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euerlasting and they that haue done euil into euerlasting fire This is the Catholique faith which except a man beleeue faithfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the Fathet and to the Sonne amp c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Thus endcth the order of Morning and Euening prayer throughout thewhole yeere Here followeth the Letanie to be vsed vpon Sundayes Wednesdayes and Fridayes and at other times when it shal be commanded by the Ordinary O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs iniscrable sinners O God the Father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercie vpon vs miserable sinners O God the Sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue Mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitic three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercie vpon vs miscrable sinners Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare vs good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lord. From all cuill and mischicfe from in sinne from the craftes and assaults of the deuill from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From all blindnesse of heart from pride baine glory and hypocrisie from enuie hatred and malice and all vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and all other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the deuill Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestilence and famine from battell and murther and from sudden death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sedition and priuie conspiracie from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and commandement Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and circumcision by thy baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord dcliuer vs. By thine agonie and bloody sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and buriall by thy glorious resurrection and ascension and by the comming of the Holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day ofiudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne holy Church vmuerfally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to keepe and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse and holinesse of life thy seruant Iames our most gracious King and gouernour We beseech thec to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and Keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracions Queene Anne Prince Henry and the rest of the King and Queenes Royall issue We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops Pastours and Ministers of the Church with true knowledge and vnderstanding of thy worde and that both by their prcaching and liuing they may set it foorth and shew it accordingly We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the Counsaile and all the Nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute Iustice and to maintayne trueth We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace and concord We beseeth thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee and diligently to line after thy commaundements We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue to all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affection and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as doe stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Satan vuder our feete We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger neressitie and tribulation We befeech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauaile by lande or by water all women labouring of childe all sicke persons and yong children and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecuters and s slanderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our bse the kindely fruits of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgive vs all our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy Spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee to heare vs good Lord. Some of God We beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech thee to heare vs. O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sinnes of the world Haue mercie vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue
mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen ¶ The Versicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes Answere Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euils which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs bee brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they may be dispersed that wee thy seruants being hurt by no persecutions may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy Names sake O God wee haue heard with ourt eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes thou diddest in their dayes and in the old time before them O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thine Honour Glory be to the father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without end Amen From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflictions Pitifully behold the sorrowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauorably with mercy heare our prayers O Sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer bouchsate to heare vs O Christ Graciously heare vs O Christ graciously heare vs O Lord Christ The Versicle O Lord let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. Answere As we doe put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy Names sake turne from vs all those euils that wee most righteously haue deferued and graunt that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust confidence in thy mercy and euermore serue thee in holinesse and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely Mediatour and Aduocate Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A prayer for the Kings Maistie O Lord our heauenly Father high and mightie king of kings Lord of lords the onely ruler of Princes which doest from thy Throne beholde all the dwellers vpon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Lord king lames and so replenish him the grace of the holy Spirit that hee may alway encline to thy will and walke in thy way endue him plenteously with heauenly gifts graunt him in health and wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may banquish and ouercome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attaine euerlasting ioy and felicitie though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer for the Queene and Prince and other the King and Queenes children ALmightie God which hast promised to be a Father of thine Elect and of their seed wee humbly beseech thee to blesse our gratious Queene Anne Prince Henry and all the King and Queenes Royall progenie indue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heauenly grace prosper them with all happinesse and bring them to thine euerlasting Kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie and euerlasting God which onely workest great marueiles send downe vpon our Bishops and Curats and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthfull Spirit of thy grace and that they may truely please thee powre vpon them the continuall deaw of thy Blessing Graunt this O Lord for the honour of our Aduocate and Mediator Iesus Christ Amen A prayer of Chrysostome ALmighty God which hast giuen vs grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications vnto thee and doest promise that when two or three bee gathered together in thy Name thou wilt graunt their requests fulfill now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy seruants as may bee most expedient for them graunting vs in this world knowledge of thy Trueth and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen 2. Corinth 13. THE grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the loue of God the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen For raine if the time require O God heauenly Father which by thy Sonne Iesus Christ hast promised to all them that seeke thy kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof all things necessary to their bodily sustenance Send vs we beseech thee in this our necessitie such moderate raine and showres that we may receiue the fruites of the earth to our comfort and to thy honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen For faire Weather O Lord God which for the sinne of man diddest once drowne all the world except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise neuer to destroy it so againe Wee humbly beseech thee that although wee for our iniquisies haue worthily deserued this plague of raine waters yet vpon our true repentance thou wilt send vs such weather whereby wee may receiue the fruits of the earth in due season and learne both by thy punishment to amend our liues for thy clemencie to giue thee praise and glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen In the time of dearth and famine O God heauenly father whose gift it is that the raine doeth fall the earth is fruitful beasts increase and fishes doe multiply beholde wee beseech thee the afflictions of thy people and grant that the fearcitie and dearth which we do now most iustly suffer for our iniquitie may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse plentie for the loue of Isus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the holy ghost be all honour c. In the time of Warre O Almighty God King of all kings and gouernour of all things whole power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth instly to punish sinners and to be mercifull to them that truely repent saue and deliuer vs wee humbly beseech thee from the handes of our enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their deuiecs that wee being armed with thy defence may be preserued euermore from all perils to glorifie thee which art the onely giuer of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. In the time of any common Plague or sickenesse O Almighty God which in thy wrath in the time of King Dauid diddest flay with the plague of pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy Mercie diddest saue the rest haue pitie vpon vs miserable sinners that now are bifited with great fikenesse and mortalitie that like as thou diddest then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may nowe please thee to withdraw from vs this plague and grieuous fickenesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is euer to haue merce and to
counsell then let him come to me or some other discreete and learned Minister of Gods word and open his griefe that hee may receiue such ghostly counsaile advice and comfort as his conscience may bee relieued and that by the ministerie of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolution to the quieting of his conscience and auoyding of all scruple and doubtfulnesse Then shall the Priest say this exhortation DEarly beloued in the Lord yee that minde to come to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Chris must conder what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trie and examine themselues before they presume to eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart liuely faith we receiue that holy Sacrament for them we spiritually eate the flesh of Christ drinke his blood then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs So is the danger great if wee receiue the same unworthily For then we bee guiltie of the body blood of Christ our Sauiour wee eate and drinke our owne damnation not considering the Lords body wee kindle Gods wrath against vs we prouoke him to plague vs with diuers disease and sundrie kinds of death Therefore it any of you bee a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his word an adulterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous crime be walie our sinnes and come not to this holy table least after the taking of that holy Sacrament the deuill enter into you as hee entred into Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that yee be not iudged of the Lord. Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuely and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour Amend your liues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall yee be meete partakers of those holy mysteries And aboue al things ye must giue most humble and heartie thanks to God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost for there demption of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ both God and man who did humble himself euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners which laye in darknesse and shadow of death hee might make vs the children of God and exalt vs to euerlasting life And to the ende that wee shoulde alway remember the exceeding great loue of our master and onely Sauiour Iesus Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood shedding he hath obtained to vs hee hath instituted and ordeined holy mysteries as pledges of his loue and continuall remembrance of his death to our great and endlesse comfort To him therefore with the Father and the holy Ghost let vs giue as we are most bounden cominuall thankes submitting our selues whloly to his holy will and pleasure studying to serue him in true holinesse and righte ou●nesse all the dayes of our life Amen Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your sinnes and bee in loue and charitie with your neighbours and intend to leade a new life folloing the commandements of God and walking from hencefoorth in his holy wayes Draw neere and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort make your humble confession to almightie God before this congregation heere gathered together in his holy Name meekely kneeling vpon your knees Then shal this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holy Communion either by one of them or els by one of the Ministers or by the Prist himselfe all kneeling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ maker of all things Iudge of all men we knowledge and bewaile our manifold sinnes and wickednesse which we from time to time most grieuously have committed by thought word and deede against thy diuine Maiestie prouoking mostiustly thy wrath and indignation against vs. Wee doe earnestly repent and be heartily sorie for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto vs haue mercy vpon vs most mercifull Father for thy sonne our Lord Iesus Christ sake forgiue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer here after serue please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shal the Priest the Bishop being present stand vp and tur●ning himselfe to the people say thus ALmightie God our heauenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiuenesse of sinnes to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turne vnto him Haue mercie vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also say ¶ Heare what comfortable wordes our Saniour Christ faith vnto all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauell and be heauie laden and I will refresh you So God loued the world that hee gaue his onely begotten Sonne to the ende that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting ¶ Heare also what S. Paul sayeth This is a true saying and worthy of all men to bee receiued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners ¶ Heare also what S. Iohn sayeth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the Righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes After which the Pries shall proceede saying Lift vp your hearts Answere We lift them vp vnto the Lord. Priest Let vs giue thanks vnto our Lord God Answere It is meete and right so to doe Priest It is very meete right and our bounden duetie that wee should at all times and in all places giue thankes vnto thee O Lord holy Father almightie euerlasting God Here shall follow the proper preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall follow Therefore with Angels and Archangels c. Proper prefaces Vpon Christmas day and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest giue Iesus Christ thine onely Sonne to be borne as this day for vs who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of the virgine Mary his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therefoe with Angels and Archangels c. Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Paschall Lambe which was offered for vs and hath taken away the sinne of the worlde who by his death hath destroyed death and
hee it is that ovteineth grace for our sinnes For hee was wounded for our offences Esai 53. smitten for our wickednesse Let vs therefore returne vnto him who is the merciful receiuer of all true penitent snners afsuring our selues that he is ready to receiue vs most willing to pardon vs if we come vnto him wiht faithfull repentance if we will submit our selues vnto him from henceforth walk in his wayes Matt. 11. if wee will take take his easie yoke and light burden vpon vs to follow him in lowlines patience and charitie and bee ordered by the gouernance of his holy spirite seeking alwayes his glory and seruing him duely in our vocation with thankesgiuing This if wee doe Christ will deliuer vs from the curse of the law and from the extreme maledirtion Which shalt light vpon them that shal be set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand Marr. 25. and giue vs the blessed benediction of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kingdome vnto the which he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Then shalt they all kneele vpon their knees and the Priest and Clarkes kneeling where they are accustomed to say the Letanie shalt say this Psalme Miserere mei Deus HAue mercy vpon me Misere mei Psal 51 O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences Wash mee throughly from my wickednesse and cleanse me from my smne For I knowledge my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee onely haue I finned and done this euill in thy sight that thou mightest bee iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behold I was sapen in wickednesse and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalt make me to vnderstand wise dome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shalt be cleane thou shalt wash me and I shal be whiter then snow Thou shalt make mee heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones Which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my smnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a right spirit Within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the confort of thy helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shalt I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that are the God of my health and my tongue shalt sing of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lips O Lord my mouth shalt shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offering The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou bee pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shal they offer yong bullocke vpon thine altar Glorie be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruants Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister Send vnto them helpe from aboue Answere And euermore mightily defend them Minister Helpe vs O God our Sauiour Answere And for the glorie of thy names sake deliur vs bee mercifull vnto vs sinners for thy names sake Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray O Lord wee beseech thee mercifully heare our prayers and spare all those which confesse their sinnes to thee that they whose cosciences by sinne are accused by thy mercifull pardon may bee absolued through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mightie God and mercifull Father Which hast compassion of all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made Which wouldest not the death of a sinner but that hee should rather turne from sinne and be saued mercifully forgiue vs our trespasses receiuc and comfort vs Which bee grieued and wearied with the burden of our sinne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it appertaineth to forgiue snnes Spare vs there fore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into iudgement with thy seruants which bee vile earth and miserable sinners but so turne thine yre from vs Which meekely knowledge our vilenesse and truely repent vs of our faultes so make haste to helpe vs in this world that we may euer liue with thee in the world to come through Iesus Chrift our Lord Amen Then shalt the people say this that followeth after the Minister TUrne thou vs O good Lord and so shalt we bee turned be fauourable O Lord be fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weeping fasting and praying for thou art a mercifull God ful of compassion long suffering and of great pitie Thou sparest when wee deserue punishment and in thy wrath thinkest vpon mercie spare thy people good Lord spare them and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Heare vs O Lord for thy mercie is great and after the multitude of the mercies looke vpon vs. THE Psalter or Psalmes of David after the Translation of the great Bible Pointed as it shalt be sung or said in Churches * ⁎ * ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie ANNO 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Moneth The j. day The Psalmes of Dauid Beatus vir qui non abijt Psal j BLessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsaile of the vngodly Morning prayer nor stand in the way of sinners and hath not sit in the seate of the scornefull But his delight is in the lawe of the Lorde and in his law will he exercise himselfe day and night And he shal be like a tree planted by the water side that will bring toorth his fruit in due season His lease also shalt not wither and looke whatsoeuer hee doeth it shalt prosper As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaffe which the winmde scattereth away from the face of earth Therefore the vngodly shalt not bee able to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shalt perish Quare fremuerunt gentes Psal ij Why doe the heathen so furiously rage together why doe the people imagine vaine thing The kings of the earth stand vp and the rulers take counsaile together against the Lord against his anointed Let vs breake their bondes asuuder
and cast away their tordes from vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shalt laugh them to scorne the Lord shalt haue them in derision Then shalt he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his fore displeasure Yet haue I set my king vpon my holy hill of Sion I will preach the lawe where of the Lorde hath sayd vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Desire of mee and I shalt giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the vttermost parts of the earth for thy possession Thou shalt bruise them with a rodde of yron and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell Be wise now therefore Dye kings be learned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue the Lord in feare and reioyce vnto him with reuerence Kisse the Some lest he be angry and so ye penrish from the right way if his wrath be kindled yea but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him Domine quid Psal iij LOrd how are they increased that trouble mee many are they that rise against me Many one there be that say of my soule there is no help for him in his God But thou O Lord art my defender thou art my worship and the lifter vp of my head I did call vpon the Lord with my voice and hee heard me out of his holy hill I layd mee downe and slept and rose vp agaie for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid for ten thousands of people that haue set themselues against me round about Vp Lord and helpe mee O my God for thou smitest all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly Saluation belongeth vnto the Lorde and the blessing is vpon the people Cum inuocarem Psal iiij Heare me When I call O God of my righteousnesse for thou hast set me at libertie When I was in trouble haue mercie vpon me and heacken vnto my prayer O yee sonnes of men how long Will yee blaspheme mine honour and haue such pleasure in vanitie and seeke after leasing Know this also that the Lorde hath thosen to himselfe the man that is godly When I call vpon the Lorde he will heare me Stand mawe and sinne not commune with your owne heart and in your chamber and be still Offer the sacrifice righteousnesse and put your trust in the Lord. There be many that say who will shew vs any good Lord list thou vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs. Thou hast put gladenesse in my heart since the time that their corne and wine and oyle increased I will lay mee downe in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lord onely that makest me dwell in safetie Verba mea auribus Psal 5 POnder my Words O Lord consider my meditation O hearken thou vnto the voice of my calling my king and my God for vnto thee will I make my prayer My voice shalt thou heare betimes O Lord earely in the morning wil I direct my prayer vnto thee and will looke vp For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickednesse neither shalt any euill dwell with thee Such as be foolish shal not stand in thy sight for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalt destroy them that speake leasing the Lorde will abhorxe both the blood thirstie and deceitfull man But as for me I will come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercie and in thy feare will I worship toward thy holy Temple Leade me O Lord in thy righteousinesse because of mine enemies make thy way plame before my face For there is no faithfulnesse in his mouth their inwarde parts are very wickednesse Their throate is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroy thou them O God let them perish through their owne imaginations cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesese for they haue rebelled against thee And let all them that put their trust in thee reioyce they shalt euer be giuing of thankes because thou defendest them they that loue thy Name shalt be Ioyfull in thee For thou Lorde wilt giue thy blessing vnto the righteous and with thy fauourable kindnesse wilt thou defend him as with a shield Domine ne in furore Psal vj. O Lorde rebuke mee not in thine indignation Euening prayer neither chasten mee in thy displeasure Have mercy vpon me O Lord for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexcd My soule is also fore troubled but Lord how long wilt thou punish me Turne thee O Lord and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who will giue thee thankes in the pit I am wearie of my groning euery night Wash I my ved and water my couch with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne away because of all mine enemies Away from mee all ye that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath heard the voice of my weeping The Lord hath heard my petition the Lord will receiue my prayer All mine enemies shalt be confonnded and sore vexed they shalt be turned backe and put to shame suddenly Domine Deus meus Psal vij O Lorde my God in thee haue I put my trust saue mee from all them that petsecute me and deliuer me Least he deuoure my soulce like a lion and teare it in pieces While there is none to helpe O Lorde my God if I haue done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my hands If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that dealt friendly with mee yea I haue deliuered him that Without any cause is mine enemie Then let mine enemie persecute my soule and take mee yea let him tread my life downe vpon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust Stand vp O Lord in thy wrath and lift vp thy selfe because of the indignation of mine enemies arise vp for mee in the iudgement that thou hast commanded And so shalt the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therefore lift vp thy selfe againe The Lord shalt iudge the people giue sentence with me O Lord according to my righteousuesse and according to the innocencie that is in me O let the wickednesse of the vngodly come to an end but guide thou the iust For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reines My helpe commeth of God which preseructh them that are true of heart God is a righteous iudge strong and patient and God is prouoked cuery day If a man will not turne he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it readie He hath prepared for him the instruments of death he ordeineth his arrowes against the persecuters Behold he trauaileth with inischiefe hee hath conceiued sorow and brought foorth vngodlinesse He hath grauen and digged vp a pit and is fallen himselfe into the destruction that he made for other For his trauaile shalt come vpon his owne head and
that hope in thee shall not bee ashamed but with as transgresse without a cause shal be put to confusion Shew me thy wayes O Lord and tearh me thy paths Lead me foorth in thy trueth learne me for thou art the God of my saluation in thee hath bene my hope al the day long Call to remembrance O Lorde thy tender meries and thy louing Kindnesse which hath bene euer of olde Oh remember not the sinnes and offences of my youth but according to thy mercie thinke thou vpon me O Lord for thy goodnesse Gracious and righteous is the Lord therfore wil be teach sinners in the way Them that be meeke shal he guide in iudgement and such as be gentle them shal he learne his way All the paths of the Lord are mercie and trueth vnto such as keepe his couenant and his testimonies For thy Names sake O Lord be mercifull vnto my sinne for it is great What man is he that feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the may that he shall choose His soule shal dwel at ease his seed shall inherit the land The secrct of the Lord is among them that feare him and he will shew them his couenant Mine eyes are euer looking vnto the Lorde for hee shall plucke my feete out of the net Lurne thee vnto me and haue mercie vpon me for I am dcsolate and in miserie The sorowes of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Looke vpon mine aduersitie and miserie and forgiue me all my sinne Cousider mine enemies howe many they are and they beare atyrannous hate against me O keepe my soule and deliuer mee let me not be contounded For I haue put my trust in thee Let perfectnesse and righteous dealing waite vpon mee for my hope hath bene in thee Deliuer Israel O God out of all his troubles Iudica me Domine Psal xxvj BE thou my iudge O Lord for I haue walked innocently my trust hath bene also in the Lord therfore shal I not fall Eramine me O Lord and proue me try out me reinef and my heart For thy louing kindnesse is euer before mine eyes and I will walke in thy trueth I haue not dlwelt with vaine persons neither wil I haue fellowship with the deceitfull I haue hated the congregation of the wicked and wil not sit among the vngodly I will wash my hands in innocencie O Lord and so will I goe to thine altar That I may shew the voice of thankesgiuing and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lord I haue loued the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth O shut not vp my soule with the sinners nor my life with the bloodthirstie In whose hands is wickednes and their right hands are full of gifts But as for me I will walke innocently O Lord delitter me and be mercifull vnto mee My foote standeth right I wil praise the Lord in the congregations Dominus illuminatio Psal xxvij THe Lord is my light and my saluation Eueing prayer whom then shall I feare the Lord is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afrand When the wicked euen mine cnemies and my foes came vpon me to cate vp my flesh they stumbled and fell Though an hoste of men were layd against mee yet shall not my heart be afraid and though there rose vp warre against me yet will I put my trust in him One thing haue I destred of the Lord which I will require euen that I may dwel in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the faire beauty of the Lord and to visit his temple For in the time of trouble he shal hide me in his tabernacle yea in the serret place of his dwelling shal be hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And now shall hee lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies round about me Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladnes I will sing and speake praises vnto the Lord. Hearken vnto my voice O Lord when Icrie vnto thee haue mercie vpon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee seeke yee my face thy face Lord will I seeke O hide not thou thy face from mee nor cast thy seruant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour lcaue me not neither forsake me O God of my saluation When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me vp Teach me thy way O Lord and leade mee in the right way bccause of mine enemies Deliuer me not ouer into the will of mine aduersaries for there are false witnesses risen vp against me such as speake wrong I shold btterly haue fainted but that I beleeue verely to sce the goodnes of the lord in the land of the liung O tarie thou the Lords leasure bee strong and hee shall comfort thine heart and put thou thy trust in the Loard Ad te Domine Psal xxviij VNto thee will I crie O Lorde my strength thinke no scorne of me left if thou make as though thou hearest not I bccome like them that goe downe into the pit Heare the voice of my humble petitions when I crie vnto thee when I hold vp my hauds toward the mercie seate of thy holy Temple O plucke me not away neither destroy mee with the vngodly wicked doers which speake friendly to their neighbours but imagine mischiefe in their hearts Reward them according to their deedes and according to the wickednesse of their owne inuentions Recompense them after the workem of their hands pay them that they haue deserued For they regard not in their mind the workes of the Lord nor the operation of his hands therfore shall he breake them downe and not build them vp Praised bee the Lord for hee hath the voice of my humble petitions The Lorde is my strength and my sheild my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for ioy and in my song will I praise him The Lord is my strength and he is the wholsome defence of his anointed O saue thy people and giue thy blessing vnto thine inheritance feede them and set them vp for euer Afferte Domino Psal xxix BRing vnto the Lord O ye mighty bring young rammes vnto the Lorde ascribe vnto the Lorde worshippe and strength Giue the Lorde the honour due vnto his Name worship the Lord with holy worship It is the Lord that commandeth the waters it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder It is the Lord that ruleth the sea the voyce of the Lordeis mighty in operation the voyce of the Lord is a glorious voyce The voyce of the Lord breaketh the Cedac trees yea the Lord breaketh the Cedars Libanus He made them also to skippe like a calfe Libanus also and Syrion like a yong Vnicorne The voice of the Lord diuideth the flames of fire the voice of the Lord shaketh the wildernes yea the Lorde shaketh the wildernesse of Cades
vuto me We will goe into the house of the Lord. Our seete shall stand in thy gates O Hierusalem Hierusalem is builded as a citie that is at vnitie in it selfe For thither the tribes goe vp euen the tribes of the Lord to testifie vnto Israel to giue thankes vnto the Name of the Lord. For there is the seate of iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid O pray for the peate of Ierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee Peace bee within thy walles and plentconsuesse within thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes I will with thee prosperitie Yea because of the house of the Lord our God I wil seeke to doe thee good Ad te leuaui oculos meos Psal 123. VNto thee lift I vp mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heauens Beholde euen as the eyes of seruants looke vnto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hand of her mistresse euen so our eyes waite vpon the Lord our God vntill he haue mercie vpon vs. Haue mercie vpon vs O Lord haue mercie vpon vs for we are vtterly despised Our soule is filled with the scornefnll reproofe of the wealthy and with the dispitefulnesse of the proud Nisi quia Dominus Psal 124. IF the Lorde himselfe had not bene on our side now may Israel say if the Lorde himselfe had not bene on one side when men rose vp against vs. They had swallowed vs vp quicke when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs. Yea the waters had drowned vs and the streame had gone ouer our soule The deepe waters of the proude had gone euen ouer our soule But praised be the Lord which hath not giuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth Our soule is escaped euen as a bird out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are deliuered Our helpe standeth in the Name of the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Qui confidunt Psal 125. They that put their trust in the Lord shall be euen as the mount Sion which may not be remooued but standeth fast for euer The his stand about Hierusalem euen so standeth the Lord round about his people from this time foorth for euermore For the rod of the vngodly commeth not into the lot of the righteous least the righteous put their hand vnto wickednesse Doe well O Lord vnto those that be good and true of heart As for such as turne backe vnto their owne wickednesse the Lord shall lead them forth with the euill doers but peace shall be vpon Israel In conuertendo Psal 126. WHen the Lord turned againe the captiuitie of Sion Euening prayer then were we like vnto them that dsreame Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with ioy Then said they among the Heathen the Lord hath done great things for them Yea the Lorde hath done great things for vs alreadie whereof we reioyce Turne our captiuity O Lord as the riuers in the South They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy He that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth forth good seede shall doubtlesse come againe with ioy and bring his sheaues with him Nisi Dominus Psal 127. Except the Lorde build the house their labour is but lost that build it Except the Lord keepe the city the watchman waketh but in baine It is but lost labour that yee haste to rise vp earely and so late take rest and eate the bread of carefulnesse for so hee giueth his beloued sleepe Loe children and the fruite of the wombe are an heritage and gift that commeth of the Lord. Like as the arrowes in the hand of the Giant euen so are the yong children Happie is the man that hath his quiuer full of them they shal not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate Beati omnes Psal 128. BLessed are all they that feare the Lord and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thine hands O well is thee and happie shalt thou be Thy wife shall be as the fruitfull vine vpon the walles of thine house Thy children like the Oliue branches round about thy table Loe thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Saepe expugnauerunt psal 129. MAny a time haue they fought against mee from my youth vp may Israel now say Yea many a time haue they vexed mee from my youth vp but they haue not preuailed against me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made long furrowes But the righteous Lord hath hewen the snares of the vngodly in pieces Let them be confounded and turned backward as many as haue euill will at Sion Let them bee euen as the grasse growing vpon the house tops Which Withereth afore it be plucked vp Where of the mower filleth not his hand neither hee that bindeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they Which goe by say not so much as the Lord prosper you We Wish you good lucke in the name of the Lord. De profundis Psal 130. OUt of the deep haue I called vnto thee O Lord Lord heare my voice Oh let thine eyes consider well the voice of my complaint If thou Lord wilt beeextreme to marke what is done amisse O Lord Who may abide it For there is mercie With thee theefore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lord my soule doth waite for him in his word is my trust My soule fleeth vnto the Lord before the morning watch I say before the morning watch O Israel trust in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercie and with him is plenteous redemption And he shall redeeme Israel from all his sinnes Domine non est psal 131 LOrd I am not high minded I haue no proud lookes I doe note exercise my selfe in great matters which are too high for me But I refraine my soule and keepe it low like as a childe that is weaned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a weaned childe O Israel trust in the Lord from this time forth for euermore Memento Domine Psal 132. LOrde remember Dauid Morning prayer and all his trouble How he sware vnto the Lord and bowed a bowe vnto the Almightie God of Iacob I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house nor clime vp into my bed I will not suffer mine eyes to sleepe nor mine eye liddes to slumber neither the temples of my head to take any rest Untill I finde out a place for the temple of the Lord an habitation for the mightie God of Iacob Loe we heard of the same at Ephrata and found it in the wood We will goe into his tabenacle and follow on our knees before his foote stoole Arise O Lord into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength Let thy
forgiue receiue our humble petitions and though we be tied and boud with the chaine of our sinnes yet let the pitifulnesse of thy great mercie loose vs for the honour of Iesus Christ sake our Mediatour and Aduocate Amen A thankesgiuing for Raine O God our heauenly Father who by thy gracious prouidence doest cause the former and the latter raine to descend vpon the earth that it may bring foorth fruit for the vse of man wee giue thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in our greatest necessitie to send vs at the last a ioyfull raine vpon thine inheritance and to reffersh it when it was dry to the great comfort of vs thy vnworthy seruants and to the glory of thy holy Name thorow thy mercies in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for faire weather O Lorde God who hast iustly humbled vs by thy late Plague of immoderate Raine and waters and in thy mercie hast relieued and comforted our soules by this seasonable and blessed change of weather wee praise and glorifie thy holy Name for this thy mercie and will always declare thy louing kindnesse from generation to generation through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen A thankesgiuing for plentie O Most mercifull Father which of thy gracious goodnesse hast heard the deuout prayers of thy Church and turned our dearth and scarity into cheapenesse and plentte We giue thee humble thankes for this thy especiall bountie beseeching thee to continue this thy louing kindnesse vnto vs that our land may yeeld vs her fruits of increase to thy glory and our comfort through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for peace and victory O Almightie God which art a strong tower of defence vnto thy seruants against the face of their enemies we yeeld thee praise thankesgiuing for our deliuerance from those great and apparant dangers wherewith we were compassed Wee acknowledge it thy goodnesse that we were not deliuered ouer a pray vnto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies to wards vs that all the world may knowe that though art our Sauiour and Mightie deliuerer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A thankesgiuing for deliuerance from the Plague O Lord God which hast wounded vs for our sinnes and consumed vs for our transgressions by thy late heauie and dreadfull visitation and now in the middest of iudgement remenibring mercie fast redeemed our soules from the iawes of death wee offer vnto thy fatherly goodnesse our selues our soules and bodies which thou hast deliuered to be a liuing sacrifice vnto thee alwayes praising and magnifying thy mercies in the middest of the Congregation through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this WEe humbly acknowledge before thee O most mercifull Father that all the punishments which are threatned in thy Law might iussly haue fallen vpon vs by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnesse of heart yet feeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercie vpon our weake and vnworthy humiliation to asswage the noysome pestilence wherwith we lately haue bene sore afflicted and to restore the voice of ioy and health into our dwellings wee offer vnto thy diuine Maiestie thy sacrifice of praise thankesgiuing launding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preseruation and prouidence ouer vs through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen ❧ The Collects Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebration of the Lords Supper and holy Communion through the yeere The first Sunday in Aduent The Collect. ALmighty God give vs grace that Wee may cast away the workes of darkenesse and put vpon vs the armour of light nowe in the time of this mortall life in the which thy Sonne Iesus Christ came to visite vs in great humilitie that in the last day when he shall come againe in his glorious Maiestie to iudge both the quicke and the dead we may rise to the life immortal through him who tiueth and reigneth with thee and the holy Ghost now and euer Amen The Epistle O we nothing to any man Rom. 13. 8. but this that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the Law For these Commaundements Thou shall not commit adulterie Thou shall not kill Thou shalt not steal Thou shall not beare false witnesse Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other Commandement it is all comprehended in this faying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Toue hurteth not his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe This also wee know the season how that it is time that wee should now awake out of sleep for now is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued The night is passed the day is come nigh let vs therefore cast away the deeds of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestly as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambering and wantonnesse neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts of it The Gospel ANd when they drewe nigh to Hierusalem Mat. 21.1 and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Goe into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon yee shall finde an Asse bounde and her colte with her loose them and bring them vnto me and if any man say ought vnto to you say pee The Lorde hath neede of them and straight way he will let them go All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell yee the daughter of Sion behold thy King commeth vnto thee meeke sitting vpon an Asse and a colte the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commanded them and brought the Asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him thereon And many of the people spred their garments in the way other cut downe branches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cried saying Hosanna to the some of Dauid Blessed is hee that conuneth in the name of the Lorde Hosanna in the highest And when hee was come to Hierusalem all the citie was mooued saying who is this And the people said This is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a citie of Galilee And Iesus went into the Temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers and the seates of them that solde doues anb sayd vnto them It is written My house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues The second Sunday in Aduent The Collect. BLessed Lorde which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for learning Grant vs that wee may in such wise heare them reade marke learne and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort of thy holy word wee may embrace
am the way and the Trueth and the Life No man commeth to the father but by me If yee had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And now ye know him and haue seene him Philip sith vnto him Lord shew vs the Father and it susficeth vs. Iesus saith vnto him Haue I beene so long time with you and yet hast thou not knowen me Philip he that hath seene me hath seene my Father and how sayest thou then Shew vs the Father Beleeuest not thou that I am in the Father the Father in me The words that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe but the Father that dwelleth in me is he that doeth the works Beleeue me that I am in the Father and the Father in me or els beleeue me for the workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you He that beleeueth on me the workes that I doe the same shall he doe also and greater workes then these shall hee doe because I got vnto my Father And whatsoever yee aske in my name that will I doe that the Father may bee glorified by the Sonne If ye shall aske any thing in my Name I will doe it S. Barnabe Apostle The Collect. LOrde almightie which hast endued thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gistes of the holy Ghost let vs not bee destitute of thy manifolde giftes nor yet of grace to vse them alway to thy honour and glorie through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TIdings of these things came vnto the eares of the congregation which was in Hirusalem And they sent forth Barnabas Act. 11.22 that hee should goe vnto Antioch Which when hee came and had seene the grace of God was glad exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would contiunally cleaue vnto the Lord. For he was a good man and ful of the holy Ghost and of faith much people was added vnto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to seeke Saul and when he had found him he brought him vnto Antioch And it chaunced that a whole yeere they had their conuersation with the congregation there and they taught much people insomuch that the disciples of Antioch were the first that were called Christen In those dayes came Prophets from the cities of Hierusalcm vnto Antioch And there stood vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirit that thre should bee great dearth throughout all the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his ability purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie which thing they also did and sent it to the Elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul The Gospel THis is my commandement Ioh. 15.12 that ye loue together as I haue loucd you Greater loue hath no man then this that a man bestow his life for his friendes Yee are my friends if yee doe whatsoeuer I commaund you Henceforth call I not you seruants for the seruant knoweth not what his lorde doeth but you haue I called friends for al things that I haue heard of my Father I haue opened vnto you yee haue not chosen me But I haue chosen you and ordeined you to goe and bring forth fruite and that your fruite should remaine that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my Name he may giue it you Saint Iohn Baptist The Collect. ALmightie God by whose prouidenee thy seruant Iohn Baptist was wonderfully borne and sent to prepare the way of thy sonne our Sauiour by Preaching of penance make vs so to follow his doctrine and holy life that wee may truly repent according to his preaching and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldely rebuke vice and pattently suffer for the trueths sake through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE of good cheare Esai 40.1 my people Dye prophets comfort my people faith your God comfort Hierusalem at the heart tell her that her trauaile is at an end that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficient corxectrion for all her sins A voice cried in the wildernes Prepare the way of the Lord in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the desext Let all valleys be exalted and euery mountaine and hill be laid low What so is crooked let it be made straight and let the rough be made plaine fields For the glorie of the Lord shall appeare all flesh shal at once see it For why the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophet answered what shall I cry That all flesh is grasse and that all the goodlines thereof is as the floure of the field The grasse is withered t● floure falleth away Even so is the people as grasse when the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuertheles whether the gtrasse wither or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidings lift vp thy voice with power O thou preacher Hierusalem lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God behold the Lord God shall come with power and beare rule with his arme Behold hee bringeth his treasure with him and his workes goe before him He shal feede his flocke like an heardman hee shall gather the Lambes together with his arme and carie them in his bosome and shall kindly entreate those that beare yong The Gospel ELizabeths time came that shee should be deliuered Luk. 1.57 and shee brought forth a sonne And her neighbours and her cousins heard say howe the Lord had shewed great mercie vpon her and reioyced with her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe and called his name Zacharie after the name of his father And his mother answered and said Not to but his name shall be called Iohn And they said vnto her There is none of thy kinred that is named with this name And they made signes to his father how he would haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote fying His name is Iohn And they marueiled all And his mouth was opened immediatly and his tongue also and he spake and praised God And feare came on all them that dwelt nigh vnto him And all these sayings were noysed abroad throughout all the hie countrey of Iurie and they that heard them laide them vp in their hearts saying what maner of childe shall this bee And the hand of the Lord was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost and prophesied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for hee hath visited and redeemed his people and hath raysed vp a horne of saluation vnto vs in the house of his seruant Dauid euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophets which were since the world began That weshould be saued from our enemies and from the
thee we giue thanks to thee for thy great glory O Lord GOD heauenly king God the Father almightie O Lord the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of God sonne of the Father that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world receiue our prayer Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father haue mercie vpon vs. For thou onely art holy thou onely art the Lord thou only O Christ with the holy Ghost art most high in the glory of god the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop if he be present slall let them depart with this blessing The peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes in the knowlege and loue of God and of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God almighty the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remaine with you alwayes Amen Collects to be said after the offertorie when there is no Communion euery such day one And the same may be said also as often as occasion shal serue After the Collects either of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letanie by the discretion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruants toward the attainement of euerlasting saluation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may euer bee defended by thy most gracious and readie helpe though Christ our Lord. Amen O ALmightie Lord and euerliuing God vouchsafe wee beseech thee to direct sanctifie and gouerne both our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the works of thy commandements that through thy most mighty protection both here and euer we may be preserued in body soule though our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ Amen GRaunt wee beseech thee almightie God that the wordes which wee haue heard this day with our outward eares may though thy grace be so graffed inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in vs the fruit of good liuing to the honour and praise of thy name though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PReuent vs O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious fauour and further Vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our works begum continucd and ended in the we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting life though Iesus Christ out Lord. Amen ALmightie GOD the fountaine of all wisedome which knowest our neccssities before we aske and our ignorance in asking wee beseech thee to haue compassion vpon out infirmities and those things which for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for our blindnesse we cannot aske vouchsafe to giue vs for the worthines of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie god which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseech thee mercifully to encline thine eares to vs that haue made now our prayers and supplications vnto thee and graunt that those things which wee haue faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the reliefe of our necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie though Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ Vpon the holy dayes if there be no Communion shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion vntill the ende of the Homilie concluding with the generall prayer for the whole estate of Chrifstes Church militant here in earth and one or moe of these Collects before rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shall bee no celebration of the Lords Supper except there be a good number to communicate with the Priest according to his discretion And if there be not aboue twentie persons in the Parish of discretion to receiue the Communion yet there shall be no Communion except foure or three at the least communicate with the Priest And in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches where be many Priests and Deacons they shall all receiue the Communion with the Minister euery Sunday at the least except they haue a reasonable cause to the contrarie And to take away the superstition which any person hath or might haue in the bread and wine it shall suffice that the bread be such as is vsually to bee eaten at the table with other meates but the best and purest wheate bread that conueniently may bee gotten And if any of the bread and wine remaine the Curate shall haue it to his owne vse The bread and wine for the Communion shall be prouided by the Curate and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Parish and the Parish shall be discharged of such summes of money or other dueties which hitherto they haue paide for the same by order of their houses euery Sunday And note that euery Parishioner shal communicate at the least three times in the yeere of which Easter to bee one and shall also receiue the Sacraments and other Rites according to the order in this booke appointed And yeerely at Easter euery Parishioner shall reckon with his Parson Vicar or Curate or his or their deputie or deputies and pay to them or him all Ecclesiasticall dueties accustomably due then and at that time to be payed The ministration of Baptisme to be vsed in the Church It appeareth by ancient writers that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the old time was not commonly ministred but at two times in the yeere At Caster and whitfuntide At which times it was openly ministred in the presence of all the Congregation Which custome now being growen out of vse although it cannot for many considerations bee well restored againe it is thought good to follow the same as neere as conueniently may be Wherefore the people are to be admonished that it is most conuenient that Baptisme should not be ministred but vpon Sundays and other holydayes when thr most number of people may come together as well for that the congregation thet present may testifie the recieuing of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ Church as also becouse in the Baptisme of insants euery man present may bee put in remembrance of his owne profession made to God in his baptisme For which cause also it is expedient that baptisme be ministred in the English tounge Neuerthelesse if necessitie so requeire children may at all times be baptized at home When there are children to bee baptized vpon the Sunday or holy day the parents shall giue knowledge ouer night or in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer to the Curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people with the children must be ready at the Font either immediatly after the last Lesson at Morning prayer or els immediatly after the last Lesson at Euening prayer as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint And then standing there the Priest shall aske whether the children be baptized or no. If they answere No then shal the Priest say thus DEarely
and euerlastingly rewarded through thy mercie O blesssed Lord God who doest liue and gouerue all things world without end Amen ALmighty euerliuing God whose most dearly beloued Sonne Iesus Christ for the forgiueness of our sinnes did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood and gaue commandement to his Disciples that they should goe teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Regard we beseech thee the spplications of thy congregation and grant that all thy seruants which shall be baptized in this water may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the number of thy faithfull and elect children through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Then the Priest shall take the child in his hands and aske the name And naming the child shall dip it in the water so it bediscreetly and warily done saying N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And if the childe be weake it shall suffice to powre water vpon it saying the foresaid words N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen Then the Priest shall make a Crosse vpon the childes forehead saying WE receiue this childe into the Congregation of Christ flocke and doe signe him with the signe of the Crosse in token that here after he shall not be ashamed to confesse the faith of Christ crucified and manfully to fight vnder his banner against sinne the world and the deuill and to continue Christs faithfull souldier and seruant vnto his liues end Amen Then shall the Priest say SEeing now dearely beloued brethren that these children bee regenerate and grafted into the bodie of Christs congregation let vs giue thanks vnto God for these benefits and with one accorde make our prayers vnto Almightie God that they may leade the rest of their life according to this beginning Then shall be said Our Father Which art in heauen c. Then shall the Priest say WE yeeld thee heartie thanks most merciful father that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy holy spirit to receiue him for thine owne child by adoption and to incorporate him into thy holy congregation And humbly wee beseech thee to graunt that he being dead vnto sinne and liuing vnto righteousnes and being buried with Christ in his death may crucifie the old man and vtterly abolish the whole body of sinne that as hee is made partaker of the death of thy sonne so he may be partaker of his resurrection so that finally with the resid●e of thy holy Congregation hee may be inheritout of thine euerlasting kingdome through Christ our Lord Amen At the last ende the Priest calling the Godfathers and Godmothers together shall say this exhortation following FOrasmuch as these children haue promised by you to forsake the deuil and at his workes to beleeue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your parts and dueties to see that these infants be taught so soone as they shall bee able to learne what a solemne vowe promise and profession they haue made by you And that they may know these things the better ye shall call vpon them to heare Sermons and chiefly you shall prouide that they may learne the Creede the Lords prayer and 〈◊〉 ten Commaundements in the English tongue and all other things which a Christian man ought to know and beleeue to his soules health and that these children may bee vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a Christian life remembring alwayes that Baptisme doeth represent vnto vs our profession which is to follow the example of our Sauiour Christ and to be made like vnto him that as he died and rose againe for vs so should wee which are baptized die from sinne and rise againe vnto righteousnes continually mortifying all our euil and corrupt affections and dayly proceeding in all bertue and godlinesse of liuing The Minister that command that the children be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed of him so soone as they can say in their vulgar tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer and the ten Commandements and be further instructed in the Catechisme set forth for that purpose according as it is there expressed ¶ Of them that are to be baptized in priuate houses in time of necessitie by the Minister of the Parish or any other lawfull Minister that can be procured The Pastours and Curates shall often admonish the people that they deferre not the Baptisme of Infants any longer then the Sunday or other Holy day next after the childe be borne vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Curate and by him approued And also they shall warne them that without great cause necessitie they procure not their children to be baptized at home in their houses And when great need shall compell them so to do then Baptisme shal be administred on this fashion First let the lawfull Minister and them that be present call vpon God for his grace and say the Lords prayer if the time wil suffer And then the child being named by some one that is present the said lawfull Minister shal dip it in water or powre water vpon it saying these words N I baptize thee in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And let them not doubt but that the childe so baptized is lawfully and sufficiently baptized and ought not to be baptized againe But yet neuerthelesse if the child which is after this sort baptized doe afterward liue it is expedient that it bee brought into the Church to the intent that if the Priest or Minister of the same parish did himselfe baptize that childe the Congregation may be certified of the true forme of Baptisme by him priuately before vsed Or if the childe were baptized by any other lawfull Minister that then the Minister of the Parish where the childe was borne or Christened shall examine and try whether the childe be lawfully baptized or no. In which case if those that bring any childe to the Church doe answere that the same childe is already baptized then shall the Minister examine them further saying By whom was the childe baptized Who was present when childe was baptized And because some things Essentiall to this Sacrament may happen to be omitteb through feare or haste in such times of extremitie therefore I demaund further of you With what matter was the child baptized With what words was the child baptized Whether thinke you the childe to bee lawfully and perfectly baptized And if the Minister shall finde by the answeres of such as bring the childe that all things were done as they ought to be then shall not he Christen the childe againe but shall receiue him as one of the slocke of the true Christian people saying thus I Certifie you that in this case all is
one of you so loue his owne wife euen as himselfe Like wise same Saint Paul writing to the Colossians Colos 3. speaketh thus to all men that be married Ye men loue your wiues and be not bitter vnto them Heare also what S. Peter the Apostle of Christ 1. Pet. 3. which was himselfe a maried man sayed vnto all men that are maried Yee husbands dwell with your wiues according to knowledge giuing honor vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessel and as heires together of the grace of life so that your prayers be not hindred Hitherto yee haue heard the duetie of the hunsband toword the wife Now likewife ye wiues heare and learne your dueties towards your husbands euen as it is plainely set foorth in holy Scripture Saint Paul Ephes 5. in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth you thus Ye women submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as vnto the Lord. For the husband is the wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the Church and hee is also the Sauiour of the whole body Therefore as the Church or Congregation is subiect vnto Christ So likewise let the wiues also be in subietion vnto their owne hubands in all things And againe hee sayth Let the wife reuerence her husband And in his Epistle to the Colossians S. Paul giueth you this short lesson Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbands as it is conuenient in the Lord. Saint Peter also doth instruct you very godly thus saying Let wiues be subiect to their owne husbandes so that if any obey not the worde they may bee wonne without the worde by the conuersation of the wiues while they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare Whole apparell let it not bee outward with broyded haire and trimming about with golde either in putting on of gorgeous apparell but let the hid man which is in the heart bee without all corruption 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 did the holy women which trusted in God apparell themselues being subiect to their owne husbandes as Sara obeyed Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters yee are made doing well and not being dismayed with any feare The new married persons the same day of their marriage must receiue the holy Communion The order for the visitation of the sicke The Priest entring into the sicke persons house shall say ¶ Peace be in this house and to all that dwell in it When he commeth into the sicke mans presence he shall say kneeling downe REmember not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lord spare thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood and bee not angry with vs for euer Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Ameu Minister O Lord saue thy seruant Answere Which putteth his trust in thee Minister Send him helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore mightily defend him Minister Let the enemie haue none aduantage of him Answere Nor the wicked approch to hurt him Minister Be vnto him O Lord a strong towre Answere From the face of his enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O Lord looke downe from heauen beholde visite and relieue this thy seruant Looke vpon him with the eyes of thy mercy giue him comfort and sure confidence in thee defend him from the danger of the enemie and keepe him in perpetuall peace and safetie through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen HEare vs Almightie and most mercifull God and Sauiour extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruant which is grieued with sickenesse visite him O Lorde as thou diddest visite Peters wiues mother and the Captaines seruant So visite and restore to this sicke pecson his former health if it bee thy will or els giue him grace so to take thy visitation that after this paineful life ended he may dwell with thee in life euerlasting Then shall the Minister exhort the sicke person after this forme or other like DEarely beloued know this that Almightie God is the Lord of life and death and ouer all things to them perteyning as youth strength health age weakenesse sickenes Wherefore whatsoeuer your sikenesse is know you certainely that it is Gods visitation And for what cause so euer this sicknesse is sent vnto you whether it be to try your patience for the example of other and that your faith may bee found in the day of the Lord laudable glorious honourable to the increase of glory and endlesse felicitie or els it be sent vnto you to correct and amend in you whatsoeuer doeth offend the eyes of your heauenly Father know you certainly that if you truely repent you of your sinnes and beare your sicknesse patiently trusting in Gods mercy for his deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake and render vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitation submitting your selfe wholly vnto his will it shall turne to your profite and helpe you foward in the right way thatleadeth vnto life euerlasting If the person visited be very sicke then the Curate may ende his ex hortation in this place Take therefore in good woorth the chastisement of the Lorde For whom the Lorde loueth hee chastiseth yea as Saint Paul saith he scourgeth euery sonne which hee receiueth If ye endure thastisement he offreth himself vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not If ye be not vnder correction where of all true children children are partakers then are yee bastards not children Therfore seeing that when our carnall fathers do correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not now much rather be obedient to our spirituall Father so liue And they for a few dayes doe chastise vs after their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to the intent hee may make vs partakers of his holines These words good brother are Gods wordes and written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction that wee should patiently and with thankesgiuing beare our heauenly Fathers correction whensoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnesse to visite vs. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons then to bee made like vnto Christ by suffering patiently aduersities troubles sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first hee suffered paine he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our way to eternall ioy is to suffer here with Christ and our doore to enter into eternall life is gladly to die with Christ that we may rise againe from death and dwel with him in euerlasting life Now therefore taking your sickenesse which is thus profitable for you patiently I
exhort you in the name of God to remember the profession which you made vnto God in your baptisme And forasmuch as after this life there is a count to be giuen vnto the righteous Iudge of whom all must bee iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe and your state both toward God and man so that accusing and condemning your selfe for your own faults you may finde mercy at our heauenly Fathers hand for Christes sake and not to bee accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgement Therefore I shall shortly rehearse the Articles of our faith that you may know whether you doe beleeue as a Christian man should or no. Here the Minister shal rehearse the Articles of the faith saying thus Doest thou beleeue in God the Father almightie c. As it is in Baptisme Then shall the Minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde exhorting him to forgiue from the bottome of his heart all persons that haue offended him and if he haue offended other to aske them forgiuenesse and where he hath done iniury or wrong to any man that he make amends to the vttermost of his power And if he haue not afore disposed his goods let him then make his will and also declare his debts what he oweth and what is owing vnto him for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his Executors But men must bee oft admonished that they set an order for their temporall goods and landes when they be in health These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his prayer as he shall see cause The Minister may not forget nor omit to mooue the sicke person and that most earnestly to liberalitie toward the poore Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession if he feele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After which confession the Priest shal absolue him after this sort OUr Lord Iesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolue all sinners which truely repent and beleeue in him of his great mercie forgiue thee thine offences and by his authoritie committed to mee I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And then the Priest shall say the Collect following ¶ Let vs pray O Most mercifull God which according to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put away the sunnes of those which truely repent that thou remembrest them no more open thine eye of mercie vpon this thy seruant who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiuenesse Renew in him most louing Father whatsoeuer hath beene decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnall will and frailenesse preserue continue this sicke member in the vnitie of the Church consider his contcition accept his teares asswage his paine as shall bee seene to thee most expedient for him And for as much as hee putteth his full trust onely in thy mercie impute not vnto his his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ Amen Then shall the Priest say this Psalme IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion but rid me and deliuer me in thy righteousnesse In ce Domine speraui Psal 71. encline thiue eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong hold wherevnto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castle Deliuer me O my God out of the hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I beene holden vp euer since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal alway be of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength faileth me For mine enemies speake against me they that lay waite for my soule take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliuer him Go not far frō me O God my God haste thee to helpe me .. Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonour that seeke to doe me euill As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speake of thy righteousnesse and saluation for I know no end thereof I will goe forth to the strength of the Lord God and will make mention of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught mee from my youth vp vntill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous workes Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refresh me yea broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery side Therefore wil I praise thee and thy faithfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee will I sing vpon the Harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lppes will be faine when I sing vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast deliuered My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seeke to doe me euill Glorie he to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Adding this O Sauiour of the world saue vs which by thy crosse and precious blood hast redeemed vs helpe vs wee beseech thee O God Then shall the Minister say THe Almightie Lord which is a most strong towre to al them that put their trust in him to whom all things in heauen in earth and vnder the earth do bow and obey be now and euermore thy defence and make thee know and feele that there is none other name vnder heauen giuen to man in whom and through whome thou mayest receiue health and saluation but onely the name of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuch as all mortall men bee subiect to many sudden perils Diseases and sicknesses and euer vncertaine what time they shall depart out of this life therefore to the intent they may bee alwayes in a readinesse to die whensoeuer it shall please Almightie God to call them the
them at rest The words of the Lord are pure words euen as the siluer which from the earth is tried purified seuen times in the fire Thou shalt keepe them O Lord thou shalt preserue him from this generation for euer The vngodly walke on euery side when they are exalted the children of men are put to rebuke Vsquequo Domine Psal xiij HOw long wilt thou forget mee O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hide thy face from me How long shalt I seeke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart howe long shalt mine enemies triumph ouer me Consider and heare mee O Lorde my God lighten mine eyes that I sleepe not in death Left mine enemie say I haue preuailed against him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wil sing of the Lord because he hath delt so louingly with me yea I wil praise the name of the Lord most highest Dixit insipiens Psal xiiij THe foole hath said in his heart there is no God They are corxupt and become abominable in their doings there is not one that doeth good no not one The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues haue they deceiued the poison of aspes is vnder their lips Their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse their feete are swift to shed blood Destruction and vnhappinesse is in their wayes the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before their eyes Haue they no knowledge that they are all such workers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread And call not vpon the Lorde there were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for God is in the generation of the righteous As for you yee haue made a mocke at the counsaile of the poore because he putteth his trust in the Lord. Who shalt giue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shalt Iacob reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit Psal xv LOrd who shalt dwell in thy tabernacle Morning prayer or who shalt rest vpon thy holy hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and both the thing which is right and speaketh the tructh from his heart Hee that hath vsed no deceit in his tongue nor done enill to his neighbour nor hath not slandered his neighbours Hee that setteth not by himselfe but is lowly in his owne eyes and maketh much of them that feare the Lord. Hee that sweareth vnto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it Were to his owne hinderance He that hath not giuen his money vpon vsurie nor taken reward against the innocent Who so doeth thrse things shalt neuer fall Conserua me Psal xvj PReserue me O God for in thee haue I put my trust O my soule thou hast said vnto the Lord thou art my God my goods are nothing vnto thee All my delight is vpon the saints that are in the earth and vpon such as excell in vertue But they that runne after another god shalt haue great trouble Their drinke offerings of blood will I not offer neither make mention of their names within my lips The Lord himselfe is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou shalt maintaine my lot My lot is fallen vnto me in a faire ground yea I haue a goodly heritage I will thanke the Lord for giuing me warning my reines also chasten me in the night season I haue set God alwayes before me for hee is on my right hand therefore I shalt not fall Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory reioyced my flesh also shalt rest in hope For Why thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thine Holy one to see corruption Thou shalt she we me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for euermore Exaudi Domine iustitiam Psal xvij HEare the right O Lorde consider my complaint and hearken vnto my prayer that goeth not out of fayned lippes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes looke vpon the thing that is equall Thou hast prooded and visited mine heart in the night feason thou hast tried me and shalt finde no wickednesse in me for I am vtterly purposed that my mouth shalt not offend Because of mens workes that are done against the wordes of my lips I haue kept me from the wayes of the destroyer O holde thou vp my goings in thy pathes that my footesteps slip not I haue called vpon thee O God for thou shalt heare mee encline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my words Shew thy maruellous louing kindnesse thou that art the Sauiour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand Keepe mee as the apple of an eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wings From the vngodly that trouble mee mine enemies compasse me round about to take away my foule They are inclosed in their owne fat and their mouth speaketh proud things They lie waiting in our way on cuery side turning their eyes downe to the ground Like as a Lion that is greedie of his pray and as it were a lions whelpe lurking in secret places Vp Lord disappoint him and cast him downe dcliuer my soule from the vngodly which is a sword of thine From the men of thy hand O Lord from the men I say and from the euil world which haue their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure They haue children at their desire and leaue the rest of their substance for their babes But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousnes and when I awake vp after thy likenesse I shal be satisfied with it Diligam re Psal xviij I will loue thee O LORD my strength Euening prayer the Lorde is my stonie rocke and my defence my Sauiour my God and my might in whome I will trust my buckler the horne also of my salutation and my refuge I wil call vpon the Lord which is worthy to bee praised so shalt I be safe from mine enemies The sorowes of death compassed me and the ouerflowings of vngodlines made me afratd The paines of hell came about mee the snares of death ouertooke me In my trouble I will call vpon the Lord and comylaine vnto my God So shall hee heare my voice out of his holy Temple and my complaint shalt come before him it shalt enter eueu into his eares The earth trembled quaked the very foundations also of the hilles shooke were
The voyce of the Lord maketh the hindes to bring foorth yong and discouereth the thirke vushes in his temple doeth iuery man speake of his honour The Lord sitteth aboue the water flood and the Lord remaineth a King for euer The Lord shall giue strength vnto his people the Lord shall giue his people the blessing of peace Exaltabo te Domine Psal xxx I waill magnifie thee Morning prayer O Lord for thou hast set me vp and not made my foes to triumph ouer me O Lord my God I cried vnto thee and thou hast healed me Thou Lorde hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kept my life from them that goe downe to the pit Sing praises vnto the Lord O ye faints of his and giue thankes to him for a remebrance of his holinesse For his wrath endureth but the twinckliong of an eye and in his pleasure is life heauinesse may endure for a night but ioy commeth in the morning And in my prosperitie I sayd I shall neuer be remooued thou Lod of thy goodnesse hadst made my hill so strong Thou didst turne thy fare fro me and I mas troubled Then cried I vnto thee O Lord and gate mee vnto my Lord right humbly What profit is thee in my blood whē I go downe to the pit Shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee or shall it declare thy trueth Heare O Lord and haue mercie vpon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned ny heauinesse into ioy thou hast put off my sackecloth and girded me with gladnesse Therefore sball euery good man sing of thy praise without reasing O my god I will giue thanks vnto thee for euer In te domine speraui Psal xxxj IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer bee put to confusiou deliuer me in thy righteousnesse Bow downe thine eare to me make haste to deliuer me And bee thou my strong rocke and the house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my strong rocke and my castell bee thou also my game and leade me for thy Names sake Draw me out of the net that they haue laid priuily for me for thou art my strength Into thy hands I commend my spitrit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of trueth I haue hated them that holde of superstitious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lord. I will be glad and reioyce in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowen my soule in aduersities Thou hast not shut me vp into the hand of the enemie but hast set my feete in a large roume Haue mercie vpon me O Lord for I am in trouble mine eye is consumed for very heauinesse yea my soule my body For my soule is waxen old with heauinesse and my yeres with mourning My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are consumed I became a reproofe among all mine enemies but speciaily among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me and they that did see me without conueyed themselues from me I am cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde I am become like a broken vessel For I haue heard the blasphemie of the multitude and feare is on euery side while they conspire together against me and take their counsell to take away my life But my hope hath beene in thee O Lord I haue sayde Thou art my God My time is in thy hand deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me Shew thy seruant the light of thy countenance and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O Lord for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodly be put to tonfusion and bee put to silence in the graue Let the lying lips be put to silence which cruelly disdainfully and despightfully speake against the righteous O how plentifull is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid vp for them that feare thee that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee euen before the sonnes of men Thou shall hide them priuly by thine owne presence from the prouoking of al men thou shalt keepe them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues Thankes be to the Lord for he hath shewed me marueilous great kindnesse in a strong citie And when I made haste I sayd I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes Neuerthelesse thou heardedest the voice of prayer when I cryed vnto thee O loue the Lord all ye his saints for the Lord preserueth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer Be strong and hee shall stablish your heart all ye that put your trust in the Lord. Beati quorum Psal xxxij BLessed is hee whose vnrighteousnesse is forgiuen and whose sine is couered Euening prayer Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lord imputeth no sinne and in whose spirit there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones cōsumed away through my dayly complaining For thy hand is heauy vpon me day and might and my moisture is like the drought in Summer I will knowledge my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnesse haue I not hid I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vntothee in a time when thou mayest be found but in the great mater floods they shall not come nigh him Thou art a place to hide me in thou shall preserue me from trouble thou shalt cōpasse me about with songs of deliuerance I will enforme thee and teach thee in the way wherein thou shall go and I will guide thee with mine eye Be ye not like to horie and mule which haue no vnderstanding whole mouthes must be holden with bit and bridle lest they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but who so putleth his trust in the Lord mercie imbraceth him on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lord and bee idyfull all ye that are true of heart Exultate iusti Psal xxxiij REidice in the Lord O ye righteous for it becommeth wel the iust to be thankefull Praise the Lord with harpe sing Psalmes vnto hin with the Lute and instrument of ten strings Sing vnto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily vnto him with a good courage For the word of the Lord is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement The earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the dreath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as in a treasure house Let all the earth leare the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world For he spake it was done he commanded it stood fast The Lord
I put my trust thou shall answere for me O Lord my God I haue required that they euen mine enemies sould not triumph ouer mee for when my foote sltpt they reioyced greatly against me And I truely am set in the plague and my heauines is euer in my sight For I will confesse my wickednes be forie for my sinne But mine enemies liue and are mightie and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number They also that reward euill for good are against mee because I follow the thing that good is Forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou far frō me Haste thee to helpe me O Lord God my faluation Dixi Custodiam Psal 39 I Said I will take heed to waies that I offend not in my tongue I will keepe my mouth as it were with a bridle wihile the vngodly is in my sight I held my tongue and spake nothing I Kept silence yea euen from good wordes but it was paine and griefe to me My heart was hote within me and while I was thus musing the fire kindled and at the last I spase with my tongue Lord let me know mine end and the number of my daies that I may be certified how long I haue to liue Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were a span long and mine age is euen as nothing in respect of thee and verily euery man liuing is altogetder vanitie For man walketh in a vaine shadow and disquietetli him selfe in baine he heapeth vp ciches and can not tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truely my hope is euen in thee Deliuer me from all mine offences and make me not arebuke vnto the foolish I became dumbe and opened not my mouth for it was thy doing Take thy plague away from me I am euen confumed by the meanes of thy heauie hand When thou with rebukes doett thasten man for sinne thou makest his beautie to consume away like as it were a moth fretting a garment euery man therefore is but vanitie Heare my prayer O Lord and with thine eares consider my calling holde not thy peace at my teares For I am a stranger with thee and a soiouner as all my fatders were O spare me a litle that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more seene Expectans expectaui Psal 40. I Waited patiently for the Lorde and he inclined vnto me and heard my calling He brought mee also out of the horrible pit out of the m●re and clay and fet my feete vpon the rocke and ordered my goings And he hath put a new song in month euen a thankes gining vnto our God Many shall see it and feate and shall put their trust in the Lorde Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord and turned not vnto the proude and to such as goe about with lyes O Lord my God great are thy wonderous works which thou hast done like as bee also thy thoughtes which are to vsward and yet there is no man that ordercth them vnto thee If I would declare them and speaue of them they should be moe then I am able to expresse Saeisice and meate offering thou woulde haue but mine eares hast thou opened Burnt offerings and sacrisice for sinne hast thou not required then sayd I Loe I come In the volume of the booke it is written of mee that I should fulfill thy will O my God I am consent to do it yea thy law is within my heart I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the great congregation loe I will not refraine my lippes O Lord and that thou knowest I haue not hidde thy righteousncsse within my heart my talking hath beene of thy trueth and of thy saluation I haue not kept backe thy louing mercy and trueth from the great congregation Withdraw not thou thy mercie from mee O LORD let thy louing kindenesse and thy trueth away preserue mee For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon mee that I am not able to looke vp yea they are mo in number then the haires of mine head and mine heart hath failed me O Lorde let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haste O Lord to helpe me Let them be a shamed and confounded together that seeke after my soule to destroy it let them bee driuen backeward and put to rebuke that with me euill Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame that say vnto me Fie vpon thee fie vpon thee Let all those that seeke thee be ioyful and glad in thee and let sucd as loue thy saluation say alway the Lord be praised As for me I am poore nee dy but the Lord careth for me Thou art my helper and redeemer make no long tarying O my God Beatus qui intelligit Psal 41. BLessed is hee that confidereth the poore and needie the Lorde shall deliuer him in the time of trouble Euening prayer The Lord preserue him keepe him aliue that hee may be blessed vpon earth and deliuer not thou him into the will of his enemies The Lorde comfort him when hee lyeth sicke vpon his bed make thou all his bed in his sicknesse I said Lorde be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned against thee Mine enemies speake euill of me when shall hee die and his name perish And if he come to see me he speaketh vanity and his heart ronceineth falshood within himselfe and when hee commeth foorth he telleth it All mine enemies whisper together against mee euen against me doe they imagine this euill Let the sentence of guiltinesse proceede against him and now that he lyeth let him rise vp no more Yea euen mine owne familiar friend whome I trusted which did also eate of my bread hath layde great wayte for mee But be thou mercifull vnto me O Lord raise thou me vp againe and I shall reward them By this I knowe thou fauourest mee that mine enemie doeth not triunpy against me And when I am in my health thou vpholdest me shalt set me before thy face for euer Blessed be the Lord God of Israel world without eude Amen Quemadmodum Psal 42. LIke as the Hart desireth the water brookes so longeth my soule after thee O God My soule is athirst for God yea euen for hte liuing God when shall I come to appeare before the presence of God My teares haue bene my meate day and might while they dayly say vnto nie Where is now the God Now when I thinke thereupon I powre out my heart by my selfe for I went with the multitude brought them forth into the house of God In the voice of praise and thankesgiuing among such as keepe holy day Why art thou so full of heauinesse O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me Put thy trust in God for I will yet giue him thankes for the helpe of his countenance My God my soule is vexed within mee therefore will I remember
Moab is my washpot ouer Edom wil I cast out my shoe Philistia be thou glad of me Who will leade me into the strong citie who will bring me into Edom Hast thou not cast vs out O God will not thou O God go out with our hostes O be thou out help in trouble for baine is the help of man Through God wil we doe great actes for it is he that shal tread downe our enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 61 HEare my crying O God giue eare vnto my prayer From the ends of the earth wil I call vnto thee when my heart is in heauinesse O set me vp vpon the rocke that is higher then I for thou hast been my hope and a strong tower for mee against the enemie I will dwell in thy Taberanacle for euer and my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wings For thou O Lord hast heard my desires and hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name Thou shall graunt the king a long life that his yeeres may endure throughout all generations He shall dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercie and faithfulnesse that they may preserue him So will I alwalyes sing prayse bnto thy Name that I may dayly performe my vowes Nonne Deo Psal 62 MY soule truely waiteth still vpon God for of him commeth my saluation Morning prayer He berely is my strength and my saluation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall How long will ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shall be slaline all the sort of you yea as a tottering wall shall ye be and like a broken hedge Their deuice is onely how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies they giue good words with their mouth but curse with their herat Neuerthelesse my soule waite thou still vpon God for my hope is in him Hee truely is my strength and my saluation hee is my defencc so that I shall not fall In GOD is my health and my glorie the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people powre out your hearts before him for God is our hope As for the children of men they are but baine the children of men are deceitfull vpon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanitie it selfe O trust not in wrong and robberie giue not your felues vnto vanitie if riches increase set not your heart vpon them God spake once and wife I haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto God And that thou Lord art mereifull for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke Deus Deus meus Psal 63 O God thou art my God earely wil I seeke thee My soule thirsteth for thee my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no matter is Thus haue I looked for thee in holinesse that I might behold thy power and glory For thy loutng kindenesse is better then the life it selfe my lips shall prayse thee As long as I liue wil I magnifie thee on this maner and lift vp my hands in thy name My soule shall bee satisfied euen as it were with marowe and fatnesse when my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lips Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought bpon thee when I was waking Beacause thou hast beene my helper therefore vnder the shadow of my wings will I reioyce My soule hangeth vpon thee thy right hand hath vpholdeli me These also that seeke the hurt of my soule they shall go vnder the earth Lat them fal vpon the edge of the sword that they may be aportion for forces But the King shal reioyce in God all they also that sweare by him shal be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shal be stopped Exaudi Deus psal 64. Heare my boyee O God in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of the wicked doers Which haue whet their tongue like a sword and shot out there arrowes euen bitter words That they may priuily shoote at him that is perfect suddenly doe they hit him and feare not They courage themselues in mischiefe and commune among themselues hom they may lay snares and fay that no man shall see them They imagine wickednesse and practise it that they keepe secret among themselues euery man in the deep of his heart But god shal snddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded Yea their owne tongues shall make them fall in so much that who so feeth them shal laugh them to srone And all men that see it shall say This hath God done for they shall perceiue that it is his worke The rightcous shall reioyce in the Lord and put hist trust in him and all they that are true of heart shal be glad Te decet hymnus Psal 65. THou Euening prayer O God art praised in Sion and vnto thee shall the vow bee performed in Hierusalem Thou that hearest the prayer vnto thee shall all flesh come My misdeeds preuaile against me oh be thou merciful vnto our sinnes Blessed is the man whom thou choosest receiued vnto thee he shal dwel in thy court shal be satisfid with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shall shewe vs wonderfull things in thy righteousnes O God of our saluation thou that art the hope of all the endes of the earth and of them that remaine in the broad sea Which in his streangth setteth fast the mountaines and is 〈◊〉 about with power Which stilleth the raging of the Sea and the noise of his waues and the madnesse of his people They also that dwell in the vettermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and euning to praise thee Thou bistest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou waterest her furrowes thou sendest raine into the little valleyes thereof thou makest it soft with the drops of raine and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeere with thy goodnesse and thy clouds drop fatnesse They shall drop vpon the dwellings of the wildernesse and the lilttle hilles shall reioice on euery side The folds shal be ful of sheepe the ballelyes also shal stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and sing Iubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be ioyfull in God all ye lands sing praises vnto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto God O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes through the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be found liars bnto thee For all the word shal worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the morks of God how wonderfull he is in his
doing to ward the children of men He turned the sea into drie land so that they went through the water on foote there did we reioice thereof He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes behold the people and such as will not beleeue shal not be able to exalt themselues O praise our God yee people and make the voice of his prayse to be heard Which holdeth our soule in life and suffereth not out feete to slippe For thou O God hast proued vs thou also hast tried vs like as siluer is tried Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layedst trouble vpon our loynes Thou sufferedest men to ride ouer our heads wee went thorow fire and water and thou broughtest vs out into a wealthy place I will go into thy house with burnt offerings and wil pay thee my bowes which I promised with my lips and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I will offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goats O come hither and bearken all ye that feare God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue himpraises with my tongue If I incline vnto wickednesse with my heart the Lorde will not heare me But God hath heared me and considered the voyce of my prayer Praised bee God which hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercie from me Deus misereatur Psal 67 GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blcsse vs an t shewe vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto bs That thy way may be knowen bpon earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people praise thee O God yea let all the people praise thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shall iudge the folke righteoufly and gouerne the nations vpon earth Let the people prase thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God euen our owne God shall giue vs his blessing God shal blesse bs and all the ends of the world sbal feare him Exurgat Deus Psal 68. LEt God arise Morning prayer anb let his enemies bee scattered let them also that hate him slee before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shall thou briue them away and like as ware melteth at the fire so let the vngodly perith at the presence of God But let the righteous bee glad and reioyce before God let them also be ney and ioyfull O sing vnto God and sing praises vnto his Nmme magnifie him that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse praise him in his Name yea and reioyce before him He is father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of the widomes euen God in his holy habitation He is the God that maketh men to bee of one minde in an house and bringeth the prisoners out of captiuitie but letteth the runnagates continue in scarcenesse O God when thou wentest forth before the people when thou wentest through the wildernesse The earth shooke the heauens dropped at the presence of God enen as Sinai also was mooueb at the presence of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sentest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was wearie Thy congregation shall dwell therein for thou O God hast of the goodnesse prepared for the poore The Lord gaue the word great was the companie of the preachers Kings with their armies did flee and were discomfited and they of the houshold diuided the spoile Though ye haue lien among the pots yet shal ye be as the wings of a Doue that is conered with siluer wings and her feathers like golde When the Almightie scattered kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon As the hill of Basan so is Gods hill euen an high hill as the hill of Basan Why hop yee so yee high hils this is Gods hill in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea the Lord will abide in it for euer The charets of God are twenty thousand euen thousands of Angels and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai Thou art gone vp on high thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receiued gifts for men yea euen for thy enemies that the Lord might dwell among them Praised be the Lorde daily euen the God which helpeth vs and powreth his benefits vpon vs. He is our God euen the God of whom comuneth saluation God is the Lord by whom we escape death GOD shall wounde the head of his enemies and the hairie scalpe of such a one as goeth on still in his wickednesse The Lord hath said I wil bring my people againe as I did from Basan mine owne will I bring againe as I did sometime from the deepe of the sea That thy foote may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may bee red through the same It is well seene O God how thou goest howe thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuarie The singers goe before the minstrels follow after in the middest are the damosels playing with their timbrels Giue thankes O Israel vnto God the Lord in the Congregations from the ground of the heart There is litle Beniamin their ruler and the princes of Iuda their counsaile the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nephthali Thy God hath sent foorth strength for thee stablish the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy Temples sake at Hierusalem so shal Kings bring presents vnto thee When the companie of the spearemen and multitude of the mightie are scattered abroad among the beastes of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of siluer and when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre Then shall the princes come out of Egypt the Morians land shall soone stretch out her hands vnto God Sing vnto God O yee kingdomes of the earth O sing praises vnto the Lord. Which sitteth in the heauens ouer all from the beginning loe he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mightie voyce Ascribe yee the power to God ouer Isral his worship and strength is in the cloudes O God wonderfull art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Isral he will giue strength and power vnto his people blessed be God Saluum me Psal 69. SAue mee Euening prayer O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I stick fast in the deepe myre where no ground is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods run ouer me I am wearie of crying my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long vpon my God They that hate me without a canse are moe then the haires of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy
me guiltlesse are mightie I paide them the things that I neuer tooke God thou knowest my simplenesse and my faults are not hid from thee Let not them that trust in thee O Lord God of hostes be ashmmed for my cause let not those that seeke thee bee confounded through me O Lord God of Israel And why for thy sake haue I suffered reproose shame hath couered my face I am become a stranger vnto my brethren euen an aliant vnto my mothers children For the zeale of thy house hath euen eaten me and th rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen vpon me I wept and chasened my selfe with fasting and that was turned to my reproofe I put on a fackcloth also and they iested vpon me They that sit in the gate speake against me and the drunkards make songs vpon me But Lord I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable time Heare me O God in the multitude of thy mercie euen in the trueth of thy saluation Take me out of the myre that I sinke not Oh let mee be deliuered from them that hate mee and out of the deepe waters Let not the water flood drowne mee neithr let the deepe swallow mee vp and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon mee Heare me O Lord for thy louing kindnesse is comfortable turne thee vnto mee according to the multitude of thy mercies And hide not thy face from thy seruant for I am in trouble Oh haste thee and heare me Draw nigh vnto my soule and saue it Oh deliuer me because of mine enemies Thou hast knowen my reproofe my shame and my dishonour mine aduersaries are all in thy sight Thy rebuke hath broken my heart I am ful of heauines I looked for some to haue pitie on me but there was no man neither found I any to comfort me They gaue me gall to eat and when I was thirstie they gaue me vineger to drinke Let their table be made a snare to take themselues withall and let the things that should haue bene for their wealth be vnto them an occasion of falling Let their eyes be blinded that they see not and euer bow downe their backes Powre out thine indignation vpon them let thy wrathfull displeasure take hold of them Let their habitation be void and no man to dwell in their tents For they perseeute him whom thou hast smitten and they talke how they may vere them whom thou hast wounded Let them fall from one wickednesse to another and not come into thy righteousnesse Let them be wiped out of the booke of the liuing and not be wirtten among the righteous As for me when I am poore and in heauinesse thy helpe O God shall lift me vp I will praise the Name of God with a song and magnifie it with thankesgiuing This also shal please the Lord better then a bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes The humble shall consider this and be glad seeke ye after God and your soule shall liue For the Lord heareth the poore and despiseth not his prisoners Let heauen and earth praise him the sea and all that moueth therein For God will saue Sion and build the cities of Iuda that men may dwell there and haue it in possession The posteritie also of his seruants shal inherit it and they that loue his Name shall dwell therem Deus in adiutorium Psal 70. HAste thee O God to deliuer me make haste to helpe me O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seeke after my soule let them be turned backward and put to confusion that with me euill Let them for their reward be soone brought to shame that crie ouer me There there But let all those that seeke thee be ioyfull and glad in thre and let all such as delight in thy saluation say alway The Lord be praised As for me I am poore and in miserie haste thee vnto me O God Thou art my helper and my redeemer O Lord make no long tarying In te Domine speraui Psal 71. IN thee Morning prayer O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion but rid me and deliuer me in thy rigteousnesse encline thine eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castle Deliuer me O my God out of 〈◊〉 hand of the vngodly out of the hand of the vnrighteous and cruell man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I beene holden vp euer since I was borne thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal be alway of thee I am become as it where a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long Caft me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my stregth faileth me For mine enemies speake against me they that lay waite for my soule take their counsell together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliuer him Go not far frō me O God my God haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soule let them bee couered with shame and dishonour that seeke to doe me euill As for me I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more My mouth shall daily speake of thy righteousnesse and saluation for I know no end thereof I will goe fooeth in the strength of the Lord God and wil make mention of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God hast taught mee from my youth vp vntill now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous workes Forsake me not O God in mine old age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy stength vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy righteousnes O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities hast thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refresh me yea broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery side Therefore wil I praise thee and thy faithfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee will I sing vpon the Harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will be saine when I sing vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou hast deliuered My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnes all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seeke to doe me euill Deus iudicium Psal 72. GIue the king thy iudge●ents O God and thy righreousnesse vnto the kings sonne Then shall he iudge the people according vnto right and defend the poore The
concerning me for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his saints that they turne not againe For his saluation is high them that feare him that glorie may dwell in our land Mercie and trueth are met together righteousnes peace haue kissed each order Trueth shall slorish out of the earth and righteousnesse hath looked dowme from heauen Yea the Lord shall shew louing kindnesse and our land shall giue her increase Righteousnesse shall goe before him and he shall direct his going in the way Inclina Domine Psal 86. BOwe downe thine eare Morning prayer O Lord and heare mee for I am poore and in miserie Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my God saue thy seruant that putteth his trust in thee Be mercifull vnto me O Lord for I will call dayly vpon thee Comfort the soule of thy seruant for vnto thee O Lord doe I list vp my soule For thou Lord art good and gracious and of great mercie vnto all them that call vpon thee Giue eare Lord vnto my prayer and ponder the voyce of mine humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call vpon thee for thou hearest me Among the good there is none like vnto thou O Lorde there is not one that can doe as thou doest All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lord and shall glorisie thy name For thou art great and doest wonderous things thou art God alone Teach mee thy may O Lord and I will walke in thy trueth O knit my heart vnto thee that I may feare thy name I will thanke thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for euermore For great is thy mercie toward me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the nethermost hell O God the proud are risen as against me and the Congregations of naughty men haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before their eyes But thou O Lord God art full of compassion and mertie long suffering plenteous in goodnesse and trueth O turne thee then vnto mee and haue mercie vpon mee giue thy strength vnto thy seruant and helpe the sonne of thine handmaid Shew some good token vpon me for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforten me Fundamentaeius Psal 87. HEr foundations are vpon the holy hils the Lord loueth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellings of Iacob Very excellēt thigs are spokē of thee thou city of God I will thinke vpou Rahab and Babylon With them that know me Behold ye the Philistims also and they of Tyre with the Morians loe there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her and the most High shall stablish her The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth vp the people that he was borne there The fingers also and trumpetters shall hee rehearse all my fresh sprmgs shall be in thee Domine Deus Psal 88 O Lord God of my saluation I haue cryed day and night before thee O let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine eare vnto my calling For my soule is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh vnto hell I am counted as one of them that goe downe into the pit and I haue beene euen as a man that hath no strength Free among the dead like vnto them that be wounded and lie in the graue which be out of remembrance and are cut away from thy hand Thou hast layde me in the lowest pitte in a place of darkenesse and in the deepe Thine indignation lyeth hard vpon mee and thou hast bexed me with all thy stormes Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from mee and made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in prison that I cannot get foorth My sight faileth for very trouble Lord I haue called daily vpon thee I haue stretched out mine hands vnto thee Doest thou shewe wonders among the dead or shall the dead rise vp againe and praise thee Shall thy louing kindnesse be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruction Shall thy wonderous works be knowen in the darke and thy righteousnes in the land where all things are forgotten Vnto thee haue I cried O Lord and earely shall my prayer come before thee Lorde why abhorrest thou my soule and hidest thou thy face from me I am in miserie and like vnto him that is at the point to die euen from my youth vp thy terrours haue I suffered with a troubled mind Thy wrathfull displeasure goeth ouer mee and the feare of thee hath vndone me They came round about mee dayly like water and compassed me together on euery side My louers and friends hast thou put away from me and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight Misericordias Domini Psal 89. MY song shal be alway of the louing kindnesse of the Lorde with my mouth wil I euer be shewing thy trueth Euening prayer from one generation to another For I haue said Mercie shal be set vp for euer thy trueth shall thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenant with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruant Thy seede will I stablish for euer and set vp thy throne from one generation to another O Lorde the very heauens shall praise thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the Congregation of the Saints For who is hee among the clouds that shall be compared vnto the Lord And what is hee among the gods that shall bee like vnto the Lord God is very greatly to be feared in the counsel of the saints and to be had in reuerence of all them that are about him O Lord God of hostes who is like vnto thee thy trueth most mightie Lord is on euery side Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waues there of when they arise Thou hast subdued Egypt and destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mightie arme The heauens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therin is Thou hast made the North and the South Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name Thou hast a mightie arme strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand Righteteousnesse and equitie is the habitation of the ●eate mercie and trueth shall goe before thy face Blessed is the people O Lorde that can reioyce in thee they shall walke in the light of thy countenance Their delight shall dayly in thy Name and in thy righteousnesse shall they make their boast For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnesse thou shall lift vp our hornes For the Lorde is our defence the holy one of Israel is our King Thou spakest sometime in visions vnto thy Saints and saydest I haue laid helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue ixalted one chosen out of the people I haue found Dauid my seruant with
then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all gods O ye that loue the Lord see that ye hate the thing which is cuill the Lord preserueth the soules of his saints he shall deliuer them from the hand of the vngodly There is sprung vp a light for the righteous and ioyfull gladnesse for such as be true hearted Reioyce in the Lord ye righteous and giue thankes for a remembrance of his holinesse Cantate Domino Psal 98. O Sing vnto the Lord a new song Euening prayer for he hath done marueilous things With his owner right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten himselfe the victorie The Lord declared his saluation his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the ends of the world haue seene the saluation of our God Shew your sclues ioyful vnto the Lord all ye lands sing reioyce and giue thankes Prayse the Lord vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgiuing With trumpets also and shaumes O shew your selues ioy full before the Lord the king Let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the floods clap their hands and let the hilles be ioyful together before the Lord for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shall he iudge the world and the people with equitie Dominus regnauit Psal 99 The Lord is king be the people neuer so vnpatient hee sitteth betweene the Cherubinis bee the earth neuer so vnquiet The Lord is great in Sion and high aboue all peopel They shall giue thankes vnto thy name which is great wonderfull and holy The kings power loueth iudgement thou hast prepared equitie thou hast executed iudgement and righteousnesse in Iacob O magnifie the Lord our God and fall downe before his footestoole for he is holy Moses Aaron among his Pricsts and Samuel among such as call vpon his name these called vpon the Lord and he heard them He spake vnto them out of the cloudie pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gaue them Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgauest them O God and punishedst their owne inuentions O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him vpon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy Iubilate Deo Psal 100. O be ioyfull in the Lord all ye lands serue the Lord with gladnesse 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 sheepe of his pasture O goe your way into his gates with thankesgiuing and into his courts with prayse be thankefull vnto him speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercie is euerlasting and his trueth endureth from generation to generation Misericordiam iudicium Psal 101. MY song shall be of mercie and iudgement vnto thee O Lord will I sing O let me haue vnderstanding in the way of godlinesse When wilt thou come vnto me I will walke in my house with a perfit heart I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sinnes of vnfaithfulnesse there shall no such cleaue vnto me A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person Who so priuily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy Who so hath also a proud looke and high stomacke I will not suffer him Mine eyes looke vnto such as be faithfull in the land that they may dwell with me Who so leadeth a godly life he shall be my seruant There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarif in my sight I shall soone destroy all the vngodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers frō the city of the Lord. Domine exaudi Psal 102. HEare my prayer Morning prayer O Lord and let my crying come vnto thee Hide not thy face from mee in the time of my trouble encline thine eares vnto mee when I call O heare mee and that right soone For my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt vp as it were a firebrand My heart is smitten downe and withered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bread For the voice of my groning my bones will scarse cleaue to my flesh I am become like a pelicane in the wildernes and like an Owle that is in the desart I haue watched and am euen as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone vpon the house top Mine enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are mad vpon me are sworne together against me For I haue eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drinke with weeping And that because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me downe My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am withered like grasse But thou O Lord shall endure for euer and thy remembrance thoughout all generations Thou shalt arise and haue mercie vpon Sion for it is time that thou haue mercie vpon her yea the time is come And why thy seruants thinke vpon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust The heathen shall feare thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy maicstie When the Lord shall build vp Sion and when his glorie shall appeare When hee turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and des●iseth not their desire This shal be written for those that come after and the people which shal be borne shall praise the Lord. For he hath looked downe from his sanctuarie out of the heauen did the Lord behold the earth That he might heare the mournings of such as be in captiuitie and deliuer the children appointed vnto death That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Hierusalem When the people are gathered together the kingdomes also serue the Lord. He brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes But I said O my God take me not away in the middest of mine age as for thy yeeres they endure throughout all generations Thou Lord in the beginning hast laied the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy hands They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall ware old as doeth a garment And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy yeres shall not faile The children of thy seruants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight Benedicanima Psal 103. PRaise the Lord O my soule and all that is within mee prayse his holy Name Praise the Lord O my soule and forget not all his benefits Which forgiueth all thy sinne and healeth all thine infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruction
and crowneth thee with mercie and louing kindnesse Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee yong and lustie as an Eagle The Lord executeth righteousnesse and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wroug He shewed his wayes vnto Boses his workes vnto the children of Israel The Lord is full of compassion and mercie long suffering and of great goodnesse He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesse For looke howe high the heauen is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercie also toward them that feare him Looke how wide also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our sinnes from vs. Yea like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto them that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a flowre of the field For as soone as the winde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more But the mercifull goodnes of the Lord endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon childrens children Euen vpon such as keepe his couenant and thinke vpon his commandements to doe them The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kingdome ruleth ouer all O praise the Lorde yee angels of his yee that excell in strength ye that fulfill his commandement and hearken vnto the voice of his wordes O praise the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruants of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in all places of his dominion Praise thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea Psal 104. PRaise the Lord Euening prayer O my soule O Lorde my God thou art become exceeding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with light as it were with a garment and spreadest out the heauens like a curtaine Which layeth the beames of his chamber in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wings of the winde He maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire He layd the foundations of the earth that it neuer should mooue at any time Thou coueredst it with the deepe like as with a garment the waters stand in the hilles At thy rebuke they flee at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid They goe vp as high as the hilles and downe to the valleys beneath euen vnto the place which thou hast appointed for them Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither turne againe to couer the earth He sendeth the springs into the riuers which runne among the hilles All beasts of the field drinke thereof and the wilde Asses quench their thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue their habitation and sing among the branches He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of men That he may bring foode out of the earth and wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make him a cherefull countenance and bread to strengthen mans heart The trees of the Lord also are full of sap euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted Wherein the birdes make their nestes and the Firre trees are a dwelling for the Storke The high hilles are a refuge for the wilde Goates and so are the stonie rockes for the Conies Hee appointed the Moone for certaine seasons and the Sunne knoweth his going downe Thou makest darkenesse that it may be night wherein all the beasts of the forest doe mooue The Lions roaring after their pray doe seeke their meate at God The sunne ariseth and they get them away together and lay them downe in their dennes Man goeth foorth to his worke and to his labour vntill the euening O Lord how manifold are thy workes in wisedome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great beasts There goe the ships and there is that Liuiathan whom thou hast made to take his passime therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest giue them meate in due season When thou giuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled When thou takest away their breath they die and are turned againe to their dust When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renue the face of the earth The glorious Maiestie of the Lord shall endure foreuer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earth shall tremble at the looke of him if he doe but touch the hilles they shall smoke I will sing vnto the Lord as long as I liue I will praise my God while I haue my being And so shall my words please him my ioy shal be in the Lord. As for sinners they shall be consumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an end praise thou the Lord O my soule praise the Lord. Confitemini Domino Psal 105. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Morning prayer and call vpon his name tell the people what things he hath done O let your songs be of him and praise him and let your talking be of all his wonderous workes Reioyce in his holy Name let the heart of them reioyce that seek the Lord. Seeke the Lord his strength seeke his face euermore Remember the marueilous works that he hath done his wonders and the indgements of his mouth O ye seede of Abraham his seruant ye children of Iacob his chosen Hee is the Lorde our God his iudgements are in all the world He hath bene alway mindfull of his couenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations Euen the couenant that he made with Abraham and the other that he sware vnto Isahac And appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law and to Israel for an euerlasting testament Saying Vnto thee will I giue the land of Chanaan the lot of your inheritance When there were yet but a fewe of them and they strangers in the land What time as they went from one nation to another from one kingdome to another people He suffered no man to doe them wrong but reproued euen kings for their sakes Touch not mine anoynted doe my Prophets no harme Moreouer hee called for a dearth vpon the land and destroyed all the prouision of bread But hee had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bond seruant Whose feete they hurt in the stockes the yron entred into his soule Until the time came that his cause was knowen the
thy word aboue all things When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with much strength All the Kings of the earth shall prayse thce O Lord for they haue heard the words of thy mouth Yea they shall sing the wayes of the Lord that great is the glorie of the Lord. For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre off Though I walke in the middest to trouble yet shalt thou refresh mee thou shalt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the furiousnesse of mine enemies and thy right hand shal saue me The Lord shall make good his louing kindenesse toward mee yea thy mercie O Lord eudureth for euer despise not then workes of thine owne hands Domine probasti psal 139 O Lord Morning prayer thou hast searched mee out and knowen mee thou knowest my downe sitting mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughts long before Thou art about my path and about my bed and spiest out al my wayes For loe there is not a word in my toungue but thon O Lorde knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before and laid thine hand vpon me Such knowledge is too wonderfull and excellent for mee I cannot attaine vnto it Whither shall I goe then from thy spirit or whither shall I goe then from thy presence If I clime vp into heauen thou art there If go downe in hell thou art there also If I take the wings of the morning and remaine in the vttermost parts of the sea Euen there also shall thy hand leade mee and thy right hand shall hold me If I say Peraduenture the darkenesse shall couer mee then shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenesse is no darkenesse with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darknesse and light to thee are both alike For my reines are thine thou hast couered mee in my mothers wombe I will giue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefully and wonderfully made marueilous are thy works and that my soule knoweth right well My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect and in thy booke were all my members written which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsels vnto mee O God O how great is the sumine of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sand when I wake vp I am present with thee Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God Depart from me ye bloodthirstie men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy name in vaine Doe not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that rise vp against thee Yea I hate them right fore euen as though they were mine enemies Trie me O God and seeke the ground of my heart prooue me and examine my thoughts Looke well if there be any may of wickednesse in me and leade me the may euerlasting Eripe me Domine Psal 140. DEliuer me O Lord from the euill man and preserue me from the wicked man Which imagine mischiefe in their hearts and stirre vp strife all the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a Serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lips Keepe mee O Lord from the handes of the vngodly Preserue mee from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goings The proud haue laid a fanare for me and spread a net aborad with cordes yea and set traps in my way I said vnto the Lord Thou art my God heare the boyce of my prayers O Lord. O Lord God Tbou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the day of battell Let not the vngodly haue his desire O Lord let not his mischicuous imagination prosper lest they be too proud Let the mischiefe of their owne lips fall vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hotte burning coales fall vpon them let them bee cast into the fire and into the pit that they neuer rise vp againe A man full of wordes shall not prosper vpon the earth euill shall hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hilll Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore and maintaine the cause of the helelesse The righteous also shall guie thankes vnto they name and the ●ust shall continue in thy sight Domine clamaui psal 141. LOrd I call vpon thee haste thee vnto mee and consider my voyce when I crie vnto thee Let my prayer bee set foorth in thy sight as the incense and let the lifting vp of my hands be an euening facrifice Set a watch O Lorde before my mouth and keepe the doore of my lips O let not mine heart be cnclined to any euill thing let mee not be occupied in vngodly workes with the man that worke Wickednesse left I eate of such things as please them Let the righteous rather smite me friendiy and reprooue me But let not their precious balmes breake mine head yea I will pray yet against their wickednesse Let their iudges be ouerthrowen in ftony places that they may heare my wordes for they are sweete Our bones lie scattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and he weth wood vpon the earth But mine eyes looke vnto thee O Lorde God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soule Keepe mee from the snare which they haue laide for mee and from the traps of the wicked doers Let the vngodly fall into their owne nets together and let me euer escape them Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 142. ICried vnto the Lord with my voyce Euening prayer yea euen vnto the Lord did I make my supplication I powred out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble When my spirite was in heauinesse thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked haue they priuily laid a snare for me I looked also vpon my right hand and sawe there was no man that would know me I had no place to flee vnto and no man cared for my soule I cried vnto thee O Lorde and sayd thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the liuing Consider my complaint for I am brought very low O deliuer mee from my persecutours for they are too strong for me Bring my soule out of prison that I may giue thankes vnto thy name which thing if thou wilt graunt mee then shall the righteous resort vnto my companie Domine exaudi Psal 143. HEare my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnesse sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iusrified For the enemie hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my life downe to the ground hee hath laid mee in the darkenesse as the men that haue bene long dead Therefore is my spirite bexed within
of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Dan●x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Ma●h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veni●e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
selue sare wise For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man deuoure if a man take if a man exalt himselfe if a man smite you on the face I speake as concerning rebuke as though we had bene weake in this behalfe Howbeit wherein soeuer any man dare be bold I speake foolishly I dare be bold also They are Hebrewes euen so am I. They are Israelites euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. They are the ministers of Christ I speake as a foole I am more In labours more abundant in stripes aboue measure in prison more plēteously in death oft Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fortie stripes saue one Thrise was I beaten with rods I was once stoned I suffered thrise shipwracke night and day haue I beene in the deepe sea In iourneying often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in ieopardies of mine owne nation in ieopardies among the Heathen in perils in the Citie in perils in wildernesse in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren in labour and trauaile in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in colde and nakednesse beside the things which outwardly happen vnto me I am cumbred daily and doe care for all congregations Who is weake and I am not weake who is offended and I burne not If I must needes boast I will boast of the things that concerne mine infirmities The God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christ which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lie not The Gospel WHen much people were gathered together Luke 84. and were come to him out of all cities hee spake by a similitude The sower went out to sowe his seede and as hee sowed some fell by the way side and it was troden downe and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp And some fell on stones and as soone as it was fprung vp it withered away because it lacked moystnesse And some fell among thornes and the thornes sprang vp with it and choaked it And some fell on good ground and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundreth fold And as he said these things he cried He that hath cares to heare let him heare And his disciples asked him saying What maner of similitude is this And he said Vnto you it is giuen to know the secrets of the kingdom of God but to other by parables that when they see they should not see and when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The seed is the word of God Those that are beside the way are they that heare then commeth the deuil and taketh away the worde out of their hearts least they should beleeue and bee saued They on the stones are they which when they heare receiue the word with ioy and these haue no rootes which for a while beleeue and in time of temptation goe away And that which fell among thornes are they which when they haue heard goe forth and are choked with cares and riches and voluptuous liuing and bring foorth no fruite That which fell in the good ground are they which with a pure and good heart heare the word and keepe it and bring foorth fruit through patience The Sunday called Quinquagesima The Collect. O Lorde which doest teach vs that all our doings without charitie are nothing worth send thy holy Ghost and powre into our hearts that most excellent gift of charitie the very bond of peace and all vertues without the which whosoeuer liueth is counted dead before thee Graunt this for thine onely Sonne Iesus Christes sake The Epistle THough I speake with tongues of men 1 Cor. 13.1 and of Angels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tinckling Cymball And though I could prophesie and vnderstand all secrets and all knowledge yea if I haue all faith so that I could mountaines out of their places and yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestowe all my goods to feede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothing Loue suffereth long and is courteous loue enuieth not loue doeth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seeketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thinketh none euil reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyceth in the trueth suffreth all things beleeueth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Though that prophesying faile either tongues cease or knowledge vanish away yet loue falleth neuer away For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophesying is vnperfect But when that which is perfect is come then that which is vnperfect shal be done away When I was a child I spake as a child I vnderstood as a child I imagined as a child But assoone as I was a man I put away childishnesse Nowe wee see in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shall we see face to face Now I know vnperfectly But then shall I know euen as I am knowen Now abideth faith hope and loue euen these three but the chiefe of these is loue The Gospel IEsus tooke vnto him twelue and sayd vnto them Beholde Lu. 18.31 wee goe vp to Hierusalem and all shall bee fulfilled which are written by the Prophetes of the sonne of man For hee shall be deliuered vnto the Gentiles and shall bee mocked and despightfully intreated and spitted on And when they haue scourged him they will put him to death and the third day hee shall rise againe And they vnderstood none of these things And this saying was hid from them so that they perceiued not the things which were spoken And it came to passe that as hee was come nigh to Iericho a certaine blind man sate by the high way side begging And when hee heard the people passe by he asked what it meant And they sayd vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercie on me And they which went before rebuked him that hee should holde his peace But he cried so much the more Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And Iesus stood still and commaunded him to be brought vnto him And when he was come neere he asked him saying What will thou that I doe vnto thee And he sayd Lord that I might receiue my sight And Iesus sayde vnto him Receiue thy sight thy faith hath saued thee And immediately hee receiued his sight and followed him praising God And all the people when they saw it gaue prayse vnto God The first day of Lent The Collect. ALmightie euerlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and doest forgiue the sinnes of al them that be penitent create and make in vs new and contrite hearts that we woorthily lamenting our sinnes and knowledging our wretchednesse may obtaine of thee the God of al mercy perfect remission and forgiuenes through Iesus Christ The Epistle TVrne you vnto me with all your hearts with
I thanke thee that I am not as other men are extortioners vniust adulterers or as this Publicane I fast twise in the weeke I giue tithe of all that I possesse And the Publicane standing afarre off woulde not lift vp his eyes to heauen but smote his breast saying God be mercifull to me a sinner I tell you this man departed home to his house iustified more then the other For euery man that exalteth himselfe shall be brought lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted The xij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which art alwayes more ready to heare then we to pray and art wont to giue more then either we desire or deserue powre downe vpon vs the abundance of thy mercie forgiuing vs those things whereof our conscience is afraid and giuing vnto vs that that our prayer dare not presume to aske through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle SVch trust haue wee through Christ to God-ward 2. Cor. 3.4 not that we are sufficient of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues but if wee bee able vnto any thing the same commeth of God which hath made vs able to minister the new Testament not of the letter but of the spirit For the letter killeth but the spirit giueth life If the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not beholde the face of Moses for the glorie of his con̄tenance which glory is done a way why shall not the ministration of the spirit bee much more glorious For if the ministration of condemnation be glorious much more doeth the ministration of righteousnes exceed in glory The Gospel IEsus departed from the coastes of Tyre and Sidon Mar. 7.31 and came vnto the Sea of Galilee through the mids of the coastes of the ten cities And they brought vnto him one that was deafe and had an impediment in his speech and they prayed him to put his hande vpon him And when he had taken him aside from the people hee put his fingers into his eares and did spit and touched his tongue and looked vp to heauen and sighed and said vnto him Ephata that is to say Bee opened And straightway his eares were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spake plaine And he commanded them that they should tell no man But the more hee forbade them so much the more a great deale they published saying He hath done all things well he hath made both the dease to heare and the dumbe to speake The xiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. ALmighty and merciful God of whose onely gift it commeth that thy faithfull people doe vnto thee true and laudable seruice Grant we beseech thee that we may so runne to thy heauenly promises that wee faile not finally to attaine the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TO Abraham and his seed were the promises made He faith not Gal. 3.16 In his seedes as many but in thy seede as of one which is Christ This I say that the law which began afterward beyond foure hundred thirty yeeres doeth not disanull the Testament that was confirmed afore of God vnto Christward to make the promise of none effect For if the inheritance come of the lawe it commeth not now of promise But God gaue it to Abraham by promise Wherefore then serueth the law The lawe was added because of transgression till the seed came to whom the promise was made and it was ordained by Angels in the hand of a Mediatour A mediatour is not a mediatour of one but God is one Is the Law then against the promise of God God forbid For if there had been a Law giuen which could haue giuen life then no doubt righteousnes should haue come by the law But the Scripture concludeth all things vnder sinne that the promise by the faith of Iesus Christ should bee giuen to them that beleeue The Gospel HAppie are the eyes which see the things that yee see For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings haue desired to see those things which yee see Luke 10.23 and haue not seene them and to heare those things which yee heare haue not heard them And behold a certaine lawyer stood vp and tempted him saying Master what shall I do to inherite eternall life Hee sayd vnto him What is written in the lawe How readest thou And he answered and said Loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy strength with all thy minde and thy neighbour as thy selfe And he said vnto him Thou hast answered right this doe and thou shall liue But he willing to iustifie himselfe sayd vnto Iesus And who is my neighbour Iesus answered and sayd A certaine man descended from Hierusalem to Iericho and fell among theeues which robbed him of his raiment wounded him and departed leauing him halfe dead And it chanced that there came down a certaine Priest that same way and when he saw him he passed by And likewise a Leuite when hee went nigh to the place came and looked on him and passed by But a certaine Samaritane as he iourneyed came vnto him and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him and bound vp his wounds and powred in oyle and wine and set him on his owne beast and brought him to a common Inne made prouision for him And on the morrow when hee departed hee tooke out two pence and gaue them to the hoste and said vnto him Take cure of him and whatsoeuer thou spendest more when I come againe I will recompense thee Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbour vnto him that fell among the theeues And he said vnto him He that shewed mercie on him Then said Iesus to him Goe and doe thou likewise The xiiij Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. ALmighty and euerlasting God giue vnto vs the increase of faith hope and charitie and that wee may obtaine that which thou doest promise make vs to loue that which thou doest cōmand through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Say Gal. 5.16 walke in the spirit and fulfill not the lust of the flesh For the flesh lusteth contrarie to the spirit and the spirit contrary to the flesh These are contrary one to the other so that ye cannot doe whatsoeuer ye would But and if ye be led of the spirit then are yee not vnder the law The deeds of the flesh are manifest which are these Adultery fornication vncleannesse wantonnesse worshipping of images witchcraft hatred variance zeale wrath strife seditions sects enuying murder drunkennesse gluttonie and such like of the which I tel you before as I haue told you in times past that they which commit such things shall not be inheritors of the kingdome of God Contrarily the fruit of the spirit is loue ioy peace long suffering gentlenesse goodnesse faithfulnesse
and they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no man ioyne himselfe to them neuerthelesse the people magnified them The number of them that beleeued in the Lord Act. 5.12 both of men and women grewe more and more in so much that they brought the sicke into the streetes and laide them on beddes and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter when he came by might shadow some of them There came also a multitude out of the cities round about vnto Hierusalem bringing sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirits and they were healed euery one The Gospel AND there was a strife among them Luk. 22.24 which of them should seeme to bee the greatest And hee said vnto them The kings of nations reigne ouer them and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lords but yee shall not so be But he that is greatest among you shal be as the yonger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth minister For whether is greater hee that sitteth at meate or hee that serueth Is not hee that sitteth at meate But I am among you as one that ministreth Yee are they which haue bidden with me in my temptations And I appoint vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appointed vnto me that ye may eat and drinke at my table in my kingdome and sit on seates iudging the twelue tribes of Israel Saint Matthew Apostle The Collect. ALmightie God which by thy blessed sonne didst call Matthew from the receite of custome to bee an Apostle and Euangelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desires and inordinate loue of riches and to follow thy said sonne Iesus Christ who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle SEeing that wee haue such an office 2. Cor. 4.1 euen as God hath had mercie on vs we goe not out of kinde but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftinesse neither handle we the word of God deceitfully but open the trueth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God If our Gospel be yet hid it is hid among them that are lost in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which beleeue not lest the light of the Gospel of the glorie of Christ which is the image of God should shine vnto them For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to bee the Lord and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake For it is God that commandeth the light to shine out of darkenesse which hath shined in our hearts for to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christ The Gospel ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence Ma●● 9 hee saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receit of custome and he said vnto him Follow me And hee arose and followed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many Publicanes also and sinners that came sate downe with Iesus and his disciples And when the Pharises saw it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your master with Publicaues and sinners But when Iesus heard that he said vnto them They that bee strong neede not the Physicion but they that are sicke Goe yee rather and learne what that meaneth I will haue mercie and not sacrifice For I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Saint Michael and all Angels The Collect. EVerlasting God which hast ordeined and constituted the feruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull order Mercifully graunt that they which alway doe thee secuice in heaven may by thy appointment succour and defend vs in earth through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle THere was a great battell in heaven Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragon Apo. 12.7 and the Dragon fought with his Angels and preuailed not neither was theri place found any more in heauen And the great Dragon that olde Serpent called the deuill and Satanas was cast out which deeciueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out alst with him And I heard a lowde voyce saying In heauen is now made s aluation and strength and the kingdome of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before God day and night And they ouercame him by the blood of the Lambe and by the word of their testimonie and they loued not their liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce yee heavens and yee that dwell in them Woe vnto the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuill is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short time The Gospel AT the same time came the disciples vnto Iesus Mat. 18.1 saying who is the greatest in the kindome of heauen Iesus called a child vnto him and set him in the middest of them and said Verely I say vnto you except ye turne and become as children yee shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen Whoseuer this childe that same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen And whoseuer receiueth such a childe in my name receiueth me But who so doeth offend one of these little ones which beleeue in mee it were better for him that amilstone were hanged about his necke and that hee were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the World because of offences Necessarie it is that offences come but wo vnto the man by whom the offence commeth Wherefore if thy hand or thy foote hinder thee cut thm off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halte or maymed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hands or two feete be cast into euerlasting fire And if thing eye offend thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then Having two eyes to be cast into hell fire Take heede that ye despise not one of these little ones For I say vnto you that in heauen their Angels doe alwayes behold the face of my Father which is in heauen Saint Luke the Euangelist The Collect. AL mighty God which calledst Luke the Physitton whose praise is in the Gospel to be a Physition of the soule it may plese thee by the wholesome medicines of his doctrine to heale all the diseases of our soules through thy sonne Iesus Christ Lord. The Epistle WAtch thou in al things 2. Tim. 4.5 suffer afflictions doe the worke throughly of an Evangelist fulfil thine office vnto to the vttermost Besober For I am now ready to be offred and the time of my departing is at hand I haue fought a good fight I haue fulfilled my couse I haue kept the faith From henceforth there is laid vp for mee a crowne of rightousnesse which the Lord
by his rising to life againe hath restored to vs euerlasting life Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the Ascention day and seuen dayes after THrough thy most dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to al his Apostles and in their fight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither might we also aseend and raigne with him in glory Therefore with Angels gels and Archangels c. Vpon Whitsunday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came downe this day from heauen with a sudden great sound as it had beene a mightie winde in the likenesse of fierie tongues lighting vpon the Apostles to teach them and to leade them to all trueth giuing them both the gift of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preaech the Gospel vnto al nations wherby we are brought out of darknesse and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is is very meet right and out bounden duety that we should at all times in all places giue thankes to thee O Lord almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one Lord not one onely person but three persons in one substance For that whicht we beleeue of the glory of the father the same we beleeue of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost without any difference or inequalite Therefore c. After which prefaces shall follow immediately THerfore with angels and archangels and with al the companie of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euer more praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hostes Heauen and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shal the Priest kneeling down at Gods board say in the name of al them that shal receiue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnesse but in thy manifold great mercies Wee bee not worthy so much as to gather vp the 〈◊〉 vnder thy table But thou art the same Lord whose propertie is alwayes to haue merry graunt vs therefore gracious Lord so to eate the flesh of thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke the blood that our sinful bodies may be made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious blood and that we may euermore dwell in him and he in vs Amen Then the Priest standing vp shall say as followeth ALmightie God our heauenty Father which of thy tender mercie diddest giue thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ to suffer death vpon the Crosse for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himselfe once offered a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospell commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorie of that his precious death vntil his conuning agane Heare vs o mercifull Father wee beseech thee and graunt that wee receiuing these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christes holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may bee partakers of his most blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to his Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is giuen for you doe this in remembrance of me Like wise after supper he tooke the cup and when hee had giuen thankes hee gaue it to them saying Drinke yee all of this for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remissin of sinnes doe this as off as ye shall drinke it in remembrance of me Then shall the Minister first receiue the Communion in both kinds himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers if any bee there present that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in their hands kneeling And when hee deliuereth the bread he shall say The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was giuen for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and take and eate this in remembrance that Christ dyed for thee and feede on him in thine heart by faith with thankesgiuing And the Minister that deliuereth the cup shall say The blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which was shed for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and drinke this in remembrance that Christs blood was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shall the Priest say the Lords prayer the people repeating after him euery petition After shall be sayd as followeth O Lord heauenly Father wee thy humble feruants entirely desire thy fatherly goodnesse mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of prayse and thankesgiuing most humbly beseeching thee to graunt that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his blood wee and all thy whole Church may obtaine remission of our sinnes and all other benefites of his passion And here we offer and present vnto thee O Lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly beseeching thee that all wee which be partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy gracc and heauenly benediction And although we be vnworthy through our manifold sinnes to offer vuto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duetie and seruice not weighing our merites but pardoning our offences though Iesus Christ our Lorde by whom with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O Farther almightie world without end Amen Or this ALmighty and euerliuing God we most heartily thanke thee that thou doest bouchsafe to feede vs which haue duely receiued these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious boby and bloob of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ doest assure vs thereby of thy fauour and goodnes to ward vs and that wee be very members incorporate in thy mysticall body which is the blessed company of all faithfull people and be also heires though hope of thy euerlisting kingdome by the merites of the most precious death and passion of thy deare Sonne wee now most humbly beseech thee O heauenly Father so to assist vs with thy grace that we many continue in that holy felowship and doe all such good works as thou hast prepared for vs to walk in through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Then shall be said or sung GLorie be to God on hie in earth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie
that thou hast done O consider this yee that forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to deliuer you Who so offereth me thankes and prayse honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conuersation right will I shew the saluation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51 HAue mercie vpon mee O God after thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of the mercies doe away mine offences Wash me thoughly from my wickednesse and clense mee from my sinne For I knowledge my faultes my sin is euer before me Aganst thee onely haue I sinned and done this euil in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and cleare when thou art iudged Behdold I mas shapen in wickednesse in sinne hath my mother couceiued me But loc thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shall make me to vndestand wisedome secretly Thou shalt purge me with Hysope and I shall be cleane thou shall wash me and I shal be whiter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare of ioy and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce Turne thy face from my sinnes and put out all my misdeedes Make mee a cleane heart O God and renew a rght spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me O giue me the comfort of the helpe againe and stablish me with thy free spirit Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloodgiltinesse O God thou that art the God of my health my tongue shal sing of thy righteousnes Thou shall open my lips O Lord and my month shall shew thy prayse For thou desirest no sacrifice els would I giue it thee but thou delightest not in burnt offerings The sacrfice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shall thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the Walles of Hierusalem Then shall thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousnesse with the burnt offerings and oblations then shall they offer yong bullocks vpon thine altar Quid gloriaris Plal. 52. WHy boastest thou thy selfe thou tyrant that thou canst doe mischiefe Whereas the goodnesse of God endureth yet dayly Thy tongue imagineth wickednesse and with lies thou cuttest like a sharpe rasor Thou hast loued vnrighteousnesse more then goodnesse and to talke of lies more then righteousnesse Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may doe hurt O thou false tongue Therefore shall God destroy thee for euer hee shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwlling and roote thee out of the land of the liuing The roghteous also shall see this and feare and sal laugh him to scorne Loe this is the man that tooke not Goo for his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himselfe in his wickednesse As for me I am like a greene Oliue tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercie of God for euer euer I will alwayes giue thankes vnto thee for that thou halst done and I will hope in thy name for thy saints like it well Dixit insipiens psal 53. THe foolish bodie hath sayd in his heart there is no God Euening prayer Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickednsse there is none that doeth good God looked down from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are altogethee become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one Are not they without vnderstanding that worke wickednesse eating vp my people as if they would eate bread they haue not called vpon God They were aftaide where no feare was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast pnt them to confision because God hath despised them Oh that the Saluation were giuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliuer his people out of captiuitie Then should Iacob reioyce and Israel should bee right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54 SAue me O God for thy names sake and auenge mee in thy strength Heare my prayer O God hearken vnto the words of my mouth For strangers are risen vp against me and tyrants which haue not God before their eyes seeke after my soule Beholde God is my helper the Lorde is with them that vphold my soule Hee shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy trueth An offering of a free heart will I giue thee and prayse thy name O Lord because it is so comfortable For hee hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene his desire vpon mine enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 55 HEare my prayer O God and hide not thy selfe from my petition Take heede vnto me and heare me howe I mourne in my prayer and am vexed The enemine crieth so and the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are minded to doe me some mischiefe so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon mee and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde Oh that I had wings like a Doue for then would I slee away and be at rest Loe then would I get me away farre off and remaine in the wildernesse I would make haste to escape because of the stormie wind and tempest Destroy their tongues O Lord and diuide them for I haue spied vnrighteousnesse and strife in the citie Day and night they goe about within the walles threof misehiefe also and sorow are in the middes of it Wickednesse is therein deceite and gutle go not out of their streetes For it is not an open enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I could haue borne it Neither was it mine aduersarie that did magnifie himselfe against me for then peraduenture I would haue hid my selfe from him But it was euen thou my companion my guide and mine owne famihar friend Wee tooke sweete counsell together walked in the house of God as friends Let death come hastily vpon them let them goe downe quicke into hell for wickednesse is in their dwellings and among them As for mee I will call vpon God and the Lord shall saue me In the euening morning and at noone day will I pray and that instantly and he shall heare my voyce It is hee that hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battaile that was against me for thre were many with me Yea euen God that endureth for euer shall shall heare me and bring them downn for they will not turne nor feare God Hee laid his hands vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenant The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauing warre in his heart his words were smoother then oyle
let it fall among their tents euen round about their habitation So they did eate and were well filled for hee gaue them their owne desire they were not disappointed of their lust But while the meat was yet in their mouthes the heauie wrath of God came vpon them flue the wealthiest of them yea and smote downe the chosen men that were in Israel But for all this they sinned yet more and beleeued not his wonderous workes Therefore their dayes did he consume in vanitie and their yeeres in trouble When hee flewe them they sought him and turned them earely and enquired after God And they remembred that God was their strength and that the high God was their redeemer Neuerthelesse they did but flatter him with their mouth and dissembled with him in their tongue For their heart was not whole with him neither continued they stedfast in his couenant But he was so mercifull that forgaue their misdeedes and destroyed them not Yea many a time turned hee his wrath away and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise For hee considered that they were but flesh and that they were euen a winde that passeth away and commeth not againe Many a time did they prouoke him in the wildernesse and grieued him in the desert They turned backed and tempted God and mooued the holy one in Israel They thought not of his hande and of the day when hee deliuered them from the hand of the enemie How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan He turned their waters into blood so that they might not drinke of the riuers He sent lice among them and deuoured them vp frogs to destroy them He gaue their fruite vnto the Caterpiller and their labour vnto the Grashopper He destroyed their Vines with hailestones and their Mulberie trees with the frost He smote their cattel also with hailestones and their flocks with hot thunderbolts He cast vpon them the furiousnesse of his wrath anger displeasure and trouble and sent euill angels among them Hee made a way to his indignation and spared not their soule from dearth but gaue their life ouer to the pestilence And smote all the first borne in Egypt the most principall and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. But as for his owne people he led them foorth like sheepe and caried them in the wildernesse like a slocke He brought them out safely that they should not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the sea And brought them within the borders of his Sanctuarie euen to his mountaine which hee purchased with his right hand He cast out the heathen also before them caused their land to be diuided among them for an heritage and made the tribes of Isael to dwell in their tents So they tempted and displeased the most high God and kept not his testimonies But turned their backes and fell away like their forefathers starting aside like a broken bow For they grieued him with their hill altars and prouoked him to displeasure with their images When God heard this he was wroth and tooke fore displeasure at Israel So that he forsooke the Tabernacle in Slid euen the rent that he had pitched among them He deliuered their power into captiuitie and their beautie into the enemies hand Hee gaue his people ouer also vnto the sworde and was wroth with his inheritance The fire consumed their young men and their maydens were not giuen to mariage Their Priests were slaine with the sword and three were no widowes to make lamentation So the Lord awaked as one out of sleepe and like a Giant refreshed with wine Hee smote his enemies in the hinder parts and put them to a perpetuall shame He refused the Tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim But chose the tribe of Iuda euen the hill of Sion which he loued And there he builded his temple on high and laid the foundation of it like the ground which he hath made continually He chose Dauid also his seruant and tooke him away from the sheepe foldes As he was following the Ewes great with yong ones he tooke him that he might feede Iacob his people and Israel his inheritance So he fed them with a faithfull and true heart and ruled them prudently with all his power Deus venerunt Psal 79. O God Morning prayer the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple haue they defiled and made Hierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy feruants haue they giuen to be meate vnto the foules of the ayre and the flesh of thy saints vnto the beastes of the land Their blood haue they shed like water on euery side of Hierusalem and there was no man to burie them Wee are become an open shame to our enemies a very scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs. Lorde how long wilt thou bee angrie shal thy ielousie burne like fire for euer Power out thine indignation vpon the heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vnto thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and laid waste his dwelling place O remember not our old sinnes but haue mercie vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great miserie Helpe vs O God of our saluation for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and be mercifull vnto our sinnes for thy names sake Wherefore doe the heathen say where is now their God O let the bengeance of thy seruants blood that is shed be openly shewed vpon the heathen in our sight O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee according to the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to die And for the blasphemie where with our neighbours haue blasphemed thee reward thou them O Lord seuen fold into their bosome So we that be thy people and sheepe of thy pastare shall giue thee thankes for euer and will alway be shewing foorth thy prayse from generation to generation Qui regis Israel Psal 80. HEare O thou shepheard of Israel thou that leadest Ioseph like a sheepe shew thy selfe also thou that fittest vpon the Cherubims Before Ephraim Beniamin and Manasses stirre vp thy strength and come and helps vs. Turne vs againe O God shew the light of thy countenance and we shal be whole O Lord God of hostes how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth Thou feedest them with the br●au of teares and giuest them plenteousnesse of teares to or●ke Thou hast made vs a very ●rife vnto our neighbours and our enemies laugh vs to scorue Turne vs againe thou God of hosies shewe the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it Thou madest room● for it and when it had taken roote it filled the land The hils were couered with the shadowe of it and the boughes thereof were like the goodly Cedar
word of the Lord tryed him The king sent and deliuered him the prince of the people let him goe free Hee made him lorde also of his house and ruler of all his substance That he might informe his princes after his wil and teach his Senators wisedome Israel also came into Egypt and Iacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruely with his seruants Then sent hee Moses his seruant and Aaron whome hee had chosen And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of ham He sent darkenesse and it was darke and they were not obedient vnto his word He turned their waters into blood and slue their fish Their land brought forth frogs yea euen in their kings chambers He spake the word and there came all maner of flies and lite in all their quarters Hee gaue them hailestones for raine and flames of fire in their land He smote their vines also and figge trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts Hee spake the word and the grashoppers came and caterpillers innumerable and did eate vp all the grasse in their land and deuoured the fruite of their ground He smote all the first borne in their land euen the chiefe of all their strength Hee brought them foorth also with siluer and golde there was not one feeble person among their tribes Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraide of them He spread out a cloud to be a couering and fire to giue light in the night season At their desire he brought quailes and he filled them with the bread of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that riuers ran in dry places For why he remembred his holy promise and Abraham his seruant And hee brought forth his people with ioy and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the landes of the heathen and they tooke the labours of the people in possession That they might keepe his statutes obserue his lawes Confitemini Domino Psal 106. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Euening Prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord or shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that alway keepe iudgement and doe righteousnesse Remember me O Lord according to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite mee with thy saluation That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnes of thy people giue thankes with thine inheritance We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly Our fathers regarded not thy woonders in Egypt neither kept they thy great goodnesse in remembrance but were disobedient at the sea euen at the red sea Neuerthelesse he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowen He rebuked the red sea also and it was dryed vp so hee led them through the deepe as thorow a wildernesse And hee saued them from the aduersaries hand and deliuered them from the hand of the enemie As for those that troubled them the waters oucrwhelmed them there was not one of them left Then beleeued they his words and sang praise vnto him But within a while they forgat his works and would not abide his counsell But lust came vpon them in the wildernesse and they tempted God in the desart And he gaue them their desire and sent leanncsse withall into their soule They angred Moses also in the tentes and Aaron the Saint of the Lord. So the earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan and couered the congregation of Abiram And the fire was kindled in their companie the flame burnt vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten image Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calf● that eateth hay And they forgate God their Sauiour which had done so great things in Egypt Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearefull things by the red sea So he said he would haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stande before him in the gap to turne away his wrathfull indignation lest he should destroy them Yea they thought scorne of that pleasant land and gaue no credence vnto his word But murmured in their tents and hearkened not vnto the voice of the Lord. Then lift hee vp his hande against them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernesse To cast out their seede among the nations and to scatter them in the lands They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offerings of the dead Thus they prouoked him to anger with their owne inuentions and the plague was great among them Then stood vp Phinees prayed and so the plague ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnes among all posterities for euermore They angred him also at the waters of strife so that hee punished Moses for their sakes Because they prouoked his spirit so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lorde commanded them But were mingled among the heathen and learned their workes In so much that they worshipped their idols which turned to their owne decay yea they offered their sonnes and daughters vnto deuils And shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whome they offered vnto the woles of Chanaan and the land was defiled with blood Thus were they stained with their owne workes went a whoring with their owne inuentions Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people in so much that he abhorred his owne inheritance And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them were lords ouer them Their enemies oppressed them had them in subiection Many a time did he deliuer them but they rebelled against him with their owne inuentions and were brought downe in their wickednesse Neuerthelesse when hee saw their aduersitie hee heard their complaint Hee thought vpon his couenant and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea hee made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O Lord our God and gather vs from among the heathen that we may giue thanks vnto thy holy Name and make our boast of thy praise Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlasting and world without end and let all the people say Amen Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Giue thankes vnto the Lorde Morning prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Let them giue thankes whom the Lord hath redeemed deliuered from the hand of the enemie And gathered them out of the lands from the East and from the West from the North and from the South They went astray in the wildernesse out of the way and found no citie to dwell in Hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in