sayd vnto them How hapned it that yee sought me wist ye not that I must go about my fathers businesse And they vnder stood not that saying which hee spake vnto them And he went downe with them came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them But his mother kept all these sayings together in her heart And Iesus prospred in wisedome and age and in fauour with God and men The second Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almightie and euerlasting God which doest gouerne all things in heauen and earth mercifully heare the supplications of thy people and grant vs thy grace all the dayes of our life The Epistle SEeing that we haue diuers giftes according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs Rom. 12.6 if a man haue the gift of prophesie let him haue it that it bee agreeing to the faith Let him that hath an office waite on his office Let him that teacheth take heed to his doctrine Let him that exhorteth giue attendance to his exhortation If any man giue let him doe it with singlenesse Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shewe mercie let him doe it with cheerefulnesse Let loue be without dissimulation Hate that which is euill and cleaue vnto which is good Be kind one to another with brotherly loue In giuing honour goe one before another Be not slothfull in the businesse which ye haue in hand Be feruent in spirit Apply your selues to the time Reioice in hope Be patient in tribulation Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessitie of the Saints Be ready to harbour Blesse them which persente you Blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery weepe with them that weepe Bee of like affection one towards another Bee not high minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort The Gospel ANd the third day was there amariage in Cana a city of Galilee Iohn 2.1 and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine failed the mother of Iesus said vnto him They haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother sayde vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he saieth vnto you do it And there were standing there fixe water pots of stone after the maner of purifying of the Iewes containing two or three firkins apiece Iesus said vnto them Fill the water pots with water And they filled them to the brim And he said vnto them Draw out now and beare vnto the gouernor of the feast And they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water turned into wine knew not whence it was but the ministers which drew the water knew he called the bridegrome and said vnto him Euery man at the beginning doeth fet foorth good wine and when men be drunk thē that which is worse but thou hast kept the good wine now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galilee and shewed his glorie and his disciples beleeued on him The third Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. Almighty and euerlasting God mercifully looke vpō our infirmities in al our dangers and uecessties stretch forth thy right hand to helpe and defend vs through Christ our Lord. The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Rom. 12.16 Recompense to no man euil for euil Prouide aforehād things honest not onely before God but also in the sight of all men If it be possible as much as in you is liue peaceably with all men Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather give place vnto wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will reward sayeth the Lord. Therefore if thine enemie hunger feed him is he thirst giue him drink For inso doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head Be not ouercome of euil but ouercome euil with goodnesse The Gospel WHen hee was come downe from the mountaine Matt. 8.1 much people followed him And beholde there came a leper and worshipped him saying Master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put foorth his hand and touched him saying I will bee thou cleane And immediatly his leprosie was cleansed And Iesus sayd vnto him Tell no man but goe and shewe thy selfe to the Priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded to bee offered for a witnesie vnto them And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto him a Centuriō and besought him saying Master my seruant lyeth at home sicke of the palsie and is grieuoussly pained And Iesus sayd when I come vnto him I will heale him The Centuriom answered and sayd Sir I am not woorthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the word onely and my seruant shal be healed For I also my self am a man subiect to the auyhority of another and haue souldiers vnder me I say to this man Go he goeth to another man Come he commeth to my seruant Do this he doth it When Iesus heard these words he maruciled said to them that followed him Verily I say vnto you I haue not foūd so great faith in Israel I say vnto you that many shal come from the East West shal rest with Abraham Isahar Iacob in the kingdome of heauen But the children of the kingdome shal be cast out into vtter darkenes there shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth And Iesus said vnto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou beleeuest so be it vnto thee And his seruant was healed the selfe same hour The fourth Sunday after the Epiphanie The Collect. GOd which knowest vs to be set in the mids of so many and great dangers that for mans frailnesse we cannot alwayes stand vprightly grant to vs the health of body and soule that all those things which we suffer for sinne by thy helpe we may wel passe and ouercome through Christ our Lord. The Epistle LEt euery soule submit himself e vnto the authority of the higher power for there is nopower but of God Rom. 13.1 The powers that be are ordeined of god Whoesoeuer therefore resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of God but they that resist shall receiue to themselves damnation For rulers are not fearefull to them that doe good but to them that doe euil Wilt thou be without feare of the power do well then and so shalt thou be praised of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth But if thou doe that which is euill then feare for hee beareth not the sword of nought for hee is the minister of God to take vengeance on them that doe euill Wherefore yee must needes obey not onely for feare of vengeance but also because of conscience and euen for this cause pay yee tribute For they are Gods ministers seruing for the same purpose Giue to euery man therefore his dutie tribute to whom tribute belongeth longeth custome
myrrhe and aloes mingled together about an hundreth pound weight Then tooke they the bodie of Iesus and wound it in linnen clothes with the odours as the maner of the Iewes is to burie And in the place where he was crucified there was agarden and in the garden a newe sepulchre wherein was neuer man laid There laid they Iesus therefore because of the preparing of the Sabboth of the Iewes for the sepulchre was nigh at hand Easter Euen The Epistle IT is better if the will of God be so that yee suffer for wel doing 1. Pet. 3 27. then for euil doing forasmuch as Christ hath once suffered for sins the iust for the vniust to bring vs to God and was killed as perteining to the flesh but was quickned in the spirit In which spirit he also went and preached to the spirites that were in prison which sometime had bene disobedient when the long suffering of God was once looked for in the daies of Noe while the Arke was a preparing wherein a fewe that is to say eight soules were saued by the water like as Baptisme also now saueth vs not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but in that a good conscience conseuteth to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christ which is on the right hand of God and is gone into heauen angels powers and might subdued vnto him The Gospel WHEN the euen was come Matt. 27.57 there came a riche man of Arimathea named Ioseph which also was Iesus disciple Hee went vnto Pilate and begged the body of Iesus Then Pilate commaunded the bodie to bee deliuered And when Ioseph had taken the bodie he wrapped it in a clean linnen cloth and layed it in his newe tombe which hee had hewen out euen in the rocke and rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre and departed And there was Marie Magdalene and the other Marie sitting ouer against the sepulchre The next day that followeth the day of preparing the high Priestes and Pharisees came together vnto Pilate saying Sir wee remember that this deceiuer sayd while hee was yet aliue After three dayes I will rise againe Commaund therefore that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day least his Disciples come and steale him away and say vnto the people He is risen from the dead and the last errour shal be worse then the first Pilate sayd vnto them Yee haue a watch goe your way make it as sure as yee can So they went and made the sepulchre sure with the watchmen and sealed the stone Easter day At Morning prayer in stead of the Psalme O come let vs c. these Anthemes shall be sung or sayd CHrist rising againe from the dead now dieth not Death from henceforth hath no power vpon him For in that he dyed he dyed but once to put away sinne but in that he liueth he liueth vnto God And so likewise count your selues dead vnto sinne but liuing vnto God in Christ Iesus our Lord. CHrist is risen againe the first fruites of them that sleepe For seeing that by man came death by man also commeth the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all men doe die so by Christ all men shal be restored to life The Collect. ALmightie God Which through thy only begotten sonne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death and opened vnto vs the gate of euerlasting life we humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preuenting vs thou doest put in our mindes good desires so by thy continual helpe we may bring the same to good effect through Iesus Christ our Lord who liueth c. The Epistle IF yee be risen againe with Christ Col. 3. â—â— seeke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Set your affection on heauenly things not on earthly things For yee are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God Whensoeuer Christ which is our life shall shew himselfe then shall ye also appeare with him in glory Mortifie therefore your earthly members fornication vncleannesse vnnaturall lust euil concupiscence and couetousnesse which is worshipping of idoles for which things sake the wrath of GOD vseth to come on the children of vnbeliefe among whom ye walked sometime when ye liued in them The Gospel THE first day of the Sabboths came Marie Magdalene earely when it was yet darke vnto the sepulchre Ioh. 20.1 and saw the stone taken away from the graue Then she ran came to Simon Peter to the other disciple whom Iesus loued sayeth vnto them They haue taken away the Lord out of the graue we cannot tell where they haue laied him Peter therefore went foorth and that other disciple and came vnto the sepulchre They ran both together and that other disciple did outrunne Peter and came first to the sepulchre And when he had stonped downe he saw the linnen clothes lying yet went he not in Then came Simon Peter following him and went into the sepulchre and sawe the linnen clothes lie and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the linnen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it selfe Then went in also that other disciple which came first to the sepulchre he saw and beleeued for as yet they knew not the Scripture that he should rise againe from death Then the disciples went away againe to their owne home Munday in Easter weeke The Collect. ALmightie God which through the only begotten sonne Iesus Christ hast ouercome death and opened vnto vs the gate of euerlasting life We humbly beseech thee that as by thy special grace preueÌ„ting vs thou doest put in our mindes good desires so by thy continual helpe we may bring the same to good effect through Iesus Christ our Lord who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle PEter opened his mouth Actes 10.34 and sayd Of a trueth I perceiue that there is no respect of persons with God but in all people hee that feareth him and worketh righteousnesse is accepted with him Yee know the preaching that God sent vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is Lord ouer al things Which preaching was published throghout all Iurie began in Galilee after the baptisme which Iohn preached how God anointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy Ghost and with power which Iesus went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the deuil for God was with him And wee are witnesses of al things which hee did in the land of the Iewes and at Hierusalem whom they flew and hanged on tree Him God raysed vp the third day and shewed him openly not to al the people but to vs witnesses chosen before of God for the same intent which did eate and drinke with him after he rose from death And he commanded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifie that it is he which was ordeined of God to be the iudge of the quick and the
of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Danâ—x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Maâ—h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veniâ—e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
fasting 1 ocl 2. 12. weeping and mourning rent your hearts and not your clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious mercifull long suffring of great compassion and ready to pardon wickednes Then no doubt he also shall turne and forgiue and after his chastening hee shall let your encrease remaine for meate and drinke offrings vnto the Lorde your God Blowe out with the trumpet in Sion proclaime a fasting call the congregation and gather the people together warne the congregation gather the Elders bring the children and sucklings together Let the bridegrome goe foorth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet Let the Priests serue the Lord betweene the porch and the altar weeping and saying Be fauourable O Lord be fauorable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to such confusion least the heathen bee lords thereof Wherefore should they say among the Heathen Where is now their God The Gospel WHen yee fast Mat. 6.16 be not sad as the hypocrites are For they diffigure their faces that it may appeare vnto men how that they fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their reward But thou when thou fastest annoynt thine head and wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men howe that thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly Lay not vp for your selues treasure vpon earth where the rust and moth doeth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale But lay vp for you treasures in heauen where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt and where theeues do not break through nor steale For where your treasure is there will your hearts be also The first Sunday in Lent The Collect. O Lord which for our sake diddest fast fortie dayes and fortie nights giue vs grace to vse such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the spirite we may euer obey thy godly motions in righteousnesse and true holines to thy honour and glorie which liuest and raignest c. The Epistle WE as helpers exhort you 2 Cor. 6.1 that yee receiue not the grace of GOD in vaine For he saith I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of saluation haue I succoured thee Behold now is that accepted time Behold now is that day of saluation Let vs giue none occasion of euill that in our office bee found no fault but in all things let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in auguish in stripes in prisonments in strifes in labours in watchings in fastings in purenes in knowledge in long suffering in kindnesse in the holy Ghost in loue vnfained in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand and on the left by honour and dishonour by euill report and good report as deceiuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and behold we liue as chastened and not killed as sorrowing and yet alway merrie as poore and yet making many rich as hauing nothing and yet possessing all things The Gospel THen Iesus was led away of the spirite into the wildernesse Mat 4.1 to bee tempted of the deuill And when hee had fasted fourtie dayes and fourtie nights hee was at the last an hungred And when the tempter came to him hee said If thou bee the sonne of God commaund that these stones bee made bread But hee answered and saide It is written Man shall not liue by bread onely but by euerie word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuill taketh him vp into the holy citie and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple and saith vnto him If thou bee the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong for it is written Hee shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee and with their hands they shall hold thee vp least at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone And Iesus said vnto him It is written againe Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Againe the deuill taketh him vp into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him al the kingdoms of the world and the glorie of them and saith vnto him All these will I giue thee if thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then saith Iesus vnto him Auoid Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord God and him onely shalt thou serue Then the deuil leaueth him and behold the Angels came and ministred vnto him The second Sunday in Lent The Collect. ALmightie God which doest see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues keepe thou vs both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersities which may happen to the bodie and from all euill thoughts which may assault and hurt the soule through Iersus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseech you brethren 1. Thes 4.1 and exhort you by the Lord Iesus that yee encrease more and more euen as ye haue receiued of vs how yee ought to walke and to please God For yee know what commaundements wee gaue you by our Lord Iesus Christ For this is the will of God euen your holinesse that ye should absteine from fornication and that euerie one of you should know how to keepe his vessell in holinesse and honour and not in the lust of concupiscene as doe the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraud his brother in bargaining because that the Lord is the auenger of all such things as we told you before testified For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannes but vnto holinesse Hee therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God which hath sent his holy spirit among you The Gospel IEsus went thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde Matt. 15.21 a woman of Canaan which came out of the same coasts cried vnto him saying Haue mercie on mee O Lord thou sonne of Dauid my daughter is piteously vexed with a deuill But he answered her nothing at all And his disciples came and besought him saying Send her away for she crieth after vs. But he answered and said I am not sent but to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel Then came shee and worshipped him saying Lord helpe me Hee answered and said It is not meete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogs Shee answered and said Trueth Lord for the dogs eate of the crummes which fall from their masters table Then Iesus answered said vnto her O woman great is thy faith be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen the same time The third Sunday in Lent The Collect. WE beseech thee almighty God looke vpon the hartie desire of thy humble seruants and stretch forth the right hand of thy maiestie to bee our defence against all our enemies through Iesus Christ our Lord.
The Epistle BE you the folowers of God as deere children Eph. 5.1 and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring and a sacrifice of a sweete sauour to God As for fornication and al vncleannes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becommeth saints or filthinesse or foolish talking or icsting which are not comely but rather giuing of thankes For this yee knowe that no whoremonger either vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ of God Let no man deceiue you with vaine words For because of such things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be ye not therfore companions of them Ye were sometimes darkenes but now are ye light in the Lord walke as children of light for the fruit of the spirit consisteth in al goodnes and righteousnes and trueth Accept that which is pleasing vnto the Lord and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those things which are done of them in secret but all things when they are brought foorth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifest the same is light Wherefore hee sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stand vp from death and Christ shall giue thee light The Gospel IEsus was casting out a deuill that was dumbe Lu. 11.14 And when he had cast out the deuil the dumbe spake and the people wondred But some of them sayde He casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the cheefe of the Deuiles And other tempted him and required of him a signe from heauen But hee knowing their thoughtes sayde vnto them Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe is desolate and one house doth fall vpon another If Satan also be diuided against himselfe how shall his kingdome endure Because yee say I cast out deuiles through Beelzebub If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe doe your children cast them out Therefore shall they bee your Iudges But if I by the finger of God cast out deuiles no doubt the kingdome of God is come vpon you When a strong man armed watcheth his house the things that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger them hee commeth vpon him and ouercommeth him he taketh from him al his harnesse wherein he trusted and dimdeth his goodes He that is not with me is against mee and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man hee walketh thorowe drie places seeking rest and when he findeth none he saith I wil returne againe into my house whence I came out And when he commeth he findeth it swept and garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirits worse then himselfe and they enter in and dwell there and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as hee spake these things a certaine woman of the company lift vp her voyce and sayde vnto him Happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes which gaue thee sucke But he sayd Yea happie are they that heare the word of God and keepe it The fourth Sunday in Lent The Collect. GRaunt we beseech thee almightie God that wee which for our euill deedes are worthily punished by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieued through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle TEll me ye that desire to be vnder the law do ye not heare of the law for it is written Gal 4.21 that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bondmaide the other by a free woman Yea he which was borne of the bondwoman was borne after the flesh but he which was borne of the free woman was borne by promise Which thinges are spoken by an allegorie for these are two testaments the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar for mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordereth vpon the citie which is now called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her children But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all For it is written Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children breake foorth and crie thou that trauellest not for the desolate hath many moe children then shee which hath an husband Brethren we are after Isahac the children of promise But as then he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him that was borne after the spirit euen so is it now Neuerthelesse what saith the Scripture Put away the bondwoman and her sonne for the sonne of the bondwoman shall not be heire with the sonne of the freewoman So then brethren wee are not children of the bondwoman but of the freewoman The Gospel IEsus departed ouer the Sea of Galilee Ioh. 6.1 which is the sea of Tiberias and a great multitude followed him because they sawe his myracles which hee did on them that were diseased And Iesus went vp into a mountaine and there hee sate with his disciples And Easter a feast of the Iewes was nigh When Iesus then lift vp his eyes and saw a great companie come vnto him hee said vnto Philip Whence shall we buy bread that these may eate This he said to prooue him for he himselfe knew what hee would doe Philip answered him Two hundreth penywoorth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle One of his disciples Andrew Simon Peters brother saith vnto him There is a lad which hath fiue barley loaues and two fishes but what are they among so many And Iesus said Make the people sit down There was much grasse in the place So the men sate downe in number about fiue thousand And Iesus tooke the bread and when he had giuen thankes hee gaue to the Disciples and the Disciples to them that were set downe and like wise of the fishes as much as they would When they had eaten inough hee said vnto his Disciples Gather vp the broken meate which remaineth that nothing bee lost And they gathered it together and filled twelue baskets with the broken meate of the fiue barley loaues which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did said This is of a trueth the same Prophet that should come into the world The fifth Sunday in Lent The Collect. WE beseech thee almightie God mercifully to looke vpon thy people that by thy great goodnesse they may be gouerned and preserued euermore both in bodie and soule through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle CHrist beeing an high Priest of good things to come Heb. 9.11 came by a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not of this building neither by the blood of Goates and calues but by his owne blood he entred in once into the holy place and found eternall redemption
spirit that beareth witnesse because the spirit is trueth For there are three which beare record in heauen the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one And there are three which beare record in earth the Spirit Water and Blood and these three are one If we receiue the witnesse of men the witnes of God is greater for this is the witnesse of God which he testified of his Sonne He that beleeueth on the Sonne of God hath the witnesse in himselfe He that beleeueth not God hath made him a liar because he beleeueth not the record that God gaue of his Sonne And this is the record how that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life and this life is in his Sonne He that hath the Sonne hath life and he that hath not the Sonne of God hath not life The Gospel THe same day at night Iohn 20.19 which was the first day of the Sabboths when the doores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stood in the mids and said vnto them Peace be vnto you And when hee had so said hee shewed vnto them his handes and his side Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my Father sent me euen so send I you also And when he had said these words he breathed on them and said vnto them Receiue yee the holy Ghost Whosoeuers sinnes yee remit they are remitted vnto them and whosoeuers sinnes ye retaine they are retained The ij Sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmighty God which hast giuen thine only Son to bee vnto vs both a sacrifice for sinne and also an ensample of godly life giue vs the grace that wee may alwayes most thankefully receiue that his inestimable benefit and also dayly endeuour our selues to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life The Epistle THis is thanke worthy 1. Pet. 2.16 if a man for conscience toward God endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued For what praise is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye take it patiently But and if when yee doe well yee suffer wrong and take it patiently then is there thanke with God for hereunto verily were yee called For Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an example that yee should follow his steps which did no sinne neither was there guile found in his mouth Which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatened not but committed the vengeance to him that iudgeth righteously Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should liue vnto righteousnes by whose stripes yee were healed For yee were as sheepe going astray but are now turned vnto the Shepheared and Bishop of your soules The Gospel CHrist said Iohn 10.11 I am the good Shepheard A good Shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe An hired seruant and hee which is not the shepheard neither the sheepe are his owne seeth the woolfe comming and leaueth the sheepe and fleeth and the woolfe catcheth and scattereth the sheepe The hired seruant fleeth because hee is an hired seruant and careth not for the sheepe I am the good Shepheard and know my sheepe and am knowen of mine As my Father knoweth me euen so know I also my Father And I giue my life for the sheepe And other sheepe I haue which are not of this folde them also must I bring and they shall heare my voyce and there shall bee one folde and one Shepheard The third sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which shewest to all men that be in errour the light of thy trueth to the intent that they may returne into the way of righteousnes grant vnto al them that be admitted into the fellowship of Christes religion that they may eschew those things that be coutrary to their profession follow all such things as be agreeable to the same through our Lord Iesus Christ The Epistle DEarely beloued 1. Pet. 2.11 I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes absteine from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersation among the Gentiles that whereas they backbite you as euil doers they may see your good works and praise God in the day of visitation Submit your selues therefore euery man for the Lords sake whether it be vnto the king as vnto the chiefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill doers but for the laud of them that doe well For so is the wil of God that with well doing ye may stop the mouthes of foolish and ignorant men as free and not as hauing the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnesse but euen as the seruants of God Honour all men Loue brotherly fellowshippe Feare God Honour the King The Gospel IEsus said to his disciples Iohn 16.16 After a while ye shal not see me and againe after awhile yee shall see mee for I goe to the Father Then sayd some of his Disciples betweene themselues What is this that hee sayeth vnto vs After a while shall not see me and againe after a while ye shal see me and that I go to the father They said therefore What is this that hee sayeth After a while Wee can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceiued that they would aske him and sayd vnto them Yee enquire of this betweene your selues because I sayd After a while ye shall not see me and Againe After a while ye shal see me Verily verily I say unto you Yee shall weepe and lament but contrariwise the world shall reioyce Ye shal sorrow but your sorrow shal be tnrned to ioy A woman when the traueileth hath sorrow because her houre is come but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguish for ioy that a man is borne into the world And ye now therefore haue sorrow but I will see you againe and your heart shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you The fourth sunday after Easter The Collect. ALmightie God which doest make the mindes of all faithfull men to be of one will graunt vnto thy people that they may loue the thing which thou commandest and desire that which thou doest promise that among the sundry and manifold changes of the worlde our heartes may surely there be fixed whereas true ioyes are to be found through Christ our Lord. The Epistle EVery good gift Iam. 1.17 and euery perfect gift is from aboue and commeth downe from the Father of lights with whom is no variablenesse neither shadowe of change Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that wee shoulde bee the first fruites of his creatures Wherefore deare brethren let euery man bee swift to heare slowe to speake slow to wrath for the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous
Luk. 14.1 to eat bread on the Sabboth day and they watched him And behold there was a certaine man before him which had the dropsie And Iesus answered spake vnto the Lawyers Pharises saying Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabboth day And they held their peace And he tooke him healed him let him go answered them saying Which of you shal haue an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pit and will not straightway pul him out on the Sabboth day And they could not answere him again to these things He put forth also a similitude to the ghests when he marked how they preased to be in the highest roomes and said vnto them When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man sitte not downe in the highest roome least a more honourable man then thou bee bidden of him and hee that bade him and thee come and say to thee Giue this man roome and thou begin with shame to take the lowest roome But rather when thou art bidden goe and fit in the lowest roome that when he that bad thee commeth hee may say vnto thee Friend sit vp higher then shall thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoener exalteth himselfe shall be brought low and he that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted The xviij Sunday after trinitie The Collect. LOrd we beseech thee graunt thy people grace to auoyde the infections of the deuil and with pure heart and minde to followe thee the onely God through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Thanke my GOD alwayes on your behalfe 1. Cor. 14. for the grace of God which is giuen you by Iesus Christ that in all things yee are made rich by him in all vtterance and in al knowledge by the which things the testimonie of Iesus Christ was confirmed in you so that yee are behind in no gift waiting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ which shall also strengthen you to the end that ye may be blamelesse in the day of the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ The Gospel WHen the Pharises had heard that Iesus had put the Sadduces to silence Matth 22.34 they came together and one of them which was a Doctour of the Law asked him question tempting him and saying Master which is the greatest commaundement in the Lawe Iesus sayde vnto him Thou shall loue the Lord thy GOD with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde This is the first greatest commandement And the second is like vnto it Thou shall thou thy neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundements hang all the Law the Prophets While the Pharisees were gathered together Iesus asked them saying What thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They said vnto him The sonne of Dauid He sayd vnto them How then doth Dauid in spirit call him Lord saying The Lord sayd vnto my Lorde Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footestoole If Dauid then call him Lord how is he thē his sonne And no man was able to answer him any thing neither durst any man from that day forfh aske him any mo questions The xix Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. O God forasmuch as without thee wee are not able to please thee grant that the working of thy mercie may in all things direct and rule onr hearts through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle THis I say Eph. 4.17 and testifie through the Lord that yee hence foorth walke not as other Gentiles walke in banitie of their minde while they are blinded in their vnderstanding being far from a godly life by the meanes of the ignorance that is in them because of the blindnes ot their hearts which being past repentance haue giuen themselues ouer vnto wantonnesse to worke all maner of vncleannesse euen with greedinesse But ye haue not so learned Christ If so bee that yee haue heard him and haue bene taught in him as the trueth is in Iesu as concerning the conuersation in times past to lay from you the olde man which is corrupt according to the deceiueable lustes to be renewed also in the spirite of your minde and to put on that newe man which after God is shapen in righteousnesse and true holinesse Wherefore put away lying speake euery man trueth vnto his neighbour forasmuch as wee are members one of another Be angry and sinne not Let not the sunne go downe upon your wrath neither giue place to the backbiter Let him that stole steale no more but let him rather labour with his hands the thing which is good that he may gine vnto him that needeth Let no filthie communication proceede out of your mouth but that which is good to edifie withal as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers And grieue not the holy spirit of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption Let all bitternesse and fiercenes and wrath and roaring cursed speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnesse Be ye courteous one to another merciful forgiuing one another euen as God for Christs sake hath forgiuen you The Gospel IEsus entred into a ship Mat. 9.1 and passed ouer and came into his owne citie And beholde they bought to him a man sicke of the palsie lying in a bed And when Iesus sawe the faith of them he said to the sicke of the palsie Sonne be of good cheere thy sinnes be forgiuen thee And beholde certaine of the Scribes sayde within themselues This man blasphemeth And when Iesus saw their thoughts he sayd wherefore thinke ye euill in your hearts Whether is it easier to say Thy sinnes be forgiuen thee or to say Arise and walke But that ye may know that the sonne of man hath power to forgiue sinnes in earth Then saith he to the sicke of the palsie Arise take vp thy bed and goe vnto thy house And hee arose and departed to his house But the people that saw it marueiled and glorfied God which had giuen such power vnto men The xx Sunday after Trinitie The Collect. ALmightie and mercifull God of thy bountifull goodnesse keepe vs from all things that may hurt vs that wee being ready both in bodie and soule may with free heartes accomplish those things that than wouldest haue done though Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle TAke heede therefore how yee walke circnmspectly Ephes 5.15 not as vnwise but as wise men redeeming the time because the dayes are euill Wherefore be yee not vnwise but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is and be not drunken with wine wherein is excesse but be ye filled with the Spirit speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songs singing and making melodie to the Lord in pour hearts giuing thankes alwayes for all things vnto God the Father in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ submiting your selues one to another in the seare of God The
called Saul of Thursus For behold he prayeth and hath seene in a vision a man named Ananias comming in vnto him and putting his hands on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias answered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how much euill he hath done to the Saints at Hierusalem And here he hath authoritie of the hie Priests to bind all that call on thy Name The Lord said vnto him Go thy way for he is a chose vessell vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles Kings and the children of Israel For I will shew him how great things hee must suffer for my Names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and put this hands on him and said Brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receiue thy sight bee filled with the holy Ghost And immediatly there fel from his eyes as it had bene scales and hee receiued sight and arose and was baptized and receiued meat and was comforted Then was Saul a certaine dayes with the discriples which were at Damasco And straight way bee preached Christ in the Synagogues how that he was the Sonne of God But all that heard him were amazed and sayd Is not this he that spoyled them which called on this name in Hierusalem and came hither for that intent that hee might bring them bound vnto the hie Priests But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christ The Gospel PEter answered and sayd vnto Iesus Matth. 19.27 Behold we haue for saken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therefore Iesus said vnto them verely I say vnto you that when the Sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his maiestie ye that haue followed me in the regeneration shall sit also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euery one that forsaketh house or brethen or sisters or father or mother or wife or children orlands for my names sake shall receiue an hundred folde and shal inherit euerlasting life But many that are first shall be last and the last shal be first The purification of Saint Marie the Virgin The Collect. ALmighty and euerlasting God wee humbly beseech thy Maiestie that as thy onely begotten Sonne was this day presented in the Temple in substance of our fiesh so graunt that wee may be Presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mmdes by Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle The same that is appointed for the Sunday The Gospel The Gospel WHen the time of their purification after the law of Moses was come they brought him to Hierusalem to present him to the Lord as it is written in the Law of the Lord Euery man childe that first openeth the matrix Luk. 2.22 shall be called holy to the Lord and to offer as it is sayd in the Law of the Lord a payre of turtle doues or two yong pigeons And behold there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was iust and godly and looked for the cpnsolation of Israel and the holy Ghost was in him And an answere had he receiued of the holy Ghost that he should not see death except he first sawe the Lord Christ And he came by inspiration into the Temple S. Matthias day The Collect. ALmighty God which in the place of the traitor Iudas diddest chuse thy faithful seruant Mathias to bee of the number of thy twelue Apostles Grant that thy Church being alway preserued from false Apostles may be ordered and guided by faithfull and true pastours though Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle IN those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples Acts 1.15 and sayd The number of names that were together were about an hundred and twenty yee men and brethren this Scripture must needes haue been fulfilled which the holy Ghost through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to themt that tooke Iesus For he was numbred with vs and had obtained fello wship in this ministration And the same hath now possessed a platte of ground with the reward of iniquitie and when he was hanged hurst asuâ—der in the middes and all his bowels gushed out And it was knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Hierusalem insomuch that the same fielde is called in their mother tongue Acheldama that is to say the bloody fielde For it is written in the booke of Psalmes His habitation bee voyde and no man be dwelling therein and his bishopricke let another take Wherefore of these men which haue companied with vs all the time that the Lord Iesus had all his Conuersation among vs beginning at the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was taken vp from vs must one be ordeined to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrcction And they appointed two Ioseph which is called Barsabas whose surname was Iustus and Matthias And when they prayed they sayd Thou Lorde which knowest the hearts of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen that hee may take the roome of this ministration Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he might goe into his owne place And they gaue forth their lots and the lot fell on Matthias and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The Gospel IN that time Iesus answered Matt. 1.25 and sayde I thanke thee O Father Lord of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these things froÌ„ the wise and prudent and hast shewed them vnto babes Verily Father euen so was it thy good pleasure All things are giuen vnto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Sonne but the father neither knoweth any man the Father saue the Sonne and hee to whomsoeuer the Sonne will open him Come vnto me all yee that labour and are laden and I will ease you Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meeke and lowly in heart and yee shall finde rest vnto your soules for my yoke is easie and my burden is light Annunciation of the Virgin Mary The Collect. WE beseech thee Lorde power thy grace into our hearts that as we haue knoweÌ„ Chrst thy sonnes incarnation by the message of an Angel so by his crosse and passion wee may be brought vnto the glory of his resurrection through the same Christ our Lord. The Epistle GOd spake once againe to Ahaz saying Esai 7.10 Require a token of the Lord thy God whether it bee toward the depth beneath or towarde the height aboue Then said Ahaz I will require none neither will I tempt the Lord. And he saide Hearken to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be grieuous vnto men but yee must grieue my God also And therefore the Lord shall giue you a token Behold a virgin shall conceiue and beare a sonne and thou his mother shalt
counsell then let him come to me or some other discreete and learned Minister of Gods word and open his griefe that hee may receiue such ghostly counsaile advice and comfort as his conscience may bee relieued and that by the ministerie of Gods word he may receiue comfort and the benefite of absolution to the quieting of his conscience and auoyding of all scruple and doubtfulnesse Then shall the Priest say this exhortation DEarly beloued in the Lord yee that minde to come to the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Chris must conder what S. Paul writeth to the Corinthians how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trie and examine themselues before they presume to eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. For as the benefit is great if with a true penitent heart liuely faith we receiue that holy Sacrament for them we spiritually eate the flesh of Christ drinke his blood then we dwel in Christ and Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs So is the danger great if wee receiue the same unworthily For then we bee guiltie of the body blood of Christ our Sauiour wee eate and drinke our owne damnation not considering the Lords body wee kindle Gods wrath against vs we prouoke him to plague vs with diuers disease and sundrie kinds of death Therefore it any of you bee a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his word an adulterer or bee in malice or enuie or in any other grieuous crime be walie our sinnes and come not to this holy table least after the taking of that holy Sacrament the deuill enter into you as hee entred into Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction both of body and soule Iudge therefore your selues brethren that yee be not iudged of the Lord. Repent you truely for your sinnes past haue a liuely and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour Amend your liues and be in perfect charitie with all men so shall yee be meete partakers of those holy mysteries And aboue al things ye must giue most humble and heartie thanks to God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost for there demption of the world by the death and passion of our Sauiour Christ both God and man who did humble himself euen to the death vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners which laye in darknesse and shadow of death hee might make vs the children of God and exalt vs to euerlasting life And to the ende that wee shoulde alway remember the exceeding great loue of our master and onely Sauiour Iesus Christ thus dying for vs and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood shedding he hath obtained to vs hee hath instituted and ordeined holy mysteries as pledges of his loue and continuall remembrance of his death to our great and endlesse comfort To him therefore with the Father and the holy Ghost let vs giue as we are most bounden cominuall thankes submitting our selues whloly to his holy will and pleasure studying to serue him in true holinesse and righte ouâ—nesse all the dayes of our life Amen Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receiue the holy Communion YOu that do truely and earnestly repent you of your sinnes and bee in loue and charitie with your neighbours and intend to leade a new life folloing the commandements of God and walking from hencefoorth in his holy wayes Draw neere and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort make your humble confession to almightie God before this congregation heere gathered together in his holy Name meekely kneeling vpon your knees Then shal this generall confession be made in the name of all those that are minded to receiue the holy Communion either by one of them or els by one of the Ministers or by the Prist himselfe all kneeling humbly vpon their knees ALmightie God Father of our Lord Iesus Christ maker of all things Iudge of all men we knowledge and bewaile our manifold sinnes and wickednesse which we from time to time most grieuously have committed by thought word and deede against thy diuine Maiestie prouoking mostiustly thy wrath and indignation against vs. Wee doe earnestly repent and be heartily sorie for these our misdoings the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto vs haue mercy vpon vs most mercifull Father for thy sonne our Lord Iesus Christ sake forgiue vs all that is past and graunt that we may euer here after serue please thee in newnesse of life to the honour and glory of thy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shal the Priest the Bishop being present stand vp and turâ—ning himselfe to the people say thus ALmightie God our heauenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiuenesse of sinnes to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turne vnto him Haue mercie vpon you pardon and deliuer you from all your sinnes confirme and strengthen you in all goodnes and bring you to euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest also say ¶ Heare what comfortable wordes our Saniour Christ faith vnto all that truely turne to him Come vnto me all that trauell and be heauie laden and I will refresh you So God loued the world that hee gaue his onely begotten Sonne to the ende that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting ¶ Heare also what S. Paul sayeth This is a true saying and worthy of all men to bee receiued that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners ¶ Heare also what S. Iohn sayeth If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the Righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes After which the Pries shall proceede saying Lift vp your hearts Answere We lift them vp vnto the Lord. Priest Let vs giue thanks vnto our Lord God Answere It is meete and right so to doe Priest It is very meete right and our bounden duetie that wee should at all times and in all places giue thankes vnto thee O Lord holy Father almightie euerlasting God Here shall follow the proper preface according to the time if there be any specially appointed or els immediatly shall follow Therefore with Angels and Archangels c. Proper prefaces Vpon Christmas day and seuen dayes after BEcause thou diddest giue Iesus Christ thine onely Sonne to be borne as this day for vs who by the operation of the holy Ghost was made very man of the substance of the virgine Mary his mother and that without spot of sinne to make vs cleane from all sinne Therefoe with Angels and Archangels c. Vpon Easter day and seuen dayes after BVt chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord for he is the very Paschall Lambe which was offered for vs and hath taken away the sinne of the worlde who by his death hath destroyed death and
by his rising to life againe hath restored to vs euerlasting life Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the Ascention day and seuen dayes after THrough thy most dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who after his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to al his Apostles and in their fight ascended vp into heauen to prepare a place for vs that where he is thither might we also aseend and raigne with him in glory Therefore with Angels gels and Archangels c. Vpon Whitsunday and sixe dayes after THrough Iesus Christ our Lord according to whose most true promise the holy Ghost came downe this day from heauen with a sudden great sound as it had beene a mightie winde in the likenesse of fierie tongues lighting vpon the Apostles to teach them and to leade them to all trueth giuing them both the gift of diuerse languages and also boldenes with feruent zeale constantly to preaech the Gospel vnto al nations wherby we are brought out of darknesse and errour into the cleare light and true knowledge of thee of thy sonne Iesus Christ Therefore with Angels c. Vpon the feast of Trinitie onely IT is is very meet right and out bounden duety that we should at all times in all places giue thankes to thee O Lord almightie and euerlasting God which art one God one Lord not one onely person but three persons in one substance For that whicht we beleeue of the glory of the father the same we beleeue of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost without any difference or inequalite Therefore c. After which prefaces shall follow immediately THerfore with angels and archangels and with al the companie of heauen we laude and magnifie thy glorious name euer more praysing thee and saying Holy holy holy Lord God of hostes Heauen and earth are full of thy glory Glory be to thee O Lord most high Then shal the Priest kneeling down at Gods board say in the name of al them that shal receiue the Communion this prayer folowing WE doe not presume to come to this thy table O mercifull Lord trusting in our owne righteousnesse but in thy manifold great mercies Wee bee not worthy so much as to gather vp the 〈◊〉 vnder thy table But thou art the same Lord whose propertie is alwayes to haue merry graunt vs therefore gracious Lord so to eate the flesh of thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ and to drinke the blood that our sinful bodies may be made cleane by his body and our soules washed through his most precious blood and that we may euermore dwell in him and he in vs Amen Then the Priest standing vp shall say as followeth ALmightie God our heauenty Father which of thy tender mercie diddest giue thy onely Sonne Iesus Christ to suffer death vpon the Crosse for our redemption who made there by his one oblation of himselfe once offered a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world and did institute and in his holy Gospell commaund vs to continue a perpetuall memorie of that his precious death vntil his conuning agane Heare vs o mercifull Father wee beseech thee and graunt that wee receiuing these thy creatures of bread and wine according to thy Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christes holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may bee partakers of his most blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed tooke bread and when he had giuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to his Disciples saying Take eate this is my body which is giuen for you doe this in remembrance of me Like wise after supper he tooke the cup and when hee had giuen thankes hee gaue it to them saying Drinke yee all of this for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remissin of sinnes doe this as off as ye shall drinke it in remembrance of me Then shall the Minister first receiue the Communion in both kinds himselfe and next deliuer it to other Ministers if any bee there present that they may helpe the chiefe Minister and after to the people in their hands kneeling And when hee deliuereth the bread he shall say The body of our Lorde Iesus Christ which was giuen for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and take and eate this in remembrance that Christ dyed for thee and feede on him in thine heart by faith with thankesgiuing And the Minister that deliuereth the cup shall say The blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which was shed for thee preserue thy body and soule into euerlasting life and drinke this in remembrance that Christs blood was shed for thee and be thankefull Then shall the Priest say the Lords prayer the people repeating after him euery petition After shall be sayd as followeth O Lord heauenly Father wee thy humble feruants entirely desire thy fatherly goodnesse mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of prayse and thankesgiuing most humbly beseeching thee to graunt that by the merites and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ and through faith in his blood wee and all thy whole Church may obtaine remission of our sinnes and all other benefites of his passion And here we offer and present vnto thee O Lord our selues our soules and bodies to bee a reasonable holy and liuely sacrifice vnto thee humbly beseeching thee that all wee which be partakers of this holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy gracc and heauenly benediction And although we be vnworthy through our manifold sinnes to offer vuto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duetie and seruice not weighing our merites but pardoning our offences though Iesus Christ our Lorde by whom with whom in the vnitie of the holy Ghost all honour and glory be vnto thee O Farther almightie world without end Amen Or this ALmighty and euerliuing God we most heartily thanke thee that thou doest bouchsafe to feede vs which haue duely receiued these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious boby and bloob of thy sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ doest assure vs thereby of thy fauour and goodnes to ward vs and that wee be very members incorporate in thy mysticall body which is the blessed company of all faithfull people and be also heires though hope of thy euerlisting kingdome by the merites of the most precious death and passion of thy deare Sonne wee now most humbly beseech thee O heauenly Father so to assist vs with thy grace that we many continue in that holy felowship and doe all such good works as thou hast prepared for vs to walk in through Iesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee the holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end Amen Then shall be said or sung GLorie be to God on hie in earth peace good will towardes men We praise thee we blesse thee we worship thee we glorifie
thee we giue thanks to thee for thy great glory O Lord GOD heauenly king God the Father almightie O Lord the only begotten sonne Iesu Christ O Lorde GOD Lambe of God sonne of the Father that takest away the sinnes of the world haue mercy vpon vs. Thou that takest away the sinnes of the world receiue our prayer Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father haue mercie vpon vs. For thou onely art holy thou onely art the Lord thou only O Christ with the holy Ghost art most high in the glory of god the father Amen Then the Priest or the Bishop if he be present slall let them depart with this blessing The peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding keepe your hearts and mindes in the knowlege and loue of God and of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God almighty the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remaine with you alwayes Amen Collects to be said after the offertorie when there is no Communion euery such day one And the same may be said also as often as occasion shal serue After the Collects either of Morning and Euening prayer Communion or Letanie by the discretion of the Minister ASsist vs mercifully O Lord in these our supplications and prayers and dispose the way of thy seruants toward the attainement of euerlasting saluation that among all the changes and chances of this mortal life they may euer bee defended by thy most gracious and readie helpe though Christ our Lord. Amen O ALmightie Lord and euerliuing God vouchsafe wee beseech thee to direct sanctifie and gouerne both our heartes and bodies in the wayes of thy lawes and in the works of thy commandements that through thy most mighty protection both here and euer we may be preserued in body soule though our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ Amen GRaunt wee beseech thee almightie God that the wordes which wee haue heard this day with our outward eares may though thy grace be so graffed inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in vs the fruit of good liuing to the honour and praise of thy name though Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PReuent vs O Lord in all our doings with thy most gracious fauour and further Vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our works begum continucd and ended in the we may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obteine euerlasting life though Iesus Christ out Lord. Amen ALmightie GOD the fountaine of all wisedome which knowest our neccssities before we aske and our ignorance in asking wee beseech thee to haue compassion vpon out infirmities and those things which for our vnworthinesse we dare not and for our blindnesse we cannot aske vouchsafe to giue vs for the worthines of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ALmightie god which hast promised to heare the petitions of them that aske in thy sonnes name we beseech thee mercifully to encline thine eares to vs that haue made now our prayers and supplications vnto thee and graunt that those things which wee haue faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the reliefe of our necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie though Iesus Christ our Lord Amen ¶ Vpon the holy dayes if there be no Communion shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion vntill the ende of the Homilie concluding with the generall prayer for the whole estate of Chrifstes Church militant here in earth and one or moe of these Collects before rehearsed as occasion shall serue And there shall bee no celebration of the Lords Supper except there be a good number to communicate with the Priest according to his discretion And if there be not aboue twentie persons in the Parish of discretion to receiue the Communion yet there shall be no Communion except foure or three at the least communicate with the Priest And in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches where be many Priests and Deacons they shall all receiue the Communion with the Minister euery Sunday at the least except they haue a reasonable cause to the contrarie And to take away the superstition which any person hath or might haue in the bread and wine it shall suffice that the bread be such as is vsually to bee eaten at the table with other meates but the best and purest wheate bread that conueniently may bee gotten And if any of the bread and wine remaine the Curate shall haue it to his owne vse The bread and wine for the Communion shall be prouided by the Curate and the Churchwardens at the charges of the Parish and the Parish shall be discharged of such summes of money or other dueties which hitherto they haue paide for the same by order of their houses euery Sunday And note that euery Parishioner shal communicate at the least three times in the yeere of which Easter to bee one and shall also receiue the Sacraments and other Rites according to the order in this booke appointed And yeerely at Easter euery Parishioner shall reckon with his Parson Vicar or Curate or his or their deputie or deputies and pay to them or him all Ecclesiasticall dueties accustomably due then and at that time to be payed The ministration of Baptisme to be vsed in the Church It appeareth by ancient writers that the Sacrament of Baptisme in the old time was not commonly ministred but at two times in the yeere At Caster and whitfuntide At which times it was openly ministred in the presence of all the Congregation Which custome now being growen out of vse although it cannot for many considerations bee well restored againe it is thought good to follow the same as neere as conueniently may be Wherefore the people are to be admonished that it is most conuenient that Baptisme should not be ministred but vpon Sundays and other holydayes when thr most number of people may come together as well for that the congregation thet present may testifie the recieuing of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ Church as also becouse in the Baptisme of insants euery man present may bee put in remembrance of his owne profession made to God in his baptisme For which cause also it is expedient that baptisme be ministred in the English tounge Neuerthelesse if necessitie so requeire children may at all times be baptized at home When there are children to bee baptized vpon the Sunday or holy day the parents shall giue knowledge ouer night or in the morning afore the beginning of Morning prayer to the Curate And then the Godfathers Godmothers and people with the children must be ready at the Font either immediatly after the last Lesson at Morning prayer or els immediatly after the last Lesson at Euening prayer as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint And then standing there the Priest shall aske whether the children be baptized or no. If they answere No then shal the Priest say thus DEarely
God to call mee Question My good childe knowe thhis that thou art not able to doe these things of thy selfe nor to walke in the comandements of God and to serue him without his speciall grace which thou must learne at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me heare threfore if thou canst the Lords prayer Answere OUr Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill Amen Question What desirest thou of God in this prayer Answere I desire my Lord God our heauenly Father who is the giuer of all goodnesse to send his grace vnto mee and to all people that wee may worship him serue him and obey him as we ought to doe And I pray vnto God that he will send vs all things that be needfull both for our soules and bodies and that hee will bee mercifull vnto vs and forgiue vs our sinnes and that it will please him to saue and defend vs in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that hee will keepe vs from all sunne and wickednesse and from our ghostly enemie and from euerlasting death And this I trust hee will doe of his mercy and goodnesse through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Question HOw many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answere Two onely as generally necessary to saluation that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answere I meane an outward and visible signe of an inward and spirituall grace giuen vnto vs ordained by Christ himselfe as a meanes whereby wee receiue the same and a pledge to assure vs thereof Question How many parts be there in a Sacrament Answere Two the outward visible signe and the inward spirituall grace Question What is the outward visible signe or forme in Baptisme Ansvvere Water wherein the person baptized is dipped or sprinkled with it In the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Question What is the inward and spirituall grace Ansvvere A death vnto sinne and a new-birth vnto righteousnesse for being by nature borne in sinne and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question What is required of persons to be baptized Ansvvere Repentance whereby they forsake sinne and faith wherby they stedfastly beleeue the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Question Why theu are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot performe them Ansvvere Yes they doe performe them by their Sureties who promise and vowe them both in their names which when they come to age themselues are bound to performe Question Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Suuppet ordained Ansvvere For the continuall remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we receiue thereby Question What is the outward part or signe of the Lords Supper Answere Bread and Wine which the Lorde hath commaunded to be receiued Question What is the inward part or thing signified Answere The Body and Blood of Christ which are verely and indeed taken receiued of the faithfull the Lords Supper Question What are the benefits whereof we are partakers therby Answere The strengthening and refreshing of our soules by the body and blood of Christ as our bodies are by the bread wine Question What is required of them which come to the Lordes Supper Answere To examine themselues whether they repent them truely of their former sinnes stedfastly purposing to leade a newe life haue a liuely faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankefull remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men So soone as the children can say in their mother tongue the Articles of the faith the Lords prayer the tenne Commandements and also can answere to such questions of this short Catechisme as the Bishop or such as hee shall appoint shall by his discretion appose them in then shall they bee brought to the Bishop by one that shall be his Godfather or Godmother that euery childe may haue a witnesse of his confirmation And the Bishiop shall confirme them on this wise ⧠Confirmation or laying on of hands OUr helpe is in the Name of the Lord. Answere Which hath made Heauen and Earth Minister Blessed be the Name of the Lorde Answere Henceforth world without ende Minister Lorde heare our prayers Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD who hast bouchsafed to regenerate these thy seruants by water and the holy Ghost and hast giuen vnto them forgiuenesse of all their sinnes strengthen them wee beseech thee O Lord with the holy Ghost the Comforter and daily encrease in them thy manifolde giftes of grace the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding the spirit of counsaile and ghostly strenghth the spirit of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy feare Amen Then the Bishop shall lay his hand vpon euery childe seuerally saying Defend O Lord this childe with thy heauenly grace that hee may continue thine for euer and daily increase in thy holy spirit more and more vntill hee come vnto thy euerlasting kingdome Amen Then shall the Bishop say Let vs pray ALmightie and euerliuing GOD which makest vs both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable vnto thy Maiestie wee make our humble supplications vnto thee for these children vpon whome after the example of the holy Apostles wee haue layde our handes to certifie them by this signe of thy fauour and gracious goodnesse toward them let thy fatherly hand we beseech thee euer be ouer them let thy holy Spirite euer bee with them and so leade them in the knowledge and obedience of thy worde that in the end they may obtaine the euerlasting life through our Lord Iesus Christ who with thee and the holy Ghost liueth and reigneth one God world without end Amen Then the Bishop shall blesse the children saying thus The blessing of God Almightie the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost bee vpon you and remaine with you for cuer Amen The Curate of euery Parish or some other at his appointment shall diligently vpon Sundayes and Holy dayes halfe an houre before Euensong openly in the Church instruct and examine so many children of his Parish sent vnto him as the time will serue and as he shall thinke conuenient in some part of this Catechisme And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Dames shall cause their children seruants and prentices which haue not learned their Catechisme to come to the Church at the time appointed and obediently to heare and be ordered by the Curate vntill such time as they haue learned all that is here appointed for them to
and thereto haue giuen and pledged their troth either to other and haue declared the same by giuing and receiuing of a Ring and by ioyning of hands I pronounce that they be man and wife together In the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Amen And the Minister shall adde this blessing GOD the Father God the Sonne God the holy Ghost blesse preserue and keepe you the Lorde mercifully with his fauour looke vpon you and so fill you with all spirituall benediction and grace that you may so liue together in this life that in the worlde to come you may haue life euerlasting Amen Then the Minister or Clearkes going to the Lords table shall say or sing this Psalme following BLessed are al they that feare the Lord and walke in his wayes Beari omnes Psal 128. For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands O well is thee and happy shalt thou be Thy wife shal be as the fruitfull Vine vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the Oliue branches round about thy table Loe thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shall see Hierusalem in prosperitie all thy life long Yea that thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shal be world without ende Amen Or this Psalme GOD be merciful vnto vs Deus misereatur Psal 67 and blesse vs and shew vs the light of his countenance and be mercifull vnto vs. That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy sauing health among all nations Let the people prayse thee O God yea let all the people prayse thee O let the nations reioyce and be glad for thou shalt iudge the folke righteously gouerne the nations vpon the earth Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee Then shall the earth bring foorth her increase and God men our olvne God shall giue vs his blessing God shal blesse vs and all the ends of the world shal feare him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Psalme ended and the man and the woman kneeling afore the Lordes Table the Priest standing at the Table and turning his face toward them shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Answere Christ haue merry vpon vs. Minister Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into tempatation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Amen Minister O Lord saue thy seruant and thy handmaid Answere Which put their trust in thee Minister O Lord send them helpe from thy holy place Answere And euermore defend them Minister Be vnto them a towre of strength Answere From the face of their enemie Minister O Lord heare our prayer Answere And let our crie come vnto thee Minister O God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Iacob blesse these thy seruants and sow the seede of eternall life in their mindes that whatsoeuer in thy holy worde they shall profitably learne they may in deede fulfill the same Looke O Lord mercifully vpon them from heauen and blesse them And as thou diddest send thy blessing vpon Abraham and Sara to their great comfort So vouchsase to send thy blessing vpon these thy seruants that they obeying thy will and alway being in safetie vnder protection may abide in thy loue vnto their liues ende through Iesus Christ ou Lord. Amen This prayer next following shall be omitted where the woman is past childe birth O Mercifull Lord and heauenly Father by whose gracious gift mankinde is increased we beseech thee assist with thy blessing these two persons that they may both bee fruitfull in procreation of children and also liue together so long in godly loue and honestie that they may see their childrens children vnto the thirde and fourth generation vnto thy prayse and honour through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which by thy mighty power hast made all things of nought which also after other things set in order didst appoint that one of man created after thine owne image sinulitude woman should take her beginning and knitting them together didst teach that it should neuer bee lawfull to put asvnder those whom thou by Matrimonie hadst made one O God which hast consecrated the state of Matrimonie to sush and excellent my sterie that in it is signified represented the spirtuall marriage vnitie betlvixt Christ and his Church Looke mercifully vpon these thy seruants that both this man may loue his wife according to thy worde as Christ did loue his spouse the Church who gaue himselfe for it louing cherishing it euen as his owne flesh and also that this woman may be louing and amiable to her husband as Rachel wise as Rebecca faithful and obedient as Sara and in all quietnesse sobrietie peace be a follower of holy and godly matrons O Lord blesse them both and grant them to inharite thy euerlasting kingdome through Iesus Chraist our Lord. Amen Then shall the Priest say ALmighty God which at the beginning did create our first parents Adam and Eue and did sanctifie and ioyne them together in marriage powre vpon you the riches of his grace sanctifie and blesse you that yee may please him both in body and soule and liue together in holy loue vnto your liues end Amen Then shal begin the Communion And after the Gospel shal be said a Sermon wherein ordinarily so oft as there is any mariage the office of a man and wife shall bee declared according to holy Scripture Or if there bee no Sermon the Minister shall reade this that followeth ALl yee which be married or which intend to take the holy estate of Matrimonie vpon you heare what holy Scripture doeth say as touching the duetie of husbandes towards their wiues and wiues towards their husbands Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians the fift Chapter doeth giue this commandement to all married men Yee husbands loue your wiues euen as Christ loued the Church and hath giuen himselfe for it to sanctfie it purging it in the fountaine of water through the worde that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregation not hauing spot or wrinckle or any such thing but that it should bee holy and blamelesse So men are bound to loue their owne wiues as their owne bodies He that loueth his owne wife loueth himselfe For neuer did any man hate his owne flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the Lord doeth the congregation for we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shall a man leaue father mother and shall be ioyned vnto his wife and they two shall be one flesh This mysterie is great but I speake of Christ and of the congregation Neuerthelesse let euery
Curates shall diligently from time to time but specially in the plague time exhort their Parishioners to the oft receiuing in the Church of the holy Communion of the body and blood of our Sauiour Christ which if they doe they shal haue no cause in their sudden visitation to be vnquiet for lack of the same But if the sicke person be not able to come to the Church yet is desirous to receiue the Communion in his house then he must giue knowledge ouer night or else early in the morning to the Curate signifying also how many bee appointed to communicate with him And hauing a conuenient place in the sicke mans house where the Curate may reuerently minster and a good number to receiue the Communion with the sicke person with all things necessarie for the same hee shall there minister the holy Communion The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God maker of mankinde which doest corect those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou doest receiue wee beseech thee to haue mercie vpon this thy seruant visited with thine hand and to graunt that hee may take his sickenesse patiently and recouer his bodily health if it bee thy gracious will and whensoeuer his soule shall depart from the body it may bee without spot presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Epistle MY sonne Heb. 12. despise not the correction of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth him hee correcteth Yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth The Gospel VErely verely I say vnto you Hee that heareth my word Iohn 5. and beleeueth on him that sent mee hath euerlasting life and shall not come vnto damnation but hee passeth from death vnto life ¶ At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament the Priest shall first receiue the Communion himselfe and after minister vnto them that be appointed to communicate with the sicke ¶ But if a man either by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for want of warning in due time to the Curate or for lacke of companie to receiue with him or by any other iust impediment doe not receiue the Sacrament of Christes body and blood then the Curate shall instruct him that if hce doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleeue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the Crosse for him and shed his blood for his redemption earnestly remembring the benefites he hath thereby and giuing him heartie thankes therefore he doth eate and drinke the body and blood of our Sauiour Chrift profitably to his soules health although he doe not receiue the Sacrament with his mouth ¶ When the sicke person is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one time then the Priest for more expedition shal cut off the forme of the visitation at the Psalme In thee O Lord haue I put my trust and goe straight to the Communion ¶ In the time of Plague Sweat or such other like contagious times of sicknesses or diseases when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sicke in their houses for feare of the infection vpon speciall request of the diseased the Minister may alonely communicate with him ⧠The order for the buriall of the dead The Priest meeting the corps at the Church stile shall say or else the Priest and Clarkes shall sing and so goe either into the Church or towards the graue I Am the resurrection and the life faith the Lord. He that belieueth in me Iohn 11. yea though he were dead yet shall he liue And whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in me shall not die for euer I know that my redeemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the last day and shall bee couered againe with my skinne Iob. 19. and shall see God in my flesh yea and I my selfe shall behold him not with other but with these same eyes WEe brought nothing into this world 1. Tim. 6. Iob. 1. neither may we carie any thing out of this world The Lord giueth and the Lord taketh away Even as it pleaseth the Lord so commeth things to passe Blessed be the Name of the Lord. When they come to the graue while the corps is made ready to bee layed into the earth the Priest shall say or the Priest and Clarkes shall sing MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a short time to liue Iob. 14. and is ful of meserie He commeth by and is cut downe like a flowre hee fleeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one stay In the midst of life we be in death of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O Lord which for our sinnes iustly art displeased Yet O Lord God most holy O Lord most mightie O holy most mercifull Sauiour deliuer vs not into the bitter paines of eternall deatth Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not vp thy mercifull eyes to our prayers but spare vs Lord most holy O God most mightie O holy and mercifull Sauiour thou most worthie iudge eternall suffer vs not at our last houre for any paines of death to fall from thee Then while the earth shall be cast vpon the body by some standing by the Priest shall say FOrasmuch as it hath pleased almightie God of his great mercie to take vnto himselfe the soule of our deare brother here departed we therefore commit his body to the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust in sure and certaine hope of resurrection to eternall life through our Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may bee like vnto his glorious body according to the mightie working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Then shall be said or sung I heard a voyce from heauen saying vnto mee write From hencefoorth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Even so saith the spirit that they rest from their labours Then shall follow this Lesson taken out of the xv Chapter to the Corinthians the first Epistle CHrist is risen from the dead and become the first fruites of them that sleepe For by a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam all die euen so by Christ shall all bee made aliue but euery man in his owne order The first is Christ then they that are Christes at his comming Then commeth the ende when hee hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the Father when he hath put downe all rule and all authoritie and power For he must reigne till he haue put al his enemies vnder his feete The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death For hee hath put all things vnder his feete But when hee saith All things are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted that hath put all things vnder him When all things are subdued vnto him then shall the Sonne
also himselfe bee subject vnto him that put all things vnder him that God may be all in all Else what doe they which are baptized ouer the dead if the dead rise not at all Why are they then baptized ouer them yea and why stand we alway then in ieopardie By our reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I die dayly That I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what aduantageth it mee if the dead rise not againe Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow wee shall die Bee not yee deceiued euill words corrupt good maners Awake truely out of sleepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame But some man will say How arise the dead With what body shall they come Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shall bee but bare corne as of wheat or some other but God giueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seed his owne body All flesh is not one maner of flesh but there is one maner of flesh of men another maner of flesh of beastes another of fishes another of birdes There are also celestiall bodies and there are bodies terrestriall But the glorie of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glorie of the Sunne and another glorie of the Moone and another glorie of the Starres For one Starre differeth from another in glorie So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it riseth againe in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour it riseth againe in honour It is sowen in weaknesse it riseth againe in power It is sowen a naturall bodie it riseth againe a spirituall body There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie As it is also written The first man Adam was made a liuing soule and the last Adam was made a quickening spirite Howbeit that is not first which is spirituall but that which is naturall and then that which is spirituall The first man is of the earth earthie The second man is the Lord from heauen heauenly As is the earthie such are they that be earthy And as is the heauenly such are they that are heauenly And as wee haue borne the image of the earthie so shall wee beare the image of the heauenly This say I brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption Behold I shew you a mystery we shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed and that in a moment in the twinckling of an eye by the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blow and the dead shall rife incorruptible and we shall bee changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortall hath put on immortalitie then shall be brougt to passe the saying that is written Death is swallowed vp into victory Death where is thy sting Hell where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law But thankes be vnto God which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lorde Iesus Christ Therefore my deare brethren bee yee stedfast and vnmooueable alwayes rich in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as yee know how that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. The Lesson ended the priest shall say Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from evil Amen The Priest ALmightie God with whom doe liue the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lorde and in whom the soules of them that be elected after they bee deliuered from the burden of the flesh be in ioy felicitie wee giue thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliuer this N. our brother out of the miseris of this sinfull world beseeching thee that it may please thee of thy gracious goodnesse shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect and to hasten thy kingdome that we with this our brother all other departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may haue our perfect consummation and blisse both in body and soule in thy eternall and euerlasting glorie Amen The Collect. O Mercifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoeuer beleeueth shall liue though hee die and whosoeuer liueth and beleeueth in him shall not die eternally who also taught vs by his holy Apostle Paul not to be sorie as men without hope for them that sleepe in him we meekely beseech thee O Father to raise vs from the death of sinne vnto the life of righteousnesse that when we shall depart this life wee may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doeth and that at the generall resurrection in the last day wee may bee found acceptable in thy sight and receiue that blessing which thy welbeloued sonne shall then pronouce to all that loue and feare thee saying Come yee blessed children of my Father receiue the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Graunt this we beseech thee O mercifull Father through Iesus Christ our Mediatour and Redeemer Amen The thankesgiuing of women after childbirth commonly called the Churching of women The woman shall come into the Church and there shall kneele downe in some conuenient place nigh vnto the place where the Table standeth and the Priest standing by her shal say these words or such like as the case shall require FOrasmuch as it hath pleased Almightie God of his goodnesse to giue you safe deliuerance and hath preserued you in the great danger of childe-birth ye shall therefore giue heartie thanks vnto God and pray Then shall the Priest say this Psalme I Haue lifted vp mine eyes vnto the hils from whence commeth my helpe Psal 121. My helpe commeth euen from the Lord which hath made heauen and earth Hee will not suffer thy foote to bee mooued and he that keepeth thee will not sleepe Behold hee that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleepe The Lord himselfe is thy keeper the Lord is thy defence vpon thy right hand So that the Sunne shall not burne thee by day nor the Moone by night The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill yea it is euen he that shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from this time forth for euermore Glorie be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. Christ haue mercye vpon vs. Lord haue mercie vpon vs. ¶ Our Father which art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptation Answere But deliuer vs from euill Priest O
Saue Lord and heare vs O King of heauen when wee call vpon thee Domine in virtute Psal xxj The king shalt reioyce in thy strength O Lord exceeding glad shall hee bee of thy saluation Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire and hast not denied him the request of his lips For thou shalt preuent him with the blessings of goodnes and shalt set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head He asked life of thee and thou gauest him a long life euen for euer and euer His honour in great is thy saluation glory and great worship shalt thou lay vpon him For thou shalt giue him euerlasting felicitie and make him glad with the ioy of thy countenance And why because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercie of the most highest he shall not miscarie All thine enemies shal feele thine hand thy right hand shal finde out them that hate thee Thou shalt make them like a fierie ouen in time of thy wrath the Lord shal destroy them in his displeasure and the fire shall consume them Their friute shalt thou roote out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men For they intended mischiefe against thee and imagined such a deuice as they are not able to performe Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them Be thou exalted Lord in thine owne strength so will wee sing and prayse thy power Deus Deus meus Psal xxij MY God Euening Prayer my God looke vpon mee why hast thou forsaken mee and art so farre from my health and from the words of my complaint O my God I cty 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 holpen they put their trust in thee and were not confounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outceast of the people All they that see mee laugh me to scorne they shoote out their lips and shake their head saying He trusted in God that he would deliuer him let him deliuer him if he will haue him But thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers wombe thou wast my hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers breastes I haue bene left vnto thee euer since I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe O goe not fro me for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to helpe me Many oxen are come about me fat Bulles of Basan close me in on euery side They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a ramping and roaring Lyon I am powred out like water and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart also in the middest of my body is euen like melting waxe My strength is dried vp like a potstheard and my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death For many dogs are come about me and the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me They pearsed my handes and my feete I may tell all my bones they stand staring and looking vpon me They part my garments among them and cast lots vpon my vesture But be thou not farre fromme O Lord thou art my surtour hast thee to the helpe me Deliuer my soule from the sworde my darling from the power of the dog Saue me from the Lyons mouth thou hast heard mee also from among the hornes of the vnicornes I will declare thy name vnto my brethren in the middest of the congregation will I prayse thee O prayse the Lorde ye that feare him magnifie him allye of the seede of Iacob and feare him all ye seede of Israel For he hath not despised nor abhored the low estate of the poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called vnto him he heard him My prayse is of thee in the great congregation my vowes will I performe in the sight of them that feare him The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seekee after the Lord shall prayse him your heart shall liue for euer All the euds of the world shall remember themselues and be turned vnto the Lorde and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before him For the kingdome is the Lordes and he is the gouernour among the people All such as be fat vpon earth haue eaten and worshipped All they that go down into the dust shal kneele before hin and no man hath quickened his owne soule My seede shall serue him they shall bee counted vnto the Lord for a generation They shall come and the heauens shall declare his righteousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whom the Lorde hath made Dominus regit me Psal xxiij The Lorde is my shepheard therefore can I lacke nothing He shall feede me in a grcene pasture lead mee foorth besides the waters of comfort He shall conuert my soule and bring me forth in the paths of righteousnesse for his names sake Yea though I walke thorow the valley of the shadowe of death I will feare no euill for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe comfort me Thou shalt prepare a table before mee against them that trouble me thou hast anoynted my head with oyle and my cup shall be full But thy louing kindnesse and mercie shal follow me all the dayes of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lorde for euer Domini est terra Psal xxiiij THe earth is the Lords Morning prayer and all that therein is the compasse of the world and they that dwel therein For he hath founded it vpon the seas and prepared it vpon the floods Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rife vp in his holy place Euen he that hath cleaue hands and a pure heart and that hath not list vp his minde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceiue his neighbour He shall receinere the blessing from the Lord and rightcousnesse from the God of his saluation This is the generation of them that seeke him cucn of them that seeke thy face O Iacob Lift vp your heads O ye gates and he ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores and the King of glory shall come ill Who is the king of glore it is the Lorde strong and mightie euen the Lord mightie in battaile Lift vp yonr heads O ye gates and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores and the king of glorie shall come in Who is the king of glory euen the Lord of hostes he is the king of glory Ad te Domine Psal xxv VNto thee O Lorde will I lift vp my soule my God I haue put my trust in thee O let mee not bee confounded neither let mine enemies triumph ouer me For all they
The voyce of the Lord maketh the hindes to bring foorth yong and discouereth the thirke vushes in his temple doeth iuery man speake of his honour The Lord sitteth aboue the water flood and the Lord remaineth a King for euer The Lord shall giue strength vnto his people the Lord shall giue his people the blessing of peace Exaltabo te Domine Psal xxx I waill magnifie thee Morning prayer O Lord for thou hast set me vp and not made my foes to triumph ouer me O Lord my God I cried vnto thee and thou hast healed me Thou Lorde hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kept my life from them that goe downe to the pit Sing praises vnto the Lord O ye faints of his and giue thankes to him for a remebrance of his holinesse For his wrath endureth but the twinckliong of an eye and in his pleasure is life heauinesse may endure for a night but ioy commeth in the morning And in my prosperitie I sayd I shall neuer be remooued thou Lod of thy goodnesse hadst made my hill so strong Thou didst turne thy fare fro me and I mas troubled Then cried I vnto thee O Lord and gate mee vnto my Lord right humbly What profit is thee in my blood whē I go downe to the pit Shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee or shall it declare thy trueth Heare O Lord and haue mercie vpon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned ny heauinesse into ioy thou hast put off my sackecloth and girded me with gladnesse Therefore sball euery good man sing of thy praise without reasing O my god I will giue thanks vnto thee for euer In te domine speraui Psal xxxj IN thee O Lord haue I put my trust let me neuer bee put to confusiou deliuer me in thy righteousnesse Bow downe thine eare to me make haste to deliuer me And bee thou my strong rocke and the house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my strong rocke and my castell bee thou also my game and leade me for thy Names sake Draw me out of the net that they haue laid priuily for me for thou art my strength Into thy hands I commend my spitrit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of trueth I haue hated them that holde of superstitious vanities and my trust hath been in the Lord. I will be glad and reioyce in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowen my soule in aduersities Thou hast not shut me vp into the hand of the enemie but hast set my feete in a large roume Haue mercie vpon me O Lord for I am in trouble mine eye is consumed for very heauinesse yea my soule my body For my soule is waxen old with heauinesse and my yeres with mourning My strength faileth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are consumed I became a reproofe among all mine enemies but speciaily among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me and they that did see me without conueyed themselues from me I am cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde I am become like a broken vessel For I haue heard the blasphemie of the multitude and feare is on euery side while they conspire together against me and take their counsell to take away my life But my hope hath beene in thee O Lord I haue sayde Thou art my God My time is in thy hand deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me Shew thy seruant the light of thy countenance and saue me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded O Lord for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodly be put to tonfusion and bee put to silence in the graue Let the lying lips be put to silence which cruelly disdainfully and despightfully speake against the righteous O how plentifull is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid vp for them that feare thee that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee euen before the sonnes of men Thou shall hide them priuly by thine owne presence from the prouoking of al men thou shalt keepe them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues Thankes be to the Lord for he hath shewed me marueilous great kindnesse in a strong citie And when I made haste I sayd I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes Neuerthelesse thou heardedest the voice of prayer when I cryed vnto thee O loue the Lord all ye his saints for the Lord preserueth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer Be strong and hee shall stablish your heart all ye that put your trust in the Lord. Beati quorum Psal xxxij BLessed is hee whose vnrighteousnesse is forgiuen and whose sine is couered Euening prayer Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lord imputeth no sinne and in whose spirit there is no guile For while I helde my tongue my bones cōsumed away through my dayly complaining For thy hand is heauy vpon me day and might and my moisture is like the drought in Summer I will knowledge my sinne vnto thee and mine vnrighteousnesse haue I not hid I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vntothee in a time when thou mayest be found but in the great mater floods they shall not come nigh him Thou art a place to hide me in thou shall preserue me from trouble thou shalt cōpasse me about with songs of deliuerance I will enforme thee and teach thee in the way wherein thou shall go and I will guide thee with mine eye Be ye not like to horie and mule which haue no vnderstanding whole mouthes must be holden with bit and bridle lest they fall vpon thee Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but who so putleth his trust in the Lord mercie imbraceth him on euery side Be glad O ye righteous and reioyce in the Lord and bee idyfull all ye that are true of heart Exultate iusti Psal xxxiij REidice in the Lord O ye righteous for it becommeth wel the iust to be thankefull Praise the Lord with harpe sing Psalmes vnto hin with the Lute and instrument of ten strings Sing vnto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily vnto him with a good courage For the word of the Lord is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement The earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the dreath of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as in a treasure house Let all the earth leare the Lord stand in awe of him all ye that dwell in the world For he spake it was done he commanded it stood fast The Lord
Moab is my washpot ouer Edom wil I cast out my shoe Philistia be thou glad of me Who will leade me into the strong citie who will bring me into Edom Hast thou not cast vs out O God will not thou O God go out with our hostes O be thou out help in trouble for baine is the help of man Through God wil we doe great actes for it is he that shal tread downe our enemies Exaudi Deus Psal 61 HEare my crying O God giue eare vnto my prayer From the ends of the earth wil I call vnto thee when my heart is in heauinesse O set me vp vpon the rocke that is higher then I for thou hast been my hope and a strong tower for mee against the enemie I will dwell in thy Taberanacle for euer and my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wings For thou O Lord hast heard my desires and hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name Thou shall graunt the king a long life that his yeeres may endure throughout all generations He shall dwell before God for euer O prepare thy louing mercie and faithfulnesse that they may preserue him So will I alwalyes sing prayse bnto thy Name that I may dayly performe my vowes Nonne Deo Psal 62 MY soule truely waiteth still vpon God for of him commeth my saluation Morning prayer He berely is my strength and my saluation he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fall How long will ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shall be slaline all the sort of you yea as a tottering wall shall ye be and like a broken hedge Their deuice is onely how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies they giue good words with their mouth but curse with their herat Neuerthelesse my soule waite thou still vpon God for my hope is in him Hee truely is my strength and my saluation hee is my defencc so that I shall not fall In GOD is my health and my glorie the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alway ye people powre out your hearts before him for God is our hope As for the children of men they are but baine the children of men are deceitfull vpon the weights they are altogether lighter then vanitie it selfe O trust not in wrong and robberie giue not your felues vnto vanitie if riches increase set not your heart vpon them God spake once and wife I haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto God And that thou Lord art mereifull for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke Deus Deus meus Psal 63 O God thou art my God earely wil I seeke thee My soule thirsteth for thee my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no matter is Thus haue I looked for thee in holinesse that I might behold thy power and glory For thy loutng kindenesse is better then the life it selfe my lips shall prayse thee As long as I liue wil I magnifie thee on this maner and lift vp my hands in thy name My soule shall bee satisfied euen as it were with marowe and fatnesse when my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lips Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought bpon thee when I was waking Beacause thou hast beene my helper therefore vnder the shadow of my wings will I reioyce My soule hangeth vpon thee thy right hand hath vpholdeli me These also that seeke the hurt of my soule they shall go vnder the earth Lat them fal vpon the edge of the sword that they may be aportion for forces But the King shal reioyce in God all they also that sweare by him shal be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shal be stopped Exaudi Deus psal 64. Heare my boyee O God in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of the wicked doers Which haue whet their tongue like a sword and shot out there arrowes euen bitter words That they may priuily shoote at him that is perfect suddenly doe they hit him and feare not They courage themselues in mischiefe and commune among themselues hom they may lay snares and fay that no man shall see them They imagine wickednesse and practise it that they keepe secret among themselues euery man in the deep of his heart But god shal snddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded Yea their owne tongues shall make them fall in so much that who so feeth them shal laugh them to srone And all men that see it shall say This hath God done for they shall perceiue that it is his worke The rightcous shall reioyce in the Lord and put hist trust in him and all they that are true of heart shal be glad Te decet hymnus Psal 65. THou Euening prayer O God art praised in Sion and vnto thee shall the vow bee performed in Hierusalem Thou that hearest the prayer vnto thee shall all flesh come My misdeeds preuaile against me oh be thou merciful vnto our sinnes Blessed is the man whom thou choosest receiued vnto thee he shal dwel in thy court shal be satisfid with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shall shewe vs wonderfull things in thy righteousnes O God of our saluation thou that art the hope of all the endes of the earth and of them that remaine in the broad sea Which in his streangth setteth fast the mountaines and is 〈◊〉 about with power Which stilleth the raging of the Sea and the noise of his waues and the madnesse of his people They also that dwell in the vettermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and euning to praise thee Thou bistest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou prouidest for the earth Thou waterest her furrowes thou sendest raine into the little valleyes thereof thou makest it soft with the drops of raine and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeere with thy goodnesse and thy clouds drop fatnesse They shall drop vpon the dwellings of the wildernesse and the lilttle hilles shall reioice on euery side The folds shal be ful of sheepe the ballelyes also shal stand so thicke with corne that they shall laugh and sing Iubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be ioyfull in God all ye lands sing praises vnto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say vnto God O howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes through the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be found liars bnto thee For all the word shal worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the morks of God how wonderfull he is in his
enemies and to those that speake euill agaist my soule But deale thou with me O Lord God according vnto thy Name for sweete is thy mercie O deliuer me for I am helpelesse and poore and my heart is wounded within me I go hence like the shadow that departeth and am driuen away as the grashopper My knees are weake through fasting my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnesse I became also a rebuke vnto them they that looked vpon me shaked their heads Helpe me O Lorde my God oh saue me according to thy mercie And they shall know how that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Though they curse yet blesse thou and let them bee confounded that rise vp against me but let thy seruant reioyce Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame and let them couer themselues with their owne confusion as with a cloke As for me I will giue great thankes vnto the Lord with my mouth and prayse him among the multitude For he shal stand at the right hand of the poore to saue his soule from vnrighteous Iudges Dixit Dominus psal 110. THE Lorde sayde vnto my Lorde Morning Prayer sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion bee thou ruler euen in the middes among thine enemies In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free will offerings with an holy worship the dewe of thy birth is of the wombe of the morning The Lord sware and wil not repent thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Meichisedech The Lord vpon thy right hand shall wound euen Kings in the day of his wrath He shall iudge among the heathen hee shall fill the places with the dead bodies and smite in sunder the heads ouer diuers countreys He shall drinke of the brooke in the way therefore shall hee Lift vp his head Confitebor tibi Psal 111. I Will giue thankes vnto the Lord with my whole heart secretly among the faithfull and in the Congregation The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that haue pleasure therein His worke is worthy to be praysed and had in honour and his righteousnesse endureth for euer The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marrucilous works that they ought to be had in remembrance He hath giuen meate vnto them that feare him hee shall euer be mindfull of his couenant He hath shewed his people the power of his workes that he may giue them the heritage of the heathen The workes of his hands are veritie and iudgement all his commandements are true They stand fast for euer and euer and are done in trueth and equitie He sent redemption vnto his people hee hath commanded his couenant for euer holy and reuerent is his Name The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisedome a good vnderstanding haue all they that doe thereafter the prayse of it endureth for euer Beatus vir Psal 112. BLessed is the man that feareth the Lord he hath great delight in his conmandements His seede shal be mightie vpon earth the generation of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his righteousnesse endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darkenesse he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and will guide his words with discretion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in an euerlasting remembrance Hee will not bee afraide for any euill tidings for his heart standeth fast and beleeueth in the Lord. His heart is stablished and will not shrinke vntill hee see his desire vpon his enemies Hee hath dispersed abroad and giuen to the poore and his righteousnesse remaineth for euer his horne shall be exalted with honour The vngodly shall see it and it shall grieue him hee shall gnash with his teeth and consume away the desire of the vngodly shall perish Laudate pueri Psal 113. PRayse the Lorde yee seruants O prayse the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time foorth for euermore The Lordes Name is praysed from the rising vp of the Snune vnto the going downe of the same The Lord is high aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is like vnto the Lord out God that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himselfe to beholde the things that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple out of the dust and lifteth poore out of the myre That he may set him with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the barren woman to keepe house and to bee a ioyfull mother of children In exitu Israel Psal 114. WHen Israel came out of Egypt Euening preyer and the house of Iacob from among the strange people Iuda was his sancutuarie and Israel his dominion The sea saw that and fled Iordan was driuen backe The mountaines skipped like Rammes and the little hils like young sheepe What aâ—eth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Iorden that thou wast driuen backe Ye mountaines that ye skipped like Rammes and ye little hils like yong shepe Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the hard rocke into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well Non nobis Domine Psal 115 NOt vnto vs O Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy name giue the praise for thy louing mercie and for thy trueths sake Wherefore shall the heathen say where is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him Their idoles are siluer gold euen the worke of mens hands They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they and see not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they and smell not They haue handes and handle not feete haue they and walke not neither speake they through their throate They that make them are like vnto them and so are all such as put their trust in them But thou house of Israel trust thou in the Lorde hee is their succour and defence Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde put your trust in the Lord hee is their helper and defender The Lord hath beene mindfull of vs and hee shall blesse vs eurn he shall blesse the house of Israel he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shal blesse them that feare the Lord both small great The Lord shall increase you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the earth hath hee giuen to the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither all they that got downe into the silence But we will praise the
thy borders and filleth thee with the flowre of wheate He sendeth foorth his commandement vpon earth and his word runneth very swiftly He gineth snow like wooll and seattereth the hoare frost like ashes He tasteth foorth his yee like morsels who is able to abide his ashes He sendeth out his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters flowe He sheweth his word vnto Iarob his statutes and ordinaures vnto Israel He hath not dealt so with any nation neither haue the heathue knowledge of his lawes Laudate Dominum Psal 148. O Praise the Lord of heauen praise him in the height Prayse him all yee Angels of his praise him all his hoste Prayse him all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens Let them prayse the name of the Lord for he speake the word and they were he commaunded and they were cerated He hath made them fast for euer and euer he hath giueb shem a lawe which shall not be broken Praise the Lord vpon earth ye Dragons and all deepes Fire and halie snow and vapours winde and storme fulfilling his word Beastes and all cattell wormes and feathered foules Kings of the earth and all people princes and all iudges of the world Young men and maidnes olde man and children prayse the name of the Lord for his Mane onely is axcellent and his prayse abour heauen and earth He shall exalt the home of his people all his Saints shall prayse him cuen the childern of Israel euen the people that serueth him Cantate Domino Psal 149. O Sing vnto the Lord a new song let the Congregation of Saints prayse him Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their king Let them praise his name in the dance let them singpraises vnto him with Tabret and harpe For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meeke hearted Let the Saints be ioyfull with glory let them reioyce in their beds Let the praises of God be in their mouth and at two edged sword in their hands To be auenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people To bind their kings in chaines their nobles with linkes of yron That they may be auenged of them as it is written such honour haue all his Saints Laudate Dominum Psal 150. O Prayse God in his holinesse praise him in the firmament of his power Prayse him in his noble actes prayse him according to his excellent greatnesse Praise him in the fouud of the Trumpet prayse him vpon the Lute and Harpe Praise him in the Cymbals and daunces praise him vpon the stirings and pipe Praise him vpon the well tuned Cymbals praise him vpon the loub Cymbals Let euery thing that hath breath praise the Lord. FINIS Certaine godly prayers to be vsed for sundry purposes A generall consession of sinnes to be sayd euery Morning O Almightie God our heanenly Father I confesse and acknowledge that I am a miserable and a wretched sinner and haue manifolde wayes most grieuously transgressed thy most godly conunaundements through wicked thoughts vngodly lustes sinfull wordes and deeds commited all my whole life In sinne am I borne and conceiued and there is no goodnesse in me in as much as if thou shouldest enter into thy narrow iudgement with mee iudging mee according vnto the same I were neuer able to susser and abide it but must needes pertsh and be damncd for eucr So little helpe comfort or succour is there either in me or in any other creature Onely this is my comfort O heauenly Father that thon diddest not spare thy onely deare beloued sonne bnt diddest gine him vp vnto the most bitter and most vile slanderous death of the crosse for me that he might so pay the ransom for my sinnes satisfie thy indgment still and pacifie thy wrath reconcile me againe vnto thee and pnrchase me thy grace fanour cuerlasting life where fore throngh the merit of his most bitter death and passion and through his innocent bloodshedding I beseech thee O heauenly Father that thou wilt vouchsase to be gracious merciful vnto me to fergiue and pardon me all my sinnes to lighten my heart whit thy holy Spirit to renue confirme and strengthen me with a right perfect faith and to inflame me in loue toward thee and my neighbour that I may hencefoorty with a willing and glad heart walke as it becommeth me in thy most godly commaunements and so glorifie and prayse thee euerlastingly And also that I may with a free conscience quiet heart in all maner of temptations afflictions or necessities eucn in the very pangs of death cry boldly merily vnto thee say I beleeue in God the father almighty maker of heauen earth and in lesus Christ c. But O Lord God heauenly Father to comfort my selfe in affliction and temptation with these articles of the Christian faith it is not in my power for faith is thy gift and forasmuch as thou wilt be prayed vnto and called vyon for it I come vnto thee to pray and beseech thee both for that and for all other my necessities euen as thy deare beloued Sonne our Sauiour Ie-sus Christ himselfe hath taught vs And from the very bottome of my heart I crie and say Our Father which art in heauen halowed be thy Name c. ¶ A prayer to be sayd in the Morning O Merciful Lord God heauenly Father I ren dermost high laudes praise and thankes vnto thee that thou hast preserued mee both this might and all the time and dayes of my life hitherto vnder thy protection and hast suffe red me to liue vnto this present houre And I beseech thee heartily that thon wilt vouchsafe to receiue mce this day and the residue of my whole life from hence foorth into thy tuition ruling and gouerning mee with thy holy Spirite that all maner of darkenesse of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnall lustes and affections may bee betterly chased and driuen out of my heart and that I may be iustified and saued both body and soule through a right and perfect faith and so walke in the light of thy most godly trueth to thy glory and prayse and to the profite and furtherance of my neighbour through Iesus Christ our Lord and Saui-our Amen ¶ Another prayer for the morning O Almightie and most gracious God wee heartily thank thee for the sweete sleepe and comfortable rest which thou hast giuen vs this night and for asmuch as thou hast commanded by thy holy word that no man should be idle but all occupied in godly and vertuous exercises euery man according to his calling we most humbly beseech thee that thine eyes may attende vpon vs dayly defend vs cherish comfort and gouerne vs and all our counsails studies labours in such wise that we may spend and bestow this day according to thy most holy will without the hurting of our neighbors and that we may
thy dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christ my only Sauiour and redeemer and I most humbly beseech thee for his sake to be mercifull vnto mee and to cast all my sinnes out of thy sight and remembrance through the merits of his bloody death and passion Powre vpon me O Lord thy holy spirit of wisedome and grace gouerne and leade me by thy holy word that it may be a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my steps Shew thy mercie vpon me and so lighten the naturall blindnes and darkenesse of my heart through thy grace that I may dayly bee renewed by the same spirit and grace By the which O Lord purge the grossenes of my hearing vnderstanding that I may profitably reade heare and vnder stand thy word and heauenly will beleeue and practise the same in my life and conuersation and euermore hold fast that blessed hope of euerlasting life Mortifie and kill all vite in mee that my life may expresse my faith in thee mercifully heare the humble suite of thy seruant and grant me thy peace all my dayes Graciously pardon mine infirmities and defend mee in all dangers of body goods and name but most chiefly my soule against all assaults temptations accusations subtill baites and sleights of that old enemie of mankind Satan that roaring Lion euer seeking whom he may deuoure And here O Lord I prostrate with most humble mind craue of thy diuing Maiestie to bee mercifull vnto the vniuersall Church of thy Sonne Christ and specially according to my bounden duety beseech thee for this sake to blesse saue and defend the principall memeber thereof thy seruant our most deare and Souercigne Lord King Iames encrease in his royal heart true faith godly â—eale and loue of the same And grant him victorie ouer all his enemies a long prosperous and honourable life vpon earth a blessed ende and life euerlasting Moreouer O Lorde graunt vnto his Maiesties most honourable Counsellours and euery other member of this thy Church of England that thy and we in our seuerall callings may truely and godly serue thee Plant in our hearts true feare and honour of thy Name obedience to our Prince and loue to our neighbours Increase in vs true faith and religion Replenish our mindes with all goodnesse and of thy great mercie keepe vs in the same till the end of our lines Giue vnto vs a godly zeale in prayer true humilitie in prosperitie perfect patience in aduersitie and continuallioy in the holy Ghost And lastly I commend vnto thy fatherly protection all that thou hast giuen me as wife children and seruants Aide me O Lord that I may gouerne norish bring them vp in thy feare and seruice And forsmuch as in this world I must alwayes be at warre and strife not with one sort of enemies but with an infinitie number not onely with flesh and blood but with the deuill which is the prince of darknesse and with wicked men executors of his most damnable will Grant me therefore thy grace that being armed with thy defence I may stand in this battel with an inuincible constaucie against all corruption which I am compassed with on euery sde vntil such time as I hauing ended the combate which during this life I must sustaine in the ende I may attaine to thy heauenly rest which is prepared for mee and all thine elect through Christ our Lord and only Sauiour AMEN ⸪ ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie Anno 1603. ¶ Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis