and soughte hym And it fortuned that after three dayes they founde him in the temple sytting in the middest of the doctours hearyng them and posing them And all that heard hym were astonied at his vnderstanding and answers And when they saw hym they meruailed and his mother sayd vnto him Sonne why haste thou thus dealte with vs Beholde thy father I haue sought thee sorowing And he sayd vnto them how happened it that ye sought me wiste ye not that I muste go about my fathers busines And they vnderstode not that saying which he spake vnto them And he went downe with thē and came to Nazareth and was obedient vnto them but his mother kept all these sayinges together in her heart And Iesus prospered in wisdome and age and in fauour with god and men ¶ The second Sonday THe foole hath sayd in his heart there is no god They are corrupte and become abhominable in theyr doinges there is not one that doeth good no not one The lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that woulde vnderstand and seeke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues thei haue deceyued the poyson of Aspes is vnder theyr lippes Theyr mouth is full of curssyng and bitternes theyr feete are swift to shed bloud Destruccion and vnhappines is in theyr wayes and the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before theyr eyes Haue they no knowlege that they are all suche woorkers of mischiefe eating vp my people as it were bread and call not vpon the Lorde There were they brought in great feare euen where no feare was for god is in the generacion of the righteous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the counsayl of the poore because he putteth his trust in the lorde Who shall geue saluacion vnto Israell out of Sion when the lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people then shall Iacob reioyce and Israell be glad Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God which dooest gouerne all thinges in heauen and earthe mercifully heare the supplicacions of thy people and graunt vs thy peace all the dayes of our lyfe The Epistle SEing that we haue dyuerse gyftes according to the grace that is geuen vnto vs if any man haue the gift of prophecy let hym haue it that it be agreeing to the faith Let hym that hath an office waite on his office Let hym that reacheth take hede to his doctrine Let hym that exhorteth geue attendaunce to his exhortacion If any man geue let hym do it with singlenes Let him that ruleth doe it with diligence If any man shew mercy let him do it with cherefulnes Let loue bee with out dissimulacion Hate that whiche is euill and cleaue vnto that whiche is good Be kynde one to an other with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before an other Be not slothefull in the busines which ye haue in hād Be feruēt in the spirite Apply your selues to the time Reioyce in hope Be pacient in tribulacion Continue in praier Distribute vnto the necessitie of the sainctes Be ready to harbour Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse I say and curse not Be mery with them that are mery wepe also with them that wepe bee of like affeccion one towardes another Bee not hie minded but make youre selues equall to them of the lower sorte The Gospell ANd the third daye was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage And when the wine fayled the mother of Iesus saide vnto him thei haue no wine Iesus said vnto her woman what haue I to doe with thee mine houre is not yet come His mother said vnto the ministers whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you do it And there were standyng there vi waterpottes of stone after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes conteyning .ii. or .iii. fyrkyns a peece Iesus sayde vnto them fill the watter pottes with water And they filled them vp to the brimme And he saide vnto them draw out now and beare vnto the Gouernour of the feast And thei bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned into wine and knewe not whence it was but the ministers whiche drewe the water knewe he called the bridegrome and sayd vnto him Euerie man at the beginning doth set forth good wine and when men be dronke then that which is woorse but thou haste kepte the good wine vntill now This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glorye and his disciples beleued on him ¶ The .iii. Sonday LOrde who shal dwelle in thy tabernacle who shal reste vpon thy holye hill Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte lyfe and dothe the thing whiche is right and speaketh the truthe from his hearte He that hath vsed no deceyt in his tongue nor done euil to his neighbour and hath not slaundered his neighbours He that setteth not by hymselfe but is lowelye in his owne iyes and maketh much of them that feare the lorde He that sweareth vnto his neyghbour and disapointeth hym not though it were to his owne hinderaunce He that hath not geuen his money vnto vsury nor taken rewarde against the innocente Whoso dothe these thinges shall neuer fall Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie and euerlasting God mercyfullye looke vpon oure infirmities and in all our daungiers and necessities stretche foorthe thy ryghte hande to helpe and defende vs through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euill for euill Prouide aforehande thynges honest not onely before God but also in the syghte of all men If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all menne Dearely beloued auenge not youre selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written vengeaunce is myne I will rewarde sayth the lorde Therfore if thyne enemie hunger feede him if he thirst geue him drynke For in so dooyng thou shalte heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euill with goodnes The Gospell WHen he was come downe from the mountayne muche people folowed hym And beholde there came a Leper and wurshipped him saying Maister if thou wilte thou canst make me cleane And Iesus putte foorth his hande and touched hym saying I will be thou cleane and immediatelye his Leprosye was cleansed And Iesus said vnto him see thou tel no manne but goe and shew thy selfe to the priest offer the gift that Moses cōmaunded to be offered for a witnesse vnto them And when Iesus was entred
Then wente in also that other disciple whiche came firste to the sepulchre he sawe and beleued For as yet they knewe not the scripture that he shoulde ryse againe from death Then the disciples went awaye agayne vnto their owne home At the seconde Communion LOrde howe are they encreased that trouble me many are they that ryse agaynst me Many one there bee that saye of my soule there is no helpe for him in his God But thou O Lorde art my defender thou art my worshyp and the lifter vp of my head I dyd call vpon the Lorde with my voyce and he hearde me out of his holy hill I layde me downe and slept and rose vp agayne for the Lorde sustayned me I wil not be afrayd for ten thousādes of the people that haue set themselues agaynste me rounde aboute Vp Lorde and helpe me O my God for thou smitest all myne enemies vpon the cheke bone thou haste broken the teeth of the vngodly Saluacion belongeth vnto the lorde and thy blessing is vpon thy people Glory bee to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shal bee worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie father whiche hast geuen thy onely sonne to dye for our sinnes and to rise agayne for oure iustificacion Graunte vs so to putte awaye the leauen of malyce and wickednesse that we maye alwaye serue thee in purenesse of liuing and trueth through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle KNow ye not that a litle leauen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe Pourge therefore the olde leauen that ye maye be newe dowe as ye are swete bread For Christ our passeouer is offered vp for vs. Therfore let vs kepe holye daye not with olde leauen neither with the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednes but with the swete breade of purenes and trueth The Gospell WHen the Sabboth was paste Mary Magdalene and Mary Iacoby and Salome bought swete odoures that they myghte come and anoynt hym And early in the morning the first day of the Sabboth they came vnto the Sepulchre when the sonne was risen And they sayed among themselues who shall rolle vs away the stone frō the dore of the Sepulchre And when they looked they sawe howe that the stone was rolled away for it was a very great one And they wente into the Sepulchre and sawe a younge man sytting on the right syde clothed in a longe white garmente and they were afrayed And he sayed vnto them be not afrayed ye seke Iesus of Nazareth whiche was crucified He is risen he is not here Beholde the place where they had put him But goe your waye and tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galile there shall you see him as he sayed vnto you And they went out quickly and fledde from the Sepulchre for they trembled and were amased neyther sayed they anye thing to anye man for they were afrayde At Euensong ¶ Proper psalmes and lessons Psalm cxiii The .ii. lesson Act. ii Vnto the ende Psalm cxiiii The .ii. lesson Act. ii Vnto the ende Psalm cxviii The .ii. lesson Act. ii Vnto the ende ¶ Monedaye in Easter weke At Mattyns ¶ The seconde lesson Mat. xxviii Vnto the ende At the Communion MY soule truely wayteth styll vpon God for of him commeth my saluacion He verely is my strength and my saluacion he is my defence so that I shall not greatly fal Howe longe wil ye imagine mischefe against euery mā ye shal be slaine al the sort of you yea as a tottering wal shall ye be and lyke a broken hedge Their deuice is onely howe to put him out whom God will exalte their delyte is in lyes they geue good woordes with their mouth but curse with their hearte Neuerthelesse my soule wayte thou still vpon God for my hope is in him He truely is my strength and my saluacion he is my defence so that I shall not fall In God is my health and my glory the rocke of my myght and in God is my trust O put your trust in him alwaye ye people powre oute your heartes before him for God is our hope As for the children of men they are but vayne the children of men are deceiptful vpon the weyghtes they are altogether lyghter then vaynitie it selfe O trust not in wrong and robbery geue not your selues vnto vanitie yf ryches encrease set not your hearte vpon them God spake once and twise I haue also heard the same that power belongeth vnto God And that thou Lorde art mercifull for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. ALmyghtye God whiche through thy onely begotten sonne Iesus Christe haste ouercome deathe and opened vnto vs the gate of euerlasting life we humbly beseche thee that as by thy speciall grace preuentyng vs thou doest putte in oure myndes good desyres so by thy continuall helpe we may bring thesame to good effect through Iesus Christe our Lorde who lyueth and reygneth c. The Epistle PEter opened his mouth and sayd of a trueth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persons with God but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh righteousnes is accepted with hym Ye knowe the preaching that God sente vnto the children of Israell preaching peace by Iesu Christe whiche is Lorde ouer all thinges which preaching was published throughout all Iewry and began in Galilee after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy ghoste and with power Which went about doing good and healynge all that were oppressed of the deuil for god was with him And we are witnesses of all thinges whiche he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whome they slewe and hanged on tree Hym God reised vp the thirde day shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for thesame intent which did eate and drinke with him after he arose from death And he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordained of God to be the iudge of the quicke and deade To him geue all the prophetes witnes that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in him shall receyue remission of synnes The Gospell BEholde two of the disciples wente that same daye to a towne called Emaus whiche was from Ierusalem about .lx. furlonges and they talked together of all the thinges that had happened And it chaūced that while they cōmoned together reasoned Iesus himselfe drue nere and went with thē But their eyes were holdē that they should not knowe hym And he sayd vnto them what maner of communicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad And the one of them whose name was Cleophas aunswered and sayd vnto him art thou onely
a straunger in Ierusalen and haste not knowen the thinges whiche haue chaunced there in these dayes he sayd vnto them what thynges And they sayd vnto him of Iesus of Nazareth whiche was a Prophete mightie in dede and word before God and all the people and how the hie priestes and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death and haue crucified hym But we trusted that it had been he whiche shoulde haue redemed Israell And as touching all these thinges to daye is euen the third daye that they were doen. Yea and certayne women also of our companye made vs astonied whiche came earely vnto the Sepulchre and founde not his body and came saying that they had sene a vision of Angels whiche sayed that he was alyue And certayne of them whyche were wyth vs went to the Sepulchre and found it euen so as the women had sayed but him they sawe not And he sayd vnto them O fooles and slowe of hearte to beleue all that the prophetes haue spokē Ought not Christ to haue suffred these thinges and to entre into hys glorye And he began at Moses and al the prophetes and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were written of him And they drue nye vnto the toune whiche they wente vnto And he made as thoughe he woulde haue gone further And they constrayned hym sayinge abyde with vs for it draweth towardes nyght and the day is farre passed And he wente in to tary with them And it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke breade and blessed it and brake and gaue vnto them And their eyes were opened and they knewe him and he vanished out of their sight And they sayd betwene themselues dyd not our heartes burne within vs whyle he talked with vs by the waye and opened to vs the Scriptures And they rose vp thesame houre and returned to Ierusalē and found the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them saying the Lorde is rysen in dede and hath appered to Simon And they tolde what thinges were done in the way and how they knewe hym in breaking of the breade At Euensong ¶ The seconde lesson Act. iii. Vnto the ende ¶ Tewesdaye in Easter weke At Mattyns The .ii. lesson Luke .xxiiii. Vnto and beholde .ii. of them At the Communion PRayse the Lorde ye seruauntes O praise the name of the Lorde Blessed is the name of the Lorde from this tyme furth for euermore The Lordes name is praysed frō the rising vp of the sonne vnto the going downe of the same The lorde is hye aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God that hathe hys dwelling so hie and yet humbleth himselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the simple oute of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the mier That he may set hym with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmighty father which haste geuen thy onely sonne to dye for our sinnes to rise agayne for our iustificacion Graūt vs so to put away the leuen of malice wickednes that we maye alway serue thee in purenes of liuing trueth through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle YE men and brethren Children of the generacion of Abraham whosoeuer among you feareth God to you is this worde of saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalē and their rulers because they knewe him not nor yet the voices of the prophetes which are read euery Sabboth day thei haue fulfilled thē ī cōdēning him And when they found no cause of death in him yet desired they Pilate to kyll hym And when they had fulfylled all that were written of hym they toke hym downe from the tree and put hym in a Sepulchre But God raysed hym agayne from death the thirde daye and he was sene manye dayes of them whiche wente with him from Galile to Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we declare vnto you how that the promes which was made vnto the fathers GOD hath fulfilled vnto their children euen vnto vs in that he raysed vp Iesus agayne Euen as it is written in the second Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten thee As concernyng that he raysed him vp from death nowe no more to returne to corrupcion he sayed on this wise The holy promises made to Dauid wil I geue faythfullye to you Wherefore he sayeth also in an other place Thou shalt not suffre thyne holy to see corrupcion For Dauid after that he had in his tyme fulfilled the wyll of GOD fell on slepe and was layed vnto his fathers and sawe corrupciō But he whom God raysed agayne sawe no corrupcion Bee it knowne vnto you therefore ye men and brethren that throughe thys man is preached vnto you the forgeuenes of sinnes and that by hym all that beleue are iustified from all thynges from which ye could not be iustified by the lawe of Moses Beware therfore lest that fall on you whiche is spoken of in the Prophetes behold ye despisers and wonder and perishe ye for I doe a worke in your daies which ye shall not beleue though a man declare it you The Gospell IEsus stode in the middes of his disciples and sayed vnto them peace be vnto you It is I feare not But they were abashed and afrayd supposed that they had sene a spirite And he saied vnto thē why are ye troubled why do thoughtes arise in your heartes Behold my handes my feete that it is euen I my selfe Handle me and see for a spirite hath not fleshe and bones as ye see me haue And when he had thus spoken he shewed them his handes and his fete And whyle they yet beleued not for ioye and wondered he sayed vnto them Haue ye here any meate And they offered him a peace of a broyled fishe and of an Honye combe And he tooke it and dyd eate before them And he sayed vnto them these are the wordes whiche I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you That all must nedes be fulfilled whiche were written of me in the Lawe of Moses in the Prophetes and in the Psalmes Then opened he their wittes that they mighte vnderstande the scriptures and sayed vnto them Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christe to suffer and to rise agayne from death the thirde daye and that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde bee preached in his name among all nacions and muste begin at Ierusalem And ye are witnesses of these thinges At Euensong The seconde lesson .i. Cor. xv Vnto the ende ¶ The first Sondaye after Easter BLessed is the man that feareth the Lorde he hathe greate delyghte in hys
the beard euen vnto Aarons bearde and went downe to the skirtes of hys clothing Like the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hil of Sion For there the Lorde promised hys blessyng and lyfe for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the begynnyng is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whome truely to knowe is euerlasting lyfe Graunte vs perfectlye to knowe thy sonne Iesus Christe to be the way the trueth and the lyfe as thou haste taught saint Philip and other the Apostles Through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the Lord Iesus Christe sendethe greetyng to the .xii Tribes which are scatered abroade My brethren count it for an exceding ioye when ye fall into dyuerse temptacions Knowing this that the trying of your fayth gendreth pacience and let pacience haue her perfect worke that ye may be perfecte and sound lacking nothing If any of you lacke wisedome let hym aske of hym that geueth it euen God whiche geueth to all men indifferentlye and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym But let hym aske in fayth and wauer not for he that doubteth is lyke a waue of the sea whiche is tost of the windes and caried with violence Neither let that manne thynke that he shall receiue any thing of the Lorde A waueryng mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother whiche is of lowe degree reioyce when he is exalted Agayne let him that is riche reioyce when he is made lowe For euen as the flower of the grasse shall he passe awaye For as the sunne riseth with heate and the grasse withereth and his flower falleth away and the beautye of the fashyon of it perisheth euen so shall the riche manne peryshe in hys wayes Happy is the man that endureth temptacion For when he is tried he shall receyue the croune of lyfe whiche the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him The Gospell ANd Iesus sayed vnto his disciples let not youre hearte be troubled Ye beleue in God beleue also in me In my fathers house are many Mansions If it were not so I woulde haue tolde you I goe to prepare a place for you And yf I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whither I goe ye knowe and the waye ye knowe Thomas sayeth vnto him Lorde we knowe not whether thou goest And howe is it possible for vs to knowe the waye Iesus saieth vnto him I am the waye the trueth the lyfe No man cometh vnto the father but by me if ye had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And nowe ye knowe him and haue seen him Philip sayeth vnto him Lorde shewe vs the father and it suffiseth vs. Iesus sayeth vnto him haue I bene so long time with you and yet haste thou not knowen me Philip he that hath sene me hath sene my father and howe sayest thou then shewe vs the father Beleuest thou not that I am in the father the father in me The woordes that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe But the father that dwelleth in me is he that doeth the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Orels beleue me for the workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the workes that I doe the same shall he doe also and greater workes then these shall he doe because I go vnto my father And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name that will I doe that the father may be gloryfied by the sonne Yf ye shall aske anye thyng in my name I will do it At Mattyns ¶ The seconde lesson Actes .xiiii. vnto the ende ¶ At the Communion I Cried vnto the Lord with my voyce yea euen vnto the Lorde did I make my supplicacion I powred out my complayntes before hym and shewed him of my trouble When my spirit was in heauines thou knewest my path in the waye wherein I walked haue they prieuely layed a snare for me I looked also vpon my righthande and see there was no man that would knowe me I had no place to flye vnto and no manne cared for my soule I cryed vnto thee O Lord and said Thou art my hope and my porcion in the lande of the lyuyng Consider my complaynt for I am brought very lowe O delyuer me from my persecutours for they are to strong for me Bryng my soule out of prieson that I maye geue thankes vnto thy name which thing if thou wilte graunte me then shall the righteous resorte vnto my company Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. LOrde almyghtie whiche haste indued thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singuler giftes of thy holy gost let vs not be destitute of thy manyfolde giftes nor yet of grace to vse them alwaye to thy honoure and glory Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle TYdynges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the congregacion which was in Ierusalem And they sent furth Barnabas that he should goe vnto Antioche Whiche when he came and had seen the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would continually cleaue vnto the Lorde For he was a good man and full of the holy gost and of fayth and muche people was added vnto the Lorde Then departed Barnabas to Tharsus for to seke Saul And when he had found him he brought him vnto Antioche And it chaunsed that a whole yere they hadde theyr conuersacion with the congregacion there taught muche people insomuche that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called Christen In those dayes came Prophetes from the citie of Hierusalem vnto Antioche And there stode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there should be greate dearth throughout all the world which came to passe in the Emperoure Cladius dayes Then the disciples euery manne according to his habilitie purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry which thing they also dyd and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul The Gospell THys is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you Greater loue hath no man then this that a man bestowe his lyfe for his frendes Ye are my frendes yf ye doe whatsoeuer I commaunde you Hencefurth call I you not seruauntes for the seruaunte knoweth not what his Lorde doeth But you haue I called frendes for all thinges that I haue heard of my father haue I opened to you ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to goe and bryng furth fruite and that your fruite shoulde remayne that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name he maye
geue it you ¶ At Euensong ¶ The second lesson Act. xv vnto After certayne dayes ¶ Saynct Iohn Baptist ¶ Proper lessons at Mattyns The first lesson Malach. iii vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. iii. vnto the ende At the communion HEare my prayer O Lorde and considre my desire herken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnes sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shall no man lyuing be iustified For the enemy hath persecuted my soule he hath smittē my life down to the ground he hath laied me in the darknes as the men that haue been long dead Therfore is my spirite vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate Yet doe I remembre the tyme past I muse vpon all thy workes yea I exercise my selfe in the workes of thy hādes I stretche forth my handes vnto thee my soule gaspeth vnto thee as a thristie lande Heare me O Lord and that soone for my spirite wereth faynte hide not thy face from me lest I be lyke vnto them that goe downe into the pitte O let me heare thy louynge kindenesse betymes in the morning for in thee is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shoulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Delyuer me O Lorde from myne enemies for I flye vnto thee to hyde me Teache me to doe the thing that pleaseth thee for thou art my God let thy louing spirite leade me forth vnto the lande of righteousnes Quicken me O Lorde for thy names sake and for thy righteousnes sake bring my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnes slay mine enemies and destroie all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God by whose prouidence thy seruaunte Iohn Baptiste was wonderfully borne and sente to prepare the waye of thy sonne our sauiour by preachynge of penaunce make vs so to folowe hys doctrine and holy lyfe that we may truly repent according to his preachyng and after his example constantly speake the trueth boldly rebuke vice and paciently suffer for the truethes sake through Iesus Christe our lorde The Epistle BE of good there my people O ye Prophetes comfort my people sayeth your God comforte Ierusalem at the heart and tell her that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned that she hath receiued of the Lordes hand sufficiēt correccion for all her sinnes A voyce crieth in wildernes prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes make straight the path for our God in the deserte Lette all valleys be exalted and euery mountayne and hyll be layed lowe whatso is croked let it be made straight and lette the rough be made playne fieldes For the glory of the Lorde shall appeare and all fleshe shall at once see it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now cry And the Prophete aunswered what shall I cry that all fleshe is grasse that all the goodlynes thereof is as the floure of the fielde The grasse is withered the floure falleth a way Euen so is the people as grasse whē the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them Neuerthelesse whether the grasse wyther or that the floure fade away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer Go vp vnto the hie hill O Sion thou that bringest good tidynges lift vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Ierusalem Lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God beholde the Lorde God shall come with power and beare rule with hys arme Beholde he bryngeth hys treasure with him and his workes go before him He shall feede his flocke lyke an heardman He shall gather the lambes together with his arme and carye them in his bosome and shall kyndely entreate those that beare yong The Gospell ELizabethes tyme came that she should be deliuered and she brought furth a sonne And her neighbours and her cosins hearde howe the Lord had shewed greate mercye vpon her and they reioysed wyth her And it fortuned that in the eight day they came to circumcise the childe called his name Zacharias after the name of his father And his mother answered sayd not soo but he shall be called Iohn And they sayed vnto her There is none in thy kinred that is named w t this name And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue him called And he asked for writing tables and wrot saying his name is Iohn And they meruayled all And hys mouthe was opened immediatly his tonge also and he spake praysed God And feare came on al thē that dwelt nye vnto them And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iury and al they that heard them laied thē vp in their heartes saying what maner of chylde shall thys be And the hande of the Lorde was with him And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy gost and prophecied saying Praysed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redemed his people And hathe raysed vp an horne of saluacion vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy Prophetes which were sence the world began That we should be saued from our enemies from the hand of all that hate vs. That he would deale mercifully with our fathers remembre his holy couenaunte And that he woulde performe the othe which he sware to our father Abrahā for to geue vs. That we deliuered out of the handes of our enemies myght serue hym wythout feare all the dayes of our lyfe in such holines and righteousnes as are acceptable before him And thou child shalt be called the prophete of the hiest for thou shalte goe before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes to geue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissiō of sinnes Through the tendre mercy of our God wherby the day spring frō an hie hath visited vs. To geue light to thē that sate in darkenes in the shadowe of death to guyde our feete into the waye of peace And the child grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernes tyll the day came when he should shewe himselfe vnto the Israelites Proper lessons at Euensong The first lesson Malach. iii. vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. xiiii vnto when Iesus hearde ¶ Sainct Peters day At Mattyns The seconde lesson Act. iii. vnto the ende At the Communion BLessed be the Lorde my strengthe whyche teacheth my handes to warre and my fyngers to fyght My hope and my fortresse my castle and delyuerer my defender in whome I truste whiche subdueth my people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou hast suche respect vnto hym or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Manne is lyke a thyng of naughte his tyme passeth
written man shal not liue by bread only but by euery woord that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holye citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym if thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe headlong For it is written he shall geue hys Aungels charge ouer thee and with theyr handes they shall holde thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayd vnto him it is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceding hygh mountayne and sheweth hym al the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorye of them and sayeth vnto hym all these will I geue thee if thou wylte fall downe and wurship me Then sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan for it is written Thou shalt wurship the Lorde thy God and him onely shalte thou serue Then the deuill leaueth him and beholde the Aungels came and ministred vnto hym ¶ The second Sonday OVt of the depe haue I called vnto thee O Lorde Lorde heare my voyce Oh let thine eares consider well the voyce of my complaynte If thou Lorde wilt be extreme to marke what is done amysse Oh Lorde who may abyde it For there is mercy with thee therfore shalt thou be feared I looke for the Lorde my soule doeth wayte for hym in his woorde is my trust My soule flyeth vnto the Lorde beefore the mornyng watche I saye before the morning watche O Israel trust in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with him is plenteous redempcion And he shall redeme Israell from all his sinnes Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doeste see that we haue no power of our selues to helpe our selues kepe thou vs both outwardelye in our bodyes and inwardelye in our soules that we may be defended from all aduersityes whiche may happen to the bodye and from all euyll thoughtes whiche may assault and hurt the soule through Iesus Christ c. The Epistle WE beseche you brethren and exhort you by the lorde Iesus that ye increase more and more euen as ye haue receyued of vs howe ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye know what commaundementes we gaue you by our Lord Iesu Christe For this is the will of God euen your holynes that ye shoulde abstayne from fornicacion and that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honour and not in the luste of concupiscence as do the Heathen which know not God that no man oppresse and defraude hys brother in bergaynyng because that the lord is the auēger of al such thinges as we tolde you before and testifyed For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not manne but God whiche hath sente his holy spirite among you The Gospell IEsus wente thence and departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sidon and beholde a woman of Canaan whiche came oute of the same coastes cryed vnto hym saying haue mercye on me O Lord thou sōne of Dauid My daughter is pieteously vexed with a deuyll But he aunswered her nothyng at all And hys disciples came and besought him saying send her awaye for she cryeth after vs. But he aunswered and sayd I am not sent but to the lost shepe of the house of Israell Then came she wurshipped him saying Lord help me He answered said it is not mete to take the childrens bread and cast it to dogges She answered and sayd truth Lorde for the dogges eate of the crummes which fal from theyr maisters table Then Iesus aunswered and said vnto her O woman great is thy faythe be it vnto thee euen as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole euen at the same time ¶ The .iii. Sonday GEue sentence with me O God and defende my cause agaynste the vngodly people Oh deliuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man For thou arte the God of my strengthe why haste thou put me from thee and why goe I so heauely while the enemye oppresseth me Oh sende out thy light and thy trueth that they maye leade me bryng me vnto thy holy hyll to thy dwellyng And that I may goe vnto the aultare of God euen vnto the God of my ioye and gladnesse and vpon the harpe will I geue thankes vnto thee O God my God Why art thou so heauy O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes whiche is the helpe of my countenaunce and my God Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. WE beseche thee almightie God looke vpon the hartye desyres of thy humble seruauntes and stretche foorth the right hande of thy maiestie to be our defence agaynste all our enemyes through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle BE you the folowers of god as dere children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs an offring a sacrifice of a swete sauour to god As for fornication al vnclennes or couetousnes let it not bee once named among you as it becūmeth sainctes or filthines or folish talking or iestyng whiche are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes For this ye knowe that no whoremonger eyther vncleane persone or couetous persone whiche is a wurshypper of ymages hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceiue you with vayne woordes For because of such thynges cummeth the wrath of God vpon the childrē of disobedience Be not ye therfore companions of them Ye were sumtyme darkenes but now are ye lighte in the Lord walke as children of lighte for the fruite of the spirite consisteth in all goodnes and righteousnes truth Accepte that whiche is pleasyng vnto the Lorde and haue no felowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenes but rather rebuke them For it is a shame euen to name those thinges whiche are done of them in secrete but all thynges when they are brought furth by the light are manifest For whatsoeuer is manifeste thesame is lyghte wherefore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shall geue thee light The Gospell IEsus was casting out a deuyl that was dumme And when he had cast out the deuill the dumme spake and the people woondered But some of them sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils And other tempted hym and required of hym a sygne from heauen But he knowyng theyr thoughtes sayd vnto them Euerye kyngdome deuyded agaynste it selfe is desolate and one house doeth fall vpon another If Sathan also bee deuyded agaynste hymselfe howe shall hys kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I caste out deuilles throughe Beelzebub If I by
beginning is nowe and euer c. 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 waye of righteousnes Graunte vnto all them that be admitted into the felowship of Christes religion that they may exchewe those thinges that be contrarye to their profession and folowe all suche thinges as bee agreable to thesame through our Lorde Iesus Christe The Epistle DErely beloued I beseche you as straungiers and pilgriemes abstaine frō fleshly lustes which fight against the soule and see that ye haue honest conuersacion among the Gentiles that where as they backbite you as euill doers they may see youre good workes and prayse God in the day of visitacion Submyt your selfes therfore vnto all maner ordinaunce of man for the Lordes sake whether it bee vnto the kyng as vnto the chiefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euil doers but for the laude of them that do well For so is the wil of God that with well doing ye may stop the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunte men as free and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruauntes of God Honour all menne loue brotherly felowship feare God honor the Kyng The Gospell IEsus sayed to his disciples After a while ye shal not see me and againe after a while ye shall see me for I go to the father Then sayed some of his disciples betwene themselfes what is this that he sayeth vnto vs after a while ye shall not see me and againe after a while ye shall see me and that I go to the father They sayed therfore what is this that he sayeth after a while We cānot tell what he sayth Iesus perceyued that they would aske hym and sayed vnto them ye inquire of this betwene your selfes because I sayed after a whyle ye shall not see me and againe after a while ye shall see me Verely verely I saye vnto you ye shall wepe and lament but contrary wyse the worlde shall reioyce Ye shal sorowe but your sorowe shal be turned to ioy A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe because her houre is come But assone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguishe for ioy that a manne is borne into the worlde And ye nowe therfore haue sorowe but I wyll see you againe and your heartes shall reioyce and youre ioy shall no manne take from you ¶ The .iiii. Sonday GOD standeth in the congregacion of princes He is iudge emong Gods Howe long will ye geue wrong iudgement and accept the persons of the vngodly Defende the poore and fatherlesse see that suche as bee in nede and necessitie haue right Deliuer the outcast and poore Saue them from the hande of the vngodly They will not be learned nor vnderstande but walke on still in darkenesse all the foundacions of the earth be out of course I haue sayed ye are Gods and ye all are children of the the moste highest But ye shall dye lyke men and fal lyke one of the princes Arise O God and iudge thou the earth For thou shalt take all the Heathen to thyne inheritaunce Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche doest make the myndes of all faythfull menne to be of one wyll graunte vnto thy people that they maye loue the thyng whiche thou commaundest and desyre that whiche thou doest promes that emong the sundery and manifolde chaunges of the worlde our heartes may surely there be fixed where as true ioyes are to be founde Through Christe our Lorde The Epistle EVery good gifte and euery perfect gifte is from aboue commeth doune from the father of lightes with whom is no variablenes neither is he chaūged vnto darkenes Of his owne will begate he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the firste fruites of his creatures Wherfore dere brethren let euery man be swift to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrathe For the wrathe of man worketh not that which is righteous before God Wherfore laye aparte all filthines and superfluitie of maliciousnes receiue with mekenes the word that is graffed in you whiche is able to saue your soules The Gospell IEsus sayed vnto his disciples nowe I goe my way to him that sent me and none of you asketh me whither I goe But because I haue sayed suche thynges vnto you your heartes are full of sorow Neuertheles I tell you the truth it is expedient for you that I go away For if I go not away that comforter will not come vnto you But if I depart I will sende hym vnto you And when he is come he will rebuke the worlde of sinne and of righteousnes and of iudgement Of synne because they beleue not on me Of righteousnes because I go to my father and ye shall see me nomore Of Iudgement because the Prince of this worlde is iudged already I haue yet many thinges to saye vnto you but ye cannot beare them awaye nowe howbeit when he is come which is the spirite of trueth he will leade you into all trueth He shall not speake of himselfe but whatsoeuer he shall heare that shall he speake and he will shewe you thynges to come He shall glorifie me for he shall receyue of myne and shall shewe vnto you All thinges that the father hath are mine therfore sayed I vnto you that he shall take of mine and shewe vnto you ¶ The .v. Sonday O Howe amiable are thy dwellynges Thou Lorde of Hostes My soule hath a desyre and longing to entre into the courtes of the Lorde My heart and my flesh reioyce in the lyuing God Yea the Sparowe hath foūd her an house and the Swalow a nest where she may lay her young Euen thy altares O Lorde of Hostes my king and my God Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alwaye praysing thee Blessed is that manne whose strength is in thee In whose heart are thy wayes Whiche goyng through the vale of misery vse it for a well and the pooles are filled with water They will goe from strength to strength and vnto the God of Gods appeareth euery one of them in Sion O Lorde God of Hostes heare my prayer Hearken O God of Iacob Behold O God our defender and loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted For one day in thy courtes is better then a thousande I had rather be a doore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tentes of vngodlynes For the Lorde God is a light and defence the Lorde will geue grace and worship and no good thyng shall he withholde from them that liue a godly lyfe O Lorde God of Hostes blessed is the manne that putteth his trust in thee Glory be to the father and to
worlde seeth hym not neyther knoweth hym But ye knowe hym for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you I will not leaue you comfortles but wyll come to you Yet a lytle whyle and the worlde seeth me no more but ye see me For I lyue and ye shall lyue That daye shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hathe my commaundementes and kepeth them thesame is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I will loue him and will shewe myne owne selfe vnto hym ¶ Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Euensong Psalm Ciiii. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges Psalm Cxlv. The .ii. Lesson Actes .xix. It fortuned when Apollo wente to Corinthum vnto After these thinges ¶ Monday in Whitson weke O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God it is he that hath made vs and not we oure selfes we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture O Goe your waye into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into his courtes with prayse be thankefull vnto hym and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercy is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generacion to generacion Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ¶ God whiche c. As vpon Whitsondaye The Epistle THen Peter opened his mouth and sayd of a trueth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persones with God but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh righteousnes is accepted with him Ye know the preaching that God sente vnto the children of Israel preaching peace by Iesu Christe whiche is Lorde ouer all thynges whiche preaching was published throughout all Iewry and beganne in Galile after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached howe God annointed Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goste and with power Whiche Iesus wente about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuill For God was with him And we are witnesses of all thinges whiche he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Ierusalem whome they slewe and hanged on tree Hym God raysed vp the thirde day and shewed him openly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God for thesame entente which did eate and drinke with hym after he arose from death And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordayned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead To hym geue all the Prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shal receiue remission of synnes Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy gost fell on all them whiche heard the preaching And they of the circumcisiō which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on the gentiles also was shedde out the gifte of the holy gost For they heard them speake with tongues magnifye God Then aunswered Peter can any man forbid water that these should not be baptised whiche haue receyued the holy gost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptised in the name of the Lorde Then prayed they hym to tarye a fewe dayes The Gospell SO God loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sōne that whosoeuer beleueth in him should not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condemne the worlde but that the worlde through him myght be saued He that beleueth on hym is not condēned But he that beleueth not is condemned already because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of God And this is the condemnacion that lyght is come into the worlde and men loued darkenes more then lyght because theyr dedes were euill For euery one that euill doeth hateth the light neyther cummeth to the light leste his dedes should be reproued But he that doeth trueth cummeth to the light that his dedes may be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ¶ Tuesday ¶ At the communion MY song shall be of mercye and iudgemente vnto thee O Lorde will I syng O let me haue vnderstandyng in the way of Godlynes When wilt thou come vnto me I wyll walke in my house with a perfect heart I will take no wicked thing in hande I hate the sinnes of vnfaythfulnes there shall no suche cleaue vnto me A frowarde heart shall departe from me I wyll not knowe a wicked person Whoso prieuely slaundreth his neyghbour hym wyll I destroy Whoso hath also a proude looke and an hie stomake I will not suffre him Myne iyes looke vnto suche as be faythfull in the lande that they may dwell with me Whoso leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunt There shall no deceitfull person dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarye in my syght I shal soone destroy al the vngodly that are in the lande that I may roote out all wicked doers from the citie of the Lorde Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginnyng c. The Collect. God whiche c. As vpon whitsonday The Epistle WHen the Apostles whiche were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria had receyued the word of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn Which when they were come downe praied for thē that they myght receyue the holy gost For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christ Iesu Thē layde they theyr handes on them they receyued the holy goste The Gospell VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in by the doore into the shepefold but climeth vp some other waye thesame is a thefe and a murtherer But he that entreth in by the doore is the shepheard of the shepe To him the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he calleth his owne shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sent furthe his owne shepe he goeth before them and the shepe folow him for they knowe his voyce A straunger will they not folowe but will flye from him for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstoode not what thynges they were whiche he spake vnto them Then sayed Iesus vnto them agayne verely verely I saye vnto you I am the doore of the shepe All euē as many as came before me are theues and murtherers but the shepe dyd not heare them I am the doore by me yf any enter in he shal be safe and shal goe in and out and fynde pasture A thefe cummeth not but for to steale kill and destroy I am come that they myght haue lyfe that they myght haue it more
Psal xlv Psal lxxxv The first lesson Esai ix vnto the ende The seconde lesson Mat. i. vnto the ende ¶ At the fyrst Communion O Syng vnto the Lorde a newe song for he hath done meruaylous thynges With his owne right hand with his holy arme hath he gotten hymselfe the victorie The lord declared his saluacion his righteousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israell and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluacion of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes syng reioyce and geue thankes Prayse the lorde vpon the Harpe sing to the Harpe with a Psalme of thankesgeuing With trumpettes also and shawmes O shewe your selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kyng Lette the sea make a noyse and all that therein is the rounde worlde and they that dwell therein Let the fluddes clap theyr handes and let the hilles bee ioyfull together before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earth With righteousnes shal he iudge the world and the people with equitie Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. GOd which makeste vs gladde with the yerely remembraunce of the birth of thy onelye sonne Iesus Christe graunt that as we ioyfully receiue him for our redemer so we may with sure confidence beholde hym when he shall come to be our iudge who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe grace of God that bringeth saluacion vnto all menne hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lustes and that we should liue soberly and righteousely and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our sauiour Iesu Christ whiche gaue himselfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs a peculiare people vnto hymselfe feruently geuen vnto good woorkes These thynges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all feruentnes of commaundyng See that no manne despise thee The Gospell ANd it chaunsed in those dayes that there went out a commaundemēt from Augustus the Emperour that all the worlde shoulde be taxed And this taxing was the firste and executed when Sirenius was lieutenaunt in Siria And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed And Ioseph also ascended from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth into Iewry vnto the citie of Dauid which is called Bethleem because he was of the house and linage of Dauid to bee taxed with Mary his spoused wife whiche was with chylde And it fortuned that while they were there her tyme was come that she shoulde be deliuered And she brought furth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes layed him in a Maunger because there was no roume for them in the Inne And there were in the same region shepeheardes watching and keping theyr flocke by night And loe the Angel of the lord stoode harde by them and the brightnesse of the lorde shone rounde about them and they were sore afrayed And the Angel saied vnto them Be not afrayde for behold I bring you tydinges of great ioy that shall come to all people for vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour whiche is Christ the lord And take this for a sygne ye shal fynde the childe wrapped in swadlyng clothes and layde in a maūger And straight way there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng god and saying Glory to god on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good will ¶ At the seconde Communion O Lord our gouernour how excellent is thy name in all the worlde thou that haste set thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of very babes and suckelynges hast thou ordayned strength because of thyne enemies that thou mightest still the enemye and the auenger For I will considre thy heauens euen the woorkes of thy fyngers the Moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned What is man that thou art so myndefull of hym and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the Angels to croune him with glorye and worship Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou haste put all thynges in subieccion vnder his feete All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the fielde The foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and whatsoeuer walketh thorowe the pathes of the seas O Lorde our gouernoure howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmyghtie God which haste geuen vs thy only begotten sonne to take our nature vpon hym and this daye to be borne of a pure virgin Graunt that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace maye dayly be renued by thy holy spirite throughe the same our Lorde Iesus Christe who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle GOD in tymes paste dyuerslye and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken to vs by his owne sōne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Whiche sonne being the brightnesse of his glory and the very image of his substaunce rulyng all thynges with the worde of his power hath by hys owne person pourged our synnes and sytteth on the ryght hand of the maiestie on hygh being so muche more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellente name then they For vnto whiche of the Angels sayed he at any time Thou art my sonne thys daye haue I begotten thee And agayne I wyll be his father and he shall bee my sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the firste begotten sonne into the worlde he sayeth and let all the Angels of God wurship hym And vnto the Angels he sayethe He maketh his Angels spirites and hys ministers a flame of fyre But vnto the sonne he sayethe thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginning haste layed the foundacion of the earthe the heauens are the workes of thy handes They shal perish but thou endurest But they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garmente and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art euen the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The Gospell IN the beginning was the worde and the worde was with God and God was the worde Thesame was in the beginning with God All thinges were made by it without it was
made nothing that was made In it was lyfe and the lyfe was the light of men and the light shineth in darkenes and the darkenes cōprehended it not There was sente from God a man whose name was Iohn Thesame came as a witnes to beare witnes of the light that al men through hym mighte beleue He was not that light but was sēt to beare witnes of the light That light was the true light whiche lighteth euery man that cometh into the worlde He was in the worlde the worlde was made by him the worlde knewe him not He came among his owne and his owne receyued him not But as many as receyued him to them gaue he power to be the sonnes of God euē them that beleued on his name whiche were borne not of bloud nor of the will of the fleshe nor yet of the wil of man but of God And thesame worde became fleshe and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe the glorye of it as the glorye of the onely begotten sonne of the father full of grace and trueth ¶ Propre Psalmes and lessons at Euensong Psal lxxxix Psal cx Psal cxxxii The first Lesson Esay vii God spake once agayne to Achas c. vnto the ende The seconde Lesson Tit. iii. The kyndnes and loue of our sauiour c. vnto foolishe questions ¶ Sainct Stephins daye ¶ At Mattins The seconde Lesson Actes vi.vii Stephin full of faith and power vnto and when .xl. yeres At the Communion WHy boastest thou thy selfe thou tyraunt that thou canst doe mischiefe Where as the goodnes of God endureth yet dayly Thy tong imagineth wickednesse with lyes thou cuttest lyke a sharpe rasor Thou hast loued vngraciousnes more then goodnes and to talke of lyes more then righteousnes Thou hast loued to speake all woordes that maye dooe hurt O thou false tongue Therefore shall God destroy thee for euer he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling and roote thee out of the lande of the lyuing The ryghteous also shall see thys and feare and shall laugh him to skorne Loe this is the man that toke not God for his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed himselfe in his wickednes As for me I am lyke a greene Oliue tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercie of God for euer and euer I will alway geue thankes vnto thee for that thou hast doone and I will hope in thy name for thy sainctes lyke it well Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. GRaunt vs O lorde to learne to loue our enemies by the exaumple of thy martir Saincte Stephin who prayed to thee for his persecutours whiche liuest and reignest c. ¶ Then shall folowe a collect of the Natiuitie The Epistle ANd Stephin beyng full of the holy gost looked vp stedfastly with his iyes into heauen and saw the glory of god and Iesus standing on the right hand of god and saied behold I se the heauens open and the sonne of manne standyng on the right hande of God Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce and stopped theyr eares and ran vpon hym all at once and cast him out of the citie and stoned him And the witnesses laied downe theyr clothes at a young mans feete whose name was Saul And they stoned Stephin calling on and saying Lorde Iesu receiue my spirite And he kneeled down and cryed with a loude voyce Lorde lay not this sinne to theyr charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe The Gospell BEholde I sende vnto you prophetes wise men and Scribes and some of them ye shall kill crucifye and some of thē shall ye scourge in your Sinagogues and persecute them from citie to citie that vpon you may come all the righteous bloud whiche hath ben shed vpon the earth from the bloud of righteous Abel vnto the bloud of Zacharias the sōne of Barachias whome ye slew betwene the tēple and the altare Verely I say vnto you al these thinges shal come vpon this generacion O Ierusalē Ierusalem thou that killeste the Prophetes and stonest them whiche are sente vnto thee howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her winges and ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shall not see me hencefoorth till that ye say Blessed is he that cummeth in the name of the Lorde The seconde lesson at Euensong Act. vij ¶ And when .xl. yeres were expired there appeared vnto Moses vnto Stephin full of the holy gost c. ¶ Sainct Iohn Euangelistes daye At Mattins ¶ The seconde lesson Apoca. i. vnto the ende At the Communion IN the Lord put I my trust how say ye then to my soule that she shoulde flye as a bird to the hyl For loe the vngodly bend their bowe and make readie their arowes within the bowe that they may prieuely shoote at them which are trew of hearte For the foundacions will be cast downe and what hath the righteous doone The Lorde is in his holy temple the Lordes seate is in heauen His eyes considre the poore and his eye liddes tryeth the children of men The Lorde alloweth the righteous but the vngodly him that delyteth in wickednes doeth his soule abhorre Vpon the vngodlye he shall rayne snares fyre and brimstone storme and tempeste thys shall bee theyr porcion to drinke For the righteous Lorde loueth righteousnes his countenaunce will beholde the thing that is iust Glory be the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. MErcifull Lorde wee beseche thee to caste thy bryghte beames of lyghte vpon thy Churche that it beeyng lyghtened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Euangelist Iohn may attain to thy euerlasting giftes Through Iesus Christ our Lorde The Epistle THat whiche was from the beginning which we haue hearde whiche we haue seene with oure eyes which we haue looked vpon and our handes haue handled of the woorde of lyfe And the lyfe appeared and we haue seene and beare witnes and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe whiche was with the father and appeared vnto vs. That whiche we haue sene and hearde declare we vnto you that ye also may haue felowship with vs and that our felowship may bee with the father and his sonne Iesus Christe And this write we vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioy may be ful And this is the tydinges which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God is lyght and in him is no darkenes at all If we say that we haue felowship with him and walke in darkenesse we lye and dooe not the trueth But and if we walke in light euē as he is in light then haue we felowship with him
if a man smite you on the face I speake as concernyng rebuke as though we hadde been weake in this behalfe Howbeit wherinsoeuer any man dare be bold I speake folishly I dare be bold also They are Hebrues euen so am I. They are Israelytes euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. They are the ministers of Christe I speake as a foole I am more In labours more aboundaunte In stripes aboue measure In prison more plenteously In death ofte Of the Iewes fyue tymes receiued I xl stripes saue one Thrise was I beaten with rods I was once stoned I suffered thrise ship wracke Night and daye haue I been in the depe sea In iorneying often in parels of waters in parels of robbers in ieopardyes of myne owne nacion in ieopardyes among the heathen in parels in the citie in parels in wyldernes in parels in the sea in parels among false brethren in labour and trauayle in watchynges often in hunger and thyrste in fastinges often in cold and nakednes beside the thinges whiche outwardly happen vnto me I am combred dayly and do care for al congregacions Who is weake and I am not weake who is offended and I burne not If I muste nedes boast I wil boast of the thinges that concerne myne infirmities The God father of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not The Gospell WHen muche people were gathered together were come to hym out of all cyties he spake by a similytude The sower went out to sowe his sede and as he sowed some fell by the way side and it was troden doune and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp And some fell on stones assone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moistnes And some fell among thornes and the thornes spraÌ„g vp with it choked it And some fel on good ground and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundreth folde And as he sayed these thinges he cryed he that hath eares to heare let hym heare And his disciples asked hym saying what maneâ— of similitude is this And he sayed vnto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of God but to other by parables that wheÌ„ they see they should not see when they heare they should not vnderstand The parable is this The sede is the worde of God those that are beside the way are they that heare theÌ„ cometh the deuyll and taketh away the worde out of their heartes leste they should beleue and be saued They on the stones are they which when they heare receiue the worde with ioy these haue no rootes which for a while beleue and in time of temptacion go awaye And that which fell among thornes are they which when they haue heard go furth and are choked with cares and ryches and voluptuous lyuyng and bring furth no fruite That whiche fell in the good grounde are they whiche with a pure and good heart heare the worde and kepe it and bryng furth fruite through pacience ¶ The Sonday called Quinquagesima BE thou my iudge O Lorde for I haue walked innocently my trust hath been also in the Lord therfore shall I not fall Examine me O Lorde and proue me trye out my raynes and my heart For thy louing kindnes is before mine iyes and I will walke in thy trueth I haue not dwelt with vaine persons neither wil I haue felowship with the deceiptfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wycked and will not syt among the vngodly I â—ill washe my handes in innocencie O Lorde and so will I go to thyne alter That I may shewe the voyce of thankesgeuyng and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house and the place where thyne honour dwelleth O shutte not vp my soule with the sinners nor my lyfe with the bloudthursty In whose handes is wickednes and theyr ryght hande is full of gyftes But as for me I will walke innocently O Lorde deliuer me and be mercifull vnto me My foote standeth ryght I will prayse the Lorde in the congregacions Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe c. The Collect. O Lord which doest teache vs that all our doinges without charitie are nothing worthe sende thy holy goste and powre into oure heartes that moste excellent gyfte of charitie the very bonde of peace and all vertues without the whiche whosoeuer lyueth is counted dead before thee Graunt this for thy onely sonne Iesus Christes sake The Epistle THough I speake with the tongues of menne and of aungels and haue no loue I am euen as sounding brasse or as a tynklyng Cimball And though I could prophecy and vnderstode all secretes and all knowledge yea if I haue al faith so that I can moue mouÌ„taines out of their places and yet haue no loue I am nothing And though I bestowe all my goodes to fede the poore though I gaue my body euen that I burned yet haue no loue it profiteth me nothyng Loue suffreth long is courteous loue enuieth not loue doeth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thynketh none euil reioyseth not in iniquitie But reioyseth in the truth suffereth al thinges beleueth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth all thinges Though that prophecying faile eyther tongues cease or knowledge vanishe awaye yet loue falleth neuer awaye For our knowledge is vnperfect and our propheciyng is vnperfect But when that which is perfect is come then that whiche is vnperfect shal be done awaye When I was a childe I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I imagined as a childe But assone as I was a man I put awaye childishnes Now we see in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shall we see face to face Nowe I knowe vnperfectly but then shal I knowe euen as I am knowen Nowe abydeth fayth hope and loue euen these thre but the chiefe of these is loue The Gospell IEsus toke vnto him the .xii. and said vnto them beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and al shal be fulfilled that are wrytten by the Prophetes of the sonne of man For he shal be deliuered vnto the Gentyles and shal be mocked and despitefully intreated and spitted on And when they haue scourged him they will put him to death and the third day he shall ryse again And they vnderstode none of these thinges And this saying was hid from theÌ„ so that they perceyued not the thinges which were spoken And it came to passe that as he was come nigh vnto Hierico a certayne blynde man sate by the hye waye syde beggyng And when he heard the people passe by he asked what it ment And they sayd vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed saying Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And they which went
the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe doe your chyldren caste them oute Therefore shall they bee youre iudges But if I with the fynger of God cast out deuilles no doubt the kyngdome of God is come vpon you When a strong manne armed watcheth hys house the thynges that he possesseth are in peace But when a strōger then he commeth vpon him ouercummeth him he taketh from him al hys harnes wherein he trusted and deuydeth his goodes He that is not with me is agaynste me And he that gathereth not with me scattreth abroade Whē the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh through drye places seeking reste And when he fyndeth none he sayth I wil returne agayne into my house whence I came out And whē he cometh he findeth it swept and garnished Then goeth he and taketh to him .vii. other spirites worse then himself and they enter in dwel there And the end of that man is worse then the beginning And it fortuned that as he spake these thinges a certayne womā of the cumpany lift vp her voyce and said vnto him happy is the woumbe that bare thee the pappes which gaue thee sucke But he sayd yea happie are they that heare the woorde of God and kepe it ¶ The .iiii. Sonday GOd is our hope and strengthe a very presente helpe in trouble Therfore will not we feare though the earthe be moued and thoughe the hylles bee caryed into the middest of the sea Though the waters therof rage and swell and though the mountaynes shake at the tempest of the same The riuers of the floude thereof shall make gladde the citie of God the holye place of the tabernacle of the moste highest God is in the middeste of her therefore shall she not bee remoued God shall helpe her and that right early The heathen make muche a dooe and the kyngdomes are moued but God hath shewed hys voyce and the earth shall mealte away The Lorde of hoostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our refuge O come hyther and beholde the woorkes of the Lorde what destruccion he hath brought vpon the earth He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde he breaketh the bowe and knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the Chariotes in the fyer Be still then and knowe that I am God I wil be exalted among the Heathen and I wil be exalted in the yearth The Lorde of hoostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defence Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRaunt we beseche thee almightie God that we which for our euill dedes are worthely punyshed by the comforte of thy grace may mercifully be relieued through oure Lorde Iesus Christe The Epistle TEll me ye that desyre to be vnder the lawe doe ye not heare of the lawe for it is written that Abraham had .ii. sonnes the one by a bondemayde the other by a freewoman Yea and he which was borne of the bondewoman was borne after the fleshe but he whiche was borne of the freewoman was borne by promes which thinges are spoken by an allegory For these are two testamentes the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage whiche is Agar For mount Sina is Agar in Arabia and bordreth vpon the citie whiche is nowe called Ierusalem and is in bondage with her chyldren But Ierusalem whiche is aboue is free whiche is the mother of vs all For it is written Reioyce thou barren that beareste no children breake furth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many moe children then she whiche hath an housbande Brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promes But as then he that was borne after the fleshe persecuted him that was borne after the spirite Euē so is it nowe Neuerthelesse what sayeth the scripture put awaye the bonde woman and her sonne For the sonne of the bondewoman shall not be heyre with the sonne of the freewoman So then brethren we are not chyldren of the bondewoman but of the freewoman The Gospell IEsus departed ouer the sea of Galile which is the sea of Tiberias and a greate multytude folowed hym because they sawe hys myracles whiche he dyd on them that were dyseased And Iesus wente vp into a mountayne and there he sate with hys Disciples And Easter a feaste of the Iewes was nye When Iesus then lift vp hys eyes and sawe a great company come vnto hym he sayeth vnto Philip whence shall we bye breade that these may eate This he sayd to proue him for he himselfe knewe what he woulde dooe Philip aunswered him two hundreth peniwoorth of breade are not sufficyente for them that euery manne may take a litle One of hys disciples Andrewe Simon Peters brother sayeth vnto hym There is a lad here which hath fiue barley loaues and two fyshes but what are they among so manye And Iesus sayd make the people sit downe There was muche grasse in the place so the menne sate downe in number about fiue thousande And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geuen thankes he gaue to the Disciples and the Disciples to them that were set downe lykewise of the fishes asmuch as they would When they had eaten inough he sayd vnto his Disciples gather vp the broken meate whiche remayneth that nothyng be loste And they gathered it together and fylled .xii. baskettes with the broken meate of the fyue barley loaues which broken meate remained vnto thē that had eaten Then those menne when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did sayd thys is of a trueth the same Prophete that shoulde come into the worlde ¶ The .v. Sonday SAue me O God for thy names sake and auenge me in thy strength Heare my prayer O God and harken vnto the woordes of my mouth For straungers are risen vp agaynst me and Tirauntes which haue not god before theyr eyes seke after my soule Beholde God is my helper the Lord is with them that vpholde my soule He shall rewarde euill vnto myne enemies destroye thou them in thy trueth An offeryng of a free hearte will I geue thee and prayse thy name O Lorde because it is so coumfortable For he hath deliuered me oute of all my trouble and myne eye hath seene his desyre vpon myne enemies Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the begynning c. The Collect. WE beseche thee almightie God mercifullye to looke vpon thy people that by thy great goodnesse they may be gouerned and preserued euermore bothe in bodye and soule through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle CHriste beyng an hye priest of good thynges to come came by a greater and a more perfecte tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of thys buildyng neither by the bloud of goates and calues but by hys owne bloude he entred in once into the holy place and founde eternall redempcion
SVbmit your selues euery man one to an other knit youre selues together in lowlinesse of mynde For God resysteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Submit your selues therfore vnder the myghtie hand of god that he may exalt you when the time is come Cast al your care vpon him for he careth for you Be sober and watche for your aduersary the deuil as a roaring Lyon walketh about seeking whome he may deuour whome resiste stedfast in the fayth knowing that the same afflyccions are appoynted vnto youre brethren that are in the worlde But the God of all grace which hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesu shall his owne selfe after that ye haue suffered a litle affliccion make you perfect settle strengthe and stablyshe you To hym bee glory and dominion for euer and euer The Gospell THen resorted vnto him all the Publicanes sinners for to heare him And the Phariseis Scribes murmured saying He receyueth sinners and eateth with thē But he put furth thys parable vnto them saying What man among you hauing an hundreth shepe if he lose one of them doth not leaue nintie and nine in the wildernes and goeth after that whiche is lost vntill he fynde it And when he hath found it he layeth it on his shoulders with ioye And assone as he cūmeth home he calleth together hys louers and neighbours saying vnto thē Reioyce with me for I haue founde my shepe which was lost I say vnto you that likewise ioy shal be in heauen ouer one synner that repenteth more then ouer nintye and nine iust persons which nede no repentaunce Either what woman hauing ten grotes if she lose one doeth not light a candle and swepe the house and seke diligently till she find it And when she hath founde it she calleth her louers and her neighbours together saying Reioyce with me for I haue founde the grote which I had lost Likewise I saye vnto you shall there be ioye in the presence of the Aungels of god ouer one sinner that repenteth ¶ The fourth sonday ¶ At the Communion MY soule cleaueth to the dust O quickē thou me accordyng to thy woorde I haue knowledged my wayes and thou heardest me O teache me thy statutes Make me to vnderstande the waye of thy commaūdementes so shal I talke of thy wonderous workes My soule melteth away for very heauines comfort thou me according vnto thy woorde Take from me the waye of lying and cause thou me to make muche of thy lawe I haue chosen the way of trueth and thy iudgementes haue I layde before me I haue sticken vnto thy testimonies O Lord confound me not I will runne the waye of thy commaundementes when thou hast set my heart at libertie Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GOd the Protector of all that truste in thee withoute whome nothing is strong nothyng is holye increase and multiply vpon vs thy mercy that thou being our ruler and guide we may so passe through thinges temporal that we finally loose not the thynges eternall Graunt this heauenly father for Iesu Christes sake our Lorde The Epistle I Suppose that the afflicciōs of this life are not worthye of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent desyre of the creature abideth loking when the sonnes of god shal appeare because the creature is subdued to vanitie against the will therof but for his will which hath subdued the same in hope For the same creature shal be deliuered from the bōdage of corrupcion into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of GOD. For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto thys tyme not onely it but we also whiche haue the first fruites of the spirite mourne in our selues also waite for the adopcion of the children of GOD euen the deliueraunce of our bodies The Gospell BE ye mercifull as youre father also is mercyfull Iudge not ye shal not be iudged cōdemne not ye shal not be condemned Forgeue and ye shal be forgeuen Geue and it shal bee geuen vnto you good measure and pressed downe and shakē together and running ouer shall men geue into your bosomes For with the same measure that ye mete withal shal other men mete to you agayne And he put furth a similitude vnto them Can the blynd leade the blynd doe they not both fall into the diche The disciple is not aboue his maister Euery mā shal bee perfect euen as his Maister is Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but cōsiderest not the beame that is in thine owne eye Either how canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pul out the mote that is in thyne eye when thou seeste not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Thou ypocrite caste out the beame out of thyne owne eye firste and then shalt thou see perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye ¶ The .v. Sonday TEache me O Lorde the waye of thy statutes and I shall kepe it vnto the ende Geue me vnderstandyng and I shall kepe thy lawe yea I shal kepe it with my whole hearte Make me to goe in the path of thy commaundementes for therin is my desyre Encline my heart vnto thy testimonies and not to couetousnes O turne away myne eyes lest they beholde vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way O stablish thy worde in thy seruaunt that I may feare thee Take away the rebuke that I am afrayd of for thy iudgementes are good Beholde my delite is in thy commaundementes O quicken me in thy righteousnes Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. GRaunte Lorde we beseche thee that the course of thys world may be so peaceably ordred by thy gouernaunce that thy congregacion may ioyfully serue thee in all godly quietnes through Iesus Christ our lorde The Epistle BE you all of one mynde and of one heart loue as brethren be pitifull bee courteous meke not rendring euill for euill or rebuke for rebuke but contrariewise blesse knowing that ye are therunto called euen that ye shoulde bee heyres of the blessyng For he that doth long after lyfe and loueth to see good daies let him refrayne his tongue from euil and his lippes that they speake no guile Let him eschewe euill and dooe good let him seeke peace and ensue it For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto theyr prayers Agayne the face of the lord is ouer them that doe euill Moreouer who is it that will harme you if ye folowe that whiche is good yea happie are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them neyther bee ye troubled but sanctifye the Lorde God in your heartes The Gospell IT came
childers children and peace vpon Israel Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie euerliuing God whiche for the more confirmacion of the fayth didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtfull in thy sonnes resurreccion graunt vs so perfectly and without al doubt to beleue in thy sōne Iesus Christe that our fayth in thy sight neuer be reproued heare vs O Lorde through the same Iesus Christe to whom with thee and the holy gost be all honour c. The Epistle HOw ye are not straungers nor foreiners but citezens with the sainctes and of the householde of God and are builte vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christe himselfe beeing the head corner stone in whom what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are built together to be an habitacion of God through the holy gost The Gospell THomas one of the twelue whiche is called Didimus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therfore sayde vnto hym we haue seen the Lord. But he sayd vnto them except I see in his handes the printe of the nayles and put my finger into the printe of the nayles and thrust my hande into his syde I will not beleue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stode in the middes and saied peace be vnto you And after that he sayed to Thomas bryng thy finger hither and see my handes and reache hither thy hande and thrust it into my syde and be not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas aunswered and sayed vnto hym my Lorde and my God Iesus sayed vnto hym Thomas because thou haste seen me thou haste beleued blessed are they that haue not seen yet haue beleued And many other sygnes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples whiche are not written in this booke These are written that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of God and that in beleuyng ye myght haue lyfe through his name ¶ The conuersion of Saincte Paule At Mattyns The .ii. Lesson Act .xxii. vnto they heard hym I Will geue thankes vnto thee O Lorde with my whole hearte euen before the Gods wyll I syng prayse vnto thee I will wurshippe towarde thy holy temple and prayse thy name because of thy louing kindnes and trueth for thou haste magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with muche strength All the kinges of the earth shall prayse thee O Lorde for they haue heard the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall sing in the wayes of the Lorde that great is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lorde be hye yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre of Though I walke in the middest of trouble yet shalt thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche forth thine hande vpon the furiousnesse of myne enemies and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindnes toward me yea thy mercy O Lorde endureth for euer despyse not then the workes of thyne owne handes Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. GOD whiche haste taught all the worlde through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Sainct Paule graunt we beseche thee that we whiche haue his woonderfull conuersion in remembraunce may folowe and fulfill the holy doctrine that he taught through Iesus Christe our Lorde The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathyng out threatnynges and slaughter againste the Disciples of the Lorde wente vnto the hye priest and desired of hym letters to carye to Damasco to the Sinagoges that if he founde any of this way whether they were menne or women he might bring them bound vnto Ierusalem And whē he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hym a light from heauen and he fel to the earth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lorde And the Lorde sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trēbling and astonied sayed Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord sayed vnto him arise and goe into the citie it shal be tolde thee what thou must doe The men whiche iourneied with him stode amased hearing a voyce but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth and when he opened his iyes he sawe no man But they led hym by the hande and brought hym into Damasco And he was three daies without sight and neither did eate nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias to him sayed the Lord in a vision Ananias and he sayd behold I am here Lord. And the Lord sayde vnto him arise and goe into the strete whiche is called streight and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus For beholde he prayeth and hath seen in a vision a manne named Ananias cumming in to him putting his handes on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how muche euill he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem here he hath aucthoritie of the hye priestes to bind al that call on thy name The Lord sayd vnto him go thy way for he is a chosē vessel vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles and kinges and the childrē of Israel For I wil shewe him how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and put his hādes on him and sayd brother Saul the Lord that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest hath sēt me that thou mightest receiue thy sight be filled with the holy gost And immediately there fel frō his iyes as it had been scales he receiued sight and arose and was baptised and receiued meate and was coumforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco And straight way he preached Christe in the Sinagogues howe that he was the sonne of God But all that hearde him were amased and sayde is not this he that spoyled them whiche called on this name in Ierusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound vnto the hie priestes But Saul encreased the more in strength and confounded the Iewes whiche dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christe The Gospell PEter aunswered and sayd vnto Iesus behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shal we haue
is now their God As for our God he is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased hym Their Idoles are siluer and golde euen the woorke of mens handes 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 neyther speake they through their throte They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are all suche as put their trust in them But the house of Israell trust thou in the Lorde he 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 trust ye in the Lord he is their helper and defender The Lorde hath bene myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shall blesse the house of Israell he shall blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse thē that feare the Lorde both small and greate The Lorde shall encreace you more and more you and your children Ye are the blessed of the Lord whiche made heauen and yearth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the yearth hath He geuen vnto the children of men The dead prayse not thee O Lord neither al they that goe downe into the silence But we wyll prayse the Lorde from this time foorth for euermore Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning c. Amen The Collect. O Almyghtie and euerlasting God whiche hast geuen grace to thy apostle Bartholomewe truelye to beleue and to preache thy worde graūt we beseche thee vnto thy churche both to loue that he beleued to preache that he taught through Christe our Lorde The Epistle BY the handes of the Apostles were manye sygnes and wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche And of other durst no man ioine hymselfe to them neuertheles the people magnified them The noumber of thē that beleued in the Lord both of men weomē grewe more more in so muche that they brought the sicke into the stretes and laied them on beddes and couches that at the least way the shadow of Peter whē he came by myght shadow some of them and that they might al be deliuered from their infirmites There came also a multitude out of the cities rounde about vnto Ierusalem bringyng sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one The Gospell ANd there was a stryfe amonge them which of them shoulde seme to be the greateste And he sayd vnto them the kynges of nacions reigne ouer them and they that haue authoritie vpon them are called gracious Lordes But ye shal not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doeth minister For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth Ye are they which haue bidden with me in my temptacions And I appointe vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted to me that ye may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome sit on seates iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell ¶ Sainct Mathewe O Prayse the lorde all ye heathen prayse him al ye nacions For his mercifull kindnes is euer more and more to warde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy gost As it was in the beginnyng is nowe and euer shal be worlde without ende Amen The Collect. ALmightie God whiche by thy blessed sonne diddest call Mathewe from the receipte of custome to be an Apostle and Euāgelist Graunt vs grace to forsake all couetous desyres and inordinate loue of riches and to folowe thy sayed sonne Iesus Christ who lyueth and reigneth c. The Epistle SEyng that we haue suche an office euen as God hath had mercye on vs we go not out of kynde but haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines neyther handle we the worde of God deceiptfully but open the trueth reporte our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God If our gospell be yet hid it is hid among them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes of them whiche beleue not leste the light of the gospell of the glory of Christe whiche is the image of God should shyne vnto them For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For it is God that commaunded the light to shyne out of darkenes whiche hath shyned in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christe The Gospell ANd as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man named Mathewe sitting at the receipt of custome and hesaid vnto him folow me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many Publicans also and sinners that came sate downe with Iesus and his disciples And when the Phariseis sawe it they said vnto his disciples why eateth your Maister with Publicanes and sinners But when Iesus heard that he saied vnto them They that be strong nede not the phisicion but they that are sicke Goe ye rather and learne what that meaneth I wil haue mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but synners to repentaunce Sainct Michael and all Angels ¶ At the communion PRayse the Lorde ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the Lorde Blessed be the name of the Lorde from this tyme furth for euermore The Lordes name is praysed from the rysyng vp of the Sunne vnto the goyng downe of the same The Lorde is hye aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is lyke vnto the Lorde our God that hath his dwellyng so hye and yet humbleth hymselfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and earth He taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he may set hym with the princes euen with the princes of his people He maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Glorye be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. EVerlasting God whiche haste ordained and constituted the seruices of all Angels and men in a wonderfull ordre mercifully graunt that they whiche alwaye doe thee seruice in heauen may by thy appointment succour and defende vs in earth through Iesus Christe our Lorde c. The Epistle THere was a great battaile in heauen Michael and his Angels fought with the Dragō and the Dragon fought
Lorde deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plage pestilence and famine from battaile and murther from sodaine death Good Lorde deliuer vs. From all sedicion and priuye conspiracie from the tyrannye of the bishop of Rome and all his detestable enormities from all the false doctrine and heresye from hardnes of heart and contempt of thy worde and commaundemente Good Lorde deliuer vs. By the mistery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuitie and Circumcision by thy Baptisme fastyng and temptacion Good Lorde deliuer vs. By thyne agonye and bloudye sweate by thy crosse and passion by thy precious death and burial by thy glorious resurreccion and ascencion by the cōming of the holy gost Good Lorde deliuer vs. In all tyme of our tribulacion in all tyme of our wealth in the houre of death in the daye of iudgement Good Lorde deliuer vs. We sinners doe beseche thee to heare vs O Lorde God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne thy holy Churche vniuersall in the right waye We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to kepe Edwarde the .vi. thy seruaunt our kyng and gouernour We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faythe feare and loue that he may alwayes haue affiaunce in thee and euer seeke thy honour and glory We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to be his defēdour and keper geuyng him the victory ouer all his enemyes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to illuminate al Byshoppes pastours and ministers of the Churche with true knowlege and vnderstandyng of thy worde and that both by theyr preaching and liuyng they may sette it forth and shewe it accordingly We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to endue the Lordes of the counsaile and all the nobilitie with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe the magistrates geuing them grace to execute iustice and to mayntaine trueth We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to blesse and kepe all thy people We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue to all nacions vnitie peace and concorde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs an heart to loue and dreade thee diligently to liue after thy cōmaundemētes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue all thy people increase of grace to heare mekely thy woorde and to receyue it with pure affeccion and to bring forth the fruites of the spirite We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to bryng into the waye of trueth all suche as haue erred and are deceyued We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to strengthen suche as do stande and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to rayse vp them that fall and finally to beate downe Sathan vnder our feete We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to succoure helpe and comforte all that be in daunger necessitie and tribulacion We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to preserue all that trauayle by lande or by water all women labouryng of childe al sicke persons and yong chyldren and to shewe thy pitie vpon all prisoners and captyues We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to defende and prouide for the fatherles children and wyddowes and all that be desolate and oppressed We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all menne We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to forgeue our enemyes persecutours and sclaunderers and to turne their heartes We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue and preserue to oure vse the kyndly fruites of the earth so as in due tyme we may enioy them We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde That it may please thee to geue vs true repentaunce to forgeue vs all our synnes negligences and ignoraunces and to endue vs with the grace of thy holy spirite to amende our lyues accordyng to thy holy worde We beseche thee to heare vs good lorde Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseche thee to heare vs. O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Graunt vs thy peace O lābe of God that takest awaye the sinnes of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christe heare vs. O Christe heare vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Our father whiche art in heauen With the residue of the Pater noster And leade vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euill The versicle O Lorde deale not with vs after our synnes The aunswere Neither rewarde vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God mercifull father that despisest not the sighyng of a contrite hearte nor the desyre of suche as be sorowful mercifully assyst our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and aduersities whensoeuer they oppresse vs And graciousely heare vs that those euilles which the craft and subtiltie of the deuill or man worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnes they maye bee dispersed that we thy seruauntes beeyng hurte by no persecucions may euermore geue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Churche through Iesu Christe our Lorde O Lorde aryse helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou diddest in theyr dayes and in the olde tyme before them O Lorde aryse helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy honour Glory be to the father the sonne and to the holy gost as it was in the beginning is nowe and euer shall be worlde without ende Amen From our enemies defende vs O Christe Graciousely looke vpon our affliccions Pytifully beholde the sorowes of our hearte Mercifully forgeue the synnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our prayers O sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both nowe and euer vouchesafe to heare vs Christe Graciousely heare vs O Christe Graciousely heare vs O Lorde Christe The versicle O Lorde let thy mercy be shewed vpon vs. The aunswere As we do put our trust in thee Let vs pray WE humbly beseche thee O father mercifully to loke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy name sake turne from vs all those euilles that we moste righteously haue deserued and graunt that in al our troubles we may put oure whole trust and confidence in
c. As it was in the beginning c. The Communion of the sicke FOrasmuche as all mortall men be subiect to many sodain perilles diseases and syckenesses and euer vncerteyne what tyme they shall departe out of this lyfe Therefore to the intente they may be alwayes in a redynesse to dye whensoeuer it shall please almyghtye God to call them The curates shall diligētly from time to time but specially in the plague time exhorte theyr parishoners to the ofte receiuing in the churche of the holy Communion of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christe whiche if they doe they shall haue no cause in theyr sodayne visitacion to be vnquieted for lacke of the same But if the sycke person be not hable to come to the churche and yet is desyrous to receyue the Communion in his house then he must geue knowlege ouer night or els early in the morning to the curate sygnifying also how many be appoynted to communicate with him And if the same day there be a celebracion of the holy Communion in the churche then shal the priest reserue at the open communion so muche of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the sicke person and so many as shal Communicate with him if there be any And so soone as he conuenientlye may after the open Communion ended in the churche shall goe and minister the same firste to those that are appoynted to communicate with the sicke if there be any and last of al to the sicke persone himselfe But before the Curate distribute the holy Communion the appoynted generall confessyon must be made in the name of the communicantes the curate adding the absolucion with the comfortable sentences of scripture folowyng in the open Communion and after the communion ended the Collecte Almightie and euerliuyng God we moste hartely thanke thee c. ¶ But if the day be not appoynted for the open communion in the churche then vpon conuenient warning geuen the curate shal come and visite the sicke person afore noone And hauing a conuenient place in the sycke mannes house where he may reuerentely celebrate with all thynges necessary for the same and not being otherwise letted with the publike seruice or any other iust impediment he shall there celebrate the holy communion after suche forme and sorte as herafter is appoynted THE CELEBRAcion of the holy Communion for the sicke O Prayse the Lorde all ye nacions laude hym all ye people for hys mercifull kyndenes is confirmed towarde vs and the trueth of the Lorde endureth for euer Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. Without any more repeticion The Priest The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite Let vs praye ALmyghtye euerlyuyng God maker of mankynde whiche doeste correct those whome thou doest loue and chastisest euery one whome thou dost receiue we beseche thee to haue mercie vpon thys thy seruaunt visited with thy hand and to graunt that he may take his sickenes paciently and recouer his bodily health if it be thy gracyous will and whansoeuer his soule shall departe from the body it may without spotte be presented vnto thee through Iesus Christ our Lorde Amen The Epistle MY sonne despise not the correccion of the lorde neyther faynt whē thou art rebuked of him for whom the lorde loueth him he correcteth yea and he scourgeth euery sonne whome he receiueth The Gospel Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my woorde and beleueth on him that sente me hath euerlasting lyfe and shall not come vnto damnacyon but he passeth from death vnto life The Preface The Lorde be with you Aunswere And with thy spirite ¶ Lift vp your heartes c. Vnto the ende of the Cannon ¶ At the time of the distribucion of the holy sacrament the priest shal first receiue the Communion hymselfe after minister to them that be appoynted to communicate with the sycke if there be any and then to the sicke person And the sicke person shal alwayes desire some eyther of his owne house or els of hys neighbours to receiue the holy Communion with hym for that shall bee to hym a singuler great coumfort and of theyr parte a great token of charitie ¶ And if there bee moe sycke persons to be visited the same day that the Curate dooeth celebrate in anye sycke mannes house then shall the curate there reserue so much of the sacrament of the body and bloud as shall serue the other sicke persons and suche as be appoynted to communicate with them if there bee anye And shall immediatly cary it and minister it vnto them ¶ But if any man eyther by reason of extremitie of sickenesse or for lacke of warnyng geuen in due tyme to the curate or by any other iuste impediment doe not receiue the sacrament of Christes body bloud then the curate shall instruct him that if he doe truely repent him of his sinnes and stedfastly beleue that Iesus Christ hath suffered death vpon the crosse for hym and shed hys bloud for hys redempcion earnestly remembring the benefites he hath therby and geuing him heartie thankes therfore he doth eate and drynke spiritually the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ profitably to his soules health althoughe he dooe not receyue the sacramente with his mouth ¶ When the sicke persone is visited and receiueth the holy Communion all at one tyme then the priest for more expedicion shall vse this order at the visitacion The Antheme Remember not Lorde c. Lorde haue mercie vpon vs. Christe haue mercy vpon vs. Lorde haue mercy vpon vs. ¶ Our father whiche art in heauen c. And leade vs not into temptacion Aunswere But deliuer vs from euil Amen Let vs pray O Lorde looke downe from heauen c. With the first parte of the exhortacion and all other thynges vnto the Psalme In thee O Lorde haue I put my trust c. And if the sicke desyre to be annoyncted then shall the Prieste vse the appoynted prayer without any Psalme ⧠THE ORDRE FOR ⧠the Buriall of the dead The priest metyng the Corps at the Churche stile shall say Or els the priestes and clearkes shall syng and so goe eyther into the Churche or towardes the graue I Am the resurreccion and the lyfe sayth the Lorde he that beleueth in me yea though he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth in me shall not dye for euer I Knowe that my redemer lyueth and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the last day and shal be couered again with my skinne and shall see God in my fleshe yea and I my selfe shall beholde hym not with other but with these same iyes WE brought nothyng into this world neyther may we carye any thyng out of this worlde The Lorde geueth and the Lorde taketh away Euen as it pleaseth the
commaundementes His seede shal be mightie vpon yearthe the generacion of the faythefull shal be blessed Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and hys righteousnes endureth for euer Vnto the Godly there ariseth vp lyght in the darkenes he is mercifull louing and righteous A good man is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his wordes with discrecion For he shall neuer be moued and the righteous shal be had in euerlasting remembraunce He will not bee afrayed for any euyl tydynges for hys hearte standeth fast and beleueth in the Lorde His hearte is stablyshed and will not shrynke vntill he see his desire vpon his enemyes He hath sparsed abroade and geuē to the poore and hys righteousnes remaineth for euer his horne shal bee exalted with honor The vngodlye shall se it and it shall greue him he shall gnashe with his teeth and consume awaye the desyre of the vngodly shall perishe Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now and euer c. The Collect. Almightie father c. As at the second Communion on Easter day The Epistle ALl that is borne of GOD ouercommeth the world And this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen our faith Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is truethe For there are three whiche beare recorde in heauen the father the woorde and the holy ghoste and these three are one And there are three whiche beare recorde in yearth the spirite and water and bloude and these three are one If wee receyue the witnes of menne the witnes of God is greater For this is the witnes of God that is greater whiche he testified of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hymselfe He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleueth not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne And this is the record how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall life and this lyfe is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe The Gospell IHesame daye at nyghte whiche was the first day of the Sabbothes whē the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the middes and sayd vnto them Peace be vnto you And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes and his syde Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them againe Peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had saide those wordes he breathed on them and saide vnto them receyue ye the holy gost Whosoeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retaine they are retained ¶ The second Sondaye after Easter HAste thee O God to deliuer me Make haste to helpe me O Lorde Let them bee ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule lette them be turned backeward and put to confusion that wishe me euill Let them for their reward be soone brought to shame that crye ouer me there there But let all those that seke thee be ioyfull and gladde in thee and let al suche as delight in thy saluacion say alway the Lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in misery Haste thee vnto me O God Thou art my helpe and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the beginning is nowe and euer c. The Collect. ALmightie God whiche haste geuen thy holy sonne to be vnto vs both a sacrifice for synne and also an example of Godly lyfe Geue vs the grace that we may alwayes moste thankfully receiue that his inestimable benefite and also dayly indeuour our selfes to folowe the blessed steppes of his moste holy lyfe The Epistle THis is thanke worthy yf a manne for conscience toward God indure griefe and suffre wrong vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye bee buffeted for your fautes ye take it paciently But and if when ye doe well ye suffre wrong and take it paciently then is there thāke with God For hereunto verely were ye called For Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye shoulde folowe his steppes whiche dyd no synne neyther was there guyle found in his mouth which when he was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we being deliuered from sinne should lyue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng a stray But are nowe turned vnto the shepheard and bishop of your soules The Gospell CHriste sayed to his disciples I am the good shepheard a good shepheard geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hired seruaunte he whiche is not the shepheard neyther the shepe are his owne seeth the wolfe commyng and leaueth the shepe and flieth and the wolfe catcheth and skattreth the shepe The hired seruaunt flyeth because he is an hired seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepheard and knowe my shepe and am knowen of myne As my Father knoweth me euen so knowe I also my Father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde Them also must I bryng and they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one folde and one shepheard ¶ The .iii. Sonday VNto thee O God doe we geue thankes yea vnto thee doe we geue thankes Thy name also is so nye and that doe thy wonderous workes declare When I receiue the congregacion I shal iudge accordyng vnto right The earth is weake and all the inhabitours therof I beare vp the pillers of it I sayed vnto the fooles deale not so madly and to the vngodly set not vp your horne Sette not vp youre horne on hye and speake not with a stiffe necke For promocion commeth neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the Southe And why GOD is the iudge he putteth downe one and setteth vp an other For in the hande of the Lorde there is a cup and the wine is red it is full mixte and he poureth out of thesame As for the dregges therof all the vngodly of the yearth shall drinke them and sucke them out But I will talke of the God of Iacob and prayse hym for euer All the hornes of the vngodly also will I breake and the hornes of the righteous shal be exalted Glory be to the father and to the sonne c. As it was in the