xvi  xvi xxxviii xvi xxxix iiii A xvi kl xvii  xvii xl xvii xli v b xv kl xviii  xviii xlii xviii xliii ii Peter i c xiiii kl xix  xix xliiii xix xlv ii d xiii kl xx  xx xlvi xx xlvii iii e xii kl xxi Tho. Apost xxi xlviii xxi xlix i. Iohn i f xi kl xxii  xxii l xxii li ii g x. kl xxiii  xxiii lii xxiii liii iii A ix kl xxiiii  xxiiii liiii xxiiii lv iiii b viii kl xxv Nati dn̄i xxv Esay ix Math. i Esay vii Tit. iii c vii kl xxvi Stephan xxvi lvi act vi vii lvii Actes vii d vi kl xxvii Iohn Euan xxvii lviii Apoc. i lix Apo. xxii e v. kl xxviii Innocen xxviii Ier. xxxi Acte xxv Esay lx i. Iohn v f iiii kl xxix  xxix Esay lxi xxvi lxii ii Iohn i g iii kl xxx  xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii iii. Ihō i. A Prid. kl xxxi  xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i ⧠AN ORDRE ⧠for Mattins dayly through the yere The priest beyng in the quier shall begynne with a loude voyce the Lordes prayer called the pater noster OVRE father whiche arte in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue them that trespasse agaynst vs. And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euil Amen Then lykewyse he shall saye O Lorde open thou my lyppes Aunswere And my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse Priest O God make spede to saue me Aunswere O Lorde make haste to helpe me Priest Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall bee worlde without ende Amen Prayse ye the Lorde And from Easter to Trinitie Sonday Alleluya Then shal be sayed or song without any Inuitatory this Psalme Venite exultemas c in Englishe as foloweth O Come let vs syng vnto the Lorde let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thankes geuing and shewe our selfe glad in hym with Psalmes For the Lorde is a great God and a great kyng about all goddes In his hande are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The sea is his and he made it and his handes prepared the drye lande O come let vs worship and fall downe and knele before the Lorde our maker For he is the Lorde oure God and we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his handes To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not youre heartes as in the prouocacion and as in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes When your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes Fortye yeares longe was I greued with this generacion and sayed it is a people that do erre in their heartes for they haue not knowne my wayes Vnto whome I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter into my rest Glory be to the father and 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 shall folowe certaine Psalmes in ordre as they been appointed in a table made for that purpose excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day And at the ende of euery Psalme throughout the yeare and likewise in the ende of Benedictus Benedicite Magnificat and Nunc dimittis shal be reapeted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Thē shal be read .ii. lessons distinctely with a loude voice that the people maye heare The first of the old testament the seconde of the newe Like as they be appoynted by the kalender excepte there be proper lessons assigned for that day The minister that readeth the lesson standyng turning him so as he may best he heard of all suche as be present And before euery lesson the minister shall saye thus The first seconde .iii. or .iiii. Chapter of Genisis or Exodus Matthewe Marke or other lyke as is appoynted in the Kalender And in the ende of euery Chapter he shall saye ¶ Here endeth suche a Chapter of suche a booke And to the ende the people maye the better heare in suche places where they doe syng there shall the lessons be song in a playne tune after the maner of distinct readyng and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospell ¶ After the fyrste lesson shal folowe Te deum laudamus in Englyshe dayly throughout the yeare excepte in Lent all the which time in the place of Te deum shal be vsed Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino in Englyshe as foloweth Te deum laudamus WE prayse thee O God we knowlage thee to be the Lorde All the yearthe doeth worship thee the father euerlastyng To thee all Angels cry aloude the heauens and all the powers therin To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually doe crye Holy holy holy Lorde God of Sabaoth Heauen and earth are replenished with the maiestie of of thy glory The glorious coumpany of the Apostles prayse thee The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse thee The noble armie of Martyrs prayse thee The holy churche throughout all the woorlde doeth knowlage thee The father of an infinite maiestie Thy honourable true and onely sonne The holy gost also beyng the coumforter Thou art the kyng of Glory O Christe Thou art the euerlastyng sonne of the father Whan thou tookest vpon thee to delyuer manne thou dyddest not abhorre the virgins wombe Whan thou haddest ouercomed the sharpenes of death thou diddest open the kyngdom of heauen to all beleuers Thou sittest on the ryghthande of God in the glory of the father We beleue that thou shalt come to be our iudge We therfore pray thee helpe thy seruauntes whom thou haste redemed with thy precious bloud Make them to be noumbred with thy sainctes in glory euerlastyng O Lorde saue thy people and blesse thyne heritage Gouerne them and lift them vp for euer Daye by daye we magnifie thee And we wurship thy name euer worlde without ende Vouchsafe O Lorde to kepe vs this daye without sinne O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs haue mercy vpon vs. O Lorde let thy mercy lyghten vpon vs as our truste is in thee O lorde in thee haue I trusted let me neuer bee confounded Benedicite omnia opera domini domino O All ye workes of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye Angels of the Lord speake good of the Lord prayse him set him vp for euer O ye heauens speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O ye waters that be aboue the fyrmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse
and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne If we say we haue no synne we deceyue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowledge our sinnes he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his woorde is not in vs. The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto Peter folowe thou me Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whome Iesus loued folowing whiche also leaned on his breaste at Supper and sayed Lorde whiche is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therefore sawe him he sayed to Iesus Lorde what shall he here dooe Iesus sayed vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tarye tyll I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Then wente this saying abroade among the brethren that that disciple should not dye Yet Iesus sayed not to him he shal not die but if I wil that he tary til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we know that his testimony is true There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the whiche if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not cōteine the bookes that should be written ¶ At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Apoca. xxii vnto the ende ¶ The Innocentes day ¶ At Mattins ¶ The first lesson Hiere .xxxi. vnto Moreouer I heard Effraym O God the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The dead bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen to bee meate vnto the fowles of the ayre and the fleshe of thy sainctes vnto the beastes of the lande Theyr bloud haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no man to bury them We are become an open shame to oure enemies a very skorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. Lorde how long wilt thou be angrie shall thy gelousye burne lyke fyer for euer Powre out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waste his dwellyng place O remember not our olde sinnes but haue mercye vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great misery Helpe vs O GOD of our saluacion for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and bee mercifull vnto our synnes for thy names sake Wherefore dooe the Heathen saye where is nowe theyr God O lette the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the Heathen in our syght O let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee accordyng vnto the greatnesse of thy power preserue thou those that are appointed to dye And as for the blasphemye wherwith our neyghbours haue blasphemed thee rewarde thou them O Lord seuen folde into theyr bosome So we that be thy people and shepe of thy pasture shal geue thee thākes for euer and will alway be shewing furth thy prayse from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whose prayse this day the young innocentes thy witnesses hath confessed and shewed foorth not in speakyng but in dying mortifye and kyll all vyces in vs that in our conuersacion our lyfe may expresse thy fayth whiche with our tongues we dooe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred .xliiij. thousande hauing his name and his fathers name written in theyr foreheades And I heard a voice from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thundre And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harpes And they sōg as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiij. beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne the song but the C. xliiij thousand which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with weomen for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whithersoeuer he goeth These were redemed from men being the fyrste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was foūd no guile for they are without spot before the throne of God The Gospell THe Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypt and bee thou there till I bring thee worde For it will come to passe that Herode shall seeke the childe to destroy him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herode that it myghte bee fulfilled whiche was spoken of the lord by the prophete saying out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wise men he was exceadyng wroth and sent furth men of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were .ii. yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulfilled that whiche was spoken by the prophete Ieremie where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentacion wepyng and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children woulde not be coumforted because they were not ¶ The Sonday after Christmas day I Will lyfte vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My helpe cummeth euen from the Lorde whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israel shal neyther slumber nor slepe The Lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day neyther the Moone by night The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lorde shal preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a child differeth not from a seruaunt though he be lorde of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so wee also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde But when the tyme was full come God sente his sonne made of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe to redeme them whiche were bonde vnto the lawe that we through eleccion mighte receyue the
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
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
obteigne remission of our sinnes and al other benefites of his passion And here wee offre and present vnto thee O Lord oure selfe oure soules and bodies to be a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly besechyng thee that whosoeuer shal bee partakers of thys holy Communion maye worthely receiue the moste precious body and bloude of thy sonne Iesus Christe and bee fulfilled with thy grace and heauenly benediction and made one bodye with thy sonne Iesu Christe that he maye dwell in them and they in hym And although we be vnworthy through our manyfolde synnes to offre vnto thee any Sacrifice Yet we beseche thee to accepte this our bounden duetie and seruice and commaunde these our prayers and supplicacions by the Ministery of thy holy Angels to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the syght of thy diuine maiestie not waying our merites but pardoning our offences through Christe our Lorde by whom and with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O father almightie world without ende Amen Let vs praye AS our sauiour Christe hath commaunded and taught vs we are bolde to saye Our father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy Kyngdome come Thy wyll be doen in yearth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye our dayly breade And forgeue vs our trespaces as wee forgeue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptacion The Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Then shall the priest saye The peace of the Lorde be alwaye with you The Clearkes And with thy spirite The Priest CHrist our Pascal lābe is offred vp for vs once for al when he bare our sinnes on his body vpō the crosse for he is the very lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the worlde wherfore let vs kepe a ioyfull and holy feast with the Lorde Here the prieste shall turne hym towarde those that come to the holy Communion and shall saye YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your synnes to almightie God and be in loue and charitie with your neyghbours and entende to leade a newe life folowing the cōmaundementes of God and walkyng from hencefurth in his holy wayes drawe nere and take this holy Sacrament to your comforte make your humble confession to almightie God and to his holy churche here gathered together in his name mekely knelyng vpon your knees Then shall this generall Confession bee made in the name of all those that are minded to receyue the holy Communion eyther by one of them or els by one of the ministers or by the Prieste hymselfe all kneling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie GOD father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ maker of all thinges iudge of all menne we knowlege and bewayle our manifold sinnes and wyckednes whiche we from tyme to tyme most greuously haue committed by thoughte woorde and dede agaynste thy diuine maiestie prouokyng moost iustely thy wrath and indignacion againste vs we do earnestly repent and be hartely sory for these oure misdoinges the remembraunce of them is greuous vnto vs the burthen of them is intollerable haue mercie vpon vs haue mercie vpon vs moste mercifull father for thy sonne our Lorde Iesus Christes sake forgeue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer hereafter serue and please thee in newnes of life to the honour and glory of thy name Through Iesus Christe our Lorde Then shall the Prieste stande vp and turning hymselfe to the people say thus ALmightie GOD our heauenly father who of his great mercie hath promysed forgeuenesse of synnes to all them whiche with heartye repentaunce and true fayth turne vnto hym haue mercy vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting lyfe through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also saye Heare what coumfortable woordes our sauiour Christe sayeth to all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauel and bee heauy laden and I shal refreshe you So God loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne to the ende that all that beleue in hym shoulde not perishe but haue lyfe euerlastyng Heare also what saynct Paule sayeth This is a true saying and worthie of all men to be receyued that Iesus Christe came into this worlde to saue sinners Heare also what sainct Iohn saieth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous and he is the propiciacion for our sinnes Then shall the Prieste turning hym to gods boord knele down and saye in the name of all them that shall receyue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table o mercifull lorde trustinge in our owne righteousnes but in thy manifold and great mercies we be not woorthie so muche as to gather vp the cromes vnder thy table but thou art the same lorde whose propertie is alwayes to haue mercie Graunte vs therefore gracious lorde so to eate the fleshe of thy dere sonne Iesus Christe and to drinke his bloud in these holy Misteries that wee maye continually dwell in hym and he in vs that oure synful bodyes may bee made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious bloud Amen Then shall the Prieste firste receiue the Communion in both kindes himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers yf any be there present that they may bee ready to helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people ¶ And when he deliuereth the Sacrament of the body of Christ he shall saye to euery one these wordes The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was geuen for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastyng lyfe And the Minister deliuering the Sacrament of the bloud and geuing euery one to drinke once and no more shall saye The bloud of our Lord Iesus Christe whiche was shed for thee preserue thy bodye and soule vnto euerlastinge lyfe If there be a Deacon or other Priest then shall he folowe with the Chalice and as y e prist ministreth the Sacramēt of the body so shal he for more expedicion minister y e Sacrament of the bloud in fourme before written In the Communion tyme the Clearkes shall syng O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde haue mercie vpon vs. O lambe of god that takeste awaye the synnes of the worlde graunt vs thy peace Beginning so soone as the Priest doeth receiue the holy Communiō and when the Communiō is ended then shal the Clarkes syng the post Communion ¶ Sentēces of holy scripture to be said or song euery daie one after the holy Communion called the post Communion If any man will folowe me let him forsake hymselfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me Whosoeuer shall indure vnto th ende he shal be saued Praysed be the Lorde god of Israell for he hath visyted and redemed his people
catholyke Churche the Cōmunion of Saintes Remission of sinnes Resurreccion of the fleshe and euerlasting lyfe after death Aunswere I beleue Then the minister shall put the white vesture commonly called the Crisome vpon the childe saying TAke this whyte vesture for a token of the innocencie whiche by goddes grace in the holy sacramente of Baptysme is geuen vnto thee and for a sygne wherby thou arte admonyshed so long as thou shalte liue to geue thy selfe to innocencie of liuing that after this transitory lyfe thou mayest be partaker of the lyfe euerlastyng Amen ¶ Let vs pray ALmightie and euerlastyng God heauenlye father wee geue thee humble thankes that thou haste vouchesaued to call vs to the knoweledge of thy grace and fayth in thee Increase and confirme this fayth in vs euermore Geue thy holy spirite to thys infante that he being borne agayne and being made heire of euerlasting saluacyon throughe oure Lorde Iesus Christe may continue thy seruaunte and attaine thy promises through the same our Lorde Iesus Christe thy sonne who liueth and reygneth with thee in vnitie of the same holy spirite euerlastinglye Amen Then shall the minister make this exhortacion to the Godfathers and Godmothers FOr asmuche as thys chylde hathe promysed by you to forsake the deuill and all his woorkes to beleue in God and to serue him you must remember that it is your partes and duetie to see that this infante be taught so soone as he shal be hable to learne what a solemne vowe promyse and professyon he hath made by you and that he maye knowe these thinges the better ye shall call vpon him to heare sermons And chiefly ye shall prouide that he may learne the Crede the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes in the Englishe tongue and al other thynges which a christian man ought to knowe and beleue to his soules health and that this child may be vertuously brought vp to leade a godly and a christian life Remembring alway that baptisme doeth represent vnto vs oure profession whiche is to folowe the example of our sauiour Christ and to be made lyke vnto him that as he died and rose agayne for vs so shoulde we whiche are baptised dye from sinne and rise agayne vnto righteousnes continually mortifying al our euil and corrupt affeccions and daily proceding in al vertue and godlines of liuyng c As in publyke Baptisme ¶ But yf they whiche bryng the infantes to the churche doe make an vncertayne aunswere to the priestes questions and saye that they cannot tell what they thought dyd or sayed in that great feare and trouble of mynde as oftentymes it chaunseth Then let the priest Baptise hym in forme aboue wrytten concerninge publyke Baptime sauing that at the dyppyng of the childe in the fonte he shal vse this forme of wordes IF thou be not Baptised alreadye N. I Baptize thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holye gost Amen The water in the fonte shal be chaunged euery moneth once at the least and afore any chyld be Baptised in the water so chaūged the priest shal saye at the fonte these prayers folowyng O Most mercyfull God our sauiour Iesu Christ who haste ordeyned the elemente of water for the regeneracion of thy faythfull people vpon whom beinge baptised in the riuer of Iordan the holye goste came downe in lykenes of a dooue Sende downe we beseche thee the same thy holy spirite to assist vs and to be present at thys our inuocacion of thy holy name Sanctifie ✚ this foūtain of baptisme thou that art the sanctifier of al thinges that by the power of thy word all those that shall be baptised therein may be spiritually regenerated and made the children of euerlastyng adopcion Amen O mercyful God graunt that the olde Adam in them that shal be baptised in this fountayne may be so buried that the newe man may be raysed vp agayne Amen Graunt that all carnall affeccions maye die in them and that all thynges belongyng to the spirite maye lyue and growe in them Amen Graunte to all them whiche at this fountayne forsake the deuill and all his workes that they maye haue power and strength to haue victorye and to triumph against him the worlde and the fleshe Amen Whosoeuer shall confesse thee o lord recognise him also in thy kingdome Amen Graunt that al sinne and vice here maie be so extinct that they neuer haue power to raigne in thy seruauntes Amē Graunte that whosoeuer here shall begynne to be of thy flocke may euermore continue in the same Amen Graunt that all they whiche for thy sake in this lyfe do denie and forsake themselfes may wynne and purchase thee O lorde whiche art euerlasting treasure Amen Graunte that whosoeuer is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministerie may also be endewed with heauenlye vertues and euerlastinglye rewarded through thy mercy O Blessed lorde God who doest lyue and gouerne all thinges worlde without ende Amen The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ALmightie euerliuing God whose moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christ for the forgeuenes of our sinnes did shead out of his most precious syde both water and bloud and gaue cōmaundemēt to his disciples that they should goe teache all nacions and Baptise them in the name of the father the sonne and the holy goste Regarde we beseche thee the supplycacions of thy congregacion and graunte that all thy seruauntes whiche shall bee Baptized in this water prepared for the ministracion of thy holy sacrament may receiue the fulnesse of thy grace and euer remaine in the noumbre of thy faithful and elect chyldren through Iesus Christ our Lorde ⧠CONFIRMACION ⧠wherin is conteined a Cathechisme for children TO th ende that confirmacion may be ministred to the more edifying of suche as shall receyue it accordyng to Saint Paules doctrine who teacheth that all thynges shoulde be doen in the church to the edificacion of the same it is thought good that none hereafter shall be confirmed but suche as can saye in their mother tong tharticles of the fayth the lordes prayer the ten commaūdemētes And can also aunswere to suche questions of this short Cathechisme as the Bushop or suche as he shall appoynte shall by hys discrecion appose them in And thys ordre is moste conueniente to be obserued for diuers consideracions ¶ First because that when children come to the yeres of discrecion and haue learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptisme they maye then themselfes with their owne mouthe and with their owne consent openly before the churche ratifie and confesse the same and also promise that by the grace of God they wyll euermore endeuour themselues faythfully to obserue and kepe suche thinges as they by their owne mouth and confession haue assented vnto ¶ Secondly for asmuche as confirmacion is ministred to them that be Baptised that by imposicion of handes and prayer they may receyue strength and
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
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
written man shal not liue by bread only but by euery woord that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holye citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym if thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungels charge ouer thee and with theyr handes they shall holde thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceding hygh mountayne and sheweth hym al the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorye of them and sayeth vnto hym all these will I geue thee if thou wylte fall downe and wurship me Then sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan for it is written Thou shalt wurship the Lorde thy God and him onely shalte thou serue Then the deuill leaueth him and beholde the Aungels came and ministred vnto hym ¶ The second Sonday OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce Oh let thine eares consider well the voyce of my complaynte If thou Lorde wilt be extreme to marke what is done amysse Oh Lorde who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therfore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lorde my soule doeth wayte for hym in his woorde is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the Lorde beefore the mornyng watche I saye before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with him is plenteous redempcion And he shall redeme Israell from all his sinnes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doeste see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues kepe thou vs both outwardelye in our bodyes and inwardelye in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersityes whiche may happen to the bodye and from all euyll thoughtes whiche may assault and hurt the soule through Iesus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseche you brethren and exhort you by the lorde Iesus that ye increase more and more euen as ye haue receyued of vs howe ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesu Christe For this is the will of God euen your holynes that ye shoulde abstayne from fornicacion and that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honour and not in the luste of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bergaynyng because that the lord is the auēger of al such thinges as we tolde you before and testifyed For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not manne but God whiche hath sente his holy spirite among you The Gospell IEsus wente thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde a woman of Canaan whiche came oute of the same coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lord thou sōne of Dauid My daughter is pieteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israell Then came she wurshipped him saying Lord help me He answered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She answered and sayd truth Lorde for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from theyr maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O woman great is thy faythe be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen at the same time ¶ The .iii. Sonday GEue sentence with me O God and defende my cause agaynste the vngodly people Oh deliuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man For thou arte the God of my strengthe why haste thou put me from thee and why goe I so heauely while the enemye oppresseth me Oh sende out thy light and thy trueth that they maye leade me bryng me vnto thy holy hyll to thy dwellyng And that I may goe vnto the aultare of God euen vnto the God of my ioye and gladnesse and vpon the harpe will I geue thankes vnto thee O God my God Why art thou so heauy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. WE beseche thee almightie God looke vpon the hartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche foorth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynste all our enemyes through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE you the folowers of god as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring a sacrifice of a swete sauour to god As for fornication al vnclennes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becūmeth sainctes or filthines or folish talking or iestyng whiche are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes For this ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane persone or couetous persone whiche is a wurshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceiue you with vayne woordes For because of such thynges cummeth the wrath of God vpon the childrē of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sumtyme darkenes but now are ye lighte in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes and righteousnes truth Accepte that whiche is pleasyng vnto the Lorde and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thinges whiche are done of them in secrete but all thynges when they are brought furth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifeste thesame is lyghte wherefore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shall geue thee light The Gospell IEsus was casting out a deuyl that was dumme And when he had cast out the deuill the dumme spake and the people woondered But some of them sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of hym a sygne from heauen But he knowyng theyr thoughtes sayd vnto them Euerye kyngdome deuyded agaynste it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also bee deuyded agaynste hymselfe howe shall hys kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I caste out deuilles throughe Beelzebub If I by
For if the bloud of oxen and of goates and the ashes of a young kowe when it was sprinkled purifyeth the vncleane as touchyng the purifying of the fleshe howe much more shall the bloud of Christ which through the eternall spirite offered hymselfe without spot to god purge your conscience from dead workes for to serue the liuing god And for thys cause is he the mediator of the new testament that through death which chaunsed for the redempcion of those trangressiōs that were vnder the first testament they which are called might receiue the promes of eternall inheritaunce The Gospell WHyche of you can rebuke me of synne If I saye the truethe why do ye not beleue me He that is of God heareth Goddes wordes ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of God Then aunswered the Iewes and sayde vnto him saye wee not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast the deuyll Iesus answered I haue not the deuil but I honoure my father and ye haue dishonored me I seeke not myne owne praise there is one that seeketh and iudgeth Verely verely I saye vnto you if a manne keepe my saying he shall neuer see deathe Then said the Iewes vnto him now knowe we that thou haste the deuill Abraham is dead and the Prophetes and thou sayest If a man kepe my saying he shal neuer taste of death Art thou greater then our father Abraham whiche is dead And the Prophetes are dead whome makest thou thy selfe Iesus aunswered if I honor my selfe myne honor is nothyng It is my father that honoreth me which ye say is your God and yet ye haue not knowen him but I know him And if I say I knowe him not I shal be a lyer like vnto you But I knowe him and kepe his saying Your father Abraham was glad to see my day and he saw it and reioysed Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym Thou art not yet .l. yere olde and haste thou seen Abraham Iesus sayde vnto them Verely verely I saye vnto you ere Abraham was borne I am Then tooke they vp stones to cast at hym but Iesus hid hymselfe and went out of the temple ¶ The Sondaye next before Easter HEare my crying O GOD geue eare vnto my prayer From the endes of the earth will I call vnto thee when my heart is in heauines Oh set me vp vpon the rocke that is hygher then I for thou haste bene my hope and a strong tower for me agaynst the enemie I wil dwell in thy tabernacle for euer and my trust shal be vnder the coueryng of thy wynges For thou O Lorde hast heard my desyres and hast geuen an herytage vnto those that feare thy name Thou shalt graunt the kyng a long lyfe that hys yeares may endure throughout all generacions He shal dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercy and faythfulnes that they maye preserue hym So wyl I alway sing prayse vnto thy name that I maie dayly performe my vowes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghoste As it was in the begynning is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmyghtye and euerlastyng God whiche of thy tendre loue towarde man hast sent our sauiour Iesus Christe to take vpon hym oure fleshe and to suffer death vpon the crosse that all mankynde shoulde folowe the example of his great humilitie mercyfully graunt that we both folowe the example of his pacience and be made partakers of hys resurreccion through the same Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle LEtte the same mynde bee in you that was also in Christe Iesu whyche when he was in the shape of God thought it no robbery to be equal with god neuerthelesse he made himselfe of no reputaciō taking on hym the shape of a seruaunte became lyke vnto men and was founde in his apparell as a man He humbled himselfe and became obediēt vnto the death euen the death of the crosse Wherfore God hath also exalted hym on hygh and geuen hym a name which is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery knee shoulde bowe both of thinges in heauen and thynges in yearth and thynges vnder the yearth and that all tonges shoulde confesse that Iesus Christe is the Lorde vnto the prayse of God the father The Gospell ANd it came to passe when Iesus had fynyshed all these sayinges he said vnto his disciples ye know that after two dayes shall be Easter and the sonne of man shal be deliuered ouer to be crucified Then assembled together the chiefe Priestes the Scrybes and the Elders of the people vnto the palace of the hygh priest which was called Caiphas and held a counsell that they might take Iesus by subteltie kil him But they said not on the holy daye lest there be an vproare among the people When Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Symon the Leper there came vnto hym a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious ointment and powred it on hys head as he sate at the bourde But when his disciples sawe it they had indignacion saying wherto serueth this waste Thys oyntment myght haue been well solde and geuen to the poore When Iesus vnderstode that he said vnto them why trouble ye the woman for she hath wroughte a good worke vpon me For ye haue the poore alwayes with you but me shall ye not haue alwayes And in that she hath cast thys oyntment on my body she did it to bury me Verely I say vnto you whersoeuer this gospell shal be preached in al the worlde there shall also this that she hath done be tolde for a memorial of her Then one of the .xii. which was called Iudas Iscarioth went vnto the chiefe priestes and said vnto thē what wil ye geue me and I wyl delyuer him vnto you And they appoynted vnto hym .xxx. pieces of syluer And from that tyme furth he sought oportunitie to betray hym The first day of swete bread the disciples came to Iesus saying vnto hym where wylt thou that we prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer And he sayde Goe into the citie to suche a man and saye vnto hym the Maister sayeth my time is at hand I will kepe my Easter by thee with my disciples And the disciples did as Iesus had appointed them and they made ready the Passeouer When the euen was come he sate doune with the .xii. And as they did eate he said Verely I say vnto you that one of you shal betray me And they were exceading sorowful and began euery one of them to say vnto him Lorde is it I He answered and said he that dippeth hys hande with me in the dyshe the same shal betray me The sōne of man truely goeth as it is written of hym but woe vnto that man by whome the sonne of man is betrayed It had bene good for that man yf he had not bene borne Then Iudas whiche betrayed hym aunswered and saide Maister is it I
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
her hande to the poore yea she stretcheth furth her handes to suche as haue nede She feareth not that the colde of winter shall hurt her house for all her houshold folkes are clothed with skarlet She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes her clothing is white silke and purple Her husband is much set by in the gates whē he sitteth among the rewlers of the lande She maketh cloth of silke and selleth it and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt Strength honour is her clothing in the latter day she shall reioyce She openeth her mouth with wisdome and in her tongue is the lawe of grace She looketh wel to the wayes of her housholde and eateth not her breade with ydlenes Her children shall arise and call her blessed and her husbande shal make muche of her Many doughters there be that gather ryches together but thou goest aboue them al. As for fauour it is deceitpfull beutie is a vaine thing but a woman that feareth the Lorde she is woorthy to be praysed Geue her of the fruite of her handes and lette her owne workes prayse her in the gates The Gospell ANd one of the Phariseis desired Iesus that he woulde eate with him And he went into the Phariseis house and sate downe to meate And behold a woman in that citie whyche was a synner assone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the Phariseis house she brought an Alabaster boxe of oyntemente and stode at his feete behind him weping and began to washe his feete with teares and dyd wype them with the heares of her head and kyssed his feete and anoynted them with the oyntment When the Pharisee which had bidden him saw that he spake within himselfe saying if this mā were a prophete he would surely knowe who and what maner of woman this is that touched him for she is a sinner Iesus aunswered and sayed vnto him Simon I haue somewhat to say vnto thee And he said Maister say on There was a certayne lender whiche had two debters the one ought him fiue hundreth pence and the other fiftie When they had nothing to pay he forgaue them bothe Tell me therfore whiche of them will loue him most Simon aunswered and sayd I suppose that he to whome he forgaue moste And he sayd vnto him thou hast truely iudged And he turned to the woman and sayde vnto Simon Seeste thou this woman I entred into thy house thou gauest me no water for my feete but she hath washed my feete with teares and wiped them with the heares of her head Thou gaueste me no kysse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceassed to kysse my feete My head with oyle thou didst not anoint but she hath anointed my feete with ointment Wherfore I say vnto thee many sinnes are forgiuē her for she loued much To whome lesse is forgeuē the same doeth lesse loue And he said vnto her thy sinnes are forgeuē thee And they that sate at meate with him began to say within themselues Who is this which forgeueth sinnes also And he sayd to the woman Thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace ¶ Sainct Iames the Apostle O Prayse the Lorde of heauen prayse him in the height Prayse him all ye angels of his prayse him all his hoste Praise him Sunne and Moone praise ye him all ye starres and lyght Prayse him all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lorde for he spake the woorde and they were made he commaunded and they were created He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe whiche shall not be broken Prayse the lord vpō the earth ye dragons and al depes Fyre and hayle snowe and vapours wynd and storme fulfillyng hys worde Montaynes and all hilles fruitful trees and al Ceders Beastes and all cattell wormes and fethered foules Kinges of the earth and all people princes and all the Iudges of the worlde Youngmen and maydens olde men and children prayse the name of the lorde for his name onely is excellente and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He shal exalt the horne of his people al his sainctes shal prayse him euen the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRaunt O merciful God that as thyne holye Apostle Iames leauing his father and al that he had without delay was obediente vnto the calling of thy sonne Iesus Christ and folowed him So we forsaking al worldly and carnal affeccions may be euermore ready to folow thy cōmaundementes through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle IN those dayes came prophetes from the citie of Ierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde bee greate derthe throughout al the worlde which came to passe in the Emperour Claudius dayes Then the disciples euery man according to his habilitie purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren whiche dwelt in Iewry whiche thing they also did and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul At the same time Herod the kinge stretched furthe his handes to vexe certaine of the congregaciō And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sweord And because he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded farther and toke Peter also The Gospell THen came to hym the mother of zebedes children with her sonnes wurshipping him and desiring a certayne thing of him And he saied vnto her what wilt thou She said vnto him Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit the one on thy right hand the other on thy left in thy kyngdome But Iesus answered and sayd ye wot 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 sayd vnto him we are He sayd vnto them ye shal drinke in dede of my cup be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptised with but to sit on my right hāde and on my lefte is not myne to geue but it shall chaunce vnto thē that it is prepared for of my father And when the ten heard this they dysdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him said ye knowe that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer thē and they that are greate men exercise authoritie vpon them It shall not be so among you But whosoeuer wil be great among you let him be your minister whosoeuer will be chiefe among you lette him be your seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to ministre and to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many Sainct Bartholomewe NOt vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the praise for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake Wherfore shall the heathen say where
THrough thy moste dere beloued sonne Iesus Christe our Lord who after his moste glorious resurrecciō manifestly appered to all his disciples and in theyr sighte ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither mighte we also ascende and reigne with him in glory Therefore c. ¶ Vpon Whitsondaye THroughe Iesus Christe our Lorde accordynge to whose moste true promyse the holy Ghoste came doune this daye from heauen with a sodaine great sounde as it had been a mightie wynde in the lykenes of fiery toungues lightynge vpon the Apostles to teache them and to leade them to all truethe geuyng them bothe the gifte of diuerse languages and also boldnes with feruente zeale constantly to preache the Ghospell vnto all nacions whereby we are brought out of darkenes and error into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee and of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therfore c. ¶ Vpon the feast of the Trinitie IT is very meete righte and our bounden duetie that we should at all tymes and in all places geue thankes to thee O Lorde almightie euerlastinge God which arte one God one Lorde not one onely person but three persones in one substaunce For that whiche we beleue of the glory of the father thesame we beleue of the sonne and of the holy ghoste without any difference or inequalitie whom the Angels c. After whiche preface shall folowe immediatly Therfore with Angels and Archangels and with al the holy companie of heauen we lande and magnifye thy glorious name euermore praysyng thee and sayinge ¶ Holy holy holy Lorde God of Hostes heauen and earth are full of thy glory Osanna in the higheste Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Glory to thee O lorde in the highest This the Clearkes shall also syng ¶ When the Clearkes haue doen syngyng then shall the Priest or Deacon turne hym to the people and saye Let vs praye for the whole state of Christes churche ¶ Then the Priest turning hym to the Altar shall saye or syng plainly and distinctly this prayer folowyng ALmightie and euerlyuyng God whiche by thy holy Apostle haste taught vs to make prayers and supplicacions and to geue thankes for all menne We humbly beseche thee moste mercyfully to receyue these our prayers whiche we offre vnto thy diuine Maiestie besechyng thee to inspire continually the vniuersall churche with the spirite of truethe vnitie and concorde And graunt that all they that doe confesse thy holye name maye agre in the trueth of thy holye worde and liue in vnitie and godly loue Speciallye wee beseche thee to saue and defende thy seruaunte Edwarde our Kynge that vnder him we maye be Godly and quietely gouerned And graunte vnto his whole coūsaile and to all that bée put in authoritie vnder hym that they maye truely and indifferently minister iustice to the punishment of wickednesse and vice to the maintenaunce of Goddes true religion and vertue Geue grace O heauenly father to all Bishoppes Pastors and Curates that they maie bothe by their life and doctrine set furthe thy true liuely worde and rightely and duely administer thy holye Sacramentes And to all thy people geue thy heauenly grace that with meke hearte and due reuerence they maye heare and receiue thy holy worde truely seruynge thee in holynes and righteousnes all the dayes of their lyfe And wee moste humbly beseche thee of thy goodnes O Lorde to coumforte and succoure all thē whych in this transitory lyfe bee in trouble sorowe nede sycknes or any other aduersitie And especially we commend vnto thy mercifull goodnes thys congregacion whyche is here assembled in thy name to celebrate the commemoracion of the moste glorious deathe of thy sonne And here wee doe geue vnto thee moste high praise heartie thankes for the wonderfull grace and vertue declared in all thy sainctes from the begynninge of the worlde And chiefly in the glorious and most blessed virgin Mary mother of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and God in the holy Patriarches Prophetes Apostles and Martirs whose examples O Lorde and stedfastnes in thy faythe and keping thy holye commaundementes graunte vs to folowe We commende vnto thy mercye O Lord all other thy seruauntes whiche are departed hence from vs with the signe of fayth and nowe do reste in the slepe of peace Graunte vnto them we beseche thee thy mercy and euerlastyng peace and that at the daie of the generall resurreccion we and all they whyche bee of the misticall body of thy sonne maye altogether bee set on his right hand and heare that his most ioyful voice Come vnto me O ye that be blessed of my father and possesse the kingdome whiche is prepared for you from the begynning of the worlde Graunte this O father for Iesus Christes sake our onely mediatour and aduocate O God heauenly father whiche of thy tender mercie diddeste geue thine only sonne Iesu Christ to suffer deathe vpon the crosse for our redempcion who made there by his one oblacion once offered a full perfect and sufficiente sacrifyce oblacion and satisfaccion for the sinnes of the whole worlde and did institute and in his holy Ghospell commaunde vs to celebrate a perpetuall memorye of that his precious deathe vntyll his comming againe Heare vs o mercifull father we beseche thee and with thy holy spirite and worde vouchsafe to bl ✚ esse and sanc ✚ tifie these thy gyftes and creatures of breade and wyne that they maye be vnto vs the bodye and bloud of thy moste derely beloued sonne Iesus Christe Who in the same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had blessed and geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to hys disciples saiynge Take eate this is my bodye whiche is geuen for you do this in remembraunce of me Likewyse after supper he toke the cuppe and whē he had geuen thankes he gaue it to them saiyng drynke ye all of this for this is my bloude of the newe Testament whyche is shed for you and for many for remission of sinnes do this as oft as you shall drinke it in remembraunce of me These wordes before rehersed are to be saied turning still to the Altar without any eleuacion or shewing the Sacrament to the people WHerefore O Lorde and heauenly father accordyng to the Instytucyon of thy derely beloued sonne our sauioure Iesu Christe we thy humble seruauntes doe celebrate and make here before thy diuine Maiestie with these thy holy giftes the memory all whyche thy sonne hath willed vs to make hauing in remembraunce his blessed passion mightie resurreccion and glorious ascencion renderynge vnto thee moste heartye thankes for the innumerable benefytes procured vnto vs by thesame entyerely desyrynge thy fatherly goodnes mercifully to accepte thys our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuinge moste humblye besechinge thee to graunte that by the merites and deathe of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his bloud wee and all thy whole church may
therefore let vs serue hym all the dayes of our life in holines and righteousnes accepted before hym Happie are those seruauntes whome the Lorde when he cummeth shall fynde wakyng Be ye readye for the sonne of manne wyll come at an hower when ye thinke not The seruaunte that knoweth hys maisters wyll and hath not prepared hymselfe neyther hath doen accordynge to his will shal be beaten with many stripes The howre cummeth and now it is when true woorshippers shall woorship the father in spirite and truethe Beholde thou art made whole sinne no more leste any wurse thing happen vnto thee If ye shall continue in my worde then are ye my very disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free While ye haue lighte beleue on the lyght that ye may be the children of light He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me If any man loue me he will kepe my woorde and my father will loue hym and we will come vnto hym and dwell with him If ye shal byde in me and my woorde shal abyde in you ye shall aske what ye will and it shall bee doen to you Herein is my father glorified that ye beare muche fruite and become my disciples This is my commaundement that you loue together as I haue loued you If God be on our syde who can be against vs whiche did not spare his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Goddes chosen it is GOD that iustifyeth who is he that can condemne The nyghte is passed and the daye is at hande let vs therfore caste away the dedes of darkenes and put on the armour of light Christe Iesus is made of GOD vnto vs wisedome and righteousnes and sanctifying and redempcion that accordyng as it is written he whiche reioyceth shoulde reioyce in the Lorde Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of GOD and that the spirite of GOD dwelleth in you yf any manne defile the temple of GOD him shall God destroy Ye are derely bought therfore glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirites for they belong to God Be you folowers of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christe loued vs and gaue hymselfe for vs an offeryng and a Sacrifice of a swete sauoure to God Then the Priest shall geue thankes to God in the name of all them that haue communicated turning hym first to the people and saying The Lorde be with you The Aunswere And with thy spirite The Priest Let vs praye ALmightie and euerlyuynge GOD wee moste hartely thāke thee for that thou hast vouch safed to feede vs in these holy Misteries with the spirituall foode of the moste precious body bloude of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ and hast assured vs duely receyuing the same of thy fauour and goodnes toward vs and that we be very membres incorporate in thy Mistical bodie which is the blessed companye of all faithfull people and heyres throughe hope of thy euerlastynge kingdome by the merites of the moste precious deathe and passion of thy deare sonne We therefore moste humbly beseche thee O heauenly father so to assiste vs wyth thy grace that we may cōtinue in that holy felowship and doe all suche good woorkes as thou haste prepared for vs to walke in through Iesus Christe our Lord to whom with thee and the holy goste bee all honour and glorye worlde without ende Then the Prieste turning hym to the people shall let them depart with this blessing The peace of GOD which passeth all vnderstandyng kepe your heartes and mindes in the knowledge and loue of GOD and of his sonne Iesus Christ our lord And the blessing of God almightie the father the sonne the holy gost be emonges you and remayne with you alway Then the people shall aunswere Amen Where there are no clearkes there the Priest shall saye all thynges appointed herefor them to syng When the holy Communion is celebrate on the workedaye or in priuate howses Then may be omitted the Gloria in excelsis the Crede the Homely and the exhortacion beginning Dearely beloued c. ¶ Collectes to be sayed after the Offertory when there is no Communion euery suche day one ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplicaciōs and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruauntes toward the attainement of euerlasting saluacion that emonge all the chaunges and chaunces of this mortall life thei may euer be defended by thy moste gracious and readye helpe throughe Christe our Lorde Amen O Almightie Lorde and euerlyuyng GOD vouchesafe we beseche thee to direct sanctifye and gouerne bothe our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the woorkes of thy commaundementes that through thy most mightie proteccion both here and euer we may be preserued in body and soule Through our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe Amen GRaunt we beseche thee almightie god that the wordes whiche wee haue hearde this daye with our outwarde eares may throughe thy grace bee so grafted inwardly in our heartes that they may bryng foorth in vs the fruite of good lyuynge to the honoure and prayse of thy name Through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen PReuente vs O lorde in all our doinges with thy moste gracious fauoure and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in al our workes begonne continued and ended in thee we may glorifye thy holy name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting lyfe Through c. ALmightie God the fountayne of all wisdome whyche knowest our necessities before we aske and our ignoraunce in asking we beseche thee to haue compassion vpon our infirmities and those thinges whiche for our vnwoorthines we dare not and for our blyndnes we cannot aske vouchsaue to geue vs for the woorthines of thy sonne Iesu Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie god whiche haste promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseche thee mercifully to incline thyne eares to vs that haue made nowe our prayers and supplicacions vnto thee and graunte that those thinges which we haue faithfullye asked accordyng to thy will maye effectually be obteyned to the reliefe of oure necessitye and to the settyng foorth of thy glorie Throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde For rayne O God heauenly father whiche by thy sonne Iesu Christ haste promised to all thē that seke thy kingdom the righteousnes therof al thinges necessary to the bodely sustenaunce send vs we beseche thee in thys our necessitie suche moderate rayne and showers that we maie receiue the fruites of the earth to our comforte and to thy honor Through Iesus Christ our Lorde For fayre wether O Lorde God whiche for the sinne of manne didst once drowne all the worlde excepte eight persons and afterwarde of thy great mercie didste promise neuer to destroy it so agayn We humbly beseche
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
thy mercy and euermore serue thee in purenes of lyuyng to thy honour and glory through our onely mediator and aduocate Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen ALmightie God which haste geuen vs grace at this tyme with one accorde to make oure commune supplicacions vnto thee and doest promise that whan two or three be gathered in thy name thou wylt graunte theyr requestes fulfill nowe O Lorde the desyres and peticions of thy seruauntes as may be moste expedience for them grauntyng vs in this worlde knowlege of thy trueth and in the worlde to come lyfe euerlastyng Amen ⸪ ⧠OF THE ADMI ⧠nistracion of publyke Baptisme to be vsed in the Churche IT appeareth by auncient wryters that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the olde tyme was not commōlye ministred but at two tymes in the yeare at Easter and whitsontyde at whiche tymes it was openlye ministred in the presence of all the congregacion Whiche custome nowe beeynge growen out of vse although it cannot for many consideracions be well restored agayne yet it is thought good to folowe the same as nere as conueniently maye be Wherfore the people are to be admonished that it is moste conueniente that Baptisme shoulde not be ministred but vpon Sondayes and other holye dayes when the moste numbre of people maye come together As well for that the congregacion there present maye testifie the receyuyng of them that be newely Baptised into the numbre of Christes Churche as also because in the Baytisme of Infantes euery manne present maye be put in remembraunce of his owne profession made to God in hys Baptisme For whiche cause also it is expedient that Baptisme be ministred in the Englishe tounge Neuerthelesse yf necessitie so require children oughte at all tymes to be Baptised eyther at the Churche or els at home ⧠PVBLIKE BAPTISME ⧠When there are children to be Baptised vpon the Sonday or holy daye the parentes shall geue knowlege ouer nyght or in the mornyng afore the beginnyng of Mattens to the curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people wyth the children muste be ready at the churche doore either immediatly afore the last Canticle at Mattens or els immediatly afore the last Canticle at Euensong as the Curate by hys discrecion shal appoynte And then standyng there the pryest shall aske whether the chyldren bee Baptised or no. If they aunswere No. Then shall the priest saye thus DEare beloued forasmuche as al men be conceyued and borne in sinne and that no man borne in synne can entre into the kyngdom of God except he be regenerate and borne a newe of water and the holy ghost I beseche you to cal vpon God the father through our Lord Iesus Christ that of his bounteouse mercy he wyl graūt to these childrē that thing whiche by nature they cannot haue that is to saye they maye be Baptized with the holy ghost and receyued into Christes holy churche and bee made lyuely membres of the same Then the priest shall saye Let vs praye ALmyghtie and euerlasting God which of thy iustice dyddest destroy by floudes of water the whole worlde for sinne except .viii. persones whome of thy mercy the same tyme thou diddest saue in the Arke And when thou dyddest drowne in the reade sea wicked King Pharao with all his armie yet at the same time thou diddest lead thy people the children of Israel safely through the myddes therof whereby thou diddest figure the washing of thy holy baptisme by the baptisme of thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ thou diddest sanctifie the flud Iordan all other waters to this misticall washing away of sinne we beseche thee for thy infinite mercies that thou wilte mercifully looke vpon these children and sanctifie them with thy holy gost that by this holsome lauer of regeneration whatsoeuer synne is in them maye be washed cleane away that they beyng deliuered from thy wrath may be receyued into tharke of Christes Church and so saued from peryshing and being feruente in spirite stedfaste in fayth ioyfull through hope rooted in charite maye euer serue thee And finally attayne to euerlasting lyfe with all thy holy and chosen people This graunte vs we beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake our Lord. Amen ¶ Here shall the prieste aske what shal be the name of the childe and when the Godfathers and Godmothers haue tolde the name then he shall make a crosse vpon the childes foreheade and breste saying ¶ N. Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse both in thy forehead and in thy breste in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confesse thy faith in Christ crucified and manfully to fyght vnder his banner agaynst sinne the worlde and the deuill and to continewe his faythful soldiour and seruaunt vnto thy lyfes ende Amen And this he shall doe and saye to as many children as bee present to be Baptised one after another Let vs praye ALmightie and immortall God the ayde of al that nede the helper of all that flee to thee for succour the life of them that beleue and the resurreccion of the deade we call vpon thee for these infantes that they cummyng to thy holy Baptisme may receyue remission of their sinnes by spirituall regeneracion Receyue them O Lorde as thou haste promised by thy welbeloued sonne saying Aske and you shall haue seke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you So geue nowe vnto vs that aske Lette vs that seke finde open thy gate vnto vs that knocke that these infantes maye enioy the euerlasting benediccion of thy heauenly washing and may come to the eternall kyngdome whiche thou haste promysed by Christe our Lorde Amen Then let the prieste lokyng vpon the children saye I Commaunde thee vnclene spirite in the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy goste that thou come oute and departe from these infantes whom our Lorde Iesus Christe hathe vouchesaued to call to his holye Baptisme to be made membres of his bodye and of his holye congregacion Therefore thou cursed spirit remembre thy sentence remembre thy iudgement remembre the daye to be at hand wherin thou shalt burne in fyre euerlasting prepared for thee and thy Aungels And presume not hereafter to exercise anye tirannye towarde these infantes whom Christe hathe bought with his precious bloud and by this his holy Baptisme calleth to be of his flocke Then shall the priest saye The Lorde be with you The people And with thy spirite The Minister ¶ Heare nowe the gospell written by S. Marke AT a certayne tyme they broughte children to Christe that he shoulde touche them and hys dysciples rebuked those that broughte them But when Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayed vnto them suffre litle children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kyngdome of God as a litle child he shall not entre therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he
the gouernaunce of his holy spirite sekyng alwaies his glorie and seruing hym duely in our vocacion with thankes geuing This if we doe Christe will deliuer vs from the curse of the lawe and from the extreme malediccion whiche shal lyght vpon them that shal bee set on the left hand and he will set vs on his right hand and geue vs the blessed benediccion of his father commaunding vs to take possession of his glorious kyngdome vnto the whiche he vouchsafe to bring vs all for his infinite mercie Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneele vpon theyr knees And the prieste and clearkes kneeling where they are accustomed to saye the letanie shall saye this psalme HAue mercie vpon me O God after thy greate goodnesse according vnto the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Washe me throwly fro my wickednes and clense me from my synne For I knowlage my faultes and my sinne is euer before me Against thee only haue I synned and done this euill in thy syght that thou myghtest bee iustified in thy saying and clere when thou art iudged Behold I was shapen in wickednes and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me But loe thou requirest trueth in the inward partes and shalte make me to vnderstande wysedome secretelye Thou shalt pourge me with Hope and I shall bee cleane thou shalt washe me and I shall bee whyter then snowe Thou shalte make me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche thou haste broken maye reioyce Turne thy face from my synnes and putte out all my mysdedes Make me a cleane hearte O God and renue a ryght spirite within me Caste me not awaye from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me O geue me the coumforte of thy helpe agayne and stablishe me with thy free spirite Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall bee conuerted vnto thee Deliuer me from bloud giltinesse O God thou that art the god of my health and my toungue shall syng of thy righteousnesse Thou shalt open my lippes O Lorde my mouthe shall shewe thy prayse For thou desyreste no sacrifice els woulde I geue it thee but thou deliteste not in burnt offeryng The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirite a broken and a contrite herte O God shalt thou not despise O be fauourable and gracious vnto Sion build thou the walles of Hierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of righteousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shall they offre young bullockes vpon thyne aultare Glorye be tho the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynning is nowe euer shal be worlde without ende Amen ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Christe haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euil Amen Minister O Lorde saue thy seruauntes Aunswere Whyche put theyr trust in thee Minister Sende vnto them helpe from aboue Aunswere And euermore mightily defende them Minister Helpe vs O God our sauiour Aunswere And for the glory of thy names sake delyuer vs be mercyfull vnto vs synners for thy names sake Minister O Lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come to thee Let vs praye O Lord we besech thee mercifully heare our praiers and spare all those whiche confesse theyr synnes to thee that they whose consciences by synne are accused by thy mercyfull pardon may be absolued through Christe oure Lorde Amen O Most mightie God and mercyfull father whiche hast compassion of al menne and hateste nothing that thou haste made which wouldeste not the death of a synner but that he should rather turne from synne bee saued mercyfully forgeue vs our trespasses receyue and coumforte vs which be grieued and weried with the burdē of our synne Thy propertie is to haue mercie to thee onely it apperteineth to forgeue sinnes spare vs therfore good Lorde spare thy people whom thou hast redemed Enter not into iudgement with thy seruauntes which be vyle yearth and myserable synners But so turne thy ire from vs which mekely knowlege our vilenes and truly repent vs of our fautes so make haste to helpe vs in thys worlde that wee maye euer lyue with thee in the worlde to come through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen Then shall thys antheme be sayde or song TVrne thou vs good Lorde and so shall we be turned bee fauourable O Lorde bee fauourable to thy people which turne to thee in weping fasting and praying for thou art a merciful god full of compassion long sufferyng and of a great pietie Thou sparest when we deserue punishemente and in thy wrathe thynkest vpon mercy Spare thy people good Lorde spare them and lette not thyne heritage bee broughte to confusion Heare vs O Lorde for thy mercy is greate and after the multitude of thy mercyes looke vpon vs. ⸫ ⧠OF CEREMONIES ⧠Why some be abolished and some retayned OF suche Ceremonies as be vsed in the Churche and haue had their beginnyng by thinstitucion of man Some at the first were of godly intent and purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanitie and supersticiō Some entred into the Church by vndiscrete deuocion and suche a zele as was without knowleage and forbecause they were winked at in the beginning they grewe dayly to more and more abuses whiche not onely for their vnprofitablenesse but also because they haue muche blynded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut away and cleane reiected Other there be whiche although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still aswell for a decent ordre in the Churche for the whiche they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edificacion Wherunto all thynges doen in the Churche as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the kepyng or omittyng of a ceremonie in it selfe considered is but a small thing Yet the wilful and contēptuous transgression and breaking of a common ordre and discipline is no smal offence before God Let al thinges bee done emong you sayeth Saincte Paule in a semely and due ordre The appointemēte of the which ordre pertaineth not to priuate menne Therfore no manne ought to take in hande nor presume to appointe or alter any publike or common ordre in Christes Churche excepte he be lawfully called and autorized therunto And whereas in this our tyme the myndes of menne bee so diuerse that some thynke it a greate matter of conscience to departe from a peece of the leaste of theyr Ceremonies they bee so addicted to theyr olde customes and agayne on the other syde some bee so newe fangle that they woulde innouate all thyng and so doe despyse the olde that nothyng canne lyke them but that is newe It was thought expediente not so muche to haue respecte howe to please and satisfye eyther of these
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
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
Psal xlv Psal lxxxv The first lesson Esai ix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. i. vnto the ende ¶ At the fyrst Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hath done meruaylous thynges With his owne right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victorie The lord declared his saluacion his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israell and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluacion of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes syng reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the lorde vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuing With trumpettes also and shawmes O shewe your selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Lette the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the rounde worlde and they that dwell therein Let the fluddes clap theyr handes and let the hilles bee ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shal he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which makeste vs gladde with the yerely remembraunce of the birth of thy onelye sonne Iesus Christe graunt that as we ioyfully receiue him for our redemer so we may with sure confidence beholde hym when he shall come to be our iudge who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe grace of God that bringeth saluacion vnto all menne hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lustes and that we should liue soberly and righteousely and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our sauiour Iesu Christ whiche gaue himselfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs a peculiare people vnto hymselfe feruently geuen vnto good woorkes These thynges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all feruentnes of commaundyng See that no manne despise thee The Gospell ANd it chaunsed in those dayes that there went out a commaundemēt from Augustus the Emperour that all the worlde shoulde be taxed And this taxing was the firste and executed when Sirenius was lieutenaunt in Siria And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed And Ioseph also ascended from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth into Iewry vnto the citie of Dauid which is called Bethleem because he was of the house and linage of Dauid to bee taxed with Mary his spoused wife whiche was with chylde And it fortuned that while they were there her tyme was come that she shoulde be deliuered And she brought furth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes layed him in a Maunger because there was no roume for them in the Inne And there were in the same region shepeheardes watching and keping theyr flocke by night And loe the Angel of the lord stoode harde by them and the brightnesse of the lorde shone rounde about them and they were sore afrayed And the Angel saied vnto them Be not afrayde for behold I bring you tydinges of great ioy that shall come to all people for vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour whiche is Christ the lord And take this for a sygne ye shal fynde the childe wrapped in swadlyng clothes and layde in a maūger And straight way there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng god and saying Glory to god on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good will ¶ At the seconde Communion O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy name in all the worlde thou that haste set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes and suckelynges hast thou ordayned strength because of thyne enemies that thou mightest still the enemye and the auenger For I will considre thy heauens euen the woorkes of thy fyngers the Moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned What is man that thou art so myndefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to croune him with glorye and worship Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou haste put all thynges in subieccion vnder his feete All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the fielde The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorowe the pathes of the seas O Lorde our gouernoure howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God which haste geuen vs thy only begotten sonne to take our nature vpon hym and this daye to be borne of a pure virgin Graunt that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace maye dayly be renued by thy holy spirite throughe the same our Lorde Iesus Christe who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle GOD in tymes paste dyuerslye and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken to vs by his owne sōne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Whiche sonne being the brightnesse of his glory and the very image of his substaunce rulyng all thynges with the worde of his power hath by hys owne person pourged our synnes and sytteth on the ryght hand of the maiestie on hygh being so muche more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellente name then they For vnto whiche of the Angels sayed he at any time Thou art my sonne thys daye haue I begotten thee And agayne I wyll be his father and he shall bee my sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the firste begotten sonne into the worlde he sayeth and let all the Angels of God wurship hym And vnto the Angels he sayethe He maketh his Angels spirites and hys ministers a flame of fyre But vnto the sonne he sayethe thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginning haste layed the foundacion of the earthe the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shal perish but thou endurest But they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garmente and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art euen the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The Gospell IN the beginning was the worde and the worde was with God and God was the worde Thesame was in the beginning with God All thinges were made by it without it was
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
into Capernaum there came vnto hym a Centurion and besoughte hym saying Maister my seruaunt lieth at home sicke of the paulsey and is grieuously payned And Iesus sayde when I come vnto him I wil heale him The Centurion aunswered and sayd Sir I am not woorthye that thou shouldeste come vnder my roofe but speake the word onely my seruaunt shal be healed For I also my selfe am a mā subiect to the autoritie of another and haue souldiers vnder me and I say to thys manne goe and he goeth and to another manne come and he cummeth and to my seruaunt doe this and he doeth it When Iesus heard these woordes he merueyled and sayde to them that folowed hym verely I saye vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth in Israell I saye vnto you that many shall come from the Easte and Weste and shall reste with Abraham and Isaac and Iacob in the kingdome of heauen but the chyldren of the kyngdome shall be caste out into vtter darkenes there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth And Iesus sayde vnto the Centurion Goe thy way and as thou beleueste so bee it vnto thee and hys seruaunte was healed in the selfe same houre ¶ The .iiii. Sonday WHy doe the Heathen so furiously rage together and why doe the people imagin a vayne thyng The kynges of the earthe stande vp and the rulers take counsel together agaynst the Lorde and agaynst his anoynted Let vs breake theyr bondes a sunder and caste awaye theyr coardes from vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shal laugh them to skorne the Lorde shall haue them in derision Then shall he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his sore displeasure Yet haue I set my king vpon my holy hill of Sion I will preache the lawe wherof the Lorde hath sayd vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Desire of me and I shal geue thee the heathen for thine inheritaunce and the vttermoste partes of the earth for thy possession Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of yron and breake them in pieces lyke a potters vessell Be wyse nowe therefore o ye kinges be learned ye that are iudges of the yearth Serue the Lorde in feare and reioyce vnto hym with reuerence Kisse the sonne lest he be angrie and so ye peryshe from the righte waye if hys wrathe be kiendled yea but a lytle blessed are all they that put theyr trust in him Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the. c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal be c. The Collect. GOd whiche knoweste vs to be set in the myddeste of so many and great daungers that for mans fraylnesse we cannot alwayes stande vprightly Graunt to vs the health of body and soule that all those thynges whiche we suffer for synne by thy helpe we maye well passe and ouercome through Christ our Lorde The Epistle LEt euery soule submit hymselfe vnto the auctoritie of the hygher powers for there is no power but of God The powers that bee are ordeyned of God whosoeuer therfore resisteth power resisteth the ordinaūce of God But they that resyste shall receyue to themselues dānacion For rulers are not feareful to them that do good but to them that doe euil Wilt thou be without feare of the power do wel then so shalt thou be praysed of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But yf thou doe that whiche is euyll then feare for he beareth not the sweorde for noughte for he is the minister of God to take vengeaunce on him that doth euil Wherfore ye must nedes obey not onely for feare of vengeaunce but also because of conscience and euen for this cause paye ye tribute For they are goddes ministers seruing for the same purpose Geue to euery man therefore hys duetye tribute to whome tribute belōgeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honour to whome honour pertayneth The Gospell ANd when he entred into a ship his disciples folowed him And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuche that the shyp was couered with waues but he was aslepe And his disciples came to him awoke hym saying Maister saue vs we perishe And he sayth vnto them why are ye feareful O ye of litle faith Then he arose rebuked the windes and the sea and there folowed a greate calme But the men meruailed saying what maner of man is thys that both wyndes and sea obey hym And when he was come to the other side into the countrey of the Gergesites there met him .ii. possessed of deuilles whiche came out of the graues and were out of measure fierce so that no man might goe by that way And beholde they cryed out saying O Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to dooe with thee Arte thou come hither to torment vs before the tyme And there was a good way of from them a heerd of many Swyne feeding So the deuils besoughte hym saying If thou caste vs oute suffre vs to goe into the heerde of Swyne And he sayd vnto them goe your wayes Then wente they oute and departed into the heerde of Swine And beholde the whole heerd of Swine was caryed hedlong into the sea peryshed in the waters Then they that kept them fled and went theyr wayes into the citie and tolde euery thyng what had happened vnto the possessed of the deuils And behold the whole citie came out to mete Iesus and when they sawe hym they besought him that he would depart out of theyr coastes ¶ The .v. Sonday THe Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defende thee Sende thee helpe from the Sanctuary and strength thee out of Sion Remember all thy offerynges and accepte thy brente sacrifice Graunte thee thy heartes desyre and fulfyll all thy mynde We will reioyce in thy saluacion and tryumphe in the name of the Lorde oure God the Lorde perfourme all thy peticions Now knowe I that the Lorde helpeth hys anoynted and will heare him from hys holye heauen euen with the wholesome strength of his right hand Some put their trust in Chariotes and some in horses but we will remembre the name of the Lorde our God They are brought downe and fallen but we are risen and stand vpright Saue Lorde and heare vs O kyng of heauen when we call vpon thee Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee to kepe thy Churche housholde continually in thy true religion that they whiche dooe leane onelye vpon hope of thy heauenlye grace maye euermore be defended by thy myghtie power Through Christ our Lorde The Epistle PVt vpon you as the electe of God tendre mercye kyndnes humblenes of mynde mekenes long sufferyng forbearyng one an other and forgeuyng one an other if
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
wrapped it in a lynnen clothe and layed it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man before had been layde And that daye was the preparyng of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drue on The women that folowed after whiche had come with him from Galile behelde the sepulchre and howe his bodye was layde And they returned and prepared swete Odours oyntmentes But rested on the Sabboth daye accordyng to the commaundemente At Euensong The first lesson Lamenta .iii. vnto the ende On good Fryday At Mattyns The first lesson Gen. xxii Vnto the ende The Collect. ALmyghtie God we beseche thee graciously to beholde this thy famely for the whiche oure Lorde Iesus Christe was contented to be betrayed and geuen vp into the handes of wicked men and to suffer death vpon the crosse who liueth and reigneth c. At the Communion MY God my God loke vpon me why hast thou forsakē me and art so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complainte O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were helped they put theyr trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no manne a verye skorne of men and the out cast of the people All they that see me laugh me to skorne they shote out their lippes and shake the head saying He trusted in God that he woulde deliuer hym let hym deliuer him if he will haue him But thou arte he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe thou waste my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue been left vnto thee euer sence I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers woumbe O goe not from me for trouble is here at hande and there is none to helpe me Many Oxen are come about me fatte Bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and roaryng Lyon I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynte my hearte also in the middes of my body is euen lyke melting waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherd and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death For many dogges are come about me and the coūsaile of the wicked lay siege against me Thei pearced my handes and my fete I may tell all my bones they stande staring and loking vpon me They part my garmentes among them and cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre from me O Lorde thou arte my succour haste thee to helpe me Deliuer my soule from the sworde my derling from the power of the dogge Saue me from the Lyons mouthe thou haste hearde me also from among the hornes of the Vnicornes I wil declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middes of the congregacion wil I prayse thee O praise the Lorde ye that feare him magnifie him all ye of the sede of Iacob and feare ye hym all ye sede of Israel For he hath not despised nor abhorred the lowe estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called vnto him he heard him My praise is of thee in the great congregaciō my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that feare him The poore shall eate be satisfied they that seke after the Lorde shall praise hym your hearte shall liue for euer All the endes of the worlde shall remembre themselues and be turned vnto the Lorde and all the kynreds of the nations shall worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people All suche as be fatte vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped All they that go downe into the dust shall kneele before him and no man hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue hym they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generacion They shall come and the heauens shall declare hys righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whome the Lorde hath made Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ After the .ii. Collectes at the Communion shal be sayed these .ii. Collectes folowyng The Collect. ALmyghty and euerlastynge God by whose spirite the whole body of the Churche is gouerned sanctified receiue our supplicacions and prayers whiche we offre before thee for all estates of men in thy holy congregacion that euery membre of thesame in his vocacion and ministerye may truly and godly serue thee through our Lorde Iesus Christe MErcifull God who haste made al men and hatest nothyng that thou haste made nor wouldest the deathe of a synner but rather that he should be cōuerted and liue haue mercy vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretikes and take from thē all ignoraunce hardnes of hearte and contempt of thy word And so fetche them home blessed Lorde to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnant of the true Israelites and be made one folde vnder one shepehearde Iesus Christ our Lorde who lyuethe and reigneth c. The Epistle THe lawe whiche hath but a shadowe of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of thinges themselues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offre yere by yere continually make the commers therunto perfite For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue been offred because that the offerers once purged shoulde haue had nomore conscience of synnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mencion made of synnes euerye yeare For the bloud of Oxen and of Goates cannot take awaye sinnes Wherfore whē he commeth into the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offeryng thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordayned me Burnt offeringes also for sinne haste thou not allowed Then sayd I loe I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of me that I should do thy will O God Aboue when he sayth Sacrifice and offeryng burnt sacrifices and synne offeringes thou wouldest not haue neither haste thou allowed them whiche yet are offered by the lawe then sayed he loe I am here to do thy will O God he taketh away the first to establishe the later by the whiche will we are made holy euen by the offering of the body of Iesu Christ once for all And euery priest is ready dayly ministring and offerynge often times one maner of Oblacion which can neuer take away synnes But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is set downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from henceforth tarieth tyll his foes be made his foote stoole For with one offeryng hath he made perfect for euer them that are sanctified The holy goste hymself also beareth vs record euen when he told
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
the wildernes to satysfye these And he asked them how many loaues haue ye They sayde seuen And he cōmaunded the people to sit downe on the ground And he tooke the seuen loaues And when he had geuen thankes he brake and gaue to hys disciples to sette before them And they did set thē before the people And they had a fewe small fishes And when he had blessed he commaunded them also to be set before them And they dyd eate and were suffysed And they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left seuen baskettes full And they that did eate were about foure thousande And he sent them awaye The eyght Sonday after Trinitie Sonday ¶ At the Communion THou arte my porcyon O Lorde I haue promised to kepe thy lawe I made mine humble peticion in thy presence with my whole heart O be mercifull vnto me accordyng vnto thy woorde I cal mine owne waies to remembraunce and turne my feete into thy testimonies I made haste and prolonged not the tyme to keepe thy commaundementes The congregacions of the vngodly haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy lawe At midnight will I ryse to geue thankes vnto thee because of thy righteous iudgementes I am a companyon of all them that feare thee and kepe thy commaundementes The earth O Lorde is full of thy mercie O teache me thy statutes Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shal be world without ende Amen The Collect. GOd whose prouidēce is neuer deceiued we humbly beseche thee that thou wilt put away from vs all hurtful thinges and geue those thinges which be profitable for vs Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle BRethren we are debters not to the fleshe to liue after the flesh For if ye liue after y e flesh ye shal dye But if ye through the spirite doe mortifye the deedes of the body ye shall liue For as many as are led by the spirite of god they are the sonnes of God For ye haue not receyued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receyued the spirite of adopcion wherby we crie Abba father The same spirite certifieth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God If we be sonnes then are we also heires the heires I meane of god heyres annexed with Christ if so be that we suffre with hym that we may bee also glorifyed together with hym The Gospel BEware of false Prophetes whiche come to you in shepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening wolues Ye shal know thē by theyr fruites Do men gather Grapes of thornes Or Figges of Thystles Euen so euerye good tree bryngeth furth good fruites But a corrupte tree bringeth furth euill fruites A good tree can not bryng furth bad fruites neyther can a bad tree bryng furth good fruites Euerye tree that bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and caste into the fyer Wherefore by theyr fruites ye shall knowe them Not euery one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lord shall entre into the kyngdome of heauen but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heauen he shall entre into the kingdome of heauen ¶ The .ix. Sonday O Lord thou hast delt graciously with thy seruaunt according vnto thy woorde O learne me true vnderstandyng and knoweledge for I haue beleued thy commaundementes Before I was troubled I went wrong but nowe I haue kept thy woorde Thou art good and gracious O teache me thy statutes The proude haue imagined a lye agaynst me but I wil kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart Theyr hearte is as fatte as braune but my delyte hath bene in thy lawe It is good for me that I haue beene in trouble That I may learne thy statutes The lawe of thy mouthe is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde and siluer 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 world without ende Amen The Collect. GRaunt to vs lord we beseche thee the spirite to thinke and dooe alwayes suche thynges as bee ryghtfull that we whiche cannot be without thee may by thee be hable to lyue accordyng to thy will Through Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle BRethren I would not that ye should be ignoraunt how that our fathers were all vnder the cloude all passed through the sea and were al baptised vnder Moses in the cloude in the sea and did all eate of one spirituall meate dyd all drynke of one spirituall drynke And they dranke of the spirituall rocke that folowed them whiche Rocke was Christ But in many of them had God no delight For they were ouerthrowen in the wildernesse These are ensaumples to vs that we should not lust after euil thinges as they lusted And that ye should not be worshippers of ymages as were some of them accordyng as it is written The people sate downe to eate and drynke and rose vp to playe Neyther let vs bee defyled with fornycacion as some of them were defyled with fornicacion and fel in one daye three and twentie thousande Neyther lette vs tempt Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes Neyther murmure ye as some of them murmured were destroyed of the destroyer All these thynges happened vnto them for ensaumples But are written to put vs in remembraunce whome the endes of the worlde are come vpon Wherefore lette hym that thynketh he standeth take hede lest he fall There hath none other temptacion taken you but suche as foloweth the nature of man But God is faythfull whiche shall not suffer you to bee tempted aboue your strength but shal in the middes of the temptacion make a way that ye may be hable to beare it The Gospell IEsus sayde vnto hys disciples There was a certayne ryche manne whiche had a Stewarde and the same was accused vnto hym that he hadde wasted hys goodes And he called hym and sayde vnto hym howe is it that I heare thys of thee Geue accomptes of thy Stewardship for thou mayst be no longer Stewarde The Stewarde sayde within hymselfe what shall I doe For my maister taketh away from me the Stewardship I can not digge and to begge I am ashamed I wote what to do that when I am put out of the Stewardship they may receiue me into theyr houses So when he had called all his Masters debters together he sayed vnto the first how much owest thost vnto my Master And he sayed an hundred tunnes of oyle And he sayde vnto him take thy Bill and sitte downe quickely and wryte fiftie Then sayde he to an other howe muche owest thou And he sayde an hundred quarters of wheate He sayde vnto him take thy bil and write foure skore And the Lorde commended the vniuste Stewarde because he had done wisely For the children of this world are in their nacion wiser then the
chyldren of lighte And I saye vnto you Make you frendes of the vnryghteous Mammon that when ye shall haue nede they may receyue you into euerlasting habitacions The .x. Sonday THy handes haue made me and fashioned me O geue me vnderstandyng that I may learne thy commaundementes They that feare thee will be glad when they see me because that I haue put my truste in thy woorde I know O Lord that thy iudgementes are righte and that thou of very faithfulnes hast caused me to be troubled O let thy mercifull kindnes be my coumfort According to thy woorde vnto thy seruaunt O let thy louing mercies come vnto me that I may liue for thy lawe is my delighte Let the proude be confounded for they goe wickedly about to destroye me But I will bee occupyed in thy commaundementes Let suche as feare thee and haue knowen thy testimonies be turned vnto me O let my hearte be sounde in thy statutes that I bee not ashamed Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. LEt thy merciful eares O Lorde be open to the prayers of thy humble seruauntes and that they maye obteyne theyr peticions make them to aske suche thynges as shall please thee Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle COncerning spirituall thynges brethren I woulde not haue you ignoraunte Ye knowe that ye were Gentiles and wente your wayes vnto dumme ymages euen as ye were led Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirite of God defyeth Iesus Also no manne can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy Goste There are diuersities of giftes yet but one spirite And there are differences of administracyons and yet but one lorde And there are diuerse maners of operacions and yet but one God whiche woorketh all in all The gifte of the spirite is geuen to euery man to edifye with all For to one is geuen through the spirite the vtteraunce of wisedome To an other is geuen the vtteraūce of knowlege by the same spirite To another is geuen faythe by the same spirite To an other the gifte of healyng by the same spirite To another power to dooe miracles To another prophecie To another iudgemente to dyscerne spirites To another diuerse tongues To another the interpretacyon of tongues But these all woorketh euen the selfe same spirite deuiding to euery man a seuerall gifte euen as he wil. The Gospell ANd when he was come nere to Hierusalem he behelde the citie and wepte on it saying If thou hadst knowen those thinges whiche belong vnto thy peace euen in thys thy day thou wouldest take hede But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes For the dayes shall come vpon thee that thy enemies also shall caste a banke aboute thee and compasse thee rounde and keepe thee in on euerye syde and make thee euen with the ground and thy children whiche are in thee And they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon an other because thou knoweste not the tyme of thy visytacion And he wente into the Temple and began to caste oute them that solde therin and them that bought saying vnto them It is written my house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of theues And he taughte dayely in the Temple The .xi. Sonday MY soule hath longed for thy saluacyon and I haue a good hope because of thy woorde Myne eyes long soore for thy woorde saying O when wilt thou coumfort me For I am become lyke a botle in the smoke yet doe I not forget thy statutes Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunte when wilte thou be auenged of them that persecute me The proude haue dygged pyttes for me whiche are not after thy lawe All thy commaundementes are true They persecute me falsely O be thou my helpe They had almost made an ende of me vpon earth but I forsoke not thy commaundementes O quicken me after thy louyng kyndenes and so shall I kepe the testimonies of thy mouth Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd which declarest thy almightie power most chieflye in shewing mercy and pitie Geue vnto vs abūdauntly thy grace that we runnyng to thy promises may bee made partakers of thy heauenly treasure through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BRethren as perteining to the gospel which I preached vnto you whiche ye haue also accepted and in the which ye continue by y t which also ye are saued I doe you to wete after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it except ye haue beleued in vaine For first of all I deliuered vnto you that whiche I receyued howe that Christ dyed for our sinnes agreeyng to the scriptures and that he was buried that he arose agayne the thirde daye accordyng to the scriptures And that he was seene of Cephas then of the .xii. After that was he sene of mo then fiue hundreth brethren at once of whiche many remayne vnto this daye and many are fallen a slepe After that appeared he to Iames then to al the Apostles And last of al he was sene of me as of one that was borne out of due time For I am the least of the apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I haue persecuted the congregacion of God But by the grace of God I am that I am And his grace whiche is in me was not in vayne But I laboured more aboundauntly then they al yet not I but the grace of God whiche is with me Therefore whether it were I or they so we preached and so ye haue beleued The Gospell CHrist tolde this parable vnto certayne whiche trusted in them selues that they were perfect despised other Two men wente vp into the temple to pray the one a Pharise and the other a Publican The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with hymselfe God I thanke thee that I am not as other men are extorcioners vniuste adulterers or as this Publican I fast twise in the weke I geue tythe of all that I possesse And the Publican stāding a farre of woulde not lift vp his eyes to heauen but smote vpon his brest saying God bee mercifull to me a synner I tell you thys manne departed home to hys house iustifyed more then the other For euery man that exalteth himselfe shal be broughte lowe And he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted The .xii. Sonday O Lorde thy woorde endureth for euer in heauen Thy trueth also remayneth from one generaciō to another thou haste layde the foundacyon of the earth and it abydeth They continue this day according to thine ordinaunce for all thinges serue thee If my delyte had not beene in thy lawe I shoulde haue perished in my trouble I will neuer forget thy commaundementes for with them thou hast quickened me I am thyne Oh saue me For I haue soughte thy
heart I haue applyed my heart to fulfill thy statutes alwaye euen vnto the ende Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlastyng God geue vnto vs the increase of fayth hope and charitie and that we maye obteyne that whiche thou doeste promyse make vs to loue that whiche thou doest commaunde through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle I Say walke in the spirite and fulfill not the luste of the fleshe For the fleshe lusteth contrarye to the spirite and the spirite contrarye to the fleshe these are contrary one to the other so that ye cannot doe whatsoeuer ye woulde But and yf ye be led of the spirite then are ye not vnder the lawe The dedes of the fleshe are manifest whiche are these adultry fornicacion vnclennes wantonnesse wurshippyng of images witchcraft hatred variaūce zele wrath strife sedicyons sectes enuying murder dronkennes gluttony and suche lyke of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tymes past that they whiche commyt suche thynges shall not bee inheritors of the kingdome of God Contrarilye the fruite of the spirite is loue ioy peace long suffering gentlenes goodnes faithfulnes mekenes temperaunce Agaynste suche there is no lawe They truelye that are Christes haue crucifyed the fleshe with the affeccions and lustes The Gospell ANd it chaunsed as Iesus wente to Ierusalem that he passed throughe Samaria and Galile And as he entred into a certayne towne there met hym .x. men that were lepers Whiche stode a farre of and put furth their voyces and sayde Iesu Maister haue mercye vpon vs. When he sawe them he sayed vnto them goe shewe your selues vnto the Priestes And it came to passe that as they wente they were clensed And one of them when he sawe that he was clensed turned backe agayn with a loude voyce praised God and fel downe on his face at his feete gaue him thankes And the same was a Samaritane And Iesus aunswered and sayde Are there not .x. clensed but where are those ix There are not found that returned agayne to geue God prayse saue onely thys straungier And he sayd vnto hym aryse goe thy way thy fayth hath made thee whole The .xv. Sonday I Hate them that imagine euill thynges but thy lawe doe I loue Thou arte my defence and shylde and my trust is in thy woorde Away frome ye wicked I will kepe the commaundementes of my God O stablyshe me accordyng vnto thy woorde that I may liue and let me not be disapoynted of my hope Holde thou me vp and I shal be safe yea my delyte shall euer be in thy statutes Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes for they imagine but deceipte Thou puttest awaye all the vngodly of the earthe lyke drosse therfore I loue thy testimonies My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. KEpe we beseche thee O Lorde thy Churche with thy perpetuall mercye and because the frayltie of man withoute thee can not but fall Kepe vs euer by thy helpe and leade vs to all thynges profitable to our saluacion through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle YE see howe large a letter I haue written vnto you with myne owne hande As many as desyre with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally the same constraine you to be circūcised onely lest they should suffer persecuciō for the crosse of Christ For they thēselues which are circūcised kepe not the lawe but desyre to haue you circumcised that they might reioice in your fleshe God forbid that I should reioice but in y e 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 all nor vncircumcisyon but a newe creature And as many as walke according vnto this rule peace be on them and mercye and vpon Israell that pertaynethe to God From hencefurth lette no manne put me to busines for I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesu Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesu Christe be with your spirite Amen The Gospell NO man can serue two Maisters for eyther he shall hate the one and loue the other or elles leane to the one and despise the other ye can not serue God and Mammō Therfore I say vnto you be not careful for your life what ye shal eate or drinke nor yet for your body what raimēt ye shal put on Is not the life more worth thē meat the body more of value then raiment Behold the foules of the ayre for they sow not neyther doe they reape nor cary into the barnes and your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not muche better then they Whiche of you by taking carefull thoughte can adde one cubite vnto hys stature And why care ye for rayment Consider the Lilies of the fielde howe they growe They labour not neyther doe they spinne And yet I saye vnto you that euen Salomon in all his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde whiche though it stande to day is to morow cast into the fornace shall he not muche more doe the same for you O ye of lytle fayth Therefore take no thoughte saying what shall we eate or what shall we drynke or wherwith shall we be clothed after al these thinges doe the gentiles seeke For your heauenlye father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these thinges But rather seeke ye firste the kyngdome of God and the righteousnes thereof and all these thynges shal be ministred vnto you Care not then for the morowe for the morowe day shall care for it selfe sufficiente vnto the daye is the trauail therof The .xvi. Sonday after Trinitie Sonday ¶ At the Communion I Deale with the thing that is lawful and right O geue me not ouer vnto myne oppressours Make thou thy seruaunte to delyte in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong Myne iyes are wasted awaye with lookyng for thy health and for the woorde of thy righteousnes O deale with thy seruaunte accordyng vnto thy louyng mercy and teache me thy statutes I am thy seruaunte O graunte me vnderstandyng that I may knowe thy testimonies It is tyme for thee Lorde to lay to thyne hande for they haue destroyed thy lawe For I loue thy commaundementes aboue golde and precious stone Therfore holde I straighte all thy commaundementes and all false wayes I vtterly abhorre Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde we beseche thee let thy continuall pitie clense and defende thy congregacyon and because it can not continue in safetie withoute thy succoure preserue it euermore by thy helpe and goodnes through Iesus
childers children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God whiche for the more confirmacion of the fayth didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtfull in thy sonnes resurreccion graunt vs so perfectly and without al doubt to beleue in thy sōne Iesus Christe that our fayth in thy sight neuer be reproued heare vs O Lorde through the same Iesus Christe to whom with thee and the holy gost be all honour c. The Epistle HOw ye are not straungers nor foreiners but citezens with the sainctes and of the householde of God and are builte vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christe himselfe beeing the head corner stone in whom what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are built together to be an habitacion of God through the holy gost The Gospell THomas one of the twelue whiche is called Didimus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therfore sayde vnto hym we haue seen the Lord. But he sayd vnto them except I see in his handes the printe of the nayles and put my finger into the printe of the nayles and thrust my hande into his syde I will not beleue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stode in the middes and saied peace be vnto you And after that he sayed to Thomas bryng thy finger hither and see my handes and reache hither thy hande and thrust it into my syde and be not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas aunswered and sayed vnto hym my Lorde and my God Iesus sayed vnto hym Thomas because thou haste seen me thou haste beleued blessed are they that haue not seen yet haue beleued And many other sygnes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples whiche are not written in this booke These are written that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of God and that in beleuyng ye myght haue lyfe through his name ¶ The conuersion of Saincte Paule At Mattyns The .ii. Lesson Act .xxii. vnto they heard hym I Will geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde with my whole hearte euen before the Gods wyll I syng prayse vnto thee I will wurshippe towarde thy holy temple and prayse thy name because of thy louing kindnes and trueth for thou haste magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with muche strength All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee O Lorde for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall sing in the wayes of the Lorde that great is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lorde be hye yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre of Though I walke in the middest of trouble yet shalt thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche forth thine hande vpon the furiousnesse of myne enemies and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindnes toward me yea thy mercy O Lorde endureth for euer despyse not then the workes of thyne owne handes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. GOD whiche haste taught all the worlde through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Sainct Paule graunt we beseche thee that we whiche haue his woonderfull conuersion in remembraunce may folowe and fulfill the holy doctrine that he taught through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathyng out threatnynges and slaughter againste the Disciples of the Lorde wente vnto the hye priest and desired of hym letters to carye to Damasco to the Sinagoges that if he founde any of this way whether they were menne or women he might bring them bound vnto Ierusalem And whē he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hym a light from heauen and he fel to the earth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lorde And the Lorde sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trēbling and astonied sayed Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord sayed vnto him arise and goe into the citie it shal be tolde thee what thou must doe The men whiche iourneied with him stode amased hearing a voyce but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth and when he opened his iyes he sawe no man But they led hym by the hande and brought hym into Damasco And he was three daies without sight and neither did eate nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias to him sayed the Lord in a vision Ananias and he sayd behold I am here Lord. And the Lord sayde vnto him arise and goe into the strete whiche is called streight and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus For beholde he prayeth and hath seen in a vision a manne named Ananias cumming in to him putting his handes on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how muche euill he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem here he hath aucthoritie of the hye priestes to bind al that call on thy name The Lord sayd vnto him go thy way for he is a chosē vessel vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles and kinges and the childrē of Israel For I wil shewe him how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and put his hādes on him and sayd brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest hath sēt me that thou mightest receiue thy sight be filled with the holy gost And immediately there fel frō his iyes as it had been scales he receiued sight and arose and was baptised and receiued meate and was coumforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco And straight way he preached Christe in the Sinagogues howe that he was the sonne of God But all that hearde him were amased and sayde is not this he that spoyled them whiche called on this name in Ierusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound vnto the hie priestes But Saul encreased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes whiche dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christe The Gospell PEter aunswered and sayd vnto Iesus behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shal we haue
geue it you ¶ At Euensong ¶ The second lesson Act. xv vnto After certayne dayes ¶ Saynct Iohn Baptist ¶ Proper lessons at Mattyns The first lesson Malach. iii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. iii. vnto the ende At the communion HEare my prayer O Lorde and considre my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man lyuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smittē my life down to the ground he hath laied me in the darknes as the men that haue been long dead Therfore is my spirite vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remembre the tyme past I muse vpon all thy workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hādes I stretche forth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thristie lande Heare me O Lord and that soone for my spirite wereth faynte hide not thy face from me lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe into the pitte O let me heare thy louynge kindenesse betymes in the morning for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Delyuer me O Lorde from myne enemies for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy louing spirite leade me forth vnto the lande of righteousnes Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnes sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnes slay mine enemies and destroie all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God by whose prouidence thy seruaunte Iohn Baptiste was wonderfully borne and sente to prepare the waye of thy sonne our sauiour by preachynge of penaunce make vs so to folowe hys doctrine and holy lyfe that we may truly repent according to his preachyng and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldly rebuke vice and paciently suffer for the truethes sake through Iesus Christe our lorde The Epistle BE of good there my people O ye Prophetes comfort my people sayeth your God comforte Ierusalem at the heart and tell her that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficiēt correccion for all her sinnes A voyce crieth in wildernes prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the deserte Lette all valleys be exalted and euery mountayne and hyll be layed lowe whatso is croked let it be made straight and lette the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shall appeare and all fleshe shall at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophete aunswered what shall I cry that all fleshe is grasse that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the fielde The grasse is withered the floure falleth a way Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuerthelesse whether the grasse wyther or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidynges lift vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem Lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God beholde the Lorde God shall come with power and beare rule with hys arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with him and his workes go before him He shall feede his flocke lyke an heardman He shall gather the lambes together with his arme and carye them in his bosome and shall kyndely entreate those that beare yong The Gospell ELizabethes tyme came that she should be deliuered and she brought furth a sonne And her neighbours and her cosins hearde howe the Lord had shewed greate mercye vpon her and they reioysed wyth her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe called his name Zacharias after the name of his father And his mother answered sayd not soo but he shall be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kinred that is named w t this name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrot saying his name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouthe was opened immediatly his tonge also and he spake praysed God And feare came on al thē that dwelt nye vnto them And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iury and al they that heard them laied thē vp in their heartes saying what maner of chylde shall thys be And the hande of the Lorde was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hathe raysed vp an horne of saluacion vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued from our enemies from the hand of all that hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers remembre his holy couenaunte And that he woulde performe the othe which he sware to our father Abrahā for to geue vs. That we deliuered out of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym wythout feare all the dayes of our lyfe in such holines and righteousnes as are acceptable before him And thou child shalt be called the prophete of the hiest for thou shalte goe before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes to geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissiō of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God wherby the day spring frō an hie hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes in the shadowe of death to guyde our feete into the waye of peace And the child grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernes tyll the day came when he should shewe himselfe vnto the Israelites Proper lessons at Euensong The first lesson Malach. iii. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. xiiii vnto when Iesus hearde ¶ Sainct Peters day At Mattyns The seconde lesson Act. iii. vnto the ende At the Communion BLessed be the Lorde my strengthe whyche teacheth my handes to warre and my fyngers to fyght My hope and my fortresse my castle and delyuerer my defender in whome I truste whiche subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast suche respect vnto hym or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Manne is lyke a thyng of naughte his tyme passeth
his Angels and preuayled not neither was theyr place found any more in heauen And the great Dragon that olde serpent called the deuill and Sathanas was cast out whiche deceiueth all the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his Angels were cast out also with him And I heard a loude voyce saying in heauē is nowe made saluacion and strength and the kyngdom of our God and the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe whiche accused them before our God day and night And they ouercame hym by the bloud of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loued not their liues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Woe vnto the inhabitours of the earth and of the sea for the deuill is come downe vnto you which hath great wrathe because he knoweth that he hathe but a shorte tyme. The Gospell AT thesame time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen Iesus called a childe vnto hym and sette hym in the myddest of them and sayed Verely I saye vnto you excepte ye turne and become as children ye shall not entre into the kyngdome of heauen Whosoeuer therfore humbleth hymselfe as this childe thesame is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And whosoeuer receyueth suche a childe in my name receiueth me But whoso doth offende one of these lytleons whiche beleue in me it were better for hym that a milstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Woe vnto the worlde because of offences necessary it is that offences come But woe vnto the manne by whom the offence cometh Wherfore yf thy hande or thy foote hynder thee cut him of and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into lyfe halt or maimed rather then thou shouldest hauing two hādes or two fete be cast into euerlasting fyre And yf thine iye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to entre into life with one iye rather then hauing .ij. iyes to be cast into hell fyre Take hede that ye despise not one of these lytleons For I saye vnto you that in heauen theyr Angels doe alwayes beholde the face of my father whiche is in heauen ¶ Sainct Luke Euangelist BY the waters of Babylon we sate downe wept when we remembred thee O Sion As for our harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin For they that led vs away captiue required of vs then a song and melodye in our heauines syng vs one of the songes of Sion Howe shall we syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forget thee O Ierusalem let my ryght hande forget her cunning If I doe not remembre thee let my tong cleaue to the rose of my mouth yea yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the chyldren of Edom O Lorde in the day of Ierusalem howe they sayed downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babylon wasted with miserie yea happye shal he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy chyldren and throweth them against the stones Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche calledst Luke the phisicion whose prayse is in the gospell to be a phisicion of the soule it may please thee by the holsome medicines of his doctrine to heale al the diseases of oure soules through thy sonne Iesus Christe oure Lorde The Epistle WAtche thou in all thinges suffre affliccions doe the worke throughly of an Euangelist fulfyll thyne office vnto the vtmoste be sobre For I am nowe ready to be offred and the tyme of my departing is at hād I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfilled my course I haue kept the faith Frō hencefurth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes whiche the Lorde that is a righteous iudge shal geue me at that day not to me only but vnto all them also that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayst come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this presente worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia only Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but specially the parchement Alexander the coppersmith did me muche euill the Lord rewarde hym accordyng to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstande our wordes The Gospell THe Lorde appointed other seuenty and two also and sente them two and two before hym into euery citie and place whither he hymselfe woulde come Therfore saied he vnto them the haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest to sende furthe labourers into his haruest Go your wayes beholde I sende you foorth as lambes among wolues Beare no wallet neyther scrip nor shoes and salute no man by the waye into whatsoeuer house ye entre fyrst saye peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there your peace shal rest vpon him if not it shal returne to you agayne And in thesame house tary styll eating and drinkyng suche as they geue For the labourer is worthy of his reward ¶ Symon and Iude Apostles O Prayse God in his holynes prayse hym in the firmament of his power Prayse him in his noble actes prayse hym accordyng to his excellent greatnesse Prayse hym in the sounde of the trumpet prayse hym vpon the lute and harpe Prayse hym in the cymbales and daunse prayse hym vpon the stringes and pipe Prayse hym vpon the well tuned cymbales prayse hym vpon the loud cymbales Let euery thing that hath breth prayse the lord Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche hast builded the congregacion vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and prophetes Iesu Christ hymselfe beyng the head corner stone graunte vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirite by theyr doctrine that we maye be made an holye temple acceptable to thee through Iesu Christe oure Lorde The Epistle IVdas the seruaunte of Iesu Christe the brother of Iames to them whiche are called and sanctified in God the father preserued in Iesu Christe Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the common saluacion it was nedefull for me to write vnto you to exhort you that ye shoulde continuallye laboure in the faith whiche was once geuen
thee that although we for oure iniquities haue woorthelye deserued this plague of rayne and waters yet vpon our true repentaunce thou wilt sende vs suche wether wher by we maye receiue the fruites of the earthe in due season and learne bothe by thy punishment to amende our liues and by the grauntinge of our peticion to geue thee prayse and glorye Through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ Vpon wednesdaies frydaies the Englishe Letanie shal be saied or song in all places after suche forme as is appoynted by the kynges maiesties Iniunccions Or as is or shall be otherwise appoynted by his highnes And thoughe there be none to cōmunicate wyth the Prieste yet these dayes after the Letany ended the Prieste shall put vpon him a plain Albe or surplesse with a cope and saie all thinges at the Altare appoynted to bee sayde at the celebracion of the lordes supper vntill after the offertory And then shall adde one or two of the Collectes afore written as occasion shall serue by hys discrecion And then turning him to the people shall let them departe with the accustomed blessing And the same order shal be vsed all other daies whensoeuer the people be customably assembled to praye in the church and none disposed to communicate with the Prieste Lykewyse in Chappelles annexed and all other places there shal be no celebracion of the Lordes supper excepte there be some to communicate with the priest And in suche Chappelles annexed where the people hath not been accustomed to pay any holy bread there they must either make some charitable prouision for the beryng of the charges of the Communion or els for receyuyng of thesame resorte to their parishe Churche For auoydyng of all matters and occasion of discencion it is mere that the bread prepared for the Cōmunion be made through all this realme after one sorte and fashion that is to say vnleauened and rounde as it was afore but without all maner of printe and some thing more larger and thicker then it was so that it may be aptly deuided in diuers pieces and euery one shal be deuided in two pieces at the leaste or more by the discrecion of the minister and so distributed And men must not thinke lesse to be receiued in parte then in the whole but in eche of them the whole body of our sauioure Iesu Christe And forsomuche as the Pastours Curates within this realme shall continually fynde at their costes and charges in their cures sufficient bread and wine for the holy Communion as oft as their Parishioners shal be disposed for their spirituall comforte to receiue the same it is therfore ordred that in recompēce of such costes and charges the Parishioners of euery Parishe shall offre euery Sonday at the tyme of the Offertory the iust valour and pryce of the holy lofe with all suche money and other thynges as were wont to be offered with the same to the vse of their Pastours and Curates and that in suche ordre and course as they were wonte to fynde and pay the sayed holy lofe Also that the receyuing of the Sacramente of the blessed body and bloud of Christ may be moste agreable to the institucion therof and to the vsage of the primatiue Churche In all Cathedrall and Collegiate churches there shall alwayes some Communicate with the priest that ministreth And that thesame may be also obserued euery where abrode in the countrey Some one at the least of that house in euery paryshe to whom by course after the ordynaunce herein made it apperteyneth to offer for the charges of the Communion or some other whom they shall prouyde to offre for them shal receiue the holy Communion with the priest the which maye bee the better done for that they knowe before when theyr course commeth and may therfore dispose themselfes to the worthy receyuing of the Sacramente And with him or them who doeth so offre the charges of the Communion all other who be then Godly disposed therunto shall lykewise receiue the Communion And by this meanes the Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries with al the suffrages due ordre appointed for the same And the priest on the weke day shal forbeare to celebrate the Comnion excepte he haue some that will communicate with him Furthermore euery man and woman to be bound to heare and be at the diuine seruice in the Parishe churche where they be resident and there with deuout prayer or Godlye silence and meditacion to occupy themselues There to pay their dueties to communicate once in the yeare at the least and there to receyue and take all other Sacramentes and rites in this booke appoynted And whosoeuer willingly vpon no iust cause doeth absent themselfes or doeth vngodly in the Parishe churche occupy thēselues vpon proffe therof by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Realme to bee excōmunicate or suffre other punishement as shal to the Ecclesiastical iudge accordyng to his discrecion seme conuenient And although it bee read in aunciente writers that the people many yeares past receiued at the priestes handes the Sacramēt of the body of Christ in theyr owne handes no commaundement of Christ to the contrary Yet forasmuche as they many tymes conueyghed thesame secretelye awaye kept it with them and diuersly abused it to supersticion and wickednes lest any suche thing hereafter should be attempted and that an vniformitie might be vsed throughout the whole Realment is thought cōuenient the people commonly receiue the Sacrament of Christes body in their mouthes at the Priestes hande ⧠The Letany and Suffrages O GOD the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redemer of the worlde haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost proceding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy gost procedyng from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and gloryous Trinitie three persons and one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners Remembre not Lorde our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeaunce of our sinnes spare vs good Lorde spare thy people whom thou haste redemed with thy moste precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spare vs good Lorde From all euill and mischiefe from synne from the craftes and assaultes of the deuill from thy wrathe and from euerlastyng damnacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pryde vainglory Hypocrisy from enuy hatred and malice and all vncharitablenes Good Lorde deliuer vs. From fornicacion and all other deadly synne and from al the deceytes of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill Good
hys soules healthe And that these children may bee vertuouslye broughte vp to leade a godly and Christian lyfe remembryng alwayes that Baptisme doeth represent vnto vs our profession whiche is to folow thexaumple of our Sauiour Christe and to bee made lyke vnto him that as he dyed and rose agayne for vs so should we whiche are Baptised dye from sinne and ryse agayne vnto ryghteousnesse continually mortifying all oure euyll and corrupte affeccions and daylye procedyng in all vertue and godlines of liuing ¶ The minister shall commaunde that the Crisomes bee broughte to the churche and delyuered to the Priestes after the accustomed manner at the Purificacyon of the mother of euerye chylde And that the chyldren be brought to the Busshope to bee confirmed of hym so soone as they can saye in theyr vulgare tongue the articles of the faythe the Lordes prayer and the ten commaundementes and be further instructed in the Cathechisme sette foorthe for that purpose accordyngly as it is there expressed And so lette the congregacyon departe in the name of the Lorde ¶ Note that if the number of children to bee Baptised and multytude of people presente bee so great that they cannot conuenientlye stand at the churche doore then let them stande within the churche in some conueniente place nygh vnto the Churche doore And there all thinges be sayde and done appoynted to bee sayde and done at the churche doore Of them that be Baptised in priuate houses in tyme of necessitie ¶ The pastours and curates shal oft admonyshe the people that they differ not the baptisme of infantes any longer then the Sondaye or other holy daye nexte after the childe bee borne onlesse vpon a great and resonable cause declared to the curate and by hym approued And also they shall warne them that without great cause and necessitie they Baptise not children at home in theyr houses And when great nede shal compel them so to doe that then they minister it on thys fashion ¶ First let thē that be present call vpon god for his grace and saye the Lordes prayer if the tyme will suffer And then one of them shal name the childe and dyppe hym in the water or powre water vpon hym saying these woordes ¶ N. I Baptise thee in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And lette them not doubte but that the chylde so Baptised is lawfully and sufficiently Baptised and oughte not to bee Baptised agayne in the Churche But yet neuerthelesse yf the chylde whiche is after thys sorte Baptised dooe afterwarde lyue it is expedyente that he bee broughte into the Churche to the entente the Prieste maye examyne and trye whether the chylde bee lawfullye Baptised or no. And yf those that bring any childe to the Churche doe aunswere that he is already Baptised Then shall the Prieste examyne them further ¶ By whome the childe was Baptised Who was present when the childe was baptised Whether they called vpon god for grace and succour in that necessitie With what thyng or what matter they dyd Baptise the childe With what woordes the childe was Baptised Whether they thinke the chylde to be lawfully and perfectly Baptised And yf the minister shall proue by the aunswers of suche as brought the childe that al thinges were done as they ought to be Then shall not he christen the chylde agayne but shall receyue him as one of the flocke of the true christian people saying thus I Certifye you that in this case ye haue doen wel and accordyng vnto due ordre concernyng the Baptising of thys childe whiche being borne in originall sinne and in the wrath of God is now by the lauer of regeneracion in Baptisme made the chylde of God and heyre of euerlastyng lyfe for our Lorde Iesus Christe doeth not denye his grace and mercie vnto suche infantes but most louingly doeth call them vnto him As the holy gospell doeth witnes to our coumfort on this wise AT a certayne tyme they broughte chyldren vnto Christ that he shoulde touche them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them But when Iesus sawe it he was dyspleased and sayde vnto them Suffer litle chyldren to come vnto me and forbydde them not for to suche belongeth the kyngdome of God Verely I say vnto you whosoeuer doeth not receyue the kingdome of God as a litle childe he shal not enter therin And when he had taken them vp in his armes he put his handes vpon them and blissed them After the gospell is read the minister shall make this exhortacion vpon the woordes of the gospell FRendes ye heare in this gospell the woordes of our Saueour Christ that he commaunded the children to be broughte vnto him how he blamed those that woulde haue kepte them from hym howe he exhorted all men to folowe theyr innocencie ye perceiue how by his outward gesture and dede he declared hys good wil towarde them for he enbraced them in his armes he layed hys handes vpon them and blessed them Doubte you not therefore but earnestlye beleue that he hathe lykewise fauourablye receyued thys presente infante that he hathe enbraced him with the armes of hys mercie that he hath geuen vnto hym the blessyng of eternall lyfe and made hym partaker of his euerlasting kingdome Wherefore we being thus perswaded of the good will of oure heauenlye father declared by his sonne Iesus Christ towardes this infant Let vs faythfully and deuoutly geue thankes vnto hym and saye the prayer whiche the Lorde himselfe taught and in declaracion of oure faythe let vs also recyte the articles conteyned in our Crede Here the minister with the Godfathers and Godmothers shall saye OVr father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy name let thy kyngdome come c. Then shall they saye the Crede and then the Prieste shall demaunde the name of the chylde whiche beeyng by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced the minister shall saye ¶ N. Doest thou forsake the deuill and all hys woorkes Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doest thou forsake the vayne Pompe and glorye of the worlde with all the couetous desyres of the same Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doest thou forsake the carnall desyres of the fleshe so that thou wilt not folowe and be led by them Aunswere I forsake them Minister Doest thou beleue in God the father almyghtie maker of heauen and yearth Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in Iesus Christe hys onely begotten sonne our Lorde and that he was conceyued by the holye Ghoste borne of the virgin Marie that he suffered vnder Poncius Pilate was crucifyed dead and buryed that he wente downe into hel and also did arise agayne the thirde daye that he ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hande of God the father almightie And from thence shall come agayne at the ende of the worlde to iudge the quicke and the dead doest thou beleue thus Aunswere I beleue Minister Doest thou beleue in the holy Goste the holy
charges as the persons to be maried doe susteyne to proue his allegacion then the Solemnizacion must be differed vnto suche time as the trueth be tryed Yf no impediment be alleged then shall the curate saye vnto the man N. Wilt thou haue this woman to thy wedded wyfe to lyue together after Gods ordeynaunce in the holy estate of matrimonie wilt thou loue her coumforte her honor and kepe her in sickenesse and in health And forsaking all other kepe thee onely to her so long as you both shall lyue The man shall aunswere I will Then shall the priest saye to the woman N. Wilt thou haue this man to thy wedded houseband to lyue together after Gods ordeinaunce in the holy estate of matrimony wilt thou obey him and serue him loue honor kepe him in sicknes in health And forsaking al other kepe thee only to him so long as you both shall lyue The woman shall aunswere I will Then shall the minister saye Who geueth this woman to be maried to this man And the minister receiuyng the woman at her father or frendes handes shall cause the man to take the woman by the righthande and so eyther to geue theyr trouth to other The man first saying I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife to haue and to hold from this day forward for better for wurse for richer for poorer in syckenesse and in health to loue and to cherishe till death vs depart accordyng to Gods holy ordeinaunce And therto I plight thee my trouth Then shall they looce theyr handes and the woman taking agayn the man by the right hande shall say I N. take thee N. to my wedded husbande to haue and to holde from this day forwarde for better for wurse for richer for poorer in sickenes and in health to loue cherishe and to obey til death vs depart according to Goddes holy ordeinaunce And therto I geue thee my trouth Then shall they agayne looce theyr handes and the man shall geue vnto the woman a ryng and other tokens of spousage as golde or syluer laying the same vpon the booke And the priest taking the ring shal delyuer it vnto the man to put it vpon the fowerth finger of the womans lefte hande And the man taughte by the priest shal say ¶ With this ring I thee wed This golde and siluer I thee geue with my body I thee wurship and with al my worldly goodes I thee endow In the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen Then the man leauyng the ryng vpon the fowerth fynger of the womans left hande the minister shall say ¶ Let vs pray O Eternal god creator and preseruer of al mankind geuer of al spirituall grace the author of euerlasting life sende thy blessing vpon these thy seruauntes this man and this woman whome we blesse in thy name that as Isaac and Rebecca after bracellets Iewels of golde geuen of th one to thother for tokens of their matrimonye liued faithfully together So these persons may surely performe and kepe the vowe and couenaunt betwixt them made wherof this ring geuen and receiued is a token and pledge And may euer remayne in perfite loue and peace together And lyue according to thy lawes through Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen Then shall the Prieste ioyne theyr ryghtehandes together and say ¶ Those whome god hath ioyned together let no man put a sunder Then shall the minister speake vnto the people FOr asmuche as N. and N. haue consented together in holy wedlocke and haue witnessed the same here before God and this cumpany And therto haue geuen and pledged their trouth either to other and haue declared the same by geuing and receiuing golde and siluer and by ioyning of handes I pronounce that they be man and wyfe together In the name of the father of the sonne and of the holy gost Amen And the minister shall adde this blessing ¶ God the father blesse you ✚ God the sōne kepe you god the holy gost lighten your vnderstandyng The lorde mercifully with his fauor loke vpon you and so fill you with al spirituall benediccion and grace that you may haue remission of your sinnes in this life and in the world to come life euerlasting Amen Then shall they goe into the quier and the ministers or clearkes shall say or sing this Psalme folowing BLessed are all they that feare the lorde and walke in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labour of thy handes O well is thee and happie shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitful vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olife braūches round about thy table Loe thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the lorde The lorde from out of Sion shal so blesse thee that thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy lyfe long Yea that thou shalte see thy childers children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. Or els this psalme folowyng GOd be mercifull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lighte of his countenaunce and bee merciful vnto vs. That thy waye may bee knowen vpon yearth thy sauing health emong all nacions Leate the people prayse thee O God yea leat all people prayse thee O leate the nacions reioyce and bee glad for thou shalte iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon yearth Leat the people prayse thee O God leat all people prayse thee Then shall the yearth bring foorthe her increase and God euen our owne God shall geue vs his blessinge God shall blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him Glorye be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The psalme ended and the manne and woman knelyng afore the aulter the prieste standyng at the aulter and turning his face towarde them shall saye Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Aunswere Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Minister Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euyll Amen Minister O lorde saue thy seruaunt and thy handmaide Aunswere whiche put their truste in thee Minister O lorde sende them helpe from thy holy place Aunswere And euermore defende them Minister Bee vnto them a tower of strength Aunswere From the face of their enemye Minister O lorde heare my prayer Aunswere And leat my crie come vnto thee The Minister Let vs praye O God of Abrahā God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruauntes sowe the seede of eternal life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shal profitably learne they may in dede fulfil the same Looke O lord mercifully vpon them from heauen blesse them And as thou didest sende thy Aungell Raphaell to Thobie and Sara the daughter of Raguel to their great comfort so vouchsafe to sende thy blessinge vpon these thy seruauntes that they
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
c. As it was in the beginning c. The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuche as all mortall men be subiect to many sodain perilles diseases and syckenesses and euer vncerteyne what tyme they shall departe out of this lyfe Therefore to the intente they may be alwayes in a redynesse to dye whensoeuer it shall please almyghtye God to call them The curates shall diligētly from time to time but specially in the plague time exhorte theyr parishoners to the ofte receiuing in the churche of the holy Communion of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe whiche if they doe they shall haue no cause in theyr sodayne visitacion to be vnquieted for lacke of the same But if the sycke person be not hable to come to the churche and yet is desyrous to receyue the Communion in his house then he must geue knowlege ouer night or els early in the morning to the curate sygnifying also how many be appoynted to communicate with him And if the same day there be a celebracion of the holy Communion in the churche then shal the priest reserue at the open communion so muche of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the sicke person and so many as shal Communicate with him if there be any And so soone as he conuenientlye may after the open Communion ended in the churche shall goe and minister the same firste to those that are appoynted to communicate with the sicke if there be any and last of al to the sicke persone himselfe But before the Curate distribute the holy Communion the appoynted generall confessyon must be made in the name of the communicantes the curate adding the absolucion with the comfortable sentences of scripture folowyng in the open Communion and after the communion ended the Collecte Almightie and euerliuyng God we moste hartely thanke thee c. ¶ But if the day be not appoynted for the open communion in the churche then vpon conuenient warning geuen the curate shal come and visite the sicke person afore noone And hauing a conuenient place in the sycke mannes house where he may reuerentely celebrate with all thynges necessary for the same and not being otherwise letted with the publike seruice or any other iust impediment he shall there celebrate the holy communion after suche forme and sorte as herafter is appoynted THE CELEBRAcion of the holy Communion for the sicke O Prayse the Lorde all ye nacions laude hym all ye people for hys mercifull kyndenes is confirmed towarde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Without any more repeticion The Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmyghtye euerlyuyng God maker of mankynde whiche doeste correct those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou dost receiue we beseche thee to haue mercie vpon thys thy seruaunt visited with thy hand and to graunt that he may take his sickenes paciently and recouer his bodily health if it be thy gracyous will and whansoeuer his soule shall departe from the body it may without spotte be presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Epistle MY sonne despise not the correccion of the lorde neyther faynt whē thou art rebuked of him for whom the lorde loueth him he correcteth yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whome he receiueth The Gospel Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my woorde and beleueth on him that sente me hath euerlasting lyfe and shall not come vnto damnacyon but he passeth from death vnto life The Preface The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Lift vp your heartes c. Vnto the ende of the Cannon ¶ At the time of the distribucion of the holy sacrament the priest shal first receiue the Communion hymselfe after minister to them that be appoynted to communicate with the sycke if there be any and then to the sicke person And the sicke person shal alwayes desire some eyther of his owne house or els of hys neighbours to receiue the holy Communion with hym for that shall bee to hym a singuler great coumfort and of theyr parte a great token of charitie ¶ And if there bee moe sycke persons to be visited the same day that the Curate dooeth celebrate in anye sycke mannes house then shall the curate there reserue so much of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the other sicke persons and suche as be appoynted to communicate with them if there bee anye And shall immediatly cary it and minister it vnto them ¶ But if any man eyther by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for lacke of warnyng geuen in due tyme to the curate or by any other iuste impediment doe not receiue the sacrament of Christes body bloud then the curate shall instruct him that if he doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the crosse for hym and shed hys bloud for hys redempcion earnestly remembring the benefites he hath therby and geuing him heartie thankes therfore he doth eate and drynke spiritually the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ profitably to his soules health althoughe he dooe not receyue the sacramente with his mouth ¶ When the sicke persone is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one tyme then the priest for more expedicion shall vse this order at the visitacion The Antheme Remember not Lorde c. Lorde haue mercie 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 euil Amen Let vs pray O Lorde looke downe from heauen c. With the first parte of the exhortacion and all other thynges vnto the Psalme In thee O Lorde haue I put my trust c. And if the sicke desyre to be annoyncted then shall the Prieste vse the appoynted prayer without any Psalme ⧠THE ORDRE FOR ⧠the Buriall of the dead The priest metyng the Corps at the Churche stile shall say Or els the priestes and clearkes shall syng and so goe eyther into the Churche or towardes the graue I Am the resurreccion and the lyfe sayth the Lorde he that beleueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in me shall not dye for euer I Knowe that my redemer lyueth and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the last day and shal be couered again with my skinne and shall see God in my fleshe yea and I my selfe shall beholde hym not with other but with these same iyes WE brought nothyng into this world neyther may we carye any thyng out of this worlde The Lorde geueth and the Lorde taketh away Euen as it pleaseth the
Lorde so commeth thynges to passe blessed be the name of the Lorde When they come at the graue whyles the Corps is made ready to be layed into the earth the priest shall saye orels the priest and clearkes shall syng MAnne that is borne of a woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue and is full of misery he cummeth vp and is cut downe lyke a floure he flyeth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one staye ¶ In the myddest of lyfe we be in death of whom may we seke for succour but of thee O Lorde which for our sinnes iustly art moued yet O Lorde God moste holy O Lorde moste mighty O holy and moste mercifull sauiour deliuer vs not into the bytter paynes of eternall death Thou knowest Lorde the secretes of our heartes shutte not vp thy mercyfull iyes to oure prayers But spare vs Lorde moste holy O God moste mighty O holy and mercifull sauiour thou moste worthy iudge eternal suffre vs not at our last houre for any paynes of death to fall from thee Then the priest castyng earth vpon the Corps shall saye I Commende thy soule to God the father almightie and thy body to the grounde earth to earth asshes to asshes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurreccion to eternall lyfe through our Lorde Iesus Christe who shall chaunge oure vile body that it may be lyke to his gloryous body according to the mighty workyng wherby he is hable to subdue al thinges to himselfe Then shal be sayed or song I Heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto me Write blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord. Euen so sayeth the spirite that they rest from their labours Let vs pray WE commend into thy hādes of mercy most mercifull father the soule of this our brother departed N. And his body we commit to the earth beseching thine infinite goodnesse to geue vs grace to lyue in thy feare and loue and to dye in thy fauour that when the iudgemente shall come whiche thou haste committed to thy welbeloued sonne both this oure brother and we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receyue that blessing whiche thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronounce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come ye blessed children of my father Receyue the kyngdome prepared for you before the beginning of the worlde Graunt this mercifull father for the honour of Iesu Christe our onely sauior mediator and aduocate Amen This prayer shall also be added ALmightye God we geue thee hertie thankes for this thy seruaunt whom thou hast deliuered from the miseries of this wretched worlde from the bodye of death and all temptacion And as we trust haste brought his soule which he committed into thy holy handes into sure consolacion and rest Graunt we beseche thee that at the daye of iudgemente hys soule and all the soules of thy elect departed out of thys lyfe may with vs and we with them fullye receyue thy promisses and bee made perfite altogether thorowe the glorious resurreccion of thy sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde These psalmes with other suffrages folowing are to be sayde in the churche either before or after the buriall of the corps I Am well pleased that the lorde hath hearde the voyce of my prayer That he hath enclined his eare vnto me therfore will I call vpon him as long as I liue The snares of death compased me round about and the paynes of hel gatte hold vpon me I shal finde trouble and heauines and I shall call vpon the name of the Lorde O Lorde I beseche thee deliuer my soule Gracious is the lord and righteous yea our god is mercifull The lorde preserueth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turne agayn then vnto thy rest O my soule for the lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast deliuered my soule from death mine eyes from teares and my feete from falling I will walke before the lorde in the lande of the liuyng I beleued therefore will I speake but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haste all men are lyers What rewarde shall I geue vnto the lorde for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me I wil receiue the cup of saluacion and cal vpon the name of the Lorde I wil pay my vowes now in the presence of all his people right dere in the sight of y e lorde is the death of hys saintes Beholde O Lorde how that I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde thou haste broken my bondes in sunder I will offer to thee the sacrifyce of thankes geuyng and will call vpon the name of the Lorde I will pay my vowes vnto the lorde in the syghte of all hys people in the courtes of the Lordes house euen in the middest of thee O Hierusalem Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. O Lorde thou hast searched me out and knowen me Thou knowest my downsitting and mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bed and spyeste out all my wayes For loe there is not a woorde in my tongue but thou O Lorde knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behynde and before and layed thyne hande vpon me Such knowlage is to woonderfull and excellente for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whither shall I goe then from thy spirite or whither shall I goe then from thy presence If I clime vp into heauen thou art there If I goe down to hell thou art there also If I take the winges of the morning and remaine in the vttermost partes of the sea Euen there also shall thy hande leade me and thy ryght hande shall holde me If I say peraduenture the derkenes shal couer me then shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is all cleare as the day the darkenes and lyght to thee are both a lyke For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearfully and wunderously made marueilous are thy woorkes and that my soule knoweth ryghte well My bones are not hyd from thee though I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the yearth Thyne eyes did see my substaunce yet beyng vnperfect and in thy booke were all my members written Whiche daye by daye were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsels vnto me O God O howe great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in noumbre then the sande when I wake vp I am present with thee Wilt thou not sley the wicked O God departe from me ye bloud thristie men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy name in vaine Do not I hate them O Lorde that hate thee and am not I greued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate
them right soore euen as though they were myne enemies Trye me O God and seke the grounde of myne heart proue me and examine my thoughtes Looke well if there be any way of wickednes in me and leade me in the waye euerlastyng Glory be to the father c. As it was in the begynnyng c. PRayse the Lord O my soule while I lyue will I prayse the Lorde yea as long as I haue any beeing I will sing prayses vnto my God O put not your trust in princes nor in any childe of man for there is no helpe in them For when the breath of man goeth furth he shall turne agayne to his earth and then all his thoughtes perishe Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the Lorde his God Whiche made heauen and earth the sea and al that therin is whiche kepeth his promyse for euer Whiche helpeth them to ryght that suffer wrong whiche feedeth the hungry The Lorde looceth men out of prison the Lorde geueth sight to the blynde The Lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen the Lorde careth for the righteous The Lorde careth for the straungers he defendeth the fatherlesse and widdowe as for the waye of the vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The Lorde thy God O Sion shal be king for euermore and throughout all generacions Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginnyng c. Then shall folowe this lesson taken out of the .xv. Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHriste is risen from the dead and become the firste fruites of them that slepte For by a manne came death and by a manne came the resurreccion of the dead For as by Adam all dye euen so by Christe shall all be made alyue but euery manne in his owne ordre The firste is Christe then they that are Christes at his commyng Then commeth the ende when he hath delyuered vp the kyngdome to God the father when he hath put downe all rule and all authoritie and power For he must reygne till he haue putte all his enemyes vnder his feete The laste enemy that shall be destroyed is death For he hath put all thinges vnder his feete But when he sayeth all thinges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted whiche did put all thinges vnder hym When all thynges are subdued vnto hym then shall the sonne also hymselfe be subiecte vnto hym that put all thynges vnder him that God may be all in all Els what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead ryse not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them Yea and why stand we alwaye then in ieoperdie By our reioysing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I dye dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what auauntageth it me if the dead ryse not againe Let vs eate and drynke for to morowe we shall dye Be not ye deceyued euill wordes corrupt good maners Awake truely out of slepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to youre shame But some manne will say howe aryse the dead with what body shall they come Thou foole that whiche thou sowest is not quickened excepte it dye And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shal be but bare corne as of weate or of some other but God geueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seede his owne body All fleshe is not one maner of fleshe but there is one maner of fleshe of mē an other maner of fleshe of beastes an other of fishes and an other of birdes There are also celestiall bodyes and there are bodyes terrestriall But the glory of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is an other There is one maner glory of the sunne and an other glory of the moone and an other glory of the starres For one starre differeth from an other in glory So is the resurreccion of the deade It is sowen in corrupcion it riseth agayne in incorrupcion It is sowen in dishonoure it ryseth agayne in honoure It is sowen in weakenes it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall body it ryseth agayne a spirituall bodie There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body as it is also written the first man Adam was made a lyuing soule and the last Adam was made a quicknyng spirite Howebeit that is not fyrst which is spirituall but that whiche is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthy The seconde manne is the Lorde from heauen heauenly As is the earthy suche are they that are earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as we haue borne the image of the earthy so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly This saie I brethren that fleshe and bloud can not enherite the kingdome of God Neither doth corrupcion inherite vncorrupcion Beholde I shewe you a mistery We shal not al slepe but we shall al be chaunged and that in a momente in the twynkelyng of an iye by the laste trumpe For the trumpe shal blowe the dead shal rise incorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on incorrupcion this mortal must put on immortalitie When this corruptible hath put on incorrupcion this mortal hath put on immortalitie then shal be brought to passe the saying that is writtē Death is swalowed vp in victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victory The sting of death is synne the strēgth of sinne is the law But thākes be vnto God which hath geuen vs victory through our lord Iesus Christ Therfore my deare brethrē be ye steadfast vnmouable alwaies riche in the worke of the lord forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vaine in the lord The lesson ended then shal the priest saye Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Oure father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But delyuer vs from euil Amen Priest Entre not O Lorde into iudgement with thy seruaunt Aunswere For in thy sight no lyuing creature shal be iustifyed Priest From the gates of hell Aunswere Delyuer theyr soules O Lorde Priest I beleue to see the goodnes of the Lorde Aunswere In the lande of the lyuing Priest O Lorde graciously heare my prayer Aunswere And let my crye come vnto thee Let vs praye O Lorde with whome do liue the spirites of them that be dead and in whome the soules of them that be elected after they be delyuered from the burden of the fleshe be in ioy and felicitie Graunte vnto this thy seruaunt that the sinnes which he committed in this world be not imputed vnto him but that he escaping the gates of hell paynes of eternal darckenes may euer dwel in the
region of light with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the place where is no wepyng sorowe nor heauynes and when that dredful day of the generall resurreccion shall come make hym to ryse also with the iust and righteous and receiue thys body againe to glory then made pure and incorruptible set him on the righte hande of thy sonne Iesus Christ among thy holy and elect that then he maye heare with them these most swete and coumfortable wordes Come to me ye blessed of my father possesse the kyngdōe which hath bene prepared for you from the begynning of the world Graunte this we beseche thee o mercyfull father through Iesus Christ our mediatour and redemer Amen ⧠THE CELEBRACION ⧠of the holy Communion when there is a Burial of the dead LYke as the hart desireth the water brookes so longeth my soule after thee O God My soule is a thirst for god yea euen for the liuing god when shall I come to appeare before the presence of God My teares haue beene my meate day and nighte whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy god Nowe when I thinke thereupon I powre out my heart by my selfe for I went with the multitude and brought them furth vnto the house of God in the voyce of praise and thankesgeuing emong suche as kepe holy day Why art thou so full of heauines O my soule and why art thou so vnquiete within me Put thy trust in god for I wil yet geue him thankes for the helpe of his countenaunce My God my soule is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Iordane and the litle hill of Hermonim One deepe calleth an other because of the noyse of thy water pypes al thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me The lorde hath graunted his louing kyndenesse on the daye tyme and in the nighte season dyd I syng of hym and made my prayer vnto the god of my lyfe I will say vnto the God of my strength why haste thou forgotten me why goe I thus heauelye whyle the enemye oppresseth me My bones are smitten a soonder whyle myne enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth namely while they say dayly vnto me where is nowe thy God Why art thou so vexed O my soule and why arte thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in god for I will yet thanke hym whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father and to the sonne to the holy gost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen Collette O Mercifull god the father of oure lord Iesu Christ who is the resurreccion and the life In whome whosoeuer beleueth shall liue thoughe he dye And whosoeuer liueth and beleueth in hym shall not dye eternally who also hath taught vs by his holye Apostle Paule not to bee sorye as men without hope for them that slepe in him We mekelye beseche thee o father to raise vs from the death of sin vnto the life of righteousnes that when we shall departe this lyfe we maye slepe in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and at the general resurreccion in the laste daie both we and this oure brother departed receiuyng agayne our bodies and risinge againe in thy moste gracious fauoure maye with all thine elect Saynctes obteine eternall ioye Graunt this O Lord god by the meanes of our aduocate Iesus Christ whiche with thee and the holy ghoste liueth and reigneth one God for euer Amen The Epistle I Would not brethren that ye shoulde bee ignoraunt concernyng them whiche are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other doe which haue no hope For if wee beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche slepe by Iesus wyll God brynge againe with him For this saie we vnto you in the woorde of the Lord that we whiche shall lyue and shall remaine in the cummynge of the Lorde shall not come ere they whiche slepe For the Lorde himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute and the voice of the Archangell and troump of God And the deade in Christ shall arise firste then wee whiche shall lyue euen wee whiche shall remayne shall bee caughte vp wyth them also in the cloudes to meete the Lorde in the ayre And so shall wee euer bee wyth the Lorde Wherefore coumforte youre selues one an other wyth these woordes ¶ The gospell IEsus sayed to his disciples and to the Iewes All that the father geueth me shall come to me and he that commeth to me I cast not away For I came down from heauen not to doe that I will but that he will whiche hath sent me And this is the fathers will whiche hath sente me that of all whiche he hath geuen me I shall lose nothing but raise them vp again at the last day And this is the wyll of hym that sent me that euery one which seeth the sonne and beleueth on him haue euerlasting lyfe And I wil raise hym vp at the laste daye ⧠THE ORDRE OF THE ⧠Purification of weomen The woman shall come into the churche and there shall kneele downe in some conueniente place nygh vnto the quier doore and the prieste standyng by her shall saye these woordes or suche lyke as the case shall require FOr asmuche as it hath pleased almightie god of his goodnes to geue you safe deliueraunce and your childe baptisme and hath preserued you in the greate daunger of childebirth ye shal therefore geue heartie thākes vnto god and pray Then shall the prieste say this psalme I Haue lifted vp mine iyes vnto the hilles from whence cummeth my helpe My help cummeth euen from the lord whiche hath made heauen and earth He will not suffer thy foote to be moued and he that kepeth thee will not slepe Beholde he that kepeth Israell shall neyther slumber nor slepe The lorde himselfe is thy keper the lorde is thy defence vpon thy right hande So that the sunne shall not burne thee by daye neyther the moone by nyght The lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall kepe thy soule The lord shall preserue thy going out and thy cummyng in from this tyme furth for euermore Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercie vpon vs. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Priest O lord saue this woman thy seruaunt Aunswere Which putteth her trust in thee Priest Be thou to her a strong tower Aunswere From the face of her enemie Priest Lorde heare oure praier Aunswere And let oure crye come to thee Priest ¶ Let vs praye O Almyghtye God which hast delyuered thys woman thy seruaunt from the great payne and perill of
child-birth Graunt we beseche thee most mercyfull father that she through thy helpe may both faithfully lyue and walke in her vocacion accordyng to thy will in thys lyfe present and also maye be partaker of euerlastyng glory in the lyfe to come through Iesus Christe oure Lorde Amen The woman that is purifyed must offer her Crisome and other accustomed offeringes And if there be a communion it is conuenient that she receiue the holy communion The first daie of Lente commonly called Ashewednisdaye ¶ After mattens ended the people beyng called together by the rynging of a bel and assembled in the churche Thinglishe letanye shall be sayed after thaccustomed maner whiche ended the prieste shall goe into the pulpitte and saie thus BRethrē in the primatiue churche there was a godlye discipline that at the begynning of lente suche persones as were notorious sinners were put to open penaunce and punished in this worlde that theyr soules myght be saued in the daye of the Lorde And that other admonyshed by theyr example mighte be more afrayed to offende In the steede whereof vntill the sayde disciplyne maye be restored agayne whyche thynge is muche to be wished it is thoughte good that at this tyme in your presence shoulde be read the generall sentences of goddes cursing agaynst impenitent synners gathered out of the xxvii Chapter of Deuteronomie and other places of scripture And that ye should aunswere to euery sentence Amen To the intente that you beyng admonished of the greate indignacion of God agaynste synners maye the rather be called to earneste and true repentaunce and maye walke more warely in these daungerous dayes fleyng frō suche vices for the which ye affirme with your owne mouthes the curse of God to be due ¶ Cursed is the manne that maketh any carued or molten image an abominacion to the Lord the worke of the handes of the craftes manne and putteth it in a secrete place to wurship it And the people shall aunswere and say Amen Minister Cursed is he that curseth hys father and mother Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that remoueth awaie the marke of his neighbours land Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that maketh the blinde to goe oute of his waye Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that letteth in iudgement the right of the straungier of them that be fatherlesse and of widowes Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretely Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbours wyfe Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that taketh rewarde to slea the soule of innocent bloude Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed is he that putteth his trust in mā taketh manne for his defence and in his hearte goeth from the Lorde Aunswere Amen Minister Cursed are the vnmercifull the fornicatours and aduouterers the couetous persones the wurshyppers of images slaundreers drunkardes and extorcioners Aunswere Amen The minister NOwe seeing that al they bee accursed as the Prophete Dauid beareth witnesse whiche doe erre goe astray from the commaundementes of God let vs remembring the dredeful iudgement hanging ouer our heades and being alwayes at hande returne vnto our lorde God with al contricion and mekenes of heart bewailing and lamenting our synful lyfe knowlagyng and confessing our offences and seekyng to bring furth worthie fruites of penance For euen now is the axe put vnto the roote of the trees so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not furth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fier It is a fearefull thing to fall into the handes of the lyuing God he shall powre downe rayne vpon the synners snares fyer brimstone storme and tempest this shal be theyr porcion to drinke For loe the lorde is cummen out of his place to visite the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon the earth But who may abyde the daye of his cumming who shal bee hable to endure whan he appeareth His fanne is in his hande and he will pourge his floore gather his wheate into the barne but he will burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fier The day of the lorde cummeth as a thiefe vpon the night and when men shal say peace and al thinges are safe then shall sodayne destruccion come vpon them as sorowe cometh vpon a woman trauaillyng with childe and they shall not escape then shall appeare the wrathe of God in the daye of vengeaunce whiche obstinate synners through the stubbernes of their hearte haue heaped vnto themselfe whiche despised the goodnesse pacience and long sufferaunce of god when he called thē continually to repentaunce Then shall they call vpon me sayth the lorde but I will not heare they shal seke me early but they shall not finde me and that because they hated knowlage receiued not the feare of the lord but abhorred my coūsell and despised my correcciō then shal it be too late to knocke when the doore shal be shut too late to cry for mercy when it is the time of iustice O terrible voice of most iust iudgemēt which shal be pronounced vpon them when it shal be sayde vnto them Go ye cursed into the fyer euerlasting whiche is prepared for the deuill and his angels Therfore brethren take we hede by time while the day of saluacion lasteth for the night cometh when none can worke but let vs while we haue the light beleue in the light and walke as the childrē of the lyghte that we bee not caste into the vtter derkenes where is wepyng and gnashing of teeth Let vs not abuse the goodnes of god whiche calleth vs mercifully to amendement and of his endlesse pitie promiseth vs forgeuenes of that whiche is past if with a whole mind and a true heart we returne vnto him for though our sinnes bered as scarlet they shal be as white as snowe and though they be lyke purple yet shall they be as white as woolle Turne you cleane sayeth the lord from all your wickednes and your synne shall not be your destruccion Cast away from you all your vngodlynes that ye haue doen make you new heartes and a newe spirite wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seing I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God Turne you then and you shall lyue Although we haue sinned yet haue we an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous he it is that obteyneth grace for our sinnes for he was wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickednes let vs therfore returne vnto him who is the mercifull receiuer of all true penitent sinners assuryng our selfe that he is ready to receiue vs and most willing to pardon vs if we come to him with faithfull repentaunce yf we wyll submit our selues vnto hym and from henceforth walke in his wayes yf we will take his easy yoke and light burden vpon vs to folow him in lowlynesse pacience and charitie and bee ordred by