them except I see in hys handes the prynte of the nayles and put my fynger into the printe of the nayles and thruste my hande into hys syde I will not beleue And after eight dayes agayne hys disciples were within and Thomas with thē Then came Iesus when the doores were shut and stode in the middes and sayed Peace bee vnto you And after that he sayed to Thomas bryng the fynger hyther and see my handes and reache hyther thy hande and thrust it into my syde and bee not faythlesse but beleuyng Thomas aunswered and sayd vnto him my lord and my god Iesus said vnto hym Thomas because thou hast seē me thou hast beleued blessed are they that haue not seen and yet haue beeleued And many other signes truly did Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this boke These are written that ye might beleue that Iesus Chryste is the sonne of God and that in beleuing ye might haue lyfe through his name The conuersion of Sainct Paule ¶ The Collect. GOd whiche hast taught al the world throughe that preaching of thy blessed Apostle Saincte Paul Graūt we beseche thee that we which haue his wonderful conuertion in remembraunce may folowe and fulfyll thy holy doctryne that he taught through Iesu Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes ix ANd Saule yet breathyng oute threatninges and slaughter against the disciples of the lorde wente vnto the hie priest desired of him letters to carye to Damasco to the Sinagoges that yf he founde any of this way were they men or women he myght bring them bound to Ierusalem And when he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nigh to Damasco sodeynly there shined round aboute him a light from heauē he fel to the earth and heard a voyce saying to hym Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayed what art thou lord And the Lorde sayd I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kicke against the pricke And he both trembling and astonied sayd Lord what wilt thou haue me to doe And the Lorde sayed vnto him aryse and goe into the citie and it shal be tolde thee what thou must doe The men which iourneyed with him stode amased hearing a voyce but seeying no man And Saule arose from the earth and when he opened his eyes he sawe no manne But they lead hym by the hande and broughte him into Damasco And he was three dayes wythoute syghte and neyther dyd eate nor drynke And there was a certayne Disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Ananias and he sayd beholde I am here Lord. And the lord said vnto him arise and goe into the strete which is called streight and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saule of Tharsus For behold he praieth and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias comming in to him and puttyng his handes on him that he might receiue his sight Then Ananias aunswered Lord I haue heard by many of this man how much euil he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem here he hathe auctority of the hie priestes to binde all that call on thy name The Lorde saide vnto him go thy way for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the Gentiles and kinges and the childrē of Israel For I will shew him how great thynges he muste suffre for my names sake And Ananias went his way entred into the house and put his handes on him and sayd brother Saule the lord that appeared vnto thee in the waie as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receiue thy sight and be filled with the holy goste And immediatly there fell from hys eyes as it had been scales and he receyued sight and arose was baptised and receyued meate and was comforted Thē was Saule a certayne dayes with the Disciples whyche were at Damasco And streight way he preached Chrste in the Sinagogues how that he was the sonne of God But al that heard him were amased and sayd 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 thehye Priestes But Saule encreased the more in strengthe and confounded the Iewes which dwelt at Damasco affirming that this was very Christ ¶ The Gospell Mat. xix PEter aunswered and said vnto Iesus behold we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therfore Iesus sayd vnto them Verely I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shal sit in the seat of his Maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneracion shall syt also vpon .xii seates iudge the twelue tribes of Israel And euerye one that forsaketh house or brethrē or sisters or father or mother or wyfe or children or landes for my names sake shall receyue an hundreth folde shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe But many that are fyrste shal be last the last shal be fyrste ¶ The purificacion of Sainct Mary the virgin ¶ The Colleste ALmightie and euerlastyng God we humblye beeseche thy Maiestie that as thy onelye begotten sonne was this day presented in the Temple in substaunce of our flesh so graunt that we may be presented vnto thee with pure and cleare mindes By Iesus Christ our Lorde ¶ The Epistle ¶ The same that is appoynted for the Sundaye ¶ The Gospel Luke ii WHen the tyme of theyr Purificacion after the law of Moses was come they brought him to Ierusalem to present him to the Lorde as it is written in the lawe of the Lord euery man child that firste openeth the matrix shal be called holy to the Lorde and to offre as it is sayde in the law of the Lorde a payre of turtle Dooues or two yong Pigeons And behold there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iust and godly and loked for the consolacyon of Israel and the holi gost was in him And an aunswer had he receiued of the holy gost that he should not see death except he fyrst saw the Lorde Christ And he came by inspiracyon into the temple ¶ Sainct Mathies daye ¶ The Collecte ALmightye God whiche in the place of the traitor Iudas dydst chose thy faythfull seruaunte Mathie to be of the numbre of thy twelue Apostles Graunt that thy church beyng alway preserued from false Apostles maye bee ordered and guyded by faythful and true pastors throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Actes i. IN those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and said the numbre of names that were together were about an hundred and .xx. Ye men brethren this scripture must nedes haue been fulfilled whiche the holy ghost throughe the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas whiche was guide to them that toke Iesus For he was noumbred with vs and had obteined felowship in this ministracion And the
middest are the damosels playing with the timbrelles Geue thankes O Israel vnto god the lord in the congregacions from the grounde of the heart There is little Beniamin their ruler and the princes of Iuda theyr counsel the princes of zabulon and the princes of Nephtali Thy God hath sent furth strength for thee stablishe the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy temples sake at Ierusalem so shal kinges bring presentes vnto thee When the companye of the speare men and multitude of the mightie are scattered abrode emong the beastes of the people so that they humbly bring pieces of siluer when he hath scattered the people that delight in warre Then shal the Princes come out of Egipt the Morians land shal sone stretche out her handes vnto God Sing vnto God O ye kyngdomes of the earth O syng prayses vnto the Lorde Which sitteth in the heauens ouer all frō the beginning lo he doth send out his voyce yea and that a mighty voice Ascribe ye the power to God ouer Israel hys worshyp and strength is in the cloudes O God wonderful art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Israel he will geue strength and power vnto hys people blessed be God Saluum me fac deus Psal lxix Euening prayer SAue me O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I sticke fast in the depe myre where no ground is I am come into depe waters so that the floudes runne ouer me I am wery of crying my throte is drye my sight fayleth me for wayting so long vpon my god They that hate me withoute a cause are moe then the heere 's of my head they that are mine enemies and would destroy me gyltles are mighty I payed them the thinges that I neuer tooke God thou knowest my simplenes my faultes are not hid from thee Let not them that trust in thee O lord God of hostes be ashamed for my cause let not those that seeke thee be confounded through me O Lord God of Israel And why for thy sake haue I suffred reprofe shame hath couered my face I am become a straunger vnto my brethren euen an aleant vnto my mothers children For the zeale of thyne house hath euen eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen vpon me I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reprofe I put on a sackecloth also and they iested vpon me They that sytte in the gate speake agaynst me and the drunkardes make songes vpon me But Lorde I make my prayer vnto thee in an acceptable tyme. Heare me O God in the multitude of thy mercy euen in the trueth of thy saluacion Take me out of the myre that I sinke not Oh let me be deliuered from them that hate me and out of the depe waters Let not the water floud drowne me neither let the depe swalow me vp and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me Heare me O lord for thy louing kindnes is cōfortable turne the vnto me according to the multitude of thy mercies And hyde not thy face from thy seruaunte for I am in trouble Oh hast thee and heare me Draw nigh vnto my soule and saue it Oh deliuer me because of mine enemies Thou hast knowen my reprofe my shame and my dishonour mine aduersaries are all in thy sight Thy rebuke hath broken my hert I am ful of heauines I looked for some to haue pietie on me but there was no man neither found I any to comfort me They gaue me gall to eate and when I was thyrstie they gaue me vinegre to drinke Let theyr table be made a snare to take thēselues withall and let the thynges that shoulde haue been for theyr wealth be vnto them an occasion of falling Let their eies be blinded that they see not and euer bowe thou down their backes Powre oute thyne indignacyon vpon them and lette thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them Let their habitacion be voide and no man to dwel in their tentes For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talke how they may vexe them whom thou hast wounded Let them fall from one wyckednesse to another and not come into thy ryghteousnesse Let them be wiped out of the boke of the liuing and not to be written among the righteous As for me when I am poore and in heauinesse thy helpe O God shal lyft me vp I wil prayse the name of god with a song and magnifye it with thankes geuing This also shal please the Lord better then a bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes The humble shal considre this and be glad seeke ye after god and your soule shall lyue For the lord heareth the poore and despiseth not hys prysoners Let heauen and earth praise him the sea and al that moueth therin For god wil saue Siō and builde the cities of Iuda that men may dwel there and haue it in possession The posteritie also of hys seruauntes shall enherite it and they that loue hys name shall dwell therin Deus in adiutorium psal lxx HAst the O god to deliuer me make hast to helpe me O Lorde Let them be ashamed and confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backward and put to confusyon that wyshe me euill Let them for their rewarde bee sone broughte to shame that crye ouer me there there But let al those that seke thee be ioyful and glad in thee and let all suche as dilighte in thy saluacion say alwaye the lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and in miserie haste thee vnto me O god Thou art my helper and my redemer O Lorde make no long tarying In te domine speraui psal lxxi Mornīg prayer IN thee O lord haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusyon but ridde me and deliuer me in thy righteousnes enclyne thyne eare vnto me saue me Be thou my strong holde whereunto I may alwaye resort thou hast promysed to helpe me for thou art my house of defence and my castell Deliuer me O my god out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnrighteous and cruel man For thou O lorde god art the thing that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth Throughe thee haue I been holden vp euer sence I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe my prayse shal be alwaye of thee I am become as it wer a monstre vnto many but my sure trust is in thee Oh let my mouth be filled with thy prayse that I maye syng of thy glory and honor al the day long Cast me not away in the time of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemyes speake agaynst me and they that laye wayte for my soule take their counsayll together saying God hath forsaken hym persecute hym and take hym for there is none to deliuer hym Goe not farre fro
we wryte vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioye may bee full And this is the tidinges which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God is light and in him is no darkenes at al. If we say we haue felowship with him and walke in darkenes we lie and doe not the trueth But and if we walke in lyght euen as he is in lighte then haue we felowship with him and the bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from al synne If we saye we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and the truth is not in vs. If we knowledge oure sines he is faithfull and iuste to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs fom al vnrighteousnes If we say we haue not sinned we make him a lyer and hys worde is not in vs. ¶ The Gospell Iohn xxi IEsus sayd vnto Peter folow thou me Peter turned about and saw the disciple whom Iesus loued folowing which also leaned on his breast at supper sayed lord which is he that betrayeth thee when Peter therfore saw him he sayd to Iesus Lord what shall he here doe Iesus sayd vnto hym if I wil haue him to tary till I come what is that to thee Folowe thou me Thē went this saying abroad among the brethrē that that disciple should not die Yet Iesus sayd not to him he shall not die but if I will that he tarye till I come what is that to thee The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges we knowe that his testimony is true There are also manye other thynges which Iesus did the whiche if they shoulde bee written euery one I suppose the world coulde not conteine the bokes that should be written ¶ Thinnocentes day ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God whose praise this day the yong Innocentes thy witnesses haue confessed and shewed forth not in speakyng but in dying mortify and kil all vices in vs that in our conuersacion oure life maye expresse thy faythe whyche with oure tonges we due confesse throughe Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The Epistle Apo. xiiii I Loked and loe a lambe stode on the mount Sion and with him an hundred and .xliiii. thousand hauing his name his fathers name written in their foreheades And I heard a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voice of a great thūder And I heard the voyce of harpers harpyng with theyr harpes And they song as it were a new song before the seate and before the .iiii. beastes and the elders and no man could learne the song but the hundred fourtye and .iiii. thousande whiche were redemed from the earth These are they whiche were not defiled with women for they are virgins These folow the lambe whersouer he goeth These were redemed from menne beyng the firste fruites vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle for they are without spot before the throne of God ¶ The Gospell Math. ii THe Angel of the lord appeared to Ioseph in a slepe saying arise take the child and his mother flee into Egipt be thou there til I bring thee worde For it will come to passe the Herode shall seke the childe to destroye him So when he awoke he toke the childe and his mother by night and departed into Egipt and was there vnto the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lorde by the Prophet saying oute of Egipt haue I called my sonne Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise menne he was exceading wroth and sent forth menne of warre and slewe al the children that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes as many as were two yeares olde or vnder according to the time which he had diligently knowen out of the wisemen Then was fulylled the which was spokē by the Prophet Ieremy wheras he sayd In Rama was there a voyce heard lamentacyon weping and great mourning Rachel wepyng for her children and woulde not bee comforted because they were not The Sunday after Christmas daye ¶ The Collecte Almightye God whiche hast geuen vs. c. As vpon Christmas daye ¶ The Epistle Gala. iiii ANd I say that the heire as long as he is a childe differeth not from a seruaunt though he bee Lord of all but is vnder tutours and gouernours vntyll the tyme that the father hath appointed Euen so we also when we were children were in bondage vnder the ordeinaunces of the worlde But when the time was full come God sent his sonne made of a woman and made bond vnto the lawe to redeme them whyche were bonde vnto the lawe that we throughe eleccion myghte receyue the inherytaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Because ye are sonnes God hath sente the spirite of hys sonne into oure heartes whyche cryeth Abba father Wherefore nowe thou art not a seruaunte but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heyre of God through Christe The Gospell Math. i THis is the boke of the generacion of Iesus Christe the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abraham Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob beegat Iudas and hys brethren Iudas begat Phares and Zaram of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram Aram begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmon Salmon begat Boos of Rahab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse Iesse begat Dauid the kyng Dauid the king begat Salomon of her that was the wife of Vrie Salomon begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Osias Osais begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezechias Ezechias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amō begat Iosias Iosias begat Iechonias and his brethren about the tyme that they were caried away to Babilon And after they were broughte to Babilon Iechonias begat Salathiel Salathiel begat zorobabel zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begat Eliachim Eliachim begat Azor Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achin Achin begat Eliud Eliud begat Eleasar Eleasar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob Iacob begat Ioseph the husband of Mary of whom was borne Iesus euen he that is called Christ And so all the generacions frō Abraham to Dauid are .xiiii. generaciōs And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon are .xiiii. generacions And frō the captiuite of Babilō vnto Christ are .xiiii. generaciōs The byrth of Iesus Christ was on this wise When hys mother Mary was maried to Ioseph beefore they came to dwell together she was founde with childe by the holye gost Then Ioseph her husband because he was a ryghteous man and would not putte her to shame was mynded priuely to departe from her But whyle he thus thoughte beholde the Aungell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in slepe saying Ioseph thou sōne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Marye thy wyfe for that whiche is conceiued in her cometh of the holy gost She shal bring
when thou comest into thy kingdome And Iesus sayd vnto hym verely I say vnto the to day shalt thou be with me in paradyse And it was aboute the sixth houre and there was a darkenesse ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre and the Sunne was darkened and the vayle of the Temple did rente euen throughe the middes And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce he sayd Father into thy handes I commend my spirite And when he thus had said he gaue vp the goste When the Centurion sawe what had hapned he glorified God saying verely this was a righteous man And al the people that came together to se that sight and saw the thynges which had hapned smote theyr brestes returned And al his acquaintaunce the women that folowed hym from Galile stoode afarre of beholdyng these thinges And behold there was a mā named Ioseph a counsaylor and he was a good man a iust thesame had not consented to the counsail and dede of thē which was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes which same also wayteth for the kingdom of God he went vnto Pilate begged the body of Iesus and toke it down and wrapped it in a linnē cloth and layed it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherein neuer man beefore had been layd And that daye was the preparing of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drewe on The women that folowed after which had come wyth him from Galile beheld the sepulchre and howe hys bodye was layd And they returned and prepared swete Odours and ointmentes but rested on the Sabboth day according to the commmaundement ¶ On good Fridaye ¶ The Collectes ALmightie god we beseche thee graciously to beholde thys thy famely for the which our Lord Iesus Christ was contented to bee betrayed and geuen vp into the handes of wicked men and to suffre death vpon the crosse who lyueth and reygneth c. ALmightie and euerlasting god by whose spirite the whole body of the Church is gouerned and sanctified receiue our supplicaciōs praiers which we offre before thee for al estates of men in thy holy congregaciō that euery membre of thesame in his vocaciō ministerie maye truely godly serue thee through our Lord Iesus Christ MErcifull God who haste made all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made nor wouldst the death of a synner but rather that he shoulde be conuerted and lyue haue mercy vpon all Iewes Turkes Infidels and Heretykes and take from them all ignoraunce hardnesse of hearte and contempte of thy woorde And so fetche them home blessed Lord to thy flocke that they may be saued among the remnaunte of the true Israelites and bee made one folde vnder one shepehearde Iesus Christe oure Lord who lyueth and reygneth c. ¶ The Epistle Hebre. x. THe law which hath but a shadow of good thīges to come and not the very fashion of thinges them selues can neuer with those sacrifices which thei offre yeare by yeare continuallye make the commers thereunto perfit For would not then those sacrifices haue ceased to haue been offred because that the offerers once purged should haue had no more conscience of synnes Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is there mencion made of synnes euery yeare For the bloud of Oxen Goates can not take away synnes Wherfore when he cometh into the world he sayth Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offeringes also for synne hast thou not allowed Then sayed I loe I am here In the beginning of the boke it is written of me that I should doe thy wil O God Aboue when he saieth Sacrifice and offeryng and burnt sacrifices and synne offeringes thou wouldeste not haue neyther haste thou allowed them which yet are offered by the lawe then said he loe I am here to doe thy wyll O God he taketh away the fyrste to establishe the latter by the whiche wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesu Christ once for al. And euery Priest is ready daily ministring and offeryng often tymes one maner of oblacyon whiche can neuer take awaye synnes But thys man after he hath offered one sacrifice for synnes is sette downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from henceforth tarieth tyl his foes be made his footestole For with one offeryng hath he made perfecte for euer them that are sanctified The holye goste hymselfe also beareth vs recorde euen when he tolde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto thē After those dayes sayeth the Lorde I wyll put my lawes in their heartes and in their myndes will I wryte them and their sinnes and iniquities will I remember no more And where remission of these thynges is there is no more offering for sinnes Seeing therefore brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Iesu we haue libertie to entre into the holy place by the newe and liuing way whiche he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to saye by hys fleshe And seing also that we haue an hye prieste which is ruler ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true heart in a sure fayth sprynkled in our heartes from an euil conscience wasshed in our bodies with pure water lette vs kepe the profession of our hope withoute wauering for he is faythfull that promised and let vs considre one another to the intent that we maye prouoke vnto loue and to good workes not forsaking the felowshyp 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 nye ¶ The Gospell Ioh. xviii WHen Iesus had spoken these woordes he went forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron where was a garden into the which he thē entred with hys disciples Iudas which also beetrayed him knewe the place for Iesus oftimes resorted thither with hys Disciples Iudas then after he had receiued a bond of men ministers of the hye Priestes and Phariseis came thither with lanternes firebrandes and weapons And Iesus knowing al thinges that should come on him went furth sayd vnto them whom seke ye They aunswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayd vnto them I am he Iudas also whiche betrayed him stoode with thē Assone then as he had sayde vnto them I am he they went backward and fell to the grounde Then asked he them agayne whō seke ye They sayde Iesus of Nazareth Iesus aunswered I haue tolde you that I am he If ye seke me therfore let these goe their way that the saying myght be fulfylled whiche he spake Of them whiche thou gauest me haue I not lost one Thē Simon Peter hauing a sweord drew it and smote the hye Priestes seruaunte cut of his right eare The seruaūtes name was Malchus Therfore sayth Iesus vnto Peter put vp thy sweord into the sheath shal I not drinke of the
trouble And the Lord shal stande by them and saue them he shall deliuer them from the vngodly and shal saue them because they put theyr trust in him Domine ne in furore psal xxxviii Mornīg prayer But me not to rebuke O Lord in thyne anger neyther chasten me in thy heauy displeasure For thine arowes sticke fast in me and thy hande presseth me sore There is no health in any flesh because of thy dispeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne For my wickednesses are gone ouer my head and are like a sore burthen to heauy for me to beare My woūdes stinke are corrupt through my foolishnes I am brought into so great trouble and miserye that I goe mourning all the day long For my loynes are filled with a fore disease and there is no whole part in my body I am feble and sore smitten I haue roared for the very disquietnes of my heart Lorde thou knowest all my desyre and my groning is not hydde from thee My heart panteth my strength hath fayled me and the light of mine eyes is gone from me My louers and my neighbours dyd stande loking vpon my trouble and my kinsmen stode afarre of They also that sought after my life layd snares for me and they that went about to doe me euil talked of wickednes and ymagined deceit all the day long As for me I was lyke a deafe man and hearde not and as one that is domme which doeth not open his mouth I became euen as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reprofes For in thee O Lorde haue I put my trust thou shalte aunswere for me O Lord my God I haue required that they euen myne enemies shoulde not tryumphe ouer me for when my foote slipt they reioysed greatly agaynst me And I truely am set in the plage my heauines is euer in my sight For I will confesse my wickednesse and be sorye for my synne But mine enemies liue and are mightye and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number They also that rewarde euill for good are agaynst me because I folow the thing that good is Forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou farre fro me Haste thee to helpe me O Lord God my saluacion Dixi cuftodiam vias psal xxxix I Sayd I wil take hede to my wayes that I offende not in my tongue I wil kepe my mouth as it were with a brydle whyle the vngodlye is in my sight I helde my tongue and spake nothyng I kept sylence yea euen frō good wordes but it was payn griefe to me My heart was hote within me and while I was thus musyng the fyre kiendled and at the laste I spake with my tongue Lorde let me knowe myne ende and the number of my dayes that I may be certifyed how long I haue to liue Beholde thou hast made my dayes as it were a spanne long and mine age is euen as nothyng in respecte of thee and verely euery man liuing is altogether vanitie For man walketh in a vayne shadowe and disquieteth himselfe in vayn he heapeth vp riches and cannot tel who shall gather them And now lord what is my hope truely my hope is euen in thee Deliuer me from all myne offences and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolishe I became domme and opened not my mouthe for it was thy doing Take thy plague away from me I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande When thou with rebukes doest chasten man for sinne thou makest his beauty to consume awaye like as it were a mothe fretting a garmente euerye man therefore is but vanitie Heare my prayer O Lorde and with thyne eares considre my calling hold not thy peace at my teares For I am a straunger with thee and a soiourner as all my fathers were Oh spare me a little that I maye recouer my strengeth before I goe hence and be no more seen Expectans expectaui Psalm xl I Wayted paciently for the lorde and be enclined vnto me and heard my calling He brought me also out of the horrible pit oute of the myre and claye and set my fete vpon the rocke and ordered my goinges And he hath put a new song in my mouth euē a thankes geuing vnto our God Many shall see it and feare and shall putte their trust in the Lorde Blessed is the man that hath set hys hope in the Lorde and turned not vnto the proude and to suche as goe about with lyes O Lord my God great are thy woonderous woorkes which thou hast done lyke as be also thy thoughtes which are to vsward and yet there is no man that ordereth them vnto thee If I would declare them and speake of thē they should be moe then I am hable to expresse Sacrifice and meateofferyng thou wouldest not haue but mine eares hast thou opened Burnte offeringes and sacrifice for sinne hast thou not required then sayd I loe I come In the volume of the Booke it is written of me that I should fulfill thy will O my God I am content to doe it yea thy lawe is within my heart I haue declared the ryghteousnes in the great congregacion loe I will not refrayue my lippes O Lorde and that thou knowest I haue not hydde thy righteousnes within my heart my talking hath been of thy trueth and of thy saluacion I haue not kepte backe thy louyng mercye and trueth from the great congregacion Withdraw not thou thy mercy fro me O Lord lette thy louing kindnes and thy trueth alway preserue me For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken suche holde vpon me that I am not hable to loke vp yea they are moe in number then the heere 's of my head and my heart hath fayled me O Lord let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make hast O Lorde to helpe me Let them be ashamed and cōfounded together that seke after my soule to destroy it let them be drieuen backeward and put to rebuke that wishe me euill Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame that say vnto me fye vpon thee fye vpon thee Let all those that seke thee be ioyful glad in thee let such as loue thy saluacion say alway the lorde be praysed As for me I am poore and nedye but the Lorde careth for me Thou art my helper and redemer make no long tarying O my God Beatus qui intelligit Psalm xli Euening prayer Blessed is he that considereth the poore nedye the Lord shall deliuer him in the tyme of trouble The Lorde preserue hym and kepe him aliue that he may be blessed vpon earth and deliuer not thou him into the will of his enemies The Lorde coumfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon hys bed make thou all his bed in his sickenesse I sayd Lord be merciful vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned agaynst thee Mine enemies speake euil of me when shall he dye
slew myghtie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sehon kyng of the Ammorites for hys mercy endureth for euer And Og the kyng of Basan for hys mercye endureth for euer And gaue awaye theyr land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell hys seruaunte for hys mercy endureth for euer Whych remembred vs when we were in trouble for hys mercy endureth for euer And hathe delyuered vs from our enemies for hys mercy endureth for euer Whyche geueth foode to all fleshe for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes vnto the god of heauen for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes to the Lorde of Lordes for hys mercye endureth for euer Super flumina psalm cxxxvii BY the waters of Babilon we satte downe and wept when we remembred thee O Syon As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therein For they that ledde vs away captiue required of vs then a long and melody in our heauines syng vs one of the sōges of Syon How shall me syng the Lordes song in a straunge lande If I forgeat thee O Hierusalem let my ryght hand forgeat her connyng If I doe not remembre thee let me tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouthe yea yf I preferre not Hierusalem in my mirth Remember the children of Edom O Lorde in the daye of Hierusalem how they said downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O daughter of Babilon wasted with miserye yea happie shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou haft serued vs. Blessed that he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones Confitebor tibi domine psalm cxxxviii I Wil geue thankes vnto thee O lord with my whole hearte euen before the gods will I syng prayse vnto thee I wyll worship towarde thy holy temple and praise thy name because of thy louing kindnes and truth for thou hast 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 syng in the wayes of the Lord that greate is the glory of the Lorde For though the Lord be high yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth them afarre of Thoughe I walke in the middeste of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalt stretche furth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies and thy ryghte hand shall saue me The Lorde shall make good his louing kindenes towarde me yea thy mercy O lord endureth for euer despise not thē the workes of thyne owne handes Domine probasti me Psalm cxxxix Mornīg prayer O Lord thou hast searched me oute and knowen me thou knowest my downe sittyng and myne vprysing thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before Thou arte about my path and about my bedde and spiest out all my wayes For loe there is not a worde in my tong but thou O lord knowest it altogether Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand vpon me Suche knowledge is to wonderful and excellent for me I cannot attayne vnto it Whether that I goe then frō thy spirite Or whether shal I goe then from thy presence If I climbe vp into heauen thou art there if I goe downe to hell thou arte there also If I take the winges of the morning and remayne in the vttermost partes of the sea Even there also shall thy hand leade me thy right hand shall holde me If I saye peraduenture the darkenes shall couer me thē shall my night be turned to day Yea the darkenes is no darkenes with thee but the night is as cleare as the day the darkenes and lighte to thee are both alike For my reines are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I will geue thankes vnto thee for I am fearefullye and wonderouslye made marueilous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth ryght well My bones are not hid from thee thoughe I bee made secretly and fashioned beneath in the earth Thine eies did see my substaunce yet being vnperfecte and in thy boke were al my members wrytten Which day by day were fashioned when as yet there was none of them How deare are thy counsailes vnto me O gods how great is the summe of them If I tell them they are moe in number then the sande whē I wake vp I am present with thee Wilte thou not sley the wicked O god depart from me ye bloud thyrsty men For they speake vnrighteously against thee and thine enemyes take thy name in vayne Doe not I hate them O lorde that hate thee and am not I grieued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee Yea I hate them righte sore euen as thoughe they were mine enemyes Trye me O god and seke the ground of mine heart proue me and examyne my thoughtes Loke well if there be any waye of wickednes in me and leade me in the way euerlastyng Eripe me domine psal cxl DEliuer me O lord from the euil men and preserue me from the wicked men Whiche imagine mischiefe in their heartes and stire vp strife al the day long They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders poyson is vnder theyr lyppes Kepe me O lord from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrow my goynges The proud haue laid a snare for me and spred a net abrode with cordes yea and set trappes in my waye I said vnto the lorde thou art my god heare the voyce of my prayers O Lorde O lord god thou strength of my health thou hast couered my head in the daye of battayle Let not the vngodly haue his desyre O Lorde let not hys mischeuous imaginacion prospere lest they be to proude Let the mischiefe of their own lippes fal vpon the head of them that compasse me about Let hote burnyng coales fall vpon them let them be caste into the fier and into the pit that they neuer rise vp agayne A man ful of wordes shal not prospere vpon the earth euil shal hunt the wicked person to ouerthrow hym Sure I am that the lord wil auenge the poore and maintayn the cause of the helpeles The righteous also shal geue thankes vnto thy name and the iust shall continue in thy syght Domine clamaui psal cxli. LOrd I cal vpon thee hast thee vnto me and consider my voyce when I crye vnto thee Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incence and let the lifting vp of my handes be an euening sacrifice Set a watch O Lord before my mouth and kepe the dore of my lyppes O let not myne heart be enclined to any euil thyng let me not be occupied in vngodly workes with the men that worke wyckednes lest I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the righteous rather smite me