worlde seeth hym not neyther knoweth hym But ye knowe hym for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you I will not leaue you comfortles but wyll come to you Yet a lytle whyle and the worlde seeth me no more but ye see me For I lyue and ye shall lyue That daye shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hathe my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I will loue him and will shewe myne owne selfe vnto hym ¶ Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Euensong Psalm Ciiii. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges Psalm Cxlv. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges ¶ Monday in Whitson weke O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we oure selfes we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O Goe your waye into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into his courtes with prayse be thankefull vnto hym and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercy is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ¶ God whiche c. As vpon Whitsondaye The Epistle THen Peter opened his mouth and sayd of a trueth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persones with God but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sente vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesu Christe whiche is Lorde ouer all thynges whiche preaching was published throughout all Iewry and beganne in Galile after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached howe God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goste and with power Whiche Iesus wente about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuill For God was with him And we are witnesses of all thinges whiche he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whome they slewe and hanged on tree Hym God raysed vp the thirde day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for thesame entente which did eate and drinke with hym after he arose from death And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordayned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead To hym geue all the Prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shal receiue remission of synnes Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy gost fell on all them whiche heard the preaching And they of the circumcisiō which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the gentiles also was shedde out the gifte of the holy gost For they heard them speake with tongues magnifye God Then aunswered Peter can any man forbid water that these should not be baptised whiche haue receyued the holy gost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptised in the name of the Lorde Then prayed they hym to tarye a fewe dayes The Gospell SO God loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sōne that whosoeuer beleueth in him should not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condemne the worlde but that the worlde through him myght be saued He that beleueth on hym is not condēned But he that beleueth not is condemned already because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of God And this is the condemnacion that lyght is come into the worlde and men loued darkenes more then lyght because theyr dedes were euill For euery one that euill doeth hateth the light neyther cummeth to the light leste his dedes should be reproued But he that doeth trueth cummeth to the light that his dedes may be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ¶ Tuesday ¶ At the communion MY song shall be of mercye and iudgemente vnto thee O Lorde will I syng O let me haue vnderstandyng in the way of Godlynes When wilt thou come vnto me I wyll walke in my house with a perfect heart I will take no wicked thing in hande I hate the sinnes of vnfaythfulnes there shall no suche cleaue vnto me A frowarde heart shall departe from me I wyll not knowe a wicked person Whoso prieuely slaundreth his neyghbour hym wyll I destroy Whoso hath also a proude looke and an hie stomake I will not suffre him Myne iyes looke vnto suche as be faythfull in the lande that they may dwell with me Whoso leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunt There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarye in my syght I shal soone destroy al the vngodly that are in the lande that I may roote out all wicked doers from the citie of the Lorde Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginnyng c. The Collect. God whiche c. As vpon whitsonday The Epistle WHen the Apostles whiche were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria had receyued the word of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn Which when they were come downe praied for thē that they myght receyue the holy gost For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christ Iesu Thē layde they theyr handes on them they receyued the holy goste The Gospell VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in by the doore into the shepefold but climeth vp some other waye thesame is a thefe and a murtherer But he that entreth in by the doore is the shepheard of the shepe To him the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he calleth his owne shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sent furthe his owne shepe he goeth before them and the shepe folow him for they knowe his voyce A straunger will they not folowe but will flye from him for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstoode not what thynges they were whiche he spake vnto them Then sayed Iesus vnto them agayne verely verely I saye vnto you I am the doore of the shepe All euē as many as came before me are theues and murtherers but the shepe dyd not heare them I am the doore by me yf any enter in he shal be safe and shal goe in and out and fynde pasture A thefe cummeth not but for to steale kill and destroy I am come that they myght haue lyfe that they myght haue it more
to passe then looke vp and lyft vp youre heades for your redempcion draweth nye And he shewed them a similitude behold the figtree all other trees when they shoote furth theyr buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that summer is then nye at hand So likewise ye also whē ye se these thinges come to passe be sure that the kingdom of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generacion shall not passe till all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe ¶ The thirde sonday HEare me when I call O God of my righteousnes thou hast set me at libertie when I was in trouble haue mercie vpon me and hearken vnto my prayer O ye sonnes of men how long will ye blaspheme myne honour and haue suche pleasure in vanitie and seke after leasyng Knowe this also that the Lorde hath chosen to himselfe the manne that is godly when I call vpon the Lorde he will heare me Stande in awe and sinne not common with your owne heart and in your chamber and be still Offer the sacrifice of righteousnes and put your trust in the Lorde There bee many that will saye who will shewe vs any good Lorde lift thou vp the lyght of thy countenaunce vpon vs. Thou hast put gladnes in myne hearte sence the tyme that theyr corne and wyne and oyle increased I will lay me downe in peace and take my reste for it is thou Lorde onelye that makest me to dwell in safetie Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee geue eare to our prayers and by thy gracious visitacion lyghten the darkenesse of oure hearte by our Lorde Iesus Christ The Epistle LEt a man this wise esteme vs euē as the ministers of Christe and stewardes of the secretes of God Furthermore it is required of the stewardes that a man be found faithful with me it is but a very smal thyng that I shoulde bee iudged of you eyther of mannes iudgement no I iudge not myne owne selfe for I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lorde that iudgeth me Therfore iudge nothing before the tyme vntil the lorde come whiche will lighten thinges that are hidde in darkenes and open the counsayls of the heartes and then shall euery man haue prayse of god The Gospell WHen Iohn beyng in prieson hearde the woorkes of Christe he sent two of his disciples and sayed vnto hym Art thou he that shall come or doe we looke for an other Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto them Goe and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene The blynd receyue theyr sight the lame walke the Lepers are clensed and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp the poore receiue the glad tydinges of the gospell and happye is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concernyng Iohn what went ye out into the wildernes to see A reede that is shaken with the winde or what went ye out for to see A man clothed in softe raymet beholde they that weare softe clothyng are in kynges houses But what wente ye out for to see a Prophete verely I saye vnto you and more then a Prophete For this is he of whome it is written behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee ¶ The fourth Sondaye POnder my woordes O Lorde consider my meditacion O harken thou vnto the voyce of my callyng my kyng and my God for vnto thee will I make my prayer My voice shalt thou heare betymes O Lorde early in the mornyng wyll I direct my prayer vnto thee and wyll looke vp For thou art the God that hath no pleasure in wyckednes neyther shall any euill dwell with thee Suche as be foolyshe shall not stande in thy syght for thou hatest all them that worke vanitie Thou shalt destroy them that speake leasyng the Lord wyll abhorre both the bloud thirsty and deceyptfull man But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare wyll I wurship towarde thy holy temple Leade me O Lorde in thy ryghteousnes because of myne enemyes make thy waye playne before my face For there is no faithfulnes in his mouth their inwarde partes are very wickednes Their throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue Destroy thou them O God let them peryshe through theyr owne imaginacions cast them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlines for they haue rebelled against thee And let all them that put theyr trust in thee reioyce they shal euer be geuing of thākes because thou defendest them they that loue thy name shal be ioyfull in thee For thou Lorde wylt geue thy blessyng vnto the ryghteous and with thy fauorable kyndnes wylt thou defende him as with a shielde Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. LOrde rayse vp we praye thee thy power and come among vs and with great might succor vs that where as through our synnes and wickednes we be fore lette and hyndred thy bountiful grace and mercy through the satisfaccion of thy sonne oure Lorde maye spedely delyuer vs to whome with thee and the holy gost be honor and glory worlde without ende The Epistle REioyce in the Lorde alwaye and agayne I say reioyce Let your softnes bee knowen vnto all men the Lord is euen at hande Be carefull for nothing but in all prayer and supplicacion let youre peticions be manifest vnto God with geuing of thankes And the peace of God which passeth al vnderstandyng kepe your heartes and myndes through Christ Iesu The Gospell THys is the recorde of Iohn when the Iewes sent priestes and Leuites from Ierusalem to aske him what art thou And he confessed and denied not and sayed plainly I am not Christ And they asked hym what then art thou Helyas and he sayeth I am not Art thou that Prophete he aunswered no. Then sayed they vnto him what art thou that we may geue an aunswere vnto them that sent vs what sayest thou of thy selfe he sayd I am the voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes make straight the way of the Lorde as sayd the Prophete Esay And they which were sent were of the Phariseis and they asked hym and sayde vnto hym why baptisest thou then if thou be not Christe nor Helias neyther that Prophete Iohn aunswered them saying I baptise with water but there standeth one among you whome ye knowe not he it is which though he came after me was before me whose shooe latchet I am not worthy to vnlooce These thynges were doen at Bethabara beyond Iordan where Iohn did baptise Proper Psalmes and lessons on Christmas day ¶ At Mattins Psal xix
the heauens Glory and wurship are before hym power and honour are in his sanctuary Ascribe vnto the Lorde O ye kynreds of the people ascribe vnto the Lorde worship and power Ascribe vnto the Lorde the honour due vnto his name bryng presentes and come into his courtes O woorshyp the Lorde in the beautie of holynes let the whole earth stande in awe of hym Tell it out among the Heathen that the lorde is kyng and that it is he whiche hathe made the rounde worlde so fast that it cannot be moued and howe that he shall iudge the people righteously Let the heauens reioyce and let the yearth be glad let the sea make a noyse and all that therein is Let the fielde bee ioyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the Lorde For he cummeth for he cummeth to iudge the yearth and with righteousnes to iudge the worlde and the people with his trueth Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. O God whiche by the leadyng of a starre diddest manyfeste thy onelye begotten sonne to the Gentiles Mercifully graunt that we which know thee now by faythe maye after thys lyfe haue the fruicion of thy glorious Godhead through Christ our Lorde The Epistle FOr thys cause I Paule am a pryesoner of Iesus Christe for you heathen if ye haue hearde of the ministracion of the grace of god which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacyon shewed he the misterye vnto me as I wrote afore in few wordes wherby whē ye reade ye maye vnderstande my knoweledge in the mysterye of Christe whiche mysterye in tymes passed was not opened vnto the sonnes of menne as it is nowe declared vnto hys holy Apostles and Prophetes by the spirite that the Gentiles should be inheritours also and of the same bodye and partakers of hys promyse in Christe by the meanes of the Gospell whereof I am made a minister accordyng to the gifte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the woorkyng of hys power Vnto me the leaste of all sainctes is thys grace geuen that I shoulde preache amonge the Gentiles the vnsearcheable ryches of Christe and to make all men see what the felowshyppe of the misterie is whiche from the beginning of the worlde hath bene hydde in God whiche made all thinges through Iesus Christe to the entente that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thinges might be knowen by the congregacyon the manifolde wisedome of God according to the eternal purpose whiche he wrought in Christ Iesu our lorde by whome we haue boldenes and entraunce with the confidence whiche is by the fayth of him The Gospell WHen Iesus was borne in Bethleē a citie of Iury in the tyme of Herode the kyng Beholde there came wise men from the East to Ierusalē saying where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes For we haue seene hys starre in the East and are come to wurship hym When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges he was troubled and all the citie of Ierusalem with hym And when he had gathered al the chiefe priestes and scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Christe shoulde bee borne And they sayd vnto hym at Bethleem in Iurie For thus it is written by the Prophete And thou Bethleem in the land of Iury art not the leaste among the prynces of Iuda for out of thee there shall come vnto me the capitaine that shal gouerne my people Israell Then Herode when he had prieuelye called the wise men he inquired of them diligentlye what tyme the starre appeared and he bad them goe to Bethleem and said goe your way thither and searche dilygentlye for the chylde And when ye haue found him bryng me woorde agayne that I may come and woorship him also whē they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre whiche they sawe in the Easte wente beefore them tyll it came and stoode ouer the place wherein the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were exceading glad and wente into the house and founde the childe with Mary hys mother and fell downe flat and wurshypped hym and opened theyr treasures and offered vnto hym giftes Golde Frankincense and Mirre And after they were warned of God in slepe that they should not goe agayne to Herode they returned into theyr owne countrey another way At Euensong The first lesson Esai xlix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Iohn .ii. After this he went downe to Capernaum vnto the ende The firste Sonday after the Epiphanie HOwe long wilt thou forget me O Lorde for euer howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me Howe long shall I seke counsell in my soule and be so vexed in my heart howe long shall myne enemye triumphe ouer me Consider and heare me O lorde my God lyghten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Leste myne enemye saye I haue prenayled agaynste him for if I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercye and my hearte is ioyfull in thy saluacion I wil sing of the lorde because he hath dealt so louyngly with me yea I will prayse the name of the Lorde the moste highest Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee mercifullye to receyue the praiers of thy people whiche call vpon thee and graunt that they maye both perceyue and knowe what thynges they ought to do and also haue grace and power faithully to fullfyll the same The Epistle I Besech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnes of God that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God whiche is your resonable seruyng of god and fashion not your selfes like vnto this world but be ye chaunged in your shape by the renuing of youre minde that ye maie proue what thing that good and acceptable and perfect will of god is For I saye throughe the grace that vnto me geuen is to euery man amonge you that no man stand hygh in his owne conceite more then it becommeth hym to esteme of hymselfe but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sobre according as God hath dealt to euery man the measure of faith for as we haue many membres in one body and all membres haue not one office so we being many are one body in Christ and euery man amōg our selues one anothers members The Gospell THe father and mother of Iesus wente to Hierusalem after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the child Iesus abode stil in Ierusalem and his father and mother knewe not of it but they supposing hym to haue beene in the cumpanye came a dayes iourney and sought hym amōg their kinsfolke and acquaintaunce And when they found hym not they went backe again to Ierusalem
shrynking children so he was theyr sauiour In theyr troubles he was also troubled with them and the Aungell that went furth from his presence deliuered them Of very loue and kyndenes that he had vnto them he redemed them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde began But after they prouoked him to wrath vexed his holy mynde he was their enemy fought against them himselfe Yet remēbred Israel the olde time of Moses his people saying where is he that broughte them from the water of the sea with them that fed hys shepe where is he that hath geuen his holy spirite among them he led them by the ryghthand of Moses with hys gloryous arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gate hym selfe an euerlastyng name he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playn that they should not stomble as a tame beast goeth in the fielde and the breath geuen of God geueth hym reste Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a gloryous name withall Looke down then from heauen and beholde the dwellyng place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louing kindnes wil not be intreated of vs yet art thou our father For Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israell acquaynted with vs But thou Lord art oure father and redemer and thy name is euerlastyng O Lorde wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy way wherfore hast thou hardened our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generacion of thyne herytage Thy people haue had but alitle of thy Sanctuary in possession for oure enemies haue troden downe the holy place And we were thyne from the begynning when thou wast not theyr Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name The Gospell AFter two dayes was Easter and the dayes of swete bread And the hye priestes and the Scribes sought how they myght take hym by crafte and put him to death But they sayd not in the feast day lest any busines arise among the people And whē he was at Bethanie in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sate at meate there came a woman hauyng an Alabaster boxe of oyntmente called Narde that was pure and costlye and she brake the boxe and powred it on hys heade And there were some that were not contente within themselues and sayde what neded this waste of oyntmente for it myghte haue bene solde for more then .ccc. pence and haue bene geuen vnto the poore And they grudged against her And Iesus sayde let her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke on me for ye haue poore with you alwaies whensoeuer ye wyll ye maye do them good but me haue ye not alwaies She hath done that she could she came afore hande to anointe my bodye to the burying Verely I saye vnto you whersoeuer thys Gospell shal be preached throughout the whole worlde thys also that she hath doone shal be rehearsed in remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscaryoth one of the .xii. wente awaye vnto the hye Priestes to betraye hym vnto them When they heard that they were glad promised that they would geue hym money And he sought how he might cōueniently betray him And the first day of swete bread when they offered Passeouer hys disciples sayd vnto hym where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayste eate the passeouer And he sente foorthe two of hys disciples and sayde vnto them goe ye vnto the citie and there shal mete you a man bearing a pitcher of water folowe hym And whithersoeuer he goeth in say ye vnto the goodmanne of the house the maister saith where is the geast chamber where I shall eate Passeouer with my disciples And he wil shewe you a great parlor paued prepared there make ready for vs. And his dysciples went furth and came into the citie found as he had sayde vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when it was nowe euentide he came with the xii And as they sate at borde and did eate Iesus saide verely I say vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betray me And they began to be sory to saye to hym one by one is it I an other sayd is it I he aunswered sayd vnto them it is one of the .xii. euē he that dippeth with me in the platter The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of hym but woe to that man by whome the sonne of man is betrayed Good were it for that man if he had neuer bene borne And as they did eate Iesus toke bread when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue to them and sayd Take eate thys is my body And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he toke it to them and they all dranke of it And he said vnto thē This is my bloud of the newe testamente whyche is shed for many Verely I saye vnto you I wil drynke no more of the fruite of the vine vntyll that day that I drynke it newe in the kyngdome of God And when they had sayde grace they wente oute to mounte Olyuete And Iesus sayeth vnto them al ye shal be offended because of me thys nighte For it is written I will smite the shepeheard the shepe shal be scatered but after that I am risen again I wil go into Galile before you Peter said vnto him though al men be offēded yet wil not I. And Iesus saith vnto him verely I say vnto thee that this day euen in this night before y e cocke krow twise thou shalt deny me thre times But he spake more vehemētly no if I should die with thee I wyl not denye thee Likewise also said they all And they came into a place which was named Gethsemany and he sayde to hys discyples sit ye here whyle I goe asyde and praye And he taketh with hym Peter and Iames Iohn and began to waxe abashed and to be man agony and said vnto them My soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watche And he went foorth a litle and fell down flat on the grounde and prayed that if it were possible the houre might passe from hym And he sayde Abba father al thinges are possible vnto thee take away this cup frō me neuerthelesse not that I wil but that thou wilte bee doone And he came and founde them sleping and sayth to Peter Simon slepest thou Couldest not thou watche one houre watche ye and pray lest ye enter into temptacion the spirite truely is ready but the fleshe is weake And agayn he went asyde and prayed and spake thesame wordes And he returned and founde them aslepe agayne for theyr eyes were heauie neither wiste they what to aunswere hym And he came the thirde tyme and sayd vnto them
strength He hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it cannot be moued Euer sence the worlde beganne hath thy seate been prepared thou art from euerlasting The fluddes are risen O Lorde the fluddes haue lyfte vp theyr noyse the fluddes lyft vp theyr waues The waues of the sea are mightie and rage horribly but yet the Lorde that dwelleth on hygh is mightier Thy testimonies O Lorde are very sure holynesse becommeth thine house for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. O God the king of glory whiche haste exalted thine only sonne Iesus Christe with great triumphe vnto thy kingdom in heauen we beseche thee leaue vs not comfortles but sende to vs thine holy gost to comforte vs and exalte vs vnto thesame place whither our sauiour Christe is gone before who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe ende of all thinges is at hande be ye therfore sobre and watche vnto praier But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among your selues for loue shall couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudgeing As euery man hath receiued the gift euen so minister thesame one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes of God If any manne minister let him do it as of the habilitie whiche God ministreth vnto hym that God in all thinges may be gloryfied through Iesus Christe to whome be prayse and dominion for euer and euer Amen The Gospell WHen the comforter is come whom I will sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifye of me And ye shall beare witnes also because ye haue been with me from the beginning These thinges haue I sayd vnto you because ye should not bee offended They shall excommunicate you yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doeth God seruice And suche thinges will they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me But these thinges haue I told you that whan the tyme is come ye maye remembre then that I tolde you These thinges sayde I not vnto you at the beginning because I was present with you ¶ Whitsonday ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons at Mattyns Psalm xlviii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm lxvii The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende Psalm cxlv The seconde lesson Act. x. Then Peter opened his mouth vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion REioyce in the Lorde O ye righteous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the Lorde with harpe syng psalmes vnto hym with the lute and instrument of tenne stringes Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song sing prayses lustely vnto hym with a good courage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythfull He loueth righteousnes and iudgement the earth is full of the goodnes of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the breath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon a heap and layeth vp the depe as it were in a treasure house Let all the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of hym all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stoode faste The Lorde bringeth the counsayll of the heathen to nought and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect and casteth out the counsayles of princes The counsaill of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed are the folke that haue chosen hym to bee theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe from heauen and beheld all the children of menne from the habitacion of his dwellyng he considereth all them that dwell in the earth He fashioneth all the heartes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no king that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghtie man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thing to saue a man neither shall he deliuer any man by his great strength Beholde the iye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr trust in his mercy To deliuer theyr soules from death and to feade them in the tyme of derth Our soule hath paciently taryed for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shielde For our heart shal reioyce in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndenes O Lord be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which as vpon this daye haste taught the heartes of thy faithfull people by the sending to them the light of thy holy spirite Graunt vs by thesame spirite to haue a ryght iudgement in all thynges and euermore to reioyce in his holy coumforte through the merites of Christe Iesus our sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thee in the vnitie of thesame spirite one God worlde without ende The Epistle WHen the fiftie dayes were come to an ende they were all with one accorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had been the comming of a mighty winde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appered vnto thē clouen tonges lyke as they had been of fyre and it sate vpon eche one of them and they were al filled with the holy gost and began to speake with other tonges euen as thesame spirite gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellyng at Ierusalem Iewes deuoute men out of euery nacion of them that are vnder heauen When this was noised about the multitude came together and were astonied because that euery man heard thē speake with his owne language They wondred all merueiled saying among themselfes beholde are not all these whiche speake of Galile And howe heare we euery man his owne tong wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and of Iewry of Capadocia of Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia of Egipte and of the parties of Libia whiche is besyde Siren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselites Grekes and Arrabians we haue heard them speake in our owne tongues the great workes of God The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto his disciples If ye loue me kepe my commaundementes and I wil pray the father he shall geue you an other comforter that he maye abyde with you for euer euen the spirite of trueth whome the worlde canne not receyue because the
to passe that when the people preased vpon hym to heare the woorde of God he stode by the lake of Genazareth and saw two shippes stande by the lakes syde but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing theyr nettes And he entred into one of the shippes which perteined to Simon and prayed him that he woulde thrust out a litle from the land And he sate down taught the people out of the ship When he had left speaking he sayde vnto Simon launche out into the depe let slip your nettes to make a draught And Simon aunswered and sayde vnto him Maister we haue labored al night and haue taken nothyng Neuertheles at thy commaundement I wil looce furth the net And when they had this done they inclosed a great multitude of fishes But theyr nette brake and they beckened to theyr felowes whiche were in the other ship that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fylled bothe the shippes that they sonke agayn When Simon Peter sawe this he fell downe at Iesus knees saying Lorde goe from me for I am a sinful man For he was astonied and al that were with him at the draught of fishes which they had taken so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebede which were parteners with Simon And Iesus sayde vnto Simon feare not from hencefoorthe thou shalte catche men And they brought the shippes to lande and forsooke all and folowed him ¶ The .vi. Sonday LEt thy louing mercy come also vnto me O lorde euen thy saluacion according vnto thy woorde So shall I make aunswere vnto my blasphemers for my trust is in thy woorde O take not the woord of trueth vtterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy iudgementes So shall I alway kepe thy lawe yea for euer and euer And I will walke at libertie for I seeke thy commaundementes I will speake of thy testimonies also euen before kinges and will not be ashamed And my delight shal be in thy commaundementes which I haue loued My handes also will I lyfte vp vnto thy commaundementes which I haue loued and my study shall bee in thy statutes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd whiche hast prepared to them that loue thee suche good thinges as passe al mans vnderstanding Powre into our heartes such loue toward thee that we louiÌ„g thee in all thinges may obteyne thy promises whiche excede al that we can desyre Through Iesus Christe our Lord. The Epistle KNowe ye not that all wee whiche are baptised in Iesu Christe are baptised to dye with him We are buried then with hym by baptisme for to dye that lykewise as Christe was raysed from deathe by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a newe lyfe For if we bee graft in deathe lyke vnto him euen so shall we bee partakers of the resurreccion Knowyng thys that our olde manne is crucifyed with him also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that heÌ„cefurth we should not be seruauÌ„tes vnto sinne For he that is dead is iustifyed from sinne Wherfore yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shal also liue with him knowing that Christ being raysed from deathe dyeth no more Deathe hathe no more power ouer him For as touching that he died he died concerning sinne once And as touchyng that he lyueth he liueth vnto god Lykewyse consider ye also that ye are dead as touchyng synne but are alyue vnto God through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Gospell IEsus sayd vnto hys disciples excepte your ryghteousnes excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Phariseis ye cannot entre into the kingdom of heauen Ye haue hearde that it was sayed vnto them of the olde tyme. Thou shalte not kill whosoeuer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgemente But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer is angrye with his brother vnaduysedlye shall be in daunger oâ— iudgemente And whosoeuer saye vnto hys brother Racha shall be in dauÌ„ger of a couÌ„sel But whosoeuer saith thou foole shal be in dauÌ„ger of hel fier Therfore if thou offerest thy gifte at the altare and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thyne offryng before the alter and goe thy waye firste and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gifte Agree with thyne aduersary quickely whiles thou art in the way with him leste at any tyme the aduersary delyuer thee to the iudge and the iudge delyuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into prieson Verely I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence til thou haue payed the vttermost farthing ¶ The .vii. Sonday O Thinke vpoÌ„ thy seruaunte as concerning thy word wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust The same is my coumfort in my trouble for thy woorde hath quickened me The proude haue had me excedingly in derâ—ion yet haue I not shrynked from thy lawe For I remembred thine euerlasting iudgementes O lord and receiued coumfort I am horribly afrayde for the vngodly that forsake thy lawe Thy statutes haue bene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage I haue thought vpon thy name O Lorde in the night season and haue kept thy lawe This I hadde because I kepte thy coÌ„maundementes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy goste As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal bee worlde without ende Amen The Collect. LOrde of al power and might which art the author and geuer of al good thinges graffe in our heartes the loue of thy name increase in vs true religion nouryshe vs with all goodnesse and of thy great mercy kepe vs in the same Through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle I Speake grosly because of the infirmitye of your fleshe As ye haue geuen youre members seruauntes to vnclennesse and to iniquitye from one inquitye to an other euen so nowe geue ouer your membres seruauntes vnto ryghteousenes that ye may be sanctifyed For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were void of righteousnes What fruite had you theÌ„ in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed for the ende of those thynges is death But nowe are ye deliuered from synne and made the seruauntes of God and haue your fruite to be sanctifyed and the ende euerlastyng lyfe For the rewarde of synne is death but eternall lyfe is the gifte of God Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Gospel IN those dayes when there was a very great companye and had nothyng to eate Iesus called hys Disciples vnto hym and sayde vnto them I haue compassion on the people because they haue nowe bene with me three dayes and haue nothyng to eate And if I sende them awaye fastyng to theyr owne howses they shall faynt by the way for diuerse of them came from farre And his disciples aunswered him where shoulde a manne haue bread here in
the beginning of Matins or immediatly after And if any of those be an open and notorious euill liuer so that the congregacion by hym is offended or haue doen any wrong to his neighbours by worde or dede The Curate shall cal hym aduertise hym in any wise not to presume to the lordes table vntill he haue openly declared hymselfe to haue truly repented and amended his former naughtie life that the congregacion maie thereby be satisfied whiche afore were offended and that he haue recompensed the parties whom he hath dooen wrong vnto or at the least bee in full purpose so to doe as sone as he conueniently maie ⧠The same ordre shal the Curate vse with those betwixt whom he perceiueth malice and hatred to reigne not suffering them to bee partakers of the Lordes table vntill he knowe them to bee reconciled And yf one of the parties so at variaunce be content to forgeue from the botome of his hearte all that the other hath trespaced against him and to make amendes for that he hymselfe hath offended and the other partie will not bee perswaded to a godly vnitie but remayne still in his frowardnes and malice The Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent persone to the holy Communion and not hym that is obstinate ⧠Vpon the daie and at the time appointed for the ministracion of the holy Communion the Priest that shall execute the holy ministery shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion that is to saye a white Albe plain with a vestement or Cope And where there be many Priestes or Deacons there so many shal be ready to helpe the Priest in the ministracion as shal bee requisite And shall haue vpon them lykewyse the vestures appointed for their ministery that is to saye Albes with tunacles Then shall the Clearkes syng in Englishe for the office or Introite as they call it a Psalme appointed for that daye The priest standyng humbly afore the middes of the Altar shall saie the Lordes prayer with this Collect. ALmightie GOD vnto whom all heartes bee open and all desyres knowen and from whom no secretes are hid clense the thoughtes of our heartes by the inspiracion of thy holy spirite that we may perfectly loue thee and worthely magnifie thy holy name Through Christ our Lord. Amē Then shall he saye a Psalme appointed for the introite whiche Psalme ended the Priest shall saye or els the Clearkes shall syng iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. iij. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Then the Prieste standyng at Goddes borde shall begin Glory be to God on high The Clearkes And in yearth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie thee we geue thankes to thee for thy greate glory O Lorde GOD heauenly kyng God the father almightie O Lorde the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of GOD sonne of the father that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs thou that takest awaye the synnes of the worlde receyue our prayer Thou that sittest at the righte hande of God the father haue mercie vpon vs For thou onely art holy thou onelye art the Lorde Thou onelye O Christe with the holye Ghoste arte moste highe in the glory of God the father Amen Then the priest shall turne hym to the people and saye The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye Then shall folowe the Collect of the daye with one of these two Collectes folowing for the Kyng ALmightie God whose kyngdom is euerlasting and power infinite haue mercie vpon the whole congregaciō and so rule the heart of thy chosen seruaūt Edward the sixt our kyng and gouernour that he knowyng whose minister he is maye aboue all thinges seke thy honour glory and that we his subiectes duely consydering whose auctoritie he hath maye faithfully serue honour humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinaunce Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde who with thee and the holy ghost liueth and reigneth euer one God worlde without ende Amen ALmightie and euerlasting GOD wee bee taught by thy holy worde that the heartes of Kynges are in thy rule and gouernaunce and that thou doest dispose and turne them as it semeth best to thy godly wisedom We humbly beseche thee so to dispose and gouerne the heart of Edward the sixt thy seruaunt our Kyng and gouernour that in all his thoughtes wordes and workes he maye euer seke thy honour and glory and study to preserue thy people committed to his charge in wealth peace and Godlynes Graunt this O merciful father for thy dere sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Collectes ended the priest or he that is appointed shall reade the Epistle in a place assigned for the purpose saying The Epistle of sainct Paule written in the Chapiter of to the The Minister then shall reade thepistle Immediatly after the Epistle ended the priest or one appointed to reade the Gospell shall saye The holy Gospell written in the Chapiter of The Clearkes and people shal aunswere Glory be to thee O Lorde The Priest or deacon then shall reade the Gospell After the Gospell ended the priest shall begin I beleue in one God The Clearkes shall syng the rest The father almightie maker of heauen and yearth and of all thinges visible and inuisible And in one Lorde Iesu Christ the onely begotten sonne of God begotten of his father before all worldes God of GOD light of light very God of very God begotten not made beeyng of one substaunce with the father by whom all thinges were made who for vs men and for our saluacion came downe from heauen and was incarnate by the holy Ghoste of the Virgin Mary and was made manne and was Crucified also for vs vnder Poncius Pilate he suffered and was buried and the thirde daie he arose again according to the scriptures and ascended into heauē and sitteth at the right hande of the father And he shall come again with glory to iudge both the quicke and the dead And I beleue in the holy ghost the Lorde and geuer of life who procedeth frō the father and the sonne who with the father and the sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophetes And I beleue one Catholike and Apostolike Churche I acknowlege one Baptisme for the remission of synnes And I loke for the resurreccion of the deade and the lyfe of the worlde to come Amen ¶ After the Crede ended shall folowe the Sermon or Homely or some porcion of one of the Homelies as they shal be hereafter deuided wherin if the people bee not exhorted to the worthy receyuing of the holy Sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our sauiour Christ then shall the Curate geue this exhortacion to those that be minded to receiue the same DErely beloued in the Lord ye that minde
Lorde deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plage pestilence and famine from battaile and murther from sodaine death Good Lorde deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuye conspiracie from the tyrannye of the bishop of Rome and all his detestable enormities from all the false doctrine and heresye from hardnes of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundemente Good Lorde deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and Circumcision by thy Baptisme fastyng and temptacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. By thyne agonye and bloudye sweate by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and burial by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion by the cōming of the holy gost Good Lorde deliuer vs. In all tyme of our tribulacion in all tyme of our wealth in the houre of death in the daye of iudgement Good Lorde deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lorde God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne thy holy Churche vniuersall in the right waye We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to kepe Edwarde the .vi. thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faythe feare and loue that he may alwayes haue affiaunce in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to be his defēdour and keper geuyng him the victory ouer all his enemyes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to illuminate al Byshoppes pastours and ministers of the Churche with true knowlege and vnderstandyng of thy worde and that both by theyr preaching and liuyng they may sette it forth and shewe it accordingly We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsaile and all the nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntaine trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee diligently to liue after thy cōmaundemētes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue all thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy woorde and to receyue it with pure affeccion and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to bryng into the waye of trueth all suche as haue erred and are deceyued We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to strengthen suche as do stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our feete We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to succoure helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labouryng of childe al sicke persons and yong chyldren and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captyues We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherles children and wyddowes and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to forgeue our enemyes persecutours and sclaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue and preserue to oure vse the kyndly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we may enioy them We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignoraunces and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amende our lyues accordyng to thy holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Graunt vs thy peace O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christe heare vs. O Christe heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen With the residue of the Pater noster And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neither rewarde vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighyng of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of suche as be sorowful mercifully assyst our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs And graciousely heare vs that those euilles which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they maye bee dispersed that we thy seruauntes beeyng hurte by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Churche through Iesu Christe our Lorde O Lorde aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou diddest in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lorde aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy honour Glory be to the father the sonne and to the holy gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen From our enemies defende vs O Christe Graciousely looke vpon our affliccions Pytifully beholde the sorowes of our hearte Mercifully forgeue the synnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both nowe and euer vouchesafe to heare vs Christe Graciousely heare vs O Christe Graciousely heare vs O Lorde Christe The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. The aunswere As we do put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseche thee O father mercifully to loke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy name sake turne from vs all those euilles that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunt that in al our troubles we may put oure whole trust and confidence in
which confession the priest shall absolue hym after this forme and the same forme of absolucion shall be vsed in all pryuate confessions OVre Lorde Iesus Christe who hath lefte power to his Churche to absolue all sinners whiche truely repente and beleue in hym of his great mercye forgeue thee thyne offences and by his autoritie committed to me I absolue thee from all thy sinnes in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And then the priest shall saye the Collecte folowyng Let vs praye O Moste mercifull God whiche accordyng to the multitude of thy mercies doest so put awaye the sinnes of those which truely repent that thou remēbrest thē nomore open thy iye of mercy vpon this thy seruaunt who moste earnestly desireth pardon and forgeuenesse Renue in him moste louing father whatsoeuer hath been decayed by the fraude and malice of the deuill or by his owne carnal wil and frailnes preserue and continue this sicke membre in the vnitie of thy Churche consider his contricion accept his teares aswage his payne as shal be seen to thee moste expediente for hym And forasmuche as he putteth hys full trust only in thy mercy Impute not vnto hym his former sinnes but take him vnto thy fauour through the merites of thy most derely beloued sōne Iesus Christ Amen Then the minister shall saye this Psalme IN thee O Lorde haue I put my trust lette me neuer be put to confusion but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me and saue me Be thou my strong holde wherunto I may alwaye resorte thou haste promysed to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my castell Deliuer me O my God out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnrighteous and cruell manne For thou O Lorde God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Through thee haue I been holden vp euer since I was borne thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth be filled with thy prayse that I maye syng of thy glory and honour all the daye long Cast me not awaye in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake against me and they that lay waite for my soule take their counsayle together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take him for there is none to deliuer him Goe not ferre from me O God my God haste thee to helpe me Let them be confounded and perishe that are agaynste my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonoure that seke to doe me euill As for me I wyll paciently abyde alwaye and wyll prayse thee more and more My mouth shall dayly speake of thy righteousnesse and saluacion for I knowe no ende therof I will goe forth in the strength of the Lorde God and will make mencion of thy righteousnesse onely Thou O God haste taught me from my youth vp vntill nowe therfore will I tell of thy wondreous workes Forsake me not O God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generacion thy power to all thē that are yet for to come Thy righteousnesse O God is very high and greate thynges are they that thou haste done O God who is lyke vnto thee O what great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou haste brought me to great honour and comforted me on euery syde Therfore will I praise thee thy faythfulnes O God playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee wyll I syng vpon the harpe O thou holy one of Israel My lippes will be fayne when I syng vnto thee and so will my soule whom thou haste deliuered My tounge also shall talke of thy ryghteousnesse all the daye long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to doe me euill Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnyng c. Addyng this antheme O Saueour of the worlde saue vs whiche by thy crosse and precious bloud haste redemed vs helpe vs we beseche thee O God Then shall the minister saye THe almyghty Lord whiche is a moste strong tower to all thē that put their trust in hym to whom al thinges in heauen in earth and vnder earth doe bowe and obey be nowe euermore thy defence and make thee know and fele that there is no other name vnder heauen geuen to man in whome and through whome thou mayest receyue helth and saluation but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe Amen ¶ If the sicke person desyre to be annoynted then shall the priest annoynte hym vpon the forehead or breast onely makyng the signe of the crosse saying thus AS with this visible oyle thy body outwardelye is annoynted so our heauenly father almightie god graunt of his infinite goodnes that thy soule inwardly may be annointed with the holy gost who is the spirite of al strength comfort reliefe and gladnes And vouchesafe for his great mercy if it be his blessed will to restore vnto thee thy bodely health and strength to serue hym and sende thee release of all thy paynes troubles and diseases both in bodye and mynde And howsoeuer his goodnes by his diuine and vnsearcheable prouidence shal dispose of thee we his vnworthy ministers and seruauntes humbly beseche the eternall maiestie to doe with thee accordyng to the multitude of his innumerable mercies and to pardone thee all thy synnes and offences committed by all thy bodely sences passions and carnall affeccions who also vouchesafe mercifullye to graunt vnto thee gostly strēgth by his holy spirite to withstand ouercome al tēptacions assaultes of thine aduersary that in no wise he preuaile againste thee but that thou maist haue perfect victory triumph against the deuil sine deth through Christ our lord Who by his deth hath ouercomed the prince of death with the father the holy gost euermore liueth reigneth god world without end Amen HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for euer how long wilt thou hyde thy face from me How long shal I seke counsel in my soule be so vexed in myne heart how long shal myne enemie tryūphe ouer me Consider and heare me O Lord my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemy say I haue preuayled agaynste hym for if I be cast down they that trouble me will reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hearte is ioyful in thy saluacion I will sing of the lorde because he hath delte so louyngly with me Yea I wil prayse the name of the lord the most higheste Glory be to the father
him and set him vp for euer O ye Sunne and Moone speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye showers and dewe speake good of the lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye fyre and heate prayse ye the Lord praise him and set him vp for euer O ye winter and summer speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes and frostes speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nyghtes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lyght and darkenes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seas and floudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes and cattell speake ye good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye children of menne speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O let Israel speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer O ye priestes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seruauntes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer O Ananias Asarias and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him and set him vp for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. And after the second lesson throughout the whole yere shall be vsed Benedictus dominus deus Israel c. in Englishe as foloweth BLessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hath lyfted vp an horne of saluacion to vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which hath been sence the worlde began That we should be saued from oure enemyes and from the handes of all that hate vs. To performe the mercy promised to our fathers and to remembre his holy couenaunt To perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abraham that he would geue vs. That we being deliuered out of the handes of oure enemies might serue him without feare In holynesse and righteousnes before him all the dayes of our lyfe And thou child shalt be called the Prophete of the highest for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of their sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God whereby the daye spring from an high hath visited vs. To geue light to them that sit in darkenes in the shadowe of death and to guide our fete into the way of peace Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Then shall be sayed dayly through the yere the prayers folowyng aswell at Euensong as at Mattyns all deuoutly knelyng Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Then the minister shall say the Crede and the Lordes prayer in Englishe with a loude voyce c. Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O Lorde shewe thy mercy vpon vs. Aunswere And graunte vs thy saluacion Priest O Lorde saue the kyng Aunswere And mercifully heare vs when we call vpon thee Priest Indue thy ministers with ryghteousnes Aunswere And make thy chosen people ioyfull Priest O Lorde saue thy people Aunswere And blesse thyne inheritaunce Priest Geue peace in our time O Lorde Aunswere Because there is none other that fyghteth for vs but only thou O God Priest O God make clene our heartes within vs. Aunswere And take not thyne holy spirite from vs. Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Then shall dayly folowe three Collectes The firste of the daye which shal be the same that is appoynted at the Cōmunion The second for peace The third for grace to lyue well And the two laste Collectes shall neuer alter but dayly be sayed at Mattyns throughout all the yere as foloweth The priest standing vp and saying Let vs pray ¶ Then the Collect of the daye ¶ The second Collect for peace O God which art author of peace louer of concorde in knowledge of whom standeth our eternall lyfe whose seruice is perfecte fredome defende vs thy humble seruaūtes in all assaultes of our enemies that we surely trustyng in thy defence may not feare the power of any aduersaries through the might of Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ The thyrd Collect for grace O Lord our heauenly father almighty and euerlyuyng God whiche haste safely brought vs to the beginning of this day Defend vs in the same with thy mighty power graunt that this day we fall into no sinne neither runne into any kinde of daunger but that all our doinges may be ordred by thy gouernaunce to doe alwayes that is ryghteous in thy sight through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠For Euensong throughout the yere ¶ The priest shall saye ⧠OVRE FATHER c Then lykewyse he shall saye O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya As before is appoynted at Mattyns Then Psalmes in ordre as they be appoynted in the Table for Psalmes except there be
propre Psalmes appointed for that daye Then a lesson of the olde testamente as it is appoynted lykewise in the kalender excepte there be proper lessons appointed for that daye After that Magnificat anima mea dominum in Englishe as foloweth My soule doeth magnifie the Lorde And my spirite hath reioysed in God my sauiour For he hath regarded the lowelynesse of his hādmaiden For beholde from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is myghtie hath magnifyed me and holy is his name And his mercy is on them that feare him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arme he hath scatered the proude in the imaginacion of their heartes He hath put downe the mightie from their seate and hath exalted the humble and meke He hath filled the hungry with good thynges and the ryche he hath sent emptie awaye He remembring his mercye hath holpen his seruaunte Israel as he promysed to oure fathers Abraham and his sede for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Then a lesson of the newe testamente And after that Nune dimittis seruum tuum in Englishe as foloweth LOrde nowe lettest thou thy seruaunte departe in peace accordyng to thy worde For myne iyes haue seen thy saluacion Whiche thou haste prepared before the face of all people To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glorye of thy people Israel Glory be to the father to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen Then the suffrages before assigned at Mattyns the clerkes knelyng lykewyse with three Collectes Fyrste of the day Second of peace Thirde for ayde against all perilles as here foloweth Whiche .ii. laste Collectes shall be dayly sayed at Euensong without alteracion The second Collect at Euensong O God from whome all holy desyres all good counsayles and all iust workes doe procede Geue vnto thy seruauntes that peace whiche the worlde cannot geue that both our heartes maye be sette to obey thy commaundementes and also that by thee we beyng defended from the feare of our enemyes may passe oure tyme in rest and quietnesse through the merites of Iesu Christe our sauiour Amen The thirde Collect for ayde against all perils LYghten our darkenesse we beseche thee O Lord and by thy great mercy defend vs from all perils and daungers of this night for the loue of thy onely sonne our sauiour Iesu Christe Amen ¶ In the feastes of Christmas Thepiphanie Easter Thascencion Penticost and vpon Trinitie Sonday shall be song or sayed immediately after Benedictus this confession of our christian fayth WHosoeuer will be saued before all thynges it is necessary that he holde the Catholyke fayth Whiche fayth excepte euery one doe kepe holy and vndefiled without doubte he shall peryshe euerlastyngly And the Catholike fayth is this that we wurshippe one God in Trinitie and Trinitie in vnitie Neyther confoundyng the persones nor deuydyng the substaunce For there is one person of the father another of the sonne and an other of the holy gost But the Godhead of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost is all one the glory equall the maiestie coeternal Suche as the father is suche is the sonne and suche is the holy gost The father vncreate the sonne vncreate and the holy gost vncreate The father incomprehensible the sonne incomprehensible and the holy gost incomprehensible The father eternall the sonne eternall and the holy gost eternall And yet they are not three eternalles but one eternall As also there be not three incomprehensibles nor three vncreated but one vncreated and one incomprehensible So lykewyse the father is almightie the sonne almightie and the holy gost almightie And yet are they not three almighties but one almighty So the father is God the sonne God and the holy gost God And yet are they not three Gods but one God So lykewyse the father is Lorde the sonne Lorde and the holy gost Lord. And yet not three Lordes but one Lorde For like as we be compelled by the christian veritie to acknowledge euery person by himselfe to be God and Lorde So are we forbidden by the Catholike religion to saye there be three Gods or thee Lordes The father is made of none neither created nor begottē The sonne is of the father alone not made nor created but begotten The holy gost is of the father and of the sonne neyther made nor created nor begotten but proceding So there is one father not three fathers one sonne not three sonnes one holy gost not three holy gostes And in this trinitie none is afore nor after other none is greater nor lesse then other But the whole three persons be coeternall together and coequall So that in all thinges as it is afore sayed the vnitie in trinitie and the trinitie in vnitie is to be wurshipped He therfore that will be saued must thus thinke of the trinitie Furthermore it is necessarye to euerlastyng saluacion that he also beleue rightly in the incarnacion of our Lorde Iesu Christe For the right fayth is that we beleue confesse that our Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of God is God and manne God of the substaunce of the father begotten before the worldes and manne of the substaunce of his mother borne in the worlde Perfecte God and perfecte manne of a reasonable soule and humayne fleshe subsisting Equall to the father as touchyng his Godhead and inferior to the father touchyng his manhode Who although he be God and manne yet he is not two but one Christe One not by conuersion of the Godhead into fleshe but by takyng of the manhode into God One altogether not by confusion of substaunce but by vnitie of person For as the resonable soule and fleshe is one manne So God and man is one Christe Who suffered for our saluacion descended into hell rose agayne the thirde daye from the dead He ascended into heauen he sitteth on the righthande of the father God almightie from whence he shall come to iudge the quicke and dead At whose comming all men shall ryse againe with theyr bodyes and shall geue accompte of theyr owne workes And they that haue done good shall goe into lyfe euerlasting and they that haue done euill into euerlasting fyre This is the Catholyke fayth whiche excepte a manne beleue faythfully he cannot be saued Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ⧠⧠THVS ENdeth the ordre of Mattyns and Euensong through the whole yere ⸫ ⧠⧠⧠⧠THE INTROITES ⧠Collectes Epistles and Gospels to be vsed at the celebracion of the Lordes supper and holye Communion throughe the yeare with proper Psalmes and lessons for diuers feastes and dayes ¶ The first Sonday in Aduente BLessed is that manne that
before rebuked him that he should holde his peace But he cryed so muche the more thou sonne of Dauid haue mercye on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to bee brought vnto hym And when he was come nere he asked him saying what wilt thou that I doe vnto thee and he sayd Lorde that I may receyue my sight And Iesus sayd vnto him receiue thy sight thy fayth hath saued thee And immediatly he receyued his sight and folowed hym praysing God And al the people when they sawe it gaue praise vnto God ¶ The first day of Lent commonly called Ashwednesdaye O Lord rebuke me not in thyne indignacion neyther chasten me in thy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule also is soore troubled but Lorde howe long wilt thou punishe me Turne thee O Lorde and delyuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remembreth thee and who wyll geue thee thankes in the pyt I am wery of my groning euery night washe I my bed and water my couche with my teares My beautie is gone for very trouble and worne awaye because of all myne enemyes Awaye fro me all ye that worke vanitie for the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my wepyng The Lorde hath heard my peticion the Lorde wyll receyue my prayer All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe and put to shame sodainly Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which hatest nothing that thou haste made and doest forgeue the synnes of al them that be penitent Create and make in vs newe and contrite heartes that we worthely lamenting our synnes and knowlegyng oure wretchednes may obtayne of thee the God of all mercy perfecte remission and forgeuenesse through Iesus Christe The Epistle TVrne you vnto me with all your heartes with fasting weping and mourning rent your heartes and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lorde your God for he is gracious mercifull long sufferyng and of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt he also shall turne and forgeue and after his chastening he shall let your increase remaine for meate and drinke offeringes vnto the Lorde youre God Blowe out with the trompet in Sion proclaime a fastyng call the congregacion and gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bring the childrē and sucklinges together Let the brydgrome go furth of his chambre and the bride out of her closet Let the priestes serue the Lorde betwene the Porche and the alter weping and saying be fauorable O Lorde be fauorable vnto thy people let not thyne heritage be brought to suche confusion leste the heathen be Lordes therof Wherfore should they say among the Heathen where is nowe theyr God The Gospell WHen ye faste bee not sad as the Hipocrites are for they disfigure theyr faces that it may appeare vnto men howe that they fast Verely I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But thou when thou fasteste annoynte thyne head and washe thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fasteste but vnto thy father whiche is in secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth doth corrupt and where theues breake through and steale But laye vp for you treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt where theues doe not breake through nor steale For where your treasure is there wil your heartes be also ¶ The first Sonday in Lent BLessed is he whose vnryghteousnesse is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lorde imputeth no sinne and in whose spirite there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones consumed awaye thorough my dayly complayning For thy hande is heauy vpon me both daye and night and my moysture is lyke the drought in Somer I will knowlage my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnes haue I not hyd I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is Godly make his prayer vnto thee in a time when thou maiest be founde but in the great water floudes they shall not come nye him Thou art a place to hyde me in thou shalt preserue me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce I will enforme thee and teache thee in the waye wherin thou shalt go and I will guyde thee with mine eye Be not ye lyke horsse and Mule whiche haue no vnderstanding whose mouthes must be holden with bitte and bridle leste they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lorde mercy embraceth hym on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lorde and be ioyfull all ye that are true of heart Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. O Lorde whiche for oure sake dyddeste faste fortye dayes and fourtye nyghtes Geue vs grace to vse suche abstinence that our fleshe beeyng subdued to the spirite wee maye euer obeye thy Godlye mocyons in righteousnes and true holynes to thy honour and glorye whiche liuest and reignest c. The Epistle WE as helpers exhort you that ye receyue not the grace of god in vain For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the daye of saluacyon haue I succoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluacion Let vs geue no occasyon of euill that in oure office be founde no faute but in all thinges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In much pacience in affliccions in necessities in anguishes in stripes in priesōmētes in strifes in labours in watchynges in fastynges in purenes in knowledge in long suffering in kyndenes in the holy goste in loue vnfayned in the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of ryghteousnes of the ryghte hande and on the lefte by honour and dyshonour by euyll reporte and good reporte as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowyng and yet alwaye mery as poore and yet make manye ryche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessing all thinges The Gospell THen was Iesus led awaye of the spirite into wyldernesse to bee tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourty daies and fourty nightes he was at the laste an hungred And when the tempter came to hym he sayde if thou bee the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breade But he aunswered and sayd it is
SVbmit your selues euery man one to an other knit youre selues together in lowlinesse of mynde For God resysteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Submit your selues therfore vnder the myghtie hand of god that he may exalt you when the time is come Cast al your care vpon him for he careth for you Be sober and watche for your aduersary the deuil as a roaring Lyon walketh about seeking whome he may deuour whome resiste stedfast in the fayth knowing that the same afflyccions are appoynted vnto youre brethren that are in the worlde But the God of all grace which hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after that ye haue suffered a litle affliccion make you perfect settle strengthe and stablyshe you To hym bee glory and dominion for euer and euer The Gospell THen resorted vnto him all the Publicanes sinners for to heare him And the Phariseis Scribes murmured saying He receyueth sinners and eateth with thē But he put furth thys parable vnto them saying What man among you hauing an hundreth shepe if he lose one of them doth not leaue nintie and nine in the wildernes and goeth after that whiche is lost vntill he fynde it And when he hath found it he layeth it on his shoulders with ioye And assone as he cūmeth home he calleth together hys louers and neighbours saying vnto thē Reioyce with me for I haue founde my shepe which was lost I say vnto you that likewise ioy shal be in heauen ouer one synner that repenteth more then ouer nintye and nine iust persons which nede no repentaunce Either what woman hauing ten grotes if she lose one doeth not light a candle and swepe the house and seke diligently till she find it And when she hath founde it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue founde the grote which I had lost Likewise I saye vnto you shall there be ioye in the presence of the Aungels of god ouer one sinner that repenteth ¶ The fourth sonday ¶ At the Communion MY soule cleaueth to the dust O quickē thou me accordyng to thy woorde I haue knowledged my wayes and thou heardest me O teache me thy statutes Make me to vnderstande the waye of thy commaūdementes so shal I talke of thy wonderous workes My soule melteth away for very heauines comfort thou me according vnto thy woorde Take from me the waye of lying and cause thou me to make muche of thy lawe I haue chosen the way of trueth and thy iudgementes haue I layde before me I haue sticken vnto thy testimonies O Lord confound me not I will runne the waye of thy commaundementes when thou hast set my heart at libertie Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd the Protector of all that truste in thee withoute whome nothing is strong nothyng is holye increase and multiply vpon vs thy mercy that thou being our ruler and guide we may so passe through thinges temporal that we finally loose not the thynges eternall Graunt this heauenly father for Iesu Christes sake our Lorde The Epistle I Suppose that the afflicciōs of this life are not worthye of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent desyre of the creature abideth loking when the sonnes of god shal appeare because the creature is subdued to vanitie against the will therof but for his will which hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shal be deliuered from the bōdage of corrupcion into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of GOD. For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto thys tyme not onely it but we also whiche haue the first fruites of the spirite mourne in our selues also waite for the adopcion of the children of GOD euen the deliueraunce of our bodies The Gospell BE ye mercifull as youre father also is mercyfull Iudge not ye shal not be iudged cōdemne not ye shal not be condemned Forgeue and ye shal be forgeuen Geue and it shal bee geuen vnto you good measure and pressed downe and shakē together and running ouer shall men geue into your bosomes For with the same measure that ye mete withal shal other men mete to you agayne And he put furth a similitude vnto them Can the blynd leade the blynd doe they not both fall into the diche The disciple is not aboue his maister Euery mā shal bee perfect euen as his Maister is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but cōsiderest not the beame that is in thine owne eye Either how canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pul out the mote that is in thyne eye when thou seeste not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Thou ypocrite caste out the beame out of thyne owne eye firste and then shalt thou see perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye ¶ The .v. Sonday TEache me O Lorde the waye of thy statutes and I shall kepe it vnto the ende Geue me vnderstandyng and I shall kepe thy lawe yea I shal kepe it with my whole hearte Make me to goe in the path of thy commaundementes for therin is my desyre Encline my heart vnto thy testimonies and not to couetousnes O turne away myne eyes lest they beholde vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way O stablish thy worde in thy seruaunt that I may feare thee Take away the rebuke that I am afrayd of for thy iudgementes are good Beholde my delite is in thy commaundementes O quicken me in thy righteousnes Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRaunte Lorde we beseche thee that the course of thys world may be so peaceably ordred by thy gouernaunce that thy congregacion may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietnes through Iesus Christ our lorde The Epistle BE you all of one mynde and of one heart loue as brethren be pitifull bee courteous meke not rendring euill for euill or rebuke for rebuke but contrariewise blesse knowing that ye are therunto called euen that ye shoulde bee heyres of the blessyng For he that doth long after lyfe and loueth to see good daies let him refrayne his tongue from euil and his lippes that they speake no guile Let him eschewe euill and dooe good let him seeke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto theyr prayers Agayne the face of the lord is ouer them that doe euill Moreouer who is it that will harme you if ye folowe that whiche is good yea happie are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them neyther bee ye troubled but sanctifye the Lorde God in your heartes The Gospell IT came
geue it you ¶ At Euensong ¶ The second lesson Act. xv vnto After certayne dayes ¶ Saynct Iohn Baptist ¶ Proper lessons at Mattyns The first lesson Malach. iii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. iii. vnto the ende At the communion HEare my prayer O Lorde and considre my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man lyuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smittē my life down to the ground he hath laied me in the darknes as the men that haue been long dead Therfore is my spirite vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remembre the tyme past I muse vpon all thy workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hādes I stretche forth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thristie lande Heare me O Lord and that soone for my spirite wereth faynte hide not thy face from me lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe into the pitte O let me heare thy louynge kindenesse betymes in the morning for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Delyuer me O Lorde from myne enemies for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy louing spirite leade me forth vnto the lande of righteousnes Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnes sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnes slay mine enemies and destroie all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God by whose prouidence thy seruaunte Iohn Baptiste was wonderfully borne and sente to prepare the waye of thy sonne our sauiour by preachynge of penaunce make vs so to folowe hys doctrine and holy lyfe that we may truly repent according to his preachyng and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldly rebuke vice and paciently suffer for the truethes sake through Iesus Christe our lorde The Epistle BE of good there my people O ye Prophetes comfort my people sayeth your God comforte Ierusalem at the heart and tell her that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficiēt correccion for all her sinnes A voyce crieth in wildernes prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the deserte Lette all valleys be exalted and euery mountayne and hyll be layed lowe whatso is croked let it be made straight and lette the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shall appeare and all fleshe shall at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophete aunswered what shall I cry that all fleshe is grasse that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the fielde The grasse is withered the floure falleth a way Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuerthelesse whether the grasse wyther or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidynges lift vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem Lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God beholde the Lorde God shall come with power and beare rule with hys arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with him and his workes go before him He shall feede his flocke lyke an heardman He shall gather the lambes together with his arme and carye them in his bosome and shall kyndely entreate those that beare yong The Gospell ELizabethes tyme came that she should be deliuered and she brought furth a sonne And her neighbours and her cosins hearde howe the Lord had shewed greate mercye vpon her and they reioysed wyth her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe called his name Zacharias after the name of his father And his mother answered sayd not soo but he shall be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kinred that is named w t this name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrot saying his name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouthe was opened immediatly his tonge also and he spake praysed God And feare came on al thē that dwelt nye vnto them And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iury and al they that heard them laied thē vp in their heartes saying what maner of chylde shall thys be And the hande of the Lorde was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hathe raysed vp an horne of saluacion vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued from our enemies from the hand of all that hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers remembre his holy couenaunte And that he woulde performe the othe which he sware to our father Abrahā for to geue vs. That we deliuered out of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym wythout feare all the dayes of our lyfe in such holines and righteousnes as are acceptable before him And thou child shalt be called the prophete of the hiest for thou shalte goe before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes to geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissiō of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God wherby the day spring frō an hie hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes in the shadowe of death to guyde our feete into the waye of peace And the child grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernes tyll the day came when he should shewe himselfe vnto the Israelites Proper lessons at Euensong The first lesson Malach. iii. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. xiiii vnto when Iesus hearde ¶ Sainct Peters day At Mattyns The seconde lesson Act. iii. vnto the ende At the Communion BLessed be the Lorde my strengthe whyche teacheth my handes to warre and my fyngers to fyght My hope and my fortresse my castle and delyuerer my defender in whome I truste whiche subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast suche respect vnto hym or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Manne is lyke a thyng of naughte his tyme passeth
to come to the holy Cōmunion of the bodie bloud of our sauiour Christ must cōsidre what S. Paule writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persones diligently to trie and examine themselues before thei presume to eate of that breade and drynke of that cup for as the benefite is great yf with a truly penitent heart and lyuely fayth we receyue that holy Sacrament for then we spiritually eate the fleshe of Christe and drynke his bloude then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs wee bee made one with Christ Christ with vs so is the daunger great yf we receyue the same vnworthely for then wee become gyltie of the body and bloud of Christ our sauiour we eate and drynke our owne damnacion not consideryng the Lordes bodie We kindle Gods wrathe ouer vs we prouoke hym to plague vs with diuerse diseases and sondery kyndes of death Therfore yf any here be a blasphemer aduouterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other greuous cryme excepte he be truely sory therefore and earnestly mynded to leaue the same vices and do trust hym selfe to bee reconciled to almightie God and in Charitie with all the worlde lette hym bewayle his synnes and not come to that holy table lest after the takyng of that most blessed breade the deuill enter into hym as he dyd into Iudas to fyll hym full of all iniquitie and brynge hym to destruccion bothe of body and soule Iudge therfore your selfes brethren that ye bee not iudged of the lorde Let your mynde be without desire to synne repent you truely for your synnes past haue an earnest and lyuely faith in Christe our sauior be in perfect charitie with all men so shall ye bee mete partakers of those holy misteries And aboue all thynges ye must geue moste humble and heartie thankes to God the father the sonne and the holy ghoste for the redempcion of the worlde by the death and passion of our sauior Christe both God and man who did humble hymselfe euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable synners whiche laye in darknes and shadowe of death that he myghte make vs the children of God and exalte vs to euerlastyng lyfe And to th end that wee shoulde alwaye remembre the excedyng loue of oure maister and onely sauior Iesu Christe thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefites whiche by his precious bloudshedyng he hath obteigned to vs he hath lefte in those holy Misteries as a pledge of his loue and a continuall all remembraunce of thesame his owne blessed body precious bloud for vs to fed vpon spiritually to our endles comfort and consolacion To him therfore with the father and the holy ghost let vs geue as we are most bounden cōtinual thankes submitting our selfes wholy to his holy wyll and pleasure and studying to serue hym in true holines and righteousnes all the dayes of our lyfe Amen ¶ In Cathedral churches or other places where there is dailie Communion it shall be sufficient to reade this exhortacion aboue written once in a moneth And in parish churches vpon the weke daies it may be lefte vnsayed ¶ And if vpon̄ the Sonday or holy daye the people be negligent to come to the Communion Then shall the Priest earnestly exhorte his parishoners to dispose themselfes to the receiuing of the holy cōmunion more diligētly saiyng these or like wordes vnto thē DEre frendes and you especially vpon whose soules I haue cure and charge on _____ next I do intende by Gods grace to offre to all suche as shal be godlye disposed the moste comfortable Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christe to be taken of them in the remembraunce of his moste fruitfull and glorious Passion by the whiche passion we haue obteigned remission of our sinnes and be made partakers of the kyngdom of heauen whereof we bee assured and asserteigned yf wee come to the sayde Sacrament with heartie repentaunce for our offences stedfast faithe in Goddes mercye and earnest minde to obeye Goddes wyll and to offende nomore Wherefore our duetie is to come to these holy misteries with moste heartie thankes to bee geuen to almightie GOD for his infinite mercie and benefites geuen and bestowed vpon vs his vnworthie seruauntes for whom he hath not onely geuen his body to death and shed his bloude but also doth vouchsaue in a Sacrament and Mistery to geue vs his sayed bodye and bloud to feede vpon spiritually The whiche Sacrament being so Diuine and holy a thing and so comfortable to them whiche receiue it worthilye and so daungerous to them that wyll presume to take thesame vnworthely My duetie is to exhorte you in the meane season to consider the greatnes of the thing and to serche and examine your owne consciences and that not lyghtly nor after the maner of dissimulers with GOD But as they whiche shoulde come to a moste Godly and heauenly Banket not to come but in the mariage garment required of God in scripture that you may so muche as lieth in you be founde worthie to come to suche a table The waies and meanes therto is First that you be truly repentaunt of your former euill lyfe and that you confesse with an vnfained hearte to almightie God youre synnes and vnkyndnes towardes his Maiestie committed eyther by wyll worde or dede infirmitie or ignoraunce and that with inward sorowe and teares you bewaile your offences and require of almightie god mercie and pardō promising to him from the botome of your heartes thamendment of your former lyfe And emonges all others I am commaunded of God especially to moue and exhorte you to reconcile your selfes to your neyghbours whom you haue offended or who hath offended you putting out of your heartes all hatred and malice against them and to be in loue and charitie with all the worlde and to forgeue other as you would that god should forgeue you And yf any man haue doen wrong to any other let hym make satisfaccion and due restitucion of all landes goodes wrongfully taken awaye or withholden before he come to Goddes borde or at the least be in full mynde and purpose so to do assone as he is able or els let hym not come to this holy table thinking to deceiue God who seeth all mennes heartes For neyther the absolucion of the priest can any thing auayle them nor the receyuyng of this holy sacrament doth any thyng but increase their damnacion And yf there bee any of you whose conscience is troubled and greued in any thing lackyng comforte or counsaill let hym come to me or to some other discrete and learned priest taught in the lawe of God and confesse and open his sinne and griefe secretly that he maie receiue suche ghostly counsail aduise and comfort that his conscience maye be releued and that of vs as of the Ministers of GOD and of the churche he may receyue comforte and absolucion to the satisfaccion of his minde and auoydyng of all scruple and doubtfulnes
into the pitte O lette me heare thy louyng kyndnesse betymes in the mornynge for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lyft vp my soule vnto thee Deliuer me o lorde from myne enemyes for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to dooe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my god lette thy louyng spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of righteousnesse Quicken me o lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnesse sake bryng my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse slaye my enemies and destroye all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ With this antheme Remembre not Lorde our iniquities nor the iniquities of our forefathers Spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Minister O Lorde saue thy seruaunt Aunswere Whiche putteth his trust in thee Minister Sende hym helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore mightily defende hym Minister Let the enemy haue none aduauntage of hym Aunswere Nor the wicked approche to hurte hym Minister Bee vnto hym O Lorde a strong tower Aunswere From the face of his enemy Minister Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come vnto thee Minister Let vs praye O Lorde looke downe from heauen beholde visite and releue this thy seruaunte Looke vpon hym with the iyes of thy mercy geue hym coumforte and sure confidence in thee Defende hym from the daunger of the enemy and kepe hym in perpetuall peace and safetie through Jesus Christe our Lorde Amen HEare vs almightie and moste mercifull God and Sauioure Extende thy accustomed goodnesse to this thy seruaunt whiche is greued with sickenesse Visite hym O Lord as thou diddest visite Peters wyfes mother and the Capitaynes seruaunte And as thou preseruedst Thobie and Sara by thy Aungell from daunger So restore vnto this sicke person his former health if it be thy will or els geue hym grace so to take thy correccion that after this painfull lyfe ended he may dwel with thee in lyfe euerlastyng Amen Then shall the minister exhorte the sicke person after this fourme or other lyke DErely beloued knowe this that almightie God is the Lorde ouer lyfe death and ouer all thinges to them perteining as yougth strength helth age weakenesse and sickenesse Wherfore whatsoeuer youre sickenesse is know you certaynly that it is Gods visitacion And for what cause soeuer this sickenesse is sent vnto you whether it bee to trye your pacience for the example of other and that your fayth maye be founde in the daye of the Lord laudable gloryous and honourable to the encrease of glory and endlesse felicitie Orels it be sente vnto you to correcte and amende in you whatsoeuer doeth offende the iyes of our heauenly father knowe you certaynlye that yf you truely repente you of youre synnes and beare youre sicknesse paciently trustyng in Gods mercye for his deare sonne Iesus Christes sake and rendre vnto him humble thankes for his fatherly visitacion submytting your selfe wholy to his will it shall turne to your profite helpe you forward in the right way that leadeth vnto euerlasting lyfe ☞ ¶ Take therfore in good worth the chastement of the Lord For whom the Lord loueth he chastiseth Yea as Saincte Paul sayeth he scourgeth euery sonne whiche he receyueth yf you endure chastisement he offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto his owne children What sonne is he that the father chastiseth not Yf ye be not vnder correccion wherof all the true children are partakers then are ye bastardes and not children Therfore seing that whan our carnall fathers doe correct vs we reuerently obey them shall we not nowe muche rather be obedient to our spirituall father and so lyue And they for a fewe dayes do chastise vs afer their owne pleasure but he doeth chastise vs for our profite to thentente he may make vs partakers of his holines These wordes good brother are Gods wordes and wrytten in holy scripture for our coumfort and instruccion that we should paciently and with thankes geuyng beare oure heauenly fathers correccion whansoeuer by any maner of aduersitie it shall please his gracious goodnes to visite vs. And there should be no greater coumfort to christian persons then to be made lyke vnto Christe by sufferyng paciently aduersities troubles and sickenesses For he himselfe went not vp to ioy but first he suffered payne he entred not into his glory before he was crucified So truely our waye to eternall ioy is to suffre here with Christe and our doore to entre into eternall lyfe is gladly to dye with Christe that we may ryse againe from death and dwell with him in euerlasting lyfe Nowe therfore taking your sickenesse whiche is thus profitable for you paciently I exhorte you in the name of God to remembre the profession which you made vnto God in youre Baptisme And forasmuche as after this lyfe there is accompte to bee geuen vnto the ryghteous iudge of whom all must be iudged without respect of persons I require you to examine your selfe your state both towarde God and manne so that accusyng and condemning your selfe for your owne faultes you may fynde mercy at our heauēly fathers hand for Christes sake and not be accused and condemned in that fearefull iudgemēt Therfore I shall shortly rehearse the articles of our fayth that ye may knowe whether you doe beleue as a christian man should beleue or no. Here the minister shall rehearse the articles of the faythe saying thus Doest thou beleue in God the father almightie And so forth as it is in Baptisme This may be done before the minister begyn his prayers as he shall see cause Then shall the minister examine whether he be in charitie with all the worlde Exhortyng hym to forgeue from the botome of his herte all persons that haue offended hym and if he haue offended other to aske them forgeuenesse and where he hath done iniurie or wrong to any man that he make amendes to his vttermoste power And if he haue not a fore disposed his goodes let him then make his wyll But men must be oft admonished that they sette an ordre for theyr temporall goodes and landes whan they be in helth And also to declare his debtes what he oweth and what is owyng to hym for discharging of his conscience and quietnesse of his executours The minister may not forget nor omitte to moue the sicke person and that most earnestly to lyberalitie toward the poore ¶ Here shall the sicke person make a speciall confession yf he fele his conscience troubled with any weightie matter After