske whether the chyldren bee Baptised or no. If they aunswere No. Then shall the priest saye thus DEare beloued forasmuche as al men be conceyued and borne in sinne and that no man borne in synne can entre into the kyngdom of God except he be regenerate and borne a newe of water and the holy ghost I beseche you to cal vpon God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his bounteouse mercy he wyl graūt to these childrē that thing whiche by nature they cannot haue that is to saye they maye be Baptized with the holy ghost and receyued into Christes holy churche and bee made lyuely membres of the same Then the priest shall saye Let vs praye ALmyghtie and euerlasting God which of thy iustice dyddest destroy by floudes of water the whole worlde for sinne except .viii. persones whome of thy mercy the same tyme thou diddest saue in the Arke And when thou dyddest drowne in the reade sea wicked King Pharao with all his armie yet at the same time thou diddest lead thy people the children of Israel safely through the myddes therof whereby thou diddest figure the washing of thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ thou diddest sanctifie the flud Iordan all other waters to this misticall washing away of sinne we beseche thee for thy infinite mercies that thou wilte mercifully looke vpon these children and sanctifie them with thy holy gost that by this holsome lauer of regeneration whatsoeuer synne is in them maye be washed cleane away that they beyng deliuered from thy wrath may be receyued into tharke of Christes Church and so saued from peryshing and being feruente in spirite stedfaste in fayth ioyfull through hope rooted in charite maye euer serue thee And finally attayne to euerlasting lyfe with all thy holy and chosen people This graunte vs we beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake our Lord. Amen ¶ Here shall the prieste aske what shal be the name of the childe and when the Godfathers and Godmothers haue tolde the name then he shall make a crosse vpon the childes foreheade and breste saying ¶ N. Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse both in thy forehead and in thy breste in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confesse thy faith in Christ crucified and manfully to fyght vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continewe his faythful soldiour and seruaunt vnto thy lyfes ende Amen And this he shall doe and saye to as many children as bee present to be Baptised one after another Let vs praye ALmightie and immortall God the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the deade we call vpon thee for these infantes that they cummyng to thy holy Baptisme may receyue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneracion Receyue them O Lorde as thou haste promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue nowe vnto vs that aske Lette vs that seke finde open thy gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes maye enioy the euerlasting benediccion of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kyngdome whiche thou haste promysed by Christe our Lorde Amen Then let the prieste lokyng vpon the children saye I Commaunde thee vnclene spirite in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste that thou come oute and departe from these infantes whom our Lorde Iesus Christe hathe vouchesaued to call to his holye Baptisme to be made membres of his bodye and of his holye congregacion Therefore thou cursed spirit remembre thy sentence remembre thy iudgement remembre the daye to be at hand wherin thou shalt burne in fyre euerlasting prepared for thee and thy Aungels And presume not hereafter to exercise anye tirannye towarde these infantes whom Christe hathe bought with his precious bloud and by this his holy Baptisme calleth to be of his flocke Then shall the priest saye The Lorde be with you The people And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Heare nowe the gospell written by S. Marke AT a certayne tyme they broughte children to Christe that he shoulde touche them and hys dysciples rebuked those that broughte them But when Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayed vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kyngdome of God as a litle child he shall not entre therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he
the gouernaunce of his holy spirite sekyng alwaies his glorie and seruing hym duely in our vocacion with thankes geuing This if we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shal lyght vpon them that shal bee set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand and geue vs the blessed benediccion of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kyngdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneele vpon theyr knees And the prieste and clearkes kneeling where they are accustomed to saye the letanie shall saye this psalme HAue mercie vpon me O God after thy greate goodnesse according vnto the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Washe me throwly fro my wickednes and clense me from my synne For I knowlage my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee only haue I synned and done this euill in thy syght that thou myghtest bee iustified in thy saying and clere when thou art iudged Behold I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalte make me to vnderstande wysedome secretelye Thou shalt pourge me with Hope and I shall bee cleane thou shalt washe me and I shall bee whyter then snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou haste broken maye reioyce Turne thy face from my synnes and putte out all my mysdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renue a ryght spirite within me Caste me not awaye from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the coumforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall bee conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloud giltinesse O God thou that art the god of my health and my toungue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desyreste no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou deliteste not in burnt offeryng The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite herte O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of righteousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shall they offre young bullockes vpon thyne aultare Glorye be tho the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynning is nowe euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Christe haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euil Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Whyche put theyr trust in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightily defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be mercyfull vnto vs synners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come to thee Let vs praye O Lord we besech thee mercifully heare our praiers and spare all those whiche confesse theyr synnes to thee that they whose consciences by synne are accused by thy mercyfull pardon may be absolued through Christe oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie God and mercyfull father whiche hast compassion of al menne and hateste nothing that thou haste made which wouldeste not the death of a synner but that he should rather turne from synne bee saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and coumforte vs which be grieued and weried with the burdē of our synne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed Enter not into iudgement with thy seruauntes which be vyle yearth and myserable synners But so turne thy ire from vs which mekely knowlege our vilenes and truly repent vs of our fautes so make haste to helpe vs in thys worlde that wee maye euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall thys antheme be sayde or song TVrne thou vs good Lorde and so shall we be turned bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a merciful god full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishemente and in thy wrathe thynkest vpon mercy Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thyne heritage bee broughte to confusion Heare vs O Lorde for thy mercy is greate and after the multitude of thy mercyes looke vpon vs. ⸫ ⧠OF CEREMONIES ⧠Why some be abolished and some retayned OF suche Ceremonies as be vsed in the Churche and haue had their beginnyng by thinstitucion of man Some at the first were of godly intent and purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanitie and supersticiō Some entred into the Church by vndiscrete deuocion and suche a zele as was without knowleage and forbecause they were winked at in the beginning they grewe dayly to more and more abuses whiche not onely for their vnprofitablenesse but also because they haue muche blynded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut away and cleane reiected Other there be whiche although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still aswell for a decent ordre in the Churche for the whiche they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edificacion Wherunto all thynges doen in the Churche as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the kepyng or omittyng of a ceremonie in it selfe considered is but a small thing Yet the wilful and contēptuous transgression and breaking of a common ordre and discipline is no smal offence before God Let al thinges bee done emong you sayeth Saincte Paule in a semely and due ordre The appointemēte of the which ordre pertaineth not to priuate menne Therfore no manne ought to take in hande nor presume to appointe or alter any publike or common ordre in Christes Churche excepte he be lawfully called and autorized therunto And whereas in this our tyme the myndes of menne bee so diuerse that some thynke it a greate matter of conscience to departe from a peece of the leaste of theyr Ceremonies they bee so addicted to theyr olde customes and agayne on the other syde some bee so newe fangle that they woulde innouate all thyng and so doe despyse the olde that nothyng canne lyke them but that is newe It was thought expediente not so muche to haue respecte howe to please and satisfye eyther of these
to passe then looke vp and lyft vp youre heades for your redempcion draweth nye And he shewed them a similitude behold the figtree all other trees when they shoote furth theyr buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that summer is then nye at hand So likewise ye also whē ye se these thinges come to passe be sure that the kingdom of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generacion shall not passe till all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe ¶ The thirde sonday HEare me when I call O God of my righteousnes thou hast set me at libertie when I was in trouble haue mercie vpon me and hearken vnto my prayer O ye sonnes of men how long will ye blaspheme myne honour and haue suche pleasure in vanitie and seke after leasyng Knowe this also that the Lorde hath chosen to himselfe the manne that is godly when I call vpon the Lorde he will heare me Stande in awe and sinne not common with your owne heart and in your chamber and be still Offer the sacrifice of righteousnes and put your trust in the Lorde There bee many that will saye who will shewe vs any good Lorde lift thou vp the lyght of thy countenaunce vpon vs. Thou hast put gladnes in myne hearte sence the tyme that theyr corne and wyne and oyle increased I will lay me downe in peace and take my reste for it is thou Lorde onelye that makest me to dwell in safetie Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee geue eare to our prayers and by thy gracious visitacion lyghten the darkenesse of oure hearte by our Lorde Iesus Christ The Epistle LEt a man this wise esteme vs euē as the ministers of Christe and stewardes of the secretes of God Furthermore it is required of the stewardes that a man be found faithful with me it is but a very smal thyng that I shoulde bee iudged of you eyther of mannes iudgement no I iudge not myne owne selfe for I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lorde that iudgeth me Therfore iudge nothing before the tyme vntil the lorde come whiche will lighten thinges that are hidde in darkenes and open the counsayls of the heartes and then shall euery man haue prayse of god The Gospell WHen Iohn beyng in prieson hearde the woorkes of Christe he sent two of his disciples and sayed vnto hym Art thou he that shall come or doe we looke for an other Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto them Goe and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene The blynd receyue theyr sight the lame walke the Lepers are clensed and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp the poore receiue the glad tydinges of the gospell and happye is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concernyng Iohn what went ye out into the wildernes to see A reede that is shaken with the winde or what went ye out for to see A man clothed in softe raymet beholde they that weare softe clothyng are in kynges houses But what wente ye out for to see a Prophete verely I saye vnto you and more then a Prophete For this is he of whome it is written behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee ¶ The fourth Sondaye POnder my woordes O Lorde consider my meditacion O harken thou vnto the voyce of my callyng my kyng and my God for vnto thee will I make my prayer My voice shalt thou heare betymes O Lorde early in the mornyng wyll I direct my prayer vnto thee and wyll looke vp For thou art the God that hath no pleasure in wyckednes neyther shall any euill dwell with thee Suche as be foolyshe shall not stande in thy syght for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalt destroy them that speake leasyng the Lord wyll abhorre both the bloud thirsty and deceyptfull man But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare wyll I wurship towarde thy holy temple Leade me O Lorde in thy ryghteousnes because of myne enemyes make thy waye playne before my face For there is no faithfulnes in his mouth their inwarde partes are very wickednes Their throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroy thou them O God let them peryshe through theyr owne imaginacions cast them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlines for they haue rebelled against thee And let all them that put theyr trust in thee reioyce they shal euer be geuing of thākes because thou defendest them they that loue thy name shal be ioyfull in thee For thou Lorde wylt geue thy blessyng vnto the ryghteous and with thy fauorable kyndnes wylt thou defende him as with a shielde Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde rayse vp we praye thee thy power and come among vs and with great might succor vs that where as through our synnes and wickednes we be fore lette and hyndred thy bountiful grace and mercy through the satisfaccion of thy sonne oure Lorde maye spedely delyuer vs to whome with thee and the holy gost be honor and glory worlde without ende The Epistle REioyce in the Lorde alwaye and agayne I say reioyce Let your softnes bee knowen vnto all men the Lord is euen at hande Be carefull for nothing but in all prayer and supplicacion let youre peticions be manifest vnto God with geuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth al vnderstandyng kepe your heartes and myndes through Christ Iesu The Gospell THys is the recorde of Iohn when the Iewes sent priestes and Leuites from Ierusalem to aske him what art thou And he confessed and denied not and sayed plainly I am not Christ And they asked hym what then art thou Helyas and he sayeth I am not Art thou that Prophete he aunswered no. Then sayed they vnto him what art thou that we may geue an aunswere vnto them that sent vs what sayest thou of thy selfe he sayd I am the voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes make straight the way of the Lorde as sayd the Prophete Esay And they which were sent were of the Phariseis and they asked hym and sayde vnto hym why baptisest thou then if thou be not Christe nor Helias neyther that Prophete Iohn aunswered them saying I baptise with water but there standeth one among you whome ye knowe not he it is which though he came after me was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthy to vnlooce These thynges were doen at Bethabara beyond Iordan where Iohn did baptise Proper Psalmes and lessons on Christmas day ¶ At Mattins Psal xix
and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne If we say we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowledge our sinnes he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his woorde is not in vs. The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto Peter folowe thou me Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whome Iesus loued folowing whiche also leaned on his breaste at Supper and sayed Lorde whiche is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therefore sawe him he sayed to Iesus Lorde what shall he here dooe Iesus sayed vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tarye tyll I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Then wente this saying abroade among the brethren that that disciple should not dye Yet Iesus sayed not to him he shal not die but if I wil that he tary til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we know that his testimony is true There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the whiche if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not cōteine the bookes that should be written ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Apoca. xxii vnto the ende ¶ The Innocentes day ¶ At Mattins ¶ The first lesson Hiere .xxxi. vnto Moreouer I heard Effraym O God the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to bee meate vnto the fowles of the ayre and the fleshe of thy sainctes vnto the beastes of the lande Theyr bloud haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them We are become an open shame to oure enemies a very skorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. Lorde how long wilt thou be angrie shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyer for euer Powre out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waste his dwellyng place O remember not our olde sinnes but haue mercye vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great misery Helpe vs O GOD of our saluacion for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and bee mercifull vnto our synnes for thy names sake Wherefore dooe the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God O lette the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in our syght O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to dye And as for the blasphemye wherwith our neyghbours haue blasphemed thee rewarde thou them O Lord seuen folde into theyr bosome So we that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture shal geue thee thākes for euer and will alway be shewing furth thy prayse from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whose prayse this day the young innocentes thy witnesses hath confessed and shewed foorth not in speakyng but in dying mortifye and kyll all vyces in vs that in our conuersacion our lyfe may expresse thy fayth whiche with our tongues we dooe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred .xliiij. thousande hauing his name and his fathers name written in theyr foreheades And I heard a voice from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thundre And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harpes And they sōg as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiij. beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne the song but the C. xliiij thousand which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with weomen for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whithersoeuer he goeth These were redemed from men being the fyrste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was foūd no guile for they are without spot before the throne of God The Gospell THe Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypt and bee thou there till I bring thee worde For it will come to passe that Herode shall seeke the childe to destroy him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herode that it myghte bee fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lord by the prophete saying out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wise men he was exceadyng wroth and sent furth men of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were .ii. yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulfilled that whiche was spoken by the prophete Ieremie where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentacion wepyng and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children woulde not be coumforted because they were not ¶ The Sonday after Christmas day I Will lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My helpe cummeth euen from the Lorde whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slumber nor slepe The Lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day neyther the Moone by night The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a child differeth not from a seruaunt though he be lorde of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so wee also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde But when the tyme was full come God sente his sonne made of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe to redeme them whiche were bonde vnto the lawe that we through eleccion mighte receyue the