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B00290 The booke of common prayer, and adminystracion of the sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies in the Churche of Englande.; Book of common prayer Church of England. 1553 (1553) STC 16288A; ESTC S123394 285,183 443

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O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners Remember not lord our offences nor the offences of our forefather neither take thou vengeaunce of our synnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From al euil and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnacion Good Lorde delyuer vs. From all blindnes of heart from pryde vayne glory and hipocrisy from enuy hatered and malice and al vncharitablenes Good lorde delyuer vs. From fornicacion and al other deadly synne and from al the deceites of the worlde the flesh and the deuil Good Lord delyuer vs. From lightninges tempestes from plage pestilence famine from battayle murther and from sodayne death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuie conspiracie from the tiranny of the Bishop of Rome all his detestable enormities from all false doctrine and heresy from hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy woord and commaundement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnacion by thy holy Natiuitie and Cyrcumcision by thy Baptysme fastyng and temptacion Good Lord deliuer vs. By thyne agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse passion by thy precious death buriall by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion and by the coming of the holy ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulacion in al time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it way please thee to rule and gouerne thy holye churche vniuersally in the right way We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to kepe Edwarde the sixth thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his hearte in thy fayth feare and loue that he maye always haue affyaunce in thee and euer seke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be hys defender and keper geuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to illuminate all Bisshops Pastours Ministers of the Church with true knowledge vnderstanding of thy word that both by theyr preachyng and liuing they may set it furth and shewe it accordyngly We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsayle and all the nobilitie with grace wysdome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the Magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntayn trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concord We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs an hearte to loue and dreade thee and diligently to liue after thy commaundementes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue all thy people encrease of grace to heare mekely thy woord and to receiue it with pure affeccion and to bring furth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring in to the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthē such as do stand to comfort and helpe the weake harted to rayse them vp that fall finally to beate down Satan vnder out fete We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lord That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by land or by water all weomen labouryng of child all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pietie vpon all priesoners and captiues We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to defende and prouyde for the fatherles children and widdowes and all that be desolate and oppresed We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgeue our enemies persecutours and slaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to geue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we maye enioye them We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. That it maye please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amend our lyues according to the holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good Lord. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Graunt vs thy peace O lambe of God that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion But delyuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neyther rewarde vs after our iniquities ¶ Let vs praye O God merciful father that despysest not the sighing of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of such as be sorowful mercifully assist oure prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersyties whensoeuer they oppresse vs. And graciously heare vs that those euils whiche the craft and subtiltie of the deuil or man worketh against vs be brought to naught and by the prouidence of thi goodnes they may be dispersed the we thy seruauntes beyng hurt by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy churche through Iesu Christ our Lorde O Lord aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O
then shall it bee to late to knocke when the dore shal be shut and to late to crye for mercye when it is the tyme of iustice O terrible voyce of moste iuste iudgemente whyche shal be pronounced vpon them when it shal be sayde vnto them goe ye cursed into the fyre euerlastyng whiche is prepared for the deuill and hys Aungels Mat. xxv therefore brethren take we hede betime while the day of saluacion lasteth ii Cor. vi for the night cometh when none can woorke Ioh. ix but let vs whyle we haue the lyght beleue in the lyghte and walke as the chyldren of the lyght that we bee not cast into the vtter darknes where is weping and gnashyng of teeth Mat. xxv Let vs not abuse the goodnes of God whyche calleth vs mercyfully to amendmente and of hys endlesse pietie promiseth vs forgeuenesse of that which is past yf with a whole minde and true heart we returne vnto hym for though our sinnes bee redde as scarlet they shal be as whyte as Snowe Esai i. Ezechiel xxviii and thoughe they be lyke purple yet shall they be as whyte as wolle Turne you clene sayth the Lorde from all your wickednesse and your sinne shall not bee your destruccion Cast awaye from you al your vngodlines that ye haue done make you new heartes and a newe spirite wherefore wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel Seeing that I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the lord god i. Iohn ii Turne you then you shall liue Althoughe we haue sinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous Esai liii and he it is that obteyneth grace for oure sinnes for he was wounded for oure offences and smitten for oure wyckednes Let vs therfore returne vnto hym who is the mercifull receiuer of al true penitent sinners assuryng our selfe that he is readye to receue vs and moste willing to pardon vs if we come to hym with faytfull repentaunce If we wyll submyt oure selues vnto him from hencefurth walke in his waies If we wil take his easy yoke light burden vpon vs to folow hym in lowlines pacience and charitie Math. xi be ordred by the gouernaunce of his holy spirite seking alwayes his glory scruyng him duelye in our vocacion with thankes geuyng This yf we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shall light vpon them that shal be sette on the left hand Mat. xxv and he wyll sette vs on his ryghte hand and geue vs the blessed benediccyon of hys father cōmaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bryng vs all for hys infinite mercy Amen Then shal they al knele vpon theyr knees the Priestes and Clerkes knelyng where they are accustomed to saye the Letany shall saye thys Psalme Miserere mei deus Psalm li HAue mercye vpon me O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercyes doe away myne offences Washe me throughly fro my wickednes and clense me from me synne For I knowledge my faultes and my synne is euer beefore me Agaynst thee only haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Beholde I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hathe my mother conceyued me But loe thou requirest trueth in inwarde parties shalt make me to vnderstande wisedome secretly Thou shalte purge me with Isope and I shal be cleane thou shalt washe me and I shal be whyter then Snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and putte oute al my misdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renewe a righte spirite within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloudguiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalte open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou delitest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite hearte O God shalt thou nor despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightousnes with the burnt offerings and oblacions then shal they offer yong bullockes vpon thyne altare Glory be to the father and to the sonne and. c. As it was in the beginnyng and is now c Amen Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacyon Aunswere But delyuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Which put theyr truste in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightely defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be merciful vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee ¶ Let vs praye O Lord we beseche thee mercifully heare oure praiers and spare all those which confesse theyr sinnes to thee that they whose consciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may be absolued Throughe Chryste oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie god and merciful father which hast compassiō of al men and hatest nothing that thou hast made whiche wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turne from sinne be saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and comfort vs which bee greued and weryed which the burthen of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercy to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good lord spare thy people whom thou haste redemed Entre not into iudgement with thy seruauntes whiche bee vyle earth and miserable sinners but so turne thy yre frō vs which mekely knowledge our vilenes truly repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this worlde that we may euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ oure Lorde Amen Then shall the people saye thys that foloweth after the Minister TVrne thou vs O good Lorde and so shall we bee turned be fauourable O lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fastyng and praying for thou arte a mercifull God full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishment and in thy
whole study care in keping of thy holy lawe And that we may laboure and trauaile for oure necessities in this lyfe like the birdes of the ayre and the lilies of the fielde without care For thou hast promised to bee carefull for vs and hast commaunded that vpō thee we should cast all our care which liuest and reignest world without end Amen A prayer necessarye for all persones O Mercifull God I a wretched bed sinner reknowledge my selfe bounde to kepe thy holy commaundementes but yet vnable to perfourme them and to bee accepted for iuste without the righteousnes of Iesu Christe thy onely sonne who hath perfectly fulfilled thy lawe to iustify al men that beleue and trust in him Therefore graunt me grace I beseche thee to bee occupyed in dooynge of good woorkes whyche thou commaundeste in holye Scrypture all the dayes of my lyfe to thy glorye and yet to truste onelye in thy mercy in Christes merites to be pourged from my sinnes and not in my good workes be they neuer so many Geue grace to loue thy holy word feruently to searche the Scritptures diligentlye to reade them humblye to vnderstand them truely to liue after them effectually Order my life to O Lorde that it be alway acceptable vnto thee Geue me grace not to reioyce in any thing that displeaseth thee but euermore to delyte in those thynges that please thee be they neuer so contrarye to my desyres Teache me so to praye that my peticions may be graciously hearde of thee Kepe me vpryghte among diuersitie of opinions and iudgementes in the worlde that I neuer swarue from thy trueth taught in holye scripture In prosperitie O Lorde saue me that I waxe not proude In aduersitie helpe me that I neither dispayre nor blaspheme thy holye name but taking it pacientlye to geue thee thankes and trust to be deliuered after thy pleasure When I happen to fall into synne thorowe frayltie I beseche thee to woorke true repentaunce in my hearte that I may be sorye withoute desperacion trust in thy mercye without pres umpcion that I maye amende my lyfe and become truely religious without hipocrisie lowlye in hearte without faynyng faythfull and trustie withoute deceitpte merye withoute lightnesse sad without mistrust sober without slouthfulnes content with mine owne without couetousnes To tell my neighbour his faultes charitably without dissimulacion To instructe my housholde in thy lawes truelye To obeye oure Kyng and all gouernours vnder him vnfaynedlye To receiue all lawes and cōmon ordinaunces which disagreeth not from thy holy woord obediently To paye euerye man that which I owe vnto him truely To backebyte no man nor slaunder my neyghboure secretlye and to abhorre all vyce louing all goodnes earnestlye O Lorde graunte me thus to doe for the glory of thy holy name Amen ¶ A prayer necessary to be sayd at all tymes O Bountiful Iesu O swete sauiour O Christ the sonne of God haue pietie vpon me mercifully heare me and despyse not my prayers Thou hast created me of nothing thou hast redemed me frō the bondage of synne death and hell neither with golde nor siluer but with thy most precious body once offered vpō the crosse thine own blud shed once for al for my raūsome therfore cast me not away whō thou by thy great wisdom hast made despise me not whom thou hast redemed with such a precious treasure Nor let my wickednes destroy that which thy goodnes hath builded Now whiles I liue O Iesu haue mercye on me for if I dye out of thy fauour it wil be to late afterwarde to call for thy mercy whiles I haue time to repent loke vpon me with thy merciful eyes as thou didst vouchsafe to loke vpon Peter thyne Apostle that I maye bewayle my sinfull life and obtein thy fauour and dye therin I reknowoledge that if thou shouldest deale with me according to verye iustice I haue deserued euerlasting deathe Therefore I appeale to thy high throne of mercy trusting to obteyn Gods fauoure not for my merites but for thy merites O Iesu who hast geuen thy selfe an acceptable sacrifice to thy father to appease his wrath and to bring all sinners truely repenting and amending theyr euil life into hys fauour agayn Accept me O lorde among the number of them that shal be saued forgeue me my sinnes geue me grace to leade a godly innocēt life graūt me thy heauēly wisdō inspire my heart with fayth hope charitie geue me grace to bee hūble in prosperitie paciēt in aduersitie obedient to my rulers faithful vnto thē that trust me dealing truely with al men to liue chastly in wedlocke abhorre adulterye fornicacion al vnclēnes to do good after my power vnto al mē to hurt no man the thy name may be glorified in me during this presēt life that I afterward may obtein euerlasting life thorow thi merci the merites of thi passiō amē ¶ Certayne prayers taken oute of the seruice dayly vsed in the Quenes house Mondai ALmighty god the father of mercy god of al comfort the which onely forgeuest sinne forgeue vnto vs our synnes good Lorde forgeue vnto vs our sinnes that by the multitude of thy mercies they maye be couered not imputed vnto vs by the operacion of the holy ghoste we maye haue power and strength herafter to resist synne by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Tuesday O Lord God which despysest not a contrite heart forgeattest the sinnes and wickednes of a sinner in what houre soeuer he doth mourne lament his olde maner of liuing Graunt vnto vs O lord true contricion of heart that we may vehemently despyse our synneful life past and wholely be conuerted vnto thee by our Sauiour and Lord Iesus Christ Amen Wednesdaye O Mercifull father by whole power strength we may ouercome our enemies both bodely gostly graunte vnto vs O Lorde that accordyng to oure promyse made in baptisme we may ouercome the chief enemies of our soule that is the desires of the world the pleasures of the flesh the suggestions of the wicked spirit so after leade our liues in holines righteousnes the we may serue thee in spirit in trueth that by our sauiour lord Iesus Christ Amen Thursdaye O Almightie euerlasting god which not onelye geuest euerye good and perfite gifte but also encreasest those giftes the thou hast geuē we most humbly beseche thee mercifull God to encreafse in vs the gifte of faith that we maye truly beleue in thee in thy promises made vnto vs that neither by our negligence nor infirmitie of the fleshe nor by greuousnes of temptacion nether by the subtil craftes assaultes of the deuil we be drieuen from fayth in the bloud of our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Fryday GRaunt vnto vs O mercifull God we most hartely beseche thee knowledge and true vnderstandyng of thy word that all ignoraūce expelled we may knowe what thy wil pleasure is
Drink ye all of thys for this is my bloud of the newe Testamente which is shed for you and for many for remissyon of sinnes doe thys as oft as ye shall drinke it in remembraunce of me Then shall the Minister first receyue the Communion in bothe kyndes himselfe and nexte delyuer it to other Ministers yf anye be there presēt that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in theyr handes kneelyng And when he delyuereth the bread he shall saye Take and eate thys in remembraunce that Christe dyed for thee and fede on him in thy heart by fayth with thankes geuyng And the minister that deliuereth the cup shall saye Drinke this in remembraunce that Christes bloud was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shal the Priest saye the Lordes prayer the people repeating after hym euery peticyon After shal be sayde as foloweth O Lorde and heauenlye father we thy humble seruauntes entierly desyre thy fatherly goodnesse mercyfullye to accepte thys oure Sacrifyce of prayse and thankes geuyng moste besechyng thee to graunte that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christe and throughe faith in hys bloud we and all thy whole churche may obtayne remissiō of our sinnes and al other benefites of his Passiō And here we offer and prsēt vnto thee O lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holye and lyuely Sacrifice vnto thee humblye besechyng thee that all we whyche bee partakers of thys holye Communion maye bee fulfylled with thy grace and heauenlye benediccion And althoughe we bee vnworthy throughe oure manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any sacrifyce yet we beseche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and seruice not weyghing our merites but pardonyng oure offences throughe Iesus Christe oure Lord by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holye ghost all honour and glory bee vnto thee O father almyghtie worlde without ende Amen Or this ALmightie and euerliuing god we most hartely thanke thee for that thou doest vouchesafe to fede vs whyche haue duely receyued these holy misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precyous body and bloud of thy sonne our Sauyour Iesus Christe and doest assure vs thereby of thy fauoure and goodnesse towarde vs and that we bee verye membres incorporate in thy mistycall bodye whyche is the blessed companye of all faythfull people and bee also heyres through hope of thy euerlastyng kyngdome by the merites of the most precyous deathe and Passyon of thy deare sonne we nowe moste humblye beseche thee heauenlye father so to assiste vs with thy grace that we may continue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good workes as thou hast prepared for vs to walke in throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour and glory worlde without ende Amen Then shal be sayd or song GLorye bee to GOD on hyghe And in earthe peace good wyll towardes menne We prayse thee we blesse thee we woorshyp thee we gloryfy thee we geue thankes to thee for thy great glorye O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almyghtye O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iusu Chrysse O Lorde God Lame of God sonne of the father that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs Thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercye vpon vs. Thou that takeste awaye the sinnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that fittest at the righte hand of God the father haue mercye vpon vs For thou onely arte holy Thou onely are the Lorde Thou onely O Christe with the holy ghost art most highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop yf he be present shal let them departe with this blessing THe peace of God whiche passeth all vnderstānding kepe your heartes and myndes in the knowledge and loue of God and of his sonne Iesu Christ our Lorde and the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne and the holy ghost bee amongest you and remayne with you alwayes Amen Collectes to be sayd after the Offertorie when there is no Cōmunion euery such daye one And the same maye be sayde also as often as occasion shall serue after the Collectes eyther of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letany by the discrecion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lorde in these our supplicacions and prayers and dispose the waye of thy seruauntes towarde the attaynemente of euerlastyng saluacyon that among all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall lyfe they maye euer be defended by thy moste gracyous and ready helpe throughe Christe oure Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerliuyng God vouchsafe we beeseche thee to directe sanctifye and gouerne bothe oure heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the workes of thy commaundemētes that through thy most mightie proteccyon both here and euer we maye be preserued in body and soule through our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche we haue hearde this daye with oure outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardlye in oure heartes that they may bryng for the in vs the fruite of good lyuing to the honour and prayse of thy name throughe Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracyous fauoure and further vs with thy contynuall helpe that in all oure workes begon continued and ended in thee we maye glorifye thy holy name and fynally by thy mercye obtayne euerlastyng lyfe throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde Amen ALmightye God the fountayne of all wysdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and oure ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassyon vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for oure blindnes we cannot aske vouchesafe to geue vs for the worthynesse of thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lourde Amen ALmightie God whiche haste promised to heare the peticyons of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beeseche thee mercifully to enclyne thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe oure prayers and supplycacyons vnto thee and graunte that those thynges whiche we faithfully asked accordyng to the wyll may effectually bee obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitie and to the settyng foorth of thy glorye through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Vpon the holy dayes yf there be no Communion shal be sayde al that is appoynted at the Communiō vntill the ende of the Homelye concludyng with the generall prayer for the whole state of Christes church militant here in earth one or moe of these Collectes beefore rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper except there bee a good noumbre to commnunicate with the priest according to his discrecyon And yf there bee not aboue twentye persons in the Parishe of discrecion to receiue Communion yet there shal be no Communiō except foure or three at the
shadow of death I wil feare no euil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me thou hast annointed my head with Oile and my cup shal be full But thy louing kindnes and mercy shal folow me al the daies of my life I wil dwel in the house of the lord for euer Domini est terra psal xxiiii Mornīg prayer THe earth is the lordes and al that therein is the compasse of the world and they that dwel therein For he hath founded it vpon the Seas and prepared it vpon the sloudes Who shall ascende into the hil of the lord or who shall ryse vp in hys holy place Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure hearte and that hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighboure He shal receiue the blessyng from the lord and ryghteousnes from the God of hys saluacion This is the generacion of thē that seke him euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Lift vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlastyng doores and the king of glory shall come in Who is the king of glory it is the lord strong and mightie euen the Lorde mightie in battayl Lifte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyfte vp ye euerlastyng dores and the kyng of glory shall come in Who is the kyng of glory euen the Lorde of hostes he is the kyng of glory Ad te domine psal xxv INto thee O Lord wil I lift vp my soule my God I haue put my trust in thee O let me not be cōfounded neyther let myne enemyes triumphe ouer me For al they that hope in thee shal not be ashamed but such as transgresse without a cause shal be put to confusyon Shewe me thy waies O lord and teache me thy pathes Leade me furth in thy trueth and learne me for thou art the god of my saluacion in thee hath been my hope al the day long Cal to remembraunce O Lord thy tender mercyes and thy louing kindnes which hath been euer of olde Oh remember not the synnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercy thinke thou vpon me O Lorde for thy goodnesse Gracious and righteous is the lord therfore wil he teache synners in the waye Them that be meke shal he guide in iudgement and such as be gentle them shall he learne hys waye Al the pathes of the Lord are mercy and trueth vnto such as kepe hys couenaunt and his testimonies For thy names sake O Lord be merciful vnto my sinne for it is great What man is he that feareth the lord him shal he teache in the way that he shall chose Hys soule shal dwel at ease and hys seede shall enherite the lande The secretes of the Lord are among them that feare him and he wyll shewe them hys couenaunt Mine iyes are euer lokyng vnto the lord for he shal plucke my fete out of the nette Turne thee vnto me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorowes of my hearte are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Loke vpon mine aduersitie and misery and forgeue me all my synne Considre mine enemies how many they are they beare a tyrannous hate agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee Let perfectnes and righteous dealing waite vpon me for my hope hath been in thee Deliuer Israel O God out of al hys troubles Iudica me domine Psal xxvi BE thou my iudge O lord for I haue walked innocētly my trust hath been also in the lord therfore shall I not fall Examine me O Lord and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart For thy louing kindnes is euer before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth I haue not dwelt with vayne persones neither wyll I haue felowship with the deceitfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wicked and wyll not sit emong the vngodly I wil washe my handes in innocencie O Lord and so wil I goe to thyne altare That I may shewe the voyce of thankesgeuing and tell of al thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house and the place where thine honor dwelleth O shut not vp my soule with the sinners nor my life with the bloud thyrstie In whose handes is wickednes and their righte handes are full of giftes But as for me I will walke innocentlye O deliuer me and be mercifull vnto me My foote standeth right I wyll prayse the Lorde in the congregacions Dominus illuminacio psal xxvii Euening prayer THe lord is my light and my saluaciō whom then shal I feare the lorde is the strength of my lyfe of whom then shal I be afrayde When the wicked euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon me to eate vp my fleshe they stombled and fell Thoughe an host of men were layed against me yet shall not my heart be afrayd and though there rose vp warre agaynst me yet wil I put my trust in hym One thing haue I desyred of the Lord whiche I wyll require euen that I may dwel in the house of the Lord al the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre bewty of the lord and to visite his temple For in the tyme of trouble he shall hyde me in his Tabernacle yea in the secret place of his dwelling shal he hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And nowe shall he lyft vp my head aboue myne enemyes rounde about me Therfore will I offre in his dwelling an oblacyon with great gladnes I wil sing and speake praises vnto the lord Hearken vnto my voyce O lorde when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me My hearte hath talked of thee seke ye my face thy face lorde wyll I seke O hyde not thou thy face fro me nor cast thy seruaunte away in dyspleasure Thou hast been my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluacion When my father and my mother forsake me the lord taketh me vp Teache me thy way O lord and leade me the ryght way because of mine enemyes Deliuer me not ouer into the wil of mine aduersaryes for there are false witnesses risen vp againste me and suche as speake wrong I should vtterly haue faynted but that I beeleue verely to see the goodnes of the lord in the lande of the liuing O tary thou the lordes laisure be strong and he shal comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Lorde Ad te domine clamabo psal xxviii VNto thee will I crye O lord my strength thinke no scorne of me lest if thou make thee as thoughe thou hearest not I become like them that goe downe into the pytte Heare the voyce of my humble peticions when I cyre vnto thee when I hold vp my handes towarde the mercye
were busy mockers whyche gnashed vpon me with theyr teeth Lord howe long wilt thou loke vpon thys O deliuer my soule from the calamities which they bryng on me and my darlyng from the lyons So will I geue thee thankes in the great congregacion I wyll prayse thee among much people O let not them that are myne enemies triumphe ouer me vngodly neyther let them winke with theyr eyes that hate me without a cause And why theyr commoning is not for peace but they ymagine deceytfull wordes against thē the are quiet in the land They gaped on me with theyr mouthes and sayde fye on thee fye on thee we saw it with oure eyes This thou haste seene O lord holde not thy tongue then goe not farre fro me O Lorde Awake and stand vp to iudge my quarell Auenge thou my cause my God and my lorde Iudge me O lorde my God accordyng to thy ryghteousnes and let them not triumphe ouer me Let them not saye in theyr heartes there there so would we haue it neither let them say we haue deuoured hym Let them be put to confusiō and shame together that reioyce at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselues agaynst me Let them bee glad and reioyce that fauour my ryghteous dealyng yea let them say alway blessed be the lorde whyche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of hys seruaunt And as for my tongue it shal be talkyng of thy ryghteousnes and of thy prayse all the daye long Dixit iniustus Psal xxxvi My hearte sheweth me the wickednes of the vngodlye that there is no feare of God before hys eyes For he flatreth himselfe in his owne syght vntyll hys abhominable sinne be founde oute The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and ful of deceypt he hath left of to behaue himselfe wisely to do good He ymagineth mischiefe vpon his bed and hath set hymselfe in no good waye neyther doeth he abhorre anye thyng that is euill Thy mercy O Lorde reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes Thy righteousnes standeth lyke the strong mountaines thy iudgementes are like the great depe Thou lorde shalt saue bothe man and beast how excellēt is thy mercy O God and the children of men shal put theyr truste vnder the shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfyed with the plenteousnes of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of thy pleasures as oute of the riuer For with thee is the well of lyfe and in thy light shal we see lyghte O continue furth thy louyng kyndnes vnto them the know thee and thy righteousnes vnto them that are true of heart O let not the foote of pride come agaynste me and let not the hand of the vngodly cast me downe There are they fallen all that worke wickednesse they are cast downe and shall not be hable to stande Noli emulari Psalm xxxvii Euening prayer FRet not the selfe because of the vngodlye neither bee thou enuyous agaynst the euyll doers For they shall sone be cutte downe lyke the grasse and be withered euen as the grene hearbe Put thou thy trust in the Lord and be doyng good dwel in the land and verely thou shalt be fed Delyghte thou in the Lorde and he shall geue thee thy heartes desyre Committe thy waie vnto the Lorde and put thy trust in him and he shall bryng it to passe He shall make thy ryghteousnes as cleare as the lyghte and thy iust dealyng as the noone daye Holde thee styl in the lord and abide paciently vpon him but greue not thy selfe at hym whose way doeth prospere agaynst the man that doeth after euill counsayles Leaue of from wrath and let goe displeasure fret not thy selfe els shalt thou be moued to doe euill Wicked doers shal be roted out and they that paciently abide the lorde those shall inherite the lande Yet a little while and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt loke after his place and he shal be awaye But the meke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be refreshed in the multitude of peace The vugodly seketh counsayle agaynst the iust and gnassheth vpon hym with his teeth The lorde shall laugh hym to scorne for he hath seen that hys daye is commyng The vngodly haue drawen out the sweord and haue bended their bowe to cast down the poore and nedy and to slay such as be of a right conuersacion Their sweorde shal goe thorow their own heart and their bowe shal be broken A smal thing that the righteous hath is better then great ryches of the vngodly For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and the lord vpholdeth the righteous The lord knoweth the dayes of the godly and their enheritaunce shal endure for euer They shal not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough As for the vngodly they shal perishe and the enemyes of the lord shal consume as the fat of lambes yea euen as the smoke shall they consume awaye The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous is merciful and liberall Such as be blessed of god shal possesse the land and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out The Lorde ordereth a good mans going and maketh his waye acceptable to hymselfe Though he fal he shal not be cast away for the Lord vpholdeth hym with his hande I haue been yong and now am old yet saw I neuer the righteous forsaken nor hys sede begging their bread The righteous is euer merciful and lendeth and his sede is blessed Flye from euill and doe the thing that is good and dwell for euermore For the lorde loueth the thyng that is right he forsaketh not hys that be godly but they are preserued for euer The righteous shal be punished as for the sede of the vngodly it shal be roted out The righteous shall enherite the lande and dwell therin for euer The mouth of the ryghteous is excercysed in wysedome and his tongue wylbe talkyng of iudgement The law of his god is in his heart and his goinges shal not slyde The vngodly seeth the ryghteous and seketh occasion to slaye hym The lorde wyll not leaue him in his hande nor condemne hym when he is iudged Hope thou in the lord and kepe his way and he shal promote thee that thou shalt possesse the land when the vngodly shall perishe thou shalt see it I my selfe haue seen the vngodly in greate power and florishing like a grene baye tree And I wente by and loe he was gone I sought hym but his place could no where be founde Kepe innocency and take hede vnto the thing that is right for that shal bring a man peace at the last As for the transgressours they shal peryshe together and the ende of the vngodly is they shal be roted out at the last But the saluaryon of the ryghteous cometh of the Lorde which is also their strength in the tyme of
in al thinges how to doe our dueties truely to walke in our vocacion and that also we maye expresse in our liuing those thinges that we do know that we be not only knowers of thy worde good Lorde but also bee workers of the same by our sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen Saterdaye O Alimightie god which hast prepared euerlasting life to all those that be thy faythfull seruauntes graunt vnto vs lord sure hope of the life euerlasting that we beeyng in thys miserable worlde may haue some tast and felyng of it in our heartes and that not by our deseruing but by the merites deseruing of our sauiour and lord Iesu Christ Amē O Mercifull god our only aide succour strength at al tymes graunt vnto vs O lord the in the tyme of prosperitie we be not proude and so forgeat thee but that with our whole power and strength we waye cleane vnto thee and in the time of aduersitie that we fal not to infidelitie and desperacion but that alwaies with a constant faith we may cal for helpe vnto the graunt this O lord for our aduocate sake and sauioure Iesu Christ Amen Sunday O Almightie and mercyful lorde which geuest vnto thy elect people the holy gost as a sure pledge of thy heauenly kingdom Graunt vnto vs O Lord this holy spirite that he may beare witnes with our spirite that we bee thy children and heyres of thy kyngdom and that by the operacion of thys spirite we way kyl all carnall lustes vnlawfull pleasures concupiscence euill affeccions contrary vnto thy wil by our Sauiour and Lord Iesu Christ Amen ¶ A prayer for trust in God THe beginning of the fal of man was trust in himselfe The beginning of the restoring of mā was distruste in him selfe trust in god O most gracious most wise guide our sauiour Christ which doest leade them the right way to immortal blessednes which truely and vnfainedly trusting in thee committe them selfe to thee Graunt vs that like as we bee blynde and feeble in deede so we maye take and repute oure selues that wee presume not of oure selues to see to oure selues but so farre to see that alwaye we maye haue thee before our eyes to folowe thee beeyng our guide to be ready at thy call most obediently and to commit our selues wholy vnto thee that thou which onely knowest the way mayest leade vs thesame waye vnto our heauenly desyres To thee with the father and the holy goste be glory for euer Amen ¶ A prayer for the concorde of Christes Churche ARise lorde let thyne enemyes be scattered thy haters put to flight the righteous and Christes disciples make pleasaunt and mery let thē sing prayses pleasaunte songes vnto thee let them blowe abrode thy magnificence let them most highly auaunce thy maiestie let thi glory grow let the kingdom of Christ from heauen among the chosen be enlarged be thou the father of the fatherles the iudge of the widdowes and the protectour of thē namely whom the world forsaketh whose conscyences be troubled whom the worlde pursueth for Christes sake which be nedy and wrapped ful of mysery In thy house O Lorde let vs dwell in peace and concord geue vs all one heart one mynd one true interpretacion vpō thy word Plucke of the bandes aswel from the consciences as from the bodyes of the miserable captiues of thē also which as yet be hedged in within the listes of death and vnaduisedly striue agaynst grace How drye Lorde is the flocke of thine heritage I pray thee powre down largely the showres of thi graces let a more plenteous fruitefulnes chaunce let thy people be strengthened with thy spirite Graunt vs lord thy worde aboundauntly so that there may be many preachers of thy Gospell which may within them selues holily conspire and agree Let the Churche the spouse of Chryste deale large spoyles of the conquered Sathan All that beeleue in thee by Chryste O Lorde GOD of health moughte lifte thee vp with prayses myghte renoume thee and extoll thee We be entered into the voyage of saluacyon Conducte vs luckelye vnto the porte that beyng deliuered by thee from the very death we may escape and come to the very lyfe Fynyshe the thyng that thou hast begonne in vs make vs to increase from fayth to fayth leaue vs not to oure owne will and choise for it is slippery redy to fall To the thunderboltes of thy word put violence that we may geue the glory to thee alonely Geue to thy people courage and power to withstand sinne and to obey thy woorde in all thinges O Lorde God most glorious and excellent ouer all ¶ A Prayer against the enemies of Christes trueth DElyuer me O lorde from the vngodly and stiffe necked persons for thou seest how in theyr heartes they ymagine mischiefe and haue great pleasure to picke quarelles theyr tongues bee more sharpe than any adders sting and vnder theyr lyppes lurketh poison of adders But O merciful Lord let me not fal into theyr handes that they handle not me after theyr owne lustes Thou onely arte my God thou muste heare my pieteous plaint Lord that rulest all together that art the strength and power of my defence bee thou as a sallet on my head whensoeuer the vngodlye shall assault me neyter suffer thou not the wicked thus to prosper in their matters Suffer not their croked and malicious stomackes to encrease and spitefullye reuyle thee Looke vpon thy poore wretches cause and ridde me oute of these dayly greuaunces then shall I with a ryght vp hearte and pleasaunt countenaunce extoll and magnifie thy holye name Amen ¶ A Prayer for pacience in trouble NOwe haste thou O Lorde humbled and plucked me downe I dare now vnnethes make my prayers vnto thee for thou art angry with me but not without my deseruing Certaynly I haue sinned Lord I confesse it I will not denye it But Oh my god pardon my trespasses release my dettes render nowe thy grace agayne vnto me stop my woundes for I am al to plaged and beatē yet lord this notwithstanding I abide paciently and geue mine attēdaunce on thee cōtinually wayting for reliefe at thy hand and that not withoute skyll for I haue receyued a token of thy fauoure and grace towardes me I meane thy worde of promyse concernyng Christ who for me was offered on the crosse for a raunsome a sacrifice and pryce for my synnes wherfore accordyng to that thy promyse defende me Lorde by thy right hād and geue a gracious eare to my requestes for all mans stayes are but vayne Beate downe therefore myne enemyes thyne owne selfe with thy power whyche arte myne onely ayder and protectour O Lord god almightye Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at nyghte goyng to bed O Mercifull Lorde God heauenly father whether we slepe or wake liue or die we are alwaies thine Wherfore I beseche thee heartely that thou wilt vouchsafe to take care and charge of me and not to suffre me to perishe in the woorkes of darkenesse but to kindle the lyghte of thy countenaunce in my hearte that thy godly knowledge may dayly increase in me thorow a ryght and pure faithe that I may alwayes be founde to walke and lyue after thy will and pleasure thorowe Iesus Christ oure Lorde and Sauioure Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at the houre of death O Lorde Iesu whiche arte the only health of all men liuyng and the euerlastyng lyfe of them whiche dye in faith I wretched sinner geue submitte my self wholy vnto thy most blessed wil. And I being sure that the thing cannot perish which is committed vnto thy mercy willingly now I leaue this frayle and wicked fleshe in hope of the resurrection whyche in better wise shall restore it to me agayne I beseche thee most merciful lord Iesus Christ that thou wilt by thy grace make strong my soule against al tēptacions and that thou wilt couer defēd me with the buckler of thy mercye against all the assaultes of the deuil I see and knowledge that there is in my selfe no helpe of saluacyon but all my confidence hope trust is in thy most mercyfull goodnes I haue no merites nor good workes which I may allege before thee Of sinnes and euil workes alas I see a great heape but through thy mercy I trust to be in the numbre of thē to whom thou wilt not impute theyr synnes but take and accept me for righteous and iust to be the inheritour of euerlastyng lyfe Thou mercifull Lorde werte borne for my sake thou didst suffre both hunger thirste for my sake thou didst preache teache thou didst pray and fast for my sake thou didst all good workes dedes for my sake thou sufferedst moste greuous paines and tormentes for my sake And finally thou gauest thy most precious body to die and thy bloud to be shed on the crosse for my sake Now most mercifull sauiour lette all these thinges profite me whyche thou freely haste geuen me that hast geuen thy selfe for me Let thy bloud clēse and wash away the spottes foulenesse of my sinnes Let thy righteousnes hyde and couer my vnrighteousnes Let the merites of thy passion bloud be the satisfaccion for my sinnes Geue me lorde thy grace that my fayth saluacion in thy bloud wauer not in me but euer bee firme and constant that the hope of thy mercy life euerlasting neuer decaie in me that charitie waxe not colde in me finallye that the weakenesse of my fleshe bee not ouercome with the feare of death Graunt me mercyfull sauiour that when death hathe shut vp the eyes of my bodye yet that the eyes of my soule may still behold loke vpon thee that whē deathe hath taken away the vse of my tongue speache yet that my heart may cry and say vnto thee In manus tuas domine commendo spiritum meum that is to saie O lorde into thy handes I geue and committte my soule Dommine Iesu accipe spiritum meum Lorde Iesu receyue my soule vnto thee Amen ¶ Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edward Whytchurche
tyme to tyme they perceiue to be most abused as in mens ordinaunces it often chaunceth dyuersely in dyuerse countreyes ¶ An Acte for the vniformitie of common prayer and administracion of the Sacramentes WHere there hath been a very Godly ordre set furth by autoritie of Parlamēt for common prayer and administraciō of the Sacramentes to be vsed in the mother tongue within this Church of England agreable to the word of God and the primatiue Church very cōfortable to al good people desyring to liue in Christen conuersacion moste profitable to the state of this Realme vpon the whiche the mercy fauour and blessyng of almighty god is in no wise so readilye and plenteously powred as by commō prayers due vsing of the Sacramentes often preaching of the gospel with the deuocion of the hearers And yet this notwithstanding a great noumbre of people in diuerse partes of thys realme folowing their owne sensualitie and liuing either withoute knowledge or due feare of God doe wilfully and damnablye before almightie God absteyne and refuse to come to theyr Parishe Churches and other places where commō prayer adminystracion of the Sacramentes preachyng of the word of God is vsed vpon the Sundayes and other dayes ordeyned to be holy dayes For reformacion herof be it enacted by the King our souereigne lord with thassent of the Lordes and commons in this present Parlament assembled and by the autoritie of the same that frō and after the feast of al Sainctes next coming al euery person and persons enhabiting within this Realme or any other the kynges Maiesties dominions shal diligently and faythfully hauing no lawefull or reasonable excuse to be absent endeuour themselues to resorte to theyr Parishe Churche or Chapell accustomed or vpon reasonable let therof to some vsual place where cōmon prayer such seruice of God shal be vsed in such tyme of let vpon euery Sunday and other dayes ordeyned and vsed to be kept as holy daies then and there to abide ordrely soberly during the time of the cōmon prayer preachinges or other seruice of God there to bee vsed ministred vpō payn of punishment by the Censures of the church And for the due execucion herof the Kynges most excellent maiestie the Lordes temporal and all the Commons in this presente Parlament assembled dooeth in Goddes name earnestlye require and charge all tharchbishoppes Bishoppes and other Ordenaries that they shall endeuour themselues to the vttermoste of theyr knowledges that the due and true execuciō herof may be had throughoute theyr Dyocesses and charges as they will aunswere before God for such euils and plages wherewith almyghtie God may iustly punishe his people for neglecting thys good and wholesome lawe And for theyr autoritie in this behalfe be it further likewise enacted by the autoritie aforesayde that all and synguler the same Archbishops Bishops al other theyr officers exercisyng ecclesiastical iurisdiccion aswel in place exempt as not exempt within their Dyocesses shall haue full power and autoritie by this Acte to refourme correct and punishe by Censures of the churche all and synguler persones whiche shall offende within anye theyr iurisdiccions or Dyocesses after the sayd feast of all sainctes next comming against thys Acte and statute anye other lawe statute priuiledge libertie or prouision heretofore made had or suffered to the contrary notwithstanding And because there hath ariesen in the vse and exercise of the foresayde common seruice in the Churche heretofore sette foorth diuerse doubtes for the fashion and maner of the ministracion of the same rather by the curiositie of the minister and mistakers then of any other woorthy cause therfore aswel for the more playne and manifest explanacion hereof as for the more perfeccion of the sayde ordre of cōmon seruice in some places where it is necessari to make the same prayer and fashion of seruice more earneste and fitte to stire christian people to the true honoring of almighty God The kinges most excellent maiestie with thassent of the lordes and Commons in this presēt Parlament assembled and by thauctoritie of the same hath caused the foresayde ordre of common seruice entituled The booke of Common prayer to be faythfully godly perused explaned and made fully perfect by the foresaid autoritie hath annexed and ioyned it so explaned and perfected to thys present statute adding also a fourme and maner of makyng consecrating of Archebishops Bishops priestes and Deacons to be of lyke force autoritie value as the same like foresayde boke entituled The boke of Common prayer was before and to be accepted receued vsed and estemed in like sort and maner with the same clauses of prousions and excepcions to al ententes construccions and purposes as by the Acte of Parlamente made in the seconde yere of the kinges Maiesties reigne was ordeined limited expressed and appoynted for the vniformitie of seruice and administracion of the Sacramentes throughout the realme vpō such seueral paynes as in the said Act of Parlament is expressed And the sayd former Act to stande in full force and strength to all ententes and construccions to be applyed practised and put in vre to and for the establishing of the boke of common praier now explained and herunto annexed also the said fourme of making of Archbishops Bishops priestes and Deacons hereunto annexed as it was for the former boke And by thautoritie aforesayd it is nowe further enacted that if any maner of persone or persones enhabiting being within this Realme or any other the kinges Maiesties dominions shall after the sayde feaste of all Sainctes willinglye and wittinglye heare and bee present at anye other maner or fourme of common prayer of administracion of the Sacramentes of makyng of ministers in the churches or of anye other rites conteyned in the booke annexed to this Acte then is mencioned and set furth in the sayd boke or that is contrary to the fourme of sondry prouisions excepcions conteined in the foresayde former statute and shal be thereof conuicted accordyng to the lawes of this realme before the Iustices of Assise Iustices of Oyer and Determiner Iustices of peace in theyr Sessions or any of them by the verdict of twelue men or by his or theyr own confession or otherwyse shall for the fyrst offence suffre impriesonment for sixe monethes without bayle or maynprice and for the seconde offence beeyng likewise conuicted as is aboue sayde empriesonment for one whole yere and for the third offence in like maner empriesonment duryng hys or theyr liues And for the more knowledge to be geuen hereof and better obseruacion of this lawe Be it enacted by the auctoritie aforesaid that al and singuler Curates shal vpon one Sunday euery quarter of the yere duryng one whole yere nexte folowyng the foresayd feast of al Sainctes next coming reade thys present Acte in the Churche at the time of the most assembly and likewise once in euery yere folowing at the same tyme declaring
Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare hys wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of theyr synnes Through the tender mercy of our God wherby the daye spryng from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glorye bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Or els thys Psalme Iubilate deo psa c O Be ioyfull in the lord al ye landes serue the lord with gladnes and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the lord he is god it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the shepe of his pasture O goe youre waye into hys gates with thankesgeuing and into his courtes with prayse be thankefull vnto hym and speake good of hys name For the Lord is gracious his mercy is euerlasting and hys trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Then shal be sayd the Crede by the Minister and the people standing I Beleue in god the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Chryste hys onely sonne our Lorde Which was conceiued by the holy goste borne of the virgin Marye Suffred vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buryed he descended into hell The thyrd daye he rose agayn from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightye From thence shall he come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleue in the holye goste The holye Catholyke Churche The communyon of Saynctes The forgeuenesse of synnes The resurreccyon of the body And the lyfe euerlastyng Amen ¶ And after that these prayers folowyng aswel at Euenyng prayer as at Morning prayer all deuoutely knelyng The Minister first pronouncyng with a loude voyce The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Let vs pray Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Then the Minister Clerkes and people shall saye the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce ¶ Our father which art in heauen c. Then the Minister standing vp shal saye O lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunt vs thy saluacion ¶ Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee ¶ Priest Indue thy ministers with righteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O lord saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne enheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our tyme O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but onely thou O God Priest O God make cleane our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Then shall folowe three Collectes The first of the day which shal be the same that is appointed at the Communion The second for peace The third for grace to liue wel And the two last Collectes shal neuer alter but dayly be said at Morning prayer throughout all the yeare as foloweth The second Collecte for Peace O God whiche arte aucthour of peace and louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth oure eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte freedome defende vs thy humble seruauntes in al assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaryes through the might of of Iesu Christ our lord Amen The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almightie and euerlasting god which hast safely brought vs in the beginning of thys daye defende vs the same with thy mightie power and graunte that this day we fall into no synne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doynges maye be ordered by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is righteous in thy syghte throughe Iesus Chryste oure Lorde Amen ¶ An ordre for Euening prayer throughout the yeare The Priest shall saye ¶ Our father which art c Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou our lyppes Aunswere And our mouth shall shewe foorth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue vs. Aunswere Lord make hast to helpe vs. Priest Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy goste As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be world without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes excepte there be proper Psalmes appoynted for that daye Then a Lesson of the olde Testamente as is appoynted lykewyse in the Kalender except there be proper Lessons appoynted for that day After that Magnificat in Englishe as foloweth Magnificat MY soule doeth magnifie the Lorde and my spirite hath reioysed in God my Sauioure For he hath regarded the lowelines of his handmayden For behold from henceforth al generacions shal cal me blessed For he that is mightie hath magnified me and holy is hys name And hys mercy is on them that feare hym throughout al generacions He hath shewed strēgth with hys arme he hath scattered the proude in the ymaginacyon of theyr heartes He hath put down the mightie from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meke He hath fylled the hungrye with good thynges and the riche he hath sente emptye awaye He remembryng his mercy hathe holpen hys seruaunte Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and hys seede for euer Glory bee to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Cantate domino psa xcviii O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hathe done merueylous thynges With his owne ryght hand and with hys holye arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victory The Lorde declared hys saluacyon hys ryghteouseness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hathe remembred hys mercye and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the endes of the world haue seen the saluacyon of oure God Shew youre selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes sing reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the Lorde vpon the harpe syng to the harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuyng With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round worlde and they that dwell therein Let the floudes clappe theyr handes and let the hylles be ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earthe With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glory be to the father c. As it was in the
c. ¶ Then a Lesson of the new Testament And after that Nunc dimittis in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace according to thy worde For myne eyes haue seene thy saluacyon Whyche thou hast prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lyghten the Gentyles and to be the glory of thy people Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy ghoste As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c. Amen ¶ Or els this Psalme Deus misereatur psal lxvii GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shew vs the lyght of hys countenaunce and bee mercyfull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon earth thy sauyng health among all nacions Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nacyons reioyce and bee gladde for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacyons vpon earth Lette the people prayse thee O God lette all the people prayse thee Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs hys blessyng God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare hym Glory bee to the father to the sonne to the holy ghost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe c Then shall folowe the Crede with other prayers as is before appointed at Morning prayer after Benedictus And with three Collectes Fyrst of the daye the second of peace thyrde for ayde agaynste all perilles as hereafter foloweth Whiche two last Collectes shal be dayly sayde at Euenyng prayer withoute alteracion The seconde Collect at Euening prayer O God from whom all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iuste workes dooe procede geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace which the world cannot geue that bothe our heartes may be sette to obeye thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of oure enemyes maye passe oure tyme in reste and quyetnes through the merites of Iesus Christ our Sauiour Amen The thyrd Collecte for ayde agaynst all perilles LIghten our darkenes we beseche thee O Lord by thy great mercy defend vs from al perilles and daungers of this nighte for the loue of thy onelye sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Amen In the feastes of Christmas the Epiphanie saincte Mathie Easter Thassencion Pentecost Sainct Iohn Baptist Sainct Iames Sainct Bartholomew Sainct Mathew Saincte Simon and Iude Sainct Andrew and Trinitie Sundaye shal be songe or sayde immediatly after Benedictus this confession of oure Christen fayth Quicūque vult WHosoeuer wil be saued before al thinges it is necessarye that he holde the catholyke fayth Which fayth except euery one do kepe holy and vndefyled withoute doubte he shall perishe euerlastinglye And the catholike fayth is this that wee worshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundinge the persons nor deuydinge the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sōne and another of the holy ghoste But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy ghost is al one the glori equal the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is such is the sonne and such is the holy ghoste The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holye ghost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy ghost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternal and the holy goste eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewise the father is almighty the sonne almightie and the holy ghost almightie And yet they are not thre almighties but one almightie So the father is God the sonne is God and the holye ghoste is God And yet are they not three Goddes but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy ghoste Lorde And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For lyke as we be compelled by the Christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himself to be god and Lord. So are we forbidden by the catholike religion to saye thers be three Goddes or three Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy ghost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but procedinge So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy ghost not three holy ghostes And in this Trinitie none is afore or after other none is greater nor lesse then another But the whole three persons be coeternal together and coequall So that in all thynges as is aforesayde the vnitie in Trinitie and the Trinitie in vnitie is to be worshipped He therefore that wyll be saued muste thus thinke of the Trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastinge saluacion that he also beleue rightely in the incarnacion of our Lord Iesu Christe For the righte fayth is that we beleue and confesse that our Lord Iesus Christ the sonne of God is god and man God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and man of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte man of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsistinge Equall to the father as touching his Godhead and inferioure to the father touching his manhode Who although he be God and man yet he is not two but one christ One not by conuersion of the godhead into flesshe but by taking of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the reasonable soule and flesshe is one man so God and man is one christ Who suffered for oure saluacion descended into hell role agayn the thyrd daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the ryght hande of the father God almyghtie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead At whose comming all men shall ryse agayne with their bodyes and shal geue accoumpt for theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into life euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholike faith which except a man beleue faythfully he can not be saued Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee world without ende Amen ¶ Thus endeth the ordre of Morning and Euening prayer through the whole yeare ¶ Here foloweth the Letany to be vsed vpon Sundaies Wednesdaies and Frydayes and at other tymes when it shal be commaunded by the Ordenarye O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable synners
God we haue heard with our eares and oure fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble woorkes that thou dydst in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lord aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thyne honor Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holye gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen ¶ From our enemyes defende vs O Christ Graciously loke vpon our affliccions Pietifully beholde the sorowes of our heart Mercifully forgeue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Chryst Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O lord Christ ¶ The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. ¶ The aunswere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humblye beseche thee O father mercifullye to looke vpon oure infirmities and for the glorye of thy names sake turne from vs al those euils that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunte that in all our troubles we may put our whole truste and confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holines and purenes of liuing to thy honour and glory Throughe oure onely mediatour and aduocate Iesus Christ our lord Amen For rayne if the tyme require O God heauenly father which by thy sonne Iesu Christ hast promised to all thē that seke thy kyngdome and the ryghteousnesse thereof all thinges necessary to their bodyly suffenaunce sende vs we beseche thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receyue the fruytes of the earth to oure comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen For fayre weather O Lorde god whiche for the synne of man didst once drown all the world except eight persōs and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise neuer to destroye it so agayne we humbly beseche thee that although we for our iniquities haue wortheli deserued this plague of raine and waters yet vpō our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche weather whereby we may receiue the fruites of the earth in due seasō and learne both by thy punishment to amende our lyues and for thy clemencye to geue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the tyme of dearth and famyne O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the rain doeth fall the earth is fruitefull beastes increases and fishes doe multiply beholde we beseche thee thaffticcions of thy people and graunte that the scarcitie and dearthe whiche we dooe nowe moste iustelye suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifullye turned into cheapenes and plentie for the loue of Iesu Christ our Lorde to whome with thee and the holye ghoste c. Or thus O God mercifull father whiche in the time of Heliseus the Prophete didst sodaynly turne in Samaria great scarcitie and dearth into plentie and cheapenes and extreme famine into abundaunce of victuall haue pitie vpon vs that nowe bee punisshed for our synnes with lyke aduersitie encrease the fruites of the earth by thy heauenly benediccion And graunte that we receyuing thy bountifull liberalitie may vse thesame to thy glory our comforte and reliefe of oure nedye neyghbours through Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen In the tyme of Warre O Almightie god king of al kinges and gouernour of all thinges whose power no creature is hable to resist to whom it belongeth iustely to punyshe synners and to be mercyfull to them that truely repent saue and delyuer vs we humbly beseche thee from the handes of our enemyes abate their pride asswage their malice and confounde their deuises that we beeyng armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from al perils to gloryfye thee whiche art the onely geuer of all victorye throughe the merites of thy onely sonne Iesu Chryste oure Lorde In the tyme of any common plague or sickenesse O Almightie God whiche in thy wrath in the tyme of king Dauid didst slea with the plague of pestilence .ix. and ten thousande and yet remembryng thy mercy didst saue the reste haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickenes and mortalitie that like as thou didst then commaunde thy Aungell to ceasse from punishing So it maye nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and greuouse sickenes through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ And the Letany shall euer ende with thys Collecte folowyng ALmightie God whiche haste geuen vs grace at thys tyme with one accorde to make oure common supplicacions vnto thee and dooest promise that when two or three be gathered in thi name thou wilt graunte their requestes fulfyll nowe O Lorde the desyres and petycyons of thy seruauntes as maye be moste expedyente for them grauntyng vs in thys worlde knowledge of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen The Collectes Epistles and Gospelles to be vsed at the celebracyon of the Lordes supper and holy Communion through the yeare The first Sundaye of Aduente ¶ The Collecte ALmightie god geue vs grace that we may cast away the workes of darkenes and put vpon vs the armour of lyght now in the tyme of thys mortall life in the whiche thy sōne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shal come agayne in hys glorious maiestie to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead we maye ryse to the lyfe immortall throughe hym who lyueth and reygneth with thee and the holy gost nowe and euer Amen ¶ The Epistle Rom. xiii OWe nothyng to any man but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfylleth the lawe For these commaundementes Tou shalte not commytte adulterye Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalte not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes Thou shalte not luste and so foorth yf there be any other commaundemente it is all comprehended in thys saying namely loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not his neighbour therfore is loue the fulfilling of the law Thys also we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we should nowe awake out of slepe for nowe is our saluacion nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is passed the daye is come nie let vs therefore caste awaye the dedes of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of lyght Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lighte not in eatyng and drinkyng neyther in chaumbouring and wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christe and make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Mat. xxi ANd when they drew nigh to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto Mounte Oliuete then sente Iesus two of hys disciples saying vnto them goe into the towne that lieth ouer agaynste you and anone you shal fynde an Asse bound and a colte with her looce thē and bryng them vnto me And if
Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GRaunt Lorde we beseche thee that the course of thys world may be so peaceably ordred by the gouernaūce that thy congregacion may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietenes through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle i. Pet. iii BE you all of one mynde and of one hearte loue as brethren be pietifull be curteous meke not renderyng euyll for euyll or rebuke for rebuke but contrarywyse blesse knowyng that ye are thereunto called euen that ye should bee heyres of the blessyng For he that dooeth long after lyfe and loueth to see good dayes lette hym refrayne his tongue from euil his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschew euil and doe good let him seke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers Again the face of the Lord is ouer thē that do euil Moreouer who is he that wil harme you if ye folowe that which is good yea happye are ye if anye trouble happen vnto you for righteousnes sake Be not ye afrayd for any terrour of them neither be ye troubled but sanctifye the Lord God in your heartes ¶ The Gospell Luke v. YE came to passe that when the people preaced vpon hym to heare the woord of God he stoode by the lake of Genazareth saw two shippes stand by the lakes side but the fishermen were gone out of them were washyng their nettes And he entered into one of the shippes which pertained to Simon and prayed him that he woulde thrust out a little from the lande And he sate down taught the people out of the shyp When he had left speakyng he sayde vnto Simon launche out into the depe let slip your nettes to make a draught And Simon aunswered and sayd vnto him Maister we haue laboured al nighte and haue taken nothyng Neuerthelesse at thy commaundemente I will looce furth the nerre And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fysshes But theyr nette brake and they beckened to theyr felowes which were in the other shyppe that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fylled bothe shippes that they souke agayn When Simon Peter sawe this he fell down at Iesus knees saying Lorde goe from me for I am a sinnefull man For he was astonied and all that were with him at the draughte of fishes whiche they had taken and so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of zebede whiche were parteners with Simon And Iesus sayde vnto Simon feare not from hencefurth thou shalte catche men And they brought the shippes to lande and forsoke all and folowed him The sixth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collect. GOd Which hast prepared to them that loue thee suche good thinges as passe al mās vnderstanding Powre into our heartes suche loue towarde thee that we louing thee in all thynges may obteyne thy promises whiche excede all that we can desyre through Iesus Christ our lord ¶ The Epistle Rom. vi KNowe ye not that all we whiche are baptised in Iesus Christ are baptised to dye with him We are buried then with hym by baptisme for to dye that likewise as Christ was raysed frō death by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a newe lyfe For if we bee graft in death like vnto him euen so shall we be partakers of the holy resurrecciō Knowing thys that your olde man is crucifyed with him also that the body of sinne myght vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not bee seruautes vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustified frō sinne Wherefore if we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shal also liue with him knowing that Christ beeing raysed from death dyeth no more Death hath no more power ouer him For as touching that he dyed he dyed concernyng sinne once And as touchyng that he liueth he liueth vnto God Lykewyse considre ye also that ye are dead as touching sinne but are aliue vnto God through Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Gospell Math. v. IEsus sayd vnto his disciples except your righteousnes exceade the ryghteousnes of the Scribes and Phariseis ye cannot entre into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue heard that it was sayde vnto them of olde time Thou shalte not kyll whosoeuer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer is angry with hys brother vnaduisedlye shal be in daunger of iudgement And whosoeuer saye vnto his brother Racha shal be in daūger of a coūsel But whosoeuer faith thou foole shal be in daūger of hel fyer Therefore if thou offrest thy gifte at the altare and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee leaue there thyne offering before the altare and goe thy way first and be reconciled to thy brother then come and offer thy gift Agree with thine aduersarye quickelye whyles thou arte in the waye with him lest at any tyme the aduersary deliuer thee to the iudge the iudge delyuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into prieson Verely I saye vnto thee thou shalte not come out thence tyll thou haue payde the vttermost farthing The seuenth Sunday after Trinitie ¶ The Collecte LOrd of al power and might whiche art the auctour geuer of al good thinges graffe in our hartes the loue of thy name increase in vs true religion nouryshe vs with all goodnes and of thy greate mercye kepe vs in the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Rom. vi I Speake groslye because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuē your membres seruaūtes to vnclennes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to an other euen so now geue ouer your mēbres seruauntes vnto righteousnes the ye may be sanctifyed For when ye wer seruauntes of sinne ye were voyde of righteousnes What fruite had you then in those thinges whereof ye are now ashamed for the end of those thinges are death But now are ye deliuered frō synne made the seruaūtes of God haue your fruite to be sanctified the ende euerlasting life For the rewarde of sinne is deathe but eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The Gospell mar viii IN those dayes when there was a very great cōpanye and had nothyng to eate Iesus called his disciples vnto him said vnto them I haue compassion on the people because thei haue been now with me three dayes and haue nothyng to eate And yf I sende them awaye fastyng to theyr owne houses they shall faynt by the waye for diuers of them came from farre And his Disciples aunswered hym where shoulde a man haue bread here in the wildernesse to satisfye these And he asked them howe many loaues haue ye They sayd seuen And he commaunded the people to sitte downe on the grounde And he toke the seauen loaues And when he had geuen thankes he brake
heauen whatsoeuer thou loocest in earth shal be looced in heauen ¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle ¶ The Collect. Graunt O merciful god that as thy holy Apostle sainct Iames leauing his father and al that he had without delaye was obedyente vnto the callyng of thy sonne Iesus Christ and folowed him So we forsaking al worldly and carnall affeccyons maye bee euermore ready to folowe thy commaundementes through Iesu Christe our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes xi IN those dayes came Prophetes frō the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there should be great dearth throughout al the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudiug dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry which thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saule At thesame tyme Herode the kyng stretched forth his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacion And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn wyth the sweord And because he saw it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and toke Peter also ¶ The Gospell Math. xx THen came to him the mother of zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshipping him and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym And he sayed vnto her what wylte thou She sayed vnto hym Graunte that these my two sōnes may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left in thy kingdom But Iesus answered saied ye wote not what ye aske Are ye hable to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to be baptysed with the baptisme that I am baptised with They said vnto him we are He said vnto them ye shal drinke in dede of my cup and be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to geue but it shall chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard thys they disdained at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him and said ye know that the princes of the nacions haue dominiō ouer thē and they that are great mē exercise auctoritie vpon thē It shal not be so among you But whosoeuer will be greate among you let him be your minister and whosoeuer wyll be chiefe among you lette him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of mā came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue hys lyfe a redempcion for many ¶ Sainct Bartholomewe ¶ The Collect. O Almightie and euerlasting god which hast geuē grace to thy Apostle Bartholomewe truly to beleue and to preache thy word graunt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued and to preache that he taughte through Christ our Lord. ¶ The Epistle Actes v. BY the handes of the Apostles were many signes And wonders shewed among the people And they were al together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no mā ioyne hymself to them neuertheles the people magnified thē The number of them the beleued in the lorde both of men and women grewe more and more insomuch that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laid them on beddes couches that at the leastway the shadowe of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them whiche were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one ¶ The Gospell Luke xxii ANd there was a strife among them whiche of thē should seme to be the greatest And he said vnto them the kinges of nacions reygne ouer them and they that haue autoritie vpon thē are called gracious lordes But ye shall not so be But he that is greatest amōg you shal be as the yonger 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 sitteh at meate But I am amōg you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my tēptacions And I appoynt vnto you a kingdom as my father hath appoynted vnto me that ye maye eate drynke at my table in my kyngdome and sytte on seates iudgeing the twelue tribes of Israel Sainct Mathewe ¶ The Collect. ALmightie God which by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathew from the receipt of custome to be an Apostle and Euangelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayd sonne Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth c. ¶ The Epistle ii cor iiii SEeing that we haue such an office euē as god hath had mercy on vs we goe not out of kind but haue cast frō vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftines neither handle we the woorde of God deceiptfullye but open the trueth and report our selues to euerye mans conscience in the sight of God If our gospel bee yet hydde it is hydde among them that are lost in whom the God of thys worlde hath blinded the mindes of them which belieue not lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shoulde shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to bee the Lorde and our selues your seruantes for Iesus sake For it is god that cōmaūdeth the light to shine out of darkenes which hath shined in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ ¶ The Gospell Math. ix ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named Mathew sitting at the receipt of custome and he sayde vnto hym folowe me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beeholde manye publicanes also and sinners that came sate down with Iesus his disciples And when the Phariseis saw it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your master with Publicanes sinners But when Iesus heard that he said vnto them They the be strong nede not the Phisiciō but they that are sicke Go ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce ¶ Sainct Michael and all Aungels ¶ The Collect. Euerlasting God which hast ordeyned and constituted the seruices of al Aungles and men in a wonderful ordre mercifully graunt that they which alway doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appoyntmēt succour and defend vs in earth through Iesus Christ our Lorde c. ¶ The Epistle Apoca. xii THere was a great battail in heauē Michael and hys Angles fought with the dragon the dragon fought with his Angels and preuayled not neither was their place foūd any more in heauen
tyme they broughte children vnto Christ that he shoulde touche them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But whē Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayde vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbid them not for to suche belongeth the kingdome of god Verelye I saye vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kingdome of God as a litle childe he shall not entre therein And when he had taken them vp in his armes he putte hys handes vpon them and blessed them After the Gospell is readde the Minister shall make thys briefe exhortacion vpon the wordes of the Gospell FRendes you heare in this Gospel the wordes of oure Sauioure Christe that he commaunded the children to bee brought vnto him Now he blamed those that woulde haue kepte them from hym Nowe he exhorted all men to folowe theyr innocencie You perceiue how by his outwarde gesture and dede he declared hys good wyll toward them For he embraced thē in his armes he layd his handes vpon them and blessed them doubt not ye therfore but earnestlye belieue that he wyll likewyse fauourablye receyue these presente infantes that he wyll embrace them with the armes of hys mercye that he wyll geue vnto them the blessyng of eternal lyfe and make thē partakers of his euerlastyng kyngdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good wil of our heauenly father towarde these infantes declared by his sonne Iesus Christe nothing doubting but that he fauourably alloweth this charitable worke of ours in bringing these childrē to his holy Baptisme let vs faithfully and deuoutlye geue thankes vnto him and say ALmightie euerlasting god heauenly father we geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchsafed to call vs to the knowledge of thy grace and fayth in thee encrease thys knowledge and confirme this fayth in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirite to thse infantes that they may be borne again and be made heyres of euerlasting saluacion through our Lord Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth with thee and the holy spirite now for euer Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall speake vnto the Godfathers and Godmothers on thys wyse WElbeloued frendes ye haue brought these childrē here to be Baptised ye haue praied that our Lord Iesus Christ would vouchsafe to receiue them to laye his handes vpon thē to blesse thē to release them of their sinnes to geue them the kyngdome of heauen and euerlastyng lyfe Ye haue heard also that our lord Iesus Christ hath promised in his gospel to graūt al these thinges that ye haue praied for which promyse he for his parte wyl moste surely kepe and perfourme Wherefore after thys promyse made by Chryste these infantes must also faythfully for their part promyse by you that be their suerties that they wil forsake the deuil and al his workes and constantly beleue gods holy word and obediently kepe his commaundementes Then shall the Priest demaunde of the Godfathers and Godmothers these questions folowyng Doest thou forsake the deuil and al his workes the vaine pompe and glory of the world with al couetouse desyres of the same the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wylte not folowe nor be led by them Aunswere I forsake them all Minister Doest thou beleue in god the father almightie maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten sonne our lord and that he was conceiued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Mary that he suffered vnder Poncyus Pilate was crucified dead and buried that he went down into hell and also did rise agayne the thyrd daye that he ascended into heauen and litteth at the right hande of god the father almightie and from thence shal come again at the end of the world to iudge the quicke and the dead And doest thou beleue in the holy gost the holy Catholique Churche the cōmunion of sainctes the remiss ion of synnes the resurrecciō of the fleshe and euerlasting life after death Aunswere All this I stedfastly beleue Minister Wylt thou be Baptysed in thys fayth Aunswere That is my desyre Then shall the Priest saye O Merciful god graunt that the olde Adam in these children may be so buried that the new man may be raysed vp in them Amen Graunte that all carnall affecions may dye in them and that all thynges belongyng to the spyryte maye lyue and growe in them Amen Graunt that they may haue power and strength to haue victory and to triumphe against the deuill the world and the fleshe Amen Graunt that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by oure office and ministery may also be endued with heauenly vertues euerlastynglye rewarded through thy mercy O blessed lord God who doest liue and gouerne all thinges world without ende Amen ALmightie euerliuing God whose moste dearelye beloued sōne Iesus Christ for the forgeuenes of our sinnes did shead out of his most precious side bothe water bloud and gaue commaundement to hys disciples that they should goe teache all nacyons and baptise them in the name of the father the sonne and of the holy ghost Regarde we beseche thee the supplicacions of thy congregacion and graunt that all thy seruauntes whyche shall bee baptised in thys water may receyue the fulnes of thy grace and euer remaine in the noumbre of thy faithfull and elect children throughe Iesus Chryst our Lorde Then the Priest shal take the childe in his handes and aske the name and naming the childe shall dippe it in the water so it be discretely and warely done saying N I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goste Amen And yf the child bee weake it shall suffise to powre water vpon it saying the foresayd wordes N I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the Priest shall make a crosse vpon the childes forehead saying WE receyue thys childe into the congregacion of Christes stocke and doe sygne hym with the sygne of the crosse in tokē that hereafter he shall not bee ashamed to confesse the fayth of Chryste crucified and manfully to fight vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continue Christes faythfull souldioure and seruaunt vnto hys lyues ende Amen Then shall the Priest saye SEyng now derely beloued brethren that these children be regenerate and grafted into the body of Christes congregacyon let vs geue thankes vnto God for these benefites with one accorde make oure prayers vnto almyghtye God that they maye leade the rest of theyr lyfe accordyng to this begynnyng Then shal be sayde Our father whiche arte in heauen c. Then shall the Priest saye WE yelde thee hearty thankes most merciful father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate thys infant with thy holy sprite to receyue hym for thy owne child by adopcion and to incorporate hym into thy holy congregacion And humblye we beseche thee to graunte that he being dead vnto
sinne and liuing vnto rightousnes and beyng buried with Christ in hys death may crucifie the olde man and vtterly abolishe the whole body of synne that as he is made partaker of the death of thy sonne so he maie be partaker of his resurreccion So that finally with the residue of thy holy congregacion he may be inheritour of thine euerlastyng kyngdome throughe Christe our Lord. Amen At the laste ende the Priest callyng the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall saye thys shorte exhortacyon folowyng FOrasmuche as these chyldren haue promysed by you to forsake the Deuil and all his workes to beleue in God and to serue him you must remembre that it is youre partes and duetyes to see that these infantes bee taughte so soone as they shal be hable to learne what a solemne vow promise and profession they haue made by you And that they maye knowe these thynges the better ye shall call vpon them to heare sermons And chyeftye ye shall prouyde that they may learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten Commaundementes in the English tongue and al other thinges whiche a Christian man oughte to knowe and beleue to his soules health and that these children may bee vertuoustlye brought vp to leade a godly and Christen lyfe remembring alwaie that Baptisme doeth represente vnto vs oure professyon whiche is to folow the example of our sauiour Christ and to bee made lyke vnto hym that as he dyed and rose agayne for vs so shoulde we whyche are Baptised dye from synne and ryse agayne vnto ryghteousnesse contynuallye mortifying all oure euyll and corrupte affeccions and daily procedyng in all vertue and godlynes of lyuyng The Minister shall commaunde that the children be broughte to the Bishop to be confirmed of hym so sone as they can saye in their vulgare tong the articles of the faith the lordes prayer and the .x. commaundementes and be further instructed in the Cathechisme sette forthe for that purpose accordingly as it is there expressed ¶ Of them that be Baptised in priuate houses in tyme of necessitie The Pastours and Curates shall ofte admonyshe the people that they deferre not the Baptisme of infantes any longer thē the Sundaye or other holy daye nexte after the child be borne vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate and by hym approued And also they shal warne them that without great cause and necessitie they Baptise not children at home in theyr houses And when greate nede shall compell them so to doe that then they minister it on this fashyon Firste let them that be present call vpon God for hys grace and say the Lordes prayer if the tyme will suffre And then one of them shall name the childe and dippe hym in the water or powre water vpon hym saying these wordes N I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And lette them not doubt but that the childe so Baptised is lawfully and sufficiently Baptised ought not to be Baptised agayne in the Churche But yet neuerthelesse yf the chylde whyche is after thys sorte Baptised doe afterwarde lyue it is expedyente that he bee broughte into the Churche to the entente the Priest may examine and trie whether the child be lawfully baptised or no. And yf those that bryng any chylde to the churche doe aunswere that he is already Baptised then shall the Priest examine them further By whom the childe was Baptysed Who was present when the childe was Baptysed Whether they called vpon God for grace and succoure in that necessitie With what thyng or what matter they did Baptyse the chylde With what wordes the childe was Baptised Whether they thinke the child to be lawefully and perfectly Baptysed And if the minister shall proue by the aunsweres of suche as brought the childe that all thynges were done as they oughte to bee Then shall not be Christen the childe agayne but shall receyue hym as one of the flocke of the true Christian people saying thus I Certifye you that in thys case ye haue done wel according vnto due order concerning the baptising of this childe which being borne in original sinne and in the wrath of god is now by the lauer of regeneracion in Baptisme receyued into the noumber of the children of God and heyres of euerlastyng life for our Lord Iesus Christ doeth not deny hys grace and mercy vnto such infantes but most louingly doeth call them vnto him as the holy Gospel doeth witnesse to our comfort on thys wyse Mark x. AT a certayne tyme they broughte children vnto Christ that he shoulde touche them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But whē Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayde vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbid them not for to suche belongeth the kingdome of god Verelye I saye vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kingdome of God as a litle childe he shall not entre therein And when he had taken them vp in his armes he putte hys handes vpon them and blessed them After the Gospell is readde the Minister shall make thys exhortacion vpon the wordes of the Gospell FRendes you heare in this Gospel the wordes of oure Sauioure Christe that he commaunded the children to bee brought vnto him Now he blamed those that woulde haue kepte them from hym Nowe he exhorted all men to folowe theyr innocencye Ye perceiue howe by hys outwarde gesture and dede he declared hys good wyll toward them For he embraced thē in his armes he layd his handes vpon them and blessed them doubt ye not therfore but earnestlye belieue that he hath likewyse fauourablye receyued thys presente infante that he hathe embraced him with the armes of hys mercye that he hath geuen vnto hym the blessyng of eternall lyfe and made hym partaker of his euerlastyng kyngdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of our heauenlye father declared by his sonne Iesus Chryste towardes this infant Let vs faithfully and deuoutly geue thankes vnto him and say the prayer whyche the Lord himselfe taughte and in declaracion of our faith lette vs recyte the articles contayned in our Crede Here the Minister with the Godfathers and Godmothers shall saye Our father whiche arte in heauen c. Then shall the priest demaunde the name of the chyld whiche beeyng by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the Minister shall saye Dooest thou in the name of thys chylde forsake the Deuill and all hys woorkes the vayne pompe and glory of the worlde with all the couetous desires of the same the carnall desyres of the fleshe and not to folow and be lead by them ¶ Aunswere I forsake them all ¶ Minister Doest thou in the name of thys childe professe thys fayth to beleue in God the father almightye maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Chryste hys onelye beegotten sonne our Lorde and that he was conceyued by the holye ghoste borne of
shal begin the Communion and after the Gospel shal be said a sermon wherein ordinarely so oft as there is any mariage thoffice of a man wyfe shal be declared according to holy scripture or yf there be no sermon the Minister shall reade thys that foloweth Al ye which be maryed or which entende to take the holy estate of matrimonie vpon you heare what holy scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes toward their wiues and wiues toward their husbandes Saincte Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fifth Chapiter doeth geue thys commaundemente to all maryed men Ye husbandes loue your wiues euen as Christe loued the church hath geuen himselfe for it to sanctifie it pourging it in the fountayne of water throughe thy worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion not hauing spotte or wrinkel or any suche thyng but that it should be holy blameles So men are bound to loue their owne wyues as theyr own bodyes He that loueth his own wyfe loueth himfelse For neuer dyd any man hate his own fleshe but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the lord doth the congregacion for we are membres of his bodye of hys fleshe and of hys bones For thys cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shall bee ioyned vnto hys wife and they two shall bee one fleshe This misterie is great but I speake of Chryste and of the congregaciō Neuertheles let euery one of you so loue hys own wyfe euen as hymselfe Lykewyse thesame sainct Paul writing to the Colossians speaketh thus to al men that be maried Colo. iiii Ye men loue your wyues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what Sainct Peter the Apostle of Chryste which was himselfe a maried man sayeth vnto al mē that are maryed i. pete iii Ye husbandes dwel with your wyues according to knowledge Geuing honoure vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessell and as heyres together of the grace of lyfe so that your prayers be not hyndered Hertherto ye haue heard the duetie of the husband toward the wife Now lykewyse ye wiues heare learne your duetie towardes your husbandes euen as it is playnely set forth in holy scripture SAincte Paule in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ephesi v Ye women submit youre selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the lord for the husbande is the wyues head euē as Christ is the head of the Church And he is also the sauioure of the whole bodye Therefore as the church or congregacion is subiect vnto Christe so likewise let the wiues also be in subiecciō vnto their own husbandes in all thinges And agayne he saieth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Collossians Sayncte Paul geueth you this short Lesson Colos iii Ye wiues submit youre selues vnto your own husbandes as it is conuenient in the Lorde SAinct Peter also doeth instructe you very godly thus saying i. pete iii. Let wiues bee subiecte to their owne husbandes so that yf any obey not the worde they may be wonne without the worde by the conuersacion of the wiues while they behold your chast conuersacion coupled with feare wbose apparell lette it not bee outward with broided heere and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparel but let the hid mā whiche is in the heart be without al corrupcyon so that the spirite be milde and quiet which is a precious thing in the sight of god For after this maner in the olde time dyd the holy womē which trusted in god apparel themselues being subiect to their own husbandes as Sara obeyed Ibraham calling hym Lorde whose daughters ye are made doyng well and being not dismaide with any feare ¶ The new maried persons thesame day of their mariage must receiue the holy Communion ¶ The ordre for the visitacion of the sicke The Priest entering into the sicke persons house shall saye Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall saye knelyng downe REmembre not lord our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father which art in heauen c And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunte Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightely defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurt hym Minister Be vnto hym O Lorde a strong towre Aunswere From the face of his enemie Minister Lorde heare our prayers Aunswere And let our crye come vnto thee The Minister O Lord loke downe from heauen behold visite and releue this thy seruaunt Loke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy geue him comfort and sure confydence in thee Defende him from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetye through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and most merciful god and sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnes to thys thy seruaunt which is grieued with sickenes Visite hym O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruaunt So visite and restore vnto this sicke person his former health yf it be thy wyl or els geue him grace so to take thy visitacion that after this painful life ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlasting Amen Then shall the Minister exhorte the sicke person after thys fourme or other lyke DErely beloued know thys that almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as youth strength health age weakenes and sickenesse Wherefore whatsoeuer your sickenes is know you certainly that it is gods visitacyon And for what cause soeuer thys syckenes is sente vnto you whether it bee to trie youre pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lorde laudable glorious honourable to the encrease of glorye endles felicitie Or els it be sente vnto you to correcte and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eies of our heauenly father know you certaynly that yf you truely repente you of your sinnes and beare your sickenesse paciently trustyng in Goddes mercy for his dere sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thākes for his fatherly visitaciō submitting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foreward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting life ¶ If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his exhortacion in this place ¶ Take therefore in good woorth the chastement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth
wrath thinkest vpon mercye Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thy herytage bee brought to confusion heare vs O lord for thy mercy is great and after the multytude of thy mercyes loke vpon vs. Here endeth the boke of common praier The psalter or Psalmes of Dauid after the trāslacion of the greate Byble poynted as it shal be sayed or song in Churches ☞ ¶ The Psalmes of Dauid Beatus vir qui non abiit psal i. Mornīg prayer BLessed is that man that hath not walked in the coūsel of the vngodly nor stande in the way of sinners and hath not sit in the seate of the scornefull But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law wil he exercyse hymselfe daye and night And he shall be like a tree planted by the water side that wil bryng furth hys fruite in due season Hys leafe also shall not wyther and loke whatsoeuer he doeth it shall prosper As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are lyke the chaffe which the wind scattereth awaye from the face of the earth Therefore the vngodly shall not bee hable to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregacyon of the ryghteous But the lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shall peryshe Quare fremuerunt gentes psal ii WHy doe the Heathen so furiously rage together and why doe the people ymagine a vayne thyng The kinges of the earth stande vp and the rulers take counsayle together agaynst the Lord and against hys annoynted Let vs breake their bandes a sunder and cast away their cordes from vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shal laugh them to scorne the lord shall haue them in derision Then shall he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in hys sore displeasure Yet haue I set my kyng vpon my holy hyll of Syon I wil preache the lawe wherof the lord hath sayed vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Desyre of me and I shall geue thee the heathen for thine enheritaunce and the vttermost part of the earth for thy possession Thou shalt bruise them with a rodde of yron and breake them in pieces lyke a potters bessell Be wyse now therefore O ye kynges be learned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue the Lorde in feare and reioyce vnto hym wyth reuerence Kisse the sonne left he be angry and so ye perishe from the ryght waye if his wrath be kiendled yea but a little blessed are all they that put theyr trust in hym Domine quid multiplicati psal iii. LOrd how are they encreased that trouble me many are they that ryse aganst me Many one there be that say of my soule there is no helpe for hym in hys God But thou O Lord art my defendour thou art my worship and the lifter vp of my head I did call vpon the Lord with my voice and he heard me out of hys holy hyll I layed me downe and slepte and rose vp agayne for the Lord sustayned me I wil not be afraid of ten thousandes of people that haue set themselues against me round about Vp Lorde and helpe me O my God for thou smytest all myne enemyes vpon the cheke bone thou haste broken the teeth of the vngodly Saluacion belongeth vnto the Lord and thy blessing is vpon the people Cum inuocarem psal iiii HEare me when I call O God of my ryghteousnesse thou haste set me at libertie when I was in trouble haue mercye vpon me and hearken vnto my prayer O ye sonnes of men how long wyll ye blaspheme myne honor and haue suche pleasure in vanitie and seeke after leasyng Knowe thys also that the Lorde hath chosen to hymselfe the man that is godlye when I call vpon the Lorde he wil heare me Stande in awe and synne not comen with youre owne hearte and in your chambre and be styll Offre the sacrifice of righteousnesse and put your truste in the Lorde There bee manye that wyll saye who wyll shewe vs any good LORD lyfte thou vp the lyghte of thy countenaunce vpon vs. Thou haste putte gladnes in my hearte sence the tyme that theyr corne and wyne and oyle increased I wyll laye me downe in peace and take my reste for it is thou Lorde only that makest me dwel in safetie Verba mea auribus Psalm v. POnder my wordes O LORDE consyder my meditacyon O herken thou vnto the voyce of my callyng my kyng and my God for vnto thee wyl I make my prayer My voyce shalte thou heare betimes O Lorde earlye in the mornyng wyll I directe my prayer vnto thee and wyll loke vp For thou arte the God that hathe no pleasure in wickednesse neyther shall any euyll dwell with thee Suche as bee foolyshe shall not stande in thy syghte for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalte destroye them that speake leasyng the Lorde wyll abhorre bothe the bloudthirstye and deceytfull man But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercye and in thy feare wyl I worshyp towarde thy holy temple Leade me O lord in thy righteousnes because of myne enemies make thy waye playne before my face For there is no faithfulnes in his mouth theyr inwarde partes are very wickednes Theyr throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroye thou them O God let them peryshe throughe theyr owne ymaginacyons cast them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlynes for they haue rebelled agaynst thee And let all them that put theyr truste in thee reioyce they shall euer be geuyng of thankes because thou defendest thē they that loue thy name shal be ioyefull in thee For thou Lorde wylte geue thy blessyng vnto the ryghteous and with thy fauourable kyndnesse wilt thou defend him as with a shielde Domine ne in furore Psalm vi Euening prayer O Lorde rebuke me not in thyne indignacion neyther chasten me in thy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me O Lord for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule is also sore troubled but Lorde howe long wilte 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 wil geue thee thankes in the pitte I am wearye of my gronyng euery night washe I my bedde and water my couche with my teares My beautie is gone for verye trouble and worne awaye because of all my enemies Awaye fro me all yet that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath hearde the voyce of my wepyng The Lorde hath hearde my peticyon the Lorde wyll receyue my prayer All myne enemyes shall bee confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe and put to shame sodeynly Domine deus meus psalm vii O Lorde my God in thee haue I put my trust saue me from all them that persecute me and delyuer me Left he
sparowe hath found her an house and the swallowe a nest where she may lay her yong euen thy aulters O Lord of hostes my king and my God Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alway praysing thee Blessed is that man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy wayes Whiche goyng through the vayle of miserye vse it for a well and the pooles are filled with water They will goe from strength to strength and vnto the God of Gods appeareth euery one of them in Syon O Lord God of hostes heare my prayer hearken O God of Iacob Behold O God our defender and loke vpon the face of thine annoynted For one daye in thy courtes is better then a thousande I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my god then to dwel in the tentes of vngodlines For the lorde god is a light and defence the Lorde will geue grace and worship and no good thyng shall he withhold from them that liue a godly life O Lorde God of hostes blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee Benedixisti domine psal lxxxv LOrd thou art become gracious vnto thy land thou hast turned a way the captiuitie of Iacob Thou hast forgeuen the offence of thy people and couered all theyr sinnes Thou hast taken a way all thy displeasure and turned thy selfe from thy wrathful indignacion Turne vs then O God our sauiour and let thine angre ceasse from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to an other Wilt thou not turne again and quicken vs that thy people may reioyce in thee Shewe vs thy mercy O Lorde and graunt vs thy saluacion I wil hearken what the lord god wil say concerning me for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sainctes that they turne not agayne For his saluacion is nye them that feare him that glory may dwel in our lande Mercye and trueth are met together righteousnes and peace haue kissed eche other Truth shal florish out of the earth and righteousnes hath loked down from heauen Yea the lord shal shew louing kindnes and our land shal geue her encrease Righteousnes shal goe before him and he shal direct his going in the waye Inclina domine aurem psal lxxxvi Mornīg prayer BOw downe thine eare O Lorde and heare me for I am poore and in misery Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my god saue thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in thee Be mercifull vnto me O lord for I will call dayly vpon thee Comfort the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto thee O lord doe I lift vp my soule For thou lord art good and gracious and of great mercy vnto al them that call vpon thee Geue eare Lord vnto my prayer and ponder the voyce of myne humble desyres In the time of my trouble I will call vpon thee for thou hearest me Among the gods there is none like vnto thee O Lord there is not one that can doe as thou doest All nacions whom thou hast made shal come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorifye thy name For thou art great and doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone Teache me thy waye O Lorde and I will walke in thy truth O knit my heart vnto thee that it may feare thy name I wil thanke thee O lorde my God with all my heart and will prayse thy name for euermore For great is thy mercy towarde me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the nethermost hell O God the proud are riesen against me and the congregacion of naughty menne haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before theyr eyes But thou O Lord God artful of compassion and mercy long suffering plenteous in goodnes and trueth O turne thee then vnto me and haue mercy vpon me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunte and helpe the sonne of thyne handmayd Shewe some good token vpon me for good that they whiche hate me maye see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me Fundamenta eius Psal lxxxvii HEr foundacions are vpon the holy hilles the Lorde loued the gates of Syon more then all the dwellinges of Iacob Very excellent thinges are spoken of thee thou citie of God I wil thinke vpon Rahab and Babilon with them that knowe me Beholde ye the Philistines also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe there was he borne And of Syon it shal be reported that he was borne in her and the most high shall stablishe her The Lord shal rehearse it when he wryteth vp the people that he was borne there The syngers also and Trumpetters shal he rehearse all my freshe springes shal be in thee Domine deus salutis psal lxxxviii O Lorde God of my saluacion I haue cryed day and night before thee O lette my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine eare vnto my calling For my soule is ful of trouble and my life draweth nigh vnto hell I am counted as one of them that goe downe vnto the pyt and I haue been euen as a man that hath no strength Free among the dead like vnto them that be wounded and lye in the graue whiche be out of remembraunce and are cut away from thy hand Thou hast layd me in the lowest pit in a place of darkenes and in the diepe Thine indignacion lyeth harde vpon me and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes Thou hast put a way myne acquayntaunce farre fro me and made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in prieson that I can not geat furth My sight fayleth for very trouble Lord I haue called daily vpon thee I haue stretched out my handes vnto the. Doest thou shewe wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise vp agayn and prayse thee Shal thy louing kindnes be shewed in the graue or thy faythfulnes in destruccion Shal thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke thy rightousnes in the land where al thinges are forgottē Vnto thee haue I cryed O Lorde and earely shall my prayer come before thee Lorde why abhorrest thou my soule and hydest thy face fro me I am in misery and like vnto him that is at the poynt to dye euen from my youth vp thy terrours haue I suffred with a troubled mind Thy wrathful displeasure goeth ouer me and the feare of thee hath vndone me They came round about me dayly lyke water and compassed me together on euery syde My louers and frendes hast thou put a way fro me and hid myne acquaintaunce out of my sight Misericordias domini psal lxxxix Euening prayer MY s ong shal be alwaye of the louyng kindnes of the Lorde with my mouth will I euer be shewing thy trueth from one generacion to another For I haue sayde mercy shal be set vp for euer thy truth shalt thou stablishe in the heauens I haue made a couenant with my chosen I haue
Lord that made the heauens Glory and worship are before him power and honour are in hys Sanctuary Ascrybe vnto the Lorde O ye kynredes of the people ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and power Ascribe vnto the Lorde the honoure due vnto hys name bring presentes and come into hys courtes O worship the Lorde in the beautie of holynesse lette the whole earth stande in awe of hym Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is kyng and that it is he which hath made the rounde world so fast that it cannot be moued and howe that he shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad lette the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the field be ioyful and al that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lorde For he cometh for he cometh to iudge the earth and wyth righteousnes to iudge the worlde and the people wyth hys trueth Domimus regnauit Psal xcvii THe Lord is king the earth may be glad therof yea the multitude of the Isles may be glad therof Cloudes and darkenes are roūd about him righteousnes and iudgemente are the habitacion of his seate There shall goe a fyre before hym and bunre vp his enemies on euery side Hys lyghtenynges gaue shyne vnto the worlde the earth saw it and was afrayd The hilles melted lyke waxe at the presence of the lorde at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth The heauens haue declared his righteousnesse and al the people haue seen hys glory Confounded be all they that worship carued ymages and that delight in vaine goddes worship hym al ye goddes Syon heard of it and reioised and the daughters of Iuda were glad because of thy iudgement O Lord. For thou lorde art hier then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes O ye that loue the Lord se that ye hate the thing whyche is euill the Lorde preserueth the soules of hys saynctes he shall deliuer them from the hande of the vngodly There is sprong vp a light for the righteous and a ioyefull gladnes for such as be true hearted Reioyce in the Lord ye righteous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of hys holynes Cantate domino Psal xcviii Euening prayer O Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hath done marueylous thynges With his own right hand and with his holy arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victory The Lorde declared hys saluacion his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the Heathen He hath remembred hys mercye and trueth towarde the house of Israel and al the endes of the world haue seen the saluacyon of our god Shewe pour selues ioyefull vnto the Lorde al ye landes syng reioyce and geue thankes Psrayse the Lorde vpon the harpe syng to the harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuing With trumpettes also and shawmes O shew your selues ioyefull before the Lorde the Kyng Lette the Sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round worlde and they that dwell therein Let the fluddes clappe theyr handes and lette the hylles be ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earth With rightousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equitie Dominus regnauit psalm xcix THe Lorde is kyng be the people neuer so vnpaciente he sytteth betwene the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiet The Lorde is great in Sion and hye aboue all people They shal geue thankes vnto thy name whiche is great wonderfull and holy The Kynges power loueth iudgemente thou haste prepared equitie thou hast executed iudgemente and righteousnesse in Iacob O magnifye the Lorde oure God and fall downe before his footestole for he is holy Moyses and Aaron among his Priestes and Samuel among suche as call vpon hys name these called vpon the Lorde and he hearde them He spake vnto them oute of the cloudye pyller for they kepte hys testimonies and the law that he gaue them Thou heardest them O Lorde our God thou forgauest them O God and punishedst theyr owne inuencions O magnifye the Lorde our God and worshyp him vpon his holy hyll for the Lorde our God is holy Iubilate deo psalm c. O Bee ioyefull in the lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse and come before hys presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hathe made vs and not we our selues we are hys people and the shepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into hys courtes with prayse bee thankefull vnto hym and speake good of his name For the lorde is gracious his mercye is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Misericordiam psalm ci MY song shal be of mercy and iudgemente vnto thee O lorde will I syng O lette me haue vnderstandyng in the waye of godlynes When wilt thou come vnto me I will walke in my house with a perfect hearte I will take no wicked thyng in hand I hate the synnes of vnfaythfulnes there shal no such cleaue vnto me A froward hearte sall depart from me I will not know a wicked person Whoso prieuely slaundreth his neighbour hym will I destroye Whoso hathe also a proude loke and hye stomake I will not suffer him Mine eyes looke vpon suche as bee faithful in the lande that they may dwell with me Whoso leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunte There shal no disceytful person dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye al the vngodly that are in the land that I maye roote oute all wicked dooers from the cytie of the Lorde Domine exaudi oracionem meam psalm cii Mornīg prayer HEare my prayer O Lorde and let my crying come in vnto thee Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thyne eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that ryght soone For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke smoke and my bones are brent vp as it were a fyrebrand My hearte is smitten downe and withered lyke grase so that I forgeat to eate my bread For the voyce of my groning my bones will scante cleaue to my fleshe I am become like a Pellicane of the wildernes and lyke an Owle that is in the deser te I haue watched and am euen as it were a sparowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe Mine enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are mad vpon me are sworne together agaynst me For I haue eaten asshes as it mere bread and mingled my drynke with weping And that because of thyne indignacion and wrathe for thou hast taken me vp and cast me downe My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am withered lyke grasse But thou O lorde shalt endure for euer and thy remembraunce throughout all generacions Thou shalte aryse and haue mercy vpon
Syon for it is tyme that thou haue mercy vpon her yea the time is come And why thy seruauntes thynke vpon her siones and it pietieth them to see her in the dust The Heathen shall feare thy name O Lorde and all the Kynges of the earth thy Maiestie When the Lorde shall build vp Syon and when his glory shall appeare When he turneth hym vnto the prayer of the poore destytute and despyseth not theyr desyre This shal be written for those that come after and the people whiche shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde For he hathe loked downe from his sanctuary out of the heauen did the lord bebold the earth That he mighte heare the mourninges of suche as bee in captiuitie and delyuer the children appoynted vnto deathe That they maye declare the name of the Lorde in Syon and hys woorship at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngedomes also to serue the Lorde He brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortned my dayes But I sayd O my God take me not awaye in the middest of mine age as for thy yeares they endure througeout all generacions Thou Lorde in the beginning hast layd the foundacions of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes They shall perishe but thou shalte endure they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment And as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal bee chaunged but thou art thesame and thy yeres shall not fayle The children of the seruauntes shall continue and theyr seede shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea psalm ciii PRayse the Lord O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the Lorde O my soule and forgeat not al his benefites Whiche forgeueth all thy synne and healeth all thyne infirmities Whyche saueth thy lyfe from destruccyon and crouneth thee with mercy and louing kindnes Whiche satisfyed thy mouth with good thyges makyng thee young and lusty as an Eagle The Lorde executeth rygteousnes and iudgemente for all them that are oppressed with wrong He shewed his wayes vnto Moyses his woorkes vnto the children of Israel The lorde is full of compassion and mercy long suffryng and of great goodnes He will not alway bee chyding neither kepet he his angre for euer He hathe not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesses For loke how hie the heauen is in comparisō of the earth so great is hys mercy also toward them that feare hym Loke howe wyde also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our snnes from vs. Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercyfull vnto them that feare hym For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but duste The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a floure of the fielde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place therof shall know it nomore But the mercyfull goodnes of the Lorde endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon chylders children Euen vpon suche as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to doe them The Lorde hathe prepared his seate in heauen and hys kyngdom ruleth ouer all O prayse the Lorde ye Aungels of hys ye that excell in strength ye that fulfyll his commaundement and hearken vnto the voyce of hys wordes O prayse the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruauntes of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in al places of his dominion prayse thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea psalm ciiii Euening prayer PRaise the Lord O my soule O Lord my God thou art become exceding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with lighte as it were with a garment and spredest out the heauens lyke a curtaine Whych layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde He maketh hys Aungelles spirites and his ministers a flamyng fyre He laied the foundacions of the earth that it neuer should moue at any tyme. Thou coueredst it with the depe lyke as with a garment the waters stande in the hilles At thy rebuke they stye at the voyce of thy thunder they are afrayde They goe vp as hye as the hylles and downe in the valleyes benethe euen vnto the place whiche thou hast appointed for them Thou hast sette them theyr bondes whiche they shall not passe neyther turne agayne to couer the earth He sendeth the sprynges into the ryuers whiche runne among the hylles Al beastes of the fielde drinke thereof and the wild Asses quenche theyr thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue theyr habitacyon and syng among the braunches He watereth the hylles from aboue the earthe is fylled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of menne That he maye bring fode out of the earth and wyne that maketh glad the hearte of man oyle to make him a cherefull countenaunce and bread to strength mans hearte The trees of the Lord also are full of sappe euen the Ceders of Libanus whiche he hath planted Wherin the birdes make theyr nestes and the firre trees are a dwellyng for the Storke The hye hylles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for the Conies He appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons and the Sunne knoweth his goyng downe Thou makest darkenes that it may bee night wherin all the beastes of the forest doe moue The Lyons roaryng after theyr praye dooe seeke theyr meate at God The Sunne ariseth and they geat them away together and laye them downe in theyr dennes Man goeth forthe to his worke and to his labour vntyll the euenyng O Lorde how manifold are thy workes in wysdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy ryches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are thynges crepyng innumerable both small and great beastes There goe the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whō thou hast made to take his pastyme therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayste geue them meate in due season When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are fylled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled when thou takest awaye theyr breath they dye and are turned agayne to theyr duste When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renew the face of the earth The glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall endure for euer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earthe shall tremble at the loke of him yf he doe but touche the hilles they shall smoke I wyll syng vnto the Lorde as long as I lyue I wyll prayse my God whyle I haue my beyng And
all the commaundementes I wil thanke thee with an vnfained heart when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnes I will kepe thy Ceremonies O forsake me not vtterly In quo corrigit WHerwith shall a yong man clense hys waye euen by ruling hymselfe after thy worde With my whole heart haue I soughte thee O let me not goe wrong out of thy commaundementes Thy wordes haue I hyd within mine heart that I should not synne agaynste thee Blessed art thou O Lorde O teache me thy statutes With my lippes haue I been telling of al the iudgementes of thy mouth I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies as in all maner of riches I wil talke of thy commaundementes and haue respecte vnto thy wayes My delight shal be in thy statutes and I wil not forgeat thy worde Retribue seruo I Do wel vnto thy seruant that I may liue and kepe thy woord Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wonderous thinges of thy lawe I am a straunger vpon earth O hyde not thy commaundementes My soule breaketh out for the very seruent desyre that he hath alway vnto thy iudgementes Thou hast rebuked the proude and cursed are they that doe erre from thy commaundementes O turne fro me shame and rebuke for I haue kept thy testimonies Princes also did sit and speake agaynst me but thy seruaunt is occupyed in thy statutes For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellers Adhesit pauimento MY soule cleaueth to the dust O quicken thou me according to thy woord I haue knowledged my waies and thou heardest me O teache me thy statutes Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes and so shal I talke of thy wonderous workes My soule melteth away for very heauines comfort thou me according to thy woord Take fro me the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy lawe I haue chosen the waye of trueth and thy iudgementes haue I layd before me I haue sticken vnto thy testimonies O Lord confounde me not I will runne the waye of thy commaundementes when thou hast set my heart at libertie Legem pone Mornīg prayer TEache me O Lorde the waye of thy statutes and I shall kepe it vnto the ende Geue me vnderstanding and I shal kepe thy law yea I shal kepe it with my whole heart Make me to goe in the path of thy commaundementes for theirin is my desyre Encline my heart vnto thy testimonies and not to couetousnes O turne awaye mine iyes lest they beholde vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way O stablish thy word in thy seruaunte that I maye feare thee Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy iudgementes are good Beholde my delyghte is in thy commaundementes O quicken me in thy righteousnes Et veniat super me LEt thy louing mercy come also vnto me O lord euē thy saluacion according vnto thy woord So shal I make aunswere vnto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy woord O take not the woorde of thy trueth vtterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy iudgementes So shall I alway kepe thy lawe yea for euer and euer And I will walke at libertie for I seke thy commaundementes I will speake of thy testimonies also euen before kinges and wil not be ashamed And my delight shal be in thy commaundementes which I haue loued My handes also wil I lift vp vnto thy cōmaundementes which I haue loued and my studye shal be in thy statutes Memor esto verbi tui O Thinke vpon thy seruaūt as concerning thy word wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust Thesame is my coumforte in my trouble for thy word hath quickened me The proude haue had me exceadynglye in derision yet haue I not shrinked from thy lawe For I remēber thine euerlasting iudgementes O lord and rececyued comfort I am horriblye afraide for the vngodly that forsake thy lawe Thy statutes haue been my songes in the house of my pilgrimage I haue thoughte on thy name O Lord in the night season and haue kept thy lawe This I had because I kept thy commaundementes Portio mea domine THou art my porcion O lord I haue promised to kepe thy lawe I made mine humble peticion in thy presence with my whole heart O be merciful vnto me according vnto thy worde I called mine owne waies to remembraunce and turne my fete into thy testimonies I made hast and prolonged not the time to kepe thy commaundementes The congregacion of the vngodly haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy lawe At midnight I will rise to geue thankes vnto thee beecause of thy righteous iudgementes I am a companion of all them that feare thee and keepe thy commaundementes The earth O Lorde is full of thy mercy O teache me thy statutes Bonitatem fecisti O Lorde thou hast dealt graciously with thy seruaunt according vnto thy woorde O learne me true vnderstanding and knowledge for I haue beleued thy commaundementes Before I was troubled I went wrong but now haue I kept thy worde Thou arte good and gracious O teache me thy statutes The proude haue imagined a lie againste me but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole hearte Their hearte is fat as brawne but my delyghte hathe been in thy lawe It is good for me that I haue ben in trouble that I may learne thy statutes The law of thy mouth is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde and siluer Manus tue fecerunt me Euening prayer THy handes haue made me and fashioned me O geue me vnderstandyng that I may learne thy commaūdementes They that feare thee will be glad when they see me beecause I haue put my trust in thy worde I knowe O Lorde that thy iudgementes are right and that thou of very faithfulnes hast caused me to be troubled O let thy mercifull kyndnes be my comforte according to thy worde vnto thy seruaunt O let thy louyng mercies come vnto me that I may lyue for thy law is my delight Let the proude bee confounded for they goe wickedlye about to destroy me but I will be occupied in thy commaundementes Let such as feare thee and haue knowen thy testimonies be turned vnto me Oh let my heart be sounde in thy statutes that I be not ashamed Defecit anima mea MY soule hath longed for thy saluacion and I haue a good hope because of thy woorde Mine iyes long sore for thy woorde saying O when wilt thou comfort me For I am become like a bottel in the smoke yet doe I not forgeat thy statutes How many are the daies of thy seruaunt when wylt thou be auenged of them that persecute me The proude haue digged pittes for me whiche are not after thy lawe Al thy cōmaundementes are true they persecute me falsly O be thou my helpe They had almost made an ende of me vpon earthe but I forsoke not thy commaundementes O quickē me after thy louing kindnes
and so shall I kepe the testimonies of thy mouth Ineternum domine O Lord thy worde endureth for euer in heauen Thy trueth also remayneth from one generacion to another thou hast layde the foundacion of the earthe and it abideth They continue this daye according to thyne ordinaunce for all thynges serue thee If my delight had not been in thy law I should haue perished in my trouble I will neuer forgeat thy commaundementes for with thē thou hast quickened me I am thyne Oh saue me for I haue soughte thy commaundementes The vngodly laid waite for me to destroye me but I wil considre thy testimonyes I see that all thynges come to an end but thy commaundemente is exceadyng broade Quomodo dilexi LOrd what loue haue I vnto thy law all the day long is my study in it Thou through thy commaundementes hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they are euer with me I haue more vnderstanding then my teachers for thy testimonies are my study I am wiser then the aged because I kepe thy commaundementes I haue refrayned my fete from euery euill waye that I may kepe thy worde I haue not shronke from thy iudgementes for thou teachest me O how swete are thy wordes vnto my throte yea sweter then hony vnto my mouth Through thy commaundementes I geat vnderstanding therfore I hate all wicked wayes Lucerna pedibus meis Mornīg prayer THy word is a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my pathes I haue sworne and am stedfastly purposed to kepe thy righteous iudgementes I am troubled aboue measure quicken me O Lorde according vnto thy worde Let the frewil offeringes of my mouth please thee O lord and teache me thy iudgementes My soule is alway in my hand yet doe not I forgeat thy lawe The vngodly haue laid a snare for me but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes Thy testimonies haue I claymed as mine heritage for euer and why they are the very ioye of my hearte I haue applyed my heart to fulfyll thy statutes alway euē vnto the ende Iniquos odio habui I Hate them that imagine euill thinges but thy law do I loue Thou arte my defence and shielde and my trust is in thy woorde Awaie from me ye wicked I will kepe the commaundementes of my God O stablishe me according vnto thy word that I may liue and let me not be disappoynted of my hope Holde thou me vp and I shal be safe yea my delight shal be euer in thy statutes Thou hast troden downe all them that departe from thy statutes for they imagine but deceipt Thou puttest away al the vngodly of the earth like drosse therfore I loue thy testimonies My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee and I am afrayed of thy iudgementes Feci iudicium I Deale with the thyng that is lawfull and righte O geue me not ouer vnto myne oppressours Make thou thy seruaunt to delyght in that which is good that the proude doe me no wrong Mine iyes are wasted away with loking for thy health for the worde of thy righteousnes O deale with thy seruaūt accordyng vnto thy louing mercy and teache me thy statutes I am thy seruaunte O graunt me vnderstanding that I maye know thy testimonies It is time for thee Lord to lay to thine hand for they haue destroyed thy lawe For I loue thy commaundementes aboue golde and precious stone Therefore holde I straighte all thy commaundementes and all false wayes I vtterly abhorre Mirabilia THy testimonies are wonderfull therefore dooeth my soule kepe them When thy word goeth furth it geueth light and vnderstandyng euen vnto the simple I opened my mouthe and drew in my breath for my delyght was in thy commaundementes O loke thou vpon me and bee mercyfull vnto me as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy name Ordre my steppes in thy word and so shal no wickednes haue dominion ouer me O deliuer me from the wrongful dealinges of men and so shall I kepe thy commaundementes Shew the light of thy countenaunce vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes Myne iyes gushe oute with water because men keepe not thy lawe Iustus es domine RIghteous are thou O Lord and true is thy iudgemente The testimonies that thou hast commaunded are exceading righteous and true My zeale hath euen consumed me because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes Thy worde is tried to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it I am small and of no reputacion yet doe not I forgeat thy commaundementes Thy rightousnes is an euerlastyng rightousnes and thy law is the trueth Trouble and heauines haue taken holde vpon me yet is my delight in thy commaundementes The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng O graunt me vnderstandyng and I shall lyue Clamaui in toto corde meo Euening prayer I Call with my whole heart heare me O Lord I wil kepe thy statutes Yea euen vpō thee doe I cal helpe me and I shall kepe thy testimonies Earely in the morning doe I crie vnto thee for in thy word is my trust Mine iyes preuent the night watches that I mighte bee occupied in thy wordes Heare my voice O lord according vnto thy louing kindnes quicken me accordyng as thou art wont They drawe nyghe that of malice persecute me and are farre from thy lawe Be thou nigh at hand O Lorde for all thy commaundementes are true As concerning thy testimonies I haue knowen long sēce that thou hast grounded them for euer Vide humilitatem O Consider mine aduersitie and delyuer me for I doe not forgeat thy law Auenge thou my cause and deliuer me quicken me according vnto thy worde Health is farre from the vngodly for they regarde not thy statutes Great is thy mercy O lord quicken me as thou art wont Many there are that trouble me and persecute me yet doe not I swarue from thy testimonies It greueth me whē I see the transgressours because they kepe not thy lawe Considre O Lord how I loue thy commaundementes O quicken me accordyng to thy louing kindnes Thy worde is true from euerlasting al the iudgementes of thy righteousnes endure for euermore Principes persecuti sunt PRynces haue persecuted me withoute a cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy wordes I am as gladde of thy worde as one that fyndeth great spoyles As for lies I hate abhorre thē but thy law doe I loue Seuen times a day doe I praise thee because of thy righteous iudgementes Great is the peace that they haue whiche loue thy lawe and they are not offended at it Lorde I haue loked for thy sauing health and done after thy commaundementes My soule hath kept thy testimonies and loued them exceadingly I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies for al my wayes are before thee Appropinquet deprecatio LEt my complaint come before thee O Lord geue me vnderstanding according vnto thy worde O let my supplicacyon come before thee deliuer me accordyng to thy worde My lyppes shall
slew myghtie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sehon kyng of the Ammorites for hys mercy endureth for euer And Og the kyng of Basan for hys mercye endureth for euer And gaue awaye theyr land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell hys seruaunte for hys mercy endureth for euer Whych remembred vs when we were in trouble for hys mercy endureth for euer And hathe delyuered vs from our enemies for hys mercy endureth for euer Whyche geueth foode to all fleshe for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes vnto the god of heauen for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes to the Lorde of Lordes for hys mercye endureth for euer Super flumina psalm cxxxvii BY the waters of Babilon we satte downe and wept when we remembred thee O Syon As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therein For they that ledde vs away captiue required of vs then a long and melody in our heauines syng vs one of the sōges of Syon How shall me syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forgeat thee O Hierusalem let my ryght hand forgeat her connyng If I doe not remembre thee let me tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouthe yea yf I preferre not Hierusalem in my mirth Remember the children of Edom O Lorde in the daye of Hierusalem how they said downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babilon wasted with miserye yea happie shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou haft serued vs. Blessed that he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones Confitebor tibi domine psalm cxxxviii I Wil geue thankes vnto thee O lord with my whole hearte euen before the gods will I syng prayse vnto thee I wyll worship towarde thy holy temple and praise thy name because of thy louing kindnes and truth for thou hast magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with muche strength All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee O Lorde for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall syng in the wayes of the Lord that greate is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them afarre of Thoughe I walke in the middeste of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche furth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies and thy ryghte hand shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindenes towarde me yea thy mercy O lord endureth for euer despise not thē the workes of thyne owne handes Domine probasti me Psalm cxxxix Mornīg prayer O Lord thou hast searched me oute and knowen me thou knowest my downe sittyng and myne vprysing thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bedde and spiest out all my wayes For loe there is not a worde in my tong but thou O lord knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand vpon me Suche knowledge is to wonderful and excellent for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whether that I goe then frō thy spirite Or whether shal I goe then from thy presence If I climbe vp into heauen thou art there if I goe downe to hell thou arte there also If I take the winges of the morning and remayne in the vttermost partes of the sea Even there also shall thy hand leade me thy right hand shall holde me If I saye peraduenture the darkenes shall couer me thē shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darkenes and lighte to thee are both alike For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I will geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefullye and wonderouslye made marueilous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth ryght well My bones are not hid from thee thoughe I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eies did see my substaunce yet being vnperfecte and in thy boke were al my members wrytten Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsailes vnto me O gods how great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sande whē I wake vp I am present with thee Wilte thou not sley the wicked O god depart from me ye bloud thyrsty men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemyes take thy name in vayne Doe not I hate them O lorde that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate them righte sore euen as thoughe they were mine enemyes Trye me O god and seke the ground of mine heart proue me and examyne my thoughtes Loke well if there be any waye of wickednes in me and leade me in the way euerlastyng Eripe me domine psal cxl DEliuer me O lord from the euil men and preserue me from the wicked men Whiche imagine mischiefe in their heartes and stire vp strife al the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders poyson is vnder theyr lyppes Kepe me O lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goynges The proud haue laid a snare for me and spred a net abrode with cordes yea and set trappes in my waye I said vnto the lorde thou art my god heare the voyce of my prayers O Lorde O lord god thou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the daye of battayle Let not the vngodly haue his desyre O Lorde let not hys mischeuous imaginacion prospere lest they be to proude Let the mischiefe of their own lippes fal vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hote burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fier and into the pit that they neuer rise vp agayne A man ful of wordes shal not prospere vpon the earth euil shal hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hym Sure I am that the lord wil auenge the poore and maintayn the cause of the helpeles The righteous also shal geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy syght Domine clamaui psal cxli. LOrd I cal vpon thee hast thee vnto me and consider my voyce when I crye vnto thee Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incence and let the lifting vp of my handes be an euening sacrifice Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and kepe the dore of my lyppes O let not myne heart be enclined to any euil thyng let me not be occupied in vngodly workes with the men that worke wyckednes lest I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the righteous rather smite me