⧠THE Epistels and Gospels for euery Sonday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare After the vse of the Church of England 1574 Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdeley dwellyng in little Brittain streete without Aldersgate ¶ Cum priuilegio ¶ The Epistles and Gospels for euery Sunday and Holy day throughout the whole yeare ¶ The first Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Roma iii. OWe nothing to any man but thys that ye loue one another For he that loueth another fulfilleth the law For these commaundements Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not kyl Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not lust and so foorth if there be any other commaundement it is all comprehended in this saying namely Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue hurteth not hys neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling of the lawe This also we know the season how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleepe for now is our saluation nerer then when we beleued The night is passed the day is come nye let vs therefore cast awaye the deedes of darknes and let vs put on the armour of light Let vs walke honestlye as it were in the day light not in eating and drinking neither in chambring nor wantonnes neither in strife and enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make no prouision for the flesh to fulfill the lustes of it ¶ The Gospell Math. xxi ANd when they drew nye to Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuet then sent Iesus two of his Disciples saying vnto them Go into the towne that lieth ouer against you and anon you shall finde an Asse bound and her Colt with her loose them bring them vnto me And if any man say ought vnto you say ye the Lord hath nede of them straight way he wyl let them go Al this was done that it might be fulfylled which was spoken by the Prophet saying Tell ye the daughter of Sion behold thy king commeth vnto thee meeke sytting vpon an Asse a Colt the foale of the Asse vsed to the yoke The Disciples went and did as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the Colt and put on them their clothes and set hym thereon And many of the people spread their garments in the way Other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the way Moreouer the people that went before and they that came after cryed saying Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest And when he was come to Ierusalem all the City was moued saying Who is this And the people sayd this is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a city of Galile And Iesus went into the Temple of God cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that sold Dooues and sayd vnto them It is written my house shall be called the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theeues ¶ The second Sunday in Aduent The Epistle Roma xv WHat soeuer thinges are written aforetyme they are written for our learning that we through pacience and comfort of the scriptures myght haue hope The God of pacience and consolation graunt you to bee lyke mynded one towardes another after the ensample of Christ Iesu that ye all agreeing together may with one mouth praise God the Father of our Lord Iesu Christ Wherfore receyue ye one another as Christ receiued vs to the prayse of god And this I say that Iesu Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers and that the Gentiles might praise god for his mercy as it is writtē For this cause I wil praise thee among the Gentils and singe vnto thy name And againe he sayth Reioyce ye Gentils with his people And againe praise the Lord all ye Gentils and laude him all ye nations together And agayne Esay sayth There shall bee the roote of Iesse he that shal ryse to raigne ouer the Gentiles in him shal the Gentils trust The God of hope fill you with al ioy and peace in beleuing that ye may be rytch in hope through the power of the holy ghost ¶ The Gospell Luke xxi THer shal be signes in the sunne and in the moone and in the stars and in the earth the people shall be at their wittes ende thorow dispaire The sea and the water shal roare and mens harts shal faile thē for feare and for looking after those thinges which shal come on the earth For the powers of heauen shall moue And then shall they see the Sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorye When these thinges beginne to come to passe then looke vp and lift vp your heads for your redemption draweth nye And he shewed thē a similitude Behold the Figtree and al other trees whē they shoote foorth their buds ye see know of your own selues that summer is then nie at hād So likewise ye also whē ye see these things come to passe be sure that the kyngedome of God is nye Verely I say vnto you this generation shall not passe tyll all bee fulfyled Heauen and earth shall passe but my woordes shall not passe ¶ The third Sunday in Aduent The Epistle i. Cor. iiii LEt a man this wyse esteeme vs euen as the ministers of Christ and Stewardes of the secretes of god Furthermore it is required of the Stewarde that a man be founde faythfull with me it is but a very small thing that I should be iudged of you eyther of mans iudgement no I iudge not mine owne selfe for I knowe nought by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified It is the Lord that iudgeth me Therefore iudge nothing before the time vntyll the Lord come which wyll lyghten thynges that are hyd in darknes and open the counsayles of the hartes and then shall euery man haue praise of God. ¶ The Gospell Math. xi WHen Iohn being in prison heard the works of Christ he sent two of his Disciples and sayd vnto him Art thou he that shal come or do we looke for another Iesus aunswered said vnto them Go and shew Iohn agayne what ye haue heard and seene The blinde receiue theyr sight the lame walke the leapers are clensed and the deafe heare the deade are raysed vp and the poore receiue the glad tidinges of the Gospell and happy is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concerning Iohn What went ye out into the wildernes to see A reede that is shaken with the wind Or what went you out to see A man clothed in soft raymēt Behold they that weare soft clothing are in kinges houses But what went you out for to see A Prophet Verely I say vnto you and more then a
haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lustes ¶ The Gospel Luke xvii ANd it chaunced as Iesus went to Ierusalem that he passed through Samaria and Galile And as he entred into a certaine town there met him ten men that were Lepers which stood a farre of and put forth their voyces and sayd Iesus Maister haue mercy on vs When he saw them he sayd vnto them go shew your selues vnto the Priestes And it came to passe that as they went they were cleansed And one of them when hee saw that hee was clensed turned back againe and wyth a loud voice praised God and fell downe on his face at his feete and gaue him thankes And the same was a Samaritane And Iesus answered and said are there not ten clensed but where are those nine There are not found that returned againe to geue God prayse saue onely thys Straunger And he sayd vnto hym aryse go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole ¶ The .xv. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Gala. iii. YE see how large a Letter I haue written to you with mine own hand As many as desire with outward appearaunce to please carnally the same constraine you to be circumcised onely least they should suffer persecution for the Crosse of Christ For they them selues which are circumcised keepe not the law but desyre to haue you circumcised that they might reioyce in your flesh God forbid that I shuld reioyce but in the crosse of our Lord Iesu Christ wherby the world is crucified vnto me I vnto the world For in Christ Iesu neither circumcision auaileth any thing at al nor vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke according vnto this rule peace be on them and mercy and vpon Israell that partaineth to god From hence forth let no man put me to busines For I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesu Brethren the grace of our lord Iesu Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ The Gospell Math. vi NO man can serue two maisters for either he shal hate the one and loue the other or els leane to the one and despise the other yee cannot serue God and Mamon Therefore I say vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drinke or yet for your body what rayment you shall put on Is not the lyfe more woorth then meate and the body more of value then raiment Behold the foules of the ayre for they sow not neither do they reape nor cary into barens and your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they Which of you by taking carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto hys stature And why care ye for rayment Consider the Lillies of the field how they growe they labour not neither do thy spinne And yet I say vnto you that euen Salomon in all his roialtye was not clothed lyke one of these Wherefore if God so cloth the grasse of the field which though it stand to day is to morowe cast into the fornace shall he not much more do the same for you O ye of little fayth Therefore take no thought saying what shall we eate or what shall we drinke or where with shall we be cloathed after all these things do the Gentiles seeke For your heauenlye Father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these thinges But rather seeke yee fyrst the kyngdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all these things shall bee ministred vnto you Care not then for the morowe for to morowe day shall care for it selfe sufficient vnto the day is the trauaile thereof ¶ The .xvi. Sunday after Trinity Sunday The Epistle Ephe. iii. I Desire that you faynt not because of my tribulations that I suffer for your sakes which is your prayse For thys cause I bowe my knees vnto the Father of our lord Iesus Christ which is Father of al that is called Father in heauen and in earth that he would graunt you according to the ritches of his glory that ye may be strengthned with might by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hartes by fayth that ye being rooted and grounded in loue might be able to comprehende with all Saintes what is the bredth length depth and height and to know the excellēt loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye might be fulfilled with all fulnes which commeth of god Vnto hym that is able to do exceding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion by Christ Iesus throughout all generations from time to time Amen ¶ The Gospell Luke vii ANd it fortuned that Iesus went into a city called Naim and many of his disciples went with him and much people When he came nye to the gate of the City behold there was a man caried out which was the onely Sonne of his mother and she was a widow and much people of the City was with her And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and sayd vnto her weepe not And he came nie and touched the coffin and they that bare him stood still And he sayde yong man I say vnto thee arise And hee that was dead sat vp and began to speake And he deliuered him to his mother And there came a feare on them all And they gaue the glory vnto God saying a great Prophet is risen vp amonge vs and God hath visited his people And this rumour of him went foorth throughout all Iewry and throughout all the regions which lye rounde about ¶ The .xvii. sunday after Trinitie Sunday The Epistle Ephc. iiii I Which am a prisoner of the Lordes exhort you that ye walke woorthy of the vocation wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and meekenes with humblenes of mind forbearing one another through loue and be diligent to keepe the vnity of the spirit through the bond of peace being one body and Spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling Let there be but one Lord one fayth one Baptisme one God and Father of all which is aboue all and through all and in you all ¶ The Gospell Luke xiiii IT chaunced that Iesus went into the house of one of the chiefe Pharises to eate breade on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsy And Iesus aunswered spake vnto the Lawiers and Phariseis saying is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they helde their peace And he tooke hym and healed him and let him goe and answered them saying which of you shal haue an asse or an Oxe fallen into a pyt and wyll not straight way pull him out on the Sabboth day And they could not aunswer him againe to these thinges He put forth also a similitude to the geastes when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roumes and sayd vnto them When thou
say vnto the cities of Iuda Behold your God behold the Lord God shall come with power and beare rule with his arme Behold he bringeth his treasure with him and his workes go before him He shal feede his flocke lyke an Heardman Hee shall gather the Lambes together with his arme and cary them in hys bosome and shall kindly intreate those that beare young ¶ The Gospel Luke i. ELizabethes time came that she shuld be deliuered she brought forth a sonne And her neyghbours and her Cosen 's heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy vpon and reioyced with her And it fortuned that in the eyght day they came to circumcise the childe and called his name Zachary after the name of his father And his mother answered and sayd not so but his name shall be called Iohn And they sayde vnto her There is none in thy kynred that is named with this name And they made sygnes to hys father how he would haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrote saying his name is Iohn And they maruayled all And hys mouth was opened immediately and his toung also he spake and praysed god And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto him And al these sayings was noised abrod throughout all the hye country of Iewry and they that heard them layd them vp in their hartes saying what maner of child shal this be And the hand of the Lord was with him And his father Zacharias was fylled wyth the holy Ghost prophecied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israell for he hath visited and redemed his people And raised vp an horne of saluation vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were since the world began that we should be saued frō our enemies frō the hand of all that hate vs That he would deale mercifully with our fathers and remember his holy couenaunt he would performe the oth which he sware to our father Abraham for to geue vs That we being deliuered out of the hands of our enemies might serue hym wythout feare all the dayes of our lyfe in such holines and righteousnes as are acceptable for him And thou childe shalt be called the Prophet of the highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his waies To geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remission of syns Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the day spring from an hye hath visited vs To geue light to them that sat in darknes and in the shadow of death to guide our feete into the way of peace And the Childe grewe and waxed strong in spirit was in wildernes till the day came when he should shew himselfe vnto the Israelits ¶ Saynt Peters day the Apostle The Epistle Actes xii AT the same time Herod the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certain of the congregation And he kylled Iames the Brother of Iohn with the sworde And because he saw it pleased the Iewes he proceded further and tooke Peter also Then were the dayes of swete bread And when hee had caught him he put hym in prison also and deliuered hym to four quarternions of souldiers to bee kept intending after Easter to bringe him foorth to the people And Peter was kepte in prison but prayer was made with out ceasing of the congregation vnto God for him And when Herod woulde haue brought him out vnto the people the same night slepte Peter betwene two soldiers bound with two chaines and the kepers before the doore kept the prison And behold the Aungell of the Lord was there present and a light shined in the habitation And he smot Peter on the side and stirred him vp saying arise vp quickly And his chaines fel from his hands And the Aungell sayd vnto him girde thy selfe and bind on thy sandales And he so did And he sayde vnto him cast thy garment about thee and folow me And he came out and folowed him and wist not that it was truth which was done by the Angell but thought hee had seene a vision When they were past the first and second watch they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the city which opened to them by the owne accord and they went out and passed thorow one streete foorthwith the Angel departed from him And when Peter was come to himselfe he sayd now I know of a suretye that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath deliuered me out of the hand of Herod and from all waiting of the people of the Iewes ¶ The Gospell Math. xv WHen Iesus came into the coastes of the City which is called Cesarea Philippy he asked his disciples saying whom do men say that I the son of man am They sayd Some say that thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the Prophets He said vnto them but whom say ye that I am Simon Peter aunswered and sayde Thou art Christ the son of the liuing god And Iesus aunswered and said vnto him Happy art thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for flesh and bloud hath not opened that vnto thee but my father which is in heauen And I say vnto thee that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I will builde my congregacion And the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it And I wil geue vnto thee the keies of the kingdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou bindest in earth shal be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer thou loosest in earth shal be loosed in heauen ¶ Saint Iames the Apostle The Epistle Actes xi IN those dayes came Prophetes from the City of Ierusalem vnto Antioch and there stood vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there should be great dearth throughout all the world which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to hys abilitye purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry which thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saule At the same time Herod the kinge stretched foorth his handes to vexe ceriaine of the congregation And hee killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword And because he saw it pleased the Iewes he proceeded further and tooke Peter also ¶ The Gospell Math. xx THen came to him the mother of Zebedes children with her sonnes worshipping him and desiring a certain thing of him and he sayd vnto her what wilt thou Shee sayd vnto him Graunt that these my two Sonnes may syt the one on thy right hand and the other on thy lefte in thy kingdome But Iesus answered and sayd yee wote not what ye aske are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of and to be baptised with the baptisme that I am baptised with They said vnto him we are He sayd vnto them ye shal drink in deede of my cup