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
remooued because he was wroth There went a smoke out of his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth so that coales were kindled at it Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe and it was darke vnder his feete He rode vpon the Cherubims and did flie hee came flying vpon the wings of the winde Hee made darkenesse his secret place his Pauilion round about him with darke water and thicke cloudes to couer him At the brightnesse of his presence his cloudes remooued hailestones and coales of fire The Lorde also thundred out of heauen and the Highest gaue his thunder hailestones and coales of fire He sent out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth lightnings and destroyed them The springs of waters were seene and the foundations of the round world were discouered at thy chiding O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure Hee shalt send downe from the high to fetch me and shalt take me out of many waters Hee shalt deliuer mee from my strongest enemie and from them which hate me for they are too mightie for me They preuented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my vpholder He brought me forth also into a place of liberty he brought me forth euen because he had a fauour vnto me The Lorde shalt reward me after my righteous dealing according to the cleannesse of my hands shalt he recompence mee Because I haue kept the wayes of the Lord and haue not forsaken my God as the wicked doeth For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and will not cast out his commandements from me I was also vncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickednesse Therefore shalt the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according vnto the cleannesse of my hands in his eye sight With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect With the cleane thou shalt bee cleane and with the froward thou shalt learne frowardnesse For thou shalt saue the people that are in aduersitie and shalt bring downe the high lookes of the proud Thou also shalt light my candle the Lorde my God shall make my darkenesse to be light For in thee I shall discomfit an hoste of men and with the helpe of my God I shall leape ouer the wall The way of God is an vndefiled way the worde of the Lorde also is tried in the fire hee is the defender of all them that put their trust in him For who is God but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God It is God that girdeth me with strength of warre and maketh my way perfect He maketh my feete like Harts feete and setteth me vpon high Hee teacheth my handes to fight and mine armes shall breake euen a bowe of steele Thou hast giuen me the defence of thy saluation thy right hande also shall holde me vp and thy louing correction shall make me great Thou shalt make roome ynough vnder me for to goe that my foote steps shall not slide I will followe vpon mine enemies and ouertake them neither will I turne againe till I haue destroyed them I will smite them that they shall not be able to stand but fall vnder my feete Thou hast girded me with strength vnto the battell thou shalt throw downe mine enemies vnder me Thou hast made mine enemies also to turne their backes vpon me and I shall destroy them that hate me They shall cry but there shall bee none to helpe them yea euen vnto the Lord shal they cry but he shall not heare them I will beate them as small as the dust before the winde I will cast them out as the clay in the streetes Thou shalt deliuer mee from the struings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen A people whom I haue not knowen shall serue me Assoone as they heare of mee they shall obey mee but the strange children shall dissemble with me The strange children shall faile and be afraid out of their prisons The Lorde liueth and blessed bee my strong helper and praised be the God of my saluation Euen the God that seeth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me It is hee that deliuereth me from my cruell enemies and setteth mee vp aboue mine aduersaries thou shalt ridde mee from the wicked man For this cause will I giue thankes vnto thee O Lorde among the Gentiles and sing prayses vnto thy Name Great prosperitie giueth hee vnto his King and sheweth louing kindnesse vnto Dauid his anoynted and vnto his seed for euermore Coeli enarrant Psal xix THe heauens declare the glorie of God Morning Prayer and the firmament sheweth his handy worke Oue day telleth another and one night certifieth another There is neither speech nor language but their voyces are heard among them Their sound is gone out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the world In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sunne which commeth foorth as a bridegrome out of his chamber and reioyceth as a Gyant to runne his course It goeth forth from the vttermost part of the heauen and runneth about vnto the end of it againe and there is nothing hid from the heate thereof The Law of the Lord is an vndefiled Lawe conuerting the soule the testimonie of the Lord is sure and giueth wisedome vnto the simple The statutes of the Lord are right and reioyce the heart the commandement of the Lord is pure and giueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the Lorde is cleane and endureth for euer the iudgements of the Lorde are true and righteous altogether More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony and the hony combe Moreouer by them is thy seruant taught and in keeping of them there is great reward Who can tell how oft he offendeth O clense thou me from my secret faults Keepe thy seruaunt also from presumptutous sinnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shall I be vndefiled and innocent from the great offence Let the wordes of my mouth and the mediitation of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer Exaudiat te Deus Psal xx The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defend thee Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie and strength thee out of Sion Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt sacrifice Graunt thee thy hearts desire and fulfill all thy minde We will reioyce in thy saluation and triumph in the name of the Lorde our God the Lorde perfourme all thy petitions Nowe knowe I that the Lord helpeth his anoynted and will heare him from his holy heauen euen with the wholesome strength of his right hand Some put their trust in charets and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God They are brought downe and fallen but we are risen and stand vpright
called Barabbas Therefore when they were gathered together Pilate sayd Whether wil ye that I giue loose vnto you Barabbas or Iesus which is called Christ For hee knew that for enuie they had deliuered him When he was set downe to giue iudgement his wife sent vnto him saying Haue thou nothing to doe with that iust man for I haue suffered this day many things in my sleepe because of him But the chiefe Priestes and Elders perswaded the people that they should aske Barabbas and destroy Iesus The Deputie answered and sayd vnto them Whether of the twaine will yee that I let loose vnto you They sayd Barabbas Pilate sayd vnto them What shall I doe then with Iesus which is called Christ They all sayd vnto him Let him be crucified The Deputie sayde What euill hath he done But they cryed more saying Let him be crucified When Pilate sawe that hee could preuaile nothing but that more businesse was made he tooke water and washed his handes before the pepple saying I am innocent of the blood of this iust person see ye Then answered all the people and sayde His blood be on vs and on our children Then let hee Barabbas loose vnto them and scourged Iesus and deliuered him to be crucified Then the souldiers of the Deputie tooke Iesus into the common Hall and gathered vnto him all the company and they stripped him and put on him a purple robe and platted a crowne of thornes and put it vpon his head and a reede in his right hand and bowed the knee before him and mocked him saying Haile King of the Iewes And when they had spit vpon him they tooke the reede and smote him on the head and after that they had mocked him they tooke the robe off him againe and put his owne rayment on him and led him away to crucifie him And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene named Simon him they compelled to beare his crosse And the came vnto the place which is called Golgotha that is to say a place of dead mens skuls and gaue him vineger mingled with gall to drink and when hee had tasted thereof he would not drinke When they had crucified him they parted his garments and did cast lots that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet They parted my garmentes among them and vpon my vesture did they cast lots And they sate and watched him there and set vp ouer his head the cause of his death written This is Iesus the King of the Iewes Then were there two thieues crucified with him one on the right hand the other on the left They that passed by reueiled him wagging their heades and saying Thou that destroyedst the Temple of God and diddest build it in three dayes saue thy selfe If thou be the Sonne of GOD come downe from the crosse Likewise also the high Priests mocking him with the Scribes and Elders sayd Hee saued other himselfe he cannot saue If he be the King of Israel let him now come downe from the crosse and wee will beleeue him He trusted in God let him deliuer him nowe if he will haue him For he sayd I am the sonne of God The thieues also which were crucified with him cast the same in his teeth From the sixth houre was there darkenesse ouer all the land vntil the ninth houre And about the ninth houre Iesus cryed with a loud voyce saying Eli Eli lama sabachthani that is to say My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Some of them that stoode there when they heard that sayd This man calleth for Elias And straightway one of them ranne and tooke a spunge and when hee had filled it full of vineger hee put it on a reede and gaue him to drinke Other sayd Let bee let vs see whether Elias wil come and deliuer him Iesus when he had cryed againe with a loude voyce yeelded vp the Ghost And beholde the vaile of the Temple did rent in two partes from the top to the bottome and the earth did quake and the stones rent and graues did open and many bodies of Saintes which slept arose and went out of the graues after his resurretion and came into the holy Citie and appeared vnto many When the Centurion and they that were with him watching Iesus saw the earthquake and those things which happened they feared greatly saying Truely this was the sonne of God And many women were there beholding him afarre off which folowed Iesus from Galilee ministring vnto him among which was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of Zebedees children Munday before Easter The Epistle WHat is he this that commeth from Edom Esa 63.1 with red coloured clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth and commeth in so mightily with all his strength I am hee that teacheth righteousnesse and am of power to helpe Wherefore then is thy clothing red and thy raymēt like his that treadeth in the wine-presse I haue troden the presse my selfe alone of all people there is not one with me Thus will I tread downe mine enemies in my wrath and set my feet vpon them in mine indignation and their blood shall bespring my clothes so will I staine al my rayment For the day of vengeance is assigned in mine heart and the yeere when my people shall bee deliuered is come I looked about me and there was no man to shew me any helpe Imarueiled that no man held me vp Then I helde me by mine owne arme and my feruentnesse susteined me And thus will I treade downe the people in my wrath and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth will I lay their strength I will declare the goodnesse of the Lorde yea and the praise of the Lorde for all that hee hath giuen vs for the great good that hee hath done for Israel which he hath giuen them of his owne fauour and according to the multitude of his louing kindnesse For he sayd These no doubt are my people and no shrinking children and so he was their Sauiour In their troubles hee was also troubled with them and the Angel that went foorth from his presence deliuered them Of very loue and kindenesse that hee had vnto them he redeemed them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer since the world began But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde hee was their enemie and fought against them himselfe Yet remembred Israel the olde time of Moses and his people saying Where is he that brought them frō the water of the sea with them that fed his sheepe Where is hee thet hath giuen his holy spirite among them He led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arme deuiding the water before them whereby he gate himselfe an euerlasting name He led them in the deepe as an horse is led in the plaine that they should not stumble as a tame beast goeth in the field
as vnto a thiefe with swords and staues for to take mee I was dayly with you in the Temple teaching and yee tooke me not But these things come to passe that the Scriptures should be fulfilled And they all forsooke him and ranne away And there followed him a certaine yoong man clothed in linnen vpon the bare and the yoong men caught him and he left his linnen garment and fledde from them naked And they led Iesus away to the high Priest of all and with him came all the high Priests and the Eldres and the Scribes And Peter followed him a great way off euen till hee was come into the palace of the high Priest and hee sate with the seruants and warmed himselfe at the fire And the hie Priests and all the counsaile sought for witnesse againtst Iesus to put him to death and found none for many bare false witnesse against him but their witnesses agreed not together And there arose certaine and brought false witnesse against him saying We heard say I will destroy this Temple that is made with handes and within three dayes I will build another made without hande But yet their witnesses agreed not together And the high Priest stoode vp among them and asked Iesus saying Answerest thou nothing Howe is it that these beare witnesse against thee But he held his peace and answered nothing Againe the hie Priest asked him and said vnto him Art thou Christ the sonne of the Blessed And Iesus said I am and ye shall see the sonne of man sitting on the right hand of power and comming in the cloudes of heauen Then the hie Priest rent his clothes and said What need wee any further witnesses yee haue heard blasphemie what thinke yee And they all condemned him to be woorthy of death And some began to spit at him and to couer his face and to beate him with fists and to say vnto him Aread And the seruants buffeted him on the face And as Peter was be neath in the palace there came one of the wenches of the hie Priest and when she saw Peter warming himselfe she looked on him and sayd Wast not thou also with Iesus of Nazareth And he denied saying I know him not neither wote I what thou sayest And he went out into the porch and the cocke crew And a Damosel when she saw him began againe to say to them that stood by This is one of them And he denied it againe And anon after they that stood by said againe vnto Peter Surely thou art one of them for thou art of Galile and thy speach agreeth thereto But he began to curse and to sweare saying I know not this man of whom ye speake And againe the cocke crew And Peter remembred the word that Iesus had sayd vnto him Before the Cocke crow twise thou shall denie me three times and he began to weepe Tuesday before Easter The Epistle THe Lord God hath opened mine eare Esa 50.1 therefore can I not say nay neither withdraw my selfe but I offer backe vnto the smiters and my cheekes to the nippers I turne not my face from shame and spitting and the Lord God shall helpe me therefore shall I not be confounded I haue hardeued my face like a flint stone for I am sure that I shal not come to confusion He is at hand that iustifieth mee who will then goe to law with me Let vs stand one against another If there be any that will reason with me let him come here foorth to me Behold the Lord God standeth by mee What is hee then that can condemne me Loe they shal be like as an olde cloth the moth shall eate them vp Therefore who so feareth the Lord among you let him heare the voyce of his seruant Who so walketh in darkenesse and no light shineth vpon him let him put his trust in the name of the Lord and hold him vp by his God But take heede yee all kindle a fire of the wrath of God and stirre vp the coales Walke on in the glistering of your owne fire and in the coales that ye haue kindled This commeth vnto you from my hand namely that ye shal sleepe in sorow The Gospel ANd anon in the dawning the high Priests helde a counsaile with the Elders Mar. 15.1 and the Scribes and the whole congregation and bound Iesus and led him away and deliuered him to Pilate And Pilate asked him Art thou the King of the Iewesâ— And hee answered and sayd vnto him Thou sayest it And the high Priestes accused him of many things So Pilate asked him againe saying Answerest thou nothing Behold how many things they lay to thy charge Iesus answered yet nothing so that Pilate marueiled At that feast Pilate did deliuer vnto them a Prisoner whomsoeuer they would desire And there was one that was named Barabbas which lay bound with them that made insurrection hee had committed murder And the people called vnto him and began to desire him that he would doe acording as he had euer done vnto them Pilate answered them saying Will yee that I let loose vnto you the King of the Iewes For he knew that the hie Priests had deliuered him of enuie But the high Priests mooued the people that he should rather deliuer Barabbas vnto them Pilate answered againe and sayd vnto them What will ye then that I doe vnto him whome yee call the King of the Iewes And they cryed againe Crucifie him Pilate sayd vnto them What euil hath he done And they cryed the more feruently Crucifie him And so Pilate willing to content the people let loose Barabbas vnto them and delieured vp Iesus when he had scourged him for to be crucified And the souldiers led him away into the common hall and called together the whole multitude And they clothed him with purple and they platted a crowne of thornes and crowned him withal and began to salute him Haile King of the Iewes And they smote him on the head with a reede and did spit vpon him and bowed their knees and worshipped him And when they had mocked him they tooke the purple oft him and put his owne clothes on him and led him out to crucifie him And they compelled one that passed by called Simon of Cyrene the father of Alexander and Rufus which came out of the field to beare his crosse And they brought him to a place named Golgotha which if a man interprete is the place of dead mens skuls And they gaue him drinke wine mingled with myrrhe but he receiued it not And when they had crucified him they parted his garmentes casting lots vpon them what euery man shoulde take And it was about the third houre they crucified him and the title of his cause was written The King of the Iewes And they crucified with him two thieues the one on his right hand and the other on his left And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth Hee was counted among the wicked And they that went by
railed on him wagging their heads and saying A wretch thou that destroyest the Temple and buildest it againe in three dayes saue thy selfe and come down from the crosse Likewise also mocked him the high Priestes among themselues with the Scribes and sayd He saued other men himselfe he cannot saue Let Christ the king of Israel descend now from the crosse that we may see beleeue And they that were crucified with him checked him also And when the sixt houre was come darkenesse arose ouer all the earth vntill the ninth houre And at the ninth houre Iesus cried with a loud voyce saying Eloi Eloi Iamasabachthani which is if one interpret it My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stood by when they heard that said Behold he calleth for Elias And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar and put it on a reede and gaue him to drinke saying Let him alone let vs see whether Elias will come and take him downe But Iesus cried with a loude voyce and gaue vp the ghost And the vaile of the Temple rent in two pieces from the top to the bottome And when the Centurion which stoode before him saw that he so cryed and gaue by the ghost hee sayd Truely this man was the Sonne of GOD. There were also women a good way off beholding him Among whom was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames the little and of Ioses and Marie Salome which also when hee was in Galilee had followed him and ministred vnto him and many other women which came vp with him to Hierusalam And now when the euen was come because it was the day of preparing that goeth before the Sabboth Ioseph of the citie of Arimathea a noble counsailour which also looked for the kingdome of God came and went in boldly vnto Pilate and begged of him the body of Iesus And Pilate marueiled that he was already dead and called vnto him the Centurion and asked of him whether hee had bene any while dead And when he knew the trueth of the Centurion hee gaue the body to Ioseph And he bought a linnen cloth and tooke him downe wrapped him in the linnen cloth and layd him in a sepulchre that was hewen out of a rocke and rolled a stone before the doore of the sepulchre And Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses beheld where he was laid VVednesday before Easter The Epistle WHere as is a Testament Heb. 9.16 there must also of necessity be the death of him that maketh the Testament For the testament taketh authority when men are dead For it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the Testament is aliue For which cause also neither the first Testament was ordeined without blood For when Moses had declared al the cōmandemēts to al the people according to the Law he took the blood of Calues of Goates with water purple wooll and hysoye sprinkled both the booke al the people saying This is the blood of the Testament which God hath appointed vnto you Moreouer he sprinkled the tabernacle with blood also and all the ministring vessels And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood and without shedding of blood is no remission It is need then that the similitudes of heauenly things bee purified with such things but that the heauenly things themselues be purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entered into the holy places that are made with handes which are similitudes of true things but is entered into very heauen for to appeare now in the sight of God for vs not to offer him selfe often as the high Priest entereth into the holy place euery yeere with strange blood for then he must haue often suffered since the world began but now in the ende of the world hath hee appeared once to put sinne to flight by the offring vp of himself And as it is appointed vnto all men that they shall once die and then commeth the iudgement euen so Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of many and vnto them that looke for him shal he appeare againe without sinne vnto saluation The Gospel THe feast of sweet bread drew nigh Luk. 22.1 which is called Easter and the hie Priestes and Scribes sought how they might kill him for they feared the people Then entred Satan into Iudas whose surname was Iscariot which was of the number of the twelue and he went his way and communed with the hie priests and officers how he might betray him vnto them And they were glad and promised to giue him money And hee consented and sought opportunitie to betray him vnto them when the people were away Then came the day of sweete bread when of necessitie the Passeouer must be offered And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Goe and prepare vs the Passeouer that we may eate They sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare And hee sayde vnto them Behold when yee enter into the Citie there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water him follow into the same house that hee entereth in and yee shall say vnto the goodman of the house The master sayeth vnto thee Where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate the Passeouer with my Disciples And hee shall shewe you a great parlour paued there make readie And they went and found as hee had sayd vnto them and they made ready the Passeouer And when the houre was come he fate downe and the twelue Apostles with him And hee sayde vnto them I haue inwardly desired to eate this Passeouer with you before that I suffer For I say vnto you hencefoorth will I not eate of it any more vntill it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God And hee tooke the cup and gaue thanks and sayd Take this and diuide it among you for I say vnto you I will not drinke of the fruit of the Vine vntill the kingdome of God come And hee tooke bread and when he had giuen thanks he brake it and gaue it vnto them saying This is my body which is giuen for you this doe in the remembrance of me Likewise also when he had supped hee tooke the cup saying This cup is the newe Testament in my blood which is shed for you Yet beholde the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And truely the Sonne of man goeth as it is appointed but woe vnto that man by whom hee is betrayed And they began to enquire among themselues which of them it was that should doe it And there was a strife among them which of them should seeme to bee the greatest And hee sayde vnto them The kings of nations reigne ouer them and they that haue anthoritie vpon them are called gracious but ye shall not so be But hee that is greatest among you shall bee as the yonger and he that is chiefe shall be as hee that doth minister For whether is greater
the iudgement hall least they should bee defiled but that they might eate the Passeouer Pilate then went out to them and sayde What accusation bring you against this man They answered and sayd vnto him If he were not an euill doer we would not haue deliuered him vnto thee Then sayde Pilate vnto them Take yee him and iudge him after your owne lawe The Iewes therefore sayd vnto him It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death that the wordes of Iesus might bee fulfilled which he spake signifying what death hee should die Then Pilate entred into the iudgement hall againe and called Iesus and sayde vnto him Art thou the King of the Iewes Iesus answered Sayest thou that of thy selfe or did other tell it thee of me Pilate answered Am I a Iewe Thine owne nation and high Priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me what hast thou done Iesus answered My kingdome is not of this world If my kingdome were of this world then would my ministers surely fight that I should not bee deliuered to the Iewes but now is my kingdome not from hence Pilate therefore sayde vnto him Art thou a king then Iesus answered Thou sayest that I am a king For this cause was I borne and for this cause came I into the world that I should be are witnesse vnto the trueth And all that are of the trueth heare my voyce Pilate sayd vnto him What thing is trueth And when hee had sayde this hee went out againe vnto the Iewes and sayde vnto them I find in him no cause at all Yee haue a custome that I should deliuer you one loose at Easter will ye that I loose vnto you the king of the Iewes Then cried they all againe saying Not him but Barabbas The same Barabbas was a murderer Then Pilate tooke Iesus therefore and scourged him and the souldiers wound a crowne of thornes and put it on his head And they did on him a purple garment and came vnto him and sayde Haile King of the Iewes and they smote him on the face Pilate went foorth againe and sayde vnto them Behold I bring him foorth to you that ye may know that I find no fault in him Then came Iesus forth wearing a crowne of thorne and a robe of purple And he sayth vnto them Behold the man When the high Priests therefore and the ministers sawe him they cryed Crucifie him crucifie him Pilate sayeth vnto them Take yee him and crucifie him for I finde no cause in him The Iewes answered him Wee haue a lawe and by our law he ought to die because hee made himselfe the Sonne of God When Pilate heard that saying hee was the more afrayd and went againe into the Iudgement hall and sayd vnto Iesus Whence art thou But Iesus gaue him none answere Then sayd Pilate vnto him Speakest thou not vnto mee Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee and haue power to loose thee Iesus answered Thou couldest haue no power at all against me except it were giuen thee from aboue Therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee hath the more sinne And from thencefoorth sought Pilate meanes to loose him But the Iewes cried saying If thou let him goe thou art not Cesars friend for whosoeuer maketh himselfe a King is against Cesar When Pilate heard that saying hee brought Iesus foorth and sate downe to giue sentence in a place that is called the pauement but in the Hebrewe tongue Gabbatha It was the preparing day of Easter about the sixt houre And hee sayeth vnto the Iewes Beholde your King They cryed saying Away with him away with him crucifie him Pilate sayeth vnto them Shall I crucifie your king The high Priestes answered We haue no king but Ceasar Then deliuered he him to them to bee crucified And they tooke Iesus and led him away And he bare his crosse and went forth into a place which is called the place of dead mens skuls but in Hebrewe Golgotha where they crucified him and two other with him on either side one and Iesus in the middest And Pilate wrote a title and put it vpon the crosse The writing was Iesus of Nazareth King of the Iewes This title read many of the Iewes for the place where Iesus was crucified was neere to the citie And it was written in Hebrew Greeke and Latin Then said the high priestes of the Iewes to Pilate Write not King of the Iewes but that he said I am king of the Iewes Pilate answered What I haue written that I haue written Then the souldiers when they had crucified Iesus tooke his garments and made foure partes to euery souldiers a part and also his coate The coate was without seame wrought vpon throughout They sayd therefore among themselues Let vs not diuide it but cast lots for it who shall haue it that the Scripture might bee fulfilled saying They haue parted my rayment among them and for my coate did they cast lots And the souldiers did such things in deede There stoode by the crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers sister Marie the wife of Cleophas and Marie Magdalene When Iesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple whome he loued standing hee saieth vnto his mother Woman behold thy sonne Then sayd he to the disciple Bhold mother And from that houre the disciple tooke her for his owne After these things Iesus knowing that all things were nowe performed that the Scripture might bee fulfilled he sayeth I thirst So there stood a vessell by full of vineger therefore they filled a spunge with vineger and wound it about with hysope and put it to his mouth Assoone as Iesus then receiued the vineger hee sayde It is finished and bowed his head and gaue vp the ghost The Iewes therefore because it was the preparing of the Sabboth that the bodies should not remaine vpon the crosse on the Sabboth day for that Sabbath day was an high day besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken downe Then came the souldiers and brake the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him But when they came to Iesus and sawe that hee was dead alreadie they brake not his legs but one of the souldiers with a speare thrust him into the side and foorthwith there came out blood and water And he that saw it bare record and his record is true And he knoweth that he sayeth true that ye might beleeue also For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled Ye shall not breake a bone of him And againe another Scripture saieth They shall looke vpon him whom they haue pearced After this Ioseph of Arumathea which was a Disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iewes besought Pilate that he might take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue him licence He came therefore and tooke the bodie of Iesus And there came also Nicodemus which at the beginning came to Iesus by night brought of
and crowneth thee with mercie and louing kindnesse Which satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee yong and lustie as an Eagle The Lord executeth righteousnesse and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wroug He shewed his wayes vnto Boses his workes vnto the children of Israel The Lord is full of compassion and mercie long suffering and of great goodnesse He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our wickednesse For looke howe high the heauen is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercie also toward them that feare him Looke how wide also the East is from the West so farre hath he set our sinnes from vs. Yea like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto them that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust The dayes of man are but as grasse for he florisheth as a flowre of the field For as soone as the winde goeth ouer it it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more But the mercifull goodnes of the Lord endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him and his righteousnesse vpon childrens children Euen vpon such as keepe his couenant and thinke vpon his commandements to doe them The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kingdome ruleth ouer all O praise the Lorde yee angels of his yee that excell in strength ye that fulfill his commandement and hearken vnto the voice of his wordes O praise the Lord all ye his hostes ye seruants of his that doe his pleasure O speake good of the Lord all ye workes of his in all places of his dominion Praise thou the Lord O my soule Benedic anima mea Psal 104. PRaise the Lord Euening prayer O my soule O Lorde my God thou art become exceeding glorious thou art clothed with maiestie and honour Thou deckest thy selfe with light as it were with a garment and spreadest out the heauens like a curtaine Which layeth the beames of his chamber in the waters and maketh the cloudes his charet and walketh vpon the wings of the winde He maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire He layd the foundations of the earth that it neuer should mooue at any time Thou coueredst it with the deepe like as with a garment the waters stand in the hilles At thy rebuke they flee at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid They goe vp as high as the hilles and downe to the valleys beneath euen vnto the place which thou hast appointed for them Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither turne againe to couer the earth He sendeth the springs into the riuers which runne among the hilles All beasts of the field drinke thereof and the wilde Asses quench their thirst Beside them shall the foules of the ayre haue their habitation and sing among the branches He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes He bringeth foorth grasse for the cattell and greene herbe for the seruice of men That he may bring foode out of the earth and wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make him a cherefull countenance and bread to strengthen mans heart The trees of the Lord also are full of sap euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted Wherein the birdes make their nestes and the Firre trees are a dwelling for the Storke The high hilles are a refuge for the wilde Goates and so are the stonie rockes for the Conies Hee appointed the Moone for certaine seasons and the Sunne knoweth his going downe Thou makest darkenesse that it may be night wherein all the beasts of the forest doe mooue The Lions roaring after their pray doe seeke their meate at God The sunne ariseth and they get them away together and lay them downe in their dennes Man goeth foorth to his worke and to his labour vntill the euening O Lord how manifold are thy workes in wisedome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches So is the great and wide sea also wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great beasts There goe the ships and there is that Liuiathan whom thou hast made to take his passime therein These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest giue them meate in due season When thou giuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good When thou hidest thy face they are troubled When thou takest away their breath they die and are turned againe to their dust When thou lettest thy breath goe forth they shal be made and thou shalt renue the face of the earth The glorious Maiestie of the Lord shall endure foreuer the Lord shall reioyce in his workes The earth shall tremble at the looke of him if he doe but touch the hilles they shall smoke I will sing vnto the Lord as long as I liue I will praise my God while I haue my being And so shall my words please him my ioy shal be in the Lord. As for sinners they shall be consumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an end praise thou the Lord O my soule praise the Lord. Confitemini Domino Psal 105. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Morning prayer and call vpon his name tell the people what things he hath done O let your songs be of him and praise him and let your talking be of all his wonderous workes Reioyce in his holy Name let the heart of them reioyce that seek the Lord. Seeke the Lord his strength seeke his face euermore Remember the marueilous works that he hath done his wonders and the indgements of his mouth O ye seede of Abraham his seruant ye children of Iacob his chosen Hee is the Lorde our God his iudgements are in all the world He hath bene alway mindfull of his couenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations Euen the couenant that he made with Abraham and the other that he sware vnto Isahac And appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law and to Israel for an euerlasting testament Saying Vnto thee will I giue the land of Chanaan the lot of your inheritance When there were yet but a fewe of them and they strangers in the land What time as they went from one nation to another from one kingdome to another people He suffered no man to doe them wrong but reproued euen kings for their sakes Touch not mine anoynted doe my Prophets no harme Moreouer hee called for a dearth vpon the land and destroyed all the prouision of bread But hee had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bond seruant Whose feete they hurt in the stockes the yron entred into his soule Until the time came that his cause was knowen the
word of the Lord tryed him The king sent and deliuered him the prince of the people let him goe free Hee made him lorde also of his house and ruler of all his substance That he might informe his princes after his wil and teach his Senators wisedome Israel also came into Egypt and Iacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose heart turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruely with his seruants Then sent hee Moses his seruant and Aaron whome hee had chosen And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of ham He sent darkenesse and it was darke and they were not obedient vnto his word He turned their waters into blood and slue their fish Their land brought forth frogs yea euen in their kings chambers He spake the word and there came all maner of flies and lite in all their quarters Hee gaue them hailestones for raine and flames of fire in their land He smote their vines also and figge trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts Hee spake the word and the grashoppers came and caterpillers innumerable and did eate vp all the grasse in their land and deuoured the fruite of their ground He smote all the first borne in their land euen the chiefe of all their strength Hee brought them foorth also with siluer and golde there was not one feeble person among their tribes Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraide of them He spread out a cloud to be a couering and fire to giue light in the night season At their desire he brought quailes and he filled them with the bread of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that riuers ran in dry places For why he remembred his holy promise and Abraham his seruant And hee brought forth his people with ioy and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the landes of the heathen and they tooke the labours of the people in possession That they might keepe his statutes obserue his lawes Confitemini Domino Psal 106. O Giue thankes vnto the Lord Euening Prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lord or shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that alway keepe iudgement and doe righteousnesse Remember me O Lord according to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite mee with thy saluation That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen and reioyce in the gladnes of thy people giue thankes with thine inheritance We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly Our fathers regarded not thy woonders in Egypt neither kept they thy great goodnesse in remembrance but were disobedient at the sea euen at the red sea Neuerthelesse he helped them for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowen He rebuked the red sea also and it was dryed vp so hee led them through the deepe as thorow a wildernesse And hee saued them from the aduersaries hand and deliuered them from the hand of the enemie As for those that troubled them the waters oucrwhelmed them there was not one of them left Then beleeued they his words and sang praise vnto him But within a while they forgat his works and would not abide his counsell But lust came vpon them in the wildernesse and they tempted God in the desart And he gaue them their desire and sent leanncsse withall into their soule They angred Moses also in the tentes and Aaron the Saint of the Lord. So the earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan and couered the congregation of Abiram And the fire was kindled in their companie the flame burnt vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten image Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calfâ— that eateth hay And they forgate God their Sauiour which had done so great things in Egypt Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearefull things by the red sea So he said he would haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stande before him in the gap to turne away his wrathfull indignation lest he should destroy them Yea they thought scorne of that pleasant land and gaue no credence vnto his word But murmured in their tents and hearkened not vnto the voice of the Lord. Then lift hee vp his hande against them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernesse To cast out their seede among the nations and to scatter them in the lands They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offerings of the dead Thus they prouoked him to anger with their owne inuentions and the plague was great among them Then stood vp Phinees prayed and so the plague ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnes among all posterities for euermore They angred him also at the waters of strife so that hee punished Moses for their sakes Because they prouoked his spirit so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lorde commanded them But were mingled among the heathen and learned their workes In so much that they worshipped their idols which turned to their owne decay yea they offered their sonnes and daughters vnto deuils And shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whome they offered vnto the woles of Chanaan and the land was defiled with blood Thus were they stained with their owne workes went a whoring with their owne inuentions Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people in so much that he abhorred his owne inheritance And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them were lords ouer them Their enemies oppressed them had them in subiection Many a time did he deliuer them but they rebelled against him with their owne inuentions and were brought downe in their wickednesse Neuerthelesse when hee saw their aduersitie hee heard their complaint Hee thought vpon his couenant and pitied them according vnto the multitude of his mercies yea hee made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them Deliuer vs O Lord our God and gather vs from among the heathen that we may giue thanks vnto thy holy Name and make our boast of thy praise Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlasting and world without end and let all the people say Amen Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Giue thankes vnto the Lorde Morning prayer for he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Let them giue thankes whom the Lord hath redeemed deliuered from the hand of the enemie And gathered them out of the lands from the East and from the West from the North and from the South They went astray in the wildernesse out of the way and found no citie to dwell in Hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in