to be compared This our excessiue multitude of Ceremonies was so great and many of them so darke that they did more confound and darken then declare and set forth Christs benefits vnto vs And besides this Christs Gospel is not a ceremoniall law as much of Moses law was but it is a religion to serue Gob not in bondage of the figure or shadow but in the freedome of the spirite being content onely with those ceremonies which doe serue to a decent order and godly disctpline and such as bee apt to stirre vp the dull minde of man to the remcmbrauce of his duety to God by some notable special signification whereby he nught be edified Furthermore the most waightr cause of the abolishment of certaine ceremonies was that they were so farre abused partly by the superstitious blindnesse of the rude and vnlearned and partly by the vnsatiable auarice of such as sought more their owne lucre then the glory of God that the abuses could not well be taken away the thing remaining still But now as concerning those persons which peraduenture wil be offended for that some of the old Ceremonies are retained stil if they consider that without some Ceremonies it is not possible to keepe any order or quiet disipline in the church they shal easily perceiue iust cause to reforme their iudgments And if they thinke much that nay of the old do remaine and would rather haue all deuised anew Then such men granting some Ceremonies convenient to be had surely where the old may be wel vsed there they cannot reasonably reprooue the olde oncly for their age without bewraying of their owne folly For in such a case they ought rather to haue reuerence vnto them for their antiquitie if they willdeclare themseluse to be more studious of vnitie and concord then of innouations and newfanglenesse which as much as m may be with true setting forth of Christs religion is alwayes to bee eschewed Furthermore such shall haue no tust cause with the Ceremonies reserved be offended For as those be taken away which were most abused and did burden mens conscrences wiyhout any cause so the other that remain are retained for a discipline and order which vponiust causes may bee altered and changed and therefore are not to bee esteemed equal with Gods Law And moreouer they be neither darke nor dumbe ceremonies but are set forth that euery man may vnderstand what they doe meane and to what vse they doe serue So that it is not like that they in time to come should be abused as other haue been And in these our doing we condemne no other nations nor prescribe any thing but to our owne people onely For we thinke it conuenient thateuery countrey should vse such Ceremonies as they shall thinke belt to the fetting forth of Gods honour and glory and to the reducing of the people to a most perfect and godly liuing without errour or suoerstition And that they should put a way other things which from time to time they perceiue to be most abused as in mens ordinances it often chanceth diuersly in diuers countreys ⧠The Table and Kalender expressing the order of the Psalmes and Lessons to be said at Morning and Euening prayer throughout the yeere except certaine proper Feasts as the rules following more plainely declare ¶ The order how the Psalter is appointed to he read THe Psalter shal be read through once euery Moneth And because that some Monechs belonger then some other be it is thought good to make them euen by this meanes To euery Moneth shal be appointed as concerning this purpose iust xxx dayes And because Ianuary and Marchhaue one day aboue the said number February which is placed betweene them both hath onely xxviij dayes February shal borow of either of the Moneths of Ianuary and March one day And so the Plalter which shal be read in February must begin at the last day of Ianuary and end the first day of March. And whereas May Iuly August October and December haue xxxj dayes a piece It is ordered that the same Psalmes shal be read the last day of the said Moneths which were read the day before so that the Psalter may begin againe the first day of the next Moneth ensuing Now to know what Psalmes shall be read euery day Looke in the kalender the number that is appointed for the Psalmes and then find the same number in this Table and vpon that number you shall see what Psalmes shal be said at Morning and Euening prayer And where the Cxix Psalme is diuided into 22. portions is ouerlong to be read at one time it is so ordered that at one time shal not be read aboue foure or fiue of the said portions as you shall perceiue to be noted in this Table folowing And here is also to bee noted that in this Table and in all other parts of the Seruice where any Psalmes are appointed the number is expressed after the great English Bible which from the ix Psalme vnto the Cxlviij Psalme following the diuision of the Hebrewes doeth varie in numbers from the common Latine translation The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture beside the Psalter is appointed to be read THe old Testament is appointed for the first Lessons at Morning and Euening prayer and shall bee read through euery yeere once except certaine Bookes and Chapters which be least edisying and might best bee spared and therefore are lest vnread The Newe Testament is appointed for the second Lessons at Morning and Euening prayer and shall be read ouer orderly euery yeere thrise beside the Epistles and Gospels except the Apocalypse out of the which there be only certaine Lessons appointed vpon diuers proper feasts And to know what Lessons shall be read euery day find the day of the moneth in the Kalender following and there ye shall perceiue the Bookes and Chapters that shal be read for the Lessons both at Morning and Euening prayer And here is to be noted that when soener there be any proper Psalmes or Lessons appointed for the Sundayes or for any Feast moueable or vnmoueable then the Psalmes and Lessons appointed in the Kalender shall be omitted for that time Ye must note also that the Collect Epistle and Gospel appointed for the Sunday shall serue all the weeke after except there sall some Feast that hath his proper When the yeeres of our Lord may be diuided into foure euen partes which is euery fourth yeere then the Sunday letter leapeth and that yere the Psalmes and Lessons which serue for the xxiij day of February shall be read againe the day following except it be Sunday which hath proper Lessons of the Old Testament appointed in the Table seruing to that purpose Also wheresoeuer the beginning of any Lesson Epistle or Gospel is not expressed there ye must begin at the beginning of the Chapter And wheresoeuer is not expressed how farre shall be read there shall you reade to the end of
that is a righteous Iudge shall giue me at that day not to mee onely but to all them that loue his comming Doe thy diligence that thou mayest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsaken me and loueth this present world and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galatia Titus vnto Dalmatia onely Lucas is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for the ministration And Tychicus haue I sent vnto Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but spectally the parchment Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his vee ves of whom bee thou ware also for the hath greatly with sâ—ood our wordes The Gospel THe Lord appointed other seuentie and two also Luck 10.1 and sent them two and two before him into euery city and place whither he himselfe would come Therefore he said vnto them The haruenst is great but the labourers are few Pray ye therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his harusest Goe your wayes behold I send you forth as lambes among woulues Beare no Wallet neighter scrip nor shooes and salute noman by the way Into whatsoeuer house ye enter first say no man be to this house And if the sonne of peace be thre your peace shall rest vpon him if not if shall returne to you againe And in the same house tarie still eating and drinking such as they giue For the labourer is worthie of his reward Simon and Iude Apostles The Collect. ALmightie God which hast builded thy congregation vpon the foundation of the Apostles Prophets Iesus Christ himselfe being the head corner stone Graunt vs so to bee ioyned together in vnitie of spirit by their doctrine that we may be made an holy temple acceptable to thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. The Episile IVdas the seruant of Iesus Christ Inde 1. the brother of Iames to them which are called and sanctified in GOD the Father and preserued in Iesus Christ mercie vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was needefull for mee to write vnto you to exhort you that yee should continually labour in the faith which was once giuen vnto the Saintes For there are certaine vngodly men craftily crept in of which it was written aforetime vnto such iuvgement They turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse and denie God which is the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ My minde is therefore to put you in remembrance forasmuch as yee once know this how that the Lord after that hee had deliuered the people out of Egypt destroyed them which after beleeued not The angels also which kept not their first state but left their owne habitation hee hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darknes vnto the indgement of the great day Euen as Sodom and Gomorrhe and the cities about them which is like maner defiled themselves with fornication and folowed strange slesh are set forth for an example and suffer the pain of eternall fire Like wife these being deceiued by dreames defile the flesh despise rulers and speake euill of them that are in authoritie The Gospel THis commaund I you Ioh. 15.17 that yee loue together If the world hate you yee know it hated mee before it hated you If yee were of the world the world would loue his owne howbeit because yee are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therefore the worlde heateth you Remember the word that I sayd vnto you The seruant is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted mee they will also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they will keepe yours also But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent mee It I had not come and spken vnto them they should haue had no sinne but now haue they nothing to cloke their sinne withall Hee that hateth mee hateth my Father also If I had not done among them the workes which none other man did they should haue had no sinne but now haue they both seene and hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in theâ—e lawe They hated me without a cause But when the comforter is come whom I will send you from the Father euen the spirit of trueth which proceedeth of the Father he shall testifie of me And ye shal beare witnesse also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning All Saintes The Collect. ALmighty God which hast knit together thy elect in one Communion and fellowship in the mysticall body of thy sonne Christ our Lord graunt vs grace so to follow thy holy Saints in al vertuous and godly liuing that wee may come to those vnspeakeable ioyes which thou hast prepared for them that vnfainedly loue thee through Iesus Christ Lord. Amen The Epistle BEhol Apoc. 7.2 I Iohn saw another Angel ascend from the rising of the sunne which had the seale of the liuing God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure Angels to whom power was giuen to hurt the earth and the sea saying Hurt not the earth neigher the sea neither the trees till we haue sealed the seruants of our God in their foreheads And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and fortie and foure thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Aster were saled xii M. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Leui were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Ieseph were sealed xii M. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii M. After this I beheld and loe a great multitude which no man can number of all nations and people and tongues stood before the seate and before the Lambe clothed with long white garments and Palmes in their hands and cryed with a loud voyce saying Saluation be ascribed to him that sitteth vpon the seate of our God and vnto the Lambe And all the Angels stood in the compasse of the seate and of the Elders and the foure beasts and fell before the seate on their faces and worshipped God saying Amen Blessing and glory and wisedome and thankes and honour and power and might be vnto our God for euermore Amen The Gospel IEsus seeing the people Maâ— 5.1 went vp into a mountaine and when hee was set his Disciples came
and yet be they very swords O cast thy burden vpon the Lorde and hee shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for euer And as for them thou O God shall bring them into the pit of destruction The bloodthirstie and deceitfull men shall not liue out halfe their dayes neuerthelesse my trust shall bee in thee O Lord. Miserere mei Deus Psal 56. BE mereifull vnto me Morning prsyer O God for man goeth about to deuoure mee he is dayly fighting and troubling me Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me vp for they be many that fight against mee O thou most Highest Neuerthelesse though I am sometime afraide yet put I my trust in thee I will praise God because of his word I haue put my trust in God and will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me They dayly mistake my wordes all that they imagine is to doe me euill They holde all together and keepe themselues close and marke my steps when they lay waite for my soule Shall they escape for their wickednesse thow O God in thy displeasure shalt cast them downe Thou telâ—st my flittings put my teares into thy bottell are not these things noted in thy booke Whensoeuer I call vpon thee then shall mine enemies be put to slighy this I know for God is on my side In Gods word will I reioyce in the Lords word will I comfort me Yea in God haue I put my trust I will not bee afraide what man can doe vnto me Vnto thee O God will I pay my vowes vnto thee will I giue thankes For thou hast deliuered my soule froÌ„ death my feet form falling that I may walke before God in the light of the liuing Miserere mei Deus Psal 57 Be merecifull vnto me O God be merrifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in thee and vnder the shadow of thy wings shal be my refuge vntill this tyrannie be ouerpast I will cal vnto the most high God euen vnto the God that shall performe the cause which I haue in hand He shall send from heauen and saue me from the reproof of him that would eat me vp God shall send forth his mercie and trueth my soule is among Lions And I lie euen amoung the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are speares and arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauns and chy glory aboue all the earth They haue layd a net for my feet and pressed downe my soule they haue digged a pit before me and are fallen into the middes of it themselues My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and giue praise Awake vp my glory awake Lute and Harpe I my selfe will awake right early I will giue thanks vnto thee O Lord among the people and I will sing vnto thee among the nations For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes Set vp thy selfe O God aboue the heauens and thy glory about all the earth Si vere vtique Psal 58 ARe your minds set vpoÌ„ righteousnes O ye congregation and do ye iudge the thing that is right O ye sonnes of men Yea yee imagine mischiefe in your heart vpon the earth and your hands deale with wickednesse The vngodly are froward euen froÌ„ their monthers womb assoone as they be borne they goe astray and speake lies They are as venemous as the poison of a Serpent euen like the deafe Adder that stoppeth her eares Which refuseth to heare the voice of the charmer charme he neuer so wisely Breake their teeth O God in their mouthes smite the iawe boues of the Lions O Lord let them fall away like water that tunneth apace and when they shoote their arrowes let them be rooted out Let them consume away like a Snaile and be like the vntimely fruit of a woman and let them not see the funne Or euer your pots be made hot with thrones so let indignation vexe him euen as a thing that is rame The righteous shall reioice when he seeth the vengeance he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the vngodly So that a man shall say Verely there is a reward for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth the earth Eripe me de inimicis Psal 59 DEliuer me from mine enemies Euening prayer O God defend mee from them that rise against me O deliuer mee from the wicked doers and saue me from the blood-thirsty men For loe they lie waiting for my soule the mighty men are gathered aganist mee without any offence or fanlt of me O Lord. They runne and prepare themselues without my fault arife thou therefore to help me and behold Stand vp O Lord God of hostes thou God of Israel to viste all the heathen and be not mercifull vnto them that ofsend of malicious wickednesse They go to and fro in the euening they grinne like a dog and runne about thorow the citie Behold they speake with their mouth and swords are in their lips for who doeth heare But thou O Lord shall haue them in derison and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorne My strength wil I aseribe vnto thee for thou art the God of my refuge God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteonsly and God shal let me see desire bpon mine enemies Slay them not left my people forget it but scatter them abroad among the people and put them downe O Lord our defence For the sinne their mouth and for the wordes of their lippes they shal be taken in their pride and why their preaching is of cursing and lies Consume them in thy wrath consume them that they may perish and know that it is God which ruleth in Iacob and vnto the ends of the world And in the euening they wil returne grinne like a Dog and will goe about the citie They will runne here and there for meate and grudge if they be not satisfied As for mee I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie betimes in the morning for thou hast been my Defence and refuge in the day of my trouble Vnto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my refuge and my mercifull God Deus repulisti nos Psal 60 O God thou hast cast vs out and scattered vs abroad thou hast also bene displeascd O turne thec vnto vs againe Thou hast moued the land and deuided it heale the fores thereof for it shaketh Thou hast shewed thy people heauie things thou hast giuen vs a drinke of deadly wine Thou hast giuen a token for such as feare thee that they may triumph because of the trueth Therefore were thy beloued deliuered help me with thy rtght hand and heare me God hath spoken in his holinesse I will reioyce and diuide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the streangth of my head Iuda is my lawgiuer