of this Realme safely maintained and last of all all estates and people thereof in true obedience and charitie vnited and knit together Grant this O God for thy onely Sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen The third Collect. PReuent vs O Lorde in all our doing with thy most Gracious favour and further vs with thy continuall helpe that in all our woorkes begunne continued and ended in thee wee may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtaine Euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall follow the Benediction as thus THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13 and the loue of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all euermore Amen The order where Morning and Euening Prayer shall be vsed and said THE morning and Euening Prayer shal be vsed in the accustomed place of the Church Chappell or Chancell except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the place And the chancels shall remaine as they haue done in times past And here is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the Communion and at all other times in his ministration shall vse such ornaments in the Church as were in vse by authoritie of Parliament in the second yeere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt according to the Acte of Parliament set in the beginning of this Booke An order for Morning prayer daily throughout the yeere At the beginning both of Morning prayer and like wise of Euening prayer the Minister shall reade with a lowd voyce some one of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow And then he shall say that which is written after the said sentences AT what time soeuer a sinner doeth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of this heart I will put all his wickednesse out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Eze. xviij I doe knowe mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alway against me Psal Lj. Turne thy face away from our sinnes O Lord and blot out all our offences Psal Lj. A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal Lj. Rent your hearts and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because hee is gentle and mercifull he is pacient and of much mercy and such a one that is sory for your afflictions Ioel ij To thee O Lord God belongeth mercy and forgiuenesse Danâ—x for we haue gone away from thee and haue not hearkned to thy voyce whereby wee might walke in thy Lawes which thou hast appointed for vs. Correct vs O Lord and yet in thy iudgement not in thy fury lest we should be consumed and brought to nothing 〈◊〉 x. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hand Maâ—h iij. I will go to my father and say to him Father I huve sinned against heaven and against thee I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Luke xv Enter not into Iudgement with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh is righteous in thy sight Psal exliij If wee say that we haue no sinne wee deceiue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. i. Iohn j. DEarely beloued brethren the scripture mooueth vs in sundry places to acknowledge and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes and that wee should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heauenly Father but confesse them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the ende that wee may obtaine forgiuenesse of the same vy his infinite goodnesse and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sinnes before God yet ought wee most chiefly so to doe when wee assemble and meete together to render thankes for the great benefits that we haue received at his hands to set foorth his most worthy prayse to heare his most holy word and to aske those things which be requisite and necessary aswell for the body as the soule Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as be here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voyce vnto the Throne of the heauenly grace saying after me A generall confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister kneeling ALmighty and most mercifull Father wee have erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost sheepe wee haue followed too much the deuices and desires of our owne hearts we have offended against thy holy Lawes we have left vndone those things which wee ought to have done and we haue done those things which wee ought not to haue done and there is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercy upon vs miserable offenders spare thou them O God which confesse their faults restore thou them that be penitent according to thy promises vnto mankinde in Christ Iesu our Lord and graunt O most mercifull Father for his sake that we may hereafter liue a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen The absolution or remission of sinnes to be pronounced by the Minister alone ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that hee may turne from his wickednesse and liue and hath giuen power and commandement to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sinnes hee pardoneth and absolueth all them which truely repent and vnfainedly beleeue his holy Gospel Wherefore we beseech him to graunt vs true repentance and his holy spirit that those things may please him which wee doe at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last wee may come to his eternallioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answere Amen Then shall the Minister begin the Lords prayer with a lowd voyce OUr Father which art in heaven halowed ve thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Give vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliver vs from evil Amen Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answere And our mouth shall shew foorth thy prayse Priest O God make speed to save vs. Answere O Lord make haste to helpe vs. Priest Glory be to the Father and to the Sonne c. As it was in the beginning is now c. Prayse ye the Lord. Then shall be said or sung this Psalme following O Come let vs sing unto the Lord let vs heartily reioyce in the strength of our salution Veniâ—e exul 〈◊〉 Let vs come before his presence with thankesgiuing and shew our selves glad in him with Psalmes For the Lord is a great God and a great King avoue all gods In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is
HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE THE 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Common Prayer and 〈…〉 Sacraments 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—monies of the Church of England âšœ 〈…〉 by Robert Barker Printer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—â—lent Maiestie Cum priuilegio ¶ The Contents of this Booke j AN Act for the vniformitie of Common prayer ij A Preface iij Of Ceremonies why some bee abolished and some reteined iiij The order how the Psalter is appointed to be read v The order how the rest of holy Scripture is appointed to be read vj Proper Psalmes and Lessons at Morning and Euening prayer for Sundayes and certaine Feastes and dayes vij The Table for the order of the Psalmes to bee said at Morning and Euening prayer viij An Almanacke ix The Table and Kalender for Psalmes and Lessons with necessarie rules appertaining to the same x The order for Morning prayer and Euening prayer throughout the yeere xj The Letanie xij The Collects Epistles and Gospels to bevsed at the ministration of the holy Communion throughout the yeere xiij The order of the ministration of the holy Communion xiiij Baptisme both publike and priuate xv Confirmation where also is a Catechisme for children xvj Matrimonie xvij Visitation of the sicke xviij The Communion of the sicke xix Buriall xx The Thanksgiuing of women after child birth xxj A Commination against sinners with certaine prayers to bevsed diuers times in the yeere ⧠An Acte for the vniformitie of Common prayer and seruice in the Church and administration of the Sacraments WHere at the death of our late Soueraigne Lorde King Edward the sixth there remained one vniforme order of Common Seruice and prayer and of the administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England which was set foorth in one booke entituled The booke of Common prayer and administration of Sacraments and other Rites Ceremonies in the Church of England authorised by Acte of Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth yeeres of our saide late Soueraigne Lord king Edward the sixth entituled An Acte for the vniformitie of Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments the which was repeated and taken away by Acte of Parliament in the first yeere of the reigne of our late Soueraigne Lady Queene Mary to the great decay of the due honour of God and discomfort to the professors of the trueth of Christs Religion Bee it therefore enacted by the authoritie of this present Parliament that the saide Statute of repeale and euery thing therein contained onely concerning the saide Booke and the Seruice administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies conteined or appointed in or by the saide Booke shal be voyd and of none effect from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of S Iohn Baptist next comming And that the saide Booke with the order of Seruice and of the administration of Sacraments Rites and Ceremonies with the alteration and additions therein added and appointed by this Statute shall stand and be from and after the said feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist in full force and effect according to the tenour and effect of this Statute any thing in the aforesaid Statute of repeale to the contrary not withstanding And further be it enacted by the Queene Highnesse with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authoritie of the same that all and singular Ministers in any Cathedrall or Parish Church or other place within this Realme of England Wales and the Marches of the same or other the Queenes dominions shall from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming be bounden to say and vse the Mattens Euensong celebration of the Lords Supper and administration of eche of the Sacraments and all other Common and open prayer in such order and fourme as is mentioned in the saide Booke so authorized by Parliament in the sayde fifth and sixth yeere of the reigne of King Edwarde the sixth with one alteration or addition of certaine Lessons to bee vsed on euery Sunday in the yeere and the forme of the Letanie altered and corrected and two sentences onely added in the deliuerie of the Sacrament to the communicants and none other or otherwise And that if any maner of Parson Vicar or other whatsoeuer Minister that ought or should sing or say Common Prayer mentioned in the saide Booke or minister the Sacraments from and after the feast of the natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next comming refuse to vse the saide Common Prayers or to minister the Sacraments in such Cathedrall or Parish Church or other places as hee should vse to minister the same in such order and fourme as they bee mentioned and set foorth in the sayd Booke or shall wilfully or obstinately standing in the same vse any other Rite Ceremony Order Fourme or manner of celebrating of the Lordes Supper openly or priuily or Mattens Euensong administration of the Sacraments or other open Prayers then is mentioned and set foorth in the sayde Booke Open prayer in and throughout this Acte is meant that Prayer which is for other to come vnto or heare either in common Churches or priuate Chappels or Oratories commonly called the Seruice of the Church or shall preach declare or speake any thing in the derogation or deprauing of the sayd Booke or any thing therein conteined or of any part thereof and shall bee therof lawfully contuicted according to the Lawes of this Realme by verdict of twelue men or by his owne confession or by the notorious euidence of the fact shall lose and forfaite to the Queenes highnesse her heires and successours for his first ofience the profite of all his Spiritual Benefices or promotions comming or arising in one whole yeere next after his conuiction And also that the person so conuicted shall for the same offence suffer imprisonment by the space of sixe moneths without Baile or maineprise And if any such person once conuict of any offence concerning the premisses shall after his first conuiction eftsoones offende and bee thereof in fourme aforesaide lawfully conuict that then the same person shall for his second offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole yeere and also shall therefore bee depriued ipso facto of all his Spirituall promotions And that it shall bee lawfull to all Patrons or Donours of all and singular the same Spirituall promotions or of any of them to present or collate to the same as though the person or persons so offending were dead And that if any such person or persons after hee shall bee twise conuicted in fourme aforesayd shall offende against any of the premisses the thirde time and shal be thereof in fourme aforesaid lawfully conuicted that then the person so offending and conuicted the thirde time shall be depriued ipso facto of all his Spirituall promotions and also shall suffer imprisonment during his life And if the person that shall offende and bee conuict in fourme aforesayd concerning any of the premisses shall not bee beneficed
nor haue any Spitituall promotion that then the same person so offending and conuict shall for the first offence suffer imprisomnent during one whole yeere next after his said conuiction without baile or maineprise And if any such person not hauing any Spirituall promotion after his first conuiction shall eftsoones offende in any thing concerning the premisses and shall in forme aforesaid bee thereof lawfully conuicted that then the same person shall for his seconde offence suffer imprisonment during his life And it is ordained and enacted by the authoritie abouesaide that if any person or persons whatsoeuer after the said feast of the Natiuitie of Sanit Iohn Baptist next comming shall in any Enterludes Playes Songs Rimes or by other open wordes declare or speake any thing in the derogation deprauing or despising of the same Booke or of any thing therein conteined or any part thereof or shall by open fact deede or by open threatnings compell or cause or otherwise procure or maintaine any Parson Vicar or other Minister in any Cathedrall or Parish Church or in Chappell or in any other place to sing or say any Common and open Prayer or to minister any Sacrament otherwise or in any other maner and forme then is mentioned in the said booke or that by any of the sayde meanes shall vnlawfully interrupt or let any Parson Vicar or other Minister in any Cathedrall or Parish Church Chappell or any other place to sing or say Common and open Prayer or to minister the Sacraments or any of them in such maner and fourme as is mentioned in the saide Booke that then euery such person being thereof lawfully conuicted in fourme abouesayde shall forfeite to the Queene our Soueraigne Lady her heires and successours for the first offence an hundreth markes And if any person or persons being once conuict of any such offence estsoones offende against any of the last recited offences and shall in fourme aforesaid bee thereof lawfully conuict that then the same person so offending and conuict shall for the seconde offence forfeite to the Queene our Soueraigne Lady her heires and successours foure hundreth markes And if any person after he in fourme aforesayd shall haue bene twice conuict of any offence concerning any of the last recited offences shall offend the thirde time and bee thereof in fourme abouesaid lawfully conuict that then euery person so offending and conuict shall for his thirde offence forfeite to our Soueraigne Lady the Queene all his goods and cattels and shall suffer imprisonment during his life And if any person or persons that for his first offence concerning tne premisses shall be conuict in fourme aforesaide doe not pay the summe to be payd by vertue of this conuiction in such maner and fourme as the same ought to bee payed within sixe weekes next after his conuiction that then euery person so conuict and so not paying the same shal for the same first offence in stead of the saide summe suffer imprisonment by the space of sixe moneths without Barle or maineprise And if any person or persons that for his second offence concerning the premisses shall bee conuict in fourme aforesaide doe not pay the saide summe to bee payde by vertue of his conuiction and this Eftatute in such maner and fourme as the same ought to be payed within sixe weekes next after his saide second conuiction that then euery person so conuicted and not so paying the same shall for the same second offence in the stead of the saide summe suffer imprisonment during twelue moneths without baile or maineprise And that from and after the saide feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming all and euery person and persons inhabiting within this Realme or any other the Queenes Maiesties Dominions shall diligently and faithfully hauing no lawfull or reasonable excuse to bee absent endeuour themselues to resort to their Parish Church or Chappell accustomed or vpon reasonable let thereof to some vsuall place where Common prayer and such Seruice of God shall bee vsed in such time of let vpon euery Sunday and other dayes ordeined and vsed to bee keptas Holy dayes and then and there to abide orderly and soberly during the time of Common prayer Preacchigs or other Seruice of God there to bee vsed and ministred vpon paine of punishment by the censures of the Church and also vpon paine that euery person so offending shall forfeite for euery such offence twelue pence to bee leuied by the Church wardens of the Parish where such offcnce shall bee done to the vse of the poore of the same Parish of the Goods Landes and tenements of such offendour by may of distresse And for due execution hereof the Queenes most excellent Maiessie the Lords Temporall and an the Comnons in this present parliament assembled doeth in Gods Name earnestly require and charge all the Archbishops Bishops and other Ordinaries that they shall endeuour themselues to the vtterimost of their knowledges that the due and true execution hereof may be had throughout their Diocesse and charges as they will answere before God for such euils and plagues wherewith Almightie God may tustly punish his people for neglecting his good and wholesome Lawe And for the authoritie in this behalfe he it further enacted by the authorite aforesaide that all and singular the same Archbishops Bishops and all other their officers exercising Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction as well in place exempt as not exempt within their Diocesse fuall haue full power and authoritie by this Acte to reforme correct and punish by censures of the Church all and singular persons which shall offend within any their iurisdictions or Diocesse after the said feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming against this Acte and Statute Any other Lawe Statute Priuiledge Libertie or prouision heretofore made had or suffered to the contrary not withstanding And it is ordeined and enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that all and euery Iustice of Oyer Determiner or Iustice of Assise shall haue full power and authoritie in euery of their open generall Sessions to enquire heare determine all all maner of offences that shal be committed or done contrary to any article conteined in this present Acte within the limits of the Commission to them directed and to make processe for the execution of the same as they may do against any person being indited before them of trespasse or lawfully comucted thereof Priouided alwaies and be it enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all and cuery Archbishop and Bishop shall or may at all time and times at his liberty and pleasure ioyne and associate himselfe by vertue of this acte to the Iustices of Oyer and Determiner or to the saide Iustices of Assise at euery of the said open generall Sessions to be hosden in any place within his Diocesse for and to the inquirie hearing and determining of the offences aforesaid Prouided also and be it enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that the bookes
concerning the saide seruice shall at the costes and charges of the Parishioners of euery parish and Cathedrall Church bee attayned and gotten before the feast of the said Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next following and that all such Parish and Cathedrall Churches or other places where the saide bookes shall be attained and gotten before the saide feast of the Natiuite of S. Iohn Baptist shall within three weekes nert after the said bookes so attained and gotten vse the said seruice and put the same in vre according to this Act. And be it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that nopetson or persons shall be at any time hereafter impeached or otherwise molested of or for any of the offences aboue mentioned hereafter to bee committed or done contrary to this Act vnlesse he or they so offending be thereof indited at the next general Sessions to be holden before any such Iustices of Oier and Determiner or Iustices of Assise next after any offence committed or done contrary to the tenor of this Act Prouided alwayes and bee it ordeined and enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all and singular Lords of the parliament for the third offence aboue mentioned shal be tried by their peeres Prouided also and be it ordeined and enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Maior of London and all other Maiors Bailifs and other head Officers of all and singular Cities Boroughs and Cownes corporate within this Realine Wales and the Marches of the same to the which Iustices of Assise do not commonly repaire shal haue full power authoritie by vertue of this Acte to inquire heare and determine the offences abouesaid and euery of them yeerely within fifteene dayes after the feastes of Easter and S. Michael the Archangel in like maner and forme as Iustices of Assise and Oyer and Determiner may doe Prouided alwayes and be it ordeined and enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all and singular Archbishops and Brishops and euery of their Chancellors Commitraries Archdeacons and other Ordimaries hauing any peculiar Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction shall haue full power and authoritie by vertue of this Acte as well to inquire in their visitation synodes or elsewhere within their iurisdiction at any other time and place to take accusations and informations of all and euery the things aboue mentionned done committed or perpetrated within the limits of their iurisdiction and authoritie and to punish the fame by admonition excommunication sequessration or depriuation or other Censures processes in like forme as hereofore hath bene vsed in like cases by the Queenes Ecclesiasticall lawes Prouided alwayes and be it enaeted that whatfsoeuer petson offending in the premises shal for the offence first receiue punishment of the Ordinarie hauing a testimoniall thereof vnder the said Ordinaries seale shal not for the same offence eftsoones bee conuicted before the Iustice and likewise receining for the said first offence punishment by the Iustices he shal not for the same offence eftsoones receiue punishment of the Ordinarte any thing couteined in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Prouided alwayes be it enacted that such ornaments of the Church and of the ministers thereof shal be reteined and be in vse as was in this Church of England by the authoritie of parliament in the second yeere of the reigne of king Edward the sirth vntill other order shall bee therein taken by authority of the Queenes Maiestie with the aduise of her Commissioners appointed and authorised vnder the great seale of England for causes Ecclesiastical or of the Metropolitane of this Realme And also that if there shall happen any contempt or irreuerence to be vsed in the Ceremonies or rites of the Church by the misusing of the orders appointed in this booke the Queenes maiesty may by the like aduise of the saide Commissioners or Metropolitane ordaine and publish such further Ceremonies or rites as may be most for the aduancement of Gods glory the edisying of his Church and the due reuerence of Christes holy mysteries and Sacraments And be it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all lawes statutes and ordinances where in or where by any other seruice administration of Sacraments or Common prayer is limited established or set foorth to be vsed within this Realme or any other the Queenes dominions and countreys shall from henceforth vtterly be voyde and of none effect The Preface THere was neuer any thing by the wit of man so well deuised or so sure established which in continuance of time hath not bin corrupted as among other things it may plainly appeare by the cōmon prayers in the Church commonly called Diuine Seruice The first originall and ground whereof if a man woulde search out by the ancient Fathers hee shall find that the same was not ordained but of a good purpose and for a great aduancement of godlinesse For they soordered the matter that all the whole Bible or the greatest part thereof should be read ouer once euery yeere entending thereby that the Clergie and specially such as were ministers of the Congregation should by often reading and meditation of Gods word be stirred vp to godlinesse themselues and be more able to exhort other by wholesome doctrine and to confute them that were aduersarics to the trueth And further that the people by dayly hearing of holy Scripture read in the Church should continually profite more more in the knowledge of God and be the more inslamed with the loue of his true religion But these many yeres passed this godly and decent order of the ancient Fathers hath bene so altered broken neglected by planting in vncertaine stories Legends Responds Verses vaine Repetitions Cōmemorations and Synodalles that commonly when any booke of the Bible was begun before three or foure chapters were read out all the rest were vnread And in this sort the booke of Esay was begun in Aduent and the booke of Genesis in Septuagesima but they were onely begun and neuer read through After like sort were other bookes of holy Scripture vsed And moreouer whereas Saint Paul would haue such language spoken to the people in the Church as they might vnderstand and haue profit by hearing the same the seruice in this Church of England these many yeres hath bin read in Latine to the people which they vnderstood not so that they haue heard with their cares only and their heart spirit and mind haue not bene edif ied thereby And furthermore not with slanding that the ancient Fathers haue deuided the Psalmes into seuen portions wherof euery one was called a Nocturne now of late time a few of them haue bene dayly sayd and oft repeated and the rest vtterly omitted Moreouer the number and hardnesse of the rules called the Pie and the manisold changings of the seruice was the cause that to turne the booke onely was so hard and intricate a matter that many times there was more businesse to find out what should be read then to reade it when it was found out
These in conueniences therefore considered here is set foorth such an order where by the same shall be redressed And for a readinesse in this matter hereis drawen out a Kalender for that purpose which is plaine and easie to be vnderstanded wherein so much as may bee the reading of holy Scriptures is so set forth that all things shal be done in order without breaking one piece there of from an other For this cause be cut off Anthemes Responds Inuitatories and such like things as did breake the continuall course of the reading of the Scripture Yet because there is no remedie but that of necessitie there must bee some rules therefore certaine rules are here set foorth which as they bee sewe in number so they be plaine and easie to be vnderstanded So that here you haue an order for prayer as touching the reading of holy Scripture much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the olde fathers and a great deale more profitable and commodious then that which of late was vsed It is more profitable because here are left out many things whereof some be vntrue some vncertaine some vaine and superstitious and is ordeined nothing to be read but the very pure word of God the holy Scriptures or that which is euidently grounded vpon the same and that in such a language and order as is most easie and plaine for the vnderstanding both of the readers and hearers It is also more commodious both for the shortnesse thereof and for the plainnesse of the order and for that the rules be fewe and casie Furthermore by this order the Curates shall neede none other bookes for their publike seruice but this booke and the Bible By the meanes wherof the people shall not bee at so great charges for bookes as in times past they haue bene And where here to fore there hath bene great diuersitie in saying singing in Churches within this Realme some following Salisbury vse some Hereford vse and somc the vse of Bangor some of Yorke some of Lincolne Now from henceforth all the whole Realme shall haue but one vse And if any will iudge this way more painefull because that all things must be read vpon the booke where as before by the reason of so often repetition they could say many things by heart if those men will weigh their labour with the prosire and knowledge which dayly they shall obtaine by reading vpon the booke they will not refuse the payne in consideration of the great profite that shall ensue thereof And forasmuch as nothing can almost be so plainely set forth but doubts mary life in the vse and practising of the same To appease all such diuersity if any arise and for the resolution of all doubts concerning the maner how to vnderstand do and execute the things contained in this Booke The parties that so doubt or diuersly take any thing shall alway resort to the Bishop of the Diocesse who by his diseretion shall rake order for the quieting and appeasing of the same so that the same order be not contrary to any thing contained in this booke And if the Bishop of the Diocesse be in any doubt then he may send for the resolution thereof vnto the Archbishop Though it be appointed in the afore written Presace that all things shall beread and sung in the Church in the English tongue to the ende that the Congregation may be thereby edisied yet it is not meant but when men say Morning Euening prayer priuately they may say the same in any language that they themselues doe vnderstand And all Priests and Deacons shall be bound to say dayly the Morning and Euening prayer either priuately or openly except they be let by preaching studying of diuinity or by some other vrgent cause And the Curate that ministreth in euery parish Church or Chappel being at home and not being otherwise reasonably letted shall say the same in the Parish Church or Chappell where he ministreth and shall toll a bell thereto a conuenient time before he begin that such as be disposed may come to heare Gods word and to pray with him Of Ceremonies why some be abolished and some reteined Of such Ceremonies as be vsed in the Church and haue had their beginning by the inssitutiō of man some at the first were of godly intent purpose deuised and yet at length turned to vanity superstition some entred into the Church by vndiscreet deuotion such a zeale as was without knowledge and for because they were winked at in the beginning they grew dayly to more and more abuses which not only for their vnprofitablenes but also because they haue much blinded the people and obscured the glory of God are worthy to be cut a way and cleane reiected Other there be which although they haue been deuised by man yet it is thought good to reserue them still as well for decent order in the Church for the which they were first deuised as because they pertaine to edification whereunto all things done in the Church as the Apostle teacheth ought to be referred And although the keeping or omitting of a Ceremony in it selfe considered is but a small thing yet the wilfull and contemptuous transgression and breaking of a common order and discipline is no small offence before God Let all things be done among you faith S. Paul in a seemely and due order The appointment of the which order pertaineth not to priuate men therfore no man ought to take in hand nor presume to appoint or alter any publike or common order in Christs Church except he be lawfully called and authorised thereunto And where as in this our time the minds of men are so diuers that some thinke it great matter of conscience to depart frō a piece of the least of their ceremonies they be so addicted to their old customs and againe on the other side some be so new fangled that they would innouate all things so despise the old that nothing can like thē but that is new it was thought expediēt not so much to haue respect how to please satisfie either of thefe parties as how to please God profit them both And yet lest any man should be offended whō good reason might satisfie here be certaine causes rendred why some of the accustomed Ceremonies be put a way and some reteined and kept still Some are put a way because the great excesse and multitude of them hath so increased in these latter dayes that the burden of them was intollerable whereof S. Augustine in his time complained that they were growen to such a number that the state of Christian people was in worse case concerning that matter then were the Iewes And he counselled that such yoke and burden should bee taken a way as time would serue quietly to doe it But what would S. Augustine haue said if he had seen the ceremonies of late daies vsed among vs whereunto the multitude vsed in his time was not
vocation and ministerie may truely and godly serue thee through our Lord Iesus Christ MErcifull God who hast made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldest the death of a sinner but rather that he should be conuerted and liue haue mercie vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretikes and take from them all ignorance hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy word and so fetch them home blessed Lord to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnant of the true Israelites and bee made one sold vnder one shepheard Iesus Christ our Lord who liueth and reigneth c. The Epistle THe Law which hath but a shadow of good things to come Heb. 10.1 and not the verie fashion of things themselues can neuer with those sacrifices which they offer yere by yere continually make the commers thereunto perfect For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue beene offered because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of sinnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mention made of sinnes euerie yeere For the blood of Oxen and Goates cannot take away sinnes Wherefore when hee commeth into the world hee sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not haue but a bodie hast thou ordeined mee Burnt offering also for sinne hast thou not allowed Then said I Loe I am here In the beginning of the booke it is written of mee that I should doe thy will O God Aboue when hee saith Sacrifice and offering and burnt sacrifices and sinne offerings thou wouldest not haue neither hast thou allowed them which yet are offered by the Lawe Then said hee Loe I am here to doe thy will O God he taketh away the first to establish the latter By the which will wee are made holy euen by the offering of the bodie of Iesu Christ once for all And euerie Priest is readie dayly ministring and offering oftentimes one maner of oblation which can neuer take away sinnes But this man after hee had offered one sacrifice for sinnes is set downe for euer on the right hand of God and from hencefoorth tarieth till his foes bee made his footestoole For with one offering hath hee made perfect for euer them that are santified The holy Ghost himselfe also beareth vs record euen when he told before This is the Testament that I will make vnto them After those dayes sayeth the Lord I will put my lawes in their hearts and in their minds will I write them and their sinnes and iniquities will I remember no more And where remission of these things is there is no more offering for sinnes Seeing therefore brethren that by the meanes of the blood of Iesu we haue libertie so enter into the holy place by the new liuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vaile that is to say by his flesh And seeing also that wee haue an high Priest which is ruler ouer the house of GOD let vs draw nigh with a true heart in sure faith sprinkled in our hearts from an euil conscience and washed in our bodies with pure water Let vs keepe the profession of our hope without wauering for hee is faithfull that promised and let vs consider one another to the intent that we may prouoke vnto loue and to good workes not forsaking the fellowship that we haue among our selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhort one another and that so much the more because ye see that the day draweth nigh The Gospel WHen Iesus had spoken these words Ioh. 18.1 he went forth with his disciples ouer the brooke Cedron where was a garden into the which he then entred with his disciples Iudas also which betraied him knew the place For Iesus oftimes resorted thither with his disciples Iudas then after he had receiued a band of men and ministers of the high Priests and Pharisees came thither with lanternes and firebrands and weapons And Iesus knowing all things that should come on him went foorth and said vnto them Whome seeke yee They ansswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus said vnto them I am he Iudas also which betrayed him stood with them Assoone then as he had said vnto them I am he they went backward and fell to the ground Then asked he them againe Whome seeke yee They said Iesus of Nazareth Iesus answered I haue told you that I am he if yee seeke mee therefore let these goe their way that the saying might be fulfilled which he spake Of them which thou gauest mee haue I not lost one Then Simon Peter hauing a sword drewe it and smote the high Priests seruant and cut off his right eare The seruants name was Malchus Therefore saith Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy sword into the sheath shall I not drinke of the cup which my father hath giuen me Then the companie and the captaine and the ministers of the Iewes tooke Iesus and bound him and led him away to Annas first for hee was father in law to Caiaphas which was the high Priest the same yeere Caiaphas was hee that gaue counsell to the Iewes that it was expedient that one man should die for the people And Simon Peter followed Iesus and so did another disciple That disciple was knowen to the high Priest and went in with Iesus into the palace of the high Priest But Peter stood at the doore without Then went out that other Disciple which was knowen to the high Priest and spake to the Damosell that kept the doore and brought in Peter Then sayd the Damosell that kept the doore vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans Disciples Hee sayde I am not The seruaunts and ministers stoode there which had made a fire of coales for it was colde and they warmed themselues Peter also stoode among them and warmed himselfe The high Priest then asked Iesus of his Disciples and of his doctrine Iesus answered him I spake openly in the world I euer taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple whither all the Iewes haue resorted and in secret haue I spoken nothing Why askest thou mee Aske them which heared mee What I saide vnto them Beholde they can tell what I said When hee had thus spoken one of the ministers which stoode by smote Iesus on the face saying Answerest thou the high Priest so Iesus answered him If I haue euill spoken beare witnesse of the euill but if I haue well spoken why smitest thou mee And Annas sent him bound vnto Caiaphas the high Priest Simon Peter stoode and warmed himselfe Then sayde they vnto him Art not thou also one of his Disciples Hee denied it and sayd I am not One of the seruants of the high Priest his cousin whose eare Peter smote off saide vnto him Did not I see thee in the garden with him Peter therefore denied againe and immediately the Cocke crewe Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement It was in the morning and they themselues went not into
together ly fiâ—led twelue basketswith the broken meat of the fiue bariy loanes which broken meate remained vnto them that had eaten Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did said This is of a trueth the same Prophet that sthould come into the world If there bee any moe Sundayes before Aduent Sunday to supplie the same shal be taken the seruice of some of those Sundayes that were omitted betweene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima S. Andrewes day The Collect. ALmighte God which didest giue such grace vnto thy hily Apostle Saint Andrew that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Sonne Iesus Christ and followed him without delay graunt vnto vs all that wee being called vp thy holy word may foorth with giue ouer our selues obediently to followe thy holy commaundements through the same Iesus Christ out Lord. The Epistle IF thou acknowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lord Rom. 10.9 beleeue in thy heart that God raised him vp from death thou shall bee safe For to beleeue with the heart iustfieth to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For the Scripture faith whosoeuer beleeueth on him shal not be confounded There is no difference betweene the Iew the Gentile For one is Lord of al which is rich vnto all that cal vpon him For whosoeuer doth call on the Name of the Lord shall be safe How then shall they call on him on whom they haue not beleeued How shall they beleeue on him of whome they haue not heard How shall they heare without a preacher And how shall they preach without they be sent As it is written How beautifull are the seete of them which bring tidings of peace and bring tidings of good things But they haue not allobeyed to the Gospel For Esai faith Lord who hath beleeued our sayings So then faith commeth by hearing and hearing commeth by the word of God But I aske Haue they not herard No doubt their sound went out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world But I demaunde whether Israel did know or no First Moses faith I will prouoke you to enuie by them that are no people by a foolish nation I will anger you Esai after that is bolde and saith I am found of them that sought mee not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me But against Israel hee saith All day long haue I stretched foorth my hands vnto a people that beleeueth not but speaketh against me The Gospel AS Iesus walked by the sea of Galilee hee saw two brethren Mat. 4.18 Simon which was called Perer and Andrew his brother castinga net into the sea for they were fishers and he said vnto them Follow me and I will make you to become fishers of men And they straightway left their nets and followed him And when he was gone forth from thence he saw other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee and Iohn his brother in the ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and hee called them And they immediatly left the ship and their father and followed him S. Thomas the Apostle The Collect. ALmightie and euerlining God which for the more confirmation of the faith diddest suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to bee doubtful in thy sonnes resurxection Grannet vs so perfetly and without all doubt to beleeue in thy Sonne Iesus Christ that our faith in thy sight neuer bee reprooued Heare vs O Lord througe the same Iesus Christ to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour c. The Epistle NOwe yee are not strangers Eph. 2.19 nor forxeiners but citizens with the Saints and of the housholde of God and Are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophers Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone m whome what building soeuer is coupled together it groweth vnto an holy Temple of the Lord in whom ye also are built together to be an habitation of God through the holy Ghost The Gospel THomas one of the twelue Iohn 20. 24 which is called Didymus was not with them when Iesus came The other disciples therefore sayd vnto him wee haue seene the Lorde But he sayd vnto them Except I see in his handes the print of the nailes and put my finger into the print of the nailes and thrust my hand into his side I will not beleeue And after eight dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stood in the midst and said Peace be vnto you And after that he said to Thomas Bring thy finger hither and see my hands and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side and bee not faithlesse but beleeuing Thomas answered and sayd vnto him My Lord and my God Iesus said vnto him Thomas because thou hast seene mee thou hast beleeued Blessed are they that haue not seene and yet haue beleeued And many other signes truely did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this booke These are written that ye might belecue that Iesus Christ is the Sonne of God and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name The Conuersion of S. Paul The Collect. GOD which hast taught all the world through the preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saint Paul grant wee beseech thee that we which haue his wonderfull conuersion in remembrence may follow and fuifill thy holy doctrine that hee taught through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord went vnto the hie Priest Acts. 9.1 desired of him letters to cary to Damasco to the synagogues that if he found any of this way were they men or women he might bring them bound to Hierusalem And wheÌ„ he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco suddenly there shined round about him a light from heauen and he fell to the curth heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he said what art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Icsus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the prick And he both trembling and astonied said Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lord said vnto him Arise and go into the citie and it shall be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which tourneyed with him stood amazed hearing a voice but seeing no man And Saul arose from the earth when hee opened his eyes he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damasco And hee was three dayes without sight and did neither eat nor drinke And there was a certaine disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Anamas And hee said Behold I am here Lord. And the Lorde said vnto him Arise and goe into the strcete which is called Straight and seeke in the house of Iudas after one
I put my trust thou shall answere for me O Lord my God I haue required that they euen mine enemies sould not triumph ouer mee for when my foote sltpt they reioyced greatly against me And I truely am set in the plague and my heauines is euer in my sight For I will confesse my wickednes be forie for my sinne But mine enemies liue and are mightie and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number They also that reward euill for good are against mee because I follow the thing that good is Forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou far froÌ„ me Haste thee to helpe me O Lord God my faluation Dixi Custodiam Psal 39 I Said I will take heed to waies that I offend not in my tongue I will keepe my mouth as it were with a bridle wihile the vngodly is in my sight I held my tongue and spake nothing I Kept silence yea euen from good wordes but it was paine and griefe to me My heart was hote within me and while I was thus musing the fire kindled and at the last I spase with my tongue Lord let me know mine end and the number of my daies that I may be certified how long I haue to liue Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were a span long and mine age is euen as nothing in respect of thee and verily euery man liuing is altogetder vanitie For man walketh in a vaine shadow and disquietetli him selfe in baine he heapeth vp ciches and can not tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truely my hope is euen in thee Deliuer me from all mine offences and make me not arebuke vnto the foolish I became dumbe and opened not my mouth for it was thy doing Take thy plague away from me I am euen confumed by the meanes of thy heauie hand When thou with rebukes doett thasten man for sinne thou makest his beautie to consume away like as it were a moth fretting a garment euery man therefore is but vanitie Heare my prayer O Lord and with thine eares consider my calling holde not thy peace at my teares For I am a stranger with thee and a soiouner as all my fatders were O spare me a litle that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more seene Expectans expectaui Psal 40. I Waited patiently for the Lorde and he inclined vnto me and heard my calling He brought mee also out of the horrible pit out of the mâ—re and clay and fet my feete vpon the rocke and ordered my goings And he hath put a new song in month euen a thankes gining vnto our God Many shall see it and feate and shall put their trust in the Lorde Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord and turned not vnto the proude and to such as goe about with lyes O Lord my God great are thy wonderous works which thou hast done like as bee also thy thoughtes which are to vsward and yet there is no man that ordercth them vnto thee If I would declare them and speaue of them they should be moe then I am able to expresse Saeisice and meate offering thou woulde haue but mine eares hast thou opened Burnt offerings and sacrisice for sinne hast thou not required then sayd I Loe I come In the volume of the booke it is written of mee that I should fulfill thy will O my God I am consent to do it yea thy law is within my heart I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the great congregation loe I will not refraine my lippes O Lord and that thou knowest I haue not hidde thy righteousncsse within my heart my talking hath beene of thy trueth and of thy saluation I haue not kept backe thy louing mercy and trueth from the great congregation Withdraw not thou thy mercie from mee O LORD let thy louing kindenesse and thy trueth away preserue mee For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon mee that I am not able to looke vp yea they are mo in number then the haires of mine head and mine heart hath failed me O Lorde let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haste O Lord to helpe me Let them be a shamed and confounded together that seeke after my soule to destroy it let them bee driuen backeward and put to rebuke that with me euill Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame that say vnto me Fie vpon thee fie vpon thee Let all those that seeke thee be ioyful and glad in thee and let sucd as loue thy saluation say alway the Lord be praised As for me I am poore nee dy but the Lord careth for me Thou art my helper and redeemer make no long tarying O my God Beatus qui intelligit Psal 41. BLessed is hee that confidereth the poore and needie the Lorde shall deliuer him in the time of trouble Euening prayer The Lord preserue him keepe him aliue that hee may be blessed vpon earth and deliuer not thou him into the will of his enemies The Lorde comfort him when hee lyeth sicke vpon his bed make thou all his bed in his sicknesse I said Lorde be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned against thee Mine enemies speake euill of me when shall hee die and his name perish And if he come to see me he speaketh vanity and his heart ronceineth falshood within himselfe and when hee commeth foorth he telleth it All mine enemies whisper together against mee euen against me doe they imagine this euill Let the sentence of guiltinesse proceede against him and now that he lyeth let him rise vp no more Yea euen mine owne familiar friend whome I trusted which did also eate of my bread hath layde great wayte for mee But be thou mercifull vnto me O Lord raise thou me vp againe and I shall reward them By this I knowe thou fauourest mee that mine enemie doeth not triunpy against me And when I am in my health thou vpholdest me shalt set me before thy face for euer Blessed be the Lord God of Israel world without eude Amen Quemadmodum Psal 42. LIke as the Hart desireth the water brookes so longeth my soule after thee O God My soule is athirst for God yea euen for hte liuing God when shall I come to appeare before the presence of God My teares haue bene my meate day and might while they dayly say vnto nie Where is now the God Now when I thinke thereupon I powre out my heart by my selfe for I went with the multitude brought them forth into the house of God In the voice of praise and thankesgiuing among such as keepe holy day Why art thou so full of heauinesse O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me Put thy trust in God for I will yet giue him thankes for the helpe of his countenance My God my soule is vexed within mee therefore will I remember
thy word aboue all things When I called vpon thee thou heardest me and enduedst my soule with much strength All the Kings of the earth shall prayse thce O Lord for they haue heard the words of thy mouth Yea they shall sing the wayes of the Lord that great is the glorie of the Lord. For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them a farre off Though I walke in the middest to trouble yet shalt thou refresh mee thou shalt stretch foorth thine hand vpon the furiousnesse of mine enemies and thy right hand shal saue me The Lord shall make good his louing kindenesse toward mee yea thy mercie O Lord eudureth for euer despise not then workes of thine owne hands Domine probasti psal 139 O Lord Morning prayer thou hast searched mee out and knowen mee thou knowest my downe sitting mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughts long before Thou art about my path and about my bed and spiest out al my wayes For loe there is not a word in my toungue but thon O Lorde knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before and laid thine hand vpon me Such knowledge is too wonderfull and excellent for mee I cannot attaine vnto it Whither shall I goe then from thy spirit or whither shall I goe then from thy presence If I clime vp into heauen thou art there If go downe in hell thou art there also If I take the wings of the morning and remaine in the vttermost parts of the sea Euen there also shall thy hand leade mee and thy right hand shall hold me If I say Peraduenture the darkenesse shall couer mee then shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenesse is no darkenesse with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darknesse and light to thee are both alike For my reines are thine thou hast couered mee in my mothers wombe I will giue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefully and wonderfully made marueilous are thy works and that my soule knoweth right well My bones are not hid from thee though I be made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect and in thy booke were all my members written which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsels vnto mee O God O how great is the sumine of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sand when I wake vp I am present with thee Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God Depart from me ye bloodthirstie men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemies take thy name in vaine Doe not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that rise vp against thee Yea I hate them right fore euen as though they were mine enemies Trie me O God and seeke the ground of my heart prooue me and examine my thoughts Looke well if there be any may of wickednesse in me and leade me the may euerlasting Eripe me Domine Psal 140. DEliuer me O Lord from the euill man and preserue me from the wicked man Which imagine mischiefe in their hearts and stirre vp strife all the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a Serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lips Keepe mee O Lord from the handes of the vngodly Preserue mee from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goings The proud haue laid a fanare for me and spread a net aborad with cordes yea and set traps in my way I said vnto the Lord Thou art my God heare the boyce of my prayers O Lord. O Lord God Tbou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the day of battell Let not the vngodly haue his desire O Lord let not his mischicuous imagination prosper lest they be too proud Let the mischiefe of their owne lips fall vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hotte burning coales fall vpon them let them bee cast into the fire and into the pit that they neuer rise vp againe A man full of wordes shall not prosper vpon the earth euill shall hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hilll Sure I am that the Lorde will auenge the poore and maintaine the cause of the helelesse The righteous also shall guie thankes vnto they name and the â—ust shall continue in thy sight Domine clamaui psal 141. LOrd I call vpon thee haste thee vnto mee and consider my voyce when I crie vnto thee Let my prayer bee set foorth in thy sight as the incense and let the lifting vp of my hands be an euening facrifice Set a watch O Lorde before my mouth and keepe the doore of my lips O let not mine heart be cnclined to any euill thing let mee not be occupied in vngodly workes with the man that worke Wickednesse left I eate of such things as please them Let the righteous rather smite me friendiy and reprooue me But let not their precious balmes breake mine head yea I will pray yet against their wickednesse Let their iudges be ouerthrowen in ftony places that they may heare my wordes for they are sweete Our bones lie scattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and he weth wood vpon the earth But mine eyes looke vnto thee O Lorde God in thee is my trust O cast not out my soule Keepe mee from the snare which they haue laide for mee and from the traps of the wicked doers Let the vngodly fall into their owne nets together and let me euer escape them Voce mea ad Dominum Psal 142. ICried vnto the Lord with my voyce Euening prayer yea euen vnto the Lord did I make my supplication I powred out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble When my spirite was in heauinesse thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked haue they priuily laid a snare for me I looked also vpon my right hand and sawe there was no man that would know me I had no place to flee vnto and no man cared for my soule I cried vnto thee O Lorde and sayd thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the liuing Consider my complaint for I am brought very low O deliuer mee from my persecutours for they are too strong for me Bring my soule out of prison that I may giue thankes vnto thy name which thing if thou wilt graunt mee then shall the righteous resort vnto my companie Domine exaudi Psal 143. HEare my prayer O Lord and consider my desire hearken vnto me for thy trueth and righteousnesse sake And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iusrified For the enemie hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my life downe to the ground hee hath laid mee in the darkenesse as the men that haue bene long dead Therefore is my spirite bexed within
being so much more excellent theÌ„ the Angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name then they For vnto which of the Angels said he at any time Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee And agine I will be his father and hee shall be my sonne And againe when he bringeth in the first begotten sonne into the world he saieth And let all the Angels of God worshippe him And vnto the Angels he faith He maken his Angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire But vnto the sonne he saith Thy feat O God shall bee for euer and euer the scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter thou hast loued righteousnesse hated iniquitie Wherefore God euen thy God hath anointed thee with the oile of gladnes aboue thy fellowes And thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundatioÌ„ the carch the heauens are the works of the hands They shal perish but thou endurest They all shal waxe old as doth agarment and as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art euen the same and thy yeeres shall not faile The Gospel IN the beginning was the word Iohn I.I. and the word was with God God was the word The same was in the beginning with God Al things were made by it and without it was made nothing that was made In it was life the life was the light of men and the light shineth in the darknes the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent froÌ„ God a man whose name was Iohn the same came as a witnes to beare Witnes of the light that all men through him might beleeue He was not the light but was sent to beare witnes of the light That light was the true light which lighteth euery maÌ„ that commeth into the world He was in the world was made by him and the world knew him not He came among his owne and his owne receiued him not But as many as receiued him to theÌ„ gaue he power to be made sonnes of God euen them that beleeued on his Name Which were borne not of blood nor of the wil of the flesh nor yet of the wil of man but of God And the same word became flesh and dwelt among vs we saw the glory of it as the glory of the onely begotten sonne of the Father full of grace and trueth Saint Steuens day The Collect. Grant vs O Lord to learne to loue our enemies by the example of thy martyr S. Steuen who prayed for his persecuters to thee which liuest c. Then shall follow the Collect of the Natiuitie which shall be sayd continually vnto Newyeeres day The Epistle ANd Steuen being ful of holy Ghost Aâ— 7.55 looked vp stedfastly with his eies into heauen and saw the glory of God Iesus standing on the right hand of God and sayd Behold I see the heauens open the Some of man standing on the right hand of God Then they gaue a shoute with a lowde voyce and stopped their eares and ran vpon him all at once and cast him out of the citie and stoned him And the witnesses layed downe their clothes at a yong mans feete whose name was Saul they stoned Steuen calling on and saying Lord Iesu receiue my spirit And he kneeled down and cryed with a lowde voyce Lord lay not this sinne to their charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a sleepe The Gospel BEhold I send vnto you Prophtes Matt. 23.34 and wise men and Scribes and some of them ye shal kill and cruicfie and some of them yee shall scourg in your Synagogues and persecute them from citie to citie that vpon you may come all the righteous blood which hath bene shed vpon the earth from the blood of the righteous Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias whom he slew between the temple and the altar Verily I say vnto you all these things shall come vpon this generation O Hierusalem Hierusalem thou that killst the Prophets and stonst them which are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thy children together euen as the hen gathereth her chickens vnder her wings and ye would not Behold your house is left vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shal not see me henceforth till that ye say Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord. Saint Iohn Euangelists day The Collect. MErcifull Lord we beseech thee to cast thy bright beames of light vpon thy Church that it being lightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Euangelist Iohn may attaine to thy euerlasting gifts through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle That which was from the beginning which wee haue heard i. loh. I I. which we haue seene with our eyes which we haue looked vpon our hands haue handled of the word of life And the life appeared we haue seene and beare witnes and shew vnto you that eternal life which was with the Father and appeared vnto vs That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also may haue fellowship with vs and that our fellowship may be with the Father and his sonne Iesus Christ And this we write vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioy may be full And this is the tidings which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God is light and in him is no darknesse at all If we say we haue fellowship with him and walke in darknesse we lie and do not the trueth But and if we walke in light euen as hee is in light then haue we fellowship with him and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne cleanseth vs from all sinne If wee say wee haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. If we knowladge our sinnes he is faithfull and inst to forgiue vs our sinnes and to cleanse vs from all vnrighteousnesse If we say we haue not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in vs. The Gospel IEsus said vnto Peter Follow thou me loh. â—i i â— Peter turned about and saw the disciple whome Iesus loued following which also leaned on his breast at supper and said Lord which is he that betrayth thee when Peter therefore what saw him hee sayd vnto Iesus Lord what shall he here do Iesus sayd vnto him If I will haue him to tary till I come what is that to thee Folow thou me TheÌ„ went this saying abroad among the breathren that that disciple should not die yet Iesus sayd not to him Hee shall not die but if I wil that he tarie til I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these things and wrote these things and we know that his testimonie is true There are also many other things which Iesus did the which if they should bee written euery one I suppose the world could not containe thc books
that should be written Innocents day The Collect. ALmightie God whole prayse this day the young Innocents thy write haue confessed shewed forth not in speaking but in dying mortifie and kil al vices in vs that in our conuersation our life may expresse thy faith which with our tongues we doe confesse through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle I Looked and loe a lambe stood on the mount sion Apo. 14.1 with him an hundreth and xliiii thousand hauing his name and his fathers name written in their foreheads And I heard a voice froÌ„ heauenas the sound of many waters as the voice of a great thunder And I heard the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes And they sung as it were a new song before the seate and before the foure beasts and the elders and no man could learne the soug but the hundred and xliiii thousand which were redeemed from the earth These are they which were not defiled with woman for they are birgins These follow the lambe whether soeuer he goeth These were redeemed from men being the first fruits vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes were sound no guile forthey are without spot before the throne of God The Gospel THe Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a sleepe Mar. 2.13 saying Arise and take the childe and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there till I bring thee word For it will come to passe that Herode will seeke the childe to destroy him So when hee awoke hee tooke the childe and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there vnto the death of Herod that it might be fufilled which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet saying Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he saw that he was mocked of the wife men was erreeding worth and sent forth men of warre and â—lew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coastes as many as were two yere old or vnder according to the time which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemâ—eÌ„ Then was fullfilled that which was spoken by the Prophat Ieremie where as hee sayd In Rama was there a voyce heard lamentanon weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not bee comforted because they were not The Sunday after Christmas day The collect Almightie God As vpon Christmas day The Epistle ANd I say 〈◊〉 that the heire as long as he is a childe differeth not from a sernant though he be Lord of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntill the time that the father hath appointed Euen so we also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordinances of the world But when the time was full come God sent his sonne made of a woman made bound vnto the Law to redeeme them which were bond vnto to the Law that we through election might receiue the inheritance that belongeth vnto the natural sonnes Because yeare sonnes God hath sent the spirit of his sonne into your hearts which cryeth Abba Father Werefore now thou art not a seurant but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heire of God through Christ The Gospel THis is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid Mat. 1.1 the sonne of Abraham Abraham begate Isahar Isahar begate Iacob Iacob begate Iudas this brethren Iudas begate Phares Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram Aram begate Aminabad Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begate Salmon Salmon begate Boose of Rahab Boos begate Obed of Ruth Obed begate Iesse Iesse begate Dauid the King Dauid the King begat Solomon of her that was the wife of Vrie Solomon begat Roboam Roboam begate Abia Abia begate Asa Asa begate Iosaphat Iosaphat begate Ioram Ioram begate Osias Osias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begate Ezekias Ezekias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begate Iosias Iosias begate Iechonias and his brethren about the time that they were caried away to Babylon And after they were brought to Babylon Iechomas begat Salathiel Salathiel begat Zorobabel Zorobabel bel begat Abiud Abiud begate Ehachim Ehachim begat Azor Azor begate Sador Sador begate Achin Achin begate Eliud Eliud begate Eleazar Eleazar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioleph the husband of Marie of whom was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christ And so all the generations from Abraham to Dauid are xiiii generations And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babylon are xiiii generations And from the captiuity of Babylon vnto Christ are xiiii generations The birth of Iesus Christ was on this wife when his mother Marie was married to Ioseph before they came to dwell together she was founds with child by the holy Ghost Then Ioseph her husband beacause he was arighteous man and would not put her to shame was minded pruulie to depart from her But while he thus thought beholde the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him in sleepe saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceiued in her commeth of tlIe holy Ghost Shee shall bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus for he shall saue his people from their sinnes All this was done that it might bee fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet sying Behold a mayde shall be with childe and shall bring foorth a sonne and they shall call his name Emmanuel which if a man interpret is as much to say as God with vs. And Ioseph assoone as hee awoke out of sleepe did as the Angel of the Lorde had bidden him and he cooke his wife vnto him and knewe her not till she had brought forth her first begotten sonne and called his name Iesus The Circumcision of Christ The Collect. ALmightie God which madest thy blessed sonne to bee circumcised and obedient to the law for man grant vs the true circumcision of the spirit that our hearts all our members being mortified from all worldly and carnallusts may in all things obey thy blessed wil through the same thy Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. The Epistle BLessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sinne Rom 4.8 Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also for wesay that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousnesse Now was it then reckoned when he wasin circumcision or when hee was in the vncircumcision not in time of circumcision but when hee was yet vncircumciseb And he receiued the sgne of circumcision as a seale of the righteousnesse of faith which hee had yet being vncircumcision that he should bee the father of all them that beleeue though they be not circumcised that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also and that hee might be the father of circumcision not vnto them onely which came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steps of the faith